Great Blue Night Watchman

Lin Su's eyes flashed slightly: If nothing else happens, the war will be temporarily suspended.

Li Xiaotian raised his eyes: Will it be temporarily suspended?

Yes, Li Chi is a heroic king. He also has rules and regulations in his actions. When Ling Ding Yang becomes an unbearable burden for him, he will adjust his strategy and will not act blindly.

Li Xiaotian pondered: This is what you said, mediocre people only think about what they can and can't do when they act, while those who think about the overall situation act based on whether they are worth it or not!

Yes! This is also the key reason why I asked you to close the door to negotiations and engage in iron-blooded killing! Lin Su said: From Li Chi's point of view, he is unwilling to abandon the three thousand miles of mountains and rivers of the old Jin Dynasty, and will definitely find ways to regain the old Jin Dynasty. As long as If your attitude is even half-way relaxed, he will have illusions. Only the battlefield iron and blood can truly break his illusions and make him face the current situation.

Li Xiaotian's eyes flashed: Now, has he faced the current situation?

Look at the problem and know the subtleties! From the dispatch of the Chu army, you can know the autumn leaf! Lin Su said: The Chu army is the last army in the twenty-three states in the south of Osumi. It is also a very subtle army. This army sent out , in fact, it means that Li Chi has dropped the final piece in the battle of Lingdingyang.

Li Xiaotian frowned: Subtle?

Lin Su took up his hand and poured himself another glass of wine. Du Yuting was in a trance for a moment and did not rush to pour the wine first. He quickly took the wine jar, poured a glass for Li Xiaotian, and listened attentively...

Lin Su gave an explanation...

The Chu army is very subtle. What's so wonderful about it? Its predecessor was not actually the local army of Osumi. It was an army of the Chu State in the past. After the fall of the Chu State, this army was absorbed by Osumi. However, Osumi Li Chi could not completely trust it after all. In the past, there were many troops in the south of Osumi. Seven armies, three thousand miles of mountains and rivers in the old Jin Dynasty are under Li Chi's control, and the Chu army is caught in them. They can't overturn them even if they want to, so Li Chi doesn't care about this army.

But now, the situation has changed drastically, the southern army has been defeated, the battlefield and frontline have become a lonely ocean, and no one can control the Chu army.

In this case, this army became a hidden danger to Li Chi.

There are two ways of disposal.

First, as a vanguard force, they opened the way for Li Chi's army to open up the old Jin Dynasty.

Second, use Da Cang's army to destroy it, eliminate hidden dangers, and secure the rear.

At this point, Lin Su asked: Which method do you think Li Chi used?

The second type! Li Xiaotian's eyes brightened.

Why?

Li Xiaotian said: In the early stage, Ling Dingyang had destroyed four armies, each of which was stronger than the Chu army. The Chu army entered alone and had no chance of winning. Apart from using the hands of the Feilong Legion to destroy it, there was no other reason.

Exactly! Lin Su said: Li Chi has begun to worry about internal dangers, so he will no longer blindly use troops abroad!

This is logical judgment!

Although the Chu army was not strong, it was still an army. If Li Chi planned to take back the old Jin at all costs, he would definitely not cut off one of his arms.

He started to kill it, indicating that the hidden dangers within him had begun to threaten him.

Internal hidden dangers... Li Xiaotian said: What are they?

Lin Sudao: The return of the Jin Dynasty will pose the greatest threat to Da Yu. Not only will the Jin land lose three thousand miles of land, but it will also cause a terrible chain reaction. If the Jin Dynasty can escape, the former Lu, Chu, and Han Is there any dissent? You need to know that these four kingdoms were all taken by Da Su with iron and blood. Where is there no resentment? Where is there no guilt? What's more, Li Chi, who claims to be a great king, only knows horses. He takes over the world on his back, but he does not know the secret of governing the world. The people under his rule have neither a single meal to eat nor a bed to sleep in. People's minds have changed, and there are many crises in the corner.

Li Xiaotian put down the wine glass in his hand: This is totally right! Li Chi was worried that the old Chu would follow the path of restoration of the Jin Dynasty, so he disarmed the old Chu first and sent the Chu army to our Feilong Legion so that we could destroy it!

Du Yuting was listening to the side, his heart was surging, and he truly admired the two Shangguan's insight in the chaos. No wonder it is said that literati can know the world without going out! They were able to judge the movements of Emperor Osumi just by dispatching a Chu army. Who else could match this thinking?

