Although Meng Jiucheng despised and was wary of the cowardice of the Southern Song Dynasty and his own behavior of committing suicide, in his long-term plan, he would not take the initiative to become enemies with the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was even more impossible to rebel Song and surrender to Meng like Li Quan.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng was grateful for the support of the Southern Song Dynasty, and immediately dispatched troops and contacted Peng Yibin, preparing to fight a war in Huaixi to relieve the threat from the Jin people to the Song Dynasty.

Last time, Peng Yibin and Hao Ding and other coalition forces attacked, although they captured Pizhou's Kyoko and obtained countless ships of all sizes, Pizhou was surrounded by water, and the rebels drove ships to attack but were unfavorable, so they had no choice but to retreat.

In this battle, Meng Jiucheng was preparing to send artillery soldiers to help Peng Yibin capture Xia Pizhou. If it went well, he would attack Suqian, Xia Pi, Lanling and threaten Xuzhou.

After the military arrangement was completed, there was food to overcome the difficulties, and other things were going well, and Meng Jiucheng was in a very comfortable mood.

The development of commerce is something that Meng Jiucheng attaches great importance to and is also the top priority of financial work. And commerce has indeed brought huge income and has a growing momentum.

The increase in commercial tax means that the liquidity of products in the occupied areas is increasing. While increasing wealth, Meng Jiucheng also injected vitality into the commercial activities in the occupied areas. There are fewer checkpoints along the way, blackmail, and many cumbersome processes. There are also many encouragement policies, which also stimulate the enthusiasm of merchants.

"As a special merchant, the Zhou family and the Liu family have already established a foothold in Fuzhou and Hangzhou, and the sales of many commodities are very good. However, the number of recruitment of various craftsmen has not yet been determined, so please ask Meng Shuai to show it."

The person who came to report was the Lord Hu of Qingdao and two business officials. They didn't understand exactly what Meng Jiucheng wanted to recruit so many people of all kinds, and what he thought. But he still actively carried out his orders in accordance with Shangguan's will.

"What about the quantity?" Meng Jiucheng only pondered for a moment, then determined it, and surprised several people, "The more, the better, the amount is uncertain."

Not only was the guarantee of money and food, but Meng Jiucheng had the confidence. The development of the base area and even the growth of the army were also inseparable from logistics support.

Smelting, shipbuilding, weaving and other industries are both military and civilian, and are very important for revitalizing base areas.

Although they did not understand very much, Hu Guanghe and others did not ask questions again and continued to report to Meng Jiucheng on the construction of Qingdao and Yantai.

The labor force is guaranteed now, and there are many people waiting for food, and the wages are low. In addition, it is not restricted to men and women and distributed according to work, so the construction speed in various places is very fast.

"I thought about some regulations again, which may help the development of commerce." Meng Jiucheng expressed his affirmation of the work, took out a few more pieces of paper and handed it to Lord Hu and others, asking them to read it first and then discuss it.

This is a constitution similar to later commodity exchanges. It is very sketchy, but the main points are included. For example, the exchange membership system, the delivery and refund of performance deposits, price markings, etc.

Of course, Meng Jiucheng did not write about futures at all, but just hoped to provide a more orderly trading venue, open trading prices and unified trading rules, so as to achieve smooth information, fair prices, and fair buying and selling through this centralization, thereby accelerating the speed of commodity circulation and collecting more taxes.

Lord Hu was the first to see the trick. He couldn't help but secretly glance at Meng Jiucheng who didn't know what to write in front of the table, and secretly admired him.

For merchants, shipping goods is the most important thing. If you can’t find a buyer for a while, you have to stay in the store. It costs money to store in the warehouse, and it costs money to eat, drink and live, not to mention delaying your time.

If you are trafficking goods to Qingdao Exchange, you don’t have to work hard to inquire. When you go to this exchange every day to mark your goods and prices, the buyer will naturally come to discuss in detail.

In time, this commodity exchange will inevitably be crowded. I don’t know how many people will sell and buy all kinds of goods.

As long as the goods are transported here, they can go directly to the exchange and the transaction can be negotiated soon. Sometimes the goods don’t even need to be put into storage, just wait on the dock.

"Meng Shuai is extremely wise, and this charter is well-organized." City Lord Hu bowed, and when Meng Jiucheng looked up, he spoke respectfully: "I think it can be improved slightly, such as obtaining information from merchants from south to north, you can know the approximate price of goods from other places, as a reference mark, or it may facilitate business transactions and increase popularity of the exchange."

Meng Jiuxingke remembered the signs of later commodity exchanges, London, New York, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur... He felt like time was confused, and he was stunned for a moment.

Seeing that Meng Jiucheng did not say a word, Lord Hu thought that his suggestion was not in line with his wishes, he quickly explained: "I am humble in my position and have a rough understanding. Please do not care about it."

The ancients were smart, at least in terms of business wisdom, they were not inferior to themselves. The only difference was the limitations of vision and thinking. Once they made a breakthrough under their own prompts, they could learn from one example and apply it to others.

