Chapter 126: Back to Tokyo

Xiao Ganyun admitted that his brain couldn't keep up with Ouyang's thinking, and shook his head and said, "I don't understand." ”

Ouyang said with a smile: "For example, if someone wants to be promoted, they will think about how to get information when they see a gap." This makes his little wife ask the boss's little wife to play mahjong, and he loses while playing, as long as he can do it, it is quite economically valuable. Besides, since the beauties have been almost dug up, and there are only handsome guy resources left, how can you not use them? I'll write a plan for a while, first to popularize mahjong for the whole people, spread it through the inner family, and then slowly get to the point. It is estimated that this place can be profitable in about three months, and this business is the same as that of Marseille, and if you eat it to death, you can't take it away. ”

Xiao Ganyun still didn't quite understand.

"It's okay, I'll talk to the planning department in a moment."

Xiao Ganyun sighed and said, "Brother, as soon as you are not here, the good situation has been ruined by me like this." According to the eldest brother, it doesn't matter if you are not the eighth rank official of the Song Dynasty, it is better to come to the Liao Kingdom and our brothers to join forces, it must be a lot of money. ”

"People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves. The brother will have to say goodbye the day after tomorrow. Ouyang has already sent someone back to Yangping to buy gifts first, and brought Liang Hongyu to Tokyo to wait for him. I didn't go back to Yangping first, but congratulated my birthday. After Ouyang finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Big brother, why don't you want to go to Song to see your brother." ”

"This stall is thrown here, I want to go." Xiao Ganyun smiled and said: "The Liao State has been losing the battle now, if it is defeated a few more times, your eldest brother and I may have to be conscripted into the army." Business here is not good, and a large part of the reason is because of this. ”

"Nobody likes to fight. It's just that we don't like to fight, but the Jurchens do. The land, slaves, and women they now owned were all earned by war. Once you have tasted the sweetness, you can't stop so quickly. Either the Jurchens will perish, or the Jurchens will destroy the Liao and then the Song, otherwise I don't know when this battle will be fought. "Ouyang's production of weapons is because of this, because the initiative of whether to start a war or not is not on the side of the Great Song Dynasty at all. Instead of waiting for the Jin soldiers to come to the city, it is better to do your homework as soon as possible, at least the war has not yet burned to the side of the Great Song Dynasty. In ancient times, wars were not as civilized as they are now, starting from the Three Kingdoms, represented by Cao Cao, they slaughtered cities at every turn. The massacre of many civilians who died hundreds of thousands of times was nothing more than a phrase written by a historian.

Looking at Chinese history, the Song Dynasty had eighty percent of the world's productive forces, but they were wiped out by foreign races. Ming CPI accounts for seventy percent of the world, and it is destroyed by foreign races. Ten years of gold production in the Republic of China, due to the invasion of Izumo Province, the foundation was weak, and then the civil war of tens of millions of people. This was followed by the Cultural Revolution, which was only slowly revived after the eighties. Twenty years later, it returned to the ranks of the powerful countries, and then the first five indiscriminate and chaotic China, etc., this is the Central Plains with many disasters and difficulties. Civilization is against barbarism, and it is always civilization that is wounded. To sum up, the people of the Central Plains did not want to invade, but the root of the invasion of the dynasty was in the system. And now the Jurchens are the initiators of the war, so they are naturally the primary target.

Xiao Ganyun, who is well-fed and well-fed, also doesn't like to fight, but he still has the blood of the Khitans, patted his chest and said: "If the Jurchens want to enter Linhuang Mansion, it must be after my death." ”

"Big brother, don't worry, there is a batch of weapons sold by my brother, and Ah Guda will not dare to move for at least half a year. Let me talk to Your Majesty again, open the arms trade...... No matter how fierce a man is, he has no weapons and is fierce. "There is a saying that talent is fundamental, and many foreign generals disagree with this sentence, as a certain general said, he who says that he has never seen automatic weapons.

"Brother wants it." Xiao Ganyun greeted: "Go, don't get drunk." ”

Ouyang smiled bitterly, he didn't drink less wine this month. To be honest, although he is a bit of a drinker, he doesn't like to drink. Hate is not the taste of wine, but the body is in a sub-healthy state the day after drinking. The mental, physical, and mental responses were much worse, and he didn't like that feeling very much. However, after all, wine was an indispensable part of ancient social etiquette. Look at how good it is in modern times, one person holds a beer and blows the wind, chatting, and there is no work to disturb, that is enjoyment.