Du Yuting spoke: Your Majesty, Lord Marquis, Dayu's military strength has been severely depleted, and now there are many hidden dangers. Can I, Da Cang, cross the ocean and determine the northern border in one fell swoop?

The Dingbei Territory back then referred to the three thousand miles of the old Jin Dynasty, but today his Dingbei Territory refers to the entire Great Yu world.

Lin Su smiled: General Du wants to pacify the entire Dayu in one fell swoop?

Du Yuting laughed: Don't you think so, Prince?

It was actually very rude of him to ask this question.

Li Xiaotian looked at Lin Su, and he also wanted to know the answer...

From a scholar's point of view, border demarcation and governance is the right way, the way of benevolence and righteousness. When faced with a threat to survival, there is no psychological barrier to killing no matter how fiercely you kill. But killing everyone when you clearly have the upper hand is not a serious scholar. If you act in a pretentious manner, it will be against morality.

Lin Su faced the gazes of the two men and smiled faintly: From the perspective of scholars, we should stop here and spare others when we have the advantage; from the perspective of ordinary people, how can we forget the hatred of the country and the hatred of the family? We are not just scholars, we also Not just ordinary people, we are also soldiers at this moment! There is only one perspective for soldiers - the strategic perspective! From the strategic perspective, we should learn from history! The thousand-year history of the Nine Kingdoms and Thirteen States tells us that facing a country based on killing and aggression, The country cannot give them a chance to recuperate and recuperate. Once they are soft-hearted, they will become more troublesome, and the border war situation will still lead to troubles and disasters for all living beings!

Du Yuting and Li Xiaotian's eyes lit up at the same time.

They were worried before.

They worried that Lin Su would be satisfied with demarcating the border and governing alone.

Because this is what almost all literati in the world would choose.

And the reason is extremely noble...

The holy way governs the world and seeks benevolence with benevolence!

When you encounter a strong enemy, it is right to fight bravely, but you have clearly gained the upper hand and have forced the enemy to dare not take a step beyond the enemy. If you do not let go, it is going too far.

If you cross the Lingding Ocean again, what will be the difference between you and the old Osumi?

And so on, every literary scholar can say that he will never cook leftovers for three days and three nights...

However, as border generals and old people from the four towns, they were unhappy!

Their relatives died under Osumi's butcher's knife. How could they forget the tragic cries of their relatives dying? How can we forget the shame of a sister who fell into a well and died after being insulted?

Now Lin Su has given a clear attitude.

Ohsumi, he is not going to let it go!

And his reasons are equally strong: allowing Ohsumi to rest and recuperate will eventually lead to disaster!

With Osumi's wolfish heart, as long as he is allowed to take a breather, he will still be the great enemy in the northern part of Da Cang in the future!

The Nine Kingdoms and Thirteen States have learned this painful lesson.

Even the world that Lin Su once lived in had the same lesson. In the feudal society, when faced with the nomadic people in the north, some marriage arrangements were made, but in the end they grew stronger and killed all the Han Dynasties. In modern times, for example, the one who lived a good life in childhood, didn’t he become uneasy after coming out of the shadow of the defeated country? …

The three of them had the same mind, and the conversation started to get wild...

At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the study door.

Although the Wen Dao was blocked inside and the voices were blocked, the door knocked, and the two people who set up the Wen Dao ban were still alert. Lin Su lifted the Wen Dao ban with a wave of his hand, and the voice from outside came in: His Royal Highness King Wen, There is a businessman named Zhou Zuo. He said that he has some connections with the Lin family and wants to see His Highness King Wen. I wonder if His Highness will meet him?

Zhou Zuo? Lin Su frowned slightly: Where are you from?

native!

Lin Su shook his head: I don't know Zhou Zuo, a local here! Where did he come from?

Before the deputy general outside spoke, Du Yuting answered first: You will know this man, he is the president of the Northern Chamber of Commerce. The Northern Chamber of Commerce is engaged in border business between Dayu and Da Cang. It is also very powerful. It will take Dayu's furs. and pig iron to Da Cang, and Da Cang's high-end goods such as wine and perfume to Osumi. He has made a lot of money in the past few years. When border trade stops, he can't bear it the most. In order to allow his merchant ships to go overseas , During this time, I have been looking after people in the city every day, but I didn’t expect that he would come to see the prince as soon as he arrived, and he dared to befriend the prince. This trend must not last long, so I will go and let him go!

