Not to mention that Ren Cong, the young master of the prince of Western Xia, gave the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun to Qin. A few people were favored by Qian Jichen and brought to the stealing market in Xiping Mansion. This theft market is the modern black market, and it is also a place for private transactions between countries and people, even if you do too secretively, but whether it is that country or that dynasty, the state cannot turn a blind eye. In recent years, the border of the city was closed by the Jin State due to the capture of Guanzhong by the Jin State, so the official transaction was gone, so it was only carried out through this stealing the market, which opened the black market not so much as a few families in Xiping Mansion, in fact, it should be said that the largest shareholder is the emperor Li Qianshun, the royal family of the Western Xia.

The major shareholder of the Xiping Mansion is the brother of the Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun Shu Wang Renli, leading the Henan Operation, living in Xiping Mansion, this Renli and his brother Renzhong are both proficient in Fan, Chinese characters, and good at poetry and literature, Chongzong Li Qianshun is very talented, in 1120, he named his brother Renzhong as the King of Pu, and the Ministry of Rites Langzhong, and this Renli was named the King of Shu.

For this stealing of the city, Shu Wang Renli specially built a small city called Heishui Fort outside the West Gate City, this Heishui Fort is not big, it is a rectangular city with a radius of three or five hundred steps, protected by Renli's private army, and the entry and exit are extremely strict, but in the fort, many small houses were built and leased to a merchant to display samples and negotiate transactions. The houses are divided into nine districts by a 'well' character, with storefronts facing the street and housing and living areas at the back. However, except for a very small number of precious items and samples, there is very little retail sales in Blackwater Fort, and all kinds of large businesses are not allowed to be delivered in the fort. However, after a long time, the businessmen who come and go here, the dignitaries who know the details, and Miss Gongzi also often come to buy some odd items or samples. Bulk business is negotiated by each merchant independently, and it is not delivered in the fort, but the Blackwater Fort charges three or five cents for the transaction fee, three for civilian goods, and five for military goods, and every merchant is very conscious and never hides it, why? Because once Heishui Fort is verified, the consequences are very serious, not only will the transaction qualification in Heishui Fort be cancelled, but it may also be confiscated by the Western Xia Kingdom on the grounds of tax evasion, and the parties will also be hunted down by Heishui Fort. For more than ten years, there have also been merchants who secretly and privately traded without paying taxes, and when they were found out afterwards, all the parties involved disappeared, and people never saw them again.

The Qian family also has a trading seat in this Blackwater Castle, and there is a permanent representative, and the Qian family is also one of the founders of this Blackwater Castle. The completion of this stealing city can be said to be Qian Jichen's old man, Qian Mu and Shu Wang Renli drank wine. It is precisely because of this relationship that the Qian family is respected in this Blackwater City.

Qian Jichen took everyone to Heishui Fort, everyone did not approach this Heishui Fort, was stopped, Qian Jichen took out a small square card from his arms, this square card is very exquisite, one side is the Yin text of the word "money" in the Western Xia language, and the other side is the word slightly smaller four words: "Heishui Changda". Both sides are surrounded by moire inlaid gold wires. This is a first-class sign of Blackwater Castle, and it also shows the status of the Qian family in Blackwater City. This card is divided into four grades, gold, silver, bronze, the other is the light card, the grade is different, the transaction management fee is different, the gold medal can be levied less than two points of management fees, the silver medal is a little less, and the light card each time in and out of the goods must be checked and registered, plus three points of transaction fees, this is a small transaction tax measure for ordinary people, equivalent to the current consumption tax. But in any case, the things to buy in Blackwater City are much cheaper than those in the market outside.

Blackwater Fort is hidden in small trees, and if you don't pay attention, you really don't know that there is such a lively market here. There are four gates in this Blackwater City, but usually three gates are not opened, only the east gate is opened, and one door is in and out.

In addition to Jin, Song, Xiliao here, there are some small countries and tribes of the storefront, some people do big business, just like Jin occupies the original Daliao storefront row of nine rooms, the location is also the best, is the east gate as soon as you enter the fort gate can see the corner of the street. Of course, this is stealing the market, and countries will not play the national signboard, but will appear as individuals.

There are five stores of the Qian family, but they are at the corner of the middle street, and the whole decoration is Jiangnan characteristics, even the counter shelves are Jiangnan furniture and wood, with screens and bonsai to separate different goods into several communities. There are porcelain, pottery, ironware, rice, wine, tea, silk, as well as paper, pen and ink, books, and the various output rates of the Great Song Dynasty can be seen in this store.

The steward of this stealing city is Li You, the second butler of King Shu, who is also a disciple of the royal family, so his surname is Li

。 Gao Zhong asked the Deng family brothers, Deng Yu, and Zhao Yi to rest and wait in the Qian family's shop, and took Dazhu and Ding Li to follow Qian Jichen to see Li You in this Black Water Castle.

Gao Chong saw that Li You had three purposes:

First, Gao Zhong wants to open a store with a certain scale in this stealing market to sell goods produced by the Gao family, and at the same time use this store to infiltrate the Western Xia Kingdom and establish an intelligence agency in Western Xia.

Second, he wants to partner with King Shu and the Qian family to open a treasure auction house, specializing in high-end consumer goods, antiques, and all kinds of rare treasures. The aim was to introduce new sales methods and establish a cooperative relationship with the Western Xia, and this auction house was the starting point for the cooperation between the two parties.

The third is to sell horses here or at least see King Shu. Or through this relationship, I met Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom.

