Chapter 247 Annan Incident [Part 2]

Judging from the tone of King Wei, why do you feel like you want to attack Annan?

Ma Yu coughed and said indirectly: "Prince, Annan is abominable, but let's leave it behind for the time being! An Huaman's affairs are the most important!"

Pan Su did not agree with this and shook his head and said, "Prince, Li Foma is the emperor of the country. He has great prestige in Annan, and his troops are elite and food are sufficient! Although he does not know how many troops he has, he has recently attacked Chameng once, and it is said that he has mobilized 50,000 troops! He also plundered the people of his capital to open up land. Once a war begins, he will be the pioneer of the strongest of these slaves. Once the country raises troops, there will definitely be no less than 100,000 troops! The fierce military power and the fierceness of the soldiers are evident! Now scolding Annan should be a hundred harms but no profit!"

After a pause, Pan Su continued, "The best way is to pretend not to know and send an envoy to get along with him, so that he can get rid of his vigilance and slowly try it!"

Yan Shiliang hesitated for a moment and echoed: "Prince, although Pan Xingzhuo's words are not satisfying, they are also a meticulous word!"

Zhao Qian smiled calmly and said, "How come I don't know what you said? I said this just to make you wary of Annan and not to ignore Annan!"

After a pause, Zhao Qian continued: "The three armies have moved their food and grass before they can move forward. This food and grass are still a problem of money after all! The most important thing now is to solve the problem of business events."

"The prince seems to have someone chosen!" As an excellent supporter, Feng Shenji naturally stood up immediately and lays the steps for Zhao Jin's words behind him.

Zhao Qian looked at Feng Shenji in surprise and said, "Qixian seems to be well-informed! I have indeed chosen one among the three famous merchants, wood, yam, and fur. I believe that yam is the most suitable for Xingyi merchants. His shopkeeper has something to do with Dangyang County Lord. He is the eldest son of the Dangyang County Lord. He is very proud of his face in Bianliang and Qingzhou. It is not an exaggeration to sell yams to Bianliang and other places, and the price increases by a hundred times!"

"Prince! Is this Xingyi business name too big? Xiaguan heard that the Xingyi business name's semicolons are spread all over the Central Plains, Hebei and other places, and I am afraid that the shops will bully customers! Xiaguan believes that Wang Jinfu, a local merchant from Guangnan West Road, is better!" Pan Su was the first to stand up to express his objection.

Wang Ranbo also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the lower officials also think..."

Zhao Qian did not show his good looks like a good man. With a loud "bang!", his palm slapped the desk vigorously. Zhao Qian's originally smiling face turned into a cold winter in December. "What do you think! What do you think? Is this Guangnan West Road still the final decision? Wang Ranbo, what do you have to think about? Should I ask the king to capture the messenger who delivered the message to Bianliang City and ask where the letter he sent was sent?"

Wang Ranbo said with a thorn in his mouth: "Prince, what do you mean? No need to ask that thought, the lower official can answer you and send it to the Duke of Ying! What's wrong? The lower official family and the Duke of Ying are family friends. Is it okay to send a letter to ask questions?"

Zhao Qian smiled coldly and said, "Although I have no direct evidence, no one is an idiot! What's wrong? Do you also want to recommend Wang Jinfu?"

Wang Ranbo was guilty and did not dare to resist Zhao Xu. He sat back silly.

Zhao Qian immediately pointed the finger at Pan Su and said, "Why is Xing Zhuo so eager to do this? This kind of work attitude is good! But I heard that no matter what I do, I must be clear about the matter inside and out, otherwise I will not be qualified to point out the matter! Xing Zhuo was just back today, so how could he know about Xiang Shang? Could it be that Xing Zhuo was back a few days ago? Or did Xing Zhuo have any followers here? Even if Xing Zhuo is in Vietnam, he would always inform Xing Zhuo?"

Party members? How dare Pan Su agree!

Today's saint, or Emperor Renzong of Song, is most afraid of forming cliques for personal gain. Haven't you seen that all such great gods as Lu Yijian were demoted because they were impeached by Wang Zeng to form cliques?

What is Pan Su's comparison with Lu Yijian?

Pan Su said helplessly: "What the prince said is that the officials are too eager to make a contribution to the development of Guangnan West Road!"

Zhao Qian smiled, said nothing, and looked at Ma Yu and the others.

The others had already scared Zhao Qian this thunder and thunder, and he couldn't see clearly. Zhao Qian did not allow any other opinions to appear on Xiangshang.

Feng Shenji naturally stood up and agreed, saying, "The prince was able to connect with the Xingyi Businessman such as Guangnan West Road. I think it was because he worked hard for the development of Guangnan West Road. The subordinates were really ashamed! Such big merchants would definitely not be bad!"

The next timber was handed over to Songhai Freight Shop. This Songhai Freight Shop was naturally established by Zhao Chen in Qingzhou! The fur was handed over to a local merchant on Guangnan West Road. His reputation was relatively better, and most importantly, he was easy to control.

All the credits of all the merchants are divided according to June 4th, Guangnan West Road 6th, and merchants 40%. The goods are provided by Guangnan West Road! That is, in the name of the government, merchants pay for money to purchase goods. This way, they can suppress the barbarians and dare not raise the price arbitrarily, and even take advantage of the situation to suppress people and lower the price a few points.