As soon as Du Yuting stood up, he would go out to chase people away, maybe not just chasing people away, but if he dared to have friendship with the prince, he would be beaten!

At this moment, Lin Su gently raised his hand: Let him come in!

Zhou Zuo entered the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion, his chubby body was trembling a little, and his chubby face was a little red. When he saw Lin Su, he knelt down and said, Common man Zhou Zuo, meet the prince! I am lucky to meet the prince. I’m so lucky to be born…”

Get up and let me ask you a few words!

Thank you, Your Majesty! Zhou Zuo stood up.

what line of business are you in?

This question immediately ignited Zhou Zuo's confidence...

His business has a long history...

Starting with his grandfather's grandfather, it was business...

When the Jin Dynasty was still a dynasty, his family was doing business. When Jin Dynasty became a place of subjugation, his family was also doing business. Even if the dynasty changed, his family's business was still the same. However, when the situation was turbulent, the business had some changes. That's it, merchants have no ability to protect themselves, so merchants are accustomed to establishing chambers of commerce, and the Northern Chamber of Commerce came into being...

The business of the Northern Chamber of Commerce is all-encompassing, transporting pig iron and furs from Osumi to the south, and transporting grain and silk from the south to the north. This is the most mainstream business of the Northern Chamber of Commerce.

Their business is shipping, so the Northern Chamber of Commerce has a fairly large fleet that specializes in traveling to and from the Lingding Ocean.

This business has always been going smoothly, especially after the Lin family's various new products came out and were shipped to Osumi through their fleet, setting off waves and making them a lot of money.

What he said before entering the house was that he had some connection with the Lin family, and this was what he was referring to...

To put it bluntly, everything was good in the past, but everything is difficult this year.

Da Cang regained the three thousand miles of mountains and rivers in the old Jin Dynasty and completely cut off the shipping in Lingding Ocean. The business of the Northern Chamber of Commerce was no longer possible. The Northern Chamber of Commerce was not just a chamber of commerce for Zhou Zuo, but there were thousands of households behind him. These people's business You can't do it, you can't survive, and businesses everywhere have come to a standstill, and the people have also been greatly affected...

He talked a lot. Lin Su held the teacup in her hand and her eyes were half-closed, as if she was distracted. When Zhou Zuo saw this expression from the corner of his eye, his heart dropped...

However, Lin Su opened his eyes: Business and trade across the Lingding Ocean are also possible!

Holy shit!

Everyone's eyes widened at the same time.

Can this be opened?

Zhou Zuo was surprised and happy, and could hardly believe his ears...

Lin Su's eyes dropped: The Lingding Ocean now is not the Lingding Ocean of the past. It is the border between the two countries. Do you have any objection to the imposition of tariffs on the border trade between the two countries?

Zhou Zuo's heart sank: Of course I don't have any objection to the tariff, but I don't know how much it will cost?

As for business, they have seen many people blocking roads and charging fees. They can accept 30% to 20%, but if it is 80% to 90%, no one can bear it.

Let's set the prices by category. The highest one should not exceed 20%, and the lowest one should be half a percent! Then, the Marquis of Zhenbei will draw up a charter and make an announcement!

Li Xiaotian stood up straight: Yes!

Zhou Zuo pouted and knelt down again, his voice trembling: Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord! This tax was not high at all, and was even more favorable than the most preferential policy he could think of.

Lin Sudao: Although this king allows goods to pass through, there are restrictions. At this stage, the Jin Kingdom has just experienced war, many wastes are waiting to be revitalized, and the people are still suffering. Therefore, the three types of materials, food, cloth, and coal, are not allowed. Exports, anyone who exports these three types of materials will be considered as causing chaos in our Jin land and will be killed without mercy!

The fat on Zhou Zuo's face squirmed: Although these three types of supplies are also managed by our association, what the prince said is reasonable. The common people must restrain the affiliated chamber of commerce and resolutely not allow one meter, one grain, one coal, one cloth to be put on board!

Okay, you go down, the details will be subject to the announcement from the Commander-in-Chief's Office!

yes!

Zhou Zuo kowtowed and left, beaming with joy...

In the air, in the Nine Sound Cauldron, the two women looked at each other...

They were locked in the study just now and blocked our monitoring with a literary blockade. It seems that they were discussing some things. Otherwise, why did this sudden change happen? Liu Tianyin said.

