Xiao Tang took Yan Qing and Xu Guanzhong's family back to the market town Xiao Mansion to settle down. Su Jinniang's eyes immediately lit up when she saw Yan Qing and Xu Guanzhong. It wasn't that Su Jinniang couldn't handle the two handsome boys. Now that Yan Qing and Xu Guanzhong are half their age, they are still
With the cuteness of a child, Xu Guanzhong is well-educated and sensible, while Yan Qing's mouth is "Sister Su", which makes Su Jinniang even more affectionate.
Although he knew that Su Jinniang only had a good impression of the two young ladies, Xiao Tang couldn't help but feel a little disgusted when he saw that he was completely ignored. However... ever since Su Jinniang came to Xiaojiaji, he had been distracted by too many things.
Except for a few long talks, Xiao Tang focused on those secrets and the affairs of the market and town.
She was a young girl, but her whole family was brutally murdered. The uncle in Qingzhou was also ruthless and unjust. Now Su Jinniang's only place to live is in the Xiao family. Looking at her gentle and peaceful look, Xiao Tang suddenly felt a little ashamed.
Thinking of their experience of being in love with each other, how could I ignore them?
Su Jinniang turned her head and saw Xiao Tang looking at her. She couldn't help but feel hot on her face and lowered her head to avoid her face. Yan Qing saw the expressions of the two people and immediately said with a smile that she still had to pack her luggage, so she dragged Xu Guanzhong out.
Go to the room.
Xiao Tang and Su Jinniang were the only two people left in the room. Su Jinniang felt her face was a little hot. She avoided Xiao Tang's eyes and said calmly: "We visited Daming Mansion again... You'd better have a good rest.
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"I'm not tired yet." Xiao Tang said and walked towards Su Jinniang. Su Jinniang's heart beat faster. When Xiao Tang raised his hand slightly, she couldn't help but shrink. Xiao Tang smiled and said, "What? You?"
Are you afraid of me?"
Su Jinniang shook her head gently and said, "I'm not afraid of you... but it's still daylight and there are people waiting for you outside..."
"Hmm..." Xiao Tang only responded. Although he and Su Jinniang had expressed their feelings for each other, their encounters had experienced life and death dangers, and after the dark days and the bright future, the murder of the entire Su family was still a concern in Su Jinniang's heart.
The invisible barrier prevented her from getting closer to Xiao Tang.
Why not Xiao Tang? Father Xiao passed away just over two months ago. Therefore, unconsciously, the number of private meetings between the two people who had their own concerns became less. And the feeling that weighed on my heart could only be
Rely on time to dilute everything.
"Then...I'm going out first." After saying that, Xiao Tang turned around and was about to leave, but Su Jinniang stopped him. She said quietly to Xiao Tang: "I'm fine here, you don't have to worry about me...
You are indispensable for all matters in the market town, big and small, and important matters must be given priority..."
Before Su Jinniang finished speaking, Xiao Tang turned around and hugged her gently. Su Jinniang exclaimed, but before she could react, Xiao Tang just kissed her forehead gently and said in Su Jinniang's ear: "I understand everything."
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After saying that, Xiao Tang smiled at Su Jinniang and went out. Su Jinniang's cheeks were flying and she stared blankly at Xiao Tang as he walked out, but she was not ashamed and felt warm and sweet in her heart.
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When Xiao Tang walked out of the door and came to the hall, he saw Yang Xu waiting for him. Since Yang Xu followed Xiao Tang, he had returned to the arrogance he had when he was making money every day and was young and vigorous. In the Xiao family
Ji Li was only very polite to his benefactor, Xiao Tang. When he saw Xiao Tang, he said: "Young Master, I have already made some plans in my mind about making a living in the market town."
Xiao Tang's expression changed. Since this Yang Xu had made a famous name in Daming Mansion by doing business, he must have had extraordinary experience.
