Chapter 198 The Stubborn Infiltrator

Yang Chong also raised his ears and listened. But Tang Di was obviously a person who knew the goods. He smiled and stretched out his hand, clasped Zhao Xing with both hands. The two of them gestured in their sleeves to discuss the price.

Two million guan, which was the final agreed price between the two parties. Tang Di bought eight emeralds at a price of 60% off. He planned to give each of the five wives an emerald jewelry, choose the largest one on the hat, and leave two for the children. This guy deserves to be rich and powerful.

This price sounds scary, but the original price of these emeralds is only half-ship porcelain. If Tang Di knew that he had spent 2 million yuan to buy only half-ship porcelain, he would probably have vomited blood and died... However, Zhao Xing would not let Tang Di know.

In recent years, as the Palestinian situation becomes more and more serious, trade between the East and the West has been completely interrupted. Maritime merchants sail to Vietnam at most, and then transit through Vietnam. After passing through the Indian Ocean, it is the world of Arab merchants. Originally, history should have been like this, but the appearance of Zhao Xing has changed a little. Now, a South China Sea Alliance similar to the East India Company was formed. It may still be very weak now, but the high profit will surely make it grow rapidly like a monster, and ultimately, it may even dominate the East and West trade.

After the accumulation of Tang Di's three generations, he mainly focused on "collecting princesses". In addition, the shrinking of Shanghai trade made him unable to go to Vietnam to guide goods. This would be the case in Zhao Xing's eyes. In addition, Zhao Xing's intentional concealment caused the South China Sea Alliance not to attract a merchant in Hangzhou, so Tang Di did not know that Zhao Xing was the leader of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.

His family has not personally operated the maritime trade for many years. In addition, emeralds are rare things, and 99% of the goods are underwritten by Europe, so he does not think that the gems he bought are injustice. In his love and wish, Tang Di shook hands with Zhao Xing and reached this sky-high transaction. Zhou Bangshi and Yangchong were confused by the sight. However, the two of them had already vaguely guessed that the amount of the transaction was very huge.

They dared not ask for the price, because their little wealth was not worth the weight in front of these two giants. After the two of them shook hands, Zhou Bangshi and Yang Chong consciously avoided their eyes and talked about the moonlight that night.

Yang Chong asked: "Brother Nanbo, do you have any new poems when you are in this beautiful scenery?"

Zhou Bangshi replied in a very cooperative manner: "Yaaa, I'm thinking about it, and wait a while. What good words do you have for Brother Yang?"

Tang Di waved his sleeves and interrupted boldly, "After talking about the important things, let's talk about the small things, Brother Li Ren, I heard that you have an ivory knife and carved pictures of hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren. There are dozens of them, and I will give them to others as a New Year gift."

This is a small amount of money, and Zhao Xing ignored Zhou Bangshi and Yangchong. He smiled and replied to Tang Di: "Brother Qiushan is a big customer. I'll give you a friend a price of 10,000 yuan per deal. There should be nothing to say about this price, right?"

Zhou Bangshi shivered, looked up at Yang Chong, and the two shook their heads together. The Su Xi brothers behind Zhao Xing also shook. They subconsciously touched their waists without saying a word.

The so-called ivory knife is actually a seal bone knife. Zhao Xing introduced the concept of seal teeth. In recent years, Song Dynasty craftsmen have used their imagination and made all kinds of strange and strange "decorations" that even Zhao Xing was amazed when he saw it. For example, the picture of hundreds of sons and grandchildren mentioned by Tang Di just now is a blessing pendant. It has deviated from the concept of bone knife. The scabbard is hollowed out and carved out more than a hundred boys, with various color bell silk and fairy peach dancing in his hands. On the back of the scabbard is a birthday star - a whole birthday picture of the Song Dynasty.

In addition to making carved parts, this type of bone knife that cuts official documents has also developed in its application. Some people think it is not sharp enough, and they also inlaid two pieces of steel bars on the edge of the knife to increase its sharpness. Some people even think it is not gorgeous and inlaid many jewelry on the sheath hilt... As a result, this bone knife has become a luxury.

