The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

With alcohol and brain fever, Yun Yan leaned back on his head and nestled in the top spot, only giggling left, "I, I came here with someone else's identity... It's okay, my relationship with Zhao Yunchu is better than you think. It's much better."

Liu Yong touched the following sentence, and he smiled twice, "Really? Did you know that the three of us will make a fortune together..."

"It's not my family, it's me." Yun Yan said in a daze, "If it weren't for the old man to say, don't sell silk and silk, then he will only keep silk and silk, and he would rather donate all the property to the clan...I Is it possible to come here?"

Liu Yong's eyes straightened, "Isn't this your biggest business?"

Yun Yanhui was so drunk that he didn't know what he was talking about, "Tea...he sells tea..."

Liu Yong's heart jumped suddenly, Da Song Quecha, unless this Zheng Feibo is the son of an official, would he dare to say that his family sells tea? Then there is only one possibility, that is, his home also has a source of tea and smuggles it too!

Liu Yong couldn't wait to know the story behind this. He patted Yun Yanhui on the shoulder, "My father... where did the tea come from?"

Yun Yan just smirked back.

Liu Yong urged him to ask two more times, and Yun Yan waved his hand in annoyance, "The people in the tea farm, the tea, the tea case..."

He said that the preface did not follow, but Liu Yong understood it.

It's amazing. Zheng Feibo's father is really a personal thing. He can actually get through the tea case and get the goods directly. Unlike them, he can only play tricks in the bargaining market, and it takes a long time to settle the account.

It's just that this person definitely didn't sell the tea to Liao, otherwise he couldn't have never heard of it.

Sure enough, Yun Yan chuckled twice again, "People of Tubo, you can't have tea for a day..."

Liu Yong pressed Yun Yanhui's shoulder and smiled, "Brother Feibo, don't worry, you will definitely make a lot of money in this silk business."

In An Sujun, at the bargaining field, he and Shao Tingyi said who would earn it, and who could not earn it?

...

On the moon in the middle of the sky, Liu Yong led people to help Yun Yan back home.

The servant carried a round lantern to illuminate the road. This is the Kaifeng lantern from Bianjing. It is also called Mingyue Deng and Kaifengyue. It is named after it is shaped like a bright moon.

At the beginning, Shao Tingyi ordered a large number of purchases. He was from Bianjing and was in An Sujun. After the Kaifeng lamp came out, he changed all the lights in the mansion. Yue is his hometown Ming. He wants to see his hometown. Zhiyue, a solution to homesickness.

Shao Tingyi did so, and within a few days, An Sujun was all over Kaifeng.

Liu Yong felt that Shao Tingyi's guess might be true, and the two have a close relationship.

The envoy cannot bring unrelated people on the trip, but Zhao Yunchu stuffed this Zheng Feibo in for his name, perhaps because he had the shares, but since this was just a trial given to him by Zheng Feibo’s family, then Zhao Yunchu was completely escorting him. Escorted.

After they arrived, Zhao Yunchu even went out to pick them up in person. Liu Yong couldn't help but feel that Shao Tingyi's eyes were still nasty.

Yun Yanhui was carried by a servant of Liu Yong, with his head buried on his shoulders. Zhao Yunchu took a look at the light, "What's wrong?"

Liu Yong hehe laughed twice, "As much as I am happy, I am greedy, and Zheng Lang is drunk."

Zhao Yunchu: "..."

Zhao Yunchu: "Drunk?"

"Yes," Liu Yong pushed Zheng Ling, but saw him wave his hand very impatiently, "Oh, blame me for not stopping, the grape vinegar on today is too strong, give him some hangover soup for a good rest. "

"...Hmm." Zhao Yunchu personally took the person over and carried him back.

Liu Yong looked at it and felt more happy. The better the relationship between these two people, the more advantage they will take.

...

The next day, Zhao Yunchu was going to meet the envoys of Liao and Xixia. They came to the Song Dynasty deliberately to discuss the tea trade volume with Song Dynasty.

Yun Yan followed behind, rubbing his head all the time, looking like a hangover and headache.

Shao Tingyi and Liu Yongdu accompanied him to meet, and Liu Yong squeezed up to greet him, "Brother Feibo, how are you resting? I drank too much last night."

