Sweeping goods, slandering people

Sweeping goods, slandering people

Cui Xiaoqing's words made Shi Chuan laugh suddenly - is this victory of the imperial court considered a good omen?

Humph, a war in the era of slave owners was victorious. Tong Guan spent countless military expenses in the country and only cleaned up a few nomadic tribes that had not fought for a hundred years. Although they did expand the land for thousands of miles, the Song army won and did not occupy it. The army then retreated. As a result, the rest of the nearby nomadic tribes saw the empty place and quickly flocked to fill the gap in the area. After the victory, the Song Dynasty had to drive away the people of its ethnic group in the mainland, draw up land, allocate grain and money, resettle these migrant tribes, and help these tribes adapt to the new environment.

The people on the border worked so hard to support this war, which was forced to be demolished, driven out of their homes, and then freed up their own homes to live in the surrenders of the past enemies. In this victory, the Song Dynasty spent a lot of military expenditure, captured some small tribes and gained hatred from their own people. It was said that there was no gain, but instead carried a heavy military burden. In this effortless battle, Tong Guan thought he had mastered the skills of war - in a war, he just brought enough superior troops to show off his power and force the other party to surrender, so the victory was obtained...

In November of that year, Tong Guan, who adhered to this idea, went to the Liao Kingdom to envoy him. He would encounter the Liao people Ma Zhi in Shangjing, Liao Kingdom...

"Okay, it's also a victory." This is the case. As a sober person, you can't always learn from Qu Yuan to appeal when you see people. What's more, some people don't want to wake up at all. Then Shihua can only adapt to the emotions of the whole society: "Since the houses in the yard have been built, just move them... Miss Suzhen, I'll leave you a courtyard. It's not convenient to live in Taohua Temple and Cuiyuan. It's better to hide in me quietly. I still let Taohua Temple close the courtyard where you live and pretend that you still live in the temple."

Shi Chuan's proposal attracted several girls to cheer. The girls still remember that Chu Suzhen carried them out of the rooms of Taohuaguan and protected them all the way back to the city. Since then, the elder sister came to visit them from time to time and taught them to read and write. Such a good person should not be unrewarded. Now there is a chance to let the girls repay the elder sister, which makes everyone feel fulfilled. So, Chu Suzhen was not allowed to refuse. They pulled Chu Suzhen's hand together, repeating Shi Chuan's invitation in a few words.

Cui Xiaoqing fiddled with the strings of the piano, glanced at the girls, turned her watery eyes and suggested: "There is nothing to do with you, why don't you take Sister Suzhen to see the garden, and you can choose the room you like."

When the three newlyweds got married, Lu Da and others said that the basic project of the Rose Garden had been completed, and there was only a little finishing work left. At that time, they could actually move in, but Shideng had no time to move. After that, the girls couldn't hold on and went into the yard to choose their favorite courtyards and paid for custom furniture out of their own pockets... Now this time is in the slack season, most people are preparing for the New Year, and the workshops have basically cleared the New Year's goods. The rest are small orders, which can be completed even when they are idle.

The New Year and living in a new house, this temptation made the girls unable to control themselves, and they all turned their eyes to Shi Chuan, waiting for the other party's approval... Only Huan Niang looked reluctant. She plunged into Shi Chuan's arms and screamed, "No, Huan Niang is still young, Huan Niang doesn't have to live alone. Brother, those yards are so big, there are many houses upstairs and downstairs. I am a villain, so I'm so scared to live in. I want to live with my brother, and Huan Niang will live wherever my brother lives."

Cui Xiaoqing only urged everyone to go to see the house, but did not say that she was accompanying her - this rose garden is actually a spice plantation, which was run by Cui Xiaoqing and Shi Chuan. There is also a portion of Cui Xiaoqing in the residential area of ​​the rose garden. She didn't say that she was accompanying her, so she just wanted to send everyone to chat with Shi Chuan... Huang E couldn't sit upright, and she raised her chin at Mo Shao: "I heard that there are glass windows in the rose garden today. Sister Mo Shao, please take someone to have a look."

