[Group Wearing Song Dynasty] The Glory of the Sky

Song Guo and Jin Guo have been at odds for a long time, and this is something that many parties are well aware of.

But everyone thought that this kind of situation of making friends in the open and spying in the dark would last at least another few decades, at least they wouldn't start doing things again so soon.

But this time, the State of Song was really bloodless.

It is true that Jin Guo did not use a knife, but the effect is no less than stabbing the vitals several times.

The reason is simple, now that Lin Guo is protecting him, Song Guo has a lot more confidence.

Even if the Kingdom of Jin could not survive and went to war against the Kingdom of Song, the weather in the south was warm and food was abundant, and the soldiers were raised to be strong and strong, then the Jin people who suffered from the cold would still be like chickens.

In ancient times, due to the inconvenient transmission of information, some historical events could not be used as lessons, and people would still fall into the same pit again after hundreds or thousands of years.

During the Battle of Chibi, because Pang Tong suggested to Cao Cao to connect the hulls, the ship could not be driven flexibly due to the linkage reaction, and a fire spread across the front and rear like a plague.

And after a thousand years, Chen Youliang still used this crooked idea when he was fighting against Zhu Yuanzhang, and the same tragedy happened again.

The same thing is happening between Song and Jin now.

The reason why Yun Qi was able to recommend herself to join the Song Dynasty was because she planned Lu Liang's conspiracy under the noses of the emperors of the two countries.

Guan Zhong was a virtuous prime minister of the state of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. Although his name was Guan Zhong, his surname was actually Ji, Guan's family name, Yiwu, and his style name Zhong.

He was hailed as a famous figure through the ages in later generations, and he was actually enshrined as the God of Wealth.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Liang, Lu, and Qi met each other. Although the relationship was good on the surface, the king of Qi was always worried that Liang and Lu would join hands to attack him, so he had to ask Guan Zhong what to do.

The virtuous man replied at that time, "The hundred believers in the two kingdoms of Lu and Liang are engaged in weaving tis. If you take the lead in wearing tis, and then order your ministers to do the same, the people in Qi will follow suit."

The emperor became a fashionista for the sake of the overall interests of the country, and the people really followed suit, and the price of satin began to soar.

Guan Zhong felt that this was not enough, so he ordered the merchants in Luliang, as long as you sell me a thousand horses, I will give you three hundred gold; if you sell ten thousand horses, I will give you three thousand gold.

The monarchs of the Lu and Liang countries are all stupid roe deer. They didn't see any problem at all, and they happily counted the money while ordering the people to weave more rice paddies.

A few months later, there were not many people left farming in the two countries, and they all went to handicrafts.

Guan Zhong paid attention to the economic situation of the two countries, waited for a few more months, and directly ordered the emperor to change to silk clothes, and directly prohibited transactions with Luliang, and did not give them any financial support.

As soon as the gold master of Qi State withdrew, Lu Liang was stunned.

The people's farmland has been deserted for a year, and because Zhiti missed the farming period, they are now so hungry that they can't support it, and the price of food is still skyrocketing.

This is really killing me.

When Qi State was so exhausted, the people of Luliang ran to Qi State one after another. Three years later, the two stupid roe deer emperors couldn't do it anymore, and the whole country directly surrendered to Qi State.

Now that Song Guo imitated Qi Guo and played such a game, Jin Guo also began to feel the taste of it.

It's cold and hungry in heavy snow, and I can't buy food. The price on the black market has gone up four or five rounds. It's only November—after the two months of severe cold, how should I live?

When Song Guo came into contact with Yun Qi two years ago, he began to cut the share of grain foreign trade section by section, and continuously expanded the import share of Jin Guo's rock sugar.

Therefore, Jin Guo also reused Yun Qi, and began to count money contentedly.

But things like rock sugar were luxury goods rather than consumables in ancient times.

In the winter, the grain supply of the Song Kingdom will be cut off, and Linguo has already bought a large amount of commercial grain out of its own pocket because it wants to relieve refugees, and is doing charity work in various places in the five states. It is difficult to grow live food on the land of the Jin Kingdom. , and now it is even more difficult to move an inch.

Before Tang Yi died, he set up a red line for the minimum arable land area, but after his death, the red line was torn down by Yun Qi lightly.

Now the Kingdom of Jin is in chaos, and when the news reached the court, several people had already died of freezing—the price of food was still rising, which was driving people to a dead end.

And Yun Qi had already prepared the retreat route a year in advance, and fled to Lin'an along the convoy dressed as a Song person.

After she left, Wan Yanyong realized that he was being tricked again.

The north is windy and cold and the ground is dry. Even if the food needs to be planted, it will not be harvested until August or September next year, and it will be distributed to various places around October and November. It is simply unrealistic to let them wait until then.

Then there are only two solutions.

Or, find a way to buy it from Lin Guo or Song Guo at a high price.

Or, just grab it directly.

Wan Yanyong never thought that he would be forced to this point.

The granaries of the cities are empty now, but not enough—

The road was full of beggars and starving people, and many people were so hungry that they wanted to grab the food hoarded by rich merchants, causing all kinds of chaos.

If this continues, the grain reserves of the richer families will run out sooner or later.

Knowing that he was being tricked, he sent an envoy to Lin Song Dynasty to inquire at the end, and doubled the price directly.

People don't want to make this money at all, they just want to die.

The Kingdom of Jin launched the Southward War directly in November.

All the food produced in the Kingdom of Jin this year was only enough to feed less than [-]% of the people.

The remaining 500% of the more than [-] million people can only be starved to death.

If these 500 million people are driven into a desperate situation, they will inevitably turn back—then they will also be unable to survive.

The war was not so much a war as a grand robbery.

Now Wan Yanliang finally woke up from the dream, and knew that Lin Guo could not be defeated.

