Chapter 188: Liang Zi

Liaojin is really pitiful. Ouyang sighed, not to mention that the two countries had a feud, and they had been in a state of stalemate. Half of the credit goes to Tong Guan in the Military Aircraft Department. When Liao won, he smuggled igniters and even grain to Jin. When Jin won, he exchanged weapons and grain for the sixteen states of Yanyun. Liao Jin is now like a pawn on a chessboard, and his fate has been chosen by them. Ouyang understood that Tong Guan was already formulating a plan to attack Liao with Jin, and then a plan to destroy Jin. This strategy began for some time, when the western route was merged into the eastern route, which was to provide the Liao State with more troops to invest on the battlefield against Jin. As long as the time is ripe, Western Xia will no longer be afraid, and the Song army will have no worries and will swallow up Liaojin like a broken bamboo.

In this regard, there is also a lot of credit for Ouyang Wuju's promotion of young generals. Of course, Zhao Yu's attention to the army and the popularization of firearms are indispensable.

Finally, there is no longer a book, Zhao Yu sighed that today's time is really long, so he said: "The Persian envoy is already waiting in the side hall. The Ministry of Rites will go over with me for a while, and I will ...... Ouyang, you come too. ”

"Yes!"

"Retreat!"

Ouyang spoke one step behind Zhao Yu, followed by more than a dozen officials from the Ministry of Rites. Zhao Yu said with a smile: "I heard that you have a good harvest this time, not to mention the three carts of gifts, and there are two Persian ***." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, these two Persian women, Weichen has already told them to learn Chinese, and then they will be sent to Emperor Liaojin."

"When you do it?"

"No, they are not qualified to be meticulous. Weichen just made them drunk and obsessed. Ouyang smiled and said: "It's better to serve me, a seven-rank official, or to serve two emperors, they know how to choose." ”

Ouyang likes to eat pork, but has no interest in raising pigs. It's good to have a physiological need to spend money to go to a brothel. Besides, after being in Yuzhou for so long, women of all ethnic groups have been taught. As for the dancers, they are just women who can dance and wear veils to pretend to be mysterious. Stripped naked, no different from other Persian women. For Ouyang, who visits a brothel, the imperial history also has the above table, saying that Ouyang is dignified. Zhao Yu smiled and palindrome, he spent money. So no one cared about Ouyang's unruly behavior.

Zhao Yu asked, "What do you say to the Persian envoys?" ”

"They need ceramics, silk and other products, and we hide them but are not stingy. As for the rest of the military, we still can't agree to it. Wei Chen knew that they had ideas about Song Jun's firearms. ”

"Yes." Zhao Yudao: "How to reward this time, there has been some debate in the court. You see? ”

"General Zhang and Li Guang must be resealed. The two generals Han and Liu are still young, and if Your Majesty seals them again, I am afraid that they will be harmed. Lord Li Gang is a very outstanding talent, and he can be sealed, so that civil officials can feel that Wen Dawu is small, and his face is reasonable. ”

Zhao Yu stopped and looked at Ouyang with a smile: "What about you?" General Han said, if you have merit, you will be a great meritorious. If there is, it is his fault. Do you want to make you the king of Yangping? ”

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "Weichen is a civil official. If he was sealed for killing someone, Weichen was uneasy. ”

Zhao Yu nodded and continued to walk: "You gave the order to slaughter the city?" ”

“…… Be! ”

"Well done." Zhao Yu ignored Ouyang and entered the side hall.

The Persian envoy's request was similar to what Ouyang thought. Trade is a priority, and learning technology is also a priority. As a sign of sincerity, the envoy also brought some gifts, as well as some seeds of special products that were not available in the Great Song Dynasty. And he was also willing to send people to teach the Great Song Dynasty to plant grapes and make wine. There is even mention of alloy smelting technology. Alloy smelting is actually the addition of other materials to iron. Da Song has never been aware of this, even Ouyang. Like everyone else, he thinks that pure iron is the best, and as for what alloy technology is Fuyun. But he really didn't know that simply adding some materials such as carbon to iron could improve the quality of iron.

The peace talks were friendly, and Zhao Yu was obviously interested in alloy technology. The two sides held talks for more than an hour, and finally agreed to most of the Persian demands. Specialty seeds were provided in the Great Song Dynasty, allowing Persia to send people to the handicraft yard to learn. At the same time, the Great Song Dynasty sent people to the vineyard to study. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first purpose of Zhang Qian's envoy was to unite the Yueshi State to deal with the Xiongnu, and the second purpose was to obtain the iron smelting formula of the Yueshi State. In the end, I only brought some prepared iron sand, and did not bring the recipe back. Although neither purpose was achieved, the Silk Road was opened.

