In the afternoon, I started to cross the river, and my friends with buns rarely took boats, and they all dragged the things around them that could stabilize their bodies, and they didn't dare to move. It was already evening when we arrived at Huimin Town on the opposite side. Those who were seasick were carried down first, and then the guests who didn't get dizzy. Fortunately, there are also some houses here, and anyone who comes to buy goods can live for free, and they will not be allowed to sleep in the wild. The thatched huts north of the Yellow River are entirely straw mats on wooden shelves, and the Song side has a rammed earth wall with wooden beams on it. Thick thatch covers it, and the inside of the house is a little warmer.

Hot water is provided in the town, and everyone either uses their own gourds to fill the water. The faucet that can flow hot water with just one flick surprised everyone. With hot water and dry food to carry, you can eat a hot meal comfortably.

At night, everyone lay on the thick straw mat, and the fatigue of the day came up, and each touched the money hidden close to him, and soon fell asleep. Early the next morning, the market opened its doors.

Friends with buns came to town today, and it turned out that there were a lot of plans. Song Guo sickle to buy, Song Guo hoe to buy, Song Guo iron pot to buy, Song Guo iron nail to buy, Song Guo leather goods to buy. These have all been seen and touched by people in the same village or neighboring villages, and have been recommended by their own relatives.

The oil used in the oil lamp of the Song State lamp was bought from the hawker who carried the burden to the village, and there was only such a small scoop of money for the Zhongtong ingots of the ten yuan, which was too much of a loss. If several families buy a bucket and share it, it will be much cheaper.

There are also some friends with buns who bring their daughters here, and the women who can come have their own shopping plans. Song Guo ran out of soap, and he had to buy ten yuan and eight yuan to go back. Song Huo also had to bring a few boxes. The colorful Song Bu displayed in the window heard that as long as it was eight and a half feet, the female dependents had seen the female dependents of the same level pass through, and they had already been red for a long time. When I learned that my family was going to come out, I had already tried every means to come out together. A few feet by himself, a few feet from all over the family, young and old, all have a budget.

Those women who have their own dowries and are not short of money also have Song cloth for their parents, a few egg-round Song mirrors, a few snow-white towels, or a few good-looking velvet doll hats in their budgets.

The female dependents follow the family, or hold the child in one hand, and her eyes just slip straight to the shops on both sides. The child was seduced by rubber dolls, tigers, dogs, and red, green, and green iron and brass drums, and iron trumpets, and refused to go away.

"Little brother, it's fun, brass drums, foreign trumpets, buy one," deliberately made a seductive tone. This is followed by 'Knock Knock' and 'Horn Horn'.

When, dang, when ,—— "enamel basin scrape, one is really fair, folks, take one with you." ”

"Hey, folks, there are all kinds of floral cloths here, especially big discounts, eight wen five feet, full feet plus three, do you want to cut some back?"

For those friends with hair buns who have already come, seeing that the price of Song Guo's things has not changed, they feel a little better in their hearts. The price of horses has fallen, and if the price of Song domestic products rises again, it will really be unbearable.

For friends who come here for the first time, they just heard that there is such a market here, and they sell things at low prices that Dayuan can't even think of. After I actually saw it, I realized that it was indeed the case. They were newcomers, and horses and foals were not a rarity in the region, and they could not be sold for that much at all. In the local area where they lived, if they wanted to buy goods on the market in the Song Kingdom, they would definitely not be able to buy them at a price of three or five times more.

Those who can take out horses and foals to sell are either rich families or newly appointed government soldiers, and when they see these objects, where are they willing to let go. Immediately asked one family after another.

"Why is our kettle cheaper than the other's, you ask? Their household is copper, and ours is brass. It's not the same thing. If you think the copper kettle is expensive, I think you might as well try the taste of the iron pot boiling water......"

The sales clerks explained according to the training they had received. Listening to such a luxurious standard of taste, the bun friend couldn't help but refute, thinking that the taste of crockpot boiling water might be higher.

