One Piece of Song Dynasty

Liang Xing asked, "Brother Li, how much money does this house cost?"

Li Er replied, "Now that the war is in chaos, this man of the house can give me three hundred guan..shung"

Liang Xing clasped his fists and said, "Okay, I will give Brother Li three hundred and ten taels of silver. The extra ten taels of silver will be regarded as my thanks to Brother Li."

Li Er smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Lang. I think it's your first time for Mr. Lang to come to Nanjing. If you want to know anything in the future, feel free to come to me."

Liang Xing chuckled and said, "This is indeed the first time for someone to do business in Nanjing. Someone is a businessman from Xijing. Brother Li wants to ask if there are any shops for sale. Someone wants to open a shop in Nanjing."

Li Er thought for a while and replied, "There is a shop for sale in Jingkefang not far from this house. If Mr. Lang wants it, I can give him a hundred guan cheaper."

Liang Xing thought for a while and replied, "Okay, I want it from a shop owner. I heard that the court was fighting against gold thieves very hard. I wonder if Brother Li has any news."

Li Er shook his head and sighed, "This gold thief is really powerful. The court defeated him several times. The most terrible thing is that the court has to increase taxes in order to fight against the gold thief. Originally, everyone was living well, but when this gold thief came, the court increased taxes." Tax, life is hard, it’s all because of this nasty gold thief.”

Liang Xing also sighed and said, "I just hope that the court will quickly put down the gold thief, so that I can do business well."

Li Er replied, "It's all the same. Only when things are stable can our lives be easier."

Liang Xing patted Li Er on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. The war is a matter for the court and we can't control it. Let's go get the money with a certain person."

Liang Xing took Li Er to the inn, handed the money to Li Er, took the house deed, and Li Er left.

Liang Xing said to Niu San, "Pack your things and let's move to the house. In addition, you send someone to follow Li Er, the tooth man, to see what he has done, and then see where his home is and who else is there." Although Liang Xing felt that there were no flaws in his behavior, he had to make preparations in advance just in case.

Niu San replied, "Yes, Langjun."

Liang Xing and his party packed up their things and moved into the house.

Liang Xing looked at Qinglian holding the child and asked, "Miss Qinglian, how is this house?"

Qinglian looked at it and replied, "It's pretty good. It's enough to live in."

Liang Xing said, "Niu San, clean up the house. I, Miss Qinglian, and their children live in the backyard. You can watch the arrangements for the others. After the arrangements are made, go and quietly transfer the gold from outside the city."

Niu San replied, "Yes, Langjun, I will do it right now."

By the time Niu San finished all this, it was already Youshi.

Niu San came back sweating profusely and said, "My lord, all the gold has been moved here."

Liang Xing nodded and said, "Okay, you have worked hard all day. You have to move the gold to someone's house. You can take a bath quickly. Miss Qinglian will prepare the meal in a while. After eating, have a good sleep." Tomorrow we will go out and walk along the Imperial City, then check out the shops, decide on the decoration of the shops, and try to start doing business as soon as possible and make money first."

Niu San cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lang Jun, my subordinates know that the people who went to spy on Li Er are back. Li Er has no abnormal behavior and refuses to report it. Li Er has a mother, a wife and a boy of several years old at home."

Liang Xing replied, "Okay, I know everything."

Liang Xing hid the gold, ate the delicious food cooked by Miss Qinglian, and went to bed. It had been two months since Liang Xing left Hui'an. Liang Xing finally had his own place to stay in Nanjing, where he could enjoy the beautiful scenery. I had the most peaceful sleep in the past two months.

There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, after breakfast, Liang Xing took Niu San and others to go around the city. Liang Xing and others walked around the imperial city intentionally or unintentionally. The house Liang Xing bought was Close to the Imperial City.

Liang Xing said to Niu San, "Niu San, what do you think about digging a secret passage from our house to the imperial city? This will make it convenient for us if we want to enter the imperial city in the future."

Niu San thought for a while and said, "If I go back to Langjun, I can, but it will take a long time to dig a tunnel. I can only dig at night. It is easy to be discovered when digging during the day."

Liang Xing replied, "Okay, then we will dig every night. We will start digging tonight. You can make arrangements. Let's go check out the shops now."

Niu San nodded and said, "Yes, Langjun."

The shop facing the street is a small courtyard, the house facing the street can be used as a shop, and the backyard can be used as a residence.

Liang Xing looked at it and said to Niu San, "This will be our second place to stay from now on. Decorate this place and arrange for a few people to live here. While doing business, you can also pass news to the adults. Be careful not to let anyone in." I discovered that you know how to fly homing pigeons.”

Niu San nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Lang, all my subordinates know."

Liang Xing thought for a while and said, "Okay, let the person who raises the pigeons brought from the adults live here in the shop, and the pigeons will also be moved here."

Niu San replied, "Yes, Langjun."

Liang Xing nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back."

After returning home, Liang Xing thought about it and decided to write a confidential letter to Li Xin to ask when the Cangzhou Mansion Restaurant would open, and to report his situation and plans. Liang Xing planned to write a secret letter to Li Xin between Nanjing Mansion and Cangzhou Mansion. Opening a secret trade route, in addition to regularly transporting horses and medicinal materials to the Song Dynasty, he also planned to ask the Cangzhou Mansion Restaurant to send him more products from the Song Dynasty, such as tea, porcelain, spices, etc. In addition, this trade route could also deliver The message reduces the number of times the homing pigeon is used, which is more conducive to hiding in enemy territory.

After writing the secret letter, Liang Xing gave the letter to Niu San, "Niu San, this is a secret letter written by a certain person to the adults. You send it out with a carrier pigeon. You must decorate the shop as soon as possible. In the letter, a certain person asked the adults to give We will send more specialties from this dynasty in the future so that we can trade here, and starting tomorrow, except for the necessary people, everyone in the family will disperse and map out Nanjing Mansion and the surrounding areas of Nanjing Mansion as soon as possible."

"Yes, Lang Jun, my subordinates know."

"And you can buy a dog and come back tomorrow. I remember an adult said that dogs are better at guarding the house."

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

In this way, Liang Xing began to wander around with his men during the day, and went home to draw maps and dig tunnels at night. The shops also began to be decorated, waiting for Li Xin's reply.

Four days later, Liang Xing finally received a reply from Li Xin. Li Xin expressed pleasure that Liang Xing had established a foothold in Nanjing Prefecture, and told Liang Xing that the Cangzhou Prefecture Restaurant would not open for business for another month, asking Liang Xing to wait patiently. Liang Xing fully agrees with the plan and has informed the shopkeeper of Cangzhou Mansion Restaurant. Li Xin also told Liang Xing that there will be a secret port in Cangzhou in the future. When the port is opened, more goods will be sent to him, such as Soap is something unique to the Li family. Finally, Li Xin asked Liang Xing to pay attention to safety and not to expose himself.

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