Meng Jiucheng showed an admiring smile on his face, and gave a thumbs up at Lord Hu, saying, "Can you think about what I didn't expect, picking up the missing, learning from one example and applying it to other things, it's very good, very good. I think, the work of the Ministry of Commerce will be left to you."

"Meng Shuai is too rewarded." City Lord Hu hurriedly bowed, not expecting that Meng Jiucheng would value it so much.

If the officials you have signed up for are disrespectful and let others see them, what will they think and how can they be taken seriously?

Meng Jiucheng naturally knew that "the superiors have something to like, the subordinates must do it." Set an example, and ultimately he will benefit himself.

Next, Meng Jiucheng handed over the work of improving the exchange rules and systems to Lord Hu and others. After all, his energy cannot always be focused on these trivial matters.

Moreover, he began to believe in the wisdom of ancient people. In the following report, Meng Jiucheng heard another news, but it made him feel complicated.

"I just heard that I came in a hurry and had not sent anyone to verify the truth." Hu Guanghe saw Meng Jiucheng's expression changing, and didn't know whether it was happy or angry, so he hurriedly added: "When I returned, I asked immediately, if it was true, I don't know what to do?"

The brave and adventurous businessman. Meng Jiucheng lowered his eyelids and did not answer immediately.

According to the news Hu Guanghe heard, some merchants had already gone from Qingdao to Liaodong to sell horses, of course, not to the Red Turban Army, but to the Southern Song Dynasty.

As we all know, the Southern Song Dynasty lacked horses. If you own a decent horse, it would be as conspicuous as a private car in later generations. Of course, you may be able to buy a slow horse, but it would be very difficult to ride a war horse.

Therefore, it is definitely a huge profit-making business from Liaodong to the Southern Song Dynasty. It is not surprising that some merchants take risks.

What made Meng Jiucheng feel complicated was that he thought that only he could think of this idea, and he was sending someone to inquire, so he didn't have time to implement it!

The problem lies in Meng Jiucheng's cautious and cautious attitude. Liaodong is in chaos. He feels that to find out the situation clearly, he will wait until the finances are more abundant before implementing a strategy of buying a horse.

Of course, Liaodong has indeed been in chaos since the Jin court moved south.

Since the battle between the Jin Dynasty and the Yehuling in Mongolia, the Jin Dynasty has lost all its elite troops and has shown signs of decline.

The tycoon King Wei Shao was doubtful about the Khitans who were surviving in the territory of the Liao Dynasty, fearing that they would echo the Mongols; therefore, he ordered that all Khitans in various parts of the territory should have two Jurchens and one Khitan family.

This order aroused the anger of Yelu Liuge from Liaodong. He was born into a descendant of the Liao Dynasty royal family. At that time, he was the Qianhu of Liaodong in the Jin Dynasty. He took advantage of the opportunity of guarding troops and adjusting defense in the Jin Dynasty (now Acheng, Heilongjiang), Taizhou (now Tao'an, Jilin) ​​and uprising against the Jin Dynasty in Long'an (now Nong'an, Jilin) ​​in 1212 and Hanzhou (now Lishu Pan-faced City).

The people around him who were oppressed by the Jin Kingdom joined one after another. Especially his identity as a descendant of the royal family in the previous dynasty, he had an unparalleled appeal to the Khitans. In less than a few months, the rebel army had become more and more than 100,000 troops later joined forces with Ye, and they had a population of more than 100,000.

In March of 1213, in Linhuang Prefecture, Shangjing, Yelu Liuge was called king, the country was named Liao, and the Yuan Dynasty was established, and it was known in history as Dongliao.

Subsequently, the Xianping Road recruitment envoy of the Jin Dynasty, Pu Xianwannu, was ordered to conquer Yelu Liuge, and led a large army to fight towards the Liaohe River.

Yelu Liuge believed that there was no way to compete with such a powerful enemy, so he chose to surrender to Mongolia and would form an alliance with Mongolia to fight against the Jin Dynasty together according to Chen Nayan.

Soon, the Liao and Jin armies fought at Diji Naoer (Changtu, Liaoning). With the assistance of the Mongolian army, Yelu Liuge miraculously defeated the Jin army and initially consolidated the new regime.

On the other hand, the tycoon not only forgave Pu Xian Wannu, but instead promoted him to the Liaodong Xuanfu envoy the next year (1214), leading an army of 400,000 in Guiren County (now Simiancheng, Changtu, Liaoning). In the second year, Yelu Liuge was promoted to the second year of the reign of Emperor Guangxi.

Due to Pu Xian Wannu's underestimation of the enemy, Yelu Liuge defeated the Jin army again and subdued Andong's co-magistrate Alian. He had all the prefectures and counties in Liaodong. He then established the capital of Xianping (now the old town of Kaiyuan, Liaoning) and was called "Zhongjing".

Due to the years of unfavorable war against Mongolia, the national strength quickly declined. Pu Xian Wannu predicted that the Jin Dynasty was about to perish, but he even launched a mutiny in the spring of 1215 to rebel against the Jin Dynasty. Pu Xian Wannu established his capital in Tokyo and established himself as the king of heaven. His country was named "Dazhen" and his reign was Tiantai, known in history as Dongxia Kingdom.

