Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 502
Xuzhou, Wang Xiu finally arrived, and sent two generals to be stationed in Fengfeng, and two generals to be stationed in Pengcheng. He led 78 generals and other 3 main forces to station around Liguojian to protect this important copper and iron town. went north.

Revisiting the old place, I feel a lot of emotion. After all, Liguo spent six years of his life. Although it is a war, Liguo's steel business is very good, especially Jingdong Commercial Bank, the business is booming.No wonder!Fighting is fighting for money and food, and what is consumed is steel and leather. If the business of fighting copper and iron is not good, it will be a big joke in the world.

Lu Yao lived a comfortable life when he was a child, like a local tyrant, arrogant and arrogant, but also, who made him the big shopkeeper of the Xuzhou branch of Wangji Department Store, or the spokesperson of the Wang family in Jingdong Copper and Iron Firm.Little Fatty has also matured a lot, and is still obsessed with research and tinkering with his amazing creations.

Liguojian is a place where business travelers gather, and the iron smelting workshop has expanded a lot. Under the operation of Jingdong Commercial Bank, the prototype of a steel industrialization group has gradually formed. There are many blast furnaces outside the city, which is a real steel center.

The only thing Wang Xiu worried about was the problem of environmental pollution. The pollution of steel bases is not a trivial matter, and it is definitely not something to be avoided. If the economy is developed, technology is improved, the environment is sacrificed, and then the environment is treated in turn, it will not be worth the loss. The price paid is definitely more than ten times.Even, he paid more attention to the industrialization development plan than the Jin army's invasion, and strictly ordered all workshops not to discharge waste water without authorization, and Jingdong Commercial Bank would dump it uniformly.

"Looking at the river outside the city, it's really outrageous." Wang Xiu was a little angry when he inspected the iron smelting workshop. The pollution was too serious, and the coal mining also caused a lot of damage. Obviously some people didn't take the court laws seriously. Random dumping imagination is quite serious.

Zhong Lirui was a little helpless, Wang Xiu didn't care about military affairs at all in the past two days, and he didn't even mention going north. Instead, he cared about pollution and not pollution, so he gritted his teeth for a while.You care about the environment well!How nice it is to see beautiful mountains and clear waters!But there are priorities, and state affairs cannot be lost for the sake of the environment.

Zong Liang was serious and said slowly: "Sir, Wu Shu has transferred troops to the south, and it seems that he is going to Huainan via Yingtian."

"He's going to take Ying Tian Mansion, isn't he afraid that Mr. Xiang will cut off his way?" Zhong Liqiu thought that something was wrong, and he didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

Wang Xiu frowned, and said casually: "No matter how he goes, as long as he goes south, he won't be able to get around the hurdle of Xuzhou."

Zhong Liqiu thinks about it too, Wang Xiu holds [-] elite soldiers, once Wu Shu goes south, he will definitely be robbed of his rear, and he can only go south if he defeats Wang Xiu.It is even said that the only chance for the Jin army to shake the five-way defense is to attack Wang Xiu with light soldiers. If their longevity gods bless Wang Xiu and defeat Wang Xiu, most of the five-way defense will collapse, and the military states on the Huaihe River will be on the verge of death.

Once the two Huaihe Rivers become a pot of porridge, then Jingxi will be ripe peaches, let the Jurchens pick them.

It is impossible for Wushu to fail to see the key points, so going south to Yingtian Mansion seems to be a bit tasteful!
"Let's not talk about these. I think the scale of copper and iron in Liguo has accumulated to a certain extent. It is time to manage it well." Wang Xiu stopped talking about military affairs and turned to the economy he was interested in.

Zhong Lirui rolled his eyes for a moment, he is now at war with hundreds of thousands of captives, he doesn't care about the war, and he wants to make plans for Xuzhou Iron and Steel, I really don't know what to say!Once the war is lost, it will be beyond redemption.

