Chapter 244 South State North State

After pondering for a while, he asked again: "It seems that all countries have purchased war horses from Qi, right? How did they buy them?"

Lan Ruoting waved his hand slightly, "Master Dao, that's different. First of all, every country has its own horse farms, and secondly, there are checks and balances between countries. If the Qi State keeps all the horses in its own hands, it may cause the disaster of destroying the country. The old and weak war horses are eliminated, except for the strict control of Qi State. And the quota allocated to Yan State, the imperial court naturally distributes it to its own people, how could it be given to us?"

Niu Youdao said "Oh" and understood the trick. He also wanted to think about the procurement methods of various countries. Now it seems that he can't even think about it.

He looked up at the hanging map, "Is there nothing going on around here recently?"

Lan Ruoting: "Our side and Jinzhou rely on each other and maintain a delicate balance. There is nothing wrong for the time being. However, the progress of our side's development has caused some uneasiness in the surrounding area."

Niu Youdao asked, "How?"

Lan Ruoting pointed to the map and explained: "The two counties are implementing the New Deal. Although the development is fast, anyone with a discerning eye knows that what attracts the surrounding financial and human resources, and absorbing the surrounding financial and human resources, will naturally take time out of the surrounding areas. The Jinzhou side is already very dissatisfied with us. In order to maintain the balance of the situation, we actively blocked the inflow of resources from the Jinzhou side to alleviate the dissatisfaction of the Jinzhou side."

"Golden State is fine. The real location of the two counties is in the hinterland of Nanzhou after all. At present, the resources of Nanzhou are really absorbed. Many places in Nanzhou have been left empty, which has alarmed Zhou Shouxian and aroused the vigilance of the imperial court. After receiving the news from the capital, Zhou Shouxian has already reported to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to allocate funds, and prepares to imitate our model in order to counterbalance."

Niu Youdao frowned: "In this way, isn't it troublesome? How can the land of two counties compete with the whole Nanzhou?"

"No!" Lan Ruoting waved his hand and smiled, "Zhou Shouxian has no choice but to protect himself in order to prepare for an explanation to the court in the future. In fact, Zhou Shouxian himself knows in his heart that there is no way for Nanzhou to replicate our model, and the court will not allocate funds to him."

Niu Youdao was surprised, "Why?"

"The reason is very simple. When the imperial court allocates money, the practice sects behind Nanzhou must extend their hands. How many can really be used on Nanzhou? Another thing is, once Nanzhou repeats our model, it will absorb resources from other states. Can other states agree? I am afraid that the siege in the court will make Zhou Shouxian unable to go around. In addition, other states have also extended their hands to the imperial court. If it is given to Nanzhou and not to other states, how can it be so biased? Impossible to appropriate money to Southern State."

"If the imperial court doesn't allocate money, it's impossible for Nanzhou to implement our model of tax reduction and exemption. Without taxes, the cultivation sects behind them will lose their money. Those sects will not agree. Zhou Shouxian can't bear the pressure. If he insists, Zhou Shouxian, the state shepherd, will have to step down after a few days. Maybe even his life will be lost."

"If you want to repeat our model, you must meet certain conditions. Not to mention anything else, first of all, the environment must allow it. Our two counties are located in a position where they rely on each other with Zhao Guojinzhou. The imperial court dare not move us easily. If we move, we may make things bigger, so we have room for development. There are not many princes who can meet this condition. Shao Dengyun's Beizhou is one of them.

"The current development model of Beizhou is actually similar to ours. This Shao Dengyun is not simple. When he was with King Ning in his early years, he really didn't realize it."

Speaking of Beizhou, Niu Youdao couldn't help squinting at him. It seemed that this side had noticed Beizhou, and he couldn't help sighing inwardly. It was Shao Dengyun who was not simple, but Shao Dengyun's son, Shao Pingbo!

Shang Chaozong stared at the map with piercing eyes, "There must be a bottom line. Once the bottom line that the court can tolerate is broken, the court will inevitably sacrifice interests to let other countries contain Zhao Guo and others, and then attack me brazenly. Therefore, the force must keep up as soon as possible. Only when it is too strong for the court to bear the losses caused by force, the court will not dare to act rashly. Cavalry is very important. If the reinforcements are still on the way, there is no way to fight this battle."

Niu Youdao frowned and circled around, the question returned to the war horse.

He now understands why Tianyumen is willing to pay for war horses. First of all, it has money in hand, and secondly, Tianyumen must also feel the imminent threat. This issue must have been mentioned when Tianyumen was asked to buy warhorses.

Similarly, this imminent problem also made Niu Youdao feel threatened. Once the Shang Dynasty Zong was defeated, he would lose this environment of peace of mind to practice.

There is no way to practice with peace of mind anymore, Niu Youdao went back silently with a lot of thoughts...

Beizhou, Governor's Mansion.

