Chapter 169: It feels so good to grab money

Zhao Xing suddenly remembered that the word "potato squid juice" - it was a traitor's shirt. In the movie "Red Detachment of Women", the double-breasted silk shirt worn by Nan Batian and others with a slightly glittering effect was dyed with potato squid juice. It is also called "Xiangyunsha" or "potato squid".

This fragrant cloud yarn was very popular in the early years of the Republic of China. Because it is expensive and people who can wear it are rich, it is often the standard outfit for characters such as traitors or landlords in movies. Because traitors like this kind of clothes, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, this kind of clothes was almost top secret under the strong blow of the government.

On a business trip by chance, Zhao Xing asked him to buy a few such clothes. He heard that there were many fakes. In order to prevent being deceived, Zhao Xing searched for Xiangyunsha’s knowledge at night and learned that under the severe crackdown of the government, there is currently only one market for selling such clothes in Guangzhou. At the same time, he also learned that this traditional fabric was born in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, but in the Song Dynasty, there were records of using potato squirrel as dyes, and the recorder was Shen Kuo.

Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bitan" records: "The Zhekui (i.e., Sauce Radix) discussed in "Bencao" has not been carefully examined. Nowadays, there are many Zhekui in the south, with dark skin and red skin, which looks like Polygonum multiflorum. Cut it into pieces, and the red and white texture is like betel nut. There is a juice like red and red. The southerners make boots with dyed skin."

Oh! The person in front of him is an agricultural expert in the Song Dynasty who is worse than Shen Kuo. In agriculture, Shen Kuo is not as good as him, and he doesn't know anything about it? Zhao Xing looked at Deng Yufu and his eyes seemed to have found a bucket of gold - no, now a bucket of gold can no longer trigger his greedy gaze.

"I heard that the process of dyeing with shiitake juice is very troublesome. The temperature requirements are very strict when dyeing and weaving, and it is only a few months a year for dyeing. In addition, I also heard that the dyed things will take a long time to store them. Does Brother Deng know its process?"

Sure enough, Deng Yufu answered very easily: "My agricultural book records its process. If Li Ren said, after dyeing, it must be stored for a period of time so that the juice can penetrate into the skin, how can Li Ren brother know?"

Zhao Xing slapped his thigh: "Jinzhou, we come in from Jinzhou every year. It's okay to say that the furry ones can be made into furs. Those hairless horses, cowhides, pig skin, deer skin... Do Brother Deng have any ideas?"

The Song people did not lack business awareness. However, most Song people thought in a straight line. Deng Yufu knew everything they should know, but what he lacked was the vertical thinking that linked those events together. Zhao Xing reminded him that Deng Yufu's eyes lit up: "Yes, animal skins are very cheap. We are afraid of hundreds of thousands of animal skins we purchase every year. These animal skins..."

Zhao Xing added tightly: "One hundred thousand, you underestimated the purchasing power of the Song people. At least 600,000 should be purchased. Among these animal skins, the precious fur can be made into precious fur cloaks, and those hairless light-plated animal skins can be dyed with potato squirrel, and their value will not only increase by ten times.

How many people are there in the Song Dynasty, 100 million! How many officials are there? 86,000! How many scholars are there? - I don't count! Among these people, one out of ten thousand people buys you a pair of boots, and the whole Song Dynasty is 10,000 pairs of boots, 10,000 pairs a year. Isn't this a big deal? What a big deal?

Also, since potato squid juice can be dyed skin, it should also dye cloth. The dyed silk - it doesn't matter whether it is dyed or not. What about silk? Potato squid juice is not sticky in water, but it is still shiny. If dyed on silk, then in summer, it will be cool and pleasant, easy to wash and dry, it will be dark and dirt-resistant, it will not touch the skin, it will be thin but not easy to wrinkle, soft and rich in body bones... This is simply a robbery of money."

Deng Yufu's eyes became brighter and brighter. He looked at the boots on his feet in shock, and then looked at Zhao Xing with admiration, exclaiming: "People say that Zhao Qianzong is a disciple of the God of Wealth. He is rich wherever he goes. Sure enough! Look, I wear this kind of boot every day and know its method of making it. I didn't expect that this big fortune would make sense and make sense."