Feng Wu said: This is not a big change, is it? He is famous for caring about the world. This Fatty Zhou just talked about the needs of tens of millions of businesses and hundreds of millions of people, so I guessed that he would relax business controls.

It seems normal to relax business controls, but since the matter was done by him, I still think there is something special about it, Liu Tianyin said.

Feng Wu shook his head gently: I said you are very prejudiced against him! If you have to find some reasons, I will give you two reasons... First, he is a businessman himself. Wherever he goes, he is everywhere. Commerce is booming in every land, including Haining, Nanshan, and Beichuan. Even the Lin family relied on commerce to rise. In his eyes, commerce is not humble at all, but a means of getting rich; secondly, , there are indeed thousands of merchants behind the commercial chain, and it is indeed related to the livelihood of the people of Jin.

Liu Tianyin's eyes fell: The two of them were walking around the city and started the cultural blockade again. Guess, does this cultural blockade represent the deeper meaning behind the deregulation of business?

Feng Wu glanced at her: Do you want him to do good things or bad things? He finally did something orthodox and good. You have to use infinite malice to speculate on him and force him to do bad things, right?

Below, on top of the city, Lin Su and Li Xiaotian activated the literary blockade, because what they wanted to talk about could not be known to third parties...

How do you interpret commercial war? Lin Su said.

Li Xiaotian's eyes flashed: If you define business as war, I can roughly interpret it in three points.

Tell me!

First, use business to support the army!

The throne of Da Cang changed, the country was full of waste, and the treasury was empty. Ji Guang faced the first problem since he ascended the throne. He had no money at hand, but there were countless things to do.

He was absolutely not stingy with the Flying Dragon Army and planned to order someone to send military expenses as soon as possible. However, this normal move still aroused resentment from other armies. This was not a good phenomenon. Therefore, Li Xiaotian wrote to the emperor and refused this move. A sum of military expenditure avoided the emperor's dilemma.

However, the army cannot drink from the northwest wind. At this critical moment, Jin King Li Qingquan extended a helping hand, opened the treasure house left in the palace that day, and used all the money in it to work for the army, solving the urgent need of the Feilong Legion.

This is not a long-term solution either.

The money and food left in the Jin Dynasty's palace was only a small part that had not had time to be transported away.

Officials in the government offices in various places were more thorough. As soon as they realized something was wrong, they rolled up their belongings and ran away. These days, demon clan storage bags are everywhere in the world, which provides them with great convenience. As a result, even though Li Qingquan occupied the entire old Jin Dynasty, We are still very poor.

This is a dead end.

As soon as Lin Su arrived at Lingdingyang, he opened up trade routes, collected customs duties, and used taxes to support the army, he once and for all solved the military expenditure problem of the frontier troops thousands of miles away.

Lin Su nodded: Yes! Using business to support the army and avoid His Majesty's dilemma is the first. Is there a second?

Li Xiaotian said: Second, probably regarding your prohibition, you prohibit the transportation of grain, cloth, and coal to the north because these three materials have always been the main materials transported from Jin to Dayu. This material Once it breaks, Osumi will be extremely difficult in the coming winter.

Haha! You have completed your interpretation! Lin Su said: The battle between countries is a hundred times more complicated than the battle between individuals. To weaken a country's strength, multiple methods need to be used simultaneously. I have a ban to stop him from defeating the Jin Dynasty. Grain, Jin coal, and cang cloth. Living in the bitter cold land of the north, Dayu is in chaos due to lack of food and clothing. At the same time, I do not prohibit high-end luxury goods. I use these flashy materials in exchange for the truly useful production materials in Dayu, such as Iron is like fur. If things go on like this, his national power will weaken day by day and domestic conflicts will intensify day by day. The inherent hidden dangers that already exist will emerge crazily. When Li Chi is in dire straits, hehe...

Lin Su's in-depth interpretation opened Li Xiaotian's horizons.

For the first time, he learned that ordinary commercial trade also has such great knowledge. You can use commerce to strengthen a country, or you can use commerce to weaken other countries. You can even use the benefits of commerce to change the industrial structure of the other country, and then manipulate the market to cause a major earthquake in the other country... …

In the high-level art of war, grass and trees can be used as soldiers, water and fire can be used as soldiers, and business can also be used as soldiers...

Lin Su finished his explanation: Okay, if you continue to implement it in this way, the shortest possible time will be the spring of next year, and the later time will be one or two years. Something will happen on the other side.

Li Xiaotian nodded: Are you going?

Yes, let's go see Prince Jin.

