Chinese feudalism has a long history, starting from the Western Zhou Dynasty, before basically in the tribal alliance system, until the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was the policy of "sealing the land and building princes".

The history of civilization for thousands of years can be regarded as a history of land, and even in later generations of land reform and land nationalization, it has always been around the implementation of land policies to have a national foundation. There is a sentence in the "Book of Rites" that "there is soil and wealth", which can be described as an incisive theory.

Because of this, the feudal dynasties of all dynasties have taken the suppression of land annexation as a basic national policy, but there is a Song Dynasty, but it is forbidden to annex, so that in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, self-cultivated farmers are becoming increasingly scarce, and a large amount of land is concentrated in the hands of a small number of private individuals.

With the decline of yeoman farmers, the imperial court's income from the field was gradually reduced, so various salt merchants were introduced to make up for the lack of state finances. Fortunately, there was the Song Dynasty, which was extremely developed in foreign trade, and there was a huge amount of income every year in terms of commercial taxes, salt, tea, etc. Especially when Cai Jing was serving as Zaifu, all kinds of politics and law emerged in an endless stream, and all of them were focused on looting private wealth. The salt tea is both in Xifeng's method, and the official purchase and official sale make the price of salt tea in the Central Plains soar, and the people are not bitter.

Thinking about the tea-producing land in the south of the Yangtze River, the tea farmers work hard all year round, but they can't smell half of the tea fragrance.

Compared with the Central Plains, the northern Liao State did not have such a harsh salt policy, and Yandi and Liaodong both had salt ponds, coupled with the benefits of sea salt, so that the salt price of Yanyun was only tenths of the Central Plains. Such a price difference, how can it not attract the attention of profit-seeking businessmen, but the commercial exchanges between the Song and Liao countries, according to the official, can only be carried out in various fields across the border, not in the government There are big and wealthy businessmen with connections, how can idle businessmen have such ability.

Chai Jin relied on the strength of his family, how could ordinary officials dare to trouble him, and his people were extravagant and willing to spend a lot of money, so he naturally had the ability to open up the salt road between the two places. It's just that for the distribution of Hebei and Shandong, this Chai official is reluctant to get involved, on the one hand, there are too many joints that need to be communicated, and on the other hand, he wants to connect the two governments with this Yandi white salt through Lu Junyi and Ximenqing, and form a private salt interest alliance across several roads in the north. Only in this way is a long-term plan, and the tricks, whether it is Chai Jin, Lu Junyi or Ximen Qing from later generations, are all well known.

It has been roughly decided, as for the specific work, the three of them have management in this regard, so such tedious things are naturally handled by the next person, but there is no need for these three to bother.

Lu Junyi and his people travel back and forth between Hebei and Hebei all the year round, and their whereabouts are uncertain, unlike Ximenqing, who almost all nest in Nayanggu County, and rarely leave when they have nothing to do. It is also rare for the three of them to get together like this time, so after the discussion was over, Chai Jinyan invited the two to have a banquet in the main hall of the mansion, during which there were singing and dancing ladies from the Chai Mansion to help the fun.

The Chai family is worthy of being a descendant of the former dynasty, and the singers and dancers raised in the family are all gorgeous, and their dance music is also the most novel work in Bianjing. The Ximen Qing from later generations is in this situation, just like Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden, dizzying.

"I have heard that the official of Ximen is a prodigal son of Huanchang, I don't know that such a character in my house may be in my eyes?"

That Chai Jin, who was already self-respecting and buoyant, saw Ximen Qing like this at the banquet, and his face was quite proud.

"Chai Mansion is worthy of being a descendant of Sejong, and the atmosphere is vast, which is not comparable to people like me!"

Ximen Qing from later generations, his personality is round on the outside and square on the inside, seeing this Chai Rong's face, he flattered him a few words, and got closer to each other, even if this kind of posture seemed a little low and small in Lu Junyi's opinion, Ximen Qing would not take it to heart.

"Ximen official, please look down!"

As soon as Chai Jin's voice fell, the lotus step under the hall moved lightly, and I saw ten dancing girls who were only about eleven or twelve years old, dressed in snow-colored brocade palace clothes, in a circle in the hall, dancing and dancing, and when the song ended, the two women in the middle who were surrounded by all the dancing girls showed their appearances, and they were actually ordinary, obviously a pair of sister flowers.

"What? Such a beautiful color like flowers, the officials of Ximen ......"

These ten dancing girls were purchased by the steward of the Chai Prefecture in Tokyo this spring, and they are all beautiful, especially one of the twin sisters, which is very rare.

Speaking of which, this Chai Jin doesn't attach so much importance to women, but he thinks that he is a descendant of the royal family, and if there is no such singer in the family, how can he show his identity. Originally, I thought that Ximen Qing was a fisherman, and when he saw such a rare sister flower, he must have shaken his heart, but he didn't want the other party to go against the previous situation, and there was still a trace of dislike between his eyebrows.

The reason why there is such a contrast is only because this Ximen Qing is a person of later generations, and his psychological age is only about twenty, and he has a bit of a hobby of royal sister control, and he likes mature women like Wu Yueniang and Pan Jinlian. And the ten dancing girls in front of them, in their eyes, are all underage girls, and they are only five or six years old in elementary school.

"Such a woman, her body is not long, she lacks a bit of charm, if she waits for a few years, there will be a time when the flowers will bloom!"

Ximen Qing wanted to perfunctory two sentences at will, and passed this festival with one stroke, but he didn't want that Chai Jin to hear what he said, but he shook his head, stroked his palms and laughed: "The monks of Dongpo in this dynasty have the famous sentence of 'a pear flower pressing begonia', and now in the city of Tokyo, up to all the ministers, down to the wealthy businessmen, all of them are interested in this, this kind of delicate woman, it is the time to climb and fold, and the Ximen officials are really false!" ”

Dare to love this era is popular, no wonder the maids in their mansions are mostly twelve or thirteen years old, and the oldest Pang Chunmei is only fifteen, it seems that his aesthetic is a little weird in this era.

"Chai Daguan's knowledge is far better!"

Ximen Qing praised the other party, couldn't help but glance at the pair of sisters in the hall, and sighed secretly in his heart. Being in this day and age, it is really sad for these women.

"Qingteng Luluo, in the future, the two of you will follow this Ximen official, remember to be careful!"

Before the banquet, Chai Jin learned from the mouth of the subordinate steward that this Ximen Qing also brought a concubine on the way to Cangzhou, contacting the other party's past comments, Chai Jin naturally regarded him as a person who likes women, for this Chai official, he can do what he likes, win over Ximen Qing, and the two singers, even if they are worth thousands of dollars, how can they take it to heart.

"Qingteng and green pothos meet the officials of Ximen!"

Hearing Chai Jin's words, the pair of sisters walked to Ximenqing and bowed down, but the latter was stunned on the spot, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

"**A moment is worth a thousand gold, the night has been three watches, Lu Yuanwai, let's disperse!"

Without waiting for Ximenqing to react, Chai Jin laughed loudly and dispersed the banquet.

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