Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 159

Hu Cheng whispered to Sun Xin: "People say that the Liao Kingdom is poor and barren, but today I see it is so prosperous."

Sun Xin nodded. Jinzhou is not only prosperous, but also has obvious extravagant scenes. Merchants and powerful merchants are fighting for wealth, but the faces of the soldiers are showing signs of coping. The clothes of the people in the market are obviously Khitan people. All of them were wearing beautiful Hanfu.

Just like the temperament of the country of Liao, after 200 years since its founding, it is no longer the powerful Khitan country that fought in all directions.

The official trade between Song and Liao can only be carried out through the market established by the courts of the two countries. Sun Xin and Hu Cheng do not have this channel, and even if there is a channel, they will not go. Ordinary businessmen go to the market to trade. It's not a game they can play if they have to die to get out.

What they are doing now are all serious private business transactions, which is not surprising at all. Except for big cities, the main channels of private business these days are private businesses. It can be said that the entire Sun Family Collection is actually a private business. The place where businessmen gather, but Zong Ze will not trouble Sun Xin if he sees it.

Seeing the prosperity of Jinzhou Chengguanxiang, I probably know how lively the private businessmen between Dengzhou and Jinzhou are these days.

The two had already inquired about where they would stay along the way. After they came to Guanxiang, they didn't go into the city gate, but asked the driver to turn to an inn with a sign from the Song Dynasty.

Generally, placing the goods in such a place can avoid robbery, but the money collected will be more.

The farmer knocked on the door of the inn, and soon a young man opened the door. Seeing that it was a caravan coming, a few young men skillfully led people to bring the goods to the back to rest.

In addition to storing goods, this place can also be used for accommodation and meals, and many transactions are also negotiated in this place.

They reported their names as Sun Xin and they were about to enter the house when they saw a woman in her late thirties coming out.

The woman who came to entertain was really glamorous, with a curvy figure and a beautiful appearance.

When he saw her appearance, Hu Cheng couldn't help showing a smile that a man could understand.

"I don't want this shop to be run by a woman."

But the woman did not lie to him, she smiled at Sun Xin and said, "Are you Sun Xin from Dengzhou City?"

Sun Xin was a little surprised: "Do you recognize me?"

He didn't want to show off on this trip, but according to the plan, he wanted to create a foundation here in the Liao Kingdom, and it was impossible to completely cover up the large trade with fake names, so the name and address he gave were real.

The woman said with a smile: "My name is Zeng Saihua. My father is the head of Zengtou City. I married a husband who is from Liao. Now that my husband has passed away, I start a business outside Jinzhou City."

When she spoke, she looked Sun Xin up and down, and she was quite appreciative in her heart. She is the fourth daughter of the Zeng family. Last year, she heard what Luan Tingyu said about their encounter with Sun Xin. She also carefully investigated Sun Xin's identity and learned about the rapid rise of the other party. , the Zeng family was also surprised.

And Zeng Saihua admired such young people very much. Today, seeing Sun Xin is such a white-faced man who doesn't need to be clean. Although he has darkened his skin all year round, he is very healthy. Fourth Sister Zeng likes it even more.

After hearing about the origin of Zeng Saihua, the feeling of surprise in Sun Xin's heart disappeared.

Zengtou City is a place where "monks can wield spears and sticks, women are accustomed to wielding knives and guns". In addition, the Zeng family was born as a merchant in the Kingdom of Jin, and it was also an underground horse market. It's not surprising to be factual.

It was miraculous that his identity could be concealed for a year, but there was no need to worry that Zeng Tou City would report something that the two sides did together.

Sun Xin said: "So it's the sister of the Zeng family, please open a few rooms for us to rest."

Zeng Saihua said: "This is nature."

She personally led the crowd to the backyard, and said to Sun Xin with a smile: "I have heard about Sun Xin's methods in Qingzhou, so amazing."

Sun Xin coughed hurriedly, Zeng Saihua looked at Hu Cheng behind Sun Xin, and immediately understood.

Along the way, she glanced at Sun Xin's tall and strong body and young face from time to time, and suddenly asked, "I don't know if Zhuang Zhu Sun is married now?"

Sun Xin quickly interrupted: "This is my brother-in-law, who is now accompanying me to the Liao Kingdom to do business."

Hearing that Sun Xin's brother-in-law is behind him, Zeng Saihua didn't say anything.

After entering the house, Sun Xin asked, "Can you cook some food?"

Zeng Saihua asked, "Do you want wine and meat?"

Sun Xin nodded and said, "A jug of wine is sent to each house, and half a catty of meat is also sent to each house. Send some food that can fill the stomach to the beautiful houses!"

Zeng Saihua said: "Naturally, I made some good hair cakes with my own hands. I wonder if Master Sun Xin wants to try it?"

Sun Xin said: "The cakes made by my sister must be good, so please bring some."

Zeng Saihua immediately beamed with joy, and soon brought a large plate of hair cakes.

After closing the door, Sun Xin, who was holding the hair cake, looked puzzled.

"What do you mean by Zeng Saihua? Could it be that there is sweat medicine in this cake?"

Hu Cheng and Wu Song looked at each other and laughed.

"Brother is so blessed, there is no shortage of women's favor wherever he goes."

"If you don't eat it, we will eat it, don't disappoint the beauty."

Each of them unceremoniously took a piece of hair cake and chewed it in their mouths. Seeing that they ate deliciously and had no problems after eating, Sun Xin only ate two pieces.

After a while, Zeng Saihua, who was full of wine and food, came to collect the plate, and she was very happy to see that the plate of hair cakes was empty.

After resting for the night, Sun Xin got up early the next day and asked Zeng Saihua to find out that she was just a small shop, more like an inn, not a place where private businessmen in the Song Dynasty negotiated business. When selling things to merchants in the Liao Kingdom, they had to go to the town hall.

So Sun Xin took Wu Song and the two of them straight to the guild hall in the city she mentioned.

When I came to the location, it was different from the imaginary business transaction place. The so-called Jinzhou Dasong Guild Hall was more like a tea house, where a group of people sat and ate wine and tea, looking for business opportunities.

The main transactions of private businessmen between Song and Liao were ironware, grain, tea and cloth.

In addition to a small amount of grain, industrial products such as ironware, tea, and cloth all needed to be purchased on a large scale from the Song Dynasty due to the industrial capacity of the Liao Kingdom.

As for the largest private business in the Song Dynasty: private salt and horses, there is no shortage of salt in the Liao Kingdom. Even if the horses are bought in the Liao Kingdom, it is difficult to safely transport them back to the Song Dynasty, so they are niche commodities. up.

Although the amount of private trade between the two countries is huge, the risk is also extremely high, and the risk of losing goods is second. The key is the price sensitivity of this kind of bulk commodity trading.

The profit of private business trade is not as high as that of market trade. Once the market fluctuates, it will be a life and death crisis.

Sun Xin and Wu Song entered the guild hall and ordered some tea and food with others, sat down and listened to the conversation of the people next to them, and soon found that everyone in the guild hall today was talking about the recent situation in Ningjiang Prefecture.

It turned out that the news that Wanyan Aguda raised his troops to Liushui had already spread to Jinzhou, but for the results of his dispatch of troops this time, everyone just looked down on him and made fun of them.

(End of this chapter)