The territory of the Liao people is mainly divided into two parts, one is the inherent sphere of influence of the Liao State, the Khitan people came down from the Great Xing'an Mountains, the earliest, most of the northeast in the later generations was his earliest territory, and later the Khitan people entered the grassland and formed the Khitan country.

The second piece of land is naturally the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures given to the Liao State by Shi Jingjiao, and this piece of land is mainly inhabited by Han people.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are actually two major central cities, one is Datong and the other is Yanjing, with a population of six or seven million. The strength of the Liao people is also because of the fact that after the sixteen states of Yanyun, there has been a significant improvement.

The role of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the Liao State is very large, so big that it is unimaginable. Although there were only two or three million people at the beginning, the things that these two or three million people brought to the Khitan people were unimaginable, and the most important thing was skilled craftsmen and resources.

With the sixteen states of Yanyun, the military equipment of the Liao people is very different. The craftsmen of the Han people made bows and crossbows stronger than those of the steppe people, the blades they made were more sophisticated than those of the steppe people, and the armor they made was more advanced than that of the steppe people. Even in the land of Yanyun, there are many mineral resources that can be used by the Liao army.

With the sixteen states of Yanyun, the military strength of the Khitan people immediately increased significantly. The key is that the sixteen states of Yanyun are also grain-producing places.

In fact, the population of Liao is very small, and at most it does not exceed 10 million people. Because the grassland is a jungle, it cannot support a large number of people, and the grassland and the jungle together have a population of no more than 2 million. On the contrary, the population of the sixteen states of Yanyun can reach six or seven million.

The population of Western Xia was even smaller, only within three million.

It is also because Liao has a Han society like Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, that Gan Qi will think about starting a trade war, because the Han society in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is also relatively developed commercially. On the contrary, the grasslands and jungles of Western Xia or Liao are too primitive, and the trade war really does not play much role.

The reason why Gan Qi used all his means to directly make two large acquisitions at one time was to directly speculate the prices of the sixteen states of Yanyun in a short period of time, not only Yanyun, but also Datong.

Ma Yifang once again delivered the goods to the seaside wharf outside Zhujiayu as agreed. After unloading the ship from Cangzhou and heading north again, after loading the goods, Gan Qi finally left.

Ma Fang made a lot of money, and once again returned to Yanjing City to spend money, this money was too easy to earn.

It's just that Ma Fang doesn't know that his big purchase will inevitably raise the price of private goods. Although this kind of price rise will not have a big impact on the sixteen states of Yanyun immediately, everything has really begun.

There is no doubt that scarcity is expensive, especially cloth salt tea, when the goods on the market were swept away, the Xiongzhou Yanchang was suddenly out of stock.

Everything is still fermenting, the fastest price increase in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is cloth, as long as the cloth is of slightly better quality, the price is rising again and again, because these things are not produced in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and they need to be supplied by the Great Song Dynasty. But there will be a chain reaction for the same kind of goods, and even the price of locally produced coarse linen has begun to rise.

In a place like Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, for the Great Song Dynasty, the population is not large, the social scale is not large, and the ability to resist shocks is not strong. For Gan Qi, it is a suitable target for a trade war, if the social scale of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is too large, with a population of 20 million, then Gan Qi will not be able to give birth to this idea.

The price of cloth rose rapidly, and Ganqi, who had returned to Cangzhou, wrote to Di Qing again, asking Di Qing to strictly order the border state capital to strengthen inspections, and also send troops to patrol in other places. Resolutely crack down on smuggling, and once discovered, bear the slightest resistance, and immediately kill on the spot.

Di Qing is at ease, Gan Qi is at ease, and Zhao Zi is a general who was born in suppressing bandits and counterinsurgency, and he is better at internal military methods than Di Qing.

Controlling smuggling across borders is a top priority. Even if everyone knew that if they could get rich by transporting cloth out of the border, none of them would be able to transport it.

Gan Qi has a large amount of supplies and food in his hands, but he still has to find a way to go to Liao to continue to buy, the excuse of the shipwreck has been said once, and he has to think of another excuse.

Otherwise, Gan Qi would really be a little unreasonable if he appeared in front of Ma Yi again, and it would be impossible to come back so soon after a trip to the Wa Kingdom.

But this excuse is also easy to say, the Ma side has now taken the bait, and the money in Gan Qi's hand is so easy to make, as long as the excuse is reasonable, there is no reason for the Ma side not to continue.

As for what prices are soaring and the people are not able to make a living, it is not enough for the time being, even if it is. For Ma, it's not his business, and he's obviously more concerned about making money.

Gan Qi is ready to really attack the grain of Liao.

For the most ordinary people, as long as they have a bite to eat, they can endure anything, even if they have no clothes to wear. But when there is nothing to eat, then you can't bear it.

Not long after, Gan Qi reappeared in Yanjing City.

Ma Fang, who saw Gan Qi again, was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Brother Liu Xian, why are you back again in just ten days?" Could it be that the ship is sinking again? Is the sea route to the country so dangerous? ”

Gan Qi waved his hand, with an eager look, and said: "No, no, no, if the ship sinks again, then I will jump into the sea and not come back." ”

"What's going on here? How can the virtuous brother be so eager? Ma Fang asked.

