The wine was full of fever, Yun Yan returned to the top of the seat, and only smirked, "I, I came here under the identity of others... It's okay, the relationship between me and Zhao Yunchu is better than you think. Much better."
Liu Yong scratched the last sentence and laughed 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 replied confusedly, "If the old man hadn't said that he didn't sell the silk silk, he would just keep the silk silk from now on, and he would rather donate all the property to the clan... I can Is it closed from above?"
Liu Yong's eyes straightened, "Isn't this your family's biggest business?"
Yun Yanhui was so drunk she didn't know what she was talking about, "Tea... He sells tea..."
Liu Yong's heart jumped suddenly, Da Song was drinking tea, unless this Zheng Feibo was the son of an official family, would he dare to say that his family sells tea? Then there is only one possibility, that is, his family also has a source of tea, and he also smuggles!
Liu Yong couldn't wait to know the story behind this, he patted Yun Yanhui on the shoulder, "Ling Zun... Where did you get the tea?"
Yun Yan looked back and smirked.
Liu Yong pressed the question twice again, and Yun Yan waved his hand in annoyance when he returned, "The person from the tea farm, the person from the tea, the tea case..."
He said that the foreword was inconsistent, but Liu Yong understood it.
It's amazing, this Zheng Feibo's father is really a character, he can actually get through the relationship between the tea case and get the goods directly, unlike them, who can only play tricks in the market, and it takes a long time to settle the account.
It's just that this person is definitely not selling tea to the Liao Kingdom, otherwise he could not have never heard of it.
Sure enough, Yun Yanhui giggled twice, "People from Tubo can't live without tea for a day..."
Liu Yong held Yun Yanhui's shoulder and showed a smile, "Brother Feibo, don't worry, you will definitely make a lot of money in this silk business."
In Ansu Army, in the market, he and Shao Tingyi said who should earn it, and who could not earn it
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When the moon was in the middle of the sky, Liu Yong led someone to support Yun Yan back.
The servant carries a round lantern to illuminate the road. This is a Kaifeng lantern from Bianjing, also called Mingyue Lantern and Kaifeng Moon. It is named after the shape of a bright moon.
In the beginning, Shao Tingyi ordered a large number of people to purchase a large number. He is from Bianjing and is in the Ansu Army. After the Kaifeng Lantern came out, he changed all the lamps in the house. Yue is his hometown, and he wants to see his hometown. The moon, a solution to homesickness.
Up and down, Shao Tingyi did this, and within a few days, the Ansu army was all over the Kaifeng month.
Liu Yong felt that Shao Tingyi's guess might be true, and the two had a close relationship.
The envoy could not bring irrelevant people with him when he traveled, but Zhao Yunchu put this Zheng Feibo in under his name, perhaps because he had a stake, but since this was just a test given to him by Zheng Feibo's family, Zhao Yunchu was completely protecting his car. Escorted.
After they arrived, Zhao Yunchu even went out to pick him 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, with his head buried on the shoulders, Zhao Yunchu glanced at the light, "What's wrong?"
Liu Yong hehe laughed twice, "As far as I am happy, I am greedy for cups, and Zheng Lang is drunk."
Zhao Yunchu: "..."
Zhao Yunchu: "Drunk?"
"Yeah," Liu Yong pushed Zheng Ling, but saw that he waved his hand impatiently, "Oh, it's my fault that I didn't stop it, the grapes on the table today are too strong, give him some hangover soup to rest. "
"... Hmm." Zhao Yunchu personally picked up the person and carried it back.
When Liu Yong saw it, he was even more happy. The better the relationship between the two, the more advantage they would take.
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The next day, Zhao Yunchu was going to meet with the envoys of Liao and Xixia. They came to Songjing on purpose to discuss the amount of tea traded with Song Dynasty.
Yun Yanhui followed behind, rubbing her head all the time, looking like she had a hangover and a headache.
Both Shao Tingyi and Liu Yong accompanied him to 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 deeply, "It's nothing."
Yun Yan replied: "...It's really nothing? I can't remember."
"Don't worry, you didn't say anything that shouldn't be said." But everything that should have been said was taken out. Liu Yong smiled and said to him, "Let's make an appointment tonight."
Yun Yan hurried back and said, "No, no, no."
Liu Yong: "Don't worry, we won't be drinking tonight, let's talk business tonight."
Yun Yan looked back at him with a puzzled face, "How do you talk at night?"
The trade in the market is under the supervision of the government, so how can there be a discussion at the wine table, and since the goods have not been delivered, even the market cannot be entered.
"You'll know when you come." Liu Yong didn't reveal any points.
At this time, Zhao Yunchu suddenly turned his head, "Fei Bo came over to serve tea, I want to talk privately with the two messengers."
When the others heard it, they all avoided it. Of course, it was impossible to ask Zhao Yunchu and the envoy to go private.
Liu Yong and Shao Tingyi's eyes flashed even more, and they reconfirmed the relationship between Zhao Yunchu and Zheng Feibo, otherwise, even if Zheng Feibo's family smuggled tea, he knew tea very well, and if he didn't trust him, he wouldn't ask him to make tea on such an occasion.
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When everyone else had left, Zhao Yunchu set up a battle and fought with the envoys of the two kingdoms of Liao and Xia.
Both the Liao Kingdom and Xixia were very dissatisfied with this system, not only that the Song Kingdom made too much money.
Because the quality of the copper coins in the Song Dynasty is very good, it is very good in other countries, especially the Liao Kingdom. And the way for the money of the Song country to reach the Liao country is nothing more than trading between the two countries, as well as the old coins of the Song country.