He quickly invited Yang Xu to join him in the study for discussion. The two of them had just sat down after entering the door. Yan Qing came in and brought a pot of hot tea to Xiao Tang's table. She said respectfully: "Brother, please have some tea, brother Yang Xu."
Xiao Tangke had never regarded Yan Qing as a domestic servant, so he hurriedly said: "Xiao Yi, you don't need to do these things."
"It doesn't matter." Yan Qing said with a smile: "Even being a servant in Brother Xiao's house is a blessing. Xiao Yi has been working in the market since he was a child, working as a day laborer in a wealthy family, and as a servant in a knife official's house. Those
The kind-hearted masters outside the council can't help but boss around their servants, and viciously treat the servants like dogs. If the master is offended, he will be beaten to death, rolled up and buried. Who is like the eldest brother?
Approachable and without any pretensions?"
Xiao Tangxin said that after all, he was also a good young man from the new century before he traveled through time. He was civilized and polite. Shouldn't he say thank you for being taken care of?
At this time, Yang Xu was about to talk to Xiao Tang about his plans for the Xiaojiaji business. Yan Qing was about to quit, but was stopped by Xiao Tang, saying that it was not only him who wanted to let the smart and intelligent Yan Qing know more about business.
Not that anything is a bad thing.
Xiao Tang looked cheerful and asked Yang Xu: "Brother Yang, you have a thorough understanding of the business of my Xiaojiaji these days. Now the Xiaojiaji only operates some inns, restaurants, and car dealers. I want to expand the business."
If we want to grow bigger, even if we count the expenses, we will have to spend ten thousand dollars to support our business. I wonder if there is any way out in the eyes of Brother Yang?"
Yang Xu smiled faintly, flicked the folding fan in his hand, and regained the demeanor that he had been praised as a prince of the past. He said confidently: "It is not easy for this market town to develop in the eyes of the young master, but in my opinion, the young master is so arrogant."
Jiaji is sitting on a golden mountain!"
"Huh?" Xiao Tang looked at Yang Xu, who looked like a big-tailed wolf, and thought to himself, "Are you really that awesome?" He quickly asked, "What is Brother Yang's clever plan?"
Yang Xu stretched out a finger and said: "First of all... Xiaojiaji originally traveled from south to north and was located on the main road leading to the Liao border. In the past, it only earned the accommodation and catering expenses for the freight merchants from the north and south.
, we have been able to accumulate a certain amount of capital, but what if we also enter the market and start this business?"
After the Song-Liao Chanyuan Alliance, the first five settlements were built in Xiongzhou, Bazhou, Ansu Army (hb Xushui), Guangxin Army (hb Xushui West) and the new city in Liao Kingdom, all of which were in hb
Within the territory, Xiaojiaji is indeed located on the main road leading to the five settlements.
Xiao Tang had also thought about this method, but his Xiaojiaji was not rich in agricultural products, tea, fragrant medicine, silk and brocade goods that the Liao Kingdom needed from the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty mainly needed the goods from the Liao Kingdom.
It is livestock, fur goods, medicinal materials, Jurchen northern pearls, Korean ginseng, and horses that are strictly prohibited from being sold by the Liao Kingdom through border smuggling outside the market. Not to mention that the Song and Liao officials have trade priority, and the Song Dynasty is better than him.
The Xiao family has more than tens of millions of wealthy merchants. They grab most of the transaction share, and there is nothing left if it falls into the hands of other merchants.
For example, the sheep and horse dealers Shi Cheng and others who passed through Xiaojiaji bought some lambs from the market, and at the same time they also took risks to buy horses from Liao smugglers that were strictly prohibited from entering the Song Dynasty in the Liao Dynasty. In addition,
The Ganchang leader is under the jurisdiction of the supervisory department of the area, the prefectural military commander, and the Ganchang Yahang collects commercial taxes, and also pays for the loss of goods transported from north to south, especially when livestock such as sheep and horses die of illness in large numbers.
