Chapter 21 Yanzhou

Suddenly, the word like a dream. For Gao Yu, he can't tell whether it is the modern life of the previous life or the ten years of the Song Dynasty. All he knows is that now the Song people say that Wang Anshi is a treacherous minister. All this is given to Zhao Yu. Now Gao Yu can't vote for a country, because he can no longer be a king. He can't go back to his home, because even if he goes back, he can't explain where he has gone and what he has done in 14 years, and he can't even explain his current age. Fortunately, he understands that he wants to take back his things, not only his money and titles, but also the country of the Song Dynasty.

And now is the time of heaven to complete these. Yongle City is the right place, and the people around him. Looking at the way he took over the play, Gao Yu remembered the people in the Zhennan Palace in those years. Several people have made enough trouble. He will rest for a night in this remote thatched hut. At dawn, he will set off to go to Yanzhou. ,

At this time, Chen Kang and others had already come to Yanzhou under the leadership of Sha Shiyan. It is enough for Sha Shiyan to arrange such a thing, but this matter was taken special care of by Prince Liang, and Sha Shiyan was also very curious. What can this young man named Gao Yu do in Xixia just by reselling salt? To make money,

Along the way, Chen Kang told Zhang Bao and Sha Shiyan about the story of the king of Zhennan in those years. He said that when he was excited, his eyebrows were dancing, and the sadness was sad. The ups and downs experienced by the king also made Sha Shiyan and Zhang Bao very moved. At home, Zhang Chang occasionally added a supplementary description. Sha Shiyan and Zhang Bao sighed more and more that they were born at the right time. I haven't met anyone like Wang,

Several people entered the realm of Xixia. Zhang Chang suddenly became silent, so he re-entered and looked at the mountains, water, grass and trees in front of him. This was once the place where Zhang Chang worked for him, but now things are different. Chen Kang also saw Zhang Chang's thoughts. He quietly said to Zhang Chang, "Follow Mr. Gao, maybe it's When you avenge your father.

From the beginning of Xixia, when they were on their way, they were divided into two groups when they were in the city. One group specialized in selling salt but only collecting bonds; the other specialized in buying salt and using copper money. At first, they wandered the streets in the city. Later, someone came to the door. When they arrived in Yanzhou, the people who smelled the news actually specialized The door began to be small. Here, we exchanged bonds for salt, and immediately went there to exchange salt for copper money. In addition, the salt merchants also saw that Changsha Shiyan was tacitly supporting this matter. The salt merchants on the whole Xixia border gathered here,

There are a large amount of salt merchants, and there are many large people who want to sell bonds in the book. Yanzhou suddenly became lively. Small carts can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. There are merchants with a few bags of salt on the car, or large donkey carts exchange a box of bonds for salt on the donkey cart,

In a few days, Chen Kang and others successfully exchanged a large car of copper coins into bonds. Now they were relieved. It was much more hidden and safer to carry bonds with them than to pull such copper coins with a car. Sha Shiyan did not expect that the master of the salt gang for so many years did not know that he could live like this. Cai, I admire Gao Yu more and more in my heart,

After packing up his bags, Chen Kang and others came to Sha Shiyan's mansion in Yanzhou. Hearing that Chen Kang and others came to resign, Sha Shiyan hurriedly ordered people to invite them and his party to the house. As Sha Shiyan's residence in Yanzhou, the house was not very big. Only two courtyards were beaten by a permanent housekeeper and Sha Shiyan's personal slaves. After sweeping it cleanly, Sha Shiyan stood in the courtyard and greeted everyone with his fists. The young man was about thirty years old. There was little feeling of so-called profiteers on his body, but a very righteous Jianghu atmosphere.

welcomed Chen Kang and others into the living room. The guest master sat down and said with a smile, "Congratulations to Mr. Chen on successfully completing Mr. Gao's entrustment on this trip."

Chen Kang said politely, "Thanks to Mr. Sha's escort all the way, if it hadn't been for your help, it wouldn't have been so smooth."

"Mr. Chen is too much. I'm ashamed to say that I took over the salt help. What I do every day is dealing with various relationships between officials and people. I really didn't expect that Mr. Gao could combine the copper money of the Song Dynasty and Xixia bonds through salt. Haha, even without my help, you just enter Xixia and it's more troublesome to buy and sell things slowly. Just some."

Chen Kang said, "There are few young people like Mr. Sha who are as hope that Mr. Sha will take care of him more in the future."

Sha Shiyan shook his head: "You Mr. Gao are also very powerful."

Chen Kang said, "After that, the two princes will be close to each other. Next, we will go to the Liao Dynasty. This time we will leave to Mr. Sha."

Sha Shiyan looked at several people with a little doubt: "Are you going to go to the Liao Dynasty like this?"

"The meaning of Mr. Sha is to let us bring some salt." Zhang Bao asked,

"No, no, I mean, I'm afraid you can't pass like this. The Liao Dynasty is not as good as the Song Dynasty. These years of salt is the tribute given by the Western Xia to the Liao Dynasty, and the Liao Dynasty is not short of salt."

"Then let's take something with us." Zhang Bao asked again,

Zhang Chang looked at Zhang Bao and asked curiously, "Why do you have to bring something?"

Zhang Bao smiled and said, "How fun it is, and you can make more money."