Zhao Xing touched his bare chin and looked at Deng Yufu smugly: "Who said the disciples of God of Wealth? You have a few more words to say to me."

Deng Yufu only heard the first half of Zhao Xing's sentence, and forgot to praise Zhao Xing a few more words. His thoughts were already all about planning the leather farm, and he answered Zhao Xing dryly: "What the group trainers said, yes, yes, and some people in Mizhou... But, with such a large amount of skin, I'm afraid that the potato scoundrels are not enough, so where can I buy so many potato scoundrels?"

Zhao Xing took a lot of money: "No problem, I asked the Mizhou group to practice not to grow food next year, and they would plant potatoes for you... Are you enough money? Hundreds of thousands of skins? I'm afraid that your bags of money will not be enough. Do you have the money to open a big place? Why don't I help you pay some?"

Deng Yufu replied absent-mindedly: "No, no, I have won 6,000 guan this time, and I have taken out 1,000 guan to open a big place."

After saying this, Deng Yufu suddenly realized: "Li Ren wants to participate in the shares. You rich man is here, and I will be better."

Zhang Yong came out wearing a snowy and snowy body. Seeing Zhao Xing and Deng Yufu just talking, he asked carelessly: "Why don't you two go in? Look at the snow."

Zhao Xing waved: "Zhang Guanjun, we are talking about Deng Tui Guanjun's boots. Come and see, there is a way for you, how about it?"

Deng Yufu shrank his feet. He originally wanted to hide this matter and enjoy it himself, but after a little thought, he thought of seventy or eight hundred thousand animal skins that he could not eat, so he stretched out his feet and asked Zhang Yong to observe.

Zhao Xing pointed to Deng Yufu's boots and said, "There are nothing good things in Jinzhou Linhai Army. We must find ways to carry out deep processing to make this trade bigger, otherwise it will be futile after all.

Deng Tuan knew the dyeing method of this kind of boot. Linhaijun had millions of animal skins waiting for us to buy. No matter how big a factory was, it could not swallow such a huge amount of animal skins. I thought about it and used Deng Tuan Guan's technology to make stock money. Anyone who wanted to open a skin processing factory could do it. Deng Tuan Guan was responsible for teaching others technology and getting 20% ​​of the stock money. Other venue funds were the responsibility of the person who opened the factory.

This industry is good. The court prohibits officials from engaging in maritime trade, but processing animal skins is domestic trade. The relatives of the Tuanjian came forward to organize such a place to swallow the animal skins produced by the Tuanjian in Mizhou. It is not illegal and can make a lot of money. Why not do it?"

After giving Zhao Xing this summary, Deng Yufu realized his greatness: "Yes, this way of living is done, but the long-term wealth path will not affect our money, no matter how wind and rain it blows."

Zhao Xing continued to add: "Sauce is restricted by planting. We don't need to dye all the skins into rain boots. We can pick up some of the best dyes. When we eat all the skins, we can make a lot of money even if we dye them."

"More than that!" Deng Yufu retorted: "If you get 1% of it, you can earn all the money from opening a factory, and you will be able to get a living."

At this moment, Shi Qian came out. When he saw Zhang Yong going out to summon Zhao Xing, he never returned, so he ran out to urge him... As a result, he was also trapped in. After knowing the truth, he also yelled to participate: "The family can't do the work of animal skins, so dye the cloth. We have enough weaving girls in our place. I will buy some good silk and try dyeing and weaving silk... There is no way, there are many wives in the family, and they are idle, so let them manage this work."

Deng Yufu was even happier when he saw more and more people joining, because every time he opened a new factory, he could get two shares in vain. Thinking of the high profits of these boots, he agreed with Zhao Xing's evaluation - this was faster than grabbing money.

