Chapter 3247 Go to Dali to grab stones

Sun Cong's statement made Zhao Xing smile, Zhao Xing stared at Sun Cong with slanted eyes, and asked disdainfully: "What can you give me as a six-grade Zhan thing?" ”

Sun Cong shook his head and replied proudly: "Although I have not achieved enough, but I have more than enough failures, don't underestimate me...... By the way, you have always said that the Dali Kingdom is controlled by the Gao family, whether there is the existence of the Gao family in this group of captives, if there are them, there are a lot of reasons in the court to explain the reason why we sent troops, such as: We are to eliminate the rebellion, sent troops to attack Dali, and captured the traitors of the Gao family......"

Zhao Xing sneered and said: "The Gao prisoners are still there, but in my opinion, the best reason to send troops is what Taizu said: On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore." ”

Sun Cong didn't care about Zhao Xing's fanning of the flames, he smiled and said, "Where is the Gao family?" With him here, my mission is perfect? ”

Zhao Xing replied: "The revival of the Duan family (Dali State is also known as the Houli State), the government decrees are all from the Gao family, known as the lord of the Gao country, and the Duan family has a vacant position. Bagan (Burma), Abbasid Persian Province, Kunlun, Chenla and other countries went to pay tribute, and they had to meet the lord of Gao first, and then the king of Duan. The Gao family is a long-term plan, and the eldest brother is in Yongchang, Kunming, Jianchang, Heqing, Chuxiong and other important places, so that the power is concentrated in the Gao family---- now, I am alone in the detention of Gao Taiming, the Marquis of Shanyan, because he is useful. Several other Gao brothers were detained in the fiefdom, don't you want to go to Dali to have a look, it just so happens that you are going to bring all those Gao marquis back to the capital. ”

Zhao Xing said this, patted his thigh and added: "Speaking of which, we seized a good opportunity, Duan Zhengchun was reinstated last year, the king's position has not yet been secured, and several marquis of the Gao family have been newly sealed, and some have not yet arrived, and they have all been arrested by us, which makes us control Dali." Many obstacles have been alleviated, and now Dali has restored the situation of county governance. It's done a very good job, you go back and tell the imperial court, Dali will be directly changed to my Great Songzhou County. It's already a matter of course, and there's no need for extraneous branches. ”

The Song language "Persia" has the same sound as "big food", when Zhao Xing explained just now. Sun Cong's eyes flashed, and he wanted to interject, but when Zhao Xing stopped for a while, Sun Cong hurriedly saw the stitches: "Wait, you just said that Dashi is a province of the Abbasid Dynasty, is that so?" ”

Zhao Xing nodded. Sun Cong said thoughtfully: "In this way, since the Song Dynasty, anyone who has come to pay tribute in the name of black-clothed food. It's all a lie! ”

Zhao Xing laughed, pointed out the window and said: "Do you know why the tributary merchants have been extinct since I was in charge of the Guangzhou Bo Division, let me tell you, there is a group of tongue people (translators) in the Guangzhou Bo Division, who specialize in helping foreigners forge the country and impersonate the tributary. These people have been doing this since the Tang Dynasty, because that big food country has been a province in Arabia since the Tang Dynasty, since the Tang Dynasty. All Great Food Tributary Emissaries. It was all forged by the tongue man of the Guangzhou Bosi. ”

Zhao Xing only mentioned that three hundred years before the Great Song Dynasty, Persia had become a province of the Arab dynasty. He doesn't know yet. For the next 700 years, Persia was the transfer of the major Arab dynasties.

"The Great Eclipse has been extinct since three hundred years ago, and now the Seljuk Empire has risen, and he has occupied the northwestern part of the Great Eclipse, while the northeastern part of the Great Eclipse is occupied by the kingdom of Khorama (present-day Uzbekistan and northeastern Iran), and there is the newly rising Gurrid kingdom to the south---- do you know that my Gurkha slaves are from this kingdom?