A mysterious smile appeared on Li Xiaotian's face: I think you should go to Lingding Bay first.

Why?

Because Dark Night Girl and the two princesses are there.

Two princesses? Lin Su's heart skipped a beat.

Don't you know? Miss Anye and Princess Xuanji completed their sweep of the Jindi practice path a month ago, and returned to Haining to pick up Princess Green. They have been running around among the people every day for the past month, looking for It's a good way to find a way for the people in Jin to make a living, but the news coming back doesn't seem optimistic. The land in southern Shanxi is not bad, but this land in northern Shanxi is thousands of miles of quicksand, and there is really no livelihood.

…

Lingding Bay is the end of Lingding Ocean. Looking down from a high altitude, a white belt starts from Lingding Ocean and continues thousands of miles away. Wherever it goes, there is no mountain, no water, no soil, only a white strip of snow.

From the perspective of a literati, this scene of vast sea and sky is shocking and spectacularly beautiful.

It would not be inappropriate to write, oh, no, copy a bunch of poems.

But from the perspective of relieving the people's difficulties, Lin Su also had a bit of a headache for a while.

At first glance, there is really no life here.

The most important thing is that there are so many people. He can see hundreds of residential areas at a glance from the air, with at least thousands of people in each area.

These residential areas build thatched houses in the white sand. There are dots of green in front of and behind the houses, but they are also dots.

Today is early July, the hottest time of the year. The white sand at this time is similar to a white clay pot. Residents are cooking in this pot. All the men are naked, just like half-cooked ribs in the pot.

Don't look at them. They want to peel off all the skin on their bodies. You can see again in a few months.

This is the northern border. The land of the Southern Jin Dynasty is nourished by the Jinjiang River and blocked by high mountains. The climate is relatively humid. And this white sand beach is directly connected to the Lingding Ocean. The cold air from the north drives straight in. It spends the winter in other people's autumn and goes into the ice kiln in other people's winter. , Lin Su could not imagine how these residents on the unprotected white sand would survive the long winter in the North that lasted almost half a year in a few months.

Looking at the direction Li Xiaotian said, Lin Su discovered the beauty again.

In the embrace of Lingdingyang and the ocean, there is a manor. The manor faces the ocean to the north and white sand to the south. It is elegant and unique.

Its name is Lingding Courtyard, and it was the private residence of the former Hengcheng prefect.

The governor of Hengcheng betrayed Jin and went to Dayu, and the money he collected was obviously enough. As a golden sign of Jin, this Lingding Courtyard had received great scholars from Dayu over the years, and its reputation was obviously enough. However, as Dayu, After the defeat, everything became a wedding dress for the King of Jin.

Lin Su led the young monk Kong Ye and walked out of the Commander's Mansion. He fell on the white sand in the air and walked towards Lingding Villa. The breeze from Lingding Ocean blew, and he seemed to hear the echo from history on this ancient road...

Jin and Yu compete for supremacy, Cang and Jin compete for supremacy, the world undergoes endless changes, the sky is still the sky, the earth is still the earth...

Everyone is a passerby in life. The difference lies in the mark you will leave on this world...

There is a group of village girls in front. They are digging in the white sand under the scorching sun. There is a faint red on their rough faces. This red is not touching shyness, but the residue of the scorching sun and wind and frost. This is the real state. The painting Those people from the Holy Family should really come and take a look. Look at those village girls in your peach garden. What are the most beautiful blushes on their faces? Totally untrue...

As he approached, several village girls looked up at the same time. When they saw this rare young man in the North, the village girls finally had a blush on their faces, seeping out little by little, and they finally had a moving color... …

Girls, what are you doing? Lin Su waved to say hello to them.

Master Haojiao learned that the slave family is digging white orange roots. A bolder village girl pulled out a white root from under the white sand, which resembled a radish, but was smaller and longer than a radish.

Is this food?

Um!

Is it delicious? Lin Su took a white orange root and pinched it. It was quite moist.

The village girl chuckled: You can't eat it like this. You have to cook it before you can eat it. Use mountain moss and high fire to boil it to remove the fishy smell. Add some medicinal materials. It's especially delicious. We dug it for the princess...

The princess asked you to dig?

No! The princess has been helping us villagers find ways every day these days. We don't have anything else to give her, so we just want to get some local products for the princess to try...

Maybe it was because Lin Su looked more approachable, or maybe it was because his smile made him look particularly arrogant, but these village girls started chatting away.