Mo Shao's eyes rolled, and stood up straight away, greeted her sisters and set off without saying a word. After these people left, Cui Xiaoqing gave Huang E a glance and gently played a relaxed tune.

There were fewer people in the yard, and the three plum trees suddenly seemed much more elegant. Under the plum trees, a beautiful woman was playing the song lyrics with her bare fingers and was playing the song lyrics happily. A girl was still running happily among the trees. Opposite to "The Picture of the Su Girl Playing the Piano", a man and a woman sat relaxedly, with a relaxed expression. When she heard the pleasure, Shi Chuan couldn't help but beat the beat with her hands, while Huang E took a flute and played it in a hurry with Cui Xiaoqing's piano sound.

At this time, a wisp of rhinoceros is slowly burning on the zither table, emitting a light fragrance, as if it is the smell of plum blossoms in full bloom... The beautiful scenery is indescribable, and the fragrance is indescribable.

After playing the song, Huang E stopped Xiao with unfulfilled feelings and murmured: "When I was young, my mother taught me **, and a few days ago, the female teacher taught me again. I thought I would never want to give in this life again. Unexpectedly, this kind of thing comes from the heart and is purely a true expression of love."

Cui Xiaoqing twitched the strings with his fingers back and forth with his fingers: "Do you know why I am so happy? Oh, I am not gloating. Seeing that the surrounding farmland was hit by disasters, my losses were the least, so I was happy in my heart. It was because I foresee that the profits next year were better and my life in Cuizhuang would only get better and better. I firmly believe in this, so in this rare leisure time, I sat under the tree to play the piano, and my heart was filled with peace and joy."

Huang E turned her head and thought for a while, turned around and asked Shi Chuan: "Brother, when I came, I saw the Shi family carriage parked in Cuizhuang. Shi Yanei is now in the rose garden... My brother thinks, is it possible for Sister Suzhen to get back with Shi Yanei?"

Huang E came to Cui Yuan directly from the city... According to the rules of the world, the wife and the outer room did not meet each other, because in ancient times when paying attention to etiquette, it was difficult for these two people who had conflicting identities to talk about the order and say hello even if they met. However, Huang E's situation was special. The psychological tendency formed after the Peach Blossom View incident made her strongly protect Shi Tong from the outside, but she had no self in the inside. After she talked about marriage with Shi Tong, Shi Tong came to Cui Zhuang without a clear explanation. Of course, Shi Tong did have something to do, but he stayed in Tao Huan for two months, which made Huang E couldn't help it. After learning that Cui Xiaoqing was greeting Shi Tong home, Huang E immediately took Huan Niang to Cui Zhuang and went straight to Cui Yuan.

At this time, there was no outsider here. It was time to clarify the relationship. Huang E first went around in circles and was about to turn the topic slowly... Unfortunately, things were not satisfactory. As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Yanei broke in with a look of embarrassment. He didn't say hello, so he found an empty stool to sit down. He snatched it and wore the teacup in front of him and started drinking it.

When Shi Yanei put down the teacup, Shi Chuan asked softly: "Why are you avoiding it? Everyone is creating opportunities for you, why are you hiding?"

Shi Yanei covered her face with his sleeve and whimpered: "How can I have the face to see her in my life?"

Shi Chuan asked back: "How do you know that Miss Suzhen doesn't want to see you?"

Cui Xiaoqing suddenly plucked the strings hard, causing the strings to make a loud tremolo. When everyone looked at her in shock, Cui Xiaoqing pressed his hands on the strings, stopped the trembling of the strings, and replied in an extremely plain voice: "Sister Chu told me that she threw out all the things sent by the yamen during the Taohua Temple."

Shi Yanei still covered his face with his sleeves, nodded frequently, and his voice looked dull through his sleeves: "Of course I know, I know. I think Shi Xiaopang is not outstanding in appearance and talent. Only when Miss Chu saw her diligence, she dating me. Unexpectedly, when Miss Suzhen needed help the most, I was forced to marry herself by my family, which made Miss Suzhen marry Luo Wangjing..."

Shi Chuan didn't want Shi Yanei to be overly immersed in self-pity, so he interrupted according to Shi Yanei's words: "I heard that Luo Wangjing recently got a piece of silk, which is the best Shu brocade..."