"Brother, I sent someone to the Japanese country to inquire about the news, and after going to sea for a few days, I happened to meet the person who was sent out to return, so I turned back in a small boat." Ganchi explains.

"What? Wrong message? There was no catastrophe in the Wa Kingdom? Ma Fang panicked, not because he was afraid of anything else, but because he was worried that Gan Qi would ask him to return the goods, would he return them?

Ma Fang made up his mind, even if he turned his face on the spot, it was impossible to return the goods, in this Yanjing City, how could he be afraid of Gan Qi a maritime merchant?

"No, brother, this time there are really unlimited business opportunities, not only did the Wa Kingdom have a catastrophe, but it is even more serious than the previous rumors, the Wa Kingdom has starved to death, starved to death of more than 100,000 people, even those nobles of the Wa Kingdom only eat one meal a day, the emperor of the Wa Kingdom in order to show that he loves the people like a son, he also began to break the valley and fast. The grain that was transported before was far from enough, and the younger brother turned around and came back, because he still wanted to organize a fleet and continue to transport another batch of grain to the Japanese country. This time, the younger brother can really turn over the book, not only can he make up for all the previous losses, but he can also make a lot of money. Gan Qi was in a hurry, and his ability to make up stories was unmatched.

Ma Fang's heart is also very happy, this money keeps being sent to his hands, who can not want to? But instead of showing it, he asked, "Brother Xian, do you still have a boat?" ”

"I really don't have a boat." Gan Qi said this, and he was also selling off.

"That virtuous brother is ......"

"However, the younger brother has a relative, and he still has twenty or thirty big ships, and he just happened to be begging, and the younger brother has already sent someone to invite him." Gan Qi said this, and said it after selling the guanzi, which was particularly realistic.

"Oh, that's it......" The more anxious Gan Qi is, the more he wants to press the rhythm, make money and make a fortune to negotiate, the horse side is very skillful.

How could Gan Qi not know Ma Fang's thoughts, his heart was like a mirror, but he still had to follow Ma Fang's performance, and said: "Brother, can you help the younger brother to collect another batch of grain and transport it to Wuqing?" ”

Ma Fang pretended to be embarrassed, thought for a while, and said, "Alas...... This matter is a little difficult to do, and then buy, peers can't buy much, you have to send people to the countryside to buy those landlords' homes, I don't know how much manpower it will take, and ah...... I'm afraid that the price will be high, and the high price will outweigh the losses. ”

Ma Fang said as he watched Gan Qi's reaction.

Gan Qi really seemed to be pinched to death by the horse's side, first looking at Gan Qi with an embarrassed face, then watching Gan Qi hesitate, and finally watching Gan Qi grit his teeth in pain.

The acting skills changed step by step, and the face was decent.

In the end, Gan Qi seemed to be out of the way, and asked, "I don't know how much it costs to buy it again?" ”

Ma Fang thought about it in his heart, and slowly stretched out two fingers.

Gan Qi looked shocked: "Two through one stone? ”

"No, two through five, this is the lowest price, if Brother Liu Xian can't accept it, then brother can't do it." Ma Fang really dared to speak, and the price of 700 yuan of grain was forced to reach two and five.

Gan Qi began to pace, and deliberately pretended to be calculating, muttering from time to time, and even breaking his fingers from time to time as if he was calculating.

Finally, Gan Qi said again: "Okay, two through five is two through five." Ask my brother to buy another 200,000 stones. Other goods are as much as you want. ”

"Two hundred thousand stones?" Ma Fang was surprised.

"What? Is it too much? Gan Qi was really anxious at this time, if this number of horses could not be bought, then Gan Qi would have to go to great lengths to find someone else to buy it.

Ma Fang was surprised that Gan Qi bought more, but it was not that he couldn't do it, but he was just happy, for him, Gan Qi's business, the more the better, he hurriedly said: "Not much, no more, even if my brother gives up his life, he will help the virtuous brother buy this amount." ”

"Thank you, brother!"

"Brother invites you to have a drink in the evening......" Ma Fang had to entertain Ganqi again.

Gan Qi said: "No need, the younger brother still has to rush to Wuqing to arrange the manpower of the ship, and ask the elder brother to act quickly." ”

"Twenty days, give my brother twenty days, it must be appropriate." Ma Fang is still very confident, because he is already in this business, and the big landlords in the surrounding counties of Yanjing City have maintained a good relationship with him, and the matter of collecting grain at the door is actually not so difficult, the main thing is to increase the price.

Ganchi hurriedly said goodbye.

Ma Fang sent Gan Qi to the door, turned the night pearl in his hand, patted his stomach, and laughed: "Oops...... Fortune is coming, you can't stop it, and tomorrow I have to go to the temple to donate some incense money, thank the gods for their blessing. ”

A portable guy next to him said with a smile: "The villain admires the owner too much, but in more than a month, he has earned so much money, and I am afraid that no one in Yanjing City can catch up with the business mind of the owner." ”

Ma Fang was very useful and was very happy: "My brother Liu Xian, he is really a god of wealth, and he will send money when he has nothing to do." ”

"It has to be the owner, you are better than others, and your reputation is outside."

