"Actually, I didn't plan it that way at first." The eldest grandson Hong laughed and played with a wrench in his hand: "Before I knew that the Great Song Jiguo Gong had a son alive, how to take the Zhao family was quite a headache for me, I thought that there was no other way but to seize it violently, but I didn't expect a shortcut to come out of the sky, but it was unexpected." ”

"I really can't imagine that after receiving your order, I sent people to Huzhou to be half-convinced, just imagine with Shi Miyuan's careful thinking, how could he miss such a big hidden danger, it must be a rumor." The dog also sighed and rejoiced in his luck: "But after careful inspection, it turned out to be true, I don't know why the Great Song Dynasty didn't find out at the beginning." ”

"It's not that they didn't find out, it's that someone pressed them down." Eldest Sun Hong said lightly, his eyes were deep: "I learned this news from the Tang Sect, even they know it, no one in the Great Song Dynasty will know?" This involves the infighting in the Song court, involving the great treasure of the throne, which is very complicated. ”

Li Gui squinted, thought about it and smiled: "No matter what happened back then, at least now it's cheaper for us, big brother, I've already taken it down and brought it over, when will we meet?" This little boy is so scared, he always thought that we were Jiang Yang thieves who robbed the house, and begged for mercy on the road, and his little face was so frightened that there was no blood. ”

Changsun Hong stopped his hand stroking the iron wrench, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Let's meet tomorrow, after all, we are the ones who will be emperors in the future, and if we don't meet sooner, it will not be easy to get along in the future." ”

Li Gui seemed to have heard something funny, the corners of his mouth pulled and grinned, and he held back for a long time before stabilizing his expression, and asked solemnly: "But...... Big brother, when we were in Dali, we supported a puppet to come to power, and the eldest brother stood behind as the emperor, and the villains of Dali rarely did this. Now it's the Great Song Dynasty, there are many people and soldiers, and there are many people who are not on the same line as us, and they are still doing this, okay? ”

He looked slightly apprehensive, as if he lacked confidence.

Changsun Hong glanced at Li Gui and didn't answer him, but took off the iron wrench in his hand and handed it over.

Li Gui took it ignorantly, looked at the wrench, and then looked at the eldest Sun Hong, not knowing why.

"Do you know whose wrench it is?" The eldest grandson asked.

Li Gui looked at the wrench for a while, raised his head and replied honestly: "I don't know, but there is an inscription on it by Chen Gu Ji, which should be something created by Chen Gu Commercial Bank, a famous ironware master of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Yes, this wrench is indeed a product of Chen Guji, and I took it off the finger of Za Thorn." Changsun Hong smiled and said, "That old guy has surrendered, how can he do it without taking some tokens." ”

Li Gui still didn't understand, and hesitated: "Big brother, I mean ......"

"I know, I understand what you're trying to ask. I'll explain it to you next, and after listening to it, you will understand that the Great Song Dynasty will definitely fall into our hands. Changsun Hong patiently knocked on the table, raised his chin and said slowly: "You have to figure out first, why did the wrench of Chen Guji, a famous merchant of the Great Song Dynasty, appear in the hands of Za Thorn in the north?" ”

"He bought it." Li Gui said without thinking: "Chen Guji has a branch in Yanjing, and you can buy it there." ”

The eldest grandson Hong smiled: "That's right, in addition to Chen Guji, is there a big Song dynasty in Yanjing?" ”

"Yes, a lot." Li Gui opened his mouth and came: "Fujian's Baofu sells silk, Xingsheng sells porcelain, Liangguang gold and silver Gui sells utensils, Yangjiang stone kilns out of dishes, Yazhou cloth comes, of course, our Ruifuxiang is the largest of them, everything is sold." ”

When he said Rui Fuxiang, his face was full of pride, and he gave a thumbs up to the sky.

Rui Fu Xiang can become a well-known big business house in the Great Song Dynasty today, Li Gui is indispensable, Rui Fu Xiang is like a child he raised with his own hands, watching it slowly grow up and become a towering tree, Li Gui's heart is naturally full of joy and pride.

"So have you ever wondered why things from such a far away place as Liangguang and Fujian can be sold to Yanjing, which is thousands of miles away? What does this mean? "The eldest grandson Hong is good at persuasion.

