"Oh, Li took the liberty of asking, how much profit can the Yang shopkeeper's fleet make in a year?" Li Shi had a faint smile on his face.

"Don't hide it from Mr. Li, the fleet is only a part of my whole business, I will come to Chenzhou and Liaoyang once a year to barter goods, and then transport them back to Dengzhou, Mizhou or Song to sell, and the profit I can make will not be less than 500,000 taels of silver." When it comes to profits, Yang Congyi said very casually.

"Shopkeeper Yang is really amazing, the goods of the Song Kingdom can be sent to Liaoyang, and the goods of Liaoyang can be transported to the Song Kingdom, this kind of ability is rare, Li admires!" Li Shi suddenly restrained the smile on his face, and his expression was straight.

"Where is it, it's just that the capital is big, the gifts are more, the profits are shared, the money is made together, and the business is done together. When there are more people together, this business is no longer my business alone, but also everyone's business, no matter how the officialdom changes, there will be a business route for me, after all, the money earned is also shared by everyone, if the business route is broken, I can't make money, and everyone can't share the profits. Whether the business succeeds or not, many times it is actually a matter of one sentence, and a word can make a lot of money, who doesn't want the beauty of adults? Yang Congyi talked eloquently, and the expression on his face became more and more relaxed.

"Shopkeeper Yang is willing to scatter wealth, no wonder your goods can pass through the north and south. If you want to do business in Liaoyang Mansion, I am naturally welcome to you. But you also know that the left-behind adults are royal relatives, and there is no shortage of tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver, and the sharing of profits is not attractive to the left-behind adults. Li Shi said as he spoke, and his voice began to decrease.

Yang Congyi's expression changed slightly, and then he asked in a low voice, "But I don't know what adults need?" Yang tried his best to find it for adults. ”

Li Shi stared at Yang Congyi, was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Liaoyang Mansion is the Tokyo of the Golden Kingdom, and its status in the Golden Country is extraordinary, because it undertakes an important errand, that is, minting money, and minting hundreds of thousands of coins for the imperial court every year, and Liaoyang itself does not produce iron, and the number of coins required by the imperial court has increased again and again in recent years, forcing the people to melt all the iron pots, not to mention the knives for cutting grass and meat, the local people are not happy, and the left-behind adults have a headache for this." If you can solve this problem for the left-behind adults, let alone open a shop in Liaoyang Mansion, even ten will be no problem, and the money you earn will not cost you a cent! ”

"Minting money?" Yang Congyi was shocked, and quickly shook his head and said: "Mr. Li, it is a felony to mint coins privately, although I am a businessman and a mercenary, but I never dare to do this thing that violates the law, and I don't even dare to think about it!" ”

"Shopkeeper Yang thought about it, how could I let you mint coins privately. I also blame me for not making it clear, I want to say that iron is needed to mint money, and Liaoyang does not produce much iron, the number of coins that were minted in the past was not large, and the errand can be completed barely in the past two years, the coins minted by the imperial court in Liaoyang Mansion have increased several times, and without iron, it is really impossible to complete the task of minting money assigned by the imperial court. Therefore, I want to ask Shopkeeper Yang to help solve the problem of iron for minting money, if I can transport 100,000 catties of iron to Liaoyang Mansion every year, I can help the left-behind adults solve the most troublesome problem, it is not a problem to open a shop here, and even do business with you, isn't your fleet here to exchange cattle and horses? Cattle and horses eat grass and grow things, we have a lot, as long as we can share the worries of the left-behind adults, we can give you a large number of them every year, and it is no problem to divide them into fifty or five after exchanging money! Li Shi was afraid that the other party would refuse, so he hurriedly explained and wooed.

"Oh, it turns out that it is iron that needs to be minted, not that I need to mint money myself! I'm relieved. ”

Yang Congyi exhaled lightly, and then said in great embarrassment: "Iron has been a monopoly of the imperial court since ancient times, and it is not easy to get iron privately. Although Yang's relationship with the local government is not bad, it may not be easy to get iron, and it is such a large amount as 100,000 catties. However, since Mr. Li has spoken, I will try my best to get the iron for minting money, but 100,000 catties is too much, and it is impossible to do it anyway, if it is halved, maybe I can give it a try. ”

"Shopkeeper Yang is right, iron is indeed not something that can be easily obtained, otherwise it will not give the left-behind adults a headache. In this way, I won't say 100,000 catties, how about 60,000 catties a year? Li Shi hesitated for a moment and agreed to reduce the amount of iron, but he still wanted more.

"Mr. Li, 50,000 catties is indeed the limit, if it is more, I am afraid that the money I can make up and down is several times more than the money I can make by opening a shop in Liaoyang Mansion, I am in business, this kind of obviously too loss-making business, it is difficult to last long." Yang Congyi's tone was firm and insisted on halving.

Iron is a very important national resource, although the Great Song Dynasty is not very lacking, but it will definitely not be rich, otherwise there will be no '20,000 yuan of money hidden at home, and it will be confiscated if it is not traded for a year', so you can send a little less, try not to send more, otherwise in the end, the other party's appetite is big, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up.