The black-clothed food has not existed since the Tang Dynasty, they are just a province of others, without independent diplomatic rights, and from the current situation, as long as the Selju Kingdom continues to invade south, they will cut off the connection between the Persian province and Arabia, and eventually, this Persia will be divided between the Selju and the Ghur Kingdom. ”

Sun Cong was shocked by Zhao Xing's words, and he muttered to himself: "It turns out that since the Tang Dynasty, all the big food merchants are fake, how can this be?" ”

Zhao Xing smiled and asked, "Now that you know the truth, will you tell it?" ”

Sun Cong wouldn't say it, he shook his head slowly. (Starter)

Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been more than 100 cases of the so-called tribute incidents of Persian merchants, denying this matter, so how many officials have become fools who have been deceived in more than 300 years, according to the unspoken rules of officialdom, Sun Cong should not publish the truth and make other officials make a fool of themselves.

Little did he know that after that, there would be 700 years of history, and there would continue to be people pretending to be Persian merchants to pay tribute. In fact, after Persia was divided between the Seljuk and the Gur kingdoms, they then encountered the Mongol army that went south, became slaves of the Mongols, and when the Mongol army was wiped out by the Egyptian Mamluk army, they became appendages of the Ottoman Empire.

It was not until the middle of the Qing Dynasty, after the decline of the Ottoman Empire, that the Persians re-established their kingdom.

In other words, most of the time in ancient Chinese history, the so-called pilgrimage of Persian merchants was basically a hoax, because at that time the Persians had no independent diplomatic rights at all.

"How can this be, why would those tongue people in Guangzhou pretend to be big food merchants for pilgrimage?" Sun Cong asked in disbelief.

Zhao Xing replied lightly: "Because tributary is a form of trade---- sea trade generally has fifty to seventy times the profit, but our tributary trade, the reward is equivalent to ten times the value of the goods, it is said that this reflects the wealth and tolerance of the Celestial Empire."

Keep in mind that this reward is ten times the value of the goods, which is measured according to the price standard of the Jingshi, which means that if a merchant comes to sell a shipload of goods in Canton, he can only get 50 to 70 times the profit, and if he pretends to be a Hajj envoy and dedicates the goods to the imperial court, he can get 500 to 700 times the profit, or even a thousand times.

This also means that if the Great Food Tributary Envoy presents a piece of dog shit to the imperial court, the imperial court will give him a piece of gold the size of a dog shit, or even five pieces of gold of this size. Under the generous profits, how can you not make people crazy---- you know, ten times the profit is enough for people to risk ruining their family, five hundred times the profit, who is not willing to do it.

Even the local officials try to deceive this kind of thing, because in the imperial court, it is auspicious for all nations to come to court, and guide a pilgrimage messenger to the past, and the magistrate will be excellent in the performance appraisal and will be promoted smoothly, and the participants in this glorious event will write this matter into the epitaph and be boasted to the younger generations. Therefore, local officials knew that it was fake, and they were willing to introduce it to the imperial court.

With the cooperation of the top and bottom, as long as a strange businessman came to Guangzhou. I didn't carry the ship introduction and trade license issued by my Great Song Dynasty, and the tongue man sold the goods in order to sell the ship. After that, he will be instructed to pretend to be a Hajj envoy, and the local officials will actively cooperate with him---- so. I have been blinded for three hundred years......"

What Zhao Xing hasn't said yet is that my Huaxia will continue to be deceived for 700 years. Because even if Sun Cong knows the truth, he is limited to the unspoken rules of officialdom. He couldn't say it, and Zhao Xing didn't dare to reveal the truth at will......

This is precisely the original intention of his desire to run a "Maritime News".

"It turns out that our tributary trade has been treated as fool's trade and idiot trade by foreign countries for three hundred years", Sun Cong sighed softly: "This matter is too wide-ranging, and the Imperial Court is in charge of the Ministry of Rites." There are still many prime ministers in the successive ministries of rites, and this matter has been opened, up and down for three hundred years. Anyone who has done the Ministry of Rites is uncomfortable, because they have become the laughing stock of the world......

