The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Drunken and hot, Yun Yan turned back and nestled in a top chair, all she could do was smirk, "I, I came here as someone else... It's okay, the relationship between me and Zhao Yunchu is stronger than you think. Much better."

Liu Yong touched the last sentence, and laughed twice, "Really? Did you know that the three of us will get rich together..."

"It's not my family, it's me." Yun Yan replied in a daze, "If the old man hadn't said that if he didn't sell the silk silk, he would only keep the silk silk from now on. He would rather donate all his property to the clan... I Is it worth going to the frontier?"

Liu Yong's eyes straightened, "Isn't this the biggest deal in your family?"

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

Liu Yong's heart skipped a beat, Da Song asked about tea, unless this Zheng Feibo is the son of an official family, how dare he say that his family sells tea?Then there is only one possibility, that is, his family also has a source of tea and is also engaged in smuggling!

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

Yun Yan just smirked back.

Liu Yong pressed the question twice more, and Yun Yan waved his hand annoyed, "The people in the tea shop, the tea, the tea case..."

What he said didn't match what he said, but Liu Yong understood it.

Amazing, this Zheng Feibo's father is really a character, he was able to get through the tea case and get the goods directly, unlike them, who can only play tricks in the negotiation hall, and it takes a long time to settle the account.

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

Sure enough, Yun Yanhui laughed twice, "People in Tubo can't live without tea for a day..."

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

In the Ansu Army, in the battleground, he and Shao Tingyi said who wants to make money, and who can not make money?

……

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and Liu Yong led someone to help Yunyan go back.

The servants carried a round lamp to illuminate the road. This is the Kaifeng lamp from Bianjing, also called Mingyue lamp, Kaifeng moon, which is named after its shape like a bright moon.

In the beginning, Shao Tingyi ordered someone to purchase a large batch. He is from Bianjing and was in the Ansu Army. After the Kaifeng lamp came out, he changed all the lamps in the mansion. The moon is the hometown of Ming. The moon, a solution to homesickness.

Follow the example, Shao Tingyi did this, and within a few days, the Ansu army spread all over Kaifeng.

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

The envoy cannot bring irrelevant people with him when he travels, but Zhao Yunchu put Zheng Feibo in as an alias, maybe because he took the shares, but since this is just a test given to him by Zheng Feibo's family, then Zhao Yunchu is completely protecting him Escorted.

After they arrived, Zhao Yunchu went out to pick them up in person, Liu Yong couldn't help feeling that Shao Tingyi's eyes were vicious.

Yun Yanhui was carried by a servant of Liu Yong's family, with his head buried on the man's shoulder, Zhao Yunchu glanced at it by light, "What's wrong?"

Liu Yong chuckled twice, "I'm so excited, I'm too drunk, Zheng Lang is drunk."

Zhao Yunchu: "..."

Zhao Yunchu: "Drunk?"

"Yes," Liu Yong pushed Zheng Ling, but saw him wave his hand impatiently, "Oh, it's my fault that I didn't stop him, the grape wine served today was too strong, feed him some hangover soup so he can rest. "

"...Well." Zhao Yunchu personally picked up the person and carried him back.

When Liu Yong saw it, he felt even happier, the better the relationship between the two, the more advantage they would have.

……

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

Yun Yan followed behind, rubbing her head all the time, looking like she was suffering from a hangover.

Both Shao Tingyi and Liu Yong accompanied the meeting, and Liu Yong squeezed up to greet him, "Brother Feibo, how are you resting? You drank too much last night."

Yun Yan frowned and glanced at him, "Director Liu, didn't I say anything last night?"

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

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

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

Yun Yan hurried back and said: "No, no, no."

Liu Yong: "Don't worry, we won't drink tonight, let's discuss business tonight."

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

The trade in the market is under the supervision of the government, so how could it be discussed at the wine table? Moreover, the goods have not yet arrived, and they cannot even enter the market.

"You'll know when you come." Liu Yong didn't reveal anything.

At this time, Zhao Yunchu suddenly turned around, "Feibo is here to serve tea, I want to have a private talk with the two envoys."

When the others 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 brightly, and they reconfirmed the relationship between Zhao Yunchu and Zheng Feibo. Otherwise, even if Zheng Feibo's family smuggled tea, they knew tea very well, and if they didn't trust him, they wouldn't ask him to make tea on such an occasion.

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After all the others had left, Zhao Yunchu set up his position and began to fight with the envoys of Liao and Xia.

Both Liao and Xixia are very dissatisfied with this system, not only that, Song is too profitable.

Because the copper coins of the Song Dynasty are of good quality, they are very popular in other countries, especially the Liao Dynasty.The way for the money from the Song Dynasty to the Liao Kingdom is nothing more than the business between the two countries, as well as the old coins of the Song Dynasty.

Recently, the State of Song sold a kind of tea with a very high price, which is very popular in all countries. It already caused them to lose a lot of copper coins, but now it has even worsened. Each batch of tea must use a kind of tea called It's shameless to sell it to them by way of auction.

The person in front of me is the clan of the Song Dynasty. He looks fair 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 for these years because of the deceased Empress Liu. It is said that in order to protect themselves, Not only was he abolished, but several sons were also adopted and abolished, and they only returned to the court recently.

Thinking about it, the envoys of the two countries could not help but straighten their backs, and became a little arrogant.