Today's Linguo not only occupies the five states, but they don't even know how much their military power has expanded.

Song Lin teamed up to cut off their food imports, indicating that they had already prepared for this——

Regardless of how much Song Guo had prepared for the time being, Lin Guo had never lost in a war.

If you put all your eggs in one basket, you may not even be able to enter the city, and the 10,000+ people will be gone again.

The army directly divided into three groups and began to press in three directions: Dengzhou, Yingzhou, and Caizhou.

What they want now is not land at all, but the fastest and most efficient way to grab food.

The longer it is delayed, the colder the winter will be, and the situation will only get worse.

Zhao Gou arranged a five-point defense system, but only guessed two correctly——

He thought that Jinhui would come from Fengxiang or Xiangyang, but the other party obviously didn't care about the choice of strategic location, and only wanted to grab food for the winter.

Linguo had already repaired the main city wall, and the defenders divided into three groups to protect the vital points, and continued to call on the masses in the city to learn about greenhouse farming and greenhouse planting.

Qian Fan had already set up the new howitzer on the commanding heights, ensuring that wherever he pointed at it, even the ground would be blown away.

Just as they expected, Jin Guo obviously didn't have any reason to fight Lin Guo for a third round, and he didn't even intend to come over.

While Liu Xi was watching the battle situation, he was crouching next to the stove and handling official business, while Xin Qiji was sitting next to him on the desk on the other side, concentrating on preparing for the final exam.

He has already applied for an internship qualification to the Senate, and in the next year he will practice while preparing for the exam.

Thousands of miles away, the battle was fierce. I heard that the Song army marched all the way to Nanjing Road.

But at least here in Linguo, it's quiet and nothing happened——

It's as if the Three Kingdoms Peace Agreement signed before was a joke.

When the contract was first signed, Liu Xun asked Jin Guo to settle the accounts within two years. Now there is no loss at all, but a small number of businessmen who stay in the territory of Jin do not know whether they can escape smoothly—at least the government has already Repeatedly warned.

Nearly [-]% of the contents of the agreement were not fulfilled by the three countries. It was just to save face and facilitate the exchange of interests.

Song Guo first stabbed Jin Guo in the back, directly cutting off the lifeline, Jin Guo is now counterattacking back, although it is true that he can rob a lot of money, food and rice, it may not be able to solve the crisis.

Everything depends on this winter.

Liu Xi looked at the calendar, holding the mug and taking a small breath.

His expression looked peaceful and gentle, he didn't look like one of the manipulators in this battle at all.

In fact, Linguo has been raising food prices in the other two countries.

Food prices in Linguo have always been cheap, but there is always a limit.

As much as residents can buy, all of them have to scan ID authentication, and there is no possibility of private trading and hoarding.

What the Jin and Song Dynasties did not know was that all these grains were bought back from the Jin and Song Dynasties at 1.5 times the price of the Jin and Song Dynasties, and then hoarded or sold at a low price in the Linguo, or processed into canned military rice or canned rice that could be stored longer. compressed food.

In the past two years, the food prices of the Jin and Song Dynasties were nearly doubled by Linguo. What Lu You and other officials discovered at the time was actually Linguo's tricks, just by means of inflation. It's just a cover.

And these compressed foods hoarded early in the morning were used as military supplies, and the half-stale food reserves began to leak out from the black market.

What Liu Xi is holding now is to control the balance of the battle.

He didn't want Jin Guo to play too smoothly, nor did he want Song Guo to lose the advantage.

If the country of Jin is too disadvantaged, then the black market will relax and more food will flow out.

If the advantage is too strong, it is obvious that there is a tendency to push back, and the black market will tighten, which will intensify the conflicts and contradictions in his country.

At least, in the current Jin Kingdom, there is no right to choose from top to bottom.

What he wanted to see was that Song Guo swallowed up the Northern Kingdom bit by bit at the speed he wanted.

Zhao Gou may never understand that he thinks that everything is under his control, but in fact he is a puppet being manipulated.

In fact, there is no fireplace in the house.

Burning this thing is mainly for fun, it's just the fun of the country bumpkins in the city.

Xin Qiji glanced at the central air conditioner used for ventilation, then at the crackling fireplace, put down his pen and rubbed his eyes a little tiredly.

He knew that this war was breaking out, but he didn't know how the future would change.

At the beginning Song and Jin surrounded Yangzhou, Linguo broke through the siege all the way and took the surrounding areas in the north, including Linyi and the nearby villages.

After Liu Xi learned of his birthplace, he directly sent someone to find his family in Shandong, and helped them buy a manor in Linyi for retirement and rest——

It's called old age and read as avoiding chaos.

Liu Xi had known for a long time that there would be a war, and he was also aware of the situation in Shandong.

But he didn't want You'an to know too much, and he didn't want him to be in a dilemma. He only let his subordinates be responsible for conveying the situation and arranging family visits, and he never showed up.

At that time, Xin Qiji was still the official of the Song Dynasty, and he never thought that he would see his family members in Yangzhou who came to visit him.

He was too smart to know that the stories believed by his family were all made up.

But this matter, how could it be something that a small official in Linguo would worry about. Behind it... I am afraid that there is still this person who takes care of him.

You'an looked at the smoldering fire, and silently sorted out all the things of the past three years, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that everything could be connected together.

He took over the territory of those four states, I am afraid that he did it on purpose long ago, but he just picked the most legitimate timing.

"You'an." Liu Xi suddenly said, "You are in a daze."

"……Um."

He was silent for a while before he opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Liu, since I met you, I have always been taken care of by you. Thank you very much."

"But in the future, whether it's an exam or entering politics, I want to get a reciprocal response based on my own efforts."

Liu Xi looked at him sideways, smiling softly: "That's natural."