The banquet at Zhao Xing's mansion ended at noon. In the afternoon, Zhang Yong led Zhao Xing and others to the regiment training camp and distributed holiday money to the officers according to the rules. In addition, the Mizhou regiment training has become rich this year, and the new projects that are constantly waiting for construction, officers at all levels need to win over a large number of people, so they also rewarded their subordinates very generously. In this way, the Mizhou regiment training, even those remaining members, have celebrated the richest New Year Festival in their lives.

Immediately afterwards, Deng Yufu stayed in the military camp and signed technology transfer agreements with the officers - Zhao Xing didn't know if the Song Dynasty had this reputation. In his opinion, this should be the first technology investment agreement for the Song Dynasty. Deng Yufu was weak in signing and smiled happily.

Leaving Deng Yufu in the military camp, Zhao Xing took Zhang Yong to sea by boat and rushed to the temple island that night.

On the temple island, several officers from Dengzhou were there. Dengzhou was an imperial guard. He was naturally a little arrogant when facing Zhang Yong. When the commander Huang Tao saw Zhao Xing, he was quite arrogant. "Do you make the decision in Dengzhou now? Last time I met Zhang Tuanlian, and he said he couldn't make the decision in many things. Finally, someone who could manage the matter came to talk to me. What did you do? He actually let Xuan Qi run away."

Zhao Xing retorted with a dark face: "Xuan Qi is not under my control, so I am not responsible for his behavior - I heard that Xuan Qi brought the money from the Jinzhou Linhai Army to Dengzhou with the money from the two transactions of Jinzhou Linhai Army, but now there is no penny. This is too dark. The two transactions should be about 110,000 yuan, which is the money from the Linhai Army. Do we still want to trade in the future?"

Huang Tao was very arrogant: "Last time I told Zhang Tuanlian that the matter in Mizhou has crossed the boundaries and went to my Dengzhou territory to do things. Why don't you report to me Dengzhou? You Mizhou don't have to worry about Jinzhou. In the future, I Dengzhou will take over!"

Zhao Xing smiled coldly and replied in a long voice: "The seven pirate ships that broke the Yingzhou were the ones. The Privy Council also recognized the same, and the Liao Dynasty also believed it. The Jinzhou Commercial Road was operated by the seven pirate ships with all their strength. We did not avoid the Dengzhou naval army. But if the Dengzhou naval army wanted to cause trouble, I was afraid that the court would not allow it, and the Liao Dynasty would not allow it."

Huang Tao stood up with his eyes wide open, and Zhao Xing calmly smoothed the knife in his hand. At this time, a person had already stood up from the Dengzhou navy, stepped forward to pull Huang Tao, whispered a few words, and Huang Tao slowly sat down.

Zhang Yong stood aside, looking like he was not concerned about his own affairs, and he didn't even say anything to persuade him. His attitude was not to be indifferent to this matter, but to believe that Zhao Xing could handle it well.

Zhao Xing stared at the official who had just left the list and asked, "Who is this person?"

"Inspector Chen Heng", the man bowed and gestured to retreat.

Zhao Xing was just reminding Huang Tao that Yingzhou was broken because of pirate harassment. Both the court and the Liao Kingdom determined this way, so Huang Tao had nothing to threaten Zhao Xing. If this matter was revealed, Huang Tao could only end up in a situation of being surrounded by enemies.

On the contrary, Zhao Xing could also threaten the Dengzhou naval army. His seven ships could wipe out the Jinzhou naval army and break the Yingzhou. It would definitely make the Dengzhou naval army unable to escape.

The most important thing is that the Dengzhou navy was originally trembling and would not do anything else when facing the Liao Kingdom. However, after Zhao Xing opened this trade route, they wanted to jump out and take possession. This was impossible. Swallowing Xuan Qi's money would be equivalent to offending the Jinzhou navy and the Mizhou navy at the same time. As long as Zhao Xing turned against each other, the Dengzhou navy would be nothing.

Huang Tao only wanted to eat alone, but he didn't expect Zhao Xing to be so tough. He also knew the secrets of it. He pretended to be angry and only wanted Zhao Xing to give in. At this moment, Zhao Xing was aggressive, which made him unable to get out of the market.