Now the Persians are willing to take out this technology in exchange for the gunpowder technology of the Great Song Dynasty, but Zhao Yu is very embarrassed. She knew that the iron upgrade would increase the power and range of the artillery, and the Song army's combat effectiveness would be greatly enhanced. But......

Ouyang Xiao Mimi took out a piece of paper and said, "This is the gunpowder formula of the Royal Tokyo Creation Bureau, if your envoy also has a formula for smelting materials...... We'll swap, right? "He's a businessman, and he dares to say such shameless things in this place. What's so strange about the gunpowder formula, aren't there just those three things? As for the proportions...... This is the formula, not to say that the Tokyo Manufacturing Bureau still wants the Yangping Military Factory. Anyway, I don't know if this guy is killed, the formula of Yangping County is stronger than Tokyo.

Zhao Yu blushed, as an emperor, it was very wrong to deceive people in front of him like this. But think again...... It was Ouyang who deceived and not himself, so he regained his look. Zhao Yu didn't speak, and of course the Ministry of Rites didn't dare to speak. This secret, which was known throughout the Song Dynasty, fooled the good Persian people.

Of course, in order to prevent the evil Persians from deceiving the good Great Song people, Ouyang had to take the recipe to the military factory and mix it with a scale. It is not a good habit to believe in strangers, and to be suspicious of strangers is to have a suspicious attitude.

The next day, the imperial court issued an edict, and the seal column was the Duke of Yuzhou County, Li Guangci was a scholar with a false title, and the official worshiped the second grade, and the Northwest Army had some rewards, and there was no follow-up. Despite this, the court's handwriting still surprised everyone. The title of Zhanglan is different from Han Shizhong's founding duke, and the title of Zhanglan can be hereditary. Quite appointed Zhang Liang as the king of Yuzhou, and the town of Yuzhou for generations. When Li Guanggan comes back after one or two decades, he will inevitably be an official residence, and then he will retire honorably to shadow future generations. It is also a good thing for a courtier of his character.

And this storytelling began to circulate among the people, the most famous is the story of Liu Qi riding alone to break through the ten thousand armies. It is said that in a daytime when you can reach out and see your five fingers......

Ouyang really went to Qing Xiu. Ouyang's parents are both believers, although Ouyang doesn't believe it, but doing so is the only way to punish himself and accept it. Although the dead are just data for him.

Wang Wenqing said: "The general has a hundred battles and pities for the bones, but you are wrong? ”

Ouyang said: "Please give me advice." ”

"If you become a king or lose, the world should be judged by future generations. And you are entangled in what future generations think of you. It is necessary to know that after a hundred years, a cup of loess is enough. Say you're a traitor, but you don't know. Say you're loyal, but you don't know. ”

Ouyang tasted it for a while and said, "Disciple understands. There is only right and wrong in everything, and if I succeed, he will be wrong, and if he succeeds, I will be wrong. Thank you so much! Ouyang suddenly woke up, and the judging standards from all generations to modern times seemed to be like this. Even when the Manchu Han began to rule, when the previous emperors were gentle with the people, the people were grateful. Until modern times, many people still think that Kangxi and others are good emperors. However, the fact is that the weakening of the policies they have pursued has caused China's overall strength to retreat instead of advancing.

A month later, Ouyang returned to Yangping with illness, and the food was so bad that Ouyang, who was not happy with meat, wanted to run away on the third day. Bai Lian and the other three officials returned to Yangping early to rest for a while, and then came to pick up Ouyang back to Yangping. Bai Lian said: "My lord, the Chamber of Commerce ......"

"Don't talk about business." Ouyang stopped: "I am comprehending the truth of Taoism. ”

Bai Lian asked curiously, "What truth?" ”

"Hungry!" Ouyang wondered: "My stomach is strange, and I don't fight at all." I just can't eat the stuff on the table. ”

Bai Lian smiled: "As the adults said, the stomach is small. ”

"I said Bailian, you're almost thirty, are you still married?"

"......" Bai Lian paused for a while and shook his head: "Bai Lian will never marry." ”

"That's not going to work." Ouyang thought about it: "Next time, let the royal newspaper help you register for marriage." The family fortune is 100,000 yuan, which guarantees that you will become a fragrant bun immediately...... Just kidding, don't be so nervous...... White Lotus, you don't like women, do you? ”

"......" Bai Lian blushed and said, "Nonsense." ”

It was rare to see Bai Lian blushing once, Ouyang smiled and said, "It's not the best." And what about the two Persian women? ”

"By the way, let's talk about this with adults." Zhang San said: "Something went wrong. The two Persian women said that if the adults didn't want them, they hoped to give them *** and allow them to gain a foothold in Yangping to earn a living. Ou Ping thought that the adults should not have any opinions, so he helped them settle outside. ”

"I don't know Chinese, how can I make a living?" Ouyang asked.

