The market first flourished in the Song Dynasty. It was a manifestation of the Song Dynasty's lax military force to show goodwill to neighboring powers. The market is also a patent franchise. The market is a mutual market created by the government. It has two functions. The first is
Let the two countries use the market to exchange goods and avoid robbery and war. Another main purpose is naturally to collect taxes. Because it is a franchise, if ordinary merchants want to participate, various taxes and fees will be a considerable amount of income.
The Song Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Xixia and other countries all had forgeries. The Song Dynasty mainly transported food, cloth, tea, porcelain and other products of the agricultural era. The Liao Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and Xia Dynasty could sell livestock, leather goods, medicinal materials and other special products to the Song Dynasty.
However, the Song Dynasty was wealthy and exported goods of low value, which were most needed by ordinary people. So those people bought goods after selling them. From time to time, people in the Song Dynasty only used worthless things in exchange for
Very useful goods were brought back. After the Liao, Jin, and Xixia realized the huge trade surplus, war would be inevitable.
From the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty to the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, border wars were always on and off. The enemy countries would stop at critical junctures. During this period, the border wars played a very important role.
The Song people were not good at standing still, but today they fought with the Liao people, tomorrow they fought with the Jin Kingdom, and the day after tomorrow the Xixia people couldn't stand the oppression and came to rob the Song people. The Song Dynasty's market was also hovering between open and closed. Let Su Ren say
, as long as the trade between merchants in the Song Dynasty can be a little fair, the Song Dynasty may still be able to persist for another hundred years.
Even so, things changed once it happened to him. Su Ren wanted to open a market in Mayi. He actually had the same idea as the people of Song Dynasty. He wanted to exchange cheap things from his own country for important things from his opponent.
Materials. But Dahan was not a weak Song Dynasty. Su Ren's challenge was not a poison that killed him, but a stimulant that allowed Dahan, an athlete, to enter the state as quickly as possible.
Zhang Junyue has been gone for five days. According to Huo Jin, he can climb to Yuci even by climbing, but there is still no news from Yu Shan. Su Ren is also worried. He comes to Yanmen to do something, and he does it every day.
Staying in an inn is not an option.
On this day, as usual, Su Ren was sitting in the yard drinking tea and enjoying the cool air. Hawking ran in shouting, followed by five guards, each with their swords unsheathed and arrows unloaded, as if facing a formidable enemy. Those few
The guards were all covered in dirt, and two of them had blue eyes. Just like that, a few of them still held their weapons tightly, surrounding a burly man in the middle.
"Be honest, I will chop you to death with my sword again!"
Han Qing laughed twice: "What? Is it that the soldiers of that family don't pay for meals, or are they doing mischief in the city?"
Huo Jin was also bored these days. Although he held the title of Su Ren's guard captain, he left everything to Shi Bao. He and his people claimed that for Su Ren's safety, he wanted to catch all the spies in the city.
He was wandering around in Wuzhou City. Because he was from Su Ren, the prefect Li Guang had greeted the soldiers and the Wuzhou County Magistrate, but no one provoked them. With Huo Jin's posture, I didn't know where he came from.
A bunch of bullies.
However, Hawking was quite measured in his work. He never bullied the people, but only made trouble for those soldiers and scoundrels who did not abide by the law. From time to time, he would catch one or two and let Su Ren deal with them, which made the Grand Hyatt Inn almost change.
The county magistrate of Wuzhou approached Su Ren several times for this purpose, but Su Ren not only ignored it, but also encouraged Hawking to do so. As a result, the public order in Wuzhou changed and no one dared to act recklessly in broad daylight.
Hawking chuckled: "Mr. Han was wrong this time. This guy is not a soldier, he is an out-and-out Huns spy."
"Oh? Did you really meet one? Then this spy was too careless."
Not hearing the meaning of Han Qing's words, Hawking said proudly: "As soon as I went out, I found this kid poking his head around. He yelled and wanted to run away. How could he escape from my grasp? But this kid really has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. Look at these five
This idiot is beaten like this. If I hadn't taken action personally, I really wouldn't have been able to catch him."
Su Ren looked at the Hun spy while drinking tea, and nodded slightly: "He is really not a Han, but his face is that of a Hun. This time, Xiao Jinzi has made meritorious service, reward him!"
"Hehehehe..." Hawking smiled happily. Suddenly he remembered the thing in his hand and handed it to Su Ren quickly: "Brother, this was found from this kid. It was quite hidden. If it weren't for this kid's guilty conscience, I would have
It's to protect his chest, I really didn't know this guy was carrying this thing."
The so-called thing is actually a letter. The handwriting is crooked, and the words written are not human. Su Ren and Han Qing studied for a long time, but they still couldn't understand the content of the letter. They frowned and looked at the Huns spy:
"Can you speak Chinese?"
"Yes!" Su Ren was surprised by the smooth Yanmen accent. Although the Huns also like to learn things from the Han people, everyone has their own language and writing, so not many Huns can speak it fluently.
Even the Chinese spoken by Yu Shan, the Hun prince who yearned greatly for the Han Dynasty, was similar to the language of birds.
