Chapter 23: Divide the spoils in half
"The big officials have a lot of dealings with Xiaozhai, Wang Lun's incident, with its twists and turns, is really not that Brother Chao intends to be angry with him, but that the situation of the day is forced to survive, and he has to do it!"
After Wu Yong and Ruan Xiaoer sat down, they heard that the seats were all Jianghu characters, and their faces immediately showed a little joy, but they didn't want to speak, but they really surprised Ximenqing secretly.
Feeling that his predecessor still has contact with this Liangshan Wang Lun and his gang, this kind of behavior seems to be the same as Chai Jin mentioned in the book, they are all local gentry and big families, but secretly they are handover bandits.
"Wang Lun's small amount of qi is not the choice of the owner of the village, so it is no wonder that Chao Tianwang is the king!"
Ximen Qing didn't know the specifics, so he could only prevaricate according to the plot in the book, so as not to expose the flaws.
"The big officials understand it, and the people in the village are deeply admired."
Wu Yong heard that Ximen Qing was commensurate with the "King of Heaven", and he was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that Wang Lun's section was no longer in trouble, and he went to a base in his heart, and his expression was a little more cheerful, and he said with a smile, "Xiaosheng came this time, entrusted by Brother Chao, and I really hope to continue the appointment with the big officials." ”
It seems that this predecessor and Liang Shan are not only in a relationship, but also involved in other obstacles!
Ximenqing was secretly distressed in his heart, and now he doesn't remember what "previous appointment" his predecessor had with that Liangshan. Fortunately, today's incident was originally requested by the people of Liangshan to Ximenqing, but he didn't need to take the initiative to mention it, after some negotiations, Ximenqing finally roughly understood what the "previous covenant" was.
Originally, the 800 miles of Liangshan Shuibo was a piece of Zeguo left after the Yellow River was diverted to the north, during which the water network was vertical and horizontal, although the main body was only across the two military states of Dongpyeong Province and Jeju, but the tributaries were across the north and south, and could be directly connected by the waterway to the two military states of Jingdong Road.
Due to the vast water and the fact that the Great Song Dynasty did not have many naval armies in the north, this Liangshan has been a place where thieves have gathered since ancient times, and the government has not been able to go deep into the water to conquer it. The thieves who fall into the grass here, for the government to occupy the geographical advantage, but after all, this water is different from the land, the past merchants do not say to take the waterway, even if they take the land route, they often detour the long way, so that the past business travel around the water park is very rare, even if the mountain occasionally grabs some goods, the number is often not much, and it is more difficult to be unable to shoot, so that the grain and grass on the mountain are really tight.
When Wang Lun was there, there were only two or three hundred minions on the mountain, and it was not a big village in the green forest. But Rao is like this, and thanks to the fact that Chai Jin gives one or two from time to time, it can be maintained.
The predecessor of Ximen Qing because of his extensive travel, and with a generous hand, although it is not visible in the green forest, but in the face of the officials of Dongping Mansion, it is a great majesty, up to the prefect of the minister, down to the county officials, all know him Ximen officials. Because of this, the business of the Simon family naturally spreads all over the counties of the state capital, and it also cooperates with officials from all walks of life to run the pawnshop and money bank, and ordinary people dare not pick quarrels and provoke trouble. With such convenient conditions, the treasures and treasures that could not be left on the Liang Mountain were often sold through the shops of the Simon family, and the profits and grain obtained were divided among each other.
Such an empty glove white wolf's business naturally made this Ximen Qing a rich enemy country, and also made the profit-making officials everywhere have good relations with it, and in this Dongping Mansion, it has become a bridge to communicate the black and white traffic.
"Big officials, now this batch of goods is huge, Brother Chao on the mountain once said, if the big officials are willing to help, they are willing to share the accounts with each other!"
Over there, Ximen Qing was secretly frightened by his predecessor's audacity, and Wu Yong threw out another incense bait. Needless to say, the so-called wealth must be the 100,000 birthday gang of Liang Shijie, the famous mansion robbed by Chao Gai and his gang in Huangnigang.
Indeed, if it is a business of several thousand guan, I think that Chao Gai is a private businessman, and with his original relationship, he can also handle it and exchange it for the grain and rice weapons that are urgently needed on Liangshan. But these 100,000 pieces of wealth, and besides, such eye-catching objects, not characters like Ximenqing, who can eat it if they search the entire Dongping Mansion?
What's more, this Ximen Qing had such dealings with Liangshan before, and they knew each other well, but there was no risk of such black eating black.
"I don't know how much of this treasure is gold and silver?"
Now Ximenqing is just afraid that among this batch of goods, there are too many jade treasures, and these objects are too eye-catching.
"100,000 pieces, all of them are yellow and white!"
As soon as Wu Yong's voice fell, Ximen Qing couldn't help but be stunned, Liang Shijie of the famous mansion was really powerful, and he actually gave away 100,000 yuan worth of gold and silver to congratulate his father-in-law on his birthday. You must know that the Great Song Dynasty was based on copper and implemented the copper standard, so gold and silver were not the currency determined by the government. Moreover, China has not been a country rich in gold and silver since ancient times, and ordinary rich and noble families, who have accumulated a lifetime of wealth, are often replaced by large ingots of gold and silver buried underground, in case the family needs it from time to time. As a result, large quantities of gold and silver are rarely seen in the market.
Taking today's Great Song Dynasty as an example, the annual output of silver in the country is only 120,000 taels, and all of it is collected into the imperial treasury, and it will not be circulated to the people at all. It is not easy for Liang Shijie to accumulate such gold and silver goods.
It is no wonder that Liangshan Bochao Gai and others still found Ximenqing when they owned the gold mountain, and they were willing to share half of the profit in order to get the money and grain that Liangshan needed, just because this amount of gold and silver was not a wealthy businessman like Ximenqing, and they could not redeem it for an even more astonishing amount of copper coins and rice grain.
For bandits like Liangshan, who gather in the Wuthering Mountains and forests, the most important thing to recruit thieves to expand their power is not gold, silver, and money, but a sufficient amount of grain and grass. No food is unstable, this sentence is not only applicable to ordinary people's society, but also to copycat thieves.
It was almost the end of summer, and it would not be long before the autumn harvest season, and for giant businessmen such as the Ximen family, taking advantage of the abundant and low price of grain to buy private grain on a large scale and sell it at a high price when the next year was not good, it was originally the proper meaning of the question. Therefore, the money and grain, which is worth fifty percent, are not impossible to make up.
Just when Ximen Qing was about to make this lucrative business, Wu Yong put forward a condition.
"There is a lack of elite armor soldiers on the mountain, I wonder if the senior officials will be able to manage to raise one or two?"
At this moment, Ximenqing felt that he had become the superpower of the later generations, and he actually had such a business of selling weapons on both sides. Thinking that Sanzhuang on Dulonggang wanted to beware of the people in Liangshan, he was introduced to a batch of weapons and armor by himself not long ago, and Liangshan was the same thing at this time.
There was business coming to the door, and I thought that my father-in-law couldn't ask for it, so I nodded and agreed.
Seeing that Ximenqing agreed so happily, Wu Yong and both of them were overjoyed. For a while, the cups on the table were staggered, and it was not lively.