Yun Yan frowned and glanced at him, "Director Liu, did I say anything last night?"

Liu Yong smiled deeply, "It's nothing."

Yun Yan replied: "...It's really nothing? I can't remember a bit."

"Don't worry, you didn't say anything that shouldn't be said." But all that should be said was taken out. Liu Yong smiled and said to him, "Let's make another appointment tonight."

Yun Yan replied hurriedly: "It can't be done."

Liu Yong: "Don't worry, we won't have any wine tonight. Let's talk about business tonight."

Yun Yan looked at him with a puzzled face, "How do you talk at night?"

The bargaining trade is under the supervision of the government, so how can it be discussed at the wine table? Moreover, the goods have not arrived yet, so I can't even enter the bargaining area.

"You'll know when you come." Liu Yong didn't reveal half of it.

At this time, Zhao Yunchu suddenly turned around, "Feibo is here to serve tea, I want to talk privately with the two messengers."

When other people heard this, they took the initiative to avoid it. Of course, it was impossible to ask Zhao Yunchu and the envoy to go privately.

Liu Yong and Shao Tingyi's eyes flashed even more, reconfirming the relationship between Zhao Yunchu and Zheng Feibo. Otherwise, even if Zheng Feibo's family smuggled tea and knew it well, they would not trust him to make tea on such occasions.

...

When everyone else left, Zhao Yunchu opened up his battle and fought with the envoys of Liao and Xia.

Both the Liao State and Xixia were dissatisfied with this system, not only that Song State was too profitable.

Because the copper coins of the Song Dynasty are of very good quality, they are very popular in other countries, especially Liao. The way for Song State Money to reach Liao State is nothing more than doing business between the two countries, and Song State money.

Recently, Song Guo sold a tea with a particularly high price, which is very popular in various countries. They have lost a lot of copper money, but now they are getting worse. Each batch of tea must be called a tea. Selling to them by auction is simply shameless.

The man in front of him is the royal family of the Song Dynasty. He looks pure and handsome. He is the son of the Eight Kings. Although the tiger father has no dogs, the Eight Kings have been trapped in the mansion because of the dead Liu Empress. I heard that in order to protect himself, Not only was he abolished, but several of his sons were also raised and abolished, and only recently returned to the court.

Thinking about it, the envoy of the two countries could not help but straighten up, a little arrogant.

"No, it's unfair. How can you use this method? We will never agree to it!"

Zhao Yunchu glanced back at Yun Yan who was making tea, and said with no expression on his face: "This method, our emperor has made a final decision. Song Guo will sell scented tea like this in the future. You only have three choices, one is to accept, and the other is. I don’t want to buy it, there is another kind of—"

The envoys couldn't help leaning forward a little, wondering what kind of words he would say. According to their understanding, it should be a little bit of concession, right? For example, add some price.

Zhao Yunchu said with a smile but a smile: "That is to trade for horses."

The envoys of Liao and Xixia also exploded an **** in their native language.

How about playing with them? !

Wasn’t the purpose of opening the forum and checking the incoming and outgoing goods just to prohibit the flow of such war materials to other countries, especially to the Song Dynasty?

The horses of Liao and Xixia are good, but Song is all dependent on imports. Both of them are stuck and will never sell horses to Song. To be honest, Song Guo, who had poor horses, caused them a headache. How dare to give them war horses?

This Zhao Yunchu said that he was obviously teasing them, and he also expressed an attitude. You can not sell horses. Don't think we dare not sell tea. To be honest, the two countries don't want it, and the Song State can bear it. Will Da Song not rely on them for its economic prosperity?

But if they can't buy scented tea, they will be scolded by the rich in their own country, including the royal family, who like scented tea.

"The two of you don't need to be excited," Zhao Yunchu said calmly, "I didn't say that money must be used to buy it. A certain amount of goods can be allowed to barter."

The expressions of the envoys of the two countries looked a little better, and they continued to argue without giving up, but Zhao Yunchu's attitude was very firm.

Yun Yan looked back and they estimated that it would take a long time to grind the tea, and then went out to add water.