What the hell kind of idea is this? Xiao Tang told Yang Xu what he was thinking. After hearing this, Yang Xu immediately shook his head like a rattle. If Xiao Tang was not his benefactor, he would have rolled his eyes based on his previous temper.
He turned around and sneered at such business fools.
Yang Xu patiently said to Xiao Tang: "Young Master, if this trade route is used by private merchants, it will naturally only make a small amount of money. However, Liang Shijie, the prime minister left behind in Daming Mansion, is in the army of the two routes, and the state minister uses him to
The most powerful position, the road transportation department is also controlled by his uncle Liang Zimei. The Xiao family occupies an important road, and is connected with Daming Mansion through the Yongji Canal for convenient water transportation. The young master has also connected with Liang Shijie, and that
How could Liang Shijie not reuse the young master in this matter?"
Xiao Tang was stunned. He could imagine that Liang Shijie had won the hearts of the famous people by giving him a light sentence, and he also imagined that Liang Shijie would use that case to go to Tianting and let his father-in-law Cai Jing use it to attack his political enemy Zhao Tingzhi. But in his previous life, he was just
I know some concepts about market regulation and macroeconomics, but I don’t know much about how to actually make money and do business. How could Yang Xu smell the smell of money all of a sudden like this?
Yang Xu continued to talk eloquently: "Young Master is in charge of this Xiao family collection, and his subordinates act as private merchants. War horses, animal tendons and other products that are inconvenient for the famous government officials can also be purchased by you, Young Master. Not only will you come and go, but
With an official signboard to protect his body, and having gathered capital, wouldn't the young master also get a share of the business in the Song and Liao Dynasties?
Moreover, Xiaojiaji is not far from the Yongji Canal, and the Yongji Canal passes through the Yellow River, Tongji Canal, Huaihe River, etc. and then passes through the Jiangnan Canal to Hangzhou, running through the north and south of the Song Dynasty. After the business expanded, the Shu, Jin, and Zhejiang tea of the Song Dynasty,
Porcelain and cloth were transported to the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasties, and grain and grass from various places were transported to the frontier fortress..."
Yang Xu's plan became more and more grand. Xiao Tang was dumbfounded when he heard it, but Yang Xu hadn't finished speaking yet: "With these goods in the market, not only can we exchange the Liao Kingdom for supplies that are in short supply for the Song Dynasty, Korea, but also
The specialties of Jurchen and other places are also many times cheaper than those sold in the Song Dynasty! A good horse in the Liao Dynasty can be sold for as low as three or five pieces of silk, and a good horse in the Song Dynasty may not be able to be bought for the current price of 60 guan! (Taizong)
, the price of horses during Zhenzong’s reign was thirty guan, and by the time of Zhezong and Huizong, the shortage of horses was the most serious period in the Song Dynasty)
Although horses can only be secretly sold by smugglers in Tongliao, the goods that are frequently traded in the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasties, such as silk, are priced at a consistent price, with a domestic value of three guan in Liao; silk is 65 wen per tael, and ten guan in Liao; tea is 70 guan per catty.
Wen, in the Liao Dynasty, five guan per catty...and porcelain, linen, lacquerware, silk, fragrant medicine, how much can you earn from the price difference? In the Song Dynasty, the tooth tax levied on the market every year amounted to 1.5 million guan.
You can imagine the huge demand for it, and medicinal materials such as Liao ginseng and Korean ginseng can easily earn ten times the price difference, not to mention Jurchen Beizhu..."
Before Yang Xu had even finished explaining his business plan, Xiao Tang seemed to have seen golden lights slowly emerging from behind him, and his stinking face became taller and more awe-inspiring, daring no one to offend him.
And Yan Qing blinked his big eyes and watched Yang Xu spitting and speaking vigorously. He nodded thoughtfully from time to time. It was obvious that he understood a lot more than Xiao Tang...
