Chapter 209: The Song Dynasty's colleagues

Zhao Xing touched his chin and said with no expression on his face: "Master Yan, do you mean that this group of people have not been registered as naturalized and have not paid taxes to the government. In other words, they cannot find their number and names from the government, so is there a list in the castle?"

Gao Qiu chuckled: "This group of people, they are so eager to not cause trouble. The government has no choice but to collect taxes from them. As for the Lujiabao, there are some strange things. The yamen runners found several stoves for casting private money, and guessed that this might be a place for casting private money, but..."

Gao Qiu spread his hands and pointed at the fire scene: "Look, what else can be left here? Hehe, you made such a big explosion at the end of the team, and many people asked you to blow it up. How to count it... Is it gentle, and we dare to count it again? Not everyone can minuscule private money, and the involvement is too wide at this time. I think, let's just forget it, clean your hands and feet and remove it as soon as possible."

I understand! I understand.

There were four major coins in the Song Dynasty. The closest to Huliang Mountain was the Chizhou Coin Supervisor, one of the four major coins in the Song Dynasty. In fact, the private coins in the Song Dynasty were all made by the coin supervisors. Officials in the copper farm colluded with each other and colluded with each other. Zhao Xing's castle shipments were extremely large, and he could not hide it from others and could not hide it from his colleagues. He continued and stubbornly sneaked in to find evidence and find Zhao Xing's coin furnace, but they did not expect that Zhao Xing would not need to molten copper coins in the furnace without raising a furnace...

A private money casting yard requires at least a thousand people. So, where have all the private money casting workers in Hulishan gone?

Continue to interrogate? No, you can't continue to interrogate. If you continue to interrogate, the inside story that is revealed is not something that Zhao Xing can control. If you don't do it well, you will fall into it.

Zhao Xing turned his gaze to the stone fort. At this time, Zhang Dutou walked in with a smile and reported to Zhao Xing: "Mr. The Lujiabao has found many stolen goods. At present, 113 lost items have been found and some treasures have been found. What should I do if the judge is not involved in the case?"

Zhang Dutou is talking nonsense. There is no computer in this era, so how can we determine the number of lost items so quickly? But Zhao Xing is no longer a rookie in the officialdom now. He understood what Zhang Dutou meant and replied casually: "These 113 items are registered and reported to the official, and then select the same amount of items and send them to Fuyang County to enter the mountains to count them. In addition, you will take people to the dock early tomorrow morning and notify my ship to send someone to transport them.

Let’s record it like this: There are seventeen households in Dingkou, Lujia Shibao. During the fight with us, all the young and strong died, and women and children lit their houses to set themselves on fire, right?”

The Lord of Fort Lu paniced, and he trembled and said, "Sir, please spare me, small, small..."

Zhao Xing seemed to be talking to himself: "Have you heard this sentence? How many people have ever said this to you? Have you ever spared them?... People always bear the consequences for their actions, and now you must bear the consequences of your own. If I spare you, that is injustice to others!"

Zhang Du's head was also trembling. The people of the Song Dynasty did not have the consciousness to kill good people. Even if the Song army attacked the enemy's country, they were still kind to the people of Xixia and Qingtang. Zhao Xing now said that he would kill all the people.

Zhou Bangshi was still able to speak, so he quickly persuaded: "Leave people, kill prisoners unknown, kill women and children..."

"I will not kill women and children, but they are no longer qualified to live in this land. I will send them on a boat and exil to overseas. The young and strong here are different. Anyone with blood on their hands must also shed blood--" Zhao Xing said fiercely.

The Lu Fortress Lord captured it, but it became a hot thing. He took him back for interrogation, and wanted to expose Zhao Xing's cross-border pursuit. Huliang Mountain is in a foreign county, so the power to interrogate him is not Zhao Xing, but Fuyang County. If Fuyang County releases it, or if Lu Fortress Lord escapes, then there will be greater hidden dangers in the future and the hatred will be deeper. Therefore, the only way to kill people to establish their authority!