Li Sidao: "My lord, you don't know. The two women have been hired by the Golden Hotel to become dancers, performing every seven days. In just half a month, it has become popular all over Yangping. Even the people of Tokyo come to see it from afar. To tell the truth, I, Li Si, also accompanied the adults to break through the south and walk through the north, but such an enthusiastic dance, which makes the man's reverie unrestrained, except for Persia, can never be seen again. Some guests offered 10,000 yuan to buy them to spend the night, but they even refused. I've heard that people in Tokyo and Hangzhou have invited them to tour. ”

Ouyang smiled, but too. Song's attention here is to blow the pipa and half-cover the face, a kind of subtle beauty. And not only do they show a lot, but they are also tall, their eyes are like electricity, and they are very coquettish when they twist up...... If it's not popular, it won't be justified. Ouyang said: "I think this is very good. Anyway, they're now supporting themselves. ”

Several people came back from the Western Regions together, and everyone didn't take so much care about chatting. The journey was relatively easy. Another change is that the official road between Kamiya and Yangpyeong counties has been doubled, and according to the meaning of the governor of Shouzhou, all the roads in the five prefectures of Shouzhou have been repaired and finally connected to Tokyo. Most of them are Ouyang's system, intercepting part of the tax as funds, and employing farmers and refugees as coolies. The roads are maintained by special guards on a daily basis, but there is one point that vehicles passing through the official roads, whether they are human or animal, have to pay a certain fee between the two counties. One hundred wen for manpower and one hundred and fifty wen for animal power, and the money received was used for the maintenance of the roads. This proposal has nothing to do with Ouyang, it was made by Zhizhou himself.

Yangping is rich, Tokyo is prosperous, and the upper valley between the two places is naturally not poor. Shanggu had just been trained at Yangping University in his early years, and when he heard that Ouyang had returned to Yangping, he greeted him very politely. According to the practice of the imperial court, a rich county like Shanggu is held once every three years, and it is generally done in two periods. The Ministry of Song Officials already has an official evaluation system. There are investigations from prisons to people's livelihoods. But even if Ouyang is absent for a year, the evaluation of the imperial court is also excellent. After all, they also knew that although Ouyang was a magistrate, it was no longer within the scope of their management.

Stay for one night and continue on your way. Now it's very peaceful. Taiping does not mean that there are no thieves and thieves, but that there are no gang robberies and no banditry. Coupled with the large number of people coming and going on official roads, the ancient Chinese were not as indifferent as modern times, and there were few robberies with knives.

It wasn't until he saw the head of Yangping City that Ouyang asked: "White Lotus, what is the result of the discussion between Yangping Qianzhuang and Southeast Qianzhuang?" ”

Bai Lian smiled bitterly: "There is no result, my lord." Yangping Qianzhuang's opinion is to let the southeast Qianzhuang withdraw to the southeast. The Southeast Bank asked the Yangping Bank to sell silver ticket paper. Gan said that there is no way to do it in the southeast bank, and as soon as the silver tickets of the Yangping money village are circulated, the southeast money village market loses forty percent. And because everyone uses silver tickets, this Yangping silver ticket is not deposited in the Southeast Bank, which is undoubtedly adding trouble to the Southeast Bank. ”

Ouyang nodded and asked, "What about now?" ”

"Everyone is waiting for the adults to come back and deal with it."

"I'll deal with it again, will I sleep with the woman at night or sleep with the sow?" Ouyang said: "Zhang San! ”

"In!"

"Inform the Chamber of Commerce that if there is no satisfactory result within three days, all loans in the four states will be cleared, and all lenders will be allowed to refuse to repay the loan and interest on the grounds that the money bank has violated the agreement."

"Yes!"

Ouyang said: "Let's go to the south gate." ”

Ouyang returned to Yangping, and no one was seen. The representatives of the merchants on both sides had no choice but to sit together again. They knew that Ouyang was definitely not intimidating, and this matter had already caused trouble in the court. But the point is that neither side is willing to budge. Whoever gives in will suffer a big loss.

By the next day, the two sides had reached a basic plan. Yangping Qian Zhuang has tried to give the southeast money village the use of paper, and the southeast money village is withdrawn to the southeast. However, the two sides are not uniform in the amount of paper used. Yangping Qian Zhuang believes that it should be 1,000 draws, while Southeast Money Zhuang thinks that 1,000 draws 200 Wen. Due to Ouyang's tight pressing, the two sides immediately made a deal for 600 yuan. But there is another problem, Yangping Qian Zhuang is only willing to enter into a two-year supply peace treaty, while Southeast Qian Zhuang wants ten years. Southeast Qian Zhuang knew that two years later, the silver paper was out of use, and their expansion to the north at that time would be a unilateral breach of the contract.

