Chapter 632: The Merchant Leads the Chain
readx; Li Qingan shook his head: "Twenty thousand yuan, then at least three hundred carriages will be used to transport it, won't An Lushan interfere with you?" ”
Yang Huahua smiled mysteriously, she beckoned to the female guard, "Give me the gold medal on the plate!" ”
The female guard took out a gold medal from the plate and put it on the table, Yang Huahua pushed the gold medal to Li Qingan, "Take a look for yourself!" ”
Li Qingan picked up the gold medal and looked at it, only to see that the three words 'An Lushan' were engraved on the front, and there were four words on the back: 'If you are alone', the number next to it is the second number. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Yang Huahua smiled a little proudly: "This is An Lushan's own gold medal, a total of only three people, with this gold medal, I am unimpeded in Hebei Province." ”
"Really? Why did he give you a gold medal? Did you go to bed with him? Li Qingan asked with a smile.
"Boom!"
Yang Huahua took a sip and said with a red face: "That dead pig, will I go to his bed?" Do you think I'm that casual? ”
Li Qingan smiled, he didn't believe Yang Huahua's explanation very much, he didn't transport grain and grass, and he also trafficked pig iron, why did An Lushan believe her.
Yang Huahua hesitated and said, "I said that you might be angry, but I didn't mean it, I promised to help him find the fourth sister." ”
"Yuhuan?" Li Qingan was stunned.
"Yes, Yang Guifei back then, An Lushan has always been obsessed with her, and even crazy about her, I told him that the fourth sister is not in your hands, but hiding somewhere alone, it is because of this that he trusts me, I also lied to him, the fourth sister is in Taiyuan, I heard that he is preparing to launch an attack on Hedong."
"It's not about to launch, but it's already started, his army has arrived in Hengzhou, forget it! I won't tell you this. ”
Li Qingan waved his hand and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to give me a gift?" What gifts?"
"I brought someone to you, I guess you'll be interested."
Yang Huahua got up and crossed the table and whispered a few words in Li Qingan's ear, and sure enough, Li Qingan's eyes lit up and he asked urgently, "Where is the other?" ”
"Originally, I wanted to invite you to dinner, so I asked him to wait in the wine store first, but it turned out that you invited me to dinner, and he had to rush over again, it is estimated that he has arrived, and he will find the shopkeeper when he arrives."
Li Qingan immediately instructed a personal soldier: "Go find the shopkeeper, and if someone arrives, bring it immediately." ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard a report from someone outside the door: "General, the shopkeeper brought someone up, saying that he had made an appointment with Mrs. Yang." ”
The person had already come, and Li Qingan immediately ordered: "Please let him in!" ”
In a moment, the soldiers brought in a man, more than forty years old, with a big beard, dressed in a coarse cloth short, dressed very low-key, at first glance, like a servant, but his eyes were very clear, giving people a bright feeling, and his eyes showed that he was unusual.
This person is indeed not trivial, he is the northeast of the Sumo Tatar leader Da Qinmao, was named the king of Bohai County by Li Longji, and later established the country as the Bohai State, which was a famous frontier power in the Tang Dynasty.
It stands to reason that such a frontier vassal country, the lord of the vassal should be a very grand and formal thing to enter Beijing to see him, but today he secretly came to see Li Qing'an like a thief, in fact, he had no choice, the Bohai State is located in the east of the Khitan and Lulong Jiedu, and the Khitan and Xi, belong to the sphere of influence of An Lushan, after An Lushan rebelled, forced the Bohai State to send troops and grain, Da Qinmao had no choice but to send 200,000 stone of grain, 5,000 troops, and his son was also hostage in the Youzhou military camp.
But Da Qinmao was unwilling to follow An Lushan to rebel, he knew that the consequence of the rebellion might be to destroy the country and the clan, so he would rather sacrifice his son who was a hostage in Youzhou, and personally came to Chang'an to show his heart to the imperial court.
But he was afraid that An Lushan would know about his entry into Chang'an, and at this time, Yang Huahua's caravan went to Bohai State to do business, so he took advantage of Yang Huahua's unimpeded caravan in Bohai Country to follow Yang Huahua to Chang'an, and through Yang Huahua's relationship, he met Li Qing'an.
Da Qinmao immediately knelt down, holding the canonization table given to him by Li Longji in the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan with both hands, and saluted Li Qing'an: "The Great Qinmao of the Border Barbarian Country sees His Royal Highness King Zhao, and wishes His Highness a thousand years of life!" ”
Li Qingan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, "The king of the county, please get up quickly!" ”
Li Qing'an knew that the Bohai State was a very Sinicized minority regime, completely studied the political culture of the Tang Dynasty, set up five capitals and fifteen prefectures, sixty-two prefectures, more than one hundred and thirty counties, and the population reached more than five million at its peak.
Li Qing'an has always wanted to have a relationship with the King of Bohai, but he has never had the opportunity, but he didn't expect that today the King of Bohai Da Qinmao actually came to Chang'an in person, Li Qingan hurriedly asked him to sit down, and ordered someone to give him a pair of dishes and chopsticks.
"I thought the king of the county would come from the sea, but I didn't expect to cross Hebei Road."
