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Section 119: Preparing for the Turkic War (6)

"Liu Shan, what are we going to do?" After selecting more than a dozen strong soldiers from the military camp, Liu Shan led everyone to the place where the civil servants in the city were. Chen Hu and Zhang Biao couldn't help but ask Liu Shan.

"Look at this." Liu Shan did not explain, but just handed a piece of paper to the two of them. After looking at it, their faces changed drastically.

"How did this come about?" the two asked in unison.

"I didn't see what someone handed me to me last night, but looking at his mysterious appearance, I guess the things on this piece of paper should be very important, so I hid them at that time. I only had time to read it this morning. I really didn't expect that the military situation is so tense that the merchants in Liangzhou even sold food, salt and iron to the Turks." They were all around him, and Liu Shan had nothing to hide. When he saw the paper today, he didn't rush out to catch those merchants at that time. It was a miracle.

"Liu Shan, this is not right. You think there are conditions for trade on the border, but the soldiers on the border are very tightly investigated. These things can still be sold at this time, and there is a problem here." Zhang Biao had already thought of the problem stated on paper.

"The problem is that there is a problem. Zhang Biao, you and Chen Hu are not greedy people, and not necessarily others are not. Silver is a good thing and can help the gods. The benefits these merchants get are quite large when selling these things to the Turks. The Turks lack food, let alone salt and iron. But these things are exactly strategic materials necessary for war. Once a war is fought, the prices of these things will soar. The merchants must have bribed local officials, so these things can be sold as general trade materials." Liu Shan said, both of them gasping for air conditioning. At this time, the war situation in Liangzhou was in urgent need of the situation, and there were still people who reselled these things. If they had not told them that it was Liu Shan, they would not believe it.

"You mean to buy officials," Zhang Biao asked again.

"In recent years, the north has never been calm. After the decline of the Sui Dynasty, all the rebel kings successively surrendered to the Turks, and the border was very loose. In the past, when Li Gui was in power in Liangzhou, he sold food, iron, salt and other materials to the Turks. After the Tang Dynasty captured Liangzhou, these trades were banned. However, the profits of these things were too high, and some people still stole the sale, sent bribes to officials, and bought imperial officials. I am afraid that all officials of all sizes in Liangzhou will be bribed."

"What do you mean, General Lin also took other people's money." Chen Hu couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Lin Meng has always been in Liangzhou. Liangzhou is a major border town. Here, he is almost a land tycoon and he has no cash receipts. I feel strange. I am afraid that a lot of the money obtained from the transaction in secret will flow into his pocket. He is the prince's person. If I had not thought it was wrong, he would have spent a lot of money to stay in Liangzhou back then." Liu Shan said, and the two people around him were staring at him blankly.

"How is this possible? Although we don't have much contact with Lin Meng, this person still has a good way of leading troops. As for his greed for money, we have not seen him how greedy he is."

"Yes! We were all there last night's events, and his house was not very luxurious, very grand."

Obviously, the two of them didn't believe Lin Meng's greed for money. Liu Shan looked at the two of them, then pointed to a tree by the side of the road to show them. Both of them were confused.

"Not grand, not luxurious. Lin Meng is a person who leads troops to fight. What should he do if he wants to be grand and luxurious? Let the people from Chang'an come to see him and then go back to publicize. Wow, General Lin's mansion is so big, so grand, and decorated very luxuriously. The bricks on the ground are made of gold, and gems can be cut out on the walls. Even the urine jars at home are inlaid with cat eyes and bloodstones. You didn't notice the scenery inside Lin Meng's mansion." Liu Shan reminded the two people.

"It's nothing, it's just some trees, flowers, rockery and ponds. It's normal. It's a court official, such a mansion is normal."

"If you two are Jiangnan and Central Plains, this is normal, but do you remember where this is Liangzhou? Do you still think it is normal?" Liu Shan asked the two of them.

When the two of them thought about it carefully, they were shocked. Indeed, this is Liangzhou. Some things may not cost money in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, because they are all over the ground, but they are different here. What they lack most here are things they used to and used to. This is like a drop of water, which is everywhere in Jiangnan. When they arrive in the Central Plains, they may not be very scarce, but once they get here, they are scarce.

"Then Liu Shan, what are you taking us to do?"

"Hehe, Chen Hu, we will do whatever you have done before."

"I was a soldier before, and I haven't done anything." Chen Hu thought about it carefully and felt that he had always been a soldier and had no side job.

"I planted this tree." Liu Shan only said this, and Chen Hu immediately covered Liu Shan's mouth. The most embarrassing thing about him was that he had been a bandit for several days and was most afraid of people mentioning it. At this time, he heard Liu Shan's words, of course he immediately stopped it.

"Liu Shan, it's not me that this is Liangzhou, the soldiers in the city are all over the city. Just rely on us. Where do you want to steal?"

"Snatch the whole city, but now we have to figure out the object we want to grab first. Remember, you will be more fierce in a while and act with my eyes." Liu Shan said, not only Chen Hu and Zhang Biao were sweating on his forehead, but the fierce soldiers around him were sweating on his forehead.

After snatching the whole city, relying on these dozen people, they suddenly felt that this was more dangerous than putting a knife on their necks.

"What are you afraid of? The kind of robbery you used to be was too outdated. I will take you around today. I can guarantee that there is no danger, and we can return with a full load." Looking at the mourning look of the soldiers around, Liu Shan hurriedly cheered them up.

The crowd came to the government office of the officials in the city to manage political affairs. Liu Shan was straightforward and did not greet the local officials. He asked the officials for the list of rich people in Liangzhou in person. Liu Shan's elongated face had no expression, and the local officials were silent one by one. The local officials didn't know what Liu Shan was going to do, but when he saw Liu Shan's words were meaningful and had a bad look. After thinking about it, the local officials suddenly realized that this new powerful figure must have wanted to make a fortune here.

The officials did not blame Liu Shan for having such an idea, because the officials who came here, no, let alone those who came here, in many places, when powerful figures took office and when they came to the local area, the local wealthy officials would be filial. The local officials only blamed the local wealthy businessmen and giants for acting too slowly. When big figures like Liu Shan came, they didn't know that they would come to the door to respect him quickly, and they would also have to trouble Liu Shan to ask for a list of rich people to come here.

The officials naturally did not dare to neglect them, so they hurriedly wrote a list of the names of the richest and richest people in the area, and gave them to Liu Shan together with their address. They also asked Liu Shan if he knew the place, and if he didn't know them, they sent someone to take Liu Shan to visit these homes.

Naturally, these officials spoke very smoothly. For example, if adults understand the people's sentiments, visit the people, and get to know the local well-known people, it will also be helpful to the great cause of fighting against the Turks in the future.
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