Han Qing chuckled: "If this man didn't have a standard Huns face, he would be a suitable spy."
"I'm not a spy!" The Huns cocked their necks and stood in front of Su Ren with a majestic look. He glared at Su Ren: "I was looking for someone on the orders of my master, and they caught me. Huh?"
, six against one is not a good man."
Han Qing smiled and said: "Still not convinced? Then why are you poking your head at our door?"
"Looking for someone, the person I'm looking for is here at the Grand Hyatt Inn. How would I know if I didn't take a look."
"Haha, then who are you looking for?"
The Huns looked around and fixed their eyes on Su Ren: "He!"
Su Rendao: "Looking for me? Then tell me who asked you to come to me?"
"My master!"
"Who is your master?"
The Huns took a deep breath, bowed deeply to the north, and then opened their mouths and said: "My master is King Yougu Li of the Xiongnu, the prince, and the future Chanyu!"
"Are you from Yu Dan?"
The Huns nodded heavily.
Su Ren and Han Qing looked at each other, waved their hands and said: "Quick, quick, untie this person. After waiting for so many days, it's finally here. It's really true." Huo Jin naturally knew that Su Ren was waiting for Shan's reply.
The man was Yu Shan's subordinate, and he was quickly released. Su Ren held the letter in his hand and said with a smile: "No wonder the writing is the same as the Book of Heaven. It turned out to be written by Yu Shan. This makes sense."
The Huns also suffered some injuries and even had a cut on their face. But he didn't care. He looked at Su Ren and said, "My master asked me to hand this letter to Mr. Su, and said he would wait for Mr. Su outside Yanmen Pass in three days."
, Sir is my master’s best friend, this time my master has something important to ask for, and I hope you can help me.”
Su Ren motioned for the Huns to sit down, but the Huns did not sit down. He was a slave. Since Su Ren was a friend of his master, he had the same status as his master, and there was no place for him to sit in front of such a person.
"Okay, I will definitely go there in three days. I wonder where your master plans to meet me?"
"The master sent me here to lead the way for you, sir. You will know if you follow me tomorrow."
"Okay, let's go down and have a rest. Let's set off tomorrow morning." Su Ren said to Huo Jin again: "Find someone to check his injuries. You are a hothead. Ask him clearly before you fight! After doing this, I will see Yu Dan.
I’m too embarrassed to speak.”
Hawking scratched his head: "It's not my fault. This guy didn't say a word when he fought with us. He punched us hard. If he hadn't struck, he would have been injured by this guy."
After sending the Huns away, Su Ren let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that Zhang Junyue did not lie to him and sent the letter to Yu Dan. Moreover, from the Huns who sent the letter, it was learned that Yu Dan's life seemed not to be good now.
Better. Then, this is an excellent opportunity. If Yu Dan can be used to find a breakthrough for the Huns, the rest of the things will be much easier to handle.
That night, the lights in Su Ren's room were brightly lit. Han Qing, Ying Guangji, Huo Jin, Shi Bao, Sang Hongyang, who came specifically from Liu Che, and several shopkeepers from the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce were all there. Tomorrow, we will have a meeting with
When Yu Dan meets, they will definitely talk about the construction of a market, so they have to be prepared in advance to avoid problems later. This market is a channel for blood transfusion for the big men, and whether it can flow smoothly or not is entirely in their hands.
Sang Hongyang is young and is indeed the next head of the Sang family in Luoyi. He was sent to Chang'an to accompany the emperor, but the Sang family still has the ability to be a wealthy businessman in the world. Su Ren specially brought him here just to let him do business.
Sir, if there is such a business person who has witnessed this since childhood, there won't be any big problems in the field.
After talking about the security matters, Su Ren turned to Sang Hongyang and asked, "Doctor Sang, do you have anything else to say?"
Sang Hongyang said quickly: "I have only one thing to be aware of, sir. If the market is successfully established, in the first few years, we will only trade with Yu Shan's tribe. Once Yu Shan's tribe is supported, we will have to change our strategy. We can't
Letting a single family become the dominant one will be detrimental to us big men."
Su Ren nodded appreciatively: "Well! That's a story later. Everything is based on the smooth construction of the settlement field. Sooner or later, we will have a battle with the Huns. We cannot fatten them all. Another function of this settlement field is to provoke
The struggle between them should be done slowly."
Ying Guangji glanced at Su Ren: "You need to take your time, you are familiar with these things, otherwise the Qiang people would not be fighting fiercely now! Let me tell you how confident you are about this Yu Dan, if
This guy has evil intentions towards the market, and since you may not be able to protect him with your little guard, it would be better to dispatch some soldiers and horses from the Han army to protect Mayi."
Su Ren chuckled: "No, there are too many guards. The thirty guards here are just to protect my safety."
"Oh? Do you still have someone coming?"
Su Ren shook his head. Ying Guangji frowned and suddenly realized something. He pointed at Su Ren and said: "No wonder you sent that boy to find Brother Jing before you set off. It was originally going to be used in this place. It's really not a good thing to go against you.
, as the saying goes, wise men die young, so you’d better be careful!” (To be continued)