Chapter 423: The Guide
Wen Dihan gathered the troops in his hands, left some of the guards in Shangjing, and followed him to Youzhou.
It's not that he doesn't want to summon Lin Qingwan to Beijing to negotiate, Shangjing is his home turf after all, but the domestic situation no longer allows for any further delay.
The snow is about to melt, the people have almost eaten everything they can eat, and there is no food, so they can only kill the calves, young sheep and young horses, and the herdsmen have no cubs and the farmers have no land, and there will be a vicious circle in the future, which is also the situation that Wendihan does not want to see.
Therefore, it is necessary to successfully negotiate peace before the land is completely thawed, and to trade grain with the girder to stabilize the situation.
Otherwise, without waiting for the Assalam to rebel, the civilians will rebel first.
Lin Qingwan is scheming, who knows if she will deliberately delay time?
So Wen Dihan decided to go to Youzhou to talk to him in person, leaving the left minister to guard Shangjing and deal with the government affairs, and he took the right minister to the peace talks.
This time, the people he brought to Youzhou were all his own elite soldiers, and the horses were excellent, so the speed was very fast.
Lin Qingwan only received the news two days after they arrived, directly camped north of Tanshan, Youzhou is south of Tanshan, the two countries are now on the Great Wall as the dividing line, to the north is the territory of Liao, to the south is the territory of the two countries.
And Tanshan is outside the Great Wall and completely belongs to the Liao State.
Xu Lian was a little regretful, "If he comes to Youzhou, I don't know if I can hold back and not kill him." ”
"Don't make a fuss, with your move, peace talks are completely impossible, and now except for the Northeast Army, our troops are all invested in the Chu State. I don't want to die. ”
Xu Lian said with a smile: "I thought that the county lord was not afraid of life and death." ”
"People are afraid of death."
"But Wendy Han asked you to go to Liaoying to negotiate, and you agreed without even trying to do it."
Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "If he kills me, won't there be General Xu and General Su?" I don't lead troops, so I don't think he will kill me as long as he feels my sincerity. ”
"The county lord's sincerity is also too rich, I heard that the grain that your caravan has been transporting has filled the two warehouses, and this is not counting the goods shipped by other merchants." Xu Lian squinted his eyes and asked, "Aren't you afraid that the peace talks will fail, and this batch of grain will be smashed into your hands?" ”
Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "My nephew and niece and son-in-law are not too stupid, they have made an agreement with the household department in the capital, if this batch of grain cannot be sold, then it will be handed over to your Northeast Army, which is your grain and grass for this year." ”
Xu Lian: "...... So our grain and grass have not arrived because of this agreement? ”
"Of course not," Lin Qingwan said with a straight face: "Now this deal has not yet been completed, and the household department will not do my business if it is not issued, but I heard that the household department is also very rare, and the army fighting in the Chu State is 300,000, and a large amount of grain and grass is needed, and they have some difficulties in turnover at this time." ”
Xu Lian snorted, and decided to send a letter to urge the household department to send grain and grass when he went back, is this when he is honest and easy to bully?
Lin Qingwan spread the stall so big, obviously he was very sure that he could talk about it, and when the time came, not a single grain of grain here would fall on him, would he want to let the soldiers go hungry and guard the border?
But he still couldn't help asking, "What did the household department exchange with you, I remember that the treasury didn't have much money, right?" ”
And the Lin family likes to donate food, is it ......
Lin Qingwan broke his illusion and said with a smile: "It is impossible to make the household pay according to the market price, so we set the purchase price of the grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River." If I really can't sell this grain, I will trade it to you here, and I will settle the account with the household department there. ”
This is equivalent to her helping to transport grain from Jiangnan to the north for free, which is not cheap, and seeing that more and more people have come recently, more and more grain has been transported, which is a lot of money.
It's just that she donates it for free, since it's a transaction, with her temperament, she will definitely not suffer.
What's more, the other party was smiling at this time, and Xu Lian couldn't help but hesitate and ask, "So what benefits did the household department give you?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just that I was given the right to allocate the roads leading to the mutual market." Lin Qingwan pointed outside and said, "Now the merchants who have transported goods outside are all from my niece and son-in-law's hands. ”
Xu Lian: ......
Xu Lian covered his chest and said: "The merchants who come and go must be protected by the Northeast Army, shouldn't we send this road?" ”
Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "Oh, what's the hurry, I only asked for the distribution right with the household department for five years, and after five years, General Xu can go to fight with the household department." ”
Xu Lian took a deep breath and asked, "The county lord is completely sure that he can open a mutual market?" ”
"Wendihan has arrived at Tanshan."
