The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 48

Zuixianju's business has always been very good.

After Liu Wei came to Zuixianju, he asked the boy about a man named Shi Fu. After a while, the boy came with a man in gorgeous clothes, but Liu Wei felt that although the man was dressed gorgeously, But he didn't look like a noble person, so he didn't show any condescension. When Shi Fu came, he asked lightly: "Are you Shi Fu?"

The man was slightly startled, and then quickly smiled and said: "This is Shi Fu, my young master has been waiting for Prince Consort Liu for a long time, please go to the third floor."

There are three floors in Zuixianju, the first floor is the noisiest, the second and third floors are all private rooms, the second floor has a medium configuration, and the third floor is the best. It is said that the price of a room is around one hundred taels.

Liu Wei followed Shi Fu up to the third floor, found that the third floor was very quiet, and couldn't help frowning slightly, but Shi Fu was extremely proud, and said with a smile: "My son likes to be quiet, so he booked the entire third floor of Zuixianju. .”

The implication of Shi Fu's words was to say that their son is very rich, but Liu Wei was not at all envious, let alone surprised, and only said softly, and then stopped talking to Shi Fu, which made Shi Fu very upset It was embarrassing, but also a little bit angry, but Liu Wei was a guest of his son, so he couldn't do anything about it, so he had to feel dark, and then invited Liu Wei into the house.

The house is large and decorated gorgeously. There is a table near the window. Sitting on the side, you can just see the street view outside. After hearing the voice, a young man in Chinese clothes stood up from his chair, looked at Liu Wei and smiled slightly: " I have heard about Liu Consort's wise decision to kill Wuhen's corpse today, I admire it very much, please sit down."

Liu Wei was not too polite, sat down opposite that person, and said: "I heard from Liu Quan that you want to do business with me, but is that so?"

The man smiled lightly: "Exactly."

"How to do it?"

The man was slightly taken aback, and said: "Madam Liu doesn't want to know his identity first?"

"Is it necessary? If the business is good, even if you don't know your identity, we can cooperate."

The man smiled slightly after hearing this, but shook his head and said: "Although I say that, but my status is extraordinary, Prince Concubine Liu should think about it."

Liu Wei frowned slightly, and said, "Then please speak clearly."

The man nodded: "I, Shi Bo, lives in Jinling, my father Shi Wennan."

Shi Bo only said a short sentence, but he thought that Liu Wei could know his identity. In Jinling of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who didn't know Shi Bo, and who didn't know Shi Wennan?
Shi Wennan, the richest man in the Southern Tang Dynasty, is said to be as rich as an enemy. Among the younger generation of the Shi family, the most famous one is Shi Bo. It is rumored that Shi Bo is a prodigy in business. He won the first pot of gold, and then became more ferocious every year. According to legend, the reason why the Shi family became the richest man in the Southern Tang Dynasty was Shi Bo's greatest contribution.

Since Liu Wei started his business, he has collected various situations in and around the Song Dynasty. He also knows about the Shi family, the richest man in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Jinling, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, has convenient transportation. Called the first place, the Shi family is as rich as an enemy country, so naturally it has a lot of money.

Now knowing that the young man in front of me is the second son of the richest man in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Liu Wei was shocked, not because he was the son of the richest man, but because of his identity as a Southern Tang native. Tang Dao was not destroyed after all, and the two countries rarely communicated. If Shi Bo entered Kaifeng City privately, if someone with ulterior motives found out, he would be charged as a spy.

"It turned out to be Second Young Master Shi. It was really surprising to meet Second Young Master Shi in our Song capital. I just wonder what kind of business Second Young Master Shi wants to do with me?"

Hearing Liu Wei's words, Shi Fu immediately felt complacent, thinking that although Liu Wei was very famous, he had heard of their young master.

Shi Bo was young and mature, with a handsome appearance, he smiled lightly at this time, and said: "Liu Concubine's Liefeng wine, Tanxiang wine and wine are all rare wines, they are well-known around Kaifeng City, even we in the Southern Tang Dynasty have heard of them, but We in the Southern Tang Dynasty have always been able to hear it but not drink it, this is a pity, for this reason I want to do business with Liu Concubine."

After Shi Bo finished speaking, he filled the wine glass on the table, it was the Tanxiang wine sold by Liu Family Winery.

Liu Wei smiled lightly: "Unfortunately, even if I want to sell the wine of the Liu Family Winery to Southern Tang, I can't. Southern Tang and our Great Song Dynasty have no business relations, and it is impossible for me to know the law and break the law as the son-in-law of the Great Song Dynasty."

Shi Bo was not in a hurry, and said: "What Liu Concubine said is very true, I don't like to do business secretly, if Southern Tang and Great Song can do business, wouldn't it be much more convenient?"

Liu Wei was taken aback for a moment, Shi Bo's words couldn't be more obvious, he wanted Liu Wei to persuade the imperial court to allow the two countries to trade, it's just such a big matter, how can Liu Wei persuade, and at this time, Liu Wei can understand more clearly, Shi Bo wanted to do business between the two countries, not just for the sake of the wine from their Liu family winery.

