Dean Dongye Song looked at Dugu Chen, who was smiling like a spring breeze, and felt a cool air from the soles of his feet to the sky.
Dugu Chen, a young scholar from Jiangbei, was famous throughout the north of the Yangtze River.
Although there is propaganda from an aristocratic family, he does have real talents and learning, which can be seen from his conversation and style.
This person's happiness and anger are invisible to his appearance, and he is thoughtful and thoughtful.
Many local rice merchants in Yanzhou had suffered losses at his hands. At one time, the Dugu family usurped 30% of Yanzhou's grain market.
"Dean, Liang Xiao killed Gong Yanglei in public. This incident has a bad impact. What do you think?"
Faced with Dugu Chen's smile, Dongye Song felt a chill in his heart and said seriously: "Of course, I will wait for the notice from the court. After all, Marquis Lanling does have the emperor's sword in his possession and controls the military affairs of Yanzhou."
"How is that different from warlord separatism? Are you afraid of Liang Xiao's power and unwilling to say a few words?" Dugu Chen finally pulled his face.
"I said, wait for the notice from the court." Dongye Song looked helpless.
Dugu Chen said solemnly: "Since you are retreating, then let me mobilize the students of Yanzhou Academy. As the dean, you should set an example, but now you want me, a junior, to help..."
After saying this, Dugu Chen did not forget to let out a long sigh.
Dongye Song looked at Dugu Chen's back and fell into silence.
The Dongye family did not want to provoke the Dugu family.
In the square, Dugu Chen smiled and waved to the talented and beautiful people in the audience who were full of admiration, feeling happy in his heart.
This place is not Jiangbei, but it is still his home ground!
Liang Xiao had a great time chatting with the horse dealers from the Western Regions, and the brief negotiation ended successfully.
After the imperial commissioners have inspected these war horses, if there are no accidents, it will cost about 710,000 taels of silver.
Of course, what people in the Western Regions really care about is not silver, but the commodities of the Zhou Dynasty that Westerners care about.
For example, white sugar, which Persians will absolutely love.
Zhali asked Liang Xiao to exchange the 400,000 taels of silver for sugar, and the price was set at 390 taels per catty.
Their fleet can fully withstand the transportation of more than one million kilograms of sugar.
This price is the sugar price that Liang Xiao set for Wu Tumu before.
Sugar cane from the capital area and a little further south has been sent to the capital for sugar production.
One million kilograms will greatly reduce the inventory, but Liang Xiao can still afford the supply.
In addition, Zhali also applied to Liang Xiao for another hundred thousand taels of silver to purchase two kinds of Canghai Yueming wine.
No matter which country, there is no shortage of poor and rich people, Zhou Dynasty, Persia, Rome, Kingdom of Heaven... nothing more than that.
Zari drank Canghai Yueming and was full of praise.
Through newspaper publicity, he also knew that the rich people in Da Zhou loved these two kinds of wine.
One hundred thousand taels of silver is just an attempt.
After the two parties signed the contract, Zari and others knelt down on one knee to Liang Xiao on the spot and burst into tears of gratitude.
As Wu Tumu said, doing business with Liang Xiao is indeed worry-free.
They came from the Western Regions to Dazhou, and they were on tenterhooks all the way. They were inevitably harassed by all kinds of deductions, exploitations, and price reductions along the way.
If fate is bad, merchants from the Western Regions may never be able to return home...
Liang Xiao, on behalf of the government, did business simply and neatly, and promised to obtain customs clearance documents for them along the way.
For example, the Guanlong nobles were considered warlords, but they had to give face to the court.
The remaining money is enough to open up connections and apply for military escort along the way.
If this trip goes well, the sugar and fine wine can be transported to the Western Regions, where there will still be Western merchants...
This group of horse dealers from the Western Regions can’t imagine the days of sudden wealth!
The time they spent on this trip may be only one-third of the estimate!
It’s simply not that exciting!
Prefect's Mansion, in the room.
Mu Qinxue sat on Liang Xiao's lap and let him hold her, somewhat hesitantly.
The Marquis Mansion of Dingguo was responsible for selling Liang Xiao's sugar on his behalf.
By selling so much sugar to Zari and the others, a huge amount of sugar was taken out of stock at once, and the House of Dingguo Hou could also make a huge profit.
"My dad said, you don't have to give away profits when doing business outside. You can just sell the sugar directly~" Mu Qinxue said softly.
Liang Xiao smiled softly: "That is my future father-in-law's family, isn't it different?"
Mu Qinxue's pretty face turned red and she leaned into Liang Xiao's arms.
I am lucky enough to have an eternal alliance with him in this life.
She is a heroine in this world, but in front of him, she looks like a little girl!
The shyness she felt when facing Liang Xiao made her no need to pretend to be a lady!
"Huh?"
While Mu Qinxue was thinking wildly, her eyes fell on the drawings on Liang Xiao's table.
"What is this? A farm tool?"
Liang Xiao explained: "It is a curved-column plow. I observed our Dazhou farm tools a while ago and found that they can be improved. After the finished product came out, it was highly praised by the prime minister. This curved-column plow can significantly improve the efficiency of farming."
"That will definitely spread across the country~" Mu Qinxue looked proud and couldn't help but kiss Liang Xiao's chin.
Her beloved husband has brought happiness to the people again!
"Your Majesty should be sending orders to all parts of the country at the moment, supervising the production of various components. When she receives the news from me in Yanzhou, she can fly pigeons to spread the message, teach the government across the country how to splice, and then promote it to the people. There. By that time, the parts should be ready."
"Brother, why does the promotion of Qu Yuuli need such complicated steps this time?" Jiang Fuxue looked curious.
Liang Xiao said: "Because, my brother is playing a big game of chess with His Majesty. We have already discovered that a large number of rice merchants in Yanzhou are evacuating one after another, which may cause famine. In this case, there is no need to rush to spread the news about Quyuli. After all, even if Your Majesty declares to the world that it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and a curved shaft plow cannot be made without parts, but it may frighten the enemy."
"Are you worried that the price of farmland will rise because of this?" Mu Qinxue suddenly understood and analyzed, "After all, as the efficiency of farming increases, the output a farmer can provide will naturally increase, and farmland will become more popular."
Jiang Fuxue added: "Then? Those farmers themselves couldn't afford too much land, and in the end these big landowners hoarded it..."
"You are so smart!"
After Liang Xiao praised with a smile, he said sincerely: "Since ancient times, the people have always been weak. It is normal for powerful landlords to buy and sell by force. There is a huge amount of land in Yanzhou. In the hands of a few big families, among them Most of them were taken by force through various means. This time, I want them to spit out their capital and profits."
The two sisters nodded silently, feeling equally indignant.
If it weren't for these big aristocratic families to cause trouble, Liang Xiao would have had a much easier time governing Yanzhou.
These big families are all surrenderers, they are servile to the Northern Hu people, and they just want to leave a devastated Yanzhou to the Zhou Dynasty.
Even the entire northern and western territories.
Even...the whole week!
Mu Qinxue suddenly remembered something and wondered: "I remember that the Tuoba family's assets were confiscated recently. There are more than one million acres of farmland in Yanzhou. What will the court do with this land?"