Li Qingan poured him a glass of wine with a smile, "Drink a glass of wine first to suppress the shock, and then talk about it later." ”
Da Qinmao was flattered, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness is too polite, you really have to come to disturb Your Highness." ”
"I don't want to bother, in fact, I really want to see the county king, the county king came just in time, come! Let's have a drink first. ”
Li Qingan raised his wine glass and touched it with him, and then Yang Huahua smiled and said, "Your Highness! My gift is okay! ”
"Hmmm! Good performance today, come on! You also have a drink. ”
Yang Huahua was praised by Li Qing'an, she was very excited, looking at Li Qing'an with full eyes, of course, she is a smart person, she knows that Li Qing'an doesn't look down on her, and she doesn't dare to fight the idea of reviving the old love, she just wants to leave a way back for herself, once An Lushan is finished, she can also get out of the way without being implicated, it can be said that she is a double agent, not only eating well in An Lushan, but also betraying An Lushan in turn, and becoming Li Qing'an's guest, in the final analysis, she is a businessman, and she only considers commercial interests.
After all, Da Qinmao is the king of a country, he found that Li Qingan was not as cold and tough as he imagined, on the contrary, he was very kind and funny, easy to get along with, he gradually let go, with Yang Huahua beside him, he didn't talk about business, so he introduced the situation of Bohai Kingdom to Li Qing'an, and the two talked harmoniously, and let out bursts of laughter from time to time.
This lunch was eaten for a full hour, and then it gradually came to an end, and Li Qingan ordered his soldiers to send Da Qinmao to rest first, and then talk about business tomorrow.
Li Qing'an also had seven points of drinking, he was in high spirits today, and the arrival of Da Qinmao made one of his thoughts suddenly clear, it can be said that Yang Huahua has made a great contribution this time.
He also became friendly when he looked at Yang Huahua, he liked Yang Huahua as a smart woman, and also admired Yang Huahua's courage, others were vying to flee Hebei, but she killed it the opposite, and caught An Lushan with an unwarranted concubine, as for whether she slept with An Lushan, he didn't care, just as he never cared about how many guests Yang Huahua had in the past, he had no interest in her.
As long as Yang Huahua doesn't get involved in that aspect, then he will have a kind of kindness towards Yang Huahua, after all, she is Yang Yuhuan's only relative.
"Madam, with what I know about you, you won't give me this gift today for no reason!"
Yang Huahua also drank a few more glasses, the smell of wine steamed her face like a cloud, and her eyes were so charming that they seemed to be dripping water, but despite this, her mind was extremely clear, she introduced Da Qinmao to Li Qing'an on the one hand, of course, she wanted to leave a way back for herself, on the other hand, she also wanted to get part of the trade rights of the Tang Army in the northeast of Hebei, seeing that Li Qing'an asked this question, she smiled coquettishly: "The little girl has a small request, I wonder if His Royal Highness King Zhao can agree?" ”
"Tell me about it!"
"That's the case, I heard that the Northern Tang Army has to transport a large number of silver dollars from Chang'an to Hedong every month, can you hand over this errand to my Huaji cabinet shop, I will help you transport it, I have three cabinet shops in Taiyuan, if the Hedong military needs it, you can directly extract it from my Taiyuan cabinet shop, Your Highness, do you think this will work?"
Yang Huahua's proposal made Li Qing'an a little interested, this is the prototype of the deposit and exchange, remote deposit and withdrawal, Wang Baoji cabinet also put forward a similar request, let the cabinet shop go to the cabinet to do it is not impossible, but Li Qingan does not want to give Yang Huahua, he knows that Yang Huahua's real purpose is to get silver dollars to exchange copper coins at a low price, although he does not prohibit this kind of speculative business, but he will not add fuel to the fire, and give Yang Huahua the soldier's salary to do speculation.
He didn't refuse on the spot, but changed the subject and said, "Why doesn't Madame do legitimate trade?" ”
Yang Huahua is extremely smart, she saw that Li Qingan didn't mention the silver dollar, and knew that he refused to give it to her, so she was slightly disappointed in her heart, but she would not hang herself on a tree, since Li Qingan mentioned trade, she climbed up the pole.
"Hey! Why don't I want to trade? Trade is my main business, but now there are not many business opportunities, it is difficult to make money! Can Your Highness reward me with a bowl of rice? ”
When it came to trade, Li Qingan pondered for a moment and said, "That's it! I'll give you the inside shitch, if you take the chance, you're going to make a fortune. ”
Yang Huahua was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, please speak!" ”
"The imperial court has decided to expand overseas trade, preparing to expand the port of Myeongju, to develop trade with Silla and Yuben, as well as trade with Dashi and Persia, I suggest that you don't always go around in the country, set your sights on a bigger picture, and do overseas trade, I believe that with your ability and courage, you will be able to build your own business empire."
Li Qing'an's words made Yang Huahua's heart pound, in fact, she was also thinking about her own way out, but she couldn't see clearly for a while, Li Qing'an's words were like a cloud, so that her eyes suddenly opened up, overseas trade, she seemed to see the rolling wealth from the ocean, at this time, she felt Li Qing'an's sincerity, a concern for her, she was very moved in her heart, ten years of grievances and grievances between her and Li Qing'an disappeared in her heart, she stood up and bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, and said very sincerely:" Huahua said that if he succeeds, it is all given by His Royal Highness! ”
Li Qing'an also did not expect that his lunch today completely changed the fate of Yang Huahua, many years later, Yang Huahua became the largest merchant of the Tang Empire's trade with the country, and her Huaji firm almost monopolized the private trade between the Tang Dynasty and the book.
Later, her son also entered the official career, and the official worshiped the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and was in charge of the foreign affairs liaison between Samoto and Silla.
When Li Qing'an returned to his home, he received urgent news from Hedong, and An Lushan's soldiers divided into two routes and launched a large-scale attack on Hedong.
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(To be continued)