If it's just for wine, why bother?
"Second Master Shi thinks highly of me. Although I am a son-in-law, I have no right to intervene in such important matters that are related to the livelihood of the country. If you want to open trade between the two countries, you can ask your Southern Tang King to propose to our Great Song Dynasty. Well!"

Shi Bo smiled slightly: "Liu Concubine is a smart man, he should be clear about the situation in our Southern Tang Dynasty, our ruler only knows that he lives in a corner, and he doesn't care about doing business with your country, so if you want to do business between the two countries, only you The emperor of the Great Song Dynasty proposed that our ruler could not refuse, so he naturally agreed." At this point, Shi Bo was silent for a while, and then said: "Your country is now strong and powerful, and it will be a matter of time before you unify the universe. If you can open up business as soon as possible, it will be good for your country to rule the world, Liu Concubine is a person in business, and should know how much prosperity business brings to the country."

Hearing Shi Bo say this, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and then said coldly: "Second Young Master Shi is from the Southern Tang Dynasty, how can he say such a thing?"

Seeing Liu Wei's tone turned cold, Shi Bo didn't panic. He said with a slight smile, "Businessmen value profit over the country. As long as everything is beneficial to themselves, so what if the country dies? Doesn't your country have the intention of unifying the world?"

Liu Wei was startled, he didn't expect Shi Bo to say that a businessman puts more value on profit than country, what else can't they sacrifice for such a person who doesn't even care about national interests?Cooperating with this kind of person, I am afraid that there is a possibility of being betrayed at any time, Liu Wei smiled lightly: "It turns out that Second Master Shi thinks so, farewell!"

After speaking, Liu Wei got up and left immediately. Seeing Liu Wei like this, Shi Fu was so angry that he was about to step forward to stop him, but was suddenly stopped by Shi Bo.

But after Liu Wei left, Shi Fu asked a little puzzled: "My lord, this Liu Wei is too rampant, he refuses to help, we will just find someone else, in the entire Song Dynasty, I don't believe that no one is willing to help." Help, I heard that Zhao Kuangyin obeyed their prime minister, Zhao Puyan, so we will give Zhao Pu gifts, he will definitely help."

Shi Bo smiled lightly: "Shi Fu, you are wrong. This Liu Wei is a smart man. Sooner or later, he will help us open up trade between the two countries. With the ambition of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he must annex the world, and open business as soon as possible, which will only benefit our Shi family. , there is no harm, and we must cooperate with this Liu Wei."

"Young master has always had a long-term vision, but I have never doubted this little thing."
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After Liu Wei left Zuixianju, she didn't feel as angry as she imagined.

What Shi Bo said is not wrong. The Southern Tang Dynasty is rich. If we can do business with them, it will be absolutely beneficial to the Song Dynasty. It will not only enrich the people, but even strengthen the country. It is just too big to persuade the court to do business with the Southern Tang Dynasty. , it is not something that he, the official of Kaifeng Mansion, or the son-in-law can be involved in. If he is involved, he will inevitably be criticized. Some time ago when he brewed wine, someone made a hindrance and said that he was collaborating with the enemy. If he stepped forward to participate in this matter, maybe What is it like to be said.

It's just that he doesn't do it, but someone has to do it, but who can he ask to do it?

After returning to the mansion, Liu Wei told Princess Ruyi about Shi Bo, and Princess Ruyi was slightly surprised after hearing this, and said, "Are you from Southern Tang?"

Liu Wei smiled slightly: "To be precise, he is the second son of the richest man in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his purpose is not only to make business between the two countries for profit, but also to make plans for the future through the strong financial resources of their Shi family."

"Planning for the future?"

"That's right, today's Majesty is very ambitious, and it will be a matter of time before the Southern Tang Dynasty is annexed. If the Southern Tang Dynasty is destroyed, the Shi family, who is the richest man in the Southern Tang Dynasty, will definitely be implicated. Then at that time, my Great Song businessman will have to help him a lot, and everyone will be grasshoppers on the same rope at that time, and everyone will prosper, and everyone will suffer."

"So he chose the son-in-law?"

Liu Wei nodded: "If we can cooperate with my son-in-law, then my son-in-law will have to help them overcome some difficulties, won't I?"

"But the son-in-law didn't agree?"

"Not agreeing doesn't mean not doing it. After all, trade is beneficial to our Great Song Dynasty. We can even achieve the goal of controlling Southern Tang through trade."

After saying this, Liu Wei didn't say much anymore, and hurried to the Kaifeng government office again. After thinking about it, he felt that only Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi could help with this matter, and only he could mention it before the emperor.

Liu Wei went and came back, which surprised King Jin a little. He was even very angry when he heard that Liu Wei had met Shi Bo, a businessman from the Southern Tang Dynasty. But just as he was about to reprimand Liu Wei, Su another Wang suddenly smiled and said: "Then Shi Bo wants to do business with us in the Song Dynasty, what does Lord Liu think?"

Liu Wei smiled and said: "Trade is divided into north and south. If we can do business, it will be beneficial to the people of Song Dynasty. But what I value most is to control the people of Southern Tang through business. As long as the people of Southern Tang can't do without After developing something unique to our Great Song Dynasty, it will be easier to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty."

"Oh, something that the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty cannot do without, for example?"

(End of this chapter)