"No, it's unfair, how can you use such a method, we will never agree!"

Zhao Yunchu glanced back at Yunyan who was making tea, and said expressionlessly: "This method, our Emperor, has already made a decision. The Song Kingdom will sell scented tea like this in the future. You only have three choices, one is to accept it, and the other is to accept it. Whether to buy it or not, there is another kind—”

The envoys could not help leaning forward a little, wanting to know what he would say. According to their understanding, it should be a little retreat, right?For example, add some price.

Zhao Yunchu said with a half-smile: "That is to exchange horses."

The envoys of Liao and Xixia uttered a dirty word in their own language at the same time.

What about playing with them? !

Isn't it just to prevent such war materials from flowing to other countries, especially to the Song Dynasty?

Liao and Xixia's horses are good, but Song relies entirely on imports. Both of them are stuck, and they will never sell horses to Song.To be honest, the Song Kingdom with poor horses gave them a headache, so how dare they export war horses to them?

When Zhao Yunchu said this, he was obviously teasing them, and he also expressed an attitude, if you don't sell horses, don't think we dare not sell tea.To be honest, the two countries don't want them, and the Song Dynasty can fully bear it. Can the Song Dynasty's economy not rely on them to prosper?

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

"You two don't need to get excited," Zhao Yunchu said calmly, "I didn't say that you must buy with money, but you can allow a certain amount of goods to barter."

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

Yun Yan looked back at them and estimated that they would have to grind for a long time, and then saw that the tea was almost drained, so she went out to add water.

A group of relevant officials were still waiting outside, and Liu Yong and Shao Tingyi were also there. The two of them were drinking tea together, and they were drinking the scented tea that was disputed inside.

Yun Yan went back and added water to them, because Liu Yong was flattered because of his bad attitude before.

Yun Yan wanted to ask Liu Yong about tonight's affairs, but Liu Yong didn't let go.

Shao Tingyi smiled faintly, "Feibo, don't worry, he will definitely introduce you well when the time comes."

Shao Tingyi also spoke... Sure enough, he and Liu Yong are the same.The situation might be even worse than what the officials thought, all officials big and small here have colluded, and this so-called Zhao Yunchu's father's old department is not reliable in the face of interests.

Yun Yanhui had no choice but to suppress her curiosity.

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On this day, when Zhao Yunchu finished the negotiation with them, there was still no result, and they had to go back to discuss. They had met a long time ago, and it was impossible to end it so soon.Since there was nothing to do, Yun Yan asked for leave and went out to do business with Liu Yong.

Liu Yong led Yunyan back, and only brought two guards, who followed far behind and led him away on foot.

Yun Yan replied curiously: "What's going on?"

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

Look, what are you looking at?

Thinking back, Yun Yan was taken to a restaurant by Liu Yong. There were many soldiers, officials, and occasionally civilians in this restaurant. Yun Yan thought it was an official guest house.

But after entering, Yun Yan found out that something was wrong. The soldiers and officials who came in usually carried pockets, big and small, but after going out, they were just bulging money bags.

Yun Yan was startled in her heart, "They are..."

Liu Yong smiled slightly, "There are many Liao people living here, some are doing big business, and some are doing small business. They are all selling things, and they are selling things to these Liao people."

A flash of shock flashed across Yunyan's eyes, "Is it just... grandiose?"

Transactions that do not go through the market, no matter how big or small, are logically smuggled.

Before coming to Ansu Army, Yun Yanhui knew that smuggling was very popular here, but he always thought that it was among the upper-level officials, those officials used the country's goods to make profits, and they made huge fortunes at no cost.

However, he never expected that this unhealthy trend had already spread to ordinary soldiers.You know, in Beijing, no one dares to mention this kind of thing.This made him deeply feel what it means that the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Yun Yan looked back and found Liu Yong's smile was a bit smug.

"Brother, there are three kinds of people who do this kind of business in the 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 is these soldiers, small Officials, they take advantage of their positions to get things and sell them to the Liao people. As for the third type..."

Liu Yong said, with a strange smile in his eyes, "It is our envoys from the Song Dynasty. They do business with the officials of the Liao Kingdom, and the profits can be higher. So, there is no reason for us not to imitate Woolen cloth?"

Yun Yanhui could hardly maintain her expression anymore, her anger was almost gushing out.So, Liu Yong and his ilk, just like this, secretly changing concepts, brainwashing people, and then distorting the atmosphere?

The state sets up a market, collects commercial taxes, and small people exchange small items. This is a gray area, and no one would think of completely banning or cracking down on this situation.

However, the smuggling of most common people, even those low-level soldiers and officials, is mostly for tax evasion. Could it be prohibited items like Liu Yong and others?Not at all!

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

The Liao Kingdom and Xixia were unwilling to sell horses to the Great Song Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty wanted to train troops, so they could only exchange tea with another horse-producing area—Tubo. In the case of Tubo’s high demand for tea and the Great Song Dynasty’s unwillingness to lose a lot of copper coins Next, exchange a lot of tea for their horses. To a certain extent, tea is equivalent to military supplies!

What is even more frightening is that today is tea, what will it be tomorrow?They are officials stationed 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 imagined.

Yun Yan clenched her back teeth and smiled, "You're right, even those senior officials don't care about strict orders, so how can we care?"