"Uh......" Li Gui's mouth couldn't be closed when he opened it, and his eyes were glazed: "...... What does it mean? ”

The eldest grandson Hong smiled even more happily, tilted his chin and said: "It shows that the money of the Great Song Dynasty completely depends on industry and commerce!" ”

"The Great Song Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, fighting with the Liao State, the Jin State, the Western Xia State, and the Mongolian State, and even almost fighting with our Dali, fighting back and forth, but it is as stable as Mount Tai, and the land area is getting smaller and smaller, but it is not as dusty as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, what does it rely on?"

He rubbed his two fingers in front of Li Gui: "It's rich!" ”

"The external troubles are not stopped, and then look at the country. We won't talk about the far away, just talk about the Li Zong Dynasty. It has been 50 years since the official family of the Great Song Dynasty ascended the throne, and in these 50 years, how many popular uprisings and rebellions have occurred, do you know? ”

Li Gui opened his mouth and shook his head again.

"There are about 300 times for more than 1,000 people, and there are them on every road, but the number of times is different. More than 300 times, dog, if it were changed to any previous dynasty, it would have destroyed the country, but the Great Song Dynasty didn't, do you know why? ”

He didn't wait for Li Gui to answer, and rubbed his fingers again: "Because Da Song is rich!" ”

"The foreign enemy is coming, and if they can't beat it, they will pay and lose money, and the northern barbarians will not come again after taking the money, after all, their lives are also human lives, and they are fighting to grab things, and of course they will go back if they have money, why not?"

"Internal troubles are swarming, the officers and soldiers can't beat it, and they lose money. Take the money out to appease, why did the people rebel? Isn't it just that you can't live without money? The imperial court takes money to recruit peace, who still follows the leader's life? This internal trouble will naturally subside, and where something happens, money will be taken to calm it. ”

"Do you understand? In the face of astronomical wealth, internal and external troubles are not a matter, everything in this world can be settled with money, and money can buy peace. Our Great Song Dynasty official family relied on this hand to steadily maintain the country for two hundred years. ”

Li Gui touched his chin thoughtfully.

Changsun Hong further said: "So where does the money of the Great Song Dynasty come from? It doesn't fall from the sky, and you can't grow so much money just by digging in the ground. The Great Song Dynasty relied on industry and commerce, trade, and inexhaustible taxes. ”

"Every year, the money transported to Lin'an by the transfer envoys from all over the country is as high as 160 million guan before Jingkang, and after Gaozong's southern hunting, today's official family is in charge today, there are also 10,000 guan, although it is a lot less, but it is enough to meet the current expenses, and there is even a surplus."

"Even if the factor of currency depreciation is taken into account, this figure is still amazing, and the Tang Dynasty is not as rich as the Great Song Dynasty today."

"What supports half of the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty is the opening of the sea and maritime trade. The tax and silver contributed by the eight major cities accounted for almost half of the annual imperial court income, of which Quanzhou was the most, and the income of Quanzhou accounted for one-third of the eight major cities, which was the current financial composition of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

The eldest grandson Hong Balabala said so much, and then looked at Li Gui with a smile on his face, took a sip of tea, and said: "So, if we want to seize power, we don't necessarily rely on violence alone, as long as we take away the financial power that the Great Song Dynasty relies on for a living, it is equivalent to getting twice the result with half the effort." ”

Li Gui is already smart, and he has become more clever and wise after so many years of experience outside, and when he heard this, he still couldn't understand it, and he couldn't help but high-five: "It turns out that the eldest brother laid out in Quanzhou a few years ago, and sent people from Tangmen and Rui Fuxiang to open up the situation over there, and also let Lin Laosi and others cross the ocean to Manchu Thorn Jia, at that time I thought it was to let them go out to avoid it, but I didn't expect that there was this layer of deep meaning inside!" ”

Changsun Hong stood up, walked to the window, stared at an osmanthus tree that had lost its leaves outside, and said faintly: "The affairs of the rivers and lakes will be handed over to the people of the rivers and lakes, Lin Laosi has licked the blood from the knife all his life, and it is not good for him to hide in the shadows, and he will get sick." Let him go to the sea to be a pirate, just in line with his character, this matter has been kept secret, did not tell anyone, just said to the public that let them go to the South Seas to avoid the limelight, just in case he misses, even Rui Fuxiang. ”

Taking a breath, he smiled and said: "Fortunately, they didn't disappoint me, they have been tossing and turning on the sea in the past two years, and the entire Nanyang route is the sphere of influence of the Tang Sect, they have become the biggest pirates on the sea, and the Great Song Sailor may not necessarily be his opponent." ”