The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The second thing Su Jin decided was to increase cooperation with the Yeli Tribe. To put it bluntly, besides exchanging food for war horses, he also wanted to smuggle other commodities.

Originally, Su Jin didn't want to do this, but the situation forced him to do so. Years later, Yinzhuang's deposits gradually recovered, and he barely escaped a crisis, but outsiders didn't know, and everyone inside Su Ji knew that Su Ji had already It has become an empty shelf. It is reported that several mistresses have used dowry to spend the withdrawal period before the New Year.

Su Jin is also very lovable. Sooner or later, gossip will flow to the market. If it causes panic, the storm of run will happen again, and it will be even more serious if it falls into the ears of those who care. , Several deposits of nearly one million guan were deposited in Yinzhuang successively, with a total of more than 400 million guan. This has never happened before, and Su Jin must pay attention to it.

It is a good thing to deposit money in, but when the run is turmoil, if these depositors come to withdraw money collectively, it will be a devastating blow to Su Ji. The created industry may disappear overnight.

Therefore, Su Jin could not only pin his hopes on the slow return of the two mines and the Pearl City. He wanted to get rid of this crisis as soon as possible, so he had to take a risk and decided to use his power to expand the scope of smuggling with the Yeli Tribe. [

Xixia not only has war horses, war horses are the favorite things of the imperial court, but for the common people, what they love most is not war horses, but the high-quality green salt, beef and mutton, all kinds of "colored" furs and precious medicinal materials, spices, etc.

The peace agreement has been negotiated for more than two years. Although the Song Dynasty forbids the establishment of bilateral trade with Xixia, its intention is to trap Xia to death, so that their green salt, fur, beef, mutton, etc. cannot be exported. Although the blow to Xixia is very huge , but this matter is also a double-edged sword. For the inland roads in the northwest of the Song Dynasty, there is no most convenient supply of green salt. They can only rely on sea salt transported from the coast and the south for food; The most unbearable thing is that many merchants took advantage of this agreement to sell the bitter sea salt to the northwestern states at a higher price. The salt price remained high, and the common people complained.

At the same time, the price of beef and mutton in the south has skyrocketed, because the production of beef and mutton in the northwest is really limited, and the people of the Song Dynasty like to eat beef and mutton.

This will cause an imbalance in supply and demand and commercial retaliation. If you raise the price of sea salt, I will raise the price of beef and mutton. If you cheat me, I will cheat you. In two years, the prices of these basic daily necessities have soared several times. , The harm is very great; even if the imperial court expressly prohibits it, it cannot stop this trend of mutual price increases and soaring prices.

Things like precious furs are rarely available in major cities, but the demand for furs in the inner houses of high-ranking officials and dignitaries continues to increase. The rarer things are, the more markets there are, such as In Bianliang City, a camel hair carpet is already worth twenty guan, which is worth a family's living expenses for a year; other items such as Xixia's silver fox vest, white wolf fur, bear mattress, etc., are even more expensive. tongue.

Su Jin has seen this point. Of course, it is impossible to smuggle prohibited items such as steel, saltpeter, gunpowder, etc., but there is no psychological pressure on daily necessities and luxuries. The death of Xixia might as well be for the sake of the Yeli tribe and the trade of war horses; now that several years have passed, Xixia's vitality is also slowly recovering. The goods are eager to sell. Private businessmen in the two places would rather risk their lives to smuggle across the mountains. In just three months of last winter, more than 700 people were arrested in the border city, which shows the urgency of the supply and demand of the two countries. up.

Su Jin discussed his ideas with Yan Biyun and others. Although Yan Biyun felt that smuggling against the agreement was against the way of doing business, but on second thought, Su Jin had already secretly smuggled tens of thousands of grain and war horses with the Yeli tribe. Why pretend to be lofty; but the only thing to worry about is the cost. According to Su Jin, one vote is one vote. This time I go back to Xixia to get back hundreds of carts of green salt, and the fur of beef and mutton should be as much as possible Get more, but what about the money?