The next day, Ouyang visited Mr. Si, who was taking care of business in Jinguo, but did not meet. And Old Man Si was noncommittal about Ouyang's smuggling, and promised to send a capable person to contact Han Shizhong. It was Yangping Qianzhuang that made him very interested. Old Man Si said: "Don't say it's Liao, it's gold, and the old decay can also be opened." It's just that this equity ......"

Ouyang said with a smile: "The Yangping Chamber of Commerce accounts for fifty percent of one, and this has always been the rule for opening branches everywhere. The old man can go to inquire about Yangping going north to Liaobian, which money bank is not profitable. ”

"To be honest, I don't really care if the money bank is profitable or not. Ou Daren is young and capable, so he shouldn't understand. After the monopoly of this bank, the money bank that controls a place is equivalent to controlling the economy and the rights of a place. I want to make prices high, so I can increase the savings fee and reduce the temporary storage fee. For example, if all the people in Da Liao deposit their money in the old money bank, then the old man is already the actual Liao emperor. ”

"So ......," Ouyang asked.

"So the old decay must be fifty percent of the equity. The day-to-day operations are taken care of by the decrepit, and the Yangping Chamber of Commerce only provides assistance and branding in the early stages. In return, sixty percent of the money bank's profits go to the Yangping Chamber of Commerce, and if it loses money, the Yangping Chamber of Commerce will not be allowed to pay a penny, and a certain amount of compensation will be paid. ”

Ouyang shook his head: "Old man Si, it's not me directly." If there is no golden sign of Yangping Qianzhuang......"

"Haha!" Old Man Si said with a smile: "In Liaoguo, this Sijia Qianzhuang is a hundred times louder than Yangping Qianzhuang. ”

Ouyang nodded: "It is undeniable, but according to Yangping Qianzhuang's understanding, most of the Si family's industries are industrial. Most of them are shops, title deeds, and mines. There doesn't seem to be much money that can be liquidated. This must be a big deal to open a bank, at least five at a time, dare to ask the Si family has such a large reserve of cash? ”

"That's why we want Yangping Qianzhuang to join us. Otherwise, one person in our family will do. ”

Ouyang smiled: "Old man, here's the thing. There were already two powerful businessmen in Liao who had come to Yangping to discuss the matter of Qianzhuang in person. But there doesn't seem to be a person on your side, old man. It's not a junior bragging. This Sijia Money Village and Yangping Money Village are opened together, even if the name of the Si family is loud, Yangping Money Village seems to be able to survive to the end. I'm afraid that the old man Si doesn't know that the silver money in Yangping Qianzhuang now has surpassed all the properties of the Si family in Jin, Liao, and Song. Besides, Yangping Qianzhuang is what Su Qian said, in case this kid has a hot mind and makes a contract with another family...... Aguta once personally wrote to Su Qian, hoping to open a money village in Liaoyang, Shubin, Huanglongfu, and Changchun Prefecture at the same time. The younger generation tried their best to stop it, and Ah Guta forced the Si family to open at least four money houses in Tokyo and the Jurchen Control Department, so as to facilitate the demand for domestic affairs and fly tickets, attract merchants to trade, and discard the trade. ”

Old Man Si said leisurely: "You should know who is the most powerful businessman in Liaojin?" Moreover, during the war, the occupiers of the money bank are changed from time to time, but our family can ensure the safety of the money village no matter who is in charge. ”

"That's why we're waiting for Mr. Si's opinion. But...... The old man should know about the procurement of weapons by the Liao State. That's a powerful weapon to turn defeat into victory. If it is well developed, can it be said that the most girly real person can not take a step beyond the city? Yangping Qianzhuang can give up the bitter cold land of Jinguo and concentrate on running Liaoguo Qianzhuang. ”

Old Man Si shook his head: "This weapon is good, but the power is in the hands of Da Song, and it will be broken one day." ”

"The old man clearly saw that this weapon was produced by a younger generation. And the money village is also the share of the younger generation. ”

Old Man Si was silent for a long time and said: "Let the old man think about it again, at most two months, the old man will definitely contact Su Qian." ”

"That junior is waiting for good news."

