Duting Yiyi Cheng first went to Li Bangyan's mansion, and the people in the mansion said that Li Shangshu went to Cai's mansion.

When this post leader trotted all the way to Cai You's mansion, Cai You was talking to Li Bangyan about Zhou Nan.

Just talking, Cai You's wife and brother found the person Zhou Nan said according to the address Zhou Nan said, and bought 50,000 pieces of leather at once, and the price was lower than the average price they bought from all over the country.

Under the situation that Yanjing ordered to cut off the export of leather goods, herbs, etc., it was extremely difficult for Cai You and them to collect the skins, after all, almost all the skins of the Great Song Dynasty were collected from the Yanjing area.

There are also sporadic leather supplies north of Taiyuan, but since the Jin people occupied Xijing in Daliao, the Jin army was raging, so that merchants did not dare to come and go, and naturally there was no supply of goods.

Cai You naturally understands Zhou Nan's weight and status in Yanjing, of course he knows, not to mention 50,000 pieces of skin, even 100,000 pieces, Zhou Nan is just a matter of casual words.

Cai You also understands that the princess of Yanjing City ordered the export of gold juice and leather goods, which may also show the weight of Zhou Nan, so that the people of Bianjing can understand that don't look at Zhou Nan leaving Yanjing and going to Bianjing alone, if the people of Bianjing want to attack Zhou Nan, they must consider the consequences of angering Wanshengjun.

If you are an ordinary person, including these traders and merchants, you can see some of the meanings.

But Cai You is the kind of person who can set up a separate door with his father for the sake of a powerful position, and his mind is by no means simple, and he thinks more.

In the past, the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty sometimes closed the field and strictly forbade trade. However, despite the government's order, the bold merchants of the people can take advantage of this opportunity to smuggle goods and make huge profits from them.

After all, the stricter the government's investigation, the greater the profit. But this time, the princess in Yanjing City gave an order, and she really cut off the trade of goods at the border, and none of the smuggling traders in the past were gone.

No matter how much you contact, no matter how much you are paid and the value of the goods, there is no goods. This led to the reason why Cai You's wife and brother couldn't sit still and kept urging Cai You.

This is also what Cai You fears the most. Businessmen are very profitable, and if there is a great profit there, naturally someone will have the courage to earn that profit.

Since ancient times, although the imperial court has imposed heavy punishments, it is the reason why the smugglers of salt have been repeatedly banned.

Now no matter how high the price he gives here, no one in Yanjing secretly sells the leather goods to him, which can only show one thing: the princess of Yanjing City and her small court have firmly controlled the merchants and goods in Yanjing!

In other words, the Yanjing merchants who were scattered in the past have now gathered. Just like the guilds in Bianjing City, the guilds in Bianjing and even other places have now grown stronger and stronger, and at first they were originally associations of merchants in the same industry or township, so as to make their group of people stronger and protect themselves, but now they have developed into guilds that can be on an equal footing with the government.

The guilds not only accepted the government's requirements and prepared the necessary supplies, but also unified the prices of goods and restricted competition; It can also deal with the government Coso.

If the merchants in the guild join forces, they can almost control the price of goods in Bianjing, just like the price of rice in the grain store will be too high every spring.

The merchant guild in Bianjing is just a self-organized organization of merchants, and it is already so powerful, and those merchants in Yanjing City are only afraid that they will be the court of the Liao princess

The "big guilds" have gathered, which will cause such a situation of out of stock. I'm afraid that in the future, the princess of the Liao people will be like the head of all walks of life, and she will sell whatever she wants; Whatever price you want to sell, you have to sell at what price.

Cai You told Li Bangyan about his concerns. Although Li Bangyan was born in a businessman's family, he didn't think much of it for a while.

Seeing that Cai You was worried, he said disapprerovantly: "The Liao people are out of stock, and Cai Shumi can buy it from Xixia!" Western Xia was also mostly a land for raising sheep. Cai You shook his head again and again and said, "If that's the case, don't worry." It's just that Shimei doesn't know that although there are sheep in Western Xia, the sheepskin leather is too poor; The sheepskin fur of the Liao people is thick and loose, and the leather plate is flexible, so the leather robe and fur fur made are soft and comfortable, which cannot be said in the same day. Robes made of Western Xia sheepskin can't be sold at a good price, even if they are made for soldiers in the army, they can't get through. This is like the crystal clear of the northern pearl, which is by no means comparable to the southern pearl. Listening to Cai You's analysis, Li Bangyan felt serious.

Although the gold and silver shops in their homes still have some inventory, they are no longer much, and the merchants who usually buy goods also say that they cannot buy pearls, agate, silverware and other goods from the north.

"Shimei doesn't have to worry so much. The Liao people are like this, but they just want to get some profits in the border market. We just need to have a good relationship with this Liao donkey, why worry about it being unprofitable in the future? Even more profitable than ever. Cai You comforted Li Bangyan and said.

"Why did Brother Ju An say that?" Li Bangyan asked puzzled.

"Now no matter what kind of commercial goods in Yanjing are controlled by its imperial court, just like this leather goods, if you can get closer to this horse, go to the border market and find a reliable person, you don't have to be greedy, just ask for a large purchase of goods, it will be enough for a family to eat and wear." Cai You's wife and brother are in the leather business, of course they know the profits, and this time Zhou Nan just casually asked someone to talk about it, and sold him 50,000 pieces of leather goods, Cai You naturally made up his mind to have a good relationship with this horse master, so as to ensure that his own leather goods supply is sufficient in the future, and even thought of taking over the leather business exported from Yanjing to the Great Song Kingdom alone.

After listening to Cai You's words, Li Bangyan nodded again and again, and discussed how to get close to this concubine while he was still in Bianjing, so as to pave the way for making money in the border market in the future.

Needless to say, just look at the prince and his entourage getting along with this concubine in Xiongzhou, and immediately suppressing the third prince after coming back, it is conceivable that if you get along with this concubine, you will be able to get great benefits in the future.

When the two were discussing what Zhou Nan liked, they suddenly heard that Duting Yiyi came to see him, saying that the Liao man had invited him and said that he had something important to discuss.

Cai You glanced at Li Bangyan suspiciously, not knowing what important things Zhou Nan could do. It's just that I'm about to tie up this colt right now, so naturally I can't slack off.

The two hurriedly took their entourage to Dutingyi. Zhou Nan saw that the two of them came together, and apologized again and again: "I should have gone to the mansion of the two adults in person, but I couldn't leave here to make treasures for His Majesty the Emperor, so I had to ask the two adults to deign to come." "Cai You is a privy envoy, and Li Bangyan is Shangshu Zuocheng, both of whom are already ministers at the level of Zaizhi, and according to the call habits of the Great Song Dynasty, they naturally deserve it

The title "adult".

"I don't know if General Zhou has anything important to talk about?" Cai You was not interested in the treasures Zhou Nan said at all, he just wanted to know what Zhou Nan wanted to talk about when he asked him and Li Bangyan to come over.

"I have made a treasure for His Majesty the Emperor, and if I want to see His Majesty the Emperor, I naturally have to ask the two adults to do the same on my behalf." Zhou Nan said what he meant.

"I don't know what kind of treasure it is? General Zhou, could you please see me? Li Bangyan asked curiously.

"This treasure is called a telescope—please come with me." Zhou Nan said and took the two to the courtyard where the craftsman was.