After seeing off Qiu Jiejie, Zhao Chengshan stood at the door of the tavern and was stunned for a long time. After thinking about it, there was no way, so he had to go to find Jin San.

What kind of identity is Jin San? It is not something that Zhao Chengshan can see as soon as he wants. After waiting for a long time, a supervisor Meng came out and bowed to Zhao Chengshan to say hello: "Journal level is a prominent figure in the prefecture city. I wonder why he got here today?"

Zhao Chengshan said: "Supervisor Meng, the matter is urgent now, so I won't say much nonsense. A few days ago, you borrowed more than fifty stones of grain from me and agreed to return it in a month. I will collect some interest. Now the state yamen suddenly wants to investigate the granary under his subordinates. There is no way, so please pay it back immediately. It's just that I won't collect the interest."

Manager Meng shook his head after hearing this: "At the best level, if you lend and borrow, you will lend and borrow, you will agree that each has its own uses. The fifty stones of grain was used by my master for the caravan. Before the time comes, how can I pay it back?"

Zhao Chengshan said: "The supervisor thinks about a solution and must return the grain. The state government checks the granary. If there is any mistake, the punishment will be severe! There is nothing wrong with me. At most, it will only take several years of dismissal. It will involve the business of the outsourcing department. That is a big deal!"

Supervisor Meng smiled and said, "The minister is doing business with you seriously. What's the big deal? Why not do this? Fifty stones of grain, the mansion is counted as fifty stagnant of money and you. How about buying it into the warehouse?"

Zhao Chengshan said: "The supervisor, more than fifty stones of grain are not large, but it is not easy to buy it on the market. Shengzhou grain and grass are sent on time from the Central Plains, and there are not many grain stores on the market. Not to mention, the largest local grain merchant is a shopping mall, and their granaries have been sealed and are ready to check the accounts. Now even if you have money in your hands, it is difficult to buy fresh grain."

Manager Meng spread his hands: "What should I do? I have used the food I borrowed from you, so where can I get it now!"

When Zhao Chengshan saw that Manager Meng was cheating, he said, "Supervisor, where can I use up more than fifty stones of grain? How much is left? Let me take it back to the warehouse first, and then make up for it from other places. I will deal with this account check, and it will be easy to talk about in the future."

Manager Meng shook his head: "It's not that I don't help you at the festival level, but that there is really not that much grain in the mansion. Now, I have to go to the market to buy grain every few days after eating in the mansion! If you have to, just this method. We will pay you back the money. I won't mention this matter."

Zhao Chengshan was angry when he heard this: "Supervisor, I am here to beg you this time. If you do it well, you will definitely repay me. If this happens, you will not be the same as before in the future. It will be difficult to borrow food!"

Manager Meng laughed and said, "I'm joking at the festival level. Are you still afraid that you can't buy food with money?"

Zhao Chengshan sneered, bowed his hand and went to other places to find food. His warehouse was only about fifty stones away, and as long as he was willing to spend some capital, he could make up for it. However, this time the business was lost, and the extra money was much higher than the interest rate at Jin San.

Seeing Zhao Chengshan leave, Director Meng shook his head and returned to the mansion. The grains were really impossible to return to Zhao Chengshan. There were more than 200 merchants from the Western Regions this time. The grain merchants in the city had already asked, but now they don’t accept them and cannot give them food in advance.

This is the case when there was no land reclamation near Shengzhou before the New Year and no grain was produced. There was no shortage of food here, but there was only insufficient food in the warehouse, but the types of food were restricted. Rich families like Jinsan had a variety of food and many troubles.

When he arrived at the back, Jin Sanzheng chatted with the guest. When he saw Director Meng coming in, he asked casually: "What is Zhao Jiewei for?"

Manager Meng said: "A few days ago, I borrowed dozens of stones of grain from him. Because the yamen recently checked the granary and wanted to go back in advance."

Jin Sandao: "There are not much food in the city these days, have you agreed?"

Manager Meng said: "How to agree? If you agree, what will the people in the caravan eat this time? It's nothing but a trivial matter, so the outsider doesn't have to worry about it."

Jin San nodded and asked Director Meng to do his own business and stop asking about this matter. But dozens of stones of grain are worth less than one hundred coins. For Jin San, it is really a small thing.

Not to mention that Zhao Chengshan raised food everywhere, he had to spend a lot of money on his own relationship. These had nothing to do with Jin San. In his eyes, these yamen officials said good things when they were useful, but when they were not used, they liked to do what they liked to do.

Manager Meng left, and Jin San sat there and said, "This time I arrived in Shengzhou, I heard that you were still north of Yinshan Mountain? The Song army had already occupied Juyan County, which was the former Heishui City, and the train would be open this year. From Yizhou to Juyan, it was only more than a thousand miles, which was very convenient. In the future, the caravans would not have to set out from Gaochang and change to Yizhou."

The Ren Yuanwai, who was sitting there, said: "It's not so easy to do. Yizhou has become independent from Gaochang, and the merchants are not in contact with each other, so there can be no goods there. You can only start from Gaochang, so you can have enough goods to trade here."

Jin Sandao: "A few days ago, the lord of Yizhou City came to the capital to pay tribute. There were many merchants accompanying him. Where did he come from?"

Mr. Liu said: "The goods purchased from the Hei Khan Kingdom are mostly from the Imperial War, which is different from us. In the Western Regions, Gaochang is stronger than Hei Khan in the north, and it is good for Xihe Khan, so the trade route can be connected to Daqin. The south is the opposite, the Hei Khan is stronger than Gaochang, and the trade route to the Imperial War is always smooth. You can walk Qingtang Road to the Central Plains in the south, without having to pass through the Hexi area, and it will not be greatly affected."

Jin San nodded: "So that's it. But the railway was built to Juyan County, and the Song Dynasty would definitely enter the Western Regions. What do the countries there think?"

Ren Yuanwei said: "Before we came, Gaochang was still raising the flag. They were allies with the Khitan. Last year, Yelu Renxian, Taiwei, entered Shangjing Road, and did a very unborrowable job. All the troops were tamed. Starting from Gaochang, the road north of Yinshan was smooth. Of course, if you walk like this, you will not use the railway from Hezhou to Juyan. If the railway is built in Yizhou in the future, what should the commercial road be? It depends on what the Beiting King of Gaochang thinks."

Mr. Liu said: "Yes, King Beiting considers himself very high and does not want to live under the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty occupied Yizhou, Gaochang might not surrender immediately. If the fight really starts, I don't know if the trade route will be cut off. At that time, I can only go to the trade route on the south side, and the North Road will not be open for a while."

What businessmen talk about is naturally business matters, and political turmoil is business risks. Faced with a big country like the Song Dynasty, there was no opportunity for political speculation, which was even more so. When the Hequ Road was at its first victory, Gaochang also changed his view and wanted to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty as soon as possible. Before the envoy was sent, the Song Dynasty got Juyan. Suddenly, the troops came to the Western Regions, and Gaochang's view changed.

The Khitan followed Shangjing Road and once led the troops to Gaochang, but Gaochang could not stop them at all. After that time, Gaochang was extremely respectful to the Khitan and had a lot of exchanges between the two countries. The current Western Regions commercial route was to use the commercial route connecting the Khitan, and then headed south from Fengzhou to Hezhou. Now the Song Dynasty was facing the Western Regions again, Gaochang was unstable to raise the flag and could not make up his determination to turn to the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!