Leave people, don't talk about this issue anymore, didn't you just serve the soup to send off the guests, I said goodbye first, two or three days later, when I saw a few visiting envoys, we set off to Dali together. ”

Zhao Xing sighed and said: "The charm of superior civilization lies in creation, and only creation can maintain excellence." We created tributary trade in the Stone Age. Originally, this trade was intended to be inefficient in the Stone Age. The power of the state was used to promote the circulation of goods, but now it has evolved into the Iron Age. The social division of labor is becoming more and more detailed, and the level of productivity is getting higher and higher, and we should also adapt to this era and create new ways of trade. (.com start)

I thought that the matter of trade belonged to the city---- and that was what I did in Canton; And the matter of diplomacy belongs to the Ministry of Rites of the Imperial Court, and the Imperial Court should no longer maintain the Stone Age trade mode...... Forget it, it's useless for me to tell you this, Lord Libu's rocky head, you and I can't shake it...... Please drink soup. ”

Sun Cong lifted the Erchen soup and drank it all, for fear that Zhao Xing would say something inappropriate again, so he got up in a panic and said goodbye.

After Sun Cong left, Zhao Xing turned over and took out a letterhead from the table, which had been buckled on the table since Sun Cong came in, and now it was held in Zhao Xing's hand and read in a low voice.

This letter paper is written with anecdotes about the capital, first of all, the physical condition of the little emperor, the information that Zhao Xing said when he talked to Sun Cong just now was written on this paper, and a boring sentence was written at the end of the letter---- At the end of the month, the palace was stolen, Kaifeng Mansion fined copper, and the thieves were suspected of being beggars.

Zhao Xing laughed: "After Zhang Tian goes back, he will definitely serve as the gate envoy (palace guard), and now, he will be involved in the whirlpool." ”

After reading this letterhead, Zhao Xing drew a magic candle in his hand, talking about the burning of the letterhead---- he didn't know that the seemingly idle sentence at the end of the letter was one of the top ten mysteries of the Song Dynasty, under the strict guards of the palace, I don't know how many people mysteriously sneaked into the palace, stole a large amount of property, and then mysteriously disappeared, this mystery has not been solved, and then led to the dismissal of the little emperor's cronies---- eunuch Feng Shining from the official position of the prince, and then the palace was empty, and then it also led to the little emperor's "unknown cause of death".

Two or three days later, after Sun Cong exchanged views with Wang Ying, the visiting envoy of Guangdong, he set off for Guangxi, preparing to exchange information with the two in Guangxi, and by the way, he also sent Zhang Tian to Beijing to serve as the official position of the privy deputy envoy, and Zhao Xing set off with him as an accompaniment.

The imitation of the "Trojan Horse Meter" built by the "Bronze Bell Avenue" is very spacious, this is a six-lane avenue, Zhao Xing imitated the modern traffic rules, stipulates the principle of right-hand travel, the three avenues on the right are the fast line, the slow line, the most side of the line is the accident line and the pedestrian line mixed, Sun Cong sat in a medium-sized travel carriage on this road, through the glass window of the carriage, with great interest to observe the scenery along the road.

In the Song Dynasty, glass was already called glass. Under the bright window, Sun Cong sat in the back of the car, facing the direction of travel; Zhao Xing sat opposite, with his back to the direction of travel, and there was a Kunlun slave squatting next to Zhao Xing, who used a small fan to block the smoke and dust coming out of the alcohol tea stove, and the tea stove was boiling fragrant tea, making the car waft with the smell of cardamom.

Sun Cong saw Zhao Xing staring out the window intently, and he asked in surprise: "Haven't you walked this road without people?" ”

Zhao Xing nodded: "This road to send Zhong is for the end of Daliguo, before that, I asked the officials not to set foot on this road as much as possible, so as not to arouse the vigilance of Daliguo." You don't know, now this road is full of wagons, whereas in the past it was all believers. You don't understand the persistence of believers, who are simply working day and night in order to send the bronze bell to Dali. Waste sleep and forget to eat to build this road, this road in the process of construction. Because of the lack of control over the amount of gunpowder, 13,000 believers gave their lives to it.