Sha Shiyan smiled. Zhang Bao is straightforward and careless. Although he is also a person of about 40 years old, sometimes he is a little cute. "Brother Leopard, you misunderstood. I mean that since Mr. Gao didn't let you bring things to the Liao Dynasty, it is naturally considering that it is not so easy to go to the Liao Dynasty. I and you They said that the Liao Dynasty was no better than the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was strict outside and loose inside. Looking at so many soldiers on the border, it seemed that the defense was very strict, but the soldiers used more money. The court sometimes deducted grain and pay, and the soldiers collected money in private. To put it worse, they went up to the governor of the garrison and the sentry soldiers. Without our salt gang, they could not buy access and could not be taken care of. "

"Doesn't it cost a lot of money to fight some officers and soldiers?" Zhang Bao asked,

"On the contrary, if you put it in the past, you may not only spend more money, but also turn around, but since the salt gang has become a scale, and the salt gang has its own system, every time the two sides of the work is carried out collectively. Even if you need to do something, there will be much to everyone. Besides, the salt gang also has a way to make money. You are like recently A few days later, the imperial court sent troops to attack the Song army garrison east of Hengshan. There was a common friction between the two sides. The salt gang came forward to reconcile that they would not lose their officials, and the matter of death would be over.

"Sure enough, it's tight on the outside and loose on the inside. No wonder it's so easy for us to get in and out. What's the difference between the Liao Dynasty you just mentioned?" Zhang Bao continued to ask,

"The Liao Dynasty was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. On the surface, it has a good relationship with Xixia. In fact, I feel that Xixia owes them. Xixia people used to take advantage of them. Therefore, whether it is traders or Xixia people, it is very difficult for our salt gang to think about the past. With such bonds on your body, it is difficult to think about the past. It's even more difficult."

Chen Kang frowned. This task has only been carried out in half of the task so far, and in recent days, after their tosss, the price of bond purchase salt has obviously increased. Xiao Chen Yong has calculated an account for him. If the profit is only more than half of this time, let alone this Come here once, I'm afraid there is no place to change the copper money,

Sha Shiyan did not mean to embarrass these people. He continued, "If you can trust me, please stay here for one or two more days. I will order someone to arrange a detour to take you back to the Song Dynasty as soon as possible. After all, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty have an alliance of Tanyuan, and the border field is developed, so it is much easier to walk."

Chen Kang and Zhang Chang nodded. They have a heavy responsibility. This is Gao Yu's first bucket of gold. There can't be any loss. Sha Shiyan saw that they hesitated and said, "If you don't dislike it, let's stay here for two days and wait for the news. Once it's arranged, I can send a few in person."

"I don't dare to do that. It's already very troublesome for Mr. Sha. Then we are better to obey than respectfully. In addition, please ask the prince to inquire about the whereabouts of our Mr. Gao by the way."

"Haha, this is not a question." Sha Shiyan laughed and said,

As he was talking, a man came in from the door. He was twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. He stepped into the door and saw a guest in the room, so he said to Sha Shiyan, "Asha, I'm coming."

Of course, there is no need to say such an obvious thing. Sha Shiyan smiled and said, "Wu Tong, you're here. It's okay. You can say it." He turned to Chen Kang and others and said, "This little brother is Wu Tong, the internal affairs agent of our salt gang. Although he is young, it is the two places of the Western Xia and Song dynasties. Xixia, Chinese, poetry and songs are not difficult to beat him."

Wu Tong nodded and smiled at everyone, and then said, "The presidents of the branches in various places have arrived, and the public envoys also asked me to bring you a message. The sacrifice of opening the lake is ready."

"Okay, you pass on my words. After this lake offering sacrifices to the salt goddess, I will choose a deputy master to deal with some things for me on weekdays. You ask everyone to prepare as much as possible."

Wu Tong said, "Okay, I'm going to do it now. In addition, there is a message from Xingqing Mansion that the prince named Gao Yu, whom you asked to inquire about, has been in the palace for many days. It is rumored that he has an unusual relationship with the empress dowager, and the empress dowager has also added him an official position."

Chen Kang and others were overjoyed. Seeing that Gao Yu's trip was very smooth, Sha Shiyan also smiled and said, "I knew that this Mr. Gao is not an ordinary person."

After Wu Tong left, Sha Shiyan said, "Mr. Wu, if you have time, you can just see our salt gang open a lake every year to sacrifice to the salt god. This is a big event of the salt gang. At this time, the officials of the salt gang, regardless of official salt, are still our private salt, all of which are going to sacrifice. It's a rare and lively."

I heard that I won't leave for the time being, and I can watch the sacrificial activities. Xiao Chen Yong said, "Dad, I want to see it."

"Good, we will wait for the news of Mr. Sha in the next two days. There is Mr. Laosha." Chen Kang said politely,

After lunch, Zhang Bao took Chen Yong to the street for a walk. These days, he was busy selling salt, and Yanzhou City didn't have time to turn around.

Chen Kang was worried about the whole box of bonds. He told Zhang Bao to go early and come back early and not to cause trouble. Zhang Chang didn't want to go anywhere. He didn't want to be recognized, and he didn't want to touch the scene. He was sad. Sitting in the room, he could always hear the sound of going in and out of the outer court. It seemed that there were many people coming to visit.

Zhang Chang suddenly asked Chen Kang, "Do you think Mr. Gao has believed it? Then Wu Tong laughed a little strangely when he talked about his unusual relationship with the empress dowager. If it's really like what he said, you can go to the Liao Dynasty by yourself. I'd better go back to farm."