"That's it!" Ma Fang agrees with this explanation, it's not that he Ma Fang is a good person in Yanjing City, how could this Liu Xian take the initiative to come to the door with such a big business?

Ma Fang enjoyed himself for a while, and then said: "Let's go, follow me out of the city to meet Han Lao'er, there is the most land outside the city that belongs to his family, and there must be a lot of inventory." ”

Han Lao'er, it was called by the Ma side behind his back, if it was really in person, the Ma side would not dare to call it so, because this Han family, the ancestor is Han Derang, Han Derang is the most important Han Chen in the history of the Liao State, meritorious works, and even Han Derang and Empress Dowager Xiao still have a leg, Han Derang is also the only Han buried in the imperial mausoleum of the Liao State.

Although Han Derang has been dead for decades now, the Han family is still not small in Yanyun, and the officialdom is also very well-connected.

Even if Ma Fang had such a brother-in-law as Yelu Yixin, he would never dare to really offend Han Caiqing, the current head of the Han family.

Calling someone Han Lao'er behind his back, he really deserved to be in person, Ma Fang bowed down and bowed down, and shouted in his mouth: "Grandpa Han, the little horse has come to see you old." ”

Han Caiqing's age is not too young, in the year of the sixtieth year, it is Han Derang's grandson, sitting on the Taishi chair, with his hands clasped in front of his chest, squinting slightly: "Little pony, what are you doing?" ”

"Grandpa Han, the pony is here to buy food again...... Ma Fang roared loudly, this Grandpa Han is a little old and has a little back in his ears, and the night pearl is not turning, standing aside respectfully.

"Buying food? What's going on? During this time, all the grain stores in the city came out to buy grain, but was there no food in the city? ”

This is not good news, Ma Fang's heart tightened, and when he looked back, he also knew why the grain stores in the city went out of the city to buy grain, because the grain stocks of other grain stores were bought by himself, and those grain stores could not come out to collect grain, so they would be out of stock.

"Grandpa Han, your Han family is not an ordinary family, I travel dozens of miles out of the city, but half of the fields I see are your family's, this time the pony has to buy a lot of food, and I ask Grandpa Han to make it convenient."

"There is still a lot of grain in the warehouse, but a lot of opinions have been ordered, and these days will be slowly transported away. It's fine if you don't get too much, but if you want too much, there's nothing I can do......" Grandpa Han's ears were back, so he spoke very loudly.

Ma Fang regretted a little, regretting that he only cared about spending a lot of money to have fun some time ago, and did not think about coming to collect grain. This time, I took a step slower and shot myself in the foot.

"Grandpa Han, how many do you have? I'm going to do it all. ”

"Well, it's good to say, I still have thirty or forty thousand stones, leave some rations, and you can take the rest, once it is always five." Grandpa Han's ears are behind his ears and his eyes are dazzling, but his heart is like a mirror, unambiguous, he is in such a hurry to go to the countryside to collect grain, how can the price of this grain not rise? If you don't buy it, you go, and someone else will come.

Ma Fang was bitter in his heart, he only hated himself for getting carried away, he didn't know how to collect food after making money, he only knew to have fun, if he came to collect it earlier, it would not be this price.

"Grandpa Han, your old business is good, Xiaoma is doing a small business, but you can't help it."

"Really? Then I'll keep the 30,000 or 40,000 stones for myself......"

"This ......"

"What? Are you a fool of me, and you don't know what's going on now? Yesterday came a little Wang, said that it was auspicious grain line, I said consistent six, he left without saying a word, this morning, and came back obediently, what do you say this is called? I didn't sell it to him, or you wouldn't have any food left, pony. ”

Xiaoma can't play with Grandpa Han, think about it, the price of selling it to Liu Xiandi is two and five, okay, you can make a lot of money. nodded: "Grandpa Han, buy it!" This teaches people to go home and get money. ”

Grandpa Han's eyes opened and he asked, "Did you really buy it?" ”

"I really bought it."

"Then there's nothing to regret, make a contract first." Grandpa Han waved his hand, and someone came forward to write.

Write the pony's signature and draw it.

The dazzled Grandpa Han smiled: "I can really sell it at this price, I just tried you, I didn't expect the price of grain to really rise to this point, it's not bad, it's time for my old Han family to make some money." ”

Ma Fang has always had two eyes, and he has been properly pitted, Jiang is still old and spicy, and Ma Fang has to greet him with a smile: "Grandpa Han, your family is not a cropper." ”

Grandpa Han waved his hand, and suddenly smiled: "I still have fifty or sixty thousand stones here, do you still want it?" ”

Ma Fang wanted to die, but it was the first point: "Yes, the more the merrier." ”

Grandpa Han, who was dazzled, was in a good mood: "Stay at home for a drink, don't worry about money." ”

"Okay...... what else can you say? Ma Yifang was deflated this time, but when he thought about it, he was relieved that the price given by Liu Xiandi still had a consistent profit for one stone, and he could easily earn 200,000 yuan for food alone. That's it!