This Li You's office is located in District 1, which is different from other stores. This is the only two-story building in Blackwater Castle, but the office area has a large living room and a small courtyard, and the upper floor is mainly a storefront. Qian Jichen handed over the sticker, and after waiting for the guests on the forehead to leave, a hearty laugh came, a tall middle-aged man of about forty came down the stairs, wearing a purple soap background color hydrangea ball purple flower swirl, a belt, and a headscarf on his head, which was the civilian clothes of the Western Xia civil officials.

"Brother Qian, that gust of wind blew you here, southeast wind, northwest wind?" This Li You and Qian Jishen are also old acquaintances, because of the relationship between Qian Mu and King Shu, they have always called each other brothers, so they haven't seen each other for two years, and when they heard that Qian Jichen was coming, they quickly ended the matter in hand and greeted them from upstairs.

"It's not the southeast wind, it's not the northwest wind, it's the brother who misses you!"

"I don't know if I come, so I can let my brother pick you up, when will you arrive? Where is the letter? ”

"I arrived yesterday afternoon, I still live in Lao Fengxiang, I don't live in your store, brother, you have to be angry, where else can you live?"

"Even if you can speak, you will live in my house later, and our brothers will talk a lot."

"Don't hide it from your brother, if it weren't for the fact that there were many people coming this time, I would have gone to your house yesterday, I will introduce you to a friend, come to Gao Gongzi, this is what I often mention to you about this Heishui Fort Lord Heishui Bo Li Youli, this is the eldest son of the Gao family of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is a high pet in Tongling."

"I've seen Uncle Li!" Gao Zhong stepped forward to meet him, bent down for a long time, and gave the Western Xia salute according to what Qian Jichen had taught beforehand.

"Good posterity. Brother Qian, Mr. Gao, please upstairs. ”

When I got to the upstairs study, Gao Zhong was full of books, two large rows of bookshelves, thousands of volumes, and all kinds of texts.

"Master Gao has seen it, Master Li is well-versed in ancient and modern languages, proficient in various Chinese, and when it comes to the Great Song Dynasty, those Hanlin Confucians may not be able to reach it, and the collection of books in this study room is worth ten thousand gold, and some ancient books are even more priceless." This Li You is also proud of his book collection, first, it is convenient to review, and then it is to show off to others. Such a knowledgeable person is also a big official in the court, and now he is nesting in this Heishui Castle, and he seems to be unwilling, but this Heishui Fort is too important to Xixia, not to mention handing over hundreds of thousands of yuan a year, and it has solved a big problem for Xixia. This man is not easy to change. One must be loyal, and the other must be able to learn. After more than ten years of opening of the market, in order to reward Li You's merits, the title has been promoted several times, and now he is Heishui Bo, and he may be promoted after a while. Because Heishui Fort is actually a royal place, for this reason, Li Qianshun gave Li You a five-mile radius of this Heishui Fort as a food town.

"Late students will be the master of the school." For this Li You, Gao Zhong should be admired from the bottom of his heart, in this ancient time, it is not easy to have this achievement.

"Haha, Confucianism can be taught. This is your Song Dynasty's top-grade flag gun, I heard that it was produced in Longjing, and the output is extremely rare. Let's try it together. ”

I saw that in the celadon tea cup, the tea leaves were hanging like a gun, and it was really green, fragrant, mellow, and beautiful.

"I heard that on this Longjing Shifeng Mountain, there are eighteen tea plants, perennial mist, the tea produced is superb, the first-class lotus core, the second-class bird's tongue, the third is the best, and the fourth is before the Ming Dynasty, including before the rain, the first spring, the second spring, growing up, a total of eleven products, and the annual output of this lotus core is only four taels, the late life is just heard, but has never seen."

"What I got was four taels, and I hid it in the lime altar in the spring, and my brother Qian liked tea, so I took it out and shared it."

"I said brother, you also drank tea, as the old saying goes, 'If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace', you have come all the way to this Blackwater City, but what is the matter. It won't be for the sake of drinking my dragon well. ”

"Looking for your brother, there is indeed a big event, the most important thing is to introduce this young genius to you, don't see him young, but he is also rich and rich, and he is all good at history, military and politics, and there are many wonderful inventions. Mr. Gao, you ask them to present your gifts. ”

After Dazhu and Ding Li brought the gifts, Qian Jichen continued:

"It's a thousand blank sheets of paper, how do you see this paper being different from what it used to be? There are also these 200 pencils, which are extremely convenient to write and use, but cannot be used in formal documents. ”

"These are the 200 copies of the Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra that were printed in three days with the new method, have you ever seen such a beautiful book and the speed at which it was printed?" This party is still a Buddha in the Western Xia Kingdom, so a batch of Buddhist scriptures were printed before coming, of course, more than these 200 copies.

"What kind of material is this woven cloth?" Seeing that this was neither silk nor a dark blue cloth made of arrowroot, Li You shook his head.

"This is kudzu cloth woven with the new hemp method!" This linen cloth is used by Gao Pet to make military uniforms, and because it has been sedated, it does not pierce the skin as a shirt. At this time, Qian Jichen picked up two bottles of "Wuliangye" in exquisite porcelain bottles.

"Brother, you will be drunk for three days when you smell this wine, which is comparable to the jade syrup and jade liquid in the sky. When passing by Wuguan, the general of Wuguan was drunk and wrote poems, poems: 'Qinhuai Ancient Road passes the mountain and the moon, and asks why the moon has entered the sky. I am glad to hear that the fairy sound is out of the high platform, and I have to drink the elixir and get drunk nine times. It seems that the water flows over the years to destroy people and the old, the ancient young people came out of heroes, and the wind rose on the moonlit night of Guanshan, but they had to fight the dragon for a long time. This is the wine he drank.

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