Although he inherited Zhong Liqiu's wisdom, after all, he had little experience of storms, never had a deeper understanding of Wang Xiu, and his analysis of the strength of the North and South and the situation of the war was not in place.In this battle, the Great Song Dynasty was on the defensive, but the imperial court was no longer what it used to be. As long as Kaifeng was the center, the war situation in the west of Beijing was stabilized, and the military prefectures in the east of the Jingdong strengthened their walls and cleared the fields, and the Jin army could not do much.

Wang Xiu glanced at Zhong Lirui playfully, and said with a smile: "There is still a chance for the country to be broken, but if the country is broken, then it will be beyond redemption!"

Zhong Lirui frowned, and looked at Wang Xiu with some puzzlement.

Zong Liang took it very seriously, and said indifferently: "Mr. is right, but the land cannot allow those profiteers to do anything wrong. The court should be generous."

"Where there is profit, people will trample on everything. The big profits of copper and iron make people crazy." Wang Xiu shook his head. The profit of copper and iron is too high. Since the establishment of Jingdong Commercial Bank, it has been an absolute monopoly. The prototype of the big trust has gradually stabilized, making those The businessman even did not hesitate to fight against the government for higher profits, but he did not think about it at the beginning.

Looking back, it seems that it has not reached an irreparable level, but he is temporarily unable to free up his hands to solve the problem, probably because he has not yet made up his mind.

Zong Liang also had a headache for a while. As the person closest to Wang Xiu, he knew Wang Xiu's distress very well, and the lady of the Wang family was also among them. It was really difficult to handle!
A more garrison officer quickly stepped in and presented a letter from Guantang.

Wang Xiu opened the Guantang and looked, his expression changed, and he handed the Guantang to Zhong Liqiu without saying a word.

Zhong Lirui glanced at Guantang, his eyes were wide open, and he lost his voice: "Qu Duan wants a decisive battle?"

Zong Liang took Guantang over, his face was very ugly, he stared at Wang Xiu and said, "Sir, Taiwei Qu is too anxious, there are no more than [-] troops on the ground in the west of Beijing, and he will never have any advantage, what should we do?"

"Could it be that the princes of the two prefectures who are staying behind let the frontier generals fight at will?" Zhong Lirui was a little annoyed. According to the original plan, Qu Duan led the army to march eastward, taking advantage of the favorable terrain of Beiman Mountain, and constantly reducing the scope of the Jin army's activities. , When the offensive of the Jin Army's East Road was contained, the two major Xuanfu divisions were jointly waiting for an opportunity to fight.

"There is never a perfect plan on the battlefield." Wang Xiu was not very surprised by Qu Duan's appearance in the battle. It would be a strange thing if the thorn did not wait for the opportunity to fight decisively.The reason why his face was gloomy was not that he was angry at the sudden outbreak of the war, but that he was dissatisfied with Guantang when Qu Duan entered the offensive position.

According to the system, the disposal division is higher than the two major Xuanfu divisions, and he is the Shangshu Zuocheng of the two governments. As the general of the guest army, Qu Duan should send the official pond to the five-way Xuanfu division and him at the same time when the army formulates a decisive battle plan. , I can only say that this person may be a famous general who can win battles, but he is definitely a political idiot.

On the west bank of the Luohe River, the Song army's company battalion was more than ten miles away. It was very powerful, and it seemed to engulf the Jin army in one breath.

"Kid Qu Duan, you are extremely arrogant, you dare to come out of Shanlinluo to capture my main force for a decisive battle, and the last general will lead the elite to frustrate him." Ba Lisu said bitterly, he was really humiliated, no Song army general dared to take the initiative challenge him.

He followed Nianhan, brother Yinshu, Tuhesu, Samoulu and others out of the village to watch the military situation, and he just took the opportunity to invite a battle.

The reason is very simple. His two meng'an went deep into the military situation, were severely injured by Qu Duan's troops, and lost face.This time, Qu Duan approached Xiazhai in the city, his arrogance reached the extreme, and he immediately wanted to call for a fight.

(End of this chapter)