When a person dies, many shelterers can hold back and then the truth will gradually surface.

There is a copper furnace for minting in Lujiabao, which means that more than a thousand people have been hired in the local area. Zhao Xing only encountered a little resistance here. Perhaps most people are wandering away. In order to make the quietness of his home in the future, Zhao Xing had to raise his knife...

He turned to Zhang Dutou and continued, "I will give you three days - 60% of the spoils here are taken away by the troupe, and the rest belongs to me. Three days later, you will hire a farmer in the local area to carry everything in the stone fort. Be sure to move away every table, chair, bench, bricks, tiles and stones in this stone fort. If you can't move away, burn me a fire and leave no grass - I want everyone to know the consequences of offending me!"

Zhang Dutou was amused: since he joined the war, he did nothing and could get 60% of his gains while watching the show. This huge profit made Zhang Dutou forget to object to the massacre. He was afraid that Zhao Xing would regret it, so he agreed and ran away immediately.

Late at night, the surviving harassing people from Lujiabao began to return in groups of three or three. Some of them wanted to attack the stone castle, while others simply came to the fort gate and surrendered to Zhao Xing. However, they were not exceptionally "Faal". At dawn, the group trainees began to bury their bodies. However, even though all the bodies were buried, the entire castle was still floating with a strong smell of blood.

The magistrate of Fuyang County arrived at Lujiabao on the third day. When Zhao Xing's first ship of cargo was shipped back, Fuyang County was still half-believing because the first ship was all captured family members. When the dock began to move Lujiabao furniture, Fuyang County woke up and hurriedly ordered all the people and rushed to Lujiabao.

As soon as the two sides met, Zhao Xing gave him a list of about 300 items listed on the list, and there was another 10,000 yuan of floating wealth. Then Zhao Xing pointed to the list with a kind smile and explained: "This was found in the castle. Our county said that some of them were stolen goods, so please check it out in Fuyang County."

What else can I say about this? Ten thousand stale money is much less, but it is the sum of the property of the three middle-class families. With this money and three hundred items, the magistrate said nothing.

Fuyang County smiled and was filled with joy, Fuyang Yabos rushed to check their harvest. The so-called stolen goods were all women's jewelry, porcelain bottles and paintings, and a small amount of gold and silverware. However, Zhao Xing only listed the number of items on the list, but did not describe the items in detail. This was to facilitate Fuyang County to do something. Fuyang County accepted this kindness and immediately became diligent and mobilized the yabos to organize local villagers to help Zhao Xing carry things.

Lujiabao has been a thief for two hundred years. The accumulation of such a thief family is far beyond Zhao Xing's imagination. The stolen goods Zhao Xing gave to Fuyang County were only one-tenth of the total amount of stolen goods. He had already asked the ship to transport those small pieces of rare jewelry before the arrival of Fuyang County. The rest were large items - wooden beds, wooden chairs, copper bells and copper webs.

Zhao Xing's handling project lasted for five days, and it was not until he was confirmed that Lujiabao had nothing left except stones, that he left by boat. During this period, except for the members of Lujiabao who had sneaked into the mountains and forests, he was not harassed at all, which made Zhao Xing even more puzzled.

After leaving the mountains and forests, Zhou Bangshi saw that Zhao Xing was in a bad mood. He enthusiastically suggested: "Li Ren, you have swept the Huli Mountain. Why don't I accompany you to visit Li Houzhu's tomb? In the past, the bandits here were very serious and no one dared to come. Now, I can come at any time!"

Zhao Xing sighed in a depressed sigh and replied: "I am worried that the bandits will not be eradicated. After we leave, there will be new bandits standing in the mountain village..."

Zhao Xing sighed helplessly: This is the Song Dynasty! During the social transformation period, many contradictions existed at the same time. There was the security situation in the city that did not close the doors at night, the chronic disease of bandits in the forests, and the daring of kidnap princess at the feet of the emperor in the capital. He had gentle and harmonious relationships between neighbors, and the existence of shooting guns in the market;... All of this constituted the Song Dynasty in an all-round way.