After pausing for a while, seeing the Dengzhou naval army had nothing to say, Zhao Xing relaxed and said, "No matter what, the Dengzhou naval army has helped a lot this time. My Mizhou and Jinzhou are grateful. You can leave two layers of Xuan Qi's money, and I Mizhou can also compensate you for two layers. In this way, you will be forty-strong in vain and you will not lose money. How about it, let each step back and make concessions, and be convenient for others and for yourself."

Huang Tao had a gloomy face and was silent for a while before answering: "All the money has been paid..."

"Then let's collect it again," Zhao Xing said in an unconventional tone: "Mizhou has never planned to monopolize this route. This is the route sharing plan that our Mizhou navy has discussed some time ago. We haven't had time to notify Dengzhou. Now you can take a look..."

Zhao Xing handed the charter for the officials of Mizhou to participate in the stake in the sea route to the Dengzhou navy, and continued: "This route will be a long-term investment in the future. It is shared by Mizhou and Dengzhou. However, when our Mizhou pioneered this route, it will naturally occupy a large part. Whoever destroys this route in the future will be unable to get along with my Mizhou and Dengzhou officials and civilians, so the money must be spit out. There is no room for negotiation."

The pie thrown by Zhao Xing was big enough to avoid the Dengzhou side's reluctance. Huang Tao was still holding an air, but the little officer under him was willing to do so.

The small officers have few salaries, while Shandong has a small land and a large population. The officers live a very hard life with their salary alone. Now Zhao Xing gives them a way of wealth. If they agree, they will join forces to make a fortune. If they don’t agree, they will be blocked by the two families. When things get big, the court not only does not support it, but also tries to cover it up, so they can only surrender.

After Dengzhou officials discussed and decided to accept Zhao Xing's agreement, the two sides divided the market shares of the two states. Dengzhou naval forces said goodbye with satisfaction. Before leaving, Zhao Xing did not accept Huang Tao's farewell.

Huang Tao left angrily, and Zhao Xing left behind several Dengzhou officers, including the inspector named Chen Heng. He said with a meaningful smile: "I remember that Dengzhou naval army should be the one who is the master Huang... Someone must be responsible for embezzling Xuanqi's payment. Lord Huang is determined by his will. Such a person is not suitable to helm Dengzhou at all. If he drowned in the sea, that would be great."

After Zhao Xing said this, some of the Dengzhou officers changed their expressions, some were thinking, and some were angry on the surface, but their eyes were scattered. After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he didn't care about the reactions of the Dengzhou people. He directly pulled Zhang Yong on his own boat and set off his sail.

On the way, Zhang Yong complained dissatisfiedly: "Li Ren, Huang Tao is a very righteous man who dares to act. He has to cover up this matter. What you said in the end is too much, and you are not afraid that the people of Dengzhou will tell him..."

Zhao Xing looked calm and replied: "There can only be one person on the sea surface of the Bohai Sea. Although Huang Tao is righteous, he should not covet our route. I want the officers of Dengzhou to know that we are on the sea surface. What should we do is to speak, and they will execute it. So Huang Tao must die. And he must die.

Do you know how much transaction volume this route will have every year? I guess it is 8 million guan. Just drawing taxes can cost one million guan. This is a big investment. Dengzhou officials understand. Can they tolerate Huang Tao's slander in front of us?

Huang Tao must die. Our line is a smuggling line. With such a huge transaction volume, if you want to hide it from the courts of both sides, the management must be strict. With Huang Tao here, projects that we prohibit smuggling may not be restricted by Dengzhou. Only by killing Huang Tao will Dengzhou officials accept our constraints. Therefore, even if Huang Tao is very respectful today, I must instigate Dengzhou officials to kill him.

The same is true for Jinzhou. They exposed Xuan Qi this time and will definitely be vigilant in the future. I will set an example for them first and let them know how to restrain their subordinates. As long as this is the only way to operate this route for a long time."

When Zhang Yong heard this, he muttered: "You always make sense. I can't tell you. No matter what, I'll go to bed, and you will talk about it in Jinzhou."

Jinzhou lost Xuan Qi and was a little furious, but when he heard that Dengzhou helped kill Xuan Qi and recovered eight layers of property, he could only be grateful.