The Su Shi brothers and Zhou Bangshi had received gifts from Zhao Xing before, and there were several bone knives at home. Now they heard that the toys played with by their little brothers were actually priced at 10,000 yuan per car, and they couldn't help but feel sorry for the things that the children ruined. However, Tang Di's answer shocked them even more. The guy whispered a big mouth and said indifferently: "Let's come twenty-four knives, I have many friends to give them."

The Su Shi brothers were shocked by Tang Di's tone and couldn't speak. On the way home, they held it in for a long time before asking: "Li Ren, can this Tang Di be considered the richest man in Hangzhou?"

Zhao Xing smiled faintly: "This Tang Di cannot rank among the top ten in Hangzhou. As far as I know, the richest man in Hangzhou is the Cao family. I will take you to visit the Cao family and let you see the luxury of the Cao family."

The Su Shi brothers were born in the Song Dynasty, and were shocked by such rich families as the Song Dynasty so hard that they could not speak. Their shock was nothing. When Zhao Xing first learned about the wealthy Cao family, the shock was really unimaginable. In this legendary poverty-stricken Song Dynasty, the rich people among the people were so unimaginable. In the same time, the so-called richest man in the world had a laughing sound.

In the 11th century, there was also a richest man on earth. His name was Alan Rufus, who was the nephew of the founder of the Normandy dynasty in Britain, "Duke William I of the Conqueror". When Rufus passed away at the age of 53, he left a legacy of 11,000 pounds. This money was equivalent to 7% of the annual income of the United Kingdom at that time. The value of his assets was measured by the current standards, which was about 81.3 billion pounds (about 162.6 billion US dollars). This figure was three times the wealth of Bill Gates, the world's richest man before the economic crisis.

However, when implementing the gold standard, the gold content of a pound is 7.32238 grams (pure gold), which is equivalent to... Ignore it, it is equivalent to 2 guan, and his inheritance is about 30,000 guan. If it is only converted to gold, regardless of the purchase rate difference between the two countries' currencies, this money is only enough for Cai Jing to eat for half a year.

This is the wealth difference between the Song people and countries around the world. In other words, it can be regarded as the gap in the wealth level of the people and the GDP gap.

After Zhao Xinggeng talked about wealth, the few people walked into the castle while chatting. Seeing that they were about to enter the city, a thin figure suddenly rushed over from the gate of the castle. He rushed to Zhao Xing's horse and knelt down immediately. Fortunately, Zhao Xing rode a tame mare today, otherwise no matter how strong he was, he would not be able to hold the golden horse.

The horse finally calmed down, but the girl was not afraid of the horse's hooves passing by. She just kowtowed frequently on the ground and said, "Master, save me, please save me!"

Zhao Xing replied with anger: "Miss, if you want to die, don't drag others down, how can you jump in front of the horse suddenly? It's so deadly!"

The Gurkha soldiers guarding the gate in the castle saw this scene and trotted out. They picked up the little girl in one hand and dragged the girl from the front of the horse. The girl was still curled up in the air, retaining her kneeling posture. Under the bright light at the door, Zhao Xing found a faint handwriting on the other party's right hand: "Qingzhou!"

"Let's wait!" Zhao Xing hurriedly stopped the Gurkha soldiers.

"Gingzhou?" Zhao Xing said to himself thoughtfully, and then asked, "How old are you?"

In the fourth year of Xining in the Shenzong (1071), the mutiny in Qingzhou has been 17 years since this year. This girl was just born after the mutiny in Qingzhou and should be seventeen years old now. How could she have the word "Gingzhou" on her hand?

The girl kowtowed frequently and said, "My name is Ko Lian'er, and she is only eighteen years old."

Zhao Xing suddenly said oh. The guards in the castle saw Zhao Xing asking questions. They put the girl on the ground. The girl knelt on the cold ground, kowtowed and begged: "Grand official, please help me, save my family!"