"Okay, that's 50,000 catties. As long as you can transport the iron to Liaoyang, no one will dare to move your shop in Liaoyang, and at the same time, we will also give you a batch of cattle and horses, let you transport them to the south to sell, and the income will be divided fifty-fifty. If it's all right, in two days' time, I'll take you to the left-behind adults to settle the matter. If you can't keep your promise after meeting the left-behind adults, then your fleet won't want to come to Liaoyang in the future! Li Shi didn't hesitate too much, and nodded immediately, while not forgetting to warn Yang Congyi.

"Mr. Li rest assured, as the saying goes, nothing can be done, business is not prosperous, I am a businessman, I have always valued promise and integrity, once promised, no matter what, I will keep my promise. There is no time to prepare this year, and the fleet can only go south, not north, and before June next year, 50,000 catties of iron will definitely be sent to Liaoyang. ”

"It's too late in June, April at the latest!" Li Shi's words seem to be non-negotiable.

"That's okay, I'll try to send the goods when the south wind is together, the fleet is greatly affected by the weather, if it is ten days and half a month at night, Mr. Li won't be to blame, right?"

"It's really impossible to know what the weather will be like, and it can't be too late by mid-April at the latest!"

"Thank you for the grace!"

"Two days later, when the time comes, you go to Jingning Temple to find me, and I will take you to meet the left-behind adults, and after the approval of the adults, the matter will be determined."

"Thank you, Mr. Li, I will definitely arrive on time the day after tomorrow!"

After agreeing on the matter and leaving the token, the two did not stay too long, and quickly left the tavern.

Yang Congyi vaguely guessed something from Li Shi's appeal, he probably asked for iron not to mint money, but to build weapons, but it could not rule out the possibility of minting money, Wan Yan Liang would not easily let go of the same clan, otherwise he would not have sent a deputy from Yanjing to restrain Wan Yan Yong, and he might not have deliberately made trouble for him.

After Yan Liang went south, there must be an incident in the backyard of Liaoyang, otherwise the Great Song army would not be able to stop it at all.

According to Yang Congyi's knowledge, in history, when Wan Yanliang went south, the army had just arrived at the Yangtze River, and before he had time to cross the river, he received the news that Liaoyang was left behind to usurp the throne, so he was in a hurry to go into chaos, resulting in the failure of the southern invasion of Jiangnan and was killed by the rebels on the Yangtze River.

But in the historical process at this time, some things do not know whether there will be changes, if Wan Yan Yong did not start in Liaoyang, or the incident was destroyed by Wan Yan Liang too early, or the incident was a month or two late, Wan Yan Liang crossed the Yangtze River, then the result will change, Jiangnan must not be able to stop Wan Yan Liang's iron cavalry army, Lin'an fell, and the Great Song Dynasty is no different from destruction.

Therefore, if you want to finish Yan Liang's army to the Yangtze River, but not break through the Yangtze River, Wan Yan Yong, who is in Liaoyang, must take the throne when Wan Yan Liang arrives in Bianjing and leads the army to move into the Huai River, and the timing must be very accurate.

And whether Wanyan Yong will usurp the throne or not, Yang Congyi is not clear at present, Li Shi is just asking for iron, even if he gives him 100,000 catties of iron, he can't build many bows and arrows, weapons and armor, and he can't equip many troops, not to mention that the army will go to Yanjing to seize the throne, whether it can reach Yanjing from Liaoyang is a problem, the strength is very different, they themselves must know that if they start something on their own, it will be death, not to mention that the power of Liaoyang Mansion is still in the hands of the deputy guard.

Therefore, it is really hard to say whether Wan Yanyong will usurp the throne in the end, maybe you have to give them some hints, or force them.

can threaten Wan Yan Yong, except for Wan Yan Liang, there is no one else, and what can make him afraid, except for death, it is estimated that there is nothing else, Liaoyang Deputy Left-behind Gao Cunfu is from Yanjing, must be instructed by Wan Yan Liang, the purpose of coming here is to monitor Wan Yan Yong, maybe the ultimate goal is to catch his handle, and then put him to death.

So many Gao Cunfu are Wan Yan Yong's ears, eyes and minions, if Gao Cunfu reveals that he wants to kill Wan Yan Yong, Wan Yan Yong should not sit still, maybe he can use Gao Cunfu to force him and plant the seeds of rebellion in his heart.

After making up his mind, Yang Congyi personally instructed the spies of the Jingwu Army, who had been in Liaoyang for many years, to bribe some people to approach Gao Cunfu, the deputy left-behind guard of Liaoyang, and it was best to break into his house, keep an eye on him, and find out all the news about him!

Two days later, Yang Congyi came to Jingning Temple in the east of Liaoyang City as promised.

This temple occupies an unknown area, the main gate is guarded by a pair of guards, within three zhang, no one approaches, of course, except for Yang Congyi, there is no other figure around.

After handing over the token, explaining the reason, and confirming that Yang Congyi was not armed with him, the two guards took him into a remote and quiet room in the nunnery.

Li Shi, who had been waiting in the room for a long time, hurriedly beckoned him to sit down, telling him that the left-behind adults would come here to meet him after seeing his mother, and asked him to wait patiently for a while.

While waiting for Wan Yan Yong, Yang Congyi tried to learn from Li Shi about the relationship between Gao Cunfu and Wan Yan Yong.