Gao Qiu didn't know what Zhao Xing was feeling, but he joked thoughtfully: "Huli Mountain can hide bandits for two hundred years - in this way, this is a good place to hide soldiers. Liren might as well buy this mountainous area from Fuyang County and build his own fortress. In this way, Liren will not be afraid of bandits making a comeback in the future!"

Zhao Xing's heart moved, but immediately turned his gaze to the river as if nothing had happened...

After the bandit suppression, Dutou and the Xiang army, who fought with Zhao Xing, became rich completely. Because many of the furniture in Lujiabao were made of Vietnamese mahogany, these wood carvings were very fine, and the Xiang soldiers were divided into part of them. Many of them couldn't use it at home and were too lazy to carry it, so they directly sold it at a discount on the grass market near the dock.

These people had no taboos and directly said that they were robbing the stolen goods at the homes of the bandits who came to rob the Cao Market. Unexpectedly, this made the stolen goods very popular. Many people who came to the Cao Market were willing to buy one to go back as a souvenir. A few days later, the news became more and more widespread, and the time became more and more outrageous. Rich businessmen who had been robbed nearby kept coming to the Cao Market to identify whether their own items existed... Subsequently, the incidence rate of major Cao Markets in Hangzhou Prefecture dropped sharply, and many thieves regarded Hangzhou as a fear of their own.

The summer and autumn of 1089 passed like this. In the summer and autumn of this year, Zhao Xing was busy renovating the roads in Hangzhou. 200,000 migrant workers and soldiers divided into more than 100 groups and started the project of connecting roads in the township and counties. In his spare time, he drank and watched literati such as Su Shi and watched singing and dancing. When Zhao Xing woke up, it was the end of the year again.

This winter comes neither early nor late. This normal climate makes the people of Hangzhou feel a little relieved. They look forward to a better next year. Of course, due to the large-scale promotion of water trucks this year, the lives of the people of Hangzhou are not much lower than usual.

This year, Hangzhou officials are the richest. At the beginning of the year, they handed over all their jobs and fields to Zhao Xing to manage. Zhao Xing planted new types of vegetables and flower seeds. These new types of vegetables and flowers were sold at high prices as seeds, which enabled officials to earn 20 times more income than growing grain. With this income, officials held banquets more frequently this winter.

Zhao Xing was always not serious about such cocktails, because he was inevitably writing poems and lyrics at the cocktails. He, a modern man, compared his poetic skills with the Song people, was that the birthday boy was eating arsenic and was purely seeking death. So even if he was present, he always finished watching the singing and dancing performances, and when the main table opened, he immediately left.

With the completion of Zhaoxing Castle, the luxurious life in his castle also aroused the yearning of Hangzhou officials, and then cement-stone-style construction methods began to be promoted.

For example, today, the two holy places in the hearts of the bricklayers are Huangzhou and Hangzhou. Most of them bring their own dry food and come to the two places to work as apprentice workers. After the army is full, they start to return to their hometown to gather a construction team to help the villagers build new housing.

This winter, I didn’t know the situation elsewhere, but Hangzhou had become a large construction site, which was a bit like the early years of reform and opening up. The gentry pushed down their old houses and built new-style stone houses with thick stone walls and warmth. This caused the sales of lime in Huangzhou to rise sharply, resulting in a shortage of supply. Subsequently, the impact also affected Mizhou gypsum kilns, and various places began to quietly calcinate lime and gypsum.

Strangely, the architectural layout of Zhao Xing's big stone fort did not bring more Byzantine and Baroque ideas in Hangzhou. The newly built brick and tile houses of Hangzhou rich people all chose "traditional styles". This so-called traditional style is 80% similar to the Suzhou gardens in the Ming and Qing dynasties later. Zhao Xing was shocked to find that history had arrived early. However, he felt relieved when he thought that the Suzhou gardens in the Ming and Qing dynasties originally originated from the courtyard style of the Song Dynasty.

