Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 456: Envoys of the two countries, the Shao family is prosperous
Chapter 456: Envoys of the two countries, the Shao family is prosperous
Chapter 456: Envoys from the two countries, the Shao family prospered
The New Year's Day will be here soon, but just before that, an interesting thing happened.
That was the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Song, which sent envoys again.
This kind of thing is not uncommon. Even when the two countries were hostile before, this kind of envoys to greet each other would still send out normally. What's more, the two countries are now in the honeymoon period.
However, what is interesting is that the envoys from the two countries coincidentally arrived at Lianli City where Shen Tang was located.
The envoy of the Song Dynasty envoy this time is Shen Tang’s old acquaintance Li Duo! It is said that after Li Duo returned from the mission with Shen Tang, he was directly promoted from a seventh-grade secretary to a fifth-grade official. , although it is not a leap to the sky, but it is also a continuous upgrade several levels.
The reason for this is naturally because he followed Shen Tang in the land of Jin and made great contributions.
When he was on an envoy to the Northern Kingdom, he originally had to pass through Lianli City, so it was normal to come here first to pay a visit to Shen Tang.
As for the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin, although it was a bit of a detour to take Lienli City, they also arrived at Lienli City first.
Shen Tang, the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin, was not familiar with them, but they were naturally extremely polite to Shen Tang. Moreover, they not only brought a specially sent gift from Wan Yanyong, but also brought an old friend Yi Ci Duo and Hui Orchid Pictures. Specialties brought by others.
After the missions from the two countries left, preparations for the entire Lienli City reached the final stage.
Because all the people in Lianli City had already fled, Lianli City was already an empty city at this time.
Therefore, in addition to the Shen family's residence, Shen Tang ordered the soldiers in the city to quickly build the entire city according to his plan.
It is said to be construction, but in fact it is just paving roads and building houses.
These tasks are not a problem at all for the five thousand troops stationed in Lianli City.
The entire Lien Li City is centered on Shen Zhai, with three main streets running across the city from east to west, north and south. Then, uniform shops are built on both sides of the main streets.
After all, the future Liancheng City will be mainly based on trade between the two countries, so these shops are naturally indispensable.
As the shops move inward, the buildings one by one extend inward until almost the entire Lienli City is occupied.
Two huge markets were set up at the east and west gates, and future transactions would be conducted in these two markets.
Although some other auxiliary facilities have not yet been completed, they have all left suitable locations.
After the new construction, Lianli City is much neater than before.
The only thing missing now is that there are still no residents inside.
This is naturally not difficult.
Nowadays, whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty, there is definitely no shortage of refugees who do not have enough to eat and do not have warm clothes.
Therefore, Shen Tang gave an order and traveled thousands of miles to spread the word about the situation in Lianli City.
Presumably, it won't be long before Lianli City can regain its former prosperity.
As for the shopkeepers who stayed in Lianli City, they were indeed more loyal to the Shao family after a small arrangement made by Shen Tang.
Being able to become a shopkeeper is certainly not a fool. The reason for this is, firstly, the reason why the Shao family showed favor this time, and secondly, because they can already see that the Shao family is more powerful than before.
Especially in the recent period, they traveled to the north and the south. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the Shao family merchants received a lot of preferential treatment.
After all, it is the home of the top merchants in Jiangnan, but it turns out that the preferential treatment given to them is just a normal thing.
But recently, even the government or some powerful people have treated them with good courtesy, which is not the kind of treatment they could enjoy before.
As for the shopkeeper who traveled to Daikin in the North, the feeling was even more obvious.
After the flag sent to them by the eldest lady was hung on the motorcade, it was almost unimpeded in the entire Kingdom of Jin. No matter you were from a military powerhouse or a wealthy family, when you saw the Shao family caravan, you were treated with courtesy.
Three points!
Before this, although the Shao family's caravan had many channels in the North, the Jin people's suppression, hostility, contempt, etc. towards the Song Dynasty was simply a matter of course.
But now, let alone those ordinary Jin people, even on the road, when they encounter the Jin army that they were most afraid of before or the nobles who encounter Jin people in the city, they are actually extremely polite to them.
As one shopkeeper said: I have never seen anything so beautiful in my life! I went to Zhending Mansion, an important town in the North, and met the Jin army outside the city.
In the past, if you were lucky in this kind of situation, you could still survive even if you gave up your money.
If you are unlucky, it will be normal even if you lose your life.
But this time, when they heard that they were the Shao family caravan, they escorted them directly into the city. After entering the city, all the transactions had been arranged. Some people came to collect their goods at a high price, and some people directly came to collect the goods they wanted.
Delivered to your door at a low price! Such a thing is simply unbelievable.
Naturally, they didn't know that the Zhending Mansion garrison was one of the three golden soldiers who fought with Shen Tang. How could they be so rude to the Shao family's caravan when they were favored by Shen Tang?
It is no exaggeration to say that during this period, the Shao family's business increased by at least 30%.
A shrewd shopkeeper naturally knows that the reason for all this comes from the eldest daughter's husband Shen Tang.
Even a somewhat dull shopkeeper knows that the Shao family is about to soar into the sky, and I am afraid that surpassing their old rival Jiangnan Sheng family is just around the corner.
In this way, they naturally pay more attention to the Shao family.
Speaking of the scenery of the Shao family, we naturally have to talk about the recent situation of the Sheng family.
Compared to the Shao family, the Sheng family is naturally not so lucky.
On the contrary, the Sheng family's situation has been quite declining recently.
Therefore, even Sheng Yongde, the head of the Sheng family, couldn't help but feel a little depressed!
In the hall of the Poyang Lake Sheng family's mansion, Sheng Xinghua sighed and said to his father, who was frowning, "Father, recently we have lost about 10% of our business in all aspects.
Moreover, these are the places where my Sheng family is strong."
Sheng Xinghua is the eldest son of Sheng Yongde. Although Sheng Yongde feels that his son still lacks a lot, he is getting older after all. Therefore, in the past two years, he has deliberately handed over the business affairs to his son.
Sheng Xinghua is also considered diligent, but when it comes to business matters, he always lacks some talent.
So, it's OK, but compared to Sheng Yongde's expectations, it's still lacking a lot.
However, there is nothing that can be done, because although Sheng Yongde is not the only son, the other sons are either too young or even more ignorant.
The Shao family and the Sheng family each had their own sphere of influence in the Song Dynasty. Of course, they also had some common disputes.