"It's really lucky to do business with Leader Zhao... When the news came, we were in chaos. Some officials were already in fear and wanted to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, before we could pass the news to you, you had already killed Xuan Qi... I didn't say anything, the price of your goods will be reduced by three levels in the future."

Zhao Xing waved his hand to stop the other party: "There is no need to reduce the amount by 30%. We trade fairly. The price should be what price. But after this time, you should strengthen supervision. How can the liaison person sent to get him offshore? He should not have the opportunity to board the ship at all."

The official sent by Jinzhou repeatedly claimed that he was and promised to strengthen supervision in the future. Zhao Xing continued: "There is still a problem with the withdrawal of the money in Dengzhou. We need to ship the money slowly. I will provide you with your money first. In addition, I have compensated Dengzhou for some money. You should also pay some share of this matter, but considering that you have already lost money, I will not ask you for it this time.

In the future, you can only contact the Hu people I sent in the transaction, and they will allocate the transaction limit uniformly. In addition, you must have a quota within, so I will not care about the specific details. If you want to continue this work for a long time, you must be organized and disciplined. This time, you will be aware of both of you and me. When you go back, you should find a solution immediately."

The contact person sent by Jinzhou carried the huge sum of money and said satisfactory farewell. After this time, the smuggling route was firmly controlled by Zhao Xing. All transactions must be completed through Yici Leye sent by Zhao Xing. Jinzhou only trusted Zhao Xing, which made people who covet this route unable to get involved.

When Zhao Xing rushed back to Mizhou, he completed the group training work without stopping and was busy until the twelfth lunar month. Early that morning, he got up and discussed with Cheng Azhu and Chen Yiyi to give New Year gifts. In terms of the capital, although Zhao Xing didn't make many friends, he calculated a lot and distributed everyone's gifts. Zhao Xing suddenly remembered something and ordered: "Add one more to the prince-consor Wang Shu. This guy helped us through a small difficulty. Giving him one is also a kind of affection."

Liao Xiaoxiao interrupted: "The prince consort Xiao Wang likes strange things, strange flowers, trees and grass, and pens, inkstones and paper. He still likes the best paper in Japan. My husband can work hard on this - isn't there a Mizhou stone inkstone? There are also stone paintings. I'll send him a copy, and the prince consort Xiao Wang will definitely like it."

Isn’t this a habit of Song Huizong? Zhao Xing was about to comment on his words, but he was shocked by his thoughts.

What is Song Huizong's preference? It is indeed what is Song Huizong's preference.

Thinking of Gao Qiu's history of his success, which was given to Song Huizong by Xiao Wang's son-in-law, Zhao Xing suddenly felt that maybe his guess was very reasonable. Perhaps when Song Huizong was young, he regarded this romantic and self-admired uncle as a youth idol. When he grew up, he imitated his uncle everywhere, and became Song Huizong.

Zhao Xing stopped Chen Yiyi's movement thoughtfully and weighed what he had just discovered.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Xing instructed Chen Yiyi: "What are the strange things at home, such as strange flowers and strange stones... By the way, choose the stone wall inlaid with Mizhou stone and send it out..."

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Xing added: "The matter in Yingzhou has been settled, and you can notify the Xiao brothers to come back."

Shortly after Zhao Xing's New Year gift was sent out, the New Year gift in the capital was gradually delivered to Zhao Xing's mansion. It didn't matter to the others. The map sent by Li Gonglin made Zhao Xing furious. After reading it, he threw it on the ground and cursed: "Li Gonglin's head is flooded, and he actually tinkered with this thing. I think life is too rich and I'm so full of support."

Liao Xiaoxiao picked up the thrown album from the ground, and while flipping, he replied: "I heard that my husband has recently developed a lead movable type plate. I have money and spare money. I was thinking about how to make a living. I opened a printing shop. It is both face and status... Mr. Li sent the album to him because he wanted his husband to print it into a book? Oh, I heard that Mr. Li was good at drawing iron wire. This painting is really good. Why was his husband not satisfied?"
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