I was shocked by the fanaticism of the believers, and I often wondered. The bronze bell we sent into Dali is not only the piety of the Nestorian believers, but also the creativity of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. This is due to the civilization of my Great Song Dynasty, when our people also have that kind of believer-like attachment to our civilization, so you and I are worthy of being a Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Xing's topic was too lofty, and Sun Cong listened to a few words. He couldn't understand the meaning of Zhao Xing's words, and he couldn't understand the sadness revealed in Zhao Xing's words, and his eyes were already attracted by the oncoming convoy. The oncoming car is pulling stones, the heavy stones are very low, there is a car axle has been crushed, is resting on the side of the road to repair, Sun Cong stared at the carriage, curiously asked Zhao Xing: "Stones, how to pull stones, do I lack stones in Dasong, do I need to pull stones from Dali?" ”

Zhao Xing glanced at it. At this time. The convoy had skimmed past the window and was far behind. Zhao Xing's glance had already been seen clearly, and he replied lazily: "This is my family's carriage, I plan to build a mansion in Guangzhou, and if I have the ability, I will build another one in Hong Kong, these stones are for my family's foundation." ”

Sun Cong pursed his lips and sneered: "Thousands of miles from Dali to transport stones to Guangzhou, the stone is also the price of gold, and it is so funny that people can't spend a lot of money, so they have to transport stones from Dali to build a house." ”

Zhao Xing smiled innocently and admitted honestly: "Yes, I was wrong, this is probably my quirk, but this matter cannot be talked to anyone, don't talk nonsense after you go back." ”

In fact, Zhao Xing was already contemptuous of Sun Cong in his stomach, and he said in his heart: "You stupid fool, what do you know, these are all jade stones, palm-sized jade stones weigh about seven kilograms, and are worth 10 million yuan, and this price can't buy tomato stones." My cart of jade buried in the foundation of my house, the descendants of the future generations are poor, dig out the foundation, sell a stone is enough to spend a lifetime of wine, this fool does not know, please laugh at me. ”

Sun Cong thought about it again, he saw Zhao Xing's face smiling very honestly, he couldn't help but shudder, and asked in surprise: "Leaving people, you are buying people's hearts and spending money to buy some worthless stones, so that the people of Dali can have work and money to earn, so they don't want to make trouble...... I know that you have always liked this, but you can't spend your own money, spending your own money is to buy people's hearts---- I suggest that this money be paid by the government, and when it is shipped to Guangzhou, these stones will be sold separately. ”

Zhao Xing slapped his thigh excitedly and muttered, "Why didn't I think of it?" Will the court buy these stones for me?! Great, thank you! ”

Sun Cong's thoughts drifted away, and what he said below scared Zhao Xing into a cold sweat, and he said thoughtfully: "I remember that you also built a stone house in Mizhou, and they are all courtyard walls built with good Mizhou stone. Now that Mizhou stone is selling more and more expensive, you haven't sold that garden? ”

Zhao Xing's cold sweat flowed down, and he replied cautiously: "No, that stone house was originally lent to Wang Gong to live in, and now Zhang Yong, the envoy of the Mizhou regiment, helps me take care of it, and occasionally my servant Yuan Yeping also goes to live for two days--- what's wrong, do you miss that house?" I don't mean to sell. ”

Sun Cong yawned and said lazily: "It's strange, how do you have a habit of building stone houses, I remember that you built a stone house in Hangzhou and Yangzhou, but Huanqing did not build an industry, this time you plan to build a wide and wide stone house like Mizhou, and build a castle-like back wall...... Hey, why do you sweat so much? It's winter, it's so cold, why are you sweating so much? ”

Zhao Xing wiped his cold sweat and replied honestly: "Yes, I plan to throw some money in Dali and let them help me mine some useless stones, with this money, they have food in their hands, and they won't think about rebellion---- right?" You say that in addition to letting them dig stones, how can I let the people of Dali feel the care of my Great Song Dynasty? You can't let them look up at the stars at night, and then I pay them to see the stars. ”

Sun Cong nodded with a deep sigh: "It should be so obvious, let them know that my Great Song Dynasty cares about them very much, and even pays them for digging stones." In this way, they will be full of expectations for returning to my Great Song--- wonderful, wonderful!

You just said that I should not talk about this, such a whimsical policy should be shown to the ministers of the DPRK......"