Although both Yelu Liuge and Pu Xianwannu rebelled, there was no sign of reconciliation.

Pu Xian Wannu sent troops again, with the strategic goal of capturing the Jin Kingdom Shangjing, quickly occupied Xianping, Tokyo, Shen, Cheng and other prefectures. Then he attacked Posuofu Road, captured Shangjing City and other places, and only sent deputy marshal Yiladu to guard Tokyo.

Yelu Liuge took the opportunity to attack Tokyo, defeated Yila Capital, and the city was broken. However, Yelu Liuge had no intention of living for a long time, and then robbed him and left, and Pu Xianwannu was able to recover Tokyo.

Although Yelu Liuge was extremely powerful at that time, his ministers advised him to become emperor and completely get rid of the influence of Mongolia. Yelu Liuge refused to listen. In the third year of Zhenyou (1215), he went to the north to pay homage to Genghis Khan of Mongolia. He was given the Golden Tiger Talisman and was still called King Liao.

Pu Xianwannu and Yelu Liuge, two brothers, fought around in Liaodong. The landlords in Jinzhou, western Liaoning, could no longer sit still. They gathered 100,000 troops to kill the Jiedushi stationed by the Jin Dynasty, separating Jinzhou, and claiming to be the Prince of Linhai.

When Mu Huali and the Mongolian army arrived, the shrewd Zhang Jing decided to retreat as soon as possible and temporarily surrender to Mu Huali, waiting for a good opportunity to make a comeback.

In the third year of Zhenyou (1215 AD), Temujin issued an edict to Mu Huali, asking Zhang Jing to command Shiti to control the troops and follow Tuhulanjieli to the south to attack the prefectures and counties in western Liaoning.

But Zhang Jing did not intend to hand over his destiny to the Mongols to manage. He first acted slowly and delayed time, and then pretended to be sick in Pingzhou, trying to sneak back to Jinzhou to continue to be his Prince of Linhai.

Unfortunately, before escaping to Jinzhou, Zhang Jing was captured by Shi Mai, and paid the price of his life for his ambitions.

Zhang Jing's death completely angered Zhang Zhi in Jinzhou City and pushed Zhang Zhi to the side that hated Mongolia extremely.

In the winter of the third year of Zhenyou (1215 AD), Zhang Zhi used his prestige and popularity to take advantage of the murder of his elder brother Zhang Jing to lead his troops to kill the Mongolian army stationed in Jinzhou City, quickly proclaiming himself emperor and establishing the country, proclaiming himself Emperor Xing of Han, and changing the reign to Xinglong.

Then, Zhang Zhi led the Jinzhou Army to expand rapidly into other prefectures and counties in western Liaoning centered on Jinzhou, and quickly captured Ping, Luan, Rui, Li, Yi, Yi, Guangning and other prefectures and counties, becoming an important military force that dominates western Liaoning.

So far, Meng Jiucheng has received information that the four major players in Liaodong are competing for hegemony, western Liaoning is Zhang Zhi's Han Xingguo and Mu Huali's Mongolian army, while in Liaodong is Yelu Liuge's Dongliao and Pu Xianwannu's Dazhen Kingdom.

Faced with such a pot of messy porridge, Meng Jiucheng was cautious, which can be said to be very normal. But there were abnormal businessmen and abnormal things.

Meng Jiucheng thought for a long time and felt that there was no good idea. Could it be that you wouldn't allow others to do business?

Guanjian is the completion and development of Qingdao Port, which can be said to have indirectly opened up the historical North Road navigation.

At that time, the sea routes from Song Dynasty to Goryeo or Liaodong were divided into two north and south routes. The north route was from Dengzhou to cross the Huanghai, to Jiaodao at the mouth of the Datong River on the Korean Peninsula, and then to the Licheng River estuary near Kaijing.

It also set sail from Dengzhou to Liaodong, and to Suzhou (now Dalian), which is the sea route that the Song and Jin Sea Alliance has repeatedly contacted.

Although going to sea from Qingdao is farther than Dengzhou, it is also a shortcut before the reconstruction of Dengzhou port.

"You should find out this matter clearly, but there is no need to deal with it." Meng Jiucheng thought for a long time before he slowly spoke: "In addition, when the commodities exchange is heard, we also need cattle, horses and livestock. After the Dengzhou Port is completed, we will organize a caravan to trade in Liaodong."

After pausing, Meng Jiucheng continued: "You go back and discuss and plan carefully, and draw up a specific charter so that we can get the best interests in this cattle and horse business."

"It's like salt and iron. How about implementing a government-owned sales?" Hu Guanghe thought of the most direct method.

"If you control it too strictly and too deadly, it may dispel the enthusiasm of the merchants." Meng Jiucheng could not make a decision easily. Monopoly may be implemented, and it may be a big disadvantage. "And I will submit the articles of association to me. How to implement it again."
Chapter completed!