"Didn't Yinzhuang deposit more than 400 million yuan? Originally, I wanted to redeem your dowry private house money first, but now I think, let's take it first and make this deal. It can be three months at the earliest, or half a year at the most. The funds will definitely be able to return; you are not blind to the green salt market, as long as it is transported back, there will be huge profits."

Yan Biyun frowned and said, "But, didn't you say that there is something wrong with the origin of those millions of coins? What if they want to withdraw money if they take it for purchase?"

Su Jin said: "It's only been a few months, block the news, and you will be back soon."

Yan Biyun said: "My husband is taking a big gamble. Biyun doesn't agree with this. You promised me that you will not take any more risks, not to mention whether you will be run over. Once the matter itself is known, it will be the same for your husband." It is extremely unfavorable, and someone must attack us."

Su Jin said: "I understand what you said. I've thought about it. You can't hide it, but you don't have to worry about the emperor. I said that this is an additional condition of the war horse transaction of the Yeli tribe. You will only be willing to buy other goods from them." Even if the emperor knew something was wrong with the transaction, he would not make a sound; Northwest did not ask him to pay a penny, so he would just keep his head silent."

Yan Biyun thought for a while and said: "Since my husband is determined to do so, I don't say much, so I will order someone to go to the capital and let the shopkeeper Qian deliver the money."

Su Jin stepped forward to support Yan Biyun's shoulder and said: "Sister Yan, it's not that I am willing to take risks. It's not that you don't know the current situation. I must reverse this predicament as soon as possible. Without the backing of strong money, do you think that your husband is the one who is willing to take risks?" Can we still stand in the Northwest? We made a radical mistake before, and the Pearl City cost too much, so we can only make up for it with another mistake. After this is successful, the financial crisis will be gradually alleviated, and so on. Iron ore mining, Pearl City's taxes will gradually return in August, and we will be able to recover by then."

Yan Biyun sighed softly and said, "Husband, the slave family listens to you. In fact, even if you are penniless, the slave family is willing to follow you to farm and raise chickens. That's fine."

Su Jin smiled and said, "Then I've been fooling around for nothing? I still have unfulfilled dreams."

Yan Biyun smiled, kissed Su Jin, and went to arrange matters.

Su Jin immediately wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to Yeli Duanyun in the Yeli tribe. In the past two years, Yeli Duanyun and Su Jin have kept writing letters. The wolves meet in the cave, and they will return after lingering for several days.

Yeli Duanyun never mentioned the future with Su Jin. The Yeli tribe's vitality has not yet recovered, and she has no way to let go of it. She can only support the beam of the tribe; Su Jin understands her situation and does not urge her She, everything is up to her to decide. [

On the contrary, Li Ari was in some trouble. When Baoshan Mine started to be built, she stayed with Su Jin for more than a month. Later, the matter could not be hidden, and Li Yuanhao knew about it. Li Yuanhao was furious and refused to let her out of the palace; Jin is also helpless, in the past two years, the government and the affairs at hand have been complicated, and they have not been able to free up; even if they are free, there is no way to solve this matter. Could it be that someone is sent to propose marriage to Li Yuanhao?Want Li Yuanhao's daughter to be his concubine?It's no wonder Li Yuanhao didn't jump into a rage.

In the past two years, Su Jin could only comfort Li Ali by writing letters and giving gifts through Yeli Duanyun, promising that she would never abandon her. Come to his side, no matter how capable Li Yuanhao is, he can't reach out to his side to arrest people, unless he uses Zhao Zhen to suppress him, or start another war, and he can't do these two things, he can do it Come to a flat denial.

However, Li Ali has never had a chance to escape, and Su Jin is also in a hurry and has nothing to do.

More than ten days later, when the more than 400 million money from the bank arrived in Pearl City, Yeli Duanyun also rushed to Pearl City in person after receiving Su Jin's letter.

Faced with the luxury and grandeur of Pearl City, as well as many unheard of and unseen facilities, Yeli Duanyun's big eyes widened.

Originally, during a tryst with Su Jin some years ago, Su Jin told her how good the city was, but Ye Liduanyun still didn't quite believe it. Yun looked at Su Jin with more than admiration, it was admiration.

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