During this period, many familiar friends hoped to visit the castle of Zhaoxing, but after visiting, they crossed the bridge to the Israeli residential area and used the newly built village of the Israelites as a building model. There, Zhao Xing also followed the trend to build an eight-century courtyard similar to Suzhou gardens in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The unfinished courtyard was covered with small bridges and flowing water, ancient trees and strange stones, and the winding paths suddenly opened up. The bricks, stones and beams were carved everywhere, which can be said to have made every detail of the exquisiteness.

The rich people in Hangzhou in the Song Dynasty immediately resonated with this architectural style. Since then, they have brought craftsmen to conduct on-site inspections and guided craftsmen to imitate. As a result, such buildings immediately bloomed everywhere and even became a model of wealthy people's residences in the Song Dynasty. If you don't have such a house, you will be embarrassed to say hello to others when you go out...

At the same time, after the attack, the access control of Zhao Xing's castle became even more severe. He imitated Zoumatang and Lujiabao, dug a wide trench outside the castle, poured into the river water, and protected the flat land of the castle with a moat. People were also arranged to stand guard and watch on the walls of the castle.

After Zhao Xing's access control was tight, it became a bit difficult for ordinary people to enter and exit the castle. Among the officials, only Su Shi, Gao Qiu and Qin Guan could enter without notice. Others would have to wait for the report for about an hour. In this way, the activities in the castle became even more mysterious. For example, more than 40 people have arrived in the castle recently, and there are even vassal merchants from surrounding countries, and there is no news outside, including Su Shi and other officials who often come to the courtyard, who do not notice it.

In fact, this was a year-end party for bankers in the Song Dynasty - if the title of "banker" was mentioned at this time.

Today, there were seven large billing banks in Bianliang City, and three bank managers under Chen Yiyi's name. In addition to Fenglong Bank, the other two banks under Yiyi's name are strange, but those who understand can tell at a glance that it comes from Zhao Xing's evil realm, such as: a bank is called Citibank; a Nanyang billing store.

Citibank is responsible for domestic flying ticket properties. It now has some points in all places, namely Bianliang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, and Mizhou. What outsiders learned is that Citibank was jointly built by several Israelis. It was built on Zhao Xing's Loach Stage, which is mainly responsible for accepting the silver and money dealing with the Loach Stage. Since there is a big loach on the back of the flying ticket accepted by the ticket, the sea loach is printed with complex waves at the bottom and the top is complicated with various flowers, so outsiders have recognized the name of Citibank.

Nanyang ticket shop is responsible for overseas transactions. It is said that it was built by more than a dozen big-name merchants traveling to Nanyang, so it is called Nanyang ticket shop. The most famous business of this ticket shop is in Japan and in Jiaozhi. The ticket shop in Japan can exchange Japanese gold sands and silver crowns for Song money, which makes Japanese merchants very willing to use this ticket shop for settlement. The ticket shop in Jiaozhi is responsible for exchangeing various foreign currencies for Song merchants, including Persian silver coins, Egyptian gold coins, etc., so it is very popular among Song merchants.

The bills of exchange between Nanyang Pin Bank and Citi Pin Bank are exchanged, which makes people who operate marine trade very willing to deal with these two Pin Banks. Therefore, the two Pin Banks have been established for more than a year and have taken on a large amount of business, especially the overseas acceptance.

At present, although the court no longer deliberately prohibits the outflow of Song money, it is a big advantage to be able to exchange a large amount of Song money overseas. Song merchants often mortgage goods to ticket shops overseas, and then exchange enough Song money from the Nanyang ticket shop to trade with the local area. The profit of the goods plus the interest of money makes Song merchants more profitable. And the sales income overseas does not have to be brought back to China. I will issue a flying ticket with me and take it with me. After returning to China, I will directly find the Citibank to exchange it. I will pay a little handling fee to collect cash in China. This convenience also makes the Nanyang ticket shop only set up a station in Hangzhou, but it takes most of the foreign exchange business.

