Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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After getting what he wanted in Huining City, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, Ximenqing took Jiao Ting, Yue Fei and others quickly went south, and arrived at Daning Town, Jian'an County, Hosuguan Road within a few days.

After meeting Shi Yong and Yan Qing, Ximenqing told them that he had become the master of this mountain forest, and that all the special products produced in the mountain belonged to him.

Ximen Qing asked Shi Yong and Yan Qing to stay in Daning Town temporarily to be responsible for the exploration, mining and processing of jade, and transported all the processed jade articles to Ximenzhuang, Dengzhou.

When they arrived at Ximen Village in Dengzhou, the old director Ximen Zhonghui would sell some of them to prosperous cities such as Bianliang in Tokyo, Luoyang in Xijing, Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jiankangfu in Jiangning according to Ximen Qing's distribution, to earn the maximum profit.

The other part will be transported to Daming Mansion in Beijing, handed over to "Jade Qilin" Lu Junyi, who will be sold in his shops all over Hebei, and the most important thing is to sell it to high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen in Daming Mansion in Beijing.

Ximenqing knew that there were still a few years before the Jin army went south to attack the Song Dynasty.Take advantage of this period of time to earn more money from wealthy families in cities such as Bianliang City in Tokyo and Luoyang City in Xijing.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be cheaper for the Jin army going south in the future?

Rather than letting them leave the gold and silver to the Jurchens, it is better to give it to me, Mr. Ximen Qing.

I, Ximen Qing, will make good use of these wealth, turn them into a new type of force, and be the protector of you people in the future!

By the way, in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the biggest dog tycoon is Song Huizong, the bird emperor!I have to figure out a way to earn more of his money!

A jade sales network gradually took shape in Ximen Qing's mind.

In order to control his new territory, Ximenqing will dispatch a team from the Ximen Department on the banks of the Yalu River on Posu Road and hand it over to Shi Yong and Yan Qing to lead a new city in Daning Town.

The original hundred or ten poor families in Daning Town are now the leaders of Ximen Qing, son-in-law of the Kingdom of Jin, and Ximen Qing decided to take them along to "get rich".

Ximen Qing asked Shi Yong and Yan Qing to take them all in. Whether they were farming, grazing, or hunting in the mountains to collect herbs, all the proceeds were bought by Ximen Qing's people at a high price, so that they could first taste the benefits of following Ximen Qing.

After a while, Ximenqing "accidentally discovered" some stones that could be mined and processed in his own territory, and then organized them to participate in all aspects of jade production.

These people who settled down here because they escaped the chaos of war are now able to work under the hands of the son-in-law of the Great Jin Kingdom, which is also a blessing they have cultivated in several lifetimes.

After arranging the jade mining and processing in Daning Town, Ximenqing left Daning Town and returned east to the territory by the Yalu River.

After the "magic operator" Jiang Jing took refuge in Ximenqing, in order to show his loyalty and ability, he managed the market and port here conscientiously. Yan Wulu managed the territory of Po Sulu in an orderly manner.

The longer he stayed under Ximen Qing's command, the more he learned about his legendary experience, and the more Jiang Jing realized that Ximen Qing was ten million times stronger than Song Jiang and Chao Gai.

Jiang Jing, who is well-behaved and has a strategy in his stomach, keenly perceives that following this official Ximen Qing will have a bright future.

At this time, even if Jiang Jing was driven away, Jiang Jing would not leave.

Even if Song Jiang and others were resurrected, the current Jiang Jing would dismiss them.

Of course, neither Jiang Jing nor Ximen Qing knew that the missing Chao Gai and Wu Yong had now joined the Liao Army and were foolishly serving the dying Liao Kingdom.

If Ximen Qing knew that Chao Gai and Dong Ping, the two thieves, followed the fourth army king Xiao Qian and the Jin army in a series of bloody battles, escaped from Bei'an Prefecture and returned to Nanjing Xijin Mansion, I'm afraid he would laugh his head off .

This is the disadvantage of people who don't know the general trend of history. No matter how hard they flutter, they finally realize that they are moths jumping into the flames and committing suicide.

The biggest advantage of Ximen Qing's time travel is that he can foresee the future, know who is strong and who is weak, and who to cooperate with when.

Ximen Qing had a gathering with his brothers, arranged for them to send troops to support Shi Yong and Yan Qing, and then informed Wanyan Wulu of his new territory.

When Ximenqing was not around, Princess Jin Guochang Wanyan Wulu was the hostess of this large territory.Ximen Qing had to let her know how big his territory was.