Shao Pingbo had already moved out of Lingbo Mansion, and after the death of Ruan's mother and son, he moved back to the Governor's Mansion.

The first is that it is convenient to deal with military and political affairs, and the second is that it is safer to gather the guards on both sides together.

Since Niu Youdao made a fuss here, the defense has been strengthened.

After Shao Pingbo, who was less constrained, began to let go of military and political affairs, the situation in Beizhou can be described as changing vigorously, which lifted the spirit of Dachanshan.

Dachan Mountain has seen Shao Pingbo's ability and understood what Shao Pingbo means to Dachan Mountain, and has raised the protection measures for Shao Pingbo to the same level as Shao Dengyun.

"My lord, Miss Su is here."

Shao Sanxing entered the study room and announced.

Shao Pingbo put down his pen, "Please!"

After a while, Su Zhao, who was wearing a black cloak, entered, lifted his hat, revealing a radiant and charming face.

"It's hard work for letting you run around again. Cough cough..." Shao Pingbo stood up and laughed, and then coughed again with his fists clenched around his mouth.

Su Zhao looked at him, and saw that this rich and handsome young man was a bit haggard, with a few silver streaks on his temples, and saw that he was coughing like an ailment, and he couldn't help frowning: "Why are you still coughing? I told you earlier that your heart and lungs are damaged, and you should not work hard anymore. I ask you not to waste your mind and rest for a while. It will not be too late when you recover. If you continue like this, no matter how good the panacea is, it won't be able to withstand your self-harm!"

Then he suddenly turned his head to look at Shao Sanxing, and angrily said: "How do you do this as a butler, you don't even know how to take care of people?"

Shao Sansheng bowed his head after being scolded by her, and muttered in his heart, what can I do, the eldest son has so many things to do every day, he doesn't even have time to sleep.

"It's none of his business." Shao Pingbo waved his hand, "In the current situation in Beizhou, time waits for no one, and it's really hard to get rid of it."

Su Zhao stared and said, "If you leave Beizhou, you won't be able to transfer anymore. I'm not saying you. No matter how strong a person is, how much can you do? When it's time to let go, you have to let go and learn how to employ others. Otherwise, if you continue like this, you will be exhausted sooner or later! You, you can't compare everyone with yourself. Who can have flaws, employ people and use their strengths, don't always think that this is not good and that is not good..."

Shao Pingbo sighed: "I know what you said, but you don't know the situation in Beizhou. Yan State is regarded as treason, South Korea is regarded as conspiracy, and my reputation has been ruined by Niu Youdao one after another. In addition, I am sandwiched between the two powerhouses. I am not favored by others. How can there be any capable people to vote for? There are too few people who can use government affairs. I can only recruit some educated people to put down and exercise. Recommended."

Su Zhao really didn't know what to say about him, but it hurt to see him like this.

"Don't talk about this, I know what's in my heart. Let's get down to business." Shao Pingbo waved his hand to sit down, and after serving tea, Fang said: "The current situation in Beizhou has already disturbed South Korea and Yan. We must increase our deterrent force in terms of force, so that the two countries dare not act rashly. Otherwise, sooner or later, the two countries will join hands to deal with it. My hard work will definitely be ruined. Beizhou urgently needs war horses. How are you doing?"

Su Zhao: "There are rewards, but there are also troubles. The reward is that the relationship established over the years, if you operate it, you should be able to raise 50,000 horses..."

"Okay!" Shao Pingbo cheered up, and patted the armrest of the chair vigorously, "Fifty thousand horses are enough!"

Su Zhao shook his head: "Don't be too happy. Sending 50,000 war horses out of Qi should be fine. The problem is the long-distance journey through other countries. Which country can let such a large amount of strategic military supplies pass by without being greedy? I have considered the way of ants moving, but the distance from Qi to Beizhou is such a long distance. How much manpower, material and financial resources will be spent if you can’t concentrate on walking to avoid being conspicuous? This is a huge trouble.”

"I've already prepared for this. Come and see." Shao Pingbo got up, walked to a map, waited for Su Zhao to approach, pointed to the map and said, "It's not realistic to transport tens of thousands of war horses at once, but they can be transported in batches. You see, instead of going by land, they can be transported by sea, and they will be transported by boat. They will go to the north of Qi to go to the sea, go around to the north of South Korea, and go down the river along the river to reach the big river at the junction of Beizhou and South Korea. Naturally, they will be delivered to me."

Su Zhao frowned: "South Korea is not blind. How could they allow so many ships to cross the river without searching?"

Shao Pingbo: "Since I have been prepared for a long time, I have naturally taken this into consideration. I have been secretly operating the waterway in South Korea these years, just to prepare for this day. As long as the ship comes, I will naturally have a way to ensure the smooth flow of the ship. As long as you have a way to send the horse out of Qi and let the horse go out to sea, I will have a way to meet it in South Korea. You don't need to worry about this!"