Xu Lian pondered for a moment and said, "Lord Lin, my family also has a few nephews who are in business, can you get them two road guides?" ”
Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I plan to exchange grain for some horses with Liao, does the Northeast Army want to buy horses?" ”
Xu Lian gritted his teeth, "Buy!" ”
Lin Qingwan smiled again, "The army on the Jiangling side has been suppressed by Lu Zhen before, and the war horses have always been inferior to the Lu family army and the Zhong family army. ”
Xu Lian nodded helplessly, "No problem, Lin Xin is from my Northeast Army, and he is much closer than others, so I am naturally willing to help." ”
Lin Qingwan smiled at this time: "General Xu understands the righteousness so well, it's just two road guides, you let people go to the Li Fan Yuan or the county lord's mansion to find my niece and son-in-law, I will talk to him, and let him leave two roads for you." ”
The road guide to enter the mutual market is different from other road guides, which is the same as the import and export license, and you can only enter the mutual market with this road guide.
You can also sell high and buy low or barter for a large enough profit, and out of the mutual market, even if you can transport things to Youzhou, you can't find Liao people to trade.
Transactions that do not go through the mutual market are smuggling, and if they are discovered, not only will the goods be confiscated, but they may also go to jail.
Therefore, once the mutual market is opened, it will be difficult to find a road guide.
Of course, it was Lin Qingwan who needed to beg the merchants to bring the goods over to show Wendihan their sincerity, so they distributed road guides almost for free, and only selected the right merchants.
But after that, it was not so simple to get the guide from Shang Mingjie.
The road guide of the mutual market is generally issued by the household department, and the household department gives the right to Lin Qingwan, but Lin Qingwan is also carried out under the name of the Li Fan Yuan.
With benefits, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally relatives and friends, so she told Shang Mingjie to leave some for the Lin family, and also left a few more, and went back to give people a favor.
Xu Lian got the benefits, of course, he didn't want his good partner Su Zhang.
So after Lin Qingwan left, he paced to find Su Zhang, and sighed a lot.
Su Zhang couldn't help but put down his pen and said, "What troubles does the general have?" ”
"The children and grandchildren in the family are not good," Xu Lian said quietly: "They are all young court training, and I have not asked them to ask famous teachers to teach, why is it so bad?" What does it mean to take one step and count as ten steps? Just look at Lin Qingwan. ”
Su Zhang: "...... What are you being stimulated by? ”
Xu Lian glanced at him, told Lu Yin, and said: "She has thought of it before and after, one step forward is such a situation, and one step back, what she loses is just some travel expenses." Can you think of it? ”
Su Zhang put down his pen, "No, but Lao Xu, whether it's buying horses for the Northeast Army or sending people to Jiangling to send horses, I have to arrange it in the end, can't you let me give me one of your two roads?" ”
Xu Lian: "...... Ask for it yourself. ”
"I can't take out anything good, and I can't do anything for her," Su Zhang looked at him seriously and said, "One person has done half of his strength, why should you take both roads?" ”
Xu Lian regretted it a little, in fact, their relationship was not so good, and they could not tell him if they had benefits.
Yi Han hugged a box into the account, "Grandma, this is sent by Lin Quan." ”
Lin Qingwan put down the paperwork in his hand, let him open the box and take a look, and asked with a smile, "He didn't cry?" ”
"Crying," Yi Han couldn't help laughing, "It's said that this trip was in vain, and the money on him and Lin An was gone, fortunately, this is the northern land, and the jewelry is cheaper than the south of the river, so I can buy these at a low price." ”
Lin Qingwan picked up a string of round and even pearls, and sighed: "No way, who made Wendihan love jewelry." We have cheated him once, and we have to coax him. Otherwise, we will only have a hard time in the past. ”
Putting down the pearl, she smiled: "Tell him, don't feel distressed, when the mutual market opens, the money will naturally be earned." ”
Yi Han shook his head and said with a smile: "I think my aunt and grandmother may still be able to earn money if they are not here, and if you are here, no matter how much money you make, you will spend it all, and he will still feel distressed at that time." ”
"I knew that I wouldn't have asked him to study behind Steward Lin at that time, and he should have been asked to follow Zhong Da to take care of things."
Yi Han smiled, Lin Quan was lazy and greedy in the past, and he didn't have any control over his spending, so his aunt wanted to hand him over to Steward Lin for training, if he followed Zhong Da to manage things, how could this problem of spending money be corrected?
But now it seems to be overkill.
"Cover it," Lin Qingwan handed him the paperwork she had picked out, "You have to bring these with you." ”
"Would you like to bring some groceries?" Yi Han said: "Although we are going to go and returning on the same day, if Wen Dihan is strong enough to keep people, the county lord can also use what he is used to." ”
Lin Qingwan thought about it and nodded: "I'll let Xiao Shi clean up when I go back, you go and choose the guards you want to bring, and by the way, go to Wu Shilang's side to take a look, and let him bring some things too." ”
Easy cold should be down.
This time it can be regarded as a real peace talk.
The other party is the khan of the Liao State, and Lin Qingwan can also represent the Liang State, so he can communicate openly and honestly, and he doesn't have to go sneakily like last time, and he will go back secretly.
So the mood is also completely different, in addition to preparing a gift for Wen Dihan, Lin Qingwan also prepared a gift for the right minister of Liao Kingdom very intimately.
Well, she is so polite, Daliang is a state of etiquette, so it has nothing to do with bribery.
As much as she pays now, she will earn it back later.
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