Zhao Xing glanced at the Su Shi brothers behind him, and slowly shook his head, saying, "Are you asking me to relieve me of being a slut? How can I violate the laws of the court? Besides, if I pity you and specially pardon you, who will pity the 100,000 unjust souls in Qingzhou?"

According to modern theory, the cause of the Qingzhou mutiny was that the soldiers were unwilling to suppress the Yizhou people who were uprising, so they waved their swords to the Qingzhou people who did not rebel. After the massacre, the soldiers originally planned to occupy the mountain and become king, but unfortunately, the Song Dynasty reacted too quickly and mobilized heavy troops to siege the group of uprising thugs, and then brutally suppressed the peasant uprising that massacred peasants.

Are these people worthy of pity? According to records, there were more than 200,000 people in Qingzhou, plus the affiliated counties and townships, with a total population of more than 400,000. However, after their uprising, there were only more than 50,000 remaining people in Qingzhou, and no less than 100,000 people died directly under their swords. No wonder the court was furious and issued the most severe punishment order since the Song Dynasty.

The girl was still kowtowing, her forehead touched the cold and hard ground, and blood was already flowing out. She cried with a mourn: "The great official doesn't remember me, I should remember my mother. That day, my mother served the bachelor's. It was the great official who saw the tattoo on my mother's hand and drove my mother out of the fort. The great official, please be merciful. Since my mother left the castle, she has not found life everywhere. As the cold land is frozen today, the family has been cut off for many days. The great official can make me live for one word, and a word can make me die. Please be merciful."

Su Hui showed unbearableness on his face, and he sighed and said, "So that's it. Leaving people and saving lives is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Now it's Lantern Festival, let her family add some joy."

Zhao Xing was hesitant, and the woman shouted in a hurry: "Master, I know who wants to sneak into the castle frequently, I know."

Zhao Xing was shocked. He looked around and found that at this moment, there were already a few people surrounding the castle gate. Fortunately, it was the Lantern Festival holiday, and most of the people around him were Israeli people. Seeing Zhao Xing looking around, one of the Israeli elders stood up and replied: "Dalang, we know the importance. Don't worry, the secrets that should not be told will never flow out of our mouths."

Zhao Xing jumped off the horse and handed the reins to the guards guards at the gate, waved to Kou Lianer and said, "Surely, don't be loud and speak loudly."

The name Kou Lianer may be a bit touching about his life experience, and it sounds like "Killianer". Zhao Xing directly called the latter. While calling the little girl to get up, he buried his head in the castle.

When the Su Shi brothers saw Zhao Xing jumping off the horse, they also got off the horse, handed the reins to the followers, and followed Zhao Xing to the castle. Su Guo was young and couldn't hold back his words. He sighed while walking: "Ma Ji said that your heart is as hard as iron. I didn't believe it at first, but today I realized that such a 'poor boy' kneeled in front of the horse and begged, you can actually bear it. His heart is harder than iron."

The Zhipo mentioned by Su Guo refers to Chaoyun. Chaoyun is a complaint made by Zhao Xing's attitude towards Chen Yiyi when he was in the capital.

Nowadays, Zhao Xing's vicious name has become more and more popular. No one dares to accuse Zhao Xing at will. Only Su Guo was young and energetic and made such a criticism. In response, Zhao Xing showed a calm expression. He calmly replied: "My benevolence and righteousness are divided into objects. I never blame my own people, and I never forgive my enemies."

Su Guo wanted to say a few more words, but Su Hui secretly pulled his sleeve and shook his head gently to signal him not to speak.

In recent years, Su Hui has grown older and older. Looking back on Zhao Xing's slaughtering cattle in his youth, the bloody scene impressed him. He gradually realized Zhao Xing's outlook on life. This person is definitely a person with clear inside and outside. Once he treats you as a friend and his own family, he will not care about your offense. Once he believes that you are an enemy, within the scope of his ability, Zhao Xing's revenge will cause nightmares. So he does not want his younger brother to conflict with the other party.