Recently, Song Guo sold a very high price of tea, which is very popular in various countries. It has caused them to lose a lot of copper coins, but now it is even more serious. Each batch of tea has to use a kind of tea called It's shameless to sell them by auction.
The person in front of him 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 dog, the Eight Kings have been trapped in the mansion because of the late Empress Liu. I heard that in order to protect themselves, Not only was he abandoned, but several of his sons were also abandoned, and he only returned to the court recently.
Thinking about it, the envoy of the two countries could not help but stiffen his waist, becoming a little arrogant.
"No, this is unfair, how can you use such a method, we will never agree!"
Zhao Yunchu glanced back at Yun Yan who was making tea, and said with an expressionless face: "Our emperor has already decided on this method, Song Guo will sell flower tea like this in the future, you only have three choices, one is to accept, the other If you don't buy it, there's another kind of—"
The envoys couldn't help but leaned forward a little, wondering what kind of words he would say. According to their understanding, it should be a little bit of retreat, right? For example, add some price.
Zhao Yunchu said with a half-smile but not a smile: "That is to exchange horses."
The envoys of the Liao Kingdom and Xixia, at the same time, broke out a swear word in their own language.
To play with them? !
Isn't it just to prevent the flow of such war materials to other countries, especially Song country
Liao and Xixia have good horses, but Song relies on imports. Both of them are stuck, and they will never sell their horses to Song. To be honest, the Song Kingdom with poor horses gave them some headaches, how dare they export war horses to them
When Zhao Yunchu said this, he was clearly teasing them. He also expressed an attitude. You can all stop selling horses. Don't think that we dare not sell tea. To tell the truth, the two countries don't want them, the Song country can fully bear it, and the Song Dynasty's economy does not depend on them to prosper, okay
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.
"You two don't need to get excited," Zhao Yunchu said calmly, "I didn't say that it must be bought with money, and a certain amount of goods can be allowed to be bartered."
The expressions of the envoys from the two countries improved a little, and they continued to argue without giving up, but Zhao Yunchu's attitude was very firm.
Yun Yan looked back and saw that they would have to grind it for a while, and then saw that the tea was almost dry, so he went out to add water.
A group of relevant officials were still waiting outside, 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 Yanhui added water to them as well, because he had a bad attitude before, Liu Yong was still a little flattered.
Yun Yanhui wanted to ask Liu Yong what happened tonight, but Liu Yong did not let go.
Shao Tingyi smiled lightly, "Fei Bo is in a hurry, he will definitely give you a good introduction then."
Shao Tingyi also spoke up... Sure enough, he and Liu Yong are the same raccoon dog. The situation may be worse than the officials thought. The officials here are all colluding. This so-called Zhao Yunchu's father's old department is also unreliable in the face of interests.
Yun Yanhui had to suppress his curiosity.
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When Zhao Yunchu and them negotiated on this day, there was still no result, and they had to go back to discuss. This is a long time ago, and it is impossible to end so quickly. Since there was nothing to do, Yun Yan returned to leave and went out to do business with Liu Yong.
Liu Yong led Yun Yan back with only two guards, who followed far behind and led him away on foot.
Yun Yan asked curiously, "What the hell is going on?"
"Don't say it, brother Feibo, and see for yourself." Liu Yong said.
Look, what are you looking at
Looking back, Yun Yan was taken to a restaurant by Liu Yong. There were many soldiers, officials, and occasionally civilians in and out of the restaurant. Yun Yan Hui thought it was an official guest house.
But after entering, Yun Yanhui realized that something was wrong. The soldiers and officials who came in usually had pockets, big or small, and after they went out, they were just full of money.
Yun Yan was shocked, "They are..."
Liu Yong smiled slightly, "There are a lot of Liao people living here, some are doing big business, and some are doing small business. They are all selling things and selling things to these Liao people."
A hint of shock flashed in Yun Yan's eyes, "Just like that... in a grand manner?"
Transactions that do not go through the market, whether large or small, are logically smuggling.
Before coming to Ansu Army, Yun Yanhui knew that smuggling was very common here, but he always thought that it was among the upper-level officials. Those officials used the country's goods to make a profit, and they made a lot of money without any cost.
However, he never expected that this unhealthy wind had already blown among the ordinary soldiers. You know, in Beijing, no one dares to mention this kind of thing. This made him deeply feel, what is the sky high and the emperor far away.
Yun Yan looked back and found that the smile on Liu Yong's face was a little smug.
"Brother, there are three kinds of people in Da Song who do this kind of business. 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 a lot. Officials, they took 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's our ambassadors from the Song Dynasty. They do business with the ministers of the Liao Kingdom, and the profits are even higher. So, what reason do we people have not to imitate? Woolen cloth?"
Yun Yanhui could hardly maintain his expression, and his anger was about to burst out. So, Liu Yong and his like, just secretly change the concept, brainwash people, and then make the atmosphere crooked
The state sets up a market, collects business taxes, and ordinary people exchange small items. This is a gray area. No one would have thought that this situation can be completely banned or severely cracked.
However, most of the smuggling of ordinary people, even those low-level soldiers and officials, is mostly for tax evasion. Could it be prohibited items like Liu Yong and the others? Not at all!
As for Liu Yong, they smuggled tea. Tea, for other countries, may be just a drink, but for Song Dynasty, it is not.
Liao and Xixia were reluctant 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 region—Tubo. In the case of Tubo’s large demand for tea and the Song Dynasty unwilling to lose a lot of copper coins , to exchange a large amount of tea for their horses, tea is equivalent to military supplies to a certain extent!
What is even more terrifying 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 daring businessman, but he didn't expect that the reality was crazier than he imagined.
Yun Yan clenched her back teeth and showed a smile, "That's right, even those high-ranking officials don't care about strict orders, so how can we care?"