Before leaving Linhuang Mansion, Yelu Dashi asked people to bring a captured tiger skin coat and a sharp sword to Ouyang Yangxing, and explained that he was in military affairs and could not be entertained, and at the same time thanked Ouyang for the weapons provided, hoping that the Great Song Dynasty could completely open the arms trade. He is a smart person, and he knows that Ouyang is definitely not all he brings. There was a threat to the Song and would not approve it at all to be brought to Liaolai. This has to go through diplomatic channels, and he has already written to Emperor Tianzuo, hoping that Emperor Tianzuo will send envoys to Song to discuss the import of weapons. According to the covenant, the two countries are fraternal states, and everyone has been at peace with each other for many years, which is the best sincerity. Just ask, whether Song wants Da Liao to be a neighbor or a Jurchen neighbor, and the answer is about to come out. The Liao State bore the consequences of the burning war, and was willing to pay for weapons, and the Song Dynasty seemed to have nothing to take care of that it could not agree to.

Ouyang set off here, but Yangping was like a great enemy. Zhan Ming and the others did not expect that they had invested so much manpower and material resources, and even did the most basic village-by-village investigation, but Leng did not find out the identity of this Liang Hongyu. If you don't know your identity, you don't know the purpose. And a servant next to Ouyang came back and said that Ouyang had ordered Liang Hongyu to go to Beijing with the gift, which made them even more nervous.

Zhan Ming said: "Start from the purpose. First, it was sent by the enemy. Most likely, it is Liu Sinu, who is now in Hangzhou. Before this, the adult had no contact with Liang Hongyu, and he didn't give her a chance to do it at all. And now in Tokyo, we are not around, and opportunities are everywhere. ”

Bai Lian said: "According to the adult's." Logical sound. The royal newspaper is very famous, and she must know the identity of Sister Whelan, so she uses Sister Whelan to get close to adults. But I didn't expect the adults to regard its beauty as nothing, so I thought of using a crossbow. Hide a handful, draw a shape, make it yourself or let your accomplices make it in the field. Meet the adults in Tokyo and find a gap to kill them. ”

"Yes!" Zhan Ming nodded: "The second purpose is that someone from the official face is sent to visit the adult. ”

Gan Xin said: "It's also very likely. The emperor once sent two official slaves and was expelled back by the adults in a fit of rage, and I felt very inappropriate at that time, and it was not ruled out that Liang Hongyu was a royal person. There is also a special transfer of Zong Ze to the household department, and then ordered him to check the Yang Ping account. All this is obviously what the ministers want to do to catch the big man's sore feet. And what Zong Ze caught was resolved intentionally or unintentionally, and they must not give up. If you can't find it openly, then make a secret visit. ”

Zhan Ming said: "The third possibility, this Liang Hongyu may really come to Wang Huang." I didn't have a chance in Yangping, but the adults agreed to take her to Cai Xiang's birthday banquet. In addition, she has a crossbow hidden but her identity is concealed and will not be checked, and she has the will to die and kill Wang Huang, which is just a gesture. ”

"If that's the case, even if it's the champion, even if it's a close confidant of the emperor, the lord will at least be exiled if he doesn't sit and be beheaded, and those ministers won't let the adults go."

All of the above assumptions make sense. There is one more hypothesis. Zhan Ming said: "That is, what Liang Hongyu said is the truth, she happened to fall in front of my wife on the street, and she went to the training hall and it happened that someone forgot her hand crossbow that day." It just so happened that no one knew she existed. ”

Bai Lian said: "My lord said, but if there are too many coincidences, there must be abnormal things. The chances of this assumption being true are too low. ”

Liu Huilan said on the side: "Although I don't understand, I also know that if she is a spy, there is no need to be in such a hurry." It's just that I'm worried that it's here to assassinate. And a weak woman must have a murder weapon to assassinate, if she doesn't have a murder weapon, isn't it impossible to do anything? ”

"Makes sense." Several people nodded.

Liu Huilan said: "Tomorrow I will take him shopping, and you will send someone to search the house." ”

"And." Zhan Ming added: "In order to avoid carrying it with you, you will find a store tomorrow to perform a theft scene." So people are searched. ”

"That's it!"

Liu Huilan hesitated and said, "If it's true, don't be too embarrassed for her." Anyway, his father and my father have a relationship. ”

"Of course!"

The next day, Liu Huilan put down the matter and asked Liang Hongyu to visit the new city, Liang Hongyu was a little surprised when she heard it, to say that this new city is also a little lively, but Ouyang is not there, Liu Huilan's workload has increased a lot, not to mention the new city, even the county seat Liu Huilan is also less visited. But since Liu Huilan sent someone to say it, Liang Hongyu didn't refuse, and it was okay anyway, so she changed her clothes and went to find Liu Huilan.

