After learning about the details of the Municipal Bureau, Xu Geng led the five Shilang officials assigned to him by the bureau, wearing Lang official green robes, and came to Jingzhou City unsuspectedly.

Almost alone, the Lang officials were very scared, Xu Geng raised his head and shouted to the guards on the city tower:

"Today, I intend to make friends with Jingzhou in the form of trade, and my party is not equipped with weapons, which shows the sincerity of friendship, please open the city gate and let me and my party enter the city to discuss in detail!"

Xu Geng's shouting did not open the door at the first time, but he was relieved that he did not usher in the arrows and crossbows.

The Marquis of the Gate of the Acropolis Tower hurriedly sent people to the Assassin's Mansion and the superior commander to report the movements outside the city to the superiors.

Han Baohu, as a military general who was heavily used by Yang Jian, when Ningzhou was trapped, Han Baohu was the commander of the army who defended Ningzhou.

However, a defeat did not make Han Baohu be treated coldly by Yang Jian, but deployed him in Jingzhou to beware of Guizhou movements in the south.

Han Baohu, who hated the peace talks, directly scolded the lieutenant who came to report the situation, saying that there was no possibility of negotiation.

The loss of the second city by negotiation earlier is simply insulting to him!

However, Ye Jizhong, the assassin of Jingzhou who governed Jingzhou, had long noticed the movement outside the city, but there was no way out, so he could only wait and see what happened.

Now that someone outside the city has come to talk in detail, or he can get a glimpse or two from it, he made a completely different decision from Han Baohu-

Go out of the city in person and talk to the visitors to learn about the situation in Guizhou.

There were six people from Guizhou, and Ye Jizhong and his entourage not only had five civil officials accompanying them, but also a team of twenty people from the city gate of Sabre.

It's quite a bit of a waiting.

Xu Geng was the first to open his mouth and report his home:

"I've seen Lord Jingzhou Assassin Shi, this general is Xu Geng, a candidate in the Chang'an Guards, from Chang'an."

Although Zhong Hou is a low-level military attache of the seventh grade, in the traditional perception, the Beijing official and the local official are not of the same grade at all.

No matter how low the rank of the Beijing official is, it is also the person closest to the emperor, and there are many "faces" than the local five-rank chiefs.

Ye Jizhong said with a cold face:

"What about coming from Chang'an, this official wants to ask, what is the intention of such a battle on the west bank of the Qingjiang River?"

"My lord is sensitive, that's just in the construction field, the field, the business also, Guizhou has lifted the military defense of the south, the war is not conducive to the people of the two places, and it is a good thing to make friends."

While speaking, Xu Geng took out the two stones handed to him by the sign, and went straight to the point:

"If Jingzhou has the sincerity to trade with Guizhou, it doesn't matter if you buy materials for five dollars, you can use this to make it equivalent to five baht."

"Blue color stone, one pound is equivalent to ten dollars, black gray stone, three pounds is equivalent to ten dollars."

Ye Jizhong was stunned directly, exchanging stones for capital? It's a strange anecdote, he thought Xu Geng was teasing him:

"Hahaha, you're talking ridiculous, or maybe you're going to play some tricks!"

Xu Geng smiled calmly:

"The construction of the field is at the right time, and it will be completed and put into use in a few days."

"What you say is true or false, just take a look, it's just a little ......"

"When entering and exiting the field, you must not be equipped with weapons, regardless of Guizhou and Jingzhou."

After saying that, Xu Geng's first round of negotiations came to an end, and after the farewell ceremony, Xu Geng led the trembling five Lang officials, turned around and returned to the direction of Guizhou without looking back, not afraid of shooting cold arrows from behind.

"General, you didn't fully inform the other party about the field...... "One of the officers said in a hurry.

Xu Geng responded with a smile:

"The rest of the affairs can be discussed slowly, and this trip only needs to inform the other party of two points, one is the purpose of opening the market, and the other is the way of trading."

"With their minds, if they say too much at a time, I'm afraid they won't understand either, so just release these two points and let them digest them first."

"Only after digestion can there be a basic consensus on the dialogue."

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Xu Geng returned to the Assassin's Mansion and planned to report the situation to Xiao Renchang, but Xiao Renchang had just left on his front foot, and the place he went to was Chang'an.

For a month, Xu Geng couldn't see Xiao Renchang, and he was very anxious every day.

In the past month, because the initial talk was relatively peaceful, Ye Jizhong also let down some of his guard, but also sent someone over, and talked with Xu Geng several times about the matter of the field.

For Ye Jizhong, governing Jingzhou was not so simple, because of the earlier issuance of tin money, which led to several chaos in the city, and finally suppressed it by force.

Therefore, the people in Jingzhou City have no good impression of the official and the soldier, not only do they have no good impression, but they also take a detour when they see it.

The officials and the people seem to live in two worlds, the officials are busy with the officials, and when the people live their own lives and lack resources, they only use their own surplus to communicate with other people.

It seems that there is nothing to do, but in fact, they are vigilant to each other, the people are afraid of the official robbery, and the officials are worried about the chaos of the people's livelihood.

In the final analysis, it is due to the poor governance of the government, which has led to the accumulation of many problems in the city.

The people have a way to solve the livelihood of the people, so they are too lazy to take care of the government.

The main task of the government is to collect rent.

In the long run, they only ask for from the people, but do not do things for the people, and they are afraid that under the accumulation of contradictions, sooner or later chaos will break out again.

Ye Jizhong felt that the field might be a breakthrough to solve some of the problems, after all, the biggest problem in Jingzhou City was that there was no currency in circulation.

It is better to exchange five baht for five baht for stones, so why not exchange five baht directly for stones?

Ye Jizhong asked Han Baohu to "borrow" thousands of soldiers to explore the blue color stone and black gray light stone in the territory.

The mountains and rivers in Jingzhou are rugged, and sure enough, he found two places.

After careful consideration, Ye Jizhong planned to try it himself first to ensure that it was correct, and then in the attitude of benefiting the people, he would allow the people to come and mine the rocks by themselves, and then use the rocks to exchange the assets in the field.

In this way, it is also a good thing to be able to establish an image of loving the people in the hearts of the people of Jingzhou.

Moreover, the mountain stone is not so easy to mine, a strong laborer, even if he has the right equipment in his hand, can only mine twenty or thirty catties a day.

The main reason is that the transportation is inconvenient and the mine is remote, so they can only rely on their physical strength to transport it out by themselves after mining.

The hardship of a long journey can be much more tiring than farming.

The field has already been completed, and Xiao Renchang seems to have disappeared, Xu Geng can't wait for him to come back, but he is in a hurry to find the order of the Municipal Shipping Supervision Bureau-

Ye Jizhong took the initiative to come over, not only did he come, but he also came out of the city with fifty carriages, and that posture was a bit worrying that it would be dangerous.

Xu Geng stubbornly led only five Lang officials to greet him, and as soon as they met, Ye Jizhong threw out the theme:

"I have brought fifty carts of mountains and rocks for you, one cart is 300 catties, and fifty carts are a total of 15,000 catties."

"According to what you said before, one catty is equivalent to ten yuan, and when converted, these fifty cars are 150,000 yuan."

"As long as you honor it on the spot and let me see your sincerity, the negotiations between you and me will have the possibility to continue."

"Get the money out."