The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 140

Hearing that he was going to be sent as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom, Cao Song asked loudly:
"What?"

Liang Xin closed her eyes and opened them after a few seconds: "Destiny, the Lord of Liao will be replaced in the first month of next year."

Cao Song didn't believe it: "Really or not? Lord Liao looks like he can still be well for a few years, and he can eat and drink."

Liang Xin: "Destiny."

Cao Song was about to say something, but Zhang Dun said directly: "Brother Xin, tell me why you want to go on an envoy."

Liang Xin smiled: "For a competition, we will send the teacher girl..."

Porphyrin...

The whole table was sprayed.

On our side, we have dispatched Miss Shishi to have a big showdown between brothels and oirans.

"It must be done." Zhang Dun was the first to support.

In Zhang Dun's mind, this was an opportunity to see if Zhao Ji would give up on the Great Court Meeting and not even want to pretend.

"Then make a plan."

"Wait a minute." Su Shi said, "Should Prime Minister Han be released from prison? I feel it's almost done, or move to another place."

Zhang Dun replied: "I will change late at night today, and first I will change to the prison at Yushitai."

Fan Chunli responded: "Let my nephew do it. By the way, Brother Xin's mahjong is pretty good, and I asked Lord Liao to learn it. It's good."

"Then, come four times."

After dinner, we played mahjong, which was quite nice.

As for Taoyuan Pavilion, those here will only go there on particularly lively days. Usually, they are not very interested. It is lively only if there are fighting poems and fighting words. For example, like the last battle of the Oiran, even Su Shi and Zhou Bangyan wrote it themselves. The words help the battle, which is interesting.

Usually, they are just vulgar characters.

Cao Song happily chatted with Zhang Dun, Su Shi, and Fan Chunli, and kept pouring tea for them.

Gao Shilin has been silent because he is Wu Xun.There is nothing to talk about with the civil servants. He just has an attitude here, which can be regarded as an attitude given to Wu Xun by Zhang Dun and others.

Where is Cao Song?

As we chatted, I probably figured it out in my mind.

Why is Han Zhongyan in prison, why is the shop run by the Han family's clan raided, why does Cao Tan dare to be so tough, etc.

He was convinced that these people in the Liang Mansion were not only capable, but were also trying to undermine the emperor step by step. They had to wait for 20 years for the emperor's eldest son to reach adulthood.

That's all I can say.

In 20 years, if the eldest son of the emperor ascends the throne, the first thing Cao Song will do is to kill all the families of these people who are in Liang Mansion today.

Not to mention that your Gao family now has hundreds of people, the Cao family has hundreds of people, and the Zhangdun family also has hundreds of people.

What kind of royal relatives, what kind of relatives.

Never let one go.

Cao Song played mahjong, told jokes with the three old men, and learned about the Liao Kingdom, but he had another plan in mind, and he could not put the Cao family to death no matter what.

Come to think of it, my niece thought the same way.

Yep.

An idea flashed in Cao Song's head. Cao Shi from the sixth room was almost out of food because of the dowry issue. Do you want to go and talk about it? The Cao family can marry a daughter into the palace. With the prestige of the Cao family, as long as she has the right The son will definitely become a noble concubine.

Suddenly, Cao Song felt happy in his heart.Fortunately, I only have one daughter who is a concubine, and the rest are sons, otherwise I would be miserable.

These days, the Xungui family is so proud that the dowry can really overwhelm the father.

The eldest son of the family, Cao Ping, married Cao Tan, and his family property shrank by one-third. Think about it, it’s so hard!

"Nonsense, let me count, break one nine, break one door..." Zhang Dun started to count his numbers, Cao Song looked at his cards, and he was so happy with the four happy cards, why did he let this old man take the lead? .

Do you want to try the highest level of bloody battle in the rules?

As for whether Cao Ping was suffering or not, Cao Song had no time to think about it.

Is it bitter?

Cao Ping only reduced one-third of his family property, but Zhao Youfu did.

First, he gave Zhao Bijun the share of the charcoal shop that Liang Shicheng gave him, which was half of the three thousand guan every year. The other half was given to his young eunuchs, which meant that all of it was given to Zhao Bijun.That's not all. Counting the shops in Bianjing City and the farms outside the city, Zhao Youfu's family property has shrunk by 70.00%, which must be more than two-thirds.

Speaking of charcoal shop, this is Liang Xin’s most important business.

make money?
Zhao Youfu didn't know.

It's already autumn, and winter is about to begin.

The price of charcoal in Bianjing City has increased again this year, reaching as high as [-] yuan per scale. This is just ordinary charcoal, and fragrant charcoal is extremely expensive. According to the current prices in Bianjing City, each scale of charcoal can buy one hundred meats. steamed stuffed bun.

(Note: One scale weighs thirty kilograms, 16 taels per kilogram, about 640 grams)
The charcoal sold by Liang Xin's charcoal shop was mostly fragrant charcoal, which was only supplied to nobles.The rest is charcoal. A few days ago, Zhao Youfu arranged for people to purchase it in the palace. After looking at the price, the current price is 400 yuan per thousand charcoal honeycomb cakes. The price is about [-] guan, which is less than the price of a load of rice.

Recently, a load of rice in Bianjing City has cost nearly three guans.

These charcoal honeycomb cakes are of the same size and are made to a very standard cost. 70 yuan is equivalent to one hundred catties, and one thousand, four hundred yuan is equivalent to two thousand catties.If you buy it at zero, the less you buy, the more expensive the single piece will be.

Therefore, Zhao Youfu doesn't know whether he is making money or not.

But he believed that Liang Shicheng had said that he would be given three thousand guan every year. He believed that there would be no discount on this number, regardless of whether Shitan was making money or not.

So, is coal making money?

Zhao Bijun is a businessman. She has been running a cloth shop with her father and family since she was a child, and she knows how to run a business.

Cao Tan then handed over the business of some shops to Zhao Bijun.

Zhao Bijun was very concerned about the work assigned to him by Cao Tan. After he ransacked some cloth shops, rice shops, and salt shops that the Han family had managed for the clan, he took revenge and became calm. He no longer participated in the house raids and began to use his heart to Go and manage the stores under the name of Liang Mansion.

Charcoal shop.

Only after Zhao Bijun opened the general ledger did he find out.

Although there are still three charcoal shops in Bianjing City, one belongs to the Cao family, one belongs to the Liang family, and the other is named after Wang Pu.To put it bluntly, all the charcoal shops in Bianjing City are owned by oneself.

A shopkeeper from the charcoal shop came in with the account book at this time: "Ms. Zhao, just now, the charcoal price has increased again, 210 yuan per scale. Do we still have to implement the summer charcoal price?"

Zhao Bijun didn't dare to say.

Although he is a merchant, he also knows the hardships of the market.

The rise in charcoal prices, without anyone dominating the market, heralds another very cold winter this year.

So, should the price increase?
The shopkeeper continued: "When our charcoal shop first started selling charcoal honeycomb cakes, the master rewarded each shopkeeper with 500 yuan of charcoal cakes. My family has been using them for almost half a year."

Zhao Bijun raised his head: "Half a year?"

Zhao Bijun couldn't believe the number half.

Just 500 yuan of carbolic cake, how can it be enough for daily needs for half a year?

Zhao Bijun was not doubtful, it was just that it felt so incredible. Is carbonated cake so durable?
(End of this chapter)