Chapter 625 Private meeting with Song Shang
Wang Shan was about 20 years old and was a fourth-generation Han native of Liao. He was born in the Lefang. He was good at playing flutes since he was a child and was proficient in music. When he grew up, he hangs with a group of local servants to play Cuju. After a few years, he became a master of Cuju. In addition, he looked handsome and was attracted by Yelu Yixin three years ago, so he accepted him as a fake and kept him in his mansion, and changed his name to Yelu Shan.
Wang Shan was smart and flexible, and he had no principles and bottom line in his work. He was willing to help as long as he gave money. There were endless Han people who asked him to do things. Yelu Yixin, who was extremely greedy for money and bribes, also discovered this and asked him to be responsible for collecting money and doing business for the Han people, ranging from slaves to asking for officials and titles, and cheating in the imperial examinations. In a few years, Yelu Yixin earned at least tens of thousands of dollars from his channel, and he also valued him even more.
In the Liaodong restaurant in the south of the city, Wang Shan drank two glasses of wine, and his already active eyes added a little brighter color, "Are you talking about the imperial merchants of the Song Dynasty?"
Mo Ting nodded, "He wants to see the Prime Minister Yelu. If Yanei is willing to introduce him, he will give Yanei three hundred taels of gold as a benefit for introduction."
"How many?" Wang Shan's voice changed suddenly.
"Three hundred golds, he said it himself."
Wang Shan was so happy that he was about to explode. The other party took action and only had 300 taels of gold and 3,000 guan! You should know that he had earned tens of thousands of coins for his adoptive father over the years, and the benefits he had only 2,000 guan, which was like a big pie falling from the sky.
However, the other party was not an ordinary person, but an imperial merchant. Wang Shan did not dare to be careless and asked again: "This imperial merchant has an official position!"
"There is a false official, but no real position."
Wang Shan thought for a while and said, "Can I see him first so that my father will not be able to answer my answer."
"Yes, have a meal together at noon, I'll introduce it to you."
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In the afternoon, Wang Shan hurried to Yelu Yixin's other house in Tokyo.
Yelu Yixin was about fifty years old and was tall and tall. A few years ago, he participated in the quelling of Yelu Chongyuan Rebellion, served as the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court, and was appointed as the King of Wei. Last year, he was promoted to the Prime Minister of the Northern Court, which was deeply trusted by Yelu Hongji.
Yelu Yixin was known as the most treacherous slander in Liao Kingdom in history and was the culprit of the decline and demise of Liao Kingdom. At this time, Yelu Yixin was a saint who was in power and had a great power in the court. Yelu Hongji was not interested in government affairs and almost threw it all to him.
Logically, Yelu Hongji, who was in charge of the rebuilding of the Tokyo Palace, should have been in charge of the capital, but he knew in his heart that Yelu Hongji is now more concerned about the reconstruction of the Tokyo Palace. Seeing that the court was almost gone for money to recruit new troops, he allocated a lot of money to rebuild the Tokyo Palace, which was even more magnificent and more grand. As for how much benefits he could get from it, only he himself knew.
Yelu Yixin was sitting in the study and enjoying a teacup of a kiln official porcelain. This was found in a well when the palace was built today. A teapot and four teacups were all from Ru kiln official porcelain. A eunuch put a box in a chaos and threw it into the well. The eunuch died in the chaos. The box was discovered by craftsmen today and salvaged it. The supervisor of the supervisor presented it to Yelu Yixin.
Just as Yelu Yixin was smiling and enjoying the teacup, the voice of the fake son Yelu Shan came from the door, "Father, there is a big deal."
Yelu Yixin's eyes lit up. He liked to hear this sentence the most, and he laughed and said, "Come in and speak!"
Yelu Shan walked in, bowed and said, "Children, see your father!"
Among the high-ranking officials of Liao people, there were many people who liked the habit of breaking their sleeves, and Yelu Yixin was one of them. Yelu Shan was the male favorite he raised in the mansion. However, Yelu Shan was very smart and clever and could make money for him. Yelu Yixin looked up to him and accepted him as a fake, so he asked him to make money for himself among the Han people.
Yelu Yixin asked with a smile: "What big deal?"