With the eldest princess Wanyan Wulu sitting here to suppress the formation, no matter how much Ximenqing's territory produces, no other Jurchen tribe would dare to covet half of it.

As for the southeast of Ximen Qing's territory, the poor country of Koryo on the other side of the Yalu River, Ximen Qing didn't care.

The territory of Goryeo is mountainous, poor and backward.The Korean people still retain the custom of men and women bathing together in a river, and they can only be regarded as a semi-civilized nation.

Because those Koryo poor ghosts don't have much oil and water on them, Ximen Qing has never been interested in Koryo.

It is only necessary to purchase their Korean ginseng and other special products at low prices through maritime trade, and indirectly control their economy.

The impoverished country of Koryo has yet to attract Ximen Qing's interest.

However, if Goryeo dared to invade Ximenqing's territory, Ximenqing would show them how powerful his army was.

As long as Xu Wen's navy fleet is dispatched, the king of Korea can be bombarded to know why the flowers are so popular.

Ximen Qing stayed in the territory of Posu Road, and had a good relationship with Wanyan Wulu for a few days before setting sail across the sea.

Before leaving, Ximenqing told Wanyan Wulu that Wanyan Aguda and Empress Tang Kuo missed Wulu's daughter very much, and asked her to go back to Huining City to visit her parents when the weather got warmer.

The pirates on the Bohai Sea had been wiped out by Xu Wen. Ximen Qing and his party crossed the Bohai Sea without incident and returned to Dengzhou City.

Back at Ximenzhuang, the old supervisors Ximen Zhong, Xu Wen and others informed Ximen Qing of the progress of going south to the south of the Yangtze River to purchase grain.

"Living Flash" Wang Dingliu took Ximenqing's letter to the south of the Yangtze River by boat, and visited Huang Wenbing in Jiankang Mansion and Lin Lingsu in Wenzhou City successively, and received their strong support.

With Huang Wenbing's help, Wang Dingliu got in touch with the prefect Cai Jiu in Hangzhou again.

With the support of these powerful people, Wang Dingliu's grain trade went smoothly in the Jiangnan area, and the first batch of purchased grain was about to be transported to Dengzhou by sea by the fleet.

In Dengzhou, the magistrate Wang Shizhong, Hu Yanqing, the military commander, Ma Zhengping, and the naval commander, had already negotiated that it would not affect Ximen Qing's transportation of grain to the Kingdom of Jin.

In fact, Ximenqing can also arrange for the grain fleet not to stop at Dengzhou Port, but to go directly north to the port on Posu Road.

However, Ximen Qing had to hoard a large amount of grain in Dengzhou for future war preparations.

Therefore, Ximenqing finally chose to build a warehouse in Ximenzhuang, using this place as a grain transit point.

Hu Yanqing, commander of the army and horses, Ma Zhengping and the Navy, can be regarded as his own family, and the army in Dengzhou will not prevent Ximen Qing from making a fortune.

Chapter 779 The Song Army Patrols the Frontier

Now that he has returned to Dengzhou, Ximen Qing naturally wants to visit the three old friends Wang Shizhong, Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing in the city.

After entering Decheng, Ximen Qing still noticed that the guards of Dengzhou City were a little stricter than usual, not as relaxed as in the past.

After visiting Wang Shizhong, Ma Zheng, and Hu Yanqing, Ximenqing understood where the slightly dignified atmosphere in Dengzhou City came from.

Because the court's decree has been issued, it is necessary to launch a military conquest against the Liao Kingdom.

Although Dengzhou, Laizhou and other border states bordering the Bohai Sea do not border Liao on land, they can travel by sea.

Seeing that the imperial court was going to war with the Liao Kingdom, Dengzhou, Laizhou and other border states bordering the Bohai Sea all raised their vigilance, guarding against spies from the Liao army coming to make trouble, or directly dispatching naval forces to make surprise attacks.

Although the Khitan people of the Liao Kingdom are good at cavalry, the Liao army also has the Han army and the Bohai navy who can build ships. The states near the sea really dare not be negligent at this moment.

The three Wang Shizhong knew that Ximen Qing had a private navy capable of exterminating pirates. After they saw Ximen Qing, they all asked Ximen Qing to help defend Dengzhou and keep the people safe after the war started.

All three of them knew how low the fighting power of the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army in their hands was.

In the past, even the robbers and pirates in Dengzhou were helpless, how could they fight the Liao army that they thought was like a wolf and a tiger.

Now that he is in a hurry, he still has to grasp the life-saving straw of the official Ximen Qing.