A bunch of relevant officials were still waiting outside. Liu Yong and Shao Tingyi were also there. The two of them were drinking tea together. They were drinking the scented tea that was controversial inside. They smiled and said that they don't know when there will be new tricks in the tea case.

Yun Yan also added water to them, because he had a bad attitude before, and Liu Yong actually felt a little flattered.

Yun Yan would like to ask Liu Yong about tonight, but Liu Yong did not let go.

Shao Tingyi smiled faintly, "Feibomo is in a hurry, he will definitely introduce you well when that happens."

Shao Tingyi also spoke... Sure enough, he and Liu Yong are the same. The situation may be worse than the officials thought. There is collusion between officials of all sizes here, and the so-called old ministry of Zhao Yunchu's father is unreliable in the face of interests.

Yun Yan had no choice but to suppress his curiosity.

——

When Zhao Yunchu's negotiation with them ends on this day, there is still no result. They have to go back to discuss this. This has been met long ago, and it can't be ended so soon. Since there was nothing wrong, Yun Yan took leave and went out to do business with Liu Yong.

Liu Yong led Yun Yan back with only two guards, followed far behind him, and walked him away.

Yun Yan curiously said back: "What the **** is going on?"

"Don't say, brother Feibo, let's see for yourself." Liu Yong said.

Take a look, what to look at?

Yun Yan recalled that Liu Yong was taken to a restaurant. There were many soldiers, officials, and occasional civilians in the restaurant. Yun Yan would think this was an official guest house.

But after entering, Yun Yan found out that something was wrong. Soldiers and officials who came in usually had pockets, big and small, but after going out, it was just a swelling pocket.

Yun Yan was surprised, "They are..."

Liu Yong smiled slightly, "There are a lot of Liao people living here, some who do big business, and some who do small businesses. They are all selling things, selling things to these Liao people."

A hint of shock flashed in Yun Yan's eyes, "That's it... grandiose?"

Trades that do not go through the market, no matter how big or small, are supposed to be smuggling.

Before coming to An Sujun, Yun Yan knew that smuggling was widespread here, but he had always thought that it was among the upper-level officials. Those officials used the goods of the country to make money without any cost, and they made a fortune.

However, he never expected that this unhealthy wind would have blown into ordinary soldiers. You know, in Beijing, no one dares to mention this kind of thing. This made him deeply feel what it means to be Emperor Tiangao far away.

Yun Yan looked back and found that the smile on Liu Yong's face was somewhat triumphant.

"Brother, there are three kinds of people doing this kind of business in Song Dynasty. One is ordinary people. It is more common for them to exchange items with ordinary people in Liao. If you go to the border, you can see many. One kind is these soldiers and small people. Officials, they took advantage of their positions to get things and sell them to Liao people. As for the third kind..."

Liu Yong said, a strange smile appeared in his eyes, "It is our envoys of Song Dynasty. They do business with the officials of the Liao Kingdom, and the profits can be higher. Therefore, we people have any reason not to imitate. What?"

Yun Yan could hardly maintain his expression in return, and his anger was almost gushing out. So, Liu Yongzhi and his ilk just change the concept in such a way, brainwashing people, and then make the atmosphere crooked?

The state sets up a bargaining market, collects business taxes, and small people exchange small items. This is a gray area. No one would ever think that this situation can be completely prohibited or severely cracked down.

However, most of the small people, even those low-ranking soldiers and officials smuggled, mostly for tax evasion, will it be a prohibited item like Liu Yong and others? Not at all!

As for Liu Yong, they smuggled tea. Tea, for other countries, may be just a drink, but for Da Song, it is not.

Liao and Xixia were unwilling to sell horses to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty wanted to train troops, so they could only exchange tea with another horse-producing area-Tubo. There was a large demand for tea in Tubo and the Song Dynasty was unwilling to lose a large amount of copper. Next, they exchanged a lot of tea for their horses. To a certain extent, tea is equivalent to military supplies!

What is even more horrible is that today is tea, what will it be tomorrow? They are officials at the border for the imperial court.

Yun Yanhui made up a bold businessman, but he didn't expect that the reality was crazier than he had imagined.

Yun Yan clenched her back teeth and smiled, "That's right, even those high-ranking officials don't care about strict orders, so how do we care?"