At the same time, in order to prevent fraudulent accounts, Guangnan West Road will also send clerks who are familiar with arithmetic to follow and serve as deputy accounts to supervise whether the income is fair or not.

In the deputy account room, Zhao Qian immediately promoted the clerks from the Imperial College. Speaking of which, Zhao Qian had a lot of power in Guangnan West Road. Now there are 237 clerks from the Imperial College on Guangnan West Road. In fact, most of the clerks from the Imperial College are assigned here. Because of this, the current colleges of the Imperial College basically only have children from poor people and a small number of ordinary people. Rich families do not want their sons to suffer in these places.

Thinking of these clerks from the Imperial Academy, Zhao Feng felt a little moved. After so long he had arrived at Guangnan West Road, he had only met with the leaders of several clerks from the Imperial Academy, but he had never met with ordinary clerks from the Imperial Academy.

Just discussing politics, Zhao Qian lowered his voice to Du Xiansheng and ordered: "Arrange it in a vague way and call the clerks of the Imperial Academy from all over the country to Guizhou. There is no need for too many people, but it is not too few. It is best to have about one hundred people! You cannot use my name to let these Imperial Academy people think about it themselves! I will attend their banquet at that time!"

Du Xiansheng was excited. Is the prince going to attack the officialdom of Guangnan West Road?

Zhao Qin then said, "Zhou Xin will be here tomorrow. You can take me to receive it! After he comes, he will be in charge of the criminal prison!"

Zhou Xin was Zhao Qin's old subordinate on Jingdong East Road. He was in charge of the criminal prison and did a good job in dealing with corrupt officials. Zhao Qin also recommended him to the Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan, but Zhao Yuanyan was just a first-time visitor and relied on Zhou Xin, but later he gradually alienated the upright Zhou Xin.

This time, Zhao Qin also took advantage of the fact that he was an official at Guangnan West Road to bring Zhou Xin over. In fact, he had already made this request before leaving Bianliang City. However, Zhang Shixun naturally had no intention of agreeing to the relationship between Zhao Qin and Zhou Xin, and was delayed. It was only a month before that Zhou Xin was transferred.

In order to show his importance to Zhou Xin, Zhao Qian also promoted Zhou Xin to the next level and also served as the General Prison of Yizhou. However, his actual position is naturally a matter of criminal prisons, which is also Zhao Qian's move to seize power against Pan Su.

Zhao Jin started preparing for the business of Xiang Shang the next day and went to Xiangzhou to buy wood in person. The wood was very cheap, especially when the government bartered. If a piece of miscellaneous wood worth about 30 cents was purchased in Qingzhou, it only required 900 cents of Qingzhou plain silk to be exchanged. According to principles, it could be exchanged for 30. The actual situation was 67!

Because Qingzhou plain silk is purchased in Qingzhou for 900 cents, but Qingzhou silk cloth is the best in the world, and it is more than doubled when you arrive at Guangnan West Road!

The base of Songhai Freight Shop is in the Qingzhou area. It can be imagined how much profit Songhai Freight Shop made after entering and leaving! Although Zhao Qian knew, he turned a blind eye. Songhai had 40% of his shares in it. Zhao Qian could not be a saint, and naturally it was impossible to see money as dirt.

Zhao Qian designed a transportation mode for Songhai Cargo Store. In a specific time, the Longjiang area was banned. Although this time is not short, it can be banned in sections. During the ban period, the wood purchased by Songhai Cargo Store was tied into a simple raft and went downstream directly by the water flow.

This seems to be not outstanding, and it is not even invented by Zhao Qin, but it must be cooperated by the government. After leaving Longjiang and on the Pearl River, the river channel becomes wider, and then someone is hired to carry a raft to Guangzhou. The sea boats in the Songhai Cargo Store dock there, the precious wood is placed in the cabin, and the mixed wood strings the rafts together and dragged them directly with the sea boat.

Soaking wood in seawater can achieve anti-corrosion effect. Of course, if it is soaked for too long, it will also rot. But from Guangzhou to Hangzhou, as long as you choose the right days, you can arrive in as fast as seven or eight days. Slower, it will only take twenty days!

It’s easy to get to Hangzhou. You can process the wood a little bit and sell a lot of it. The rest starts from Hangzhou, enters the Yangtze River from Tongzhou (now Nantong), enters the canal, and goes straight to Bianliang City.

Why are there a large number of sales in Hangzhou? It is because there are many tariffs in this section of the canal, and the shipping is different. If you leave Guangzhou, you don’t have to pay taxes at all. You don’t have to pay taxes until Hangzhou. Although the price of timber in Hangzhou is much cheaper, it is relatively cost-effective.

The importance of this trade route is that Zhao Qian's mind is second only to metal sales. His ability to make money is naturally not much different. As for tribute, Zhao Qian was preparing to cast copper coins privately. This is not just Zhao Qian was doing it. In fact, private money on the market in the Song Dynasty was very rampant. Because the official coins contain very large copper content, the actual price was even higher than that of the copper coins themselves.
Chapter completed!