Zhao Zong'e said that we should invite bids for fair competition. Let's use the production capacity base of each workshop last year as the base price, and then increase it. The one with the highest price will get it, how about it?

Zhao Xu stared, Gongnufang is a place where weapons are produced!

Gao Shilin said, come on, Your Majesty, for the current Gongnufang in the city, it would be more appropriate to simply convert it into a business or close it down.

Finally, Zhao Xu said: "This is a serious matter. I have to ask my husband, the privy envoy, and the planning department."

Zeng Bu saw the essence of the problem at a glance: "Your Majesty, nobles of the clan, do you want to question these workshops?"

The Eight Divisions are under the jurisdiction of the General Supervisor and are divided into two divisions, the East and West Divisions, which are in charge of repairs inside and outside the capital.

The Cattle and Sheep Department belongs to Guanglu Temple. It raises cattle and sheep for sacrifice and slaughtering during banquets.

The Imperial Chariot Courtyard is an institution that specializes in the chariots used by the emperor and the palace. The wardrobe where the emperor kept his clothes when traveling was also placed here.

The Houyuan Workshop and the Wensi Academy have many handicraft workshops, which produce a large number of palace supplies and government supplies.

The North and South Workshops and the Crossbow and Arrow Making Institute belong to the Third Division and are mainly responsible for ordnance manufacturing tasks.

The Ling Jinyuan, Dyeing Yuan, and Wenxiu Yuan belong to the Shaofu Prison and represent the highest level of silk fabrics in the Song Dynasty. The fabrics are the most exquisite and are specially used for the carriage clothing of the Zhao and Song Dynasty clans.

The east and west water mills are located in the north wing of the new city, one in Yongshun Fang and the other in Jiaqing Fang. The east one is next to the Wuzhang River, and the west one is next to the Jinshui River. Both water mills are driven by water, and their task is to process grain and tea for the imperial court.

The East and West Kilns are responsible for firing bricks and tiles for construction purposes, and now they also make glass and glazed pottery.

The rest are the inner treasury such as the royal kitchen, the royal diners, the French wine warehouse, the oil warehouse, the vinegar warehouse, and the Bukuro. To put it bluntly, they are all the housekeepers of the royal family.

Therefore, the Bianjing Xiang Army can be understood as the royal family supporting these idlers with its property, or it can be understood as the royal family ruthlessly exploiting and squeezing cheap labor. It just depends on where you sit.

But in general, there is only one thing - it does not please both ends, but only fattens the mouse in the middle.

In fact, Wang Anshi and Zeng Bu also knew this issue very well.

According to Wang Anshi's idea, it is best to cut them all off, and then the royal family adopts a bidding and procurement method, which is most appropriate.

But this only saved the royal family money and did not benefit the Xiang army personnel at all.

Therefore, we can only use a later method, allowing the contractor to eliminate some employees, but this proportion must be controlled.

Secondly, the production capacity of these places needs to be expanded, which means that for contractors to make money, it is definitely not possible to just provide services to the royal family.

But Su You's vision is even more vicious. Your Majesty, you must be very careful.

If I were to contract, I would not only be interested in the workers in these workshops, but also the value of the land!

Not to mention more, I will move the production equipment out of the city and dump it in the suburban counties, and then absorb the skilled craftsmen into the newly built workshops, and transform the vacated land in Bianjing city into shops and houses for rent.

As long as the things produced in my own workshop can satisfy Your Majesty's needs, the rest will be mine. This is called maximizing profits, hehehe...

Zhao Xu was dumbfounded. No wonder you, Su Mingrun, can make a fortune from nothing. Since you can still operate like this, we can do it ourselves!

Su You said, Your Majesty, you think too much. If you do it yourself, this matter will never be accomplished.

What is our ultimate goal? It is to use this operation to digest the burden of redundant troops in Bianjing City, instead of continuing to carry the burden.

Therefore, the benefits that should be given must still be given, but the burden must also be absorbed by them and everyone must share it together.

Now that there are too many people in Bianjing City, the Xiang army can move their camps outside the city and go to Zhongmou, Weishi, and Dongming. The burden on Bianjing City will be much easier at once.

Zhao Xu asked, “What about the capital’s defense force?”

Su You rolled his eyes secretly: "Your Majesty, they are not a defensive force to begin with. If you are really worried, just bring the cannons of the generals to the city."

Zhao Xu slapped his forehead: "Yes, yes, but in the meantime, we have to have the Shenji Squadron 3 to guard the palace and the Fourth Army to be on guard in case the capital is unstable."

After the top management reached a consensus, intensive arrangements began.

In mid-September, Wang Shao, who had disappeared for fifty-four days, finally sent a military report.

Just as several young players deduced, Wang Shao performed another beautiful combination of punches.

