Banqiao Town's Shibosi is located near Jiaozhou Bay. When Xiao Tang and others arrived here, they immediately felt the flowers blooming. The shops not only sold fish, shrimps, crabs, clams and other seafood, but also exotic specialties and many other commodities. The streets were bustling with pedestrians and merchants gathered.
.Inns, restaurants, Goulan Music House, everything is perfect.
Not only was the port business booming, Xiao Tang, Hua Rong, Hua Xiaomei, Xiao Yi, Xue Yong, Xiao An, and the newly recruited Zheng Tianshou and others were walking by the port, enjoying the sea breeze blowing on their faces, and then looking at the blue sea and sky,
Everyone felt relaxed and happy.
Yang Xu had already sent a few of his helpers to several stores in Banqiao Town. Those large stores were connected by hook-and-loop roofs. Behind the stores, there were backyards, warehouses and bedrooms for the clerks to rest.
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Xiao An's eyes seemed to light up when he arrived here. At first, he was just a helper around Xiao Tang, but later he gained Xiao Tang's trust and was mentored by Yang Xu. Although his business skills still need to be refined, these two
I have been handling the operation of Xiaojiaji Liquor Shop for more than a year, and there has been no problem in management.
Although it is his nature, Xiao An's words and deeds are still a little out of tune from time to time, but this time Xiao Tang and Yang Xu decided to let him be the steward of maritime trade, which made him straighten his back even more, and a feeling of joy suddenly emerged in his heart.
Come with a sense of responsibility.
Xiao Tang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xiao An's cheerful and high-spirited look. He said: "I entrust you with an important task this time, and it depends on how much you have learned. If there is anything wrong, I will only ask you."
Xiao An laughed and said: "Don't worry, young master. Manager Yang once told me that although Nanyang's commercial goods mainly come in and out of Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou and Xiuzhou, this Mizhou shipyard
The company is not far from Japan, Goryeo and other countries by sea. The damasks, gold and silverware, dresses, porcelain, gems, spices, leather goods, especially classics of the Song Dynasty are all in hot demand in Japan, Goryeo and other countries, and Japan's 1
Folding fans, knives, lacquerware, etc., Korean ginseng, poria, pine nuts, mango cloth, literary mats, etc. are also sold here.
Our market town car dealers and escorts transport goods to and from the various military states. It is up to Manager Yang to take care of how to resell the goods. I am just here to take care of calculating the price difference income, hoarding sea freight goods, and contacting merchants from foreign countries.
, what’s so difficult about this? Master Meng and Manager Yang value it so much, how could I ruin this business?"
Listening to Xiao An's eloquent talk, Xiao Yi, who is also a young man, couldn't help but wonder: "I thought of how you used to make jokes in the past, but how could I have imagined that you look like a businessman today. I really look at you with admiration."
Xiao An stared at Xiao Yi after hearing this, and said to Xiao Yi: "You are amusing me! Have you ever heard that those who work hard govern others, and those who work hard govern others? I have learned all serious skills, how can I be like you?
Are these vulgar men just dancing with guns and sticks all day long?"
Xue Yong was also a veteran of Xiao Tang's staff. He couldn't help laughing and scolding as he listened: "You scolded us too! I thought you had a calm mind in the past two years, but now you start talking nonsense as soon as you gain power."
, but you’re still not asking for a beating?”
Xiao An was shocked to realize that he was only quarreling with Xiao Yi, but among the Xue Yong, Hua Rong, Zheng Tianshou and even his own young master who were present, who didn't work hard all year round to hone his martial arts? He just looked at the pairs of playful eyes.
Looking at himself, Xiao An suddenly felt like a mouse being stared at by a group of cats. His face fell, and he quickly begged for mercy: "I made a small mistake, brothers, please forgive me..."
Xiao Tang shook his head and sighed: "Look at how frivolous and frivolous you look like a boss? Although Manager Yang Xu said that you have been diligent in the past two years, he also mentioned that you can only talk nonsense when you are doing well, which is a taboo in business!
Since you are determined to learn some skills, you still need to restrain your temper."