After all, they are still a family, so why bother fighting in the family?

Su Guo was pulled by Su Zhi and immediately understood that Zhao Xing had spared no effort to protect the interests of their family. It was a bit too much to accuse Zhao Xing of this. He bowed and apologized, but Zhao Xing didn't pay attention. He just walked with his head down until he came to the small building where he met.

There are a total of six separate small buildings in the castle, one as a house for the Japanese girl, one as Zhao Xing's collection room, one as Zhao Xing's own residence, and one as a house reserved for Su Shi's family. The remaining two are considered as reception buildings. The building where Zhao Xing is now is usually uninhabited. When Zhao Xing enters the room, he left behind, leaving Su Shi's brothers and Kou Lian'er, and then asked: "How do you know that someone sneaks in my castle? Who told you?"

Kou Lian'er knelt on the ground, kowtowed first, and then replied: "The Grand Official, a few months ago, someone came to ask about people working in the castle. The Grand Official's people who work in the garden usually don't leave the garden, but we servants frequently interact, so we know. Dalang, on the day of the accident in the yard, this person sent his companions into the castle at the dock. The maid happened to see it, but the maid could not talk to Dalang.

Later, those who entered the castle had no news anymore, and this person asked us, the servants of Qingzhou, to impersonate the name and sneak into the castle. My mother was asked by him. Originally, my father wanted to agree to the man, but the little woman persuaded him to stop him. I heard that the man finally sneaked into the castle after all, but there was no news anymore, and the man never showed up again. The great official, whose face was about five inches long, his face was white and beardless, his figure was thin, his lips were thin, his eyes were squinting, his garlic nose, and his words were elegant. The maid had many contacts and felt that he had a taste on his body, and he seemed to be the inner knowledge of a noble official family - not an official family, and he could not raise the aura of instructing people."

Kou Lian'er knew that the content she had was the key. She spoke it all the time like a bamboo tube pouring beans. Zhao Xing had no impression of the person she described, but the other party was able to confess that his father had been tempted and planned to help others sneak in. This made Zhao Xing very satisfied. He nodded thoughtfully and replied: "Yes, since you still have a certain loyalty in your heart, I will give you this opportunity. From now on, you can come to work in my mansion. During the Chinese New Year, you can get a copy of the New Year gifts that my mansion enjoys so that your parents can have a safe New Year."

Kou Lianer kowtowed and replied: "The big official, the little woman heard that the rules in the big official's mansion were strict and she dared not let the big official violate the rules. The little woman only asked for one thing - she heard that the big official had built a few acres of land on the other side of the river, intending to plant some fresh fruits and vegetables, and asked the big official to give the little woman a piece of land and some seeds to support her family."

Now, Zhao Xing was moved.

The girl means: Zhao Xing’s mansion is strict rules. At this moment, it is the time when someone is trying hard to sneak in. In order to avoid breaking the rules, the girl does not want to ask for work in the fort, because in this way, she becomes the target of others. As a slutty slave, once someone threatens them to help sneak in, they cannot refuse, so they simply don’t need money to go to the castle to work, and only ask Zhao Xing to give some seeds and set a piece of arable land so that they can rely on farming to support their families.

There was such an independent woman in the Song Dynasty? There was such a wise man among the slutty slaves. Zhao Xing stood up and bowed, saying, "Young lady, please come up, don't kneel down... You ask for farmland and seeds, it's not difficult. I'll draw a piece of land outside the castle, but..."

The girl replied with a erect voice: "When that garlic-headed nose comes back, the little woman will definitely report to General Jin quietly."

Kou Lianer said that the "General Jin" she mentioned is Jin Buer, the gatekeeper of the inner courtyard.

Zhao Xing clapped his hands and praised: "Smart, I have been wondering who wants to sneak in. If you can quietly help me catch that person, I will try to redeem you. How about it?"