The meeting was not held in the Blue House because what everyone discussed was horrifying. In order to cover up, they held secretly in the wall building in the west area of ​​the castle. This was a forbidden area for storing valuables and was used to hold small meetings, just right.

The person who spoke at the meeting is Cao Lin, the richest man in Hangzhou. This guy is said to be related to the Cao family, the founding hero of the general, and is also a distant relative of Empress Cao. Because there was an official in the Song Dynasty that could not engage in the ban on maritime trade, the Cao family deliberately removed him from the genealogy. However, this guy obviously had the task of helping the Cao clan make money. Just look at him walking everywhere and traveling without any obstacles, you will know that this guy is a genius.

In the past, Zhao Xing and Cao Lin had no intersection because Cao Lin's ship sailed to Jiaozhi. However, this year, the Cao family had some idea of ​​the construction method of the iron keel boat and began to test it in the Indian Ocean. So he had contacted the Nanyang ticket shop.

Cao Lin was talking, and he was throwing a few silver coins and gold coins in his hand: "I think the money issued by the Nanyang Tickets is very good. Look, this goose-eye silver coin contains one cent silver, which is exactly worth ten copper plates. This 'Ten Silver' contains one ounce of silver, which is exactly worth ten goose-eye silver coins and one hundred copper plates. This method is very good, but the value of this gold coin is too high, so why does it jump to the usual ones all at once? The difference between the middle is too big. It is especially inconvenient to spend it."

Zhou Wende, a big sea merchant, is one of the six major sea merchants running Japan routes. He shook his head and said, "Money interest! If we mint this money, where is the money interest? I see, people say that this goose eye silver coins contain a cent of silver, but I don't think it is necessary. Although the goose eye money is small, it can be three or four cents for such a thick money. How can it be..."

His brother Zhou Wenyi muttered next to him: "Brother, stop talking. As long as the money is brought, the Citibank dares to exchange it. Don't say that they contain a cent of silver. Even if they say that it contains one ounce, as long as they are willing to exchange it for one ounce, it is 'being one ounce'."

Zhao Xing clapped his hands, and the slap was particularly loud in the stone hall: "Brother Wen Yi is right! Oh, everyone here is senior. Originally, I, as a junior, shouldn't interrupt, but my concubine couldn't explain this clearly, so I will tell you."

Zhao Xing's words caused everyone to curl their lips, and the expressions of those present could be read: Come on, don't use your concubine's banner, we all know that you are the one who is in charge of your family.

"My father-in-law Wen Yi just said a fact: as long as the ticket shop dares to repay, then how much we repay, even if it is a piece of paper, it is worth the price we repay - paper. This is the key I want to say today."

The maritime merchant Zhu Rencong widened his eyes and said first: "Paper, do you want to issue flying money?"

This sentence made everyone's eyes widen.

Zhao Xing nodded calmly. He took out a stack of flying tickets from his arms, spread them one by one on the table, and then pointed out the flying tickets and answered: "I know that each ticket shop has its own anti-counterfeiting methods, called it "Danghua". Whether it is true or not, the people in the ticket shop can know if the dark flowers are correct.

Let me say this. Regardless of your opinion, the Nanyang Ticket Bank and Citibank will issue a kind of flying ticket next year. The flying tickets are divided into three denominations, one is one is one is five jin and one is ten jin. This kind of "single" will be accepted by the two ticket banks of Nanyang and Citibank... In addition, we will also issue a part of the metal currency and re-define the exchange rate of each currency.

I won’t force you to participate. There are wealthy merchants and ticket shop owners here. You can pass on the news back. If you are willing to join this plan, we can set up a joint account and exchange ticket shops between ticket shops. Those who are unwilling to join will not force you.

It is the twelfth lunar month, and Nanyang Ticket Bank and Citibank will launch this plan in May next year. If you are willing to join, please bring your officials to discuss with me before the first day of March.”
Chapter completed!