Xiao An agreed with a bitter face. When Xiao Tang saw Hua Rong, Xue Yong, Zheng Tianshou and others here, he felt bored even if he continued to talk about business, so he said: "We don't usually have the chance to play in this seaside state capital. Let's
Let’s go out and have some fun, and then find a place to try some seafood delicacies!”
After hearing this, everyone immediately cheered. Xiao Tang and others hurriedly wandered around Banqiao Town. Not far away, there were officials from the Shipping Department inspecting and recording the goods. There were also people who had been making a living by the water for many years, and their skin was rusty.
Bronze-skinned laborers were carrying goods. Not only that, there were also merchants from Shiwei, Xiren, Japan, Korea and other countries coming and going.
Xiao Tang saw some visitors from Japan and found their clothes interesting. In addition to some porters and coolies, there were two or three Japanese nobles with black crowns on their heads. They were wearing cyan robes and slave haori and were surrounded by several servants as they left the port and got into sedan chairs. At present,
Japan is in the Heian Period, and the young Emperor Toba has just ascended the throne, but his power is still controlled by his grandfather, Emperor Shirakawa. It is unknown what purpose those few nobles were sent here for.
Although there were many visitors from Japan, the ones who shipped the most ships to Mizhou City were Korean merchants from the Korean Peninsula.
After the Liao Dynasty annexed the Bohai Kingdom, Wang's Goryeo family was ready to move northward to annex the land of Liaodong. However, they were defeated by the Liao Dynasty in the first battle. They paid tribute to the Liao Dynasty and broke off diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty. In the second battle, they were killed when they were in power.
Xianzong of Goryeo abandoned the royal capital and fled. Although Goryeo won the third battle, its vitality was severely damaged, so it petitioned the Liao State to become a vassal. This established the foundation for Goryeo to regard Daliao as its suzerain and pay tribute to it as Tibet.
King Ruizhong of Goryeo is now in power. He is actually a "pro-Song faction". In recent years, he has re-strengthened the relationship with the Song Dynasty and sent envoys and tributes continuously. Therefore, Goryeo maritime merchants came to Mizhou City's Ships Port
There are also more and more.
Another reason is that although Goryeo no longer dared to expand northward to anger the Liao Kingdom, it had the idea of the Jurchens who were also affiliated with the Liao Kingdom... In the first year of Daguan of the Song Dynasty (11o7), King Ruizhong
He ordered the country's famous general Yin Guan to lead an army of 170,000 to attack the Jurchen Tribe of Haolandian (today's area north of Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea).
Although the Goryeo army was victorious at first, it angered the later founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Aguda, who now showed his majestic appearance. He defied all opinions and sent troops south to defeat Goryeo. Since then, he has been lazy.
The Dian tribe and other thirty Jurchen tribes in Changbai Mountain all belong to the Jurchen alliance. Because of this, the trade route of Goryeo in the north was basically cut off by the increasingly powerful Jurchen tribe.
Drinking and pecking each other, each had his or her own share, which prompted Korean merchants to flock to Mizhou to start maritime trade.
Walking along the vast and endless shore of Jiaozhou Bay, even the reserved and introverted Hua Xiaomei became lively. Along the way, Xiao Tang became more familiar with Hua Rong and Hua Xiaomei, and also learned that Hua Xiaomei and her
His brother Hua Rong’s maiden name has the same pronunciation but different characters: Hua Rong.
"Brother Xiao, brother, look at the sea, it's so wide! You can't see the edge no matter how you look at it." Hua Rong turned back to Xiao Tang and Hua Rong and said enthusiastically. As she spoke, the bird beside her that was brought from Qingfeng Town
The big yellow dog also ran wildly around Hua Rong, feeling extremely comfortable.
Hua Rong was very pleased to see that his sister was rarely so happy. Xiao Tang looked at the sparkling and endless sea water, and couldn't help but remember that he had been to Qingdao Island when he was on a business trip in his previous life. The comfortable and relaxing feeling when walking on the shore of Jiaozhou Bay, this feeling is not only like a world away? I experience the scenery of the past in a different world, and I am speechless with so many thoughts.
While Xiao Tang was sighing, he suddenly heard Zheng Tianshou yelling angrily: "What are you doing, you idiots!?" He looked over and saw seven or eight people standing across the road, blocking Xiao Tang and others.