Shi Yanei slapped the table with excitement - he slapped the table without using his sleeve to block his face: "That's right, Miss Suzhen left behind clothes worth 1,000 yuan, many of which were fur clothes were used by Lo Wangjing. The one who took it as Huang's store, which paid 600 yuan for Huang's store..."

Shi said: "The clothes worth 2,000 guan are worth 600 guan. The Huang family is very kind."

Shi Yanei gritted his teeth: "Yes, Luo Wangjing was anxious. He should have only given him 300 guan, but I thought about it, so he would give him more. The more money he was, the more unwilling he was, and the more he wanted to make a fortune. Now, after he split up, he added the money for clothes, and he had exactly one thousand guan on hand, and he spent all of it on Shujin... Haha, Shujin, it's so funny. Don't this guy know? Since your Suxin girl returned to southern Sichuan, you have almost all the Shujin in Haizhou. How to price it depends on you nodding."

Before Shi Chuan could say anything, Huang E quickly interrupted: "That's right. The merchants in Shu originally only transported Shu brocade to Suzhou and Hangzhou, where to sell it. Now that we have our own way, Shu merchants often went directly to Haizhou to sell goods after the introduction of Suxin's cousin Dong Xuan, and then exchanged them for Western and Southern Ocean goods back to the city. It is said that such a round trip would make more than thirty times the money.

Our family's goods were sold out last year, but this year's goods, Suxin's family did not come to check out. A few days after the Double Ninth Festival, a merchant from southern Sichuan brought a letter saying that Suxin had already married and married a minor official in Chengdu Prefecture who was helping the minor official with housework. Her cousin wanted to borrow his relationship with us to traffic in Shu brocade, and then buy novel jewelry and foreign goods from us.

Nowadays, all Shujin on the market in Haizhou are sold by our family. Because Shujin has been cut off, Shujin has been in price but has been rising continuously in the past few months. However, a few days ago, Su Xin's cousin wrote that his cargo ship had arrived in Yangzhou and had arrived in Tongzhou in about ten days. He will arrive in Haizhou in half a month, so he asked us to prepare stocks in advance. He also attached the required list of goods with the letter. At that time, my brother was suppressing bandits, so I replied to my letter for my brother and prepared the goods."

Shi Yanei slapped his chest: "You're going to Tongzhou...Don't worry, Dalang, I'll send someone to my father's place to pick up these Sichuan people... Strangely, Shu brocade has always been sold at the highest price in Yangzhou, and there are basically some goods in Haizhou, Yangzhou. That group of Sichuan people came ashore in Yangzhou, why didn't Yangzhou merchants board the ship to sweep goods?"

Huang E explained: "The letter said: Su Xin's cousin contacted seven or eight Shu people, and at the same time carried more than 30 Shu merchants' goods. Among their goods, Shu brocade was small, and the important thing was tea. I heard that Haizhou tea was not collected. These Shu people shipped a total of five ships of tea, and the tea was covered with Shu brocade. Because they did not enter the market along the way, they checked a little loose. Once they started selling in Yangzhou, their tea would be confiscated."

Shi Chuanbang said: "Yangzhou businessmen are rich and like luxury things, but you forgot that the quality of Yangzhou glass is far inferior to Haizhou. In addition to glass, the current handicraftsmanship level in our Haizhou is far beyond Yangzhou because of the application of various small machinery. In terms of novelty and exquisiteness, it is far beyond Yangzhou. Moreover, we are the birthplace of many novel things, and there are many exclusive things..."

Shi Yanei was excited: "That's right... OK, OK, Shu people brought tea, it's so good, Dalang, you stay in the mountains these days, I'm afraid you don't know, overseas trade volume has rebounded slightly recently. It is said that a star master named Li suddenly dreamed of teaching by the gods. After waking up from the dream, he learned the skills of making big ships. They cut huge wood from the white mountains and black waters of Liaodong and began to make big ships with thousands of materials. This kind of ship is very similar to our Shi family's fast sailing ship. It is said that its keel bones are made of iron and can resist wind and waves.

