Chapter 591: Poor Country
Huang Feng asked, "How to cut it off?" If they come hard, are we going to kill? ”
This question is very critical, as long as Huang Sheng nods and can kill people, then other things are just stubs, and you can do anything.
Huang Shang said: "It's not easy to go to sea to make a living, and we have no grievances, I don't want to hurt people's lives." But this is an extraordinary time, and those who can be persuaded to return are persuaded to return, and there are really those who are not afraid of death, and we are helpless. ”
Huang Shang didn't want to say a word about the life and death of someone he had never met, but he couldn't do it himself, so he couldn't manage it too carefully.
At the beginning, the people who restrained Huang Feng from not killing the Song people but were his enemies had a little more tolerance, and he was afraid that Huang Feng would fall into the ruthless killing and would not be able to extricate himself, so he set a frame for him not to be really lawless.
Now that I have made concessions to this extent, it is benevolent and righteous, and the rest is up to our own destiny.
Huang Shang set the charter and said it was simple, but it was far from the case when it was actually implemented.
It doesn't look far on the map, but when you get to the sea, it's boundless, and it's not easy to intercept a few boats.
Huang Shang didn't care about this, he left after explaining, and sneaked into Goryeo with Li Canghai.
Wang's Goryeo has been established for more than 100 years, and it was the prosperous period of the Goryeo Dynasty when Wenzong was in power, living in peace with the Liao State, and trying to restore diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty and also with Japan.
Huangshang entered the territory of Goryeo, the city is not big, there are many mountainous areas, far less than Quanzhou people, prosperous, but it is also a national and peaceful atmosphere, with the Song cultural imprint everywhere can be seen.
Goryeo Buddhism is prevalent, there are many temples, and Confucian culture is worshipped, and Chinese is even the main language of the upper class nobles, which is also greatly influenced by Han culture, but the level of poetry on the Korean Peninsula is far superior to that of Japan. The level of calligraphy and painting is also extremely high, and even the level of imitation porcelain is also extremely high, and celadon is their representative work.
Huang Shang came to Kaegyong, the capital of Goryeo, all the way leisurely, and finally looked like a big city.
The architecture of Goryeo is mainly composed of stone walls, timber and tiles, and the roofs are of varying heights, which are influenced by the Tang and Song dynasties, and also have their own style.
After entering Kaijing, Huang Shang was no longer in a hurry, and wandered around all corners of Kaijing all day long, looking aimless.
Huang Sheng and Li Canghai lived in the Li Family Inn, the largest inn in Kaijing, and chartered their Tianzi No. 1 single courtyard room, spending enough money to buy a property in Kaijing, but Huang Sheng came here not to live in seclusion, but to find out all kinds of news, there is no better place than the inn.
Li Canghai said: "You can indeed see a lot of things from the Great Song Dynasty here, you cut off their trade routes, they should be in a hurry." And later, your family monopolized this trade route, and it was really a lot of money. ”
Li Canghai can't speak Goryeo, so even in the private room, he doesn't speak loudly, although the official knows Chinese, but the people still speak Goryeo dialect in the end.
Huang Sheng shook his head and said, "How much profit can it be?" It is still relatively poor, and the real luxury goods are sold too narrowly, mainly on daily necessities. How much profit can daily necessities have? It's just a small profit but quick turnover, and Patriarch Huang Shen's monopoly on the trade routes here is not to make money. The real profitable business is still the ocean trade run by the third brother. And the third brother didn't want to meddle here to make money, let him post the money, he was willing. ”
Li Canghai shook his head and smiled bitterly, he could understand Huang Jinyuan's thoughts, but he didn't understand his obsession, so he didn't do anything about his daily income and gold, and came here to post it upside down.
Li Canghai asked, "You came here to investigate the path taken by Patriarch Huang Shen?" ”
The last time Huang Shang went to sea to Goryeo, he just walked and passed, and he didn't stay in Kaijing. Goryeo can only be regarded as a stop on his way to sea, and from a business point of view, it is still a rather unsuccessful stop.
Unlike other places, after Goryeo severed official contacts with the Song Dynasty, this kind of private civil contact was not allowed to be brought to the table. Smuggled goods are actually considered a kind of stolen goods, so someone needs to receive and sell the stolen goods.
Huang Shang arrived in Goryeo last time in a daze, it can be said that he is like a fly without a head, it's not that no one wants the goods in his hand, but the price is extremely low.
Since it was business, Huang Sheng didn't use means other than business, and he didn't just go to Goryeo and return, so he couldn't waste time here, so he didn't stop and went on the road again.
It was also after leaving Goryeo that he was targeted by pirates, and I don't know if there was a connection between them.
It's just that since then, Huang Jinyuan has never been to Goryeo again, and even the whole of East Asia is rarely there, but has gone further to West Asia, the Middle East, and even Africa.
Huang Sheng didn't come out this time to make money, no matter how difficult the road in front of him was, he had to make a hard trip.
Li Canghai listened to Huang Sheng analyze the reasons for his failure to go to sea to Goryeo, since Huang Sheng had to open up the relationship with Goryeo this time, then after cutting off the Huang family in Quanzhou, it was most convenient for him to take over directly.
Huang Sheng said: "It doesn't matter what path Huang Shen Patriarch has taken, the safety he has been able to smuggle over the years is not how high his means are, but that this kind of smuggling is actually acquiesced in and even encouraged by the officials of both sides." Of course, the people on the Korean side are not trivial, and they have the ability to protect this kind of business. It's just that there may not be people who don't have red eyes, maybe there will be people who hope to take this opportunity to reshuffle the power and take over this route. In short, it is Goryeo who is too dependent on the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, and since the goods are in our hands, they are the ones who are in a hurry. No matter what the case may be, don't worry about finding a way. ”
Li Canghai said: "I am willing to do all the transactions that lose money, and I think the most urgent ones should be the ones." ”
Huang Sheng smiled: "What you said is right, we are also in a hurry, but no one knows that we are in a hurry." What's more, as long as the relationship between the Huang clan in Quanzhou and Goryeo is severed, the initiative is ours. As long as the two sides still want to be in touch, they must go through us. If we take 10,000 steps back, even if we fail, we have nothing to lose, but we just waste some energy. Doing business is all about losing money and making money, but it's just a waste of energy, not a loss. ”
Li Canghai said with a smile: "If your third brother knew that you thought so, he would definitely regret looking for you." ”
Huang Shang said: "He shouldn't have disturbed my tranquility, he didn't do good business, he had to meddle in this kind of national affairs, and he didn't see if he was that material?" Even if this is done, it is not necessarily a good thing. No matter how much the business slips away, in front of that group of politicians, there will still be no bones left to eat. ”
Li Canghai said dumbly: "Then you still help him?" ”
Huang Shang said: "There is no family that will prosper forever, and there are not a few who are prosperous for a while and finally decline. The third brother wants to do this now, what I said is all unfounded guesses, why is there no risk in doing it? You can't just do nothing for the sake of these unwarranted risks. Because of choking, I don't need to eat anymore, and I have to finish it now. ”
(End of chapter)