Lord Moyu was forced to open

Chapter 110
After the Xining Mansion settled the matter, the visiting group sent by Yunzhou County rushed to other disaster-stricken cities in Liaobei County.

The visiting group was headed by Yun Li, the big shopkeeper of Feiyun Commercial Bank in the northeast region. Yun Li, who was used to doing business, knew the thoughts of these officials and lords clearly.

There are not many honest officials in Liaobei County, but there are a lot of corrupt officials, so this time their operation will actually go smoothly.

But everything goes smoothly. When negotiating business with these officials, you can't reveal your bottom line prematurely, or they will ask for more with their greedy nature.

So when talking, it is necessary to give a relatively low price first to lower the other party's expectations, and then raise the price back to the original price according to the situation. Only in this way can you get what you want at the price given by the official Yunzhou County.

Just like what a great talent in Zhao Jun's previous life said, Chinese people have always liked to compromise.

If you tell him at the beginning that you want to open a window, then he will definitely not allow it, but if you want to open a door, then if you ask to open the window again when he refuses, he will most likely agree.

The same goes for doing business the other way around.

People are greedy and only want more.

If you give a lot at the beginning, he will definitely want more. If you give less at the beginning, as long as you raise it a little bit more, he will be satisfied.

Relying on this grasp of human nature, the visiting group soon visited all the prefectures in Liaobei County, and won most of the population transactions in the affected prefectures.

There are only a few magistrates who refuse to do this kind of thing, and they are absolutely sorry to the people and the sages.

And this kind is undoubtedly the kind of upright official, and Yun Li and the others didn't force it. It's just that the business of a few prefectures is missing, it's not a big deal.

Just leave.

In this way, soon most of the state capitals in Liaobei County began to prepare for population transportation, but a large amount of promises and food were continuously sent to the home of the guard at the Liaoyun pass, and only the guard who had just taken office Jiang was so frightened that he was at a loss. He didn't understand what medicine these magistrates had taken wrongly?

After understanding the situation clearly, he immediately reported the news, and several other prefects who disagreed with him also reported the information.

What happened in Liaobei County soon spread to Bianjing, to the emperor, and to the ears of all parties.

And this is what Zhao Jun wanted to see, otherwise, he wouldn't have let the visiting group enter the customs with such fanfare to find prefects to cooperate with buying people, and he could have sent someone to do it in private.

"What does the sixth son want to do?"

Song Emperor Zhao Duan frowned as he looked at the memorial presented by the guard of the Liaoyun Pass in his hand.

He has received three copies of the same memorial today.

One was submitted by the guard of the Liaoyun pass, the other was a secret report submitted by the Imperial City Secretary, and the other was a joint memorial submitted by the local magistrates who rejected the visiting group through formal channels.

These scriptures are all saying the same thing.

His sixth son actually sent people to Liaobei County to buy people with grain!
And those local officials who killed thousands of knives actually agreed to his business and started a human trafficking business with him!

He also tried to give some profits to the guards, so that the guards can let people go out!
Fortunately, the current guard was replaced by him, and he was still loyal to him, so he stopped the people who had been sent to the pass.

But now the people gathered at the Liaoyun pass, day by day, other prefectures in Liaobei County are still sending people to the pass, the guards are afraid that something will go wrong, so they rushed to this memorial. Explain the cause and effect clearly.

Tapping the table lightly with his fingers, Zhao Duan suddenly asked:
"Cao Shuang, since Lao Liu asked those people to buy people, since he promised to buy food, there must be a lot of food, but isn't Yunzhou County not much land that can be cultivated?

Where did his food come from?
And why does he want so many people?
Does the Imperial City Division have any relevant information? "

Cao Shuang, who was asked, was taken aback when he heard the words, then recalled for a moment, and then guessed cautiously: "According to the information collected by the Imperial City Department over the years, Yunzhou County seems to have a very developed iron smelting industry in recent years. There are many kinds of iron materials and ironware sold by Yun Commercial Bank in the pass.

According to those people from Feiyun Commercial Company who came out of Yunzhou County to do business, it seems that Yunzhou County discovered iron ore there, and the Sixth Prince vigorously developed the iron smelting industry in Yunzhou County based on the iron ore, so as to make the iron smelting industry more profitable. The profits are used to supplement other places, and the lives of the people in Yunzhou County have become better and better over the years.

However, the development of the iron smelting industry will inevitably mean the need for a large number of manpower, and the number of local people in Yunzhou County is too small, even if the fourth prince got 30 people before, it is not enough, so the sixth prince probably saw the right time this time. Take advantage of the disaster in Guannei to supplement the population of Yunzhou County with the food sold in exchange for iron. "

After hearing this, Zhao Duan nodded slightly and said: "It makes sense."

At this time, Cao Shuang seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said:

"By the way, Your Majesty, I heard that the Tatars who belonged to Yunzhou County seemed a little unstable, and the number of local Song people in Yunzhou County was too small.

The servant girl guessed that the sixth prince's move was probably to supplement the lack of labor force in Yunzhong County, and on the other hand, it was also to increase the number of Song people in Yunzhou County, so as to deter those Tatars who had surrendered. "

Zhao Duan's complexion sank immediately after hearing this, and he said coldly: "Hmph! It's really not my race, and his heart must be different!"

Then Zhao Duan sighed again and said:

"It's also a pain for the sixth child, and he has to face this situation as an adult. However, since he was born in the royal family, as the vassal king of the old vassal, this is also his responsibility."

Hearing this, Cao Shuang just stood respectfully with his hands folded and didn't interrupt.

Sighing for a while, Zhao Duan thought for a while and then said: "Since he wants someone, and Liaobei County has no way to deal with the victims of this severe drought, then give him the person.

Order Li Wei, the guard of the Liaoyun pass, to let those people pass through the pass. As for the commissions given to him by the prefects in northern Liaoning, tell him to take [-] to [-] percent more, and he will keep [-] percent for himself, and the rest will belong to me and my son. Money and food are still my people who are lucky, it can't be that I can't get everything, right?

You tell him that he can clearly tell those prefects that I know they have done good things, how to deal with them, whether to deal with them or not depends on whether they can do things!
In addition, the iron materials from Yunzhou County will be sold in the customs and will be exempted from tax within three years. This can be regarded as a little support for my son as a father. "

"Slaves understand!"

The eunuch Cao Shuang hurriedly wrote down the matter, and it should be respectful.

Soon the emperor's orders and intentions were conveyed to Liaobei County. All the magistrates in Liaobei County who participated in the trading of population lamented that they were making less money, but they dared not give the [-]% commission. In the end, they could only watch the remaining The [-]% in his hand was moaning.

Li Wei, the general guard of the Liaoyun pass, had no scruples after receiving the order, and after collecting the commission, he opened the pass gate wide and released a large number of people gathered outside the pass.

Outside the customs, the people from Yunzhou County had been waiting for a long time. After delivering these people, they began to take these people back to Yunzhou County one after another...

(End of this chapter)