The Southern Song Dynasty began with the apprenticeship of Huang Shang

Chapter 13
"Humph"

Wang An snorted coldly, interrupting everyone's questioning.

"Since this little brother is the sworn brother of the official Shen, he is qualified to discuss it."

Wang An said: "Yang Chengye, right? I don't know where you are from?"

Yang Chengye bowed his hands to Wang An and said: "My surname is Yang, my name is Chengye, and my name is Jizu. My father is Yang Zaixing!"

"What? Yang Zaixing, General Yang's son?"

"How is this possible? Wasn't General Yang's son killed by the Jin man? How did he appear here?"

Hearing Yang Chengye's introduction, the crowd shouted again. They had also heard about Yang Zaixing's reputation. The descendants of the generals of the Yang family once led [-] soldiers to defend the Xiaoshang Bridge and defeated hundreds of thousands of Jin troops.

Yang Chengye sighed, "That's my elder brother, and I'm my father's second son."

Hearing that Yang Chengye claimed to be Yang Zaixing's second son, everyone heaved a sigh of relief, but they respected him even more.

Wang An also said curiously: "Young Master Yang has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

Yang Chengye said: "When my father was alive, he once said that the court had three major troubles, the Kingdom of Jin, Xixia and Huaihe River. Now the Kingdom of Jin and Xixia have ceased war with our dynasty. Relatively speaking, they have entered a period of peace."

"Only the issue of the Huaihe River is the biggest headache for the imperial court. Now that the Huaihe River has burst its embankment, countless refugees are flocking to it, and the imperial court is currently making preliminary decisions and has no time to take care of it."

"Jiaxing is the gateway to Lin'an. Refugees are coming. If they are not properly resettled, it is easy to cause refugees and bandits."

Gu Cong got up and said, "Mr. Yang's words are wrong. The refugee banditry is something the imperial court should worry about. What has it to do with us?"

Yang Chengye continued: "Chairman Gu's business covers two prefectures and one prefecture. He is the richest man in Jiaxing. If the refugees flee and bandits make trouble, the soldiers in Jiaxing City will be unable to stop him, and the imperial army guarding the border will be beyond his reach."

"When Jiaxing City is destroyed, the properties of the gentry will be the first to bear the brunt, and you, Chairman Gu, have the most property here. Are you sure you can preserve your family property by then?"

After a pause, Yang Chengye went on to say: "The magistrate now calls on everyone to contribute money and food in order to appease the refugees and protect everyone."

"When the refugees retreat, the magistrate will set up a monument and pass it on. Everyone will be famous in history and be respected by future generations. Why not do it?"

A middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, wearing a colorful gown, said: "Mr. Yang's words are good, but we are unwilling to donate our hard-earned family property like this!"

"Who is this………………"

Yang Chengye looked at the middle-aged man and asked.

"I'm Shi Dewei, the owner of Keyun Silk and Satin Village." The middle-aged man cupped his hands.

Yang Chengye said: "Boss Shi, I'm sorry."

"Since I represent the Shen family, I will act as the master for my elder brother. In order to make up for everyone's losses, our Shen family is willing to take out the official salt business to share the profits with everyone. From then on, the Shen family will no longer touch the official salt business. "

"what?"

"Is what you said true?"

"Can you represent the Shen family?"

Yang Chengye's words immediately aroused everyone's discussion, even Gu Cong and Wang An looked at Yang Chengye in surprise, and at the same time looked at Shen You.

Although Shen You didn't know why Yang Chengye would give up the official salt business, but as long as Yang Chengye said something, he thought it was right.

Shen You cleared his throat and said, "Second brother represents me, Shen, and what he says is Shen's words."

Shi Dewei looked at Shen You and asked, "Mr. Shen, are you sure you want to give up the official salt business?"

Shen Youlang said in a loud voice: "One word from a gentleman is hard to follow. Today there is a magistrate to testify that Shen will do what he says."

At this time, Yang Chengye said: "Originally, the arrival of refugees should be a matter for the magistrate's office, but the treasury of the magistrate's office is not enough to support the expenses of all the refugees, so the Shen family is willing to return the official salt business to the magistrate's office, and let the magistrate's office do it again." distribute."

After hearing Yang Chengye's words, everyone looked at Wang An eagerly, waiting for his decision.

Wang An glanced at the lobby for a week, and said slowly: "In this way, all the squires will report the amount of money and food you donate to the master. At that time, the official will make a reasonable distribution according to the amount of money and food you donate."

After hearing Wang An's words, everyone including Gu Cong rushed towards the master and shouted impatiently.

"Master, my Gu family pays [-] guan and fifty dans of rice."

"The historian paid [-] guan and [-] dan of rice."

"The Song family produced [-] guan and [-] dans of rice."

"Why does your Song family have more money than the Gu family?"

"Cut, the Gu family is so stingy, didn't you hear what the magistrate said? Whoever donates more will have a larger share of the official salt. Take this opportunity to surpass the Gu family. If you don't make a move at this time, when will you wait?"

"Brother Song is right. My Liu family also sells [-] guan and [-] dans of rice."

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Wang An was dumbfounded, are these people crazy?How did it get looted?
At this time, Shen You finally understood what Yang Chengye did. He asked the Shen family to give up the sale of official salt, which made those people scramble for it, and the Shen family didn't have to pay any money.

"Official Shen is very calculating!"

Wang An gave Shen You a thumbs up, and said, "Since the Shen family is willing to give up the official salt business, then the Shen family doesn't have to pay for the food."

Yang Chengye took a step forward and said, "Master Zhifu, how can I do that?"

"The official salt business is originally owned by the government. Our Shen family is just returning the property to the original owner. Since everyone contributes money and food, the Shen family should contribute."

"Oh? How to contribute?" Uncle Wang looked at Yang Chengye curiously.

Yang Chengye said indifferently: "When the refugees come to Jiaxing, the plague will be rampant. If the plague breeds in these dog days, it will be troublesome."

"Our Shen family asked the adults to buy a large amount of medicinal materials, and my Shen family sent people to contain the plague."

Hearing this, Wang Anqi said, "There are doctors in the Shen family? You know, there are only two doctors in Jiaxing City, and they are already over seventy years old, and they can no longer go out of the city to treat refugees."

Yang Chengye smiled and said, "My lord, don't worry, as long as the magistrate's yamen purchases all the medicinal materials, I can guarantee that the plague will not break out."

"it is good!"

Wang An slapped the table vigorously, and said: "Just do it this way, the government will order people to purchase all the medicinal materials as soon as possible, and send them all to the Shen family."

Yang Chengye cupped his hands and said, "That's it, it's a deal."

After a pause, Yang Chengye said to Shen You: "Brother, let's go back and prepare first!"

Shen You agreed, bid farewell to Wang An, and returned to Shen's house together with Yang Chengye.

In the Song Dynasty, civil servants always rode sedan chairs, military officials rode horses, and merchants generally rode horse-drawn carriages.

Yang Chengye and Shen You boarded the carriage of the Shen family and returned to the Shen family.

"Second brother, why did you give up the official salt business? You made those people cheap? You see, those people are like hungry dogs."

In the car, Shen You finally asked his doubts.

Yang Chengye's face was deep, showing a calmness that didn't match his age.

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