Zhao Xing's cold sweat was already dripping into a waterfall. He sweated profusely and tried his best to pretend to be disapproving, waving his hand to persuade: "Don't, it's a trivial matter." When the ministers of the court found out, they might say that I was buying people's hearts, and I didn't want to cause trouble. ”

Sun Cong glanced at Zhao Xing with disdain: "You Zhao Laohu also have times when he is afraid." You are also scared of the minister's comments, if you are so cowardly, you should not have intimidated Dong Bi in the first place. ”

Zhao Xing's cold sweat suddenly stopped. He took the teacup handed over by Kunlun Nu, and said calmly: "Dong Bi's trip to Hainan Island, did he report to the court afterwards?" I knew that the court would not deal with me, what was the big deal, but it was just to scare a timid official. ”

Sun Cong smiled and nodded: "What?" Aren't you afraid? This is the real big thing, when Zhang Xianggong received Dong Bi Zhangdi. I also hate your arrogance, but I persuaded you. Zhao Xing smiled coldly and replied, "Of course." When I intimidated Dong Bi, I left Guangzhou with a fiscal deficit of 30 million, but Guangzhou still bears the heavy responsibility of paying 20 million taxes every year, so I thought, if the imperial court dismisses me, this 5,000 hole ---- make up for whoever loves it, and I don't care about my business from now on.

Now that the new law has been implemented, the people have begun to wail for thousands of miles, and they are the only ones in Guangzhou. I don't believe in this land of wealth in the southeast. Master Zhang is willing to change people easily, I just want Dong Bi to know. I really threw him into the sea, as long as the court passed, he died in vain. ”

Sun Cong sighed and replied: "I also persuaded Mr. Zhang in this way at the beginning, and Mr. Zhang also said afterwards that hatred with Po Gong is not worth two dollars, as long as you let Po Gong continue to stay in Hainan, he will endure this breath." Now it seems that you did the right thing, but Master Zhang couldn't think of a reason for the attack...... That's it. Our staff department has inspected Hainan, and there are too many land funds this year, and I will rely on your help in the future. ”

Sun Cong admitted that Zhao Xing had no intention of rebellion, and also admitted that Guangzhou had no power to rebel at all, and that in this remote Lingnan place, the imperial court should strengthen surveillance, and the time and money spent were really unaffordable for the Privy Council, so it would depend on the consciousness of officials at all levels in the future.

Zhao Xing took a small sip of the cardamom tea in the glass, and replied easily: "You said that, but let me completely let go of my hands and feet---- no problem, Guangdong's taxes were paid as scheduled, and the co-payment was not bad according to the amount you said." Next year, I am going to make a move on Chenla, occupy the land on the west bank of the Mekong River, and I am estimated to make another profit, and next year I promise to pay 25 million in taxes, and the court should be satisfied. ”

Sun Cong was clever, he said in surprise: "Leaving people, this is 25 million yuan, how can you talk about this data, you don't sweat coldly?" ”

Zhao Xing rolled his eyes, and said in his heart: "Twenty-five million is nothing, my car of stones is going to be put in modern times, and it is also worth tens of billions, and the car of stones you talked about just now is worth ----more than 100 billion yuan of assets, Bill. Gates will also break out in a cold sweat when he comes. ”

Such a large amount of wealth, can you say it in front of people, Sun Cong's topic just now has involved the secret of jade several times, and fortunately he didn't touch the truth after all.

Waiting for his topic to run away, Zhao Xing was still worried about something, of course his cold sweat suddenly stopped, and he had to work hard to make Sun Cong's words farther and farther.

After walking for more than ten days on this road, the carriage that transported the stone for building a house to Zhao Xing was endless, and Sun Cong was in the mood to observe at first, but then he was not surprised, so he stopped getting on

On this day, the carriage entered Yongzhou, which is also the modern city of Nanning. There was a naval army stationed at the Yongzhou wharf, and when Dali was destroyed, the Guangxi army was marching from the Yongzhou waterway, and Zhao Xing planned to change ships here to speed up the journey.

People came and went on the dock, Zhao Xing's convoy stayed in one of the most imperial guest houses, the owner of the inn saw Zhao Xing, and immediately trotted up, speaking the Song language of the south and the north, and greeted him one after another: "Zhao Anfu, why did you come to Yongzhou, and you didn't say hello in advance, look, Xiao Lao'er didn't prepare anything here...... you, come on, come and greet Lord Zhao. ”

Sun Cong stood by the carriage door and reproached Zhao Xing dissatisfiedly: "Lord Zhao, didn't you say that you have never embarked on this road to send the bell, how can this person know you?" ”

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