"I met the Song Dynasty imperial merchant today."
Yelu Yixin was stunned. Of course, he knew that the Imperial Merchant of Songcheng was a businessman who did private business for the emperor's royal family. He was a semi-official and semi-official nature. However, war was breaking out in Hebei now. How could the Imperial Merchant of the Song Dynasty come to Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo?
He was puzzled and asked, "Where did he come from?"
"He said he came from Kunzhou and went ashore in Goryeo, so he came directly to Liaoyang Prefecture."
This is almost the same. If you come from Hebei, it would be a fool. Yelu Yixin frowned, "What are they asking me for?"
"They want to build a trade channel and ask us to buy goods, and they can pay the bill in gold, or other things that my father is interested in."
Yelu Yixin took a few steps in the room. Although the trade between Song and Liao had stopped due to the war, the merchants would trade with Liao through other paths, such as Goryeo, but the imperial merchant of the Song Dynasty found himself. After all, Yelu Yixin was the prime minister and had a political sense that ordinary people did not have. He immediately realized that there must be other articles here.
He asked without hesitation: "What do they want?"
"They want to buy old sheepskin, stallions and pig iron."
"It's no problem to buy old sheepskin, but stallions and pig iron are strictly prohibited for trading!"
"Father, if they wanted to buy ordinary goods, they wouldn't have found their father."
Yelu Yixin pondered for a moment and said, "You just said that they used gold or something that I was interested in to pay the bill. What do I mean by something that I was interested in?"
"For example, the property, silk, tea, porcelain, land in the Song Dynasty..."
"Wait, tell me what he said."
"The merchant Guo said that he could pay the bill with the best porcelain, silk, and tea cakes in the Song Dynasty. If his father was interested, they could even pay the bill with land."
"How do you say this with land?"
"He didn't say it in detail, the child was reposting his words."
Yelu Yixin thought for a while and said, "Let's do it! I'll meet him tonight, and let me arrange it. In addition, I'll keep this secret. You and your intermediary are not allowed to reveal any of them, otherwise don't blame me for killing someone to silence me."
Yelu Shan was so scared that he said quickly: "Don't worry, my father, I will never leak this matter, as will the middlemen."
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At night, a carriage drove directly into Yelu Yixin's house. The carriage stopped in the yard. Yelu Shan got out of the carriage and asked Guo Kui to come down. "Mr. Guo, please, my father is waiting in the study."
Guo Kui nodded and followed Yelu Shan to the study.
Walking outside the study, Yelu Shan reported at the door: "Father, Mr. Guo is here!"
"Please come in!" Yelu Yixin's voice came from the room.
"Mr. Guo, please!"
Guo Kui walked into the study and saw a middle-aged man sitting behind the table staring at him. He calmly stepped forward and bowed, "Imperial merchant Guo Huaixin met with Yelu Prime Minister!"
Huaixin is Guo Kui's name, and most officials of the Song Dynasty knew not many, let alone the Liao people.
"How can you prove that you are an imperial merchant?" Yelu Yixin asked coldly.
Guo Kui took out a gold medal and handed it to him. The imperial merchant gold medal was real. As the spy leader of the Song Dynasty against the Liao Kingdom, he had all kinds of identities.
Yelu Yixin saw that the word "Imperial Shang" was on the gold medal. The font was mature and it was a bit mature. It was a few years ago and it was not a new brand. He nodded and said, "I'm afraid Mr. Guo is not just an imperial Shang!"
"How to say it? I am indeed an imperial merchant, but I also have many other identities. For example, last year, I visited Japan as the emperor's envoy. I also went to various countries in Southeast Asia as the emperor's messenger. In the Song Dynasty, I had the title of Qinzhou Governor. Yelu Prime Minister also knew that this was a false position. When needed, I would give another position. At present, I have not sent it."
Yelu Yixin nodded. He believed that the other party was telling the truth. He waved his hand, "Mr. Guo, please sit down!"
Yelu Shan next to him secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Guo Huaixin finally passed the test.
Yelu Yixin said to Yelu Shan again: "You go to the door and watch, and don't allow anyone to approach."
"Yes!" Yelu Shan walked out and closed the door.
Chapter completed!