On such a trained topic, the salesperson laughed: "You ask why you use such an expensive iron pot instead of a crockpot?" Do you think you don't need money for your strength? It takes effort to chop wood and collect firewood. The same firewood, boiling water is completely different. The copper kettle and iron pot are not easy to break, and the clay pot is not falling, and it will crack after a while. The same money was used to buy a copper kettle and iron pot, and it was used for a longer time. ”

Where can the bun friends debate with these trained salesmen, plus the salespeople are telling the truth, they look at me, I don't know what to say. However, when my heart was moved again, when my hand reached into my pocket, I still didn't want to take out the money. These payments are not easy to earn, and if they are spent, the next time they earn it will be a long time later.

Fortunately, the southern barbarians of the Song Kingdom did not persecute them, and everyone came, and they said the same thing. After a whole day, everyone still arrived at the shop they wanted to buy and settled on what they wanted.

Early the next morning, everyone had breakfast and began to trade. A small stack of handover notes is used out, and large and small bags of things accumulate. Iron utensils, cotton cloth, household items, and even some women plucked up the courage to buy rubber dolls for their children. Those things are different from what adults think, and they are not hard wooden toys. The girl doll has long black hair and a beautiful little dress. It is very elastic in the hand, and the legs and arms can be rotated, and if you want her to sit, you can sit, if you want her to stand, if you want her to raise her hand, you can raise your hand. There are pictures on the attached paper, which seem to be about how to make small clothes for dolls out of cloth.

So many things were transported to the shore by donkey carts of the Song Kingdom, loaded on ships and sent north of the Yellow River. The boats arrived after noon, and when they disembarked with their belongings, a new group of people on the other side boarded the boats and crossed the river with horses or other things. Such a constant stream of people makes transactions happen every day.

As the transaction progressed, the specifics became clearer. The Jinan Department of the Great Song Intelligence Bureau summarized the news and was stunned to find that the latest craze was actually brought by the soldiers of the Great Yuan Mansion.

To be a government soldier, you have to be a local small and medium-sized landlord, and the poor can't afford to be a horse, so they can't be a government soldier. These relatively wealthy government soldiers were able to buy horses from Dayuan, and the Dayuan government soldier system provided a platform for government soldiers to meet and communicate for a long time. The news of trade, which was initially only grasped by the upper echelons and in the vicinity of Texas, spread to the entire group of soldiers at a rapid pace.

Normal human beings all want to buy cost-effective goods, and the quality and price of goods monopolized by the Dayuan official are high, and the people of Dayuan just have to buy them under the monopoly system. The soldiers were confident in their own strength, believing that the benefits of a long journey were far higher than the benefits of being forced to buy the goods monopolized by the Great Yuan, so they formed groups to buy them.

Although the facts were clarified, the cadres of the intelligence department felt that they could not accept this fact. The people at the intelligence station were all from military backgrounds, and they knew that the next Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty would have a life-and-death war with the soldiers of Dayuan, so it was natural to imagine the soldiers of the Great Yuan as all kinds of demons and monsters with hateful faces.

However, after such close contact, the 'demons and monsters' they saw were all very normal people. Because they have a few money in their pockets, their words and deeds are more cordial and respectable than many poor people in the Great Song Dynasty.

Until now, there has never been a person who has come to do business in Dayuan who dares to rob the northern merchants of the market. Huimin Town has been attacked six times, three by Shandong Xiangma and three by poor people in Shandong. When you get to the town, you have to guard against the Great Song people more strictly than against the northern guests.

"What do we do next?" The Commissioner asked.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know how to deal with it for a while. It's okay to collect information, but most of these people are not locals, and the information collected can only be used after it has been collected. For now, I can only watch, and there is no way to use it. This made the intelligence station feel very passive.

In silence, Section Chief Liu Chong spoke, "Can we build more trading points along the river for government soldiers?" ”

"Why?" The director couldn't keep up with Section Chief Liu Chong's train of thought.

After participating in the Battle of the Yellow River, Lieutenant Liu Chong wanted to work in the Hangzhou Anti-Rape Committee as agreed before retiring. In order to realize his wish, he wrote a letter to Ding Fei before retiring, and filled in his own volunteer on the "Survey Form of Work Willingness after Retirement". As a result, the lieutenant did not return to Hangzhou as he wished, but was recruited to work at the Jinan Intelligence Station. He is currently the Chief of the Intelligence Analysis Section.