Also, last time you muttered about my brother-in-law to me, no one said that I went home, but a few days ago, my brother Shikui came over to tell me that there was another news in Guangzhou. It was said that a Song fleet set out from the "Besri Country (the Song people called Egypt, namely the Muslim Country)" and broke through the blockade of the great cannibalism, and was returning from Yatou Port (Ading Port).

It is said that there are no merchants in Guangzhou who have seen that fleet with their own eyes, including merchants who returned from Shilan (now Sri Lanka), Sulubayi (also known as Subabaya, namely Sumatra), and have also seen them in the tier of the country (in fact, the "Zanzibar Province" under the leadership of Tanzania in Africa), Mulan Pi (the Song people's name for the Almoravi dynasty established by the Berbers in Morocco), the Moga (the Song people's name for Morocco), the Zhongli country (the Song people's name for Somalia) and the purchase of local black servants along the way...

It's strange. I didn't say anything about what my brother told me, but when I asked, the merchants in the various market departments were busy preparing stocks. More than 500 ships were sold in a month from the shipyards in Wenzhou and Quanzhou. Li Xingzhu, who had newly emerged from Danluo Island, had cheap wood there and low prices. Many people asked for the price. It is said that because there were insufficient sailors on Danluo Island, his ships were not sold all, and he only asked the people who bought the ship to join him. He went on the ship and the other party took the sailors... After hearing this method, why did I feel a familiar smell? Could it be that you did it?

When you told me about the fleet, I didn’t know whether it was true or not. Now I have a big family and I want stability in my work. That guy, Lo Wangjing, doesn’t have to seek stability. This guy is a Jinshi and has a better news. Maybe he heard about this news. Seeing the continuous rise in Shujin, he took the opportunity to enter a batch and wanted to wait for the fleet to enter the port before selling it at a high price-hehe, okay, I have an idea..."

Shi Chuan shook his head: "Stop me and tell you sincerely: There is indeed a fleet that set out from Egypt and passed through Tripoli - no matter how I know. This fleet broke through the blockade of the cannibalism and was returning from the Gulf of Aden. The ships accompanying them were not only Egyptians, but also Westerners. It is said that the fleet's route map was open to Egyptians and Westerners throughout the journey, and I hope they can come and go frequently in the future.

As far as I know, this fleet consists of thirty large merchant ships, traded along the way. They are filled with huge amounts of Western European goods and thousands of slaves, and merchant ships are constantly being followed by countries along the way. Therefore, the price of Shujin must continue to rise. If you want to deal with Lowangjing in this regard, the money you spend is probably much more than his thousand guan."

Shi Yanei was childishly twitching his neck: "It's hard to buy my happy life. The greatest pleasure left in my life is to watch Luo Wangjing struggle little by little in my hands. Didn't he want to hoard Shu brocade? Su Xin's brother was in your relationship with me. Shi Yanei, I, brought by him, took all the Shu brocade he brought, no matter how much it costs. I just hope they cooperate with me to act in a play."

Shi Chuan pondered: "Then, do it and do it... It's good, spend money and use financial means to grab money, and then watch someone at a desperate situation. Besides, we may not necessarily lose money."

Cui Xiaoqing, who couldn't help but interrupted: "You just talked about the 'star master'. What is the star master?"

Shi Chuan laughed: "It's probably just a village chief - there are more than a dozen or more than 30 'kings' on Danluo Island. I'm too lazy to pursue it, but each of them calls themselves 'star master'. As for the jurisdiction of a star master, ha, it's not as big as my rose garden."

Cui Xiaoqing burst into laughter: "A small island with a big eye can coexist with more than ten kings. The population managed by each star lord is probably worse than our Cuizhuang."

As the topic got around here, Shi Yanei scratched his head and said puzzledly: "Master Li Xing, he built a boat to let others take sailors. Why do I feel that this technique has a sense of familiarity..."

Shi Chuan smiled and pulled the topic: "The skills of making money from nothing are the same in the world. This guy can build ships. Maybe the ships they built are very good, but there are so many sailors on Danluo Island, so this guy can only adopt a partnership approach."