Kou Lianer kowtowed and replied: "Thank you, the official."

In fact, at this moment, Zhao Xing completely disbelief of what Kou Lianer said that his family was already in poverty and had no choice but to live. How could their family be hungry with such a smart girl? Not to mention anything else, just talking about the species that the girl asked for, the "fresh fruits and vegetables" she mentioned belonged to the farm work that Cheng Laoqi was responsible for. This piece happened to be Zhao Xing's most profitable industry in farm work.

Zhao Xing has a habit of collecting species, so he won't talk about the vegetable seeds he collected. Even if the flower and tree seeds he collected are successfully cultivated in Hangzhou, it is the best choice for wealthy families to first introduce and decorate their gardens. In order to obtain these novel flowers and trees, they spend a lot of money. For example, the azalea species introduced by Zhao Xing from the South Himalayas Road has so far the price of each seedling is three guan, and it is also a few thousand guan per year.

As for the seeds of fresh fruits and vegetables, the price is even higher. They are not sold as fruits, but as seeds, and are sold for a hundred times the price. Kou Lianer's request for cultivation of these vegetables is actually a privilege.

This privilege was first reflected in the gardener who cultivated jasmine flowers in Zhaoxing's yard. While helping Zhaoxing cultivate jasmine flowers, the family sold jasmine flowers and cultivated the pruned branches into the root system, and sold them to nearby wealthy families. In just a few years, it was considered a well-off family in the local area. After the gardener and his wife became rich, it became a kind of grace to cultivate flowers and plants in Zhaoxing's garden. As long as they do this job, they don't have to worry about becoming well-off within a few years.

However, Kou Lian'er's identity is a low-key slave. No matter how rich her family is, she is still a slave, so wealth may not impress this smart girl. But Zhao Xing promised that they would restore their status as a civilian would definitely move her.

Kou Lian'er stepped down with great gratitude. Su Guo looked at her back and couldn't hold back her words and asked, "You don't give me more advice, this little lady. Why did you let her go like that?"

Su Xi replied for Zhao Xing: "There is no need for guidance for a smart person. This little lady is a smart person, and she is amazing."

After a pause, Su Xi looked at Zhao Xing who was thinking and asked again: "I don't know who would be someone who frequently sneaked into the park? Who is so interested in this garden?"

Su Guo curled his lips and said, "My brother just traded with Tang Di, and he had to trade hundreds of thousands of yuan at one's turn. Those who hear it will definitely think where the goods are stored - no need to guess, they must be in the house on the courtyard wall. People must be thinking, there are so many warehouses in the entire wall building, how many things are stored in it, no matter what, it is worth grabbing it!"

Zhao Xing shook his head and replied: "Those people did not come for the wealth in the garden. In my garden, thousands of craftsmen live, and most people dare not rob. Besides, the first time the person who sneaked into the fort got into the warehouse, but did not take away the things in the warehouse. He just wanted to check around the garden at night. What he wanted to see was worth pondering.

There were three people who broke into the garden in the second wave. I have found out that it was done by a Guangzhou marine merchant. He sent a ship of cargo from Guangzhou, several of which were used as collateral to compensate me for my freight. The cargo box was sent from Fuzhou to my yard. There were a total of twenty-three boxes in the batch, and three of them contained living people.

Originally, those cargo boxes were checked once in Fuzhou, but he didn't know what method he used to transfer the inspected goods. Three living people got into the box, and there was enough food and water in the box. The three people were motionless in the box for two days, entered my castle, and then used the tools in the box to pry open the wooden box and crawled out.

But they didn't expect that the warehouse where I store goods was full of thick ebony wooden doors. The space in their boxes was too small and the tools they brought were small. They could pry open the wooden box, but couldn't pry open the door of my warehouse...

I have been wondering whether these two groups of people are in contact. They think of what to look for in my castle, and so they are working hard to send people to sneak in? How strange?"
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