After listening to the director's rhetorical question, Section Chief Liu Chong replied: "There are still a few government soldiers who can come here, and some of them have traveled hundreds of miles to trade with us. It shows that they really have this need. In our management class, we talked about the supply and demand of doing business, and if the customer has a demand, we will provide it. After this transaction is done, we will definitely make money. It's close to the soldiers, and it's much easier to do whatever you want. ”

As soon as Liu Pet said 'management class', the expression on the director's face was a little embarrassed. The army is the heart and soul of Zhao Guan's family, and all soldiers must receive training and education. Soldiers have to complete primary school, that is, they have not completed it, and when they are discharged, they must also be awarded the equivalent certificate of primary school graduation.

When you get a lieutenant, you must have a junior high school diploma certification. If they wish, they can also receive a free education called 'Military and Social Management'. This course is a must for school officers.

The commissioner only knew that he had no such good things when he was a soldier, and now that he was in his thirties and almost forty years old, he no longer had the heart to learn these things. What the Commissioner didn't know was that Zhao Guanjia was learning the 'American experience' from another time and space. In another time and space, the United States is a country, and the foundation of the country is the politics of princes, the rule of the squire, and the division of officers and soldiers.

If American officers are willing to learn, they will be able to complete a management degree when they retire. This qualification is equivalent to an MBA, which is also known as a Master of Business Administration. Officers have academic qualifications and the environment and conditions for integrating their management theories with practice. Officers who have passed this exam are very popular with various enterprises after retiring, and these retired soldiers are especially welcomed by large enterprises. Colonel-level officers easily become executives of major American corporations.

Zhao Guanjia admired this system very much, so he used it with an attitude of taking it. Zhao Guanjia's view of the military is the same as that of the normal new Chinese, and he believes that the military should have a higher moral level than ordinary people. The military experience is a life experience, not a restriction of the people to the army. Naturally, military personnel who have a moral level that exceeds the moral level of ordinary people should receive a more complete education, especially an education that is in line with the characteristics of the army.

Of course, the director couldn't understand the painstaking efforts of Zhao Guan's family. Section Chief Liu Chong had only heard of this concept, and vaguely felt the effect of learning on him. Seeing that the director didn't understand, Section Chief Liu Chong got rid of his understanding and changed his thoughts by comparing textbook words, "If we want to control the government soldiers, we have to contact the government soldiers first." At present, the way for us to have more contact with government soldiers is to smuggle civilian goods. The more smuggling channels, the more contact with government soldiers. If we want the soldiers to reach out to us more, we tell them that we have a trading point closer to them. ”

In terms of such ordinary use logic, it is much easier to understand. However, the Commissioner only understood, but was not particularly enthusiastic. In his view, the intelligence department is only collecting intelligence, and doing business is only a cover for intelligence. If it is according to Liu Pet's method, it will become that intelligence and trading complement each other, which requires more energy. What's more, Jinan Station is only along the Yellow River in Shandong, and Liu Chong's proposal is related to the length from Luoyang to the mouth of the Yellow River, which also includes Henan Bianliang Station and Luoyang Station of the Great Song Intelligence Bureau.

The Commissioner was a little apprehensive that such a suggestion might give the impression that his hand was stretched too long.

After discussion, a simple report was finally reached. Liu Chong's suggestion, as the last of several collateral suggestions, was shortened into a short one of twelve words.

On the fourth day after the telegram was sent, the intelligence station received a reply, "The National Day is approaching, and the intelligence station should study the 320th National Day report of the Great Song Dynasty of the Zhao Guanjia through the society." In addition, the fifth suggestion of your station, send a detailed telegram over. ”

The director had long forgotten what the fifth suggestion was, and when he pulled up the telegram file to take a look, the fifth one was Liu Chong's proposal to 'establish more trading points for government soldiers'. Looking at these twelve words, the director sighed in his heart that he was old. These young men do have more ideas than he does.

Then the director said to the secretary: "Call Section Chief Liu and Section Chief Song." ”

Song Section Chief manages the work of the Society, and the 320th National Day report of the Great Song Dynasty is the first major event. Although the Great Song Dynasty has been established for 320 years, the concept of National Day is officially proposed for the first time. For the first time in 320 years, an official has made a report. According to the internal report of the society, this is a report that talks about the past and the future.

There are many capable people in the intelligence department, and everyone generally believes that Zhao Guanjia wants to show his status as a Great Song official through this report. Only the official family of the Great Song Dynasty can evaluate the Great Song Dynasty as an official official.