Lugu Mountain is a naturally dangerous place with high mountains and deep valleys, and dangerous and narrow roads. The army passed through it. In many places, Wang Shao had to dismount his horse and walk.

But just like Deng Aike Shu, the advantage of crossing the natural danger is that Ba Zhanjiao never expected that the Song army would suddenly approach the city.

He hurriedly organized a resistance, but was defeated by the highly motivated Song army in a blink of an eye. Wang Shao conquered Taozhou before Mu Zheng could catch up with him!

After Mu Zheng personally led his elite troops to follow the Song army, only Jie Biao was left to defend Hezhou City.

When Mu Zheng learned that Taozhou had been lost and hurried back to defend Hezhou, he was bitten by Jing Sili who had already been ambushing him on the road.

"Instruct Jing Sili to attack Hezhou, find the traces of Mu Zheng, fight with them, defeat them, and then reach the city."

"At that time, the defenders thought that the attack was coming, but they knew that it was not right, so they went out and surrendered. Then they marched to the city."

Jie Biaoju Hezhou surrendered directly!

Mu Zheng was defeated and fled to Dong Fe's jurisdiction. The river Tao was lost, and the remaining Tubo forces in Longyou were immediately invincible.

On September 10th, Wang Shao took advantage of his victory and marched to Ma Lianchuan, where he defeated Wu Chi and conquered Danzhou.

The connection between the two roads of Taohe River has been completely opened.

On September 18, the Song army returned to Minzhou, and the leader of the area, Mu Lingzheng, surrendered.

On September 23rd, Wang Shao divided his troops to defeat the Qinglong tribe in Chuoluochuan. The Tao leader ordered the expedition, and Guo Sidun "succeeded in the army and followed the city's orders."

On September 27, they fled to Diba Zhanjiao of Muzheng on the border of the Tao River. Seeing that the situation was over, they also gathered the remaining soldiers to join them.

At this point, the Song Dynasty completely regained the homeland of Longyou in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the Hetao victory was achieved!

"This is the campaign. The army marched for fifty-four days, covering 1,800 miles, and recovered the Xi, He, Tao, Min, Die, and Dang prefectures, covering an area of ​​more than 2,000 miles, and captured more than 19,000 disobedient Tibetan tribes.

We recruited more than 300,000 large and small Tibetan tribes, and each of them surrendered. We obtained tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses."

"At the beginning of the seventh month, everyone spread that the Shao army had been wiped out. When the victory was achieved, the emperor was overjoyed and went to the left of Shao to admonish the officials and the bachelors of Duanming Palace."

The good news is like joking with Zhao Xu. I have been worried about it for two months. If it doesn't come, it won't come. Once it comes, it comes one after another.

"Xin Wei, Zhang Dun attacked the Nanjiang barbarians and defeated them."

After Hubei Man Xiang Yongmei, Shu Guangyin and others surrendered their lands, only Tian Yuanmeng was left in Hubei who still occupied Yizhou and refused to surrender.

Zhang Dun first sent an envoy to summon him, but he was killed by the Yizhou barbarians. Then he ordered Wu Kui to advance and defeat Yizhou, and Nanjiangzhou Cave was completely pacified.

Later, Zhang Dun established government-run schools to appease the people, and the north and south roads of Jinghu were officially transferred to the territory of the Song Dynasty.

In early October, Su You published "Feng Yuan Li", a new armillary sphere, a clock model, and the restored Zhang Sixun's water-borne armillary sphere.

Xinsi, in Fuxi, He, Tao, Min, Die, Dang and other prefectures, went to the Zichen Hall to receive congratulations from the ministers.

Zhao Xu took off the jade belt he was wearing and rewarded Wang Anshi.

Anshi resolutely declined: "Your Majesty has rescued Wang Shao from his estrangement and restored him to one side. I am just flattering the ministers and the second and third officials. I dare not bear this gift alone."

Zhao Xu said: "At that time, people were suspicious of what was going on, and I wanted to stop it. Without your help, I couldn't have done it."

After all, Wang Anshi had a noble character, so he declined again: "At that time, I was also suspicious, and it was not Su You who could explain it away. I will obey Your Majesty."

Zhao Xu simply called Su You forward, raised the jade Ruyi on the table and said to Su You, "Mingrun, do you still remember this Ruyi?"

Of course Su You remembered it, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense: "I am scared."

Zhao Xu said: "Emperor Yongzhao gave you a banquet at Jinmingchi. Because you were outstanding in poetry and prose, the late emperor gave you a Ruyi reward, but you refused because you were not worthy of the reward."

"Wang Shao's memorial specifically mentioned that when he traveled to the Qing and Tang Dynasties, he would not have succeeded without your help. If you don't reward your merits, how can you encourage future generations?"
Chapter completed!