Although the new city is an industrial area, because it is clean and tidy, there are special sewage channels, the ground is made of bluestone, the streets are spacious, the officials immediately patrol, and there are green belts, the environment is much better than that of the old county. There are not only various fields, but also supporting inns, restaurants, jewelry stores, and tailor shops. Liu Huilan was originally working in the newspaper office on the edge of the old county town, and when she saw Liang Hongyu coming, she also put down her work, held hands affectionately and whispered some words, and then went to the street.

As soon as Liang Hongyu left the city, someone immediately watched her. Zhan Ming took several officials to search the house where Liang Hongyu lived. Before he could start, a servant ran in and said, "Two adults, the blacksmith of the Wang family has returned from his hometown and said that before leaving, someone asked him to build a crossbow and a crossbow arrow. But he said that it was the third watch that day, and the person who came wore a hat and a robe, and didn't see the appearance clearly, but it was definitely a woman, in addition to the drawings, there were also official seals of the government, and he didn't say a few words, the Wang blacksmith was the first to help us play crossbows, which happened to be in stock, and because the next day was early, he left the paperwork and gave the crossbow and arrows to others. ”

Zhan Ming stretched out his hand: "Paperwork." ”

"This way!" The official pulled out a piece of paper.

"The official seal is real, the content is very simple, just a crossbow and an arrow. One stroke at a time is drawn by pressing down with a ruler. The official seals of the adults are placed in the inner bedroom. ”

Ou Ping said: "When Liang Hongyu first came, she entered the young master's inner room twice and was found and stopped by me, I think nine out of ten she can't escape." ”

Zhan Ming said: "Search! ”

"Yes!"

More than a dozen people did it together, but the result disappointed several people, and even the cockroach hole was searched, and there was no shadow of a crossbow. Zhan Ming took someone to inspect the pond where Liang Hongyu was often in a daze, and sent someone into the water, but still found nothing. At this time, Liang Hongyu suddenly came back from the back door, and she was not surprised to see everyone, but smiled: "Brother-in-law, what did you drop into the pond and cause such a big battle?" ”

"Little things." Zhan Ming opened the topic and asked: "When will Miss Liang go to Beijing?" ”

"Tomorrow, it depends on whether the adult's gift is ready?"

"It's just a longevity peach, and I've already got it."

Liang Hongyu nodded: "Then I won't bother everyone." ”

As soon as Liang Hongyu disappeared, the official in charge of keeping an eye on him appeared with a sweat: "My lord, I lost it." ”

"How did you lose it?"

"She suddenly told me that Sister Huilan had fainted and asked me to hurry up and take a look. I went to the jewelry store to see that Sister Huilan was fine, and then I turned my head to see that she was gone. ”

Zhan Ming nodded and said: "Being able to see the tracking, and being able to shake off Huilan and the tracking with words shows that she realizes that there is danger, and I am afraid that she has seen through the layout in the jewelry store." People with such a mind, first, have been carefully trained, second, they are from the Jianghu clan, and thirdly, they may be military generals. ”

"General?"

"That's right! And it's been a war. ”

Ou Ping said with a smile: "Lord Zhan is joking, this Great Song Dynasty has not fought for so many years, and even if there is, it is a soldier against Western Xia, not to mention the small scale, and this girl is estimated to have not been born yet......"

"No, in addition to the use of foreign troops, during the reign of Emperor Taishang, Huashigang was poisonous, civil unrest broke out, and almost every year there were places to suppress bandits." Zhan Ming said: "Immediately notify Li Yifeng, check the military department, and check the generals who may have been framed and questioned over the years, as well as their children." In addition, we will find out who brought them to the table back then. ”

"Yes!"

"Bai Lian, you take two officials to watch Liang Hongyu and accompany her to Beijing, once there is news, you can deal with it yourself."

"Yes!"

Zhan Ming sighed: "I just want to check the civil officials, but I don't want to check the generals." He didn't know the bottom in his heart, and he would arrive at Cai Jing's birthday in four days. It is estimated that Ouyang will get Tokyo tomorrow. This is a quick horse to Tokyo, Li Yifeng still has to find a relationship to secretly check or find an excuse for an interview, and the time is very tight. However, with Ouyang sitting in Tokyo, Zhanming is still a little relieved.

Ouyang didn't know about these things, and when he arrived in Tokyo, the newspaper arranged a place to live and was taking a hot bath. To be honest, he prefers the shower. But there are no other facilities other than in my own home. At home, there is a special bathroom, a bucket is placed on the bathroom, hot water is boiled and poured in it, and there is an iron sprinkler head underneath the bamboo. The only regret is that the water temperature cannot be controlled badly, and especially in winter, when the front is hot, and the back is too cool. So later, it was only used in the summer.