"You just said that there were indeed sea boats returning with arrogance... Strange, I just think that the timing of this Lord Li Xingzhe launched the iron keel boat he built at this time? Well, nowadays, most sea trade families do not know what happened in the South China Sea, but in order to catch up with this wave of trade, they also ordered their sea boats to stay in the port for the time being. Now, in order to prepare for sea goods, they have to buy new ships and organize sailors...

Strangely, our Song Dynasty ships went to sea, and 70% of them did not return this year. This season, because of the wind, we were almost isolated from the news from the South China Sea, but why did the news from the Song ship be transmitted back to China... Oh, oh, I originally thought it was a rumor, since you said that, I will believe it... But, I always think this is a strange thing."

Shi Chuan stood up, with an expression that he didn't want to talk about again, and said firmly: "You just need to remember that history has undergone major changes at this moment, and maybe the turning point of the Song Dynasty has come."

Shi Yanei thought for a while: "If this matter is true, then you can play with some skills..."

Cui Xiaoqing plucked the strings hard and interrupted the conversation between the two, which attracted everyone to look at her, but Cui Xiaoqing lowered her head and didn't say anything. Huang E understood what he meant, and explained to Shi Chuan patiently as usual: "Brother, as a businessman, you must be honest. There is a clan society in front of you. We must live in Haizhou forever. Although Lowangjing is hateful, a piece of rat shit can't ruin a pot of soup. If we play with any technique and affect other merchants, we will not have any good reputation in Haizhou in the future. Well, maybe our reputation in the business world is worse than Lowangjing."

Shi Yanei was stunned for a moment, and immediately burst into a cold sweat: "Oh, it seems that I was obsessed with it. The Buddha said: Look at flowers as flowers because they are flowers in their hearts. There is beauty in their hearts, and everything in the world is not good. I have resentment, which makes my mind cruel - Buddha forgives my sins."

Shi Chuan's right hand hit the left palm: "There is also a way - since the price cannot be manipulated, then just sweep the goods and monopolize it. This is not harmful. It's winter is coming, and the waterways and rivers are frozen. There may not be new merchants leaving Sichuan this year. There are only so many Shu products circulating on the market. Let's just take out the money and sweep away all the Shu brocades on the market, and then monopolize the pricing power of Shu brocades so that even if Luo Wangjing has Shu brocades, he can't sell them. What do you think?"

Shi Yanei slapped the table: "Grandma, in order to understand the hatred, I, Shi Yanei, have taken out all my wealth. I will take out 500,000 guan. If 500,000 guan is not enough, I can raise 1.5 million guan in half a month."

Shi Chuan thought about it and replied: "Since that's the case, I'll pay a million yuan."

Cui Xiaoqing suddenly opened her mouth wide, and her chin was almost dislocated. She looked at Huang E and found that Huang E looked calm. Cui Xiaoqing quickly dragged her chin with her hand to close her mouth. Then she moved her chin with difficulty and said, "It's only been a few years, Dalang, you have only been to Haizhou for a few years, and you have actually earned a million yuan in wealth. How did you do it?"

After saying this, Cui Xiaoqing looked at Shi Yanei again and found that the partner who knew Shi Shi's inside story seemed to be justified. Cui Xiaoqing suddenly gritted her teeth: "As it happens, I'm also mixing it up. It's not for those little money. It's really thrilling to hear you're talking about, and decided not to be a bystander."

Yanei was reminded by Cui Xiaoqing's words and suddenly remembered something. He looked at Shi Tong for a while, then looked at Huang E again, then turned to Cui Xiaoqing. Cui Xiaoqing gave Shi Yanei a charming look, which made the latter tremble, and quickly turned around to avoid the latter's sight. Cui Xiaoqing smiled and asked, "Why, Yanei is unstable, aren't you sure about this?"

Yanei replied in a slow tone: "Dalang, I suddenly thought that the relationship between my Shi family and you is deep enough. If my Shi family wants to marry your girls, I shouldn't refuse, right?"

Shi Chuan narrowed his eyes and Huang E asked crisply: "What does Yanei mean?"
Chapter completed!