Hua Rong's big yellow dog ran in a hurry and bumped into a person blocking the road. The man raised his foot and kicked the big yellow dog. The big yellow dog whined and screamed. It was scared of being bullied and did not dare to Baring teeth and barking, he hid behind Hua Rong and shivered.
Xiao Tang saw a few people pacing behind the group of people, strolling leisurely on the avenue. Two of the three people he saw were wiping their foreheads, wearing purple silk clothes, and another was wearing a gray cloak. Wearing strange high-top black hats. Looking at the attire of all of them, it seems that most of them are from Korea.
The two people in the group, dressed in purple silk clothes and well-dressed, looked back sideways, with arrogant expressions on their faces. When they glanced at Hua Rong, they both stopped, and they pointed, Xiao Tang Even though I couldn't understand what they were saying, looking at their expressions, I guess it wasn't a good thing to say.
Hua Rong suddenly changed his color when he saw the two Koreans commenting on his sister. Xiao Tang also felt angry and said angrily: "What's the point of blocking the road and not allowing anyone to pass?!"
After the two people heard this, they looked at Xiao Tang with cold eyes and disdain on their faces. Although the scholar next to them, dressed in gray and white cloak, seemed to be trying to persuade the two people, but the two people ignored them and called out to the two people. An interpreter came and scolded me again.
The two interpreters got the order and came to Xiao Tang. They said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Please be considerate! These are the princes of Goryeo, General Yiwei, and the princes Jin Zhi and Li Fang of the navy's temperance envoy family. There is also Mr. Choi Mo-won, a student at Sungkyunkan, who is from Yangban. Ordinary people, please stay away and give in." Although the two interpreters were polite to Xiao Tang and others, it can be seen that the two Goryeo dandies were bossing around. , it is obvious that the translated content has also been filtered by the translator, and the tone has become much more polite.
Yangban refers to the aristocratic class of the Korean gentry and bureaucracy of the Wang family. It belongs to the top class of Korean society under the hereditary system. Until now, in Korean, words similar to the Chinese "yangban" (??yangban) also mean aristocrats and gentlemen. , in this season, has a similar meaning to the title of official in the Song Dynasty.
But you noble nobles from Goryeo actually went to the territory of the Song Dynasty to show off your power? Xiao Tang was very happy with them.
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Silla regarded Tang as its suzerain, and then experienced the decline of Li and Tang Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and changed the Song Dynasty to the Chinese orthodoxy. Goryeo also changed dynasties on behalf of Silla, and later changed its suzerainty to Liao. Culturally and economically, Goryeo still had to constantly rely on The Song Dynasty showed its goodwill, but judging from the faces of the two dandies, it was somewhat similar to the attitude of a certain country towards China in later generations.
Xiao Tang has not said anything yet, but Xiao Anke next to him can no longer hold back. Who is my young master? Xiao Tang is the hero of Daming Mansion! hb Jingdong is walking all the way, who can hear the disapproval of my young master? He is just a mediocre person. How dare you, from Xiaobang, have such sexual intercourse with my young master? How has my young master ever been subjected to such arrogance?
Xiao An suddenly remembered that the Korean merchants in Daming Mansion and passing through Xiaojiaji's northern and southern forecourts often cursed in local dialects when they drank too much in the wine shops, so he opened his mouth and cursed: "Xipa'er hugs the horse! I'll give it to you." Everyone gets it!"
When Jin Zhi, Li Fang and their subordinates heard this, they all changed their minds and began to curse and want to fight Xiao Tang and others.
Xiao Tang almost choked on what Xiao An blurted out. He had watched some Korean movies in his previous life and probably knew what Xiao An was scolding. He asked Xiao An dumbfounded: "Where did you learn these words? ?”
Seeing Xiao Tang's expression, Xiao An murmured: "There are often some Korean merchants walking around in Daming Mansion and the Xiao family. I see them getting drunk and often saying this when they have disputes with others. I will imitate them." You said it, but you don’t know what it means? Master, did I say the wrong thing again?"
Xiao Tang looked at the hysterical and angry look of the group of people and smiled slightly: "You did say the wrong thing this time. If they want to make trouble, just play tricks with them!"
