Chapter 172 Hehe, the officials and merchants of the Song Dynasty still need to collude
Chapter 172 Haha... Do the officials and businessmen of the Song Dynasty still need to collude? (Second update)
Author: sunny
Chapter 172 Haha... Do the officials and businessmen of the Song Dynasty still need to collude? (Second update)
The reason why I started with the hand sword was of course very particular. The hand sword was used by the Song Dynasty soldiers, whether they were the imperial army, Xiang army, Xiang army, rural soldiers or vassal soldiers.
Except for some vassal soldiers who are composed of foreign races and like to bring their own weapons for fun, most of the imperial troops need to prepare uniform hand knives.
It is precisely because of the high demand that workshops directly under the central government of the imperial court are building, as are workshops in various states and counties.
The important thing is that hand knives do not require any technical content, even those blacksmith shops on the street that make pots and hoes can make them.
"To understand your thoughts, it is indeed the best choice to purchase hand knives first and try outsourcing."
"And it can also save the court a lot of money."
The smile on official Zhao Ji's face gradually disappeared, and his eyes were full of worry.
"But in this way, you will affect the interests of many people in the court."
"Even if my master is behind you to support you, those people's methods..."
"Master is wise. In fact, my disciple has thought about it many times. If he wants to accomplish this, he must make a comprehensive plan to ensure everything is complete."
"It is indeed difficult for me to do it alone. But fortunately, I have two close friends. If I can get help from them, I feel that I can make it happen if I have confidence."
"Oh?...your two best friends?"
Facing the doubtful expression of official Zhao Ji, Gao Zhang smiled shyly.
"They are Cai Yao, the sixth son of Prime Minister Cai's family, and Tong Zhisheng, the stepson of Tong Zhongguan."
"They..." Official Zhao Ji reacted instantly and couldn't help but feel happy.
"Okay, that's great. Xiao Gao, you are worthy of being valued by my teacher. This is indeed a good move. Continue to talk about your thoughts and let me see if there are any loopholes."
Gao Zhang then came up with his idea. The first point was to determine the cost of the hand knife.
The second point is to choose a suitable workshop that can undertake this business.
But after repeated and careful consideration, he felt that those workshops might not be able to withstand the pressure.
Or it may simply be unable to withstand the pressure from those with existing vested interests, which ultimately leads to failure.
"So, the disciple thought about it if he could find a suitable workshop.
If the disciple, Na Tong Zhisheng and Cai Yao could become shareholders of this workshop.
Perhaps, we can avoid the possibility that the imperial ministries and supervisors want to reach out to the greatest extent..."
Gao Zhang spoke very slowly, keeping a close eye on official Zhao Ji's micro-expressions. Whenever his expression and eyes showed displeasure, Gao Zhang would immediately change the topic.
But from the beginning to the end, I only saw the official Zhao Ji with an encouraging face, gesturing for him to continue talking.
Gao Zhang could only bite the bullet and finished speaking his thoughts, then bowed to his master with a face filled with shame.
"This disciple is incompetent and can only think of using this method to prevent future troubles..."
"You kid, how can you be called incompetent? If you can come up with such an idea, even if you are a teacher, I will only be happy for you."
"Besides, the business style of the scholars in the Song Dynasty was extremely prosperous, even when Taizu founded the country.
Zhao Pu, the first prime minister, planned the affairs of his residence, sent his relatives and officials to the market for building materials, and then went to the capital with a huge raft to govern the country.
Emperor Taizu never punished him for this. But Xiao Gao, you did it in order to eliminate the shortcomings of the imperial court's demobilization of military equipment and to ensure that this good law could be implemented.
Do you think that my teacher would be annoyed with you over such things?"
After hearing the official Zhao Ji's scolding with an obvious smile, Gao Zhang followed his instructions obediently and wisely.
I was secretly relieved. When I was at home, my father and I had reviewed the situation over and over again. Naturally, we knew that the imperial court had a completely laissez-faire attitude toward officials doing business.
What do you want to say? Since ancient times, the imperial court has been very careful about collusion between officials and businessmen.
But in the Song Dynasty, haha... Do officials and businessmen still need to collude? I am a dignified official who is just doing business, okay?
Anyway, when Gao Zhang learned for the first time why officials and businessmen in the Northern Song Dynasty did not need to collude, he was completely confused.
Let me ask you, is the operation cool? Is the way wild?
However, it was precisely for this reason that Gao Zhang dared to offer such a "good recipe".
If it were in other dynasties, haha...
At this time, a eunuch came quickly and saw the official family and Xiao Gao Zhuangyuan inside the house. He realized what was going on and stopped outside the house.
Yang Jian stepped forward and asked, and then he realized that it was Tong Guan who came to see you.
Zhao Ji, an official who was thinking about the loopholes in his beloved disciple's strategy, suddenly his eyes lit up.
"He came just in time. He is my confidant and a member of the palace. We should let him know something..."
He turned to his beloved disciple Gao Zhang with a cute expression and gave instructions.
"Xiao Gao, you haven't practiced calligraphy today. Go and copy another copy of "The Thousand Character Essay" today."
Seeing that Gao Zhang accepted the order smoothly and quickly walked to the desk and started grinding and laying paper, the official Zhao Ji nodded to Yang Jian and gave instructions.
"Go and bring Tong Guan here in person, and tell him by the way that I am instructing my disciple in calligraphy..."
"Ah, this..." Yang Jian couldn't help but change his face when he heard this, and subconsciously looked at Gao Zhang who had already walked to the desk.
However, Gao Zhang, who also heard this, looked as normal and started to write on Xuan Bai.
Official Zhao Ji couldn't help but shake his head and uttered something disgustingly.
"Fortunately for you, you are an old man who has been with me for many years. Your ability to meditate and nourish your energy is not as good as Xiao Gao's."
"..."
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Hearing the news, Tong Guan was shocked and couldn't help shouting.
"Who are the officials instructing?!"
Yang Jian looked around, and fortunately he had driven away the people around him at the beginning, otherwise Tong Guan's voice would definitely attract everyone's attention.
"Don't make any noise. The officials only allow us to inform you about this matter."
"The beloved disciple of the official family is none other than Gao Zhang, the only son of Captain Gao, who is the number one scholar in the Jin Dynasty."
Tong Guan looked at Yang Jian's expression carefully and murmured something in a low voice. After a long while, he shook his head in disbelief.
"It's actually that Gao Zhang, so that's it..."
I thought before that the officials admired this child prodigy champion, but I didn't expect that such a thing would happen.
"Could it be that the officials saw Gao Zhang's talent and knowledge and liked him, so they accepted him as a disciple and taught him?"
After Tong Guan made some deductions, he turned his head and found that Yang Jian was staring at him with a strange expression.
"Why, isn't it?"
Yang Jian could only smile bitterly and pointed to the head on his neck.
"There is no order from the officials. If our family dares to leak even a word, this will be lost..."
"If Tong Zhuan wants to know, just ask the officials yourself."
"..."
PS: I’m having surgery tomorrow and I’m restless, so I’ll just give you two updates. I’m sorry.