In the end, it was agreed in three years, and Southeast Qian Zhuang was confident that it would not be able to imitate the paper of silver tickets within three years.

Things are finally settled, and it doesn't seem to be any different than before. However, the top leaders of both sides were dismissed, Zhou Ping was ordered to return to the southeast to manage the tea business, and Su Qian was demoted to the head office of Yangping Main Store.

Due to the frequent exchanges between the north and the south, contradictions and conflicts will naturally increase. The Southeast Chamber of Commerce and the Yangping Chamber of Commerce, under the leadership of Ouyang, jointly held a meeting to formulate standardized business management.

On the basis of the statements of the two sides, the two chambers of commerce have established a rigorous council. A total of 21 seats were set up to deal with commercial arbitration between the North and the South. The seats are elected every four years, and the members are elected by the registered businesses of the two chambers of commerce. Ouyang temporarily served as the first chairman. Since then, all North-South conflicts have been arbitrated by the United Chamber of Commerce. When it is said to be arbitration, it is actually more like a modern commercial court. Ouyang only hoped that everything could be resolved within the merchants, instead of alarming the imperial court, and under heavy punishment, both sides would lose. The slogan of the United Chamber of Commerce is, unity and development, mutual assistance and mutual benefit.

After everything was decided, Master Su invited Ouyang to watch the Persian dance at the Jinzun Hotel.

"Children are not sensible, so adults have to worry a lot."

As soon as Master Su said, Su Qianduan on the side said, "My lord, please use tea." ”

Ouyang took a sip of tea and turned to look at Su Qian: "Su Qian, I have a few questions that I don't understand. Why are you in such a hurry to issue silver tickets? And then why don't you budge on this matter? Doesn't this look like your character? ”

"This ......"

Master Su said: "My lord smiled, in fact, the cause of the incident was because Su Qian's little family was angry. ”

Ouyang smiled: "Can't." ”

"Let's put it this way. This time, Yangping Qianzhuang did not let go, in fact, it is also the meaning of all shareholders. Master Su said: "My lord doesn't know. Siamese commerce and silver are all made by merchants in the southeast. We people in the north wanted to drink some leftover soup, but we didn't expect that people wouldn't even give us water for brushing pots. ”

Ou Ping explained to Ouyang on the side. Due to the growth of the Hangzhou fleet, although Yue Fei was in charge of the fleet, Yue Fei supported the training. But there are no soldiers nearby to train, so it is also a good sailing practice to either help *** fight or escort the caravan south. However, due to the quick start of the Southeast Money Village, a piece of Song soil in the first place is completely managed by the Southeast Money Village, and the agricultural and commercial areas in Siam are also managed by the Southeast Chamber of Commerce.

The Binh Chamber of Commerce conceived the idea of setting up a terminal in Temasek and then relying on the sea to sell goods on all sides. Unexpectedly, the Southeast Chamber of Commerce did not agree. Due to the familiarity of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce with the fleet, and Yue Fei's lack of business, only the results of training, the Yangping Chamber of Commerce was robbed by the local aborigines and suffered heavy losses due to the lack of strong force protection soon after it entered Temasek. And so the beam ended.

Ou Ping continued without helping: "It's true that the fleet can't be pulled out. A part of the fleet is helping *** Kyushu daimyo Shimazu family to attack the Miyoshi family of Shikoku. The other part is surveying the hydrology of the whole Song Sea Territory, and the other part is touring in the southeast. ”

Su Qiandao: "As far as I know, the part of the fleet that attacked *** was signed with Shimazu only one month after our Yangping Chamber of Commerce sent a request. ”

Ou Ping did not object: "That's right. ”

Ouyang thought about it and said, "This Yangping Chamber of Commerce basically covers the business of the Northwest Dao. Trade with Liao, to Tibet, to Western Xia, and now to Persia and the Silk Road. There are even people who are willing to open a trading station in Yuzhou. If you can't grab things on land, the Southeast Chamber of Commerce will naturally hurry up on the sea route. Moreover, the three giants of the Hangzhou fleet, Liang Hongyu is the emperor's person, Yue Fei only knows military affairs, and Li Bao owes Zhou An, the big treasurer of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce, a favor. The first two are trying to help whoever they don't want, as long as they don't spoil the fleet and achieve the purpose of fleet training, so they let Li Bao call the shots. Su Qian, you are too sharp, you always have to give people some soup to drink when you eat meat. Don't say who I am favoring. I think you know a little bit about the toil and danger at sea, and they are all dealing with foreigners, and the manpower and material resources used are very high. ”