The Ding family father and son had been outside the Juyi Hall for a while, but they were stopped and refused to enter.
It wasn't until Jiang Manhai sent Kusano Qian away that he could come forward to report.
After hearing this, Jiang Manhai didn't look very happy. He touched his chin and began to think deeply.
Ding Shouweng thought that Jiang Manhai had given up on this plan, and his heart sank, and he hurriedly persuaded, "King, you must not miss this opportunity before it comes again. With the crown prince of the Song Dynasty as your investment certificate, when you go to the north, you will have glory, wealth, power and status at your fingertips. Where else can you stay?" In this corner of Taihu Lake, we are always on tenterhooks and increasingly trapped."
"Heavenly King, that traitorous king also has a few beautiful little ladies with him. I guess they are the two princesses and the legitimate daughter of the Qian family. When you marry them all, it will be better than the gods."
Jiang Manhai was extremely lustful. When he heard this, he immediately jumped out of his thoughts, "Really!? Is she the most beautiful young lady from the Qian family in Lin'an in the legend? Hahaha, good, very good, even though she was beaten by King Yan I have used it, but I don’t care about it, hey, as for the princess, the emperor’s daughter must be good, come on, let’s make a good plan.”
Returning to Juyi Hall, the three of them sat down. Jiang Manhai rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "Now, there is no need to hide it from you. The person I sent away just now was a Japanese merchant. Starting about ten years ago, the goods I harvested They were all sold to him. Although this guy is not very good, he is quite honest in doing business. The key is that he pays generously."
"Japanese merchants? Why didn't he trade directly with the imperial shipping company? Why did he come to buy hot commodities like us?" Ding Shouweng was very confused.
Jiang Manhai smiled mysteriously, "Hey, it doesn't hurt to tell you. First of all, although the goods I sold him were miscellaneous, including porcelain, silk, satin, books, Buddhist scriptures, etc., I made a rough estimate of the price and dealt with them uniformly, and he made a huge profit. But that’s not the main thing, what the dwarfs actually want to buy most is the copper coins!”
"Buy copper coins?" Ding Zhigao was young, so he didn't understand.
But Ding Shouweng understood and explained, "Although the Japanese people can also cast money, the workmanship is so poor that no one likes to use it, so they especially like the copper coins of the Song Dynasty. Every time they come to trade, they try every means to exchange them and ship them back to Japan. But we The Song Dynasty itself did not have enough money, so Emperor Gaozong issued a strict decree prohibiting merchants from carrying copper coins, and sent people to strictly inspect every ship before it left the shore."
Ding Zhigao understood, "That's why the little dwarf just avoided the government, and generally we are the only ones who dare to defy the ban and sell money to them, so what do they use to buy the money?"
"Haha, of course it's not their Japanese money. We definitely don't like it." Jiang Manhai said proudly, "The Japanese country has a lot of gold, silver, and copper. Just use these to trade with us. We have a pound of money. At the highest level, we have exchanged Five pounds of copper.”
At this point, he couldn't help but sigh, "Hey, but it can't be done now. Fang Tang also knows this way, so the Liu family also started trading with the shorty. Now we can only exchange one for three."
"One for three, that's a huge profit!" Ding Shouweng sighed.
Originally, it stands to reason that copper coins are currency and their value should be higher than the raw material copper. However, the Song Dynasty was often short of money, and even had to use low-value iron coins and paper money that did not maintain its value. In addition, Song people believed in Buddhism more and had daily needs. As a result, the demand for bronze statues and bronze utensils has always been high, so copper is often more expensive than money.
So this time, the profits were even greater than robbery. No wonder Jiang Manhai always plundered all the copper coins on other people's ships every time he robbed.
Jiang Manhai waved his hand, "Let's not talk about it for now. I was distracted just now because I thought that King Yan came at the right time. If everything goes well, we will go out to sea and catch up with the deal with the little dwarf. Anyway, we will eat it later. Without this dinner, I thought, why not just eat him? You have to know that he is not just a piece of goods traded with us. As long as he eats it, even if the move to the north is not smooth, we can still do it. Eat well and drink spicy food!”
The Ding family's father and son's eyes lit up when they heard that. Ding Shouweng clapped his hands and laughed, "Haha, it turns out that I was worried that we would miss. After all, as long as we make a move, regardless of success or failure, Taihu will definitely not be able to stay. But if we don't have the certificate of designation in hand, we will We will definitely not be welcomed to the north, but now God has given us a way out. If we succeed, we will eat the little dwarf as the king said. If we fail, we will simply follow them to the Japanese country. I heard, We Song people are very well-off in Japan!"
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He is more thoughtful than me. In this way, we will have nothing to worry about! "Jiang Manhai laughed heartily, "But it's better to succeed. Our Central Plains is better than the Short Man Country. Looking at Kusano's virtue, the women of the Japanese Country must also be ugly and short. Then what fun is there in life! ? Let's plan carefully to make sure we hit the target! "
In the Jiangnan water town, rivers are as dense as spider webs. There are river intersections not far away on the canal, and from time to time, boats merge in or out from the tributaries.
On the third day of the boat trip, after completing most of the journey and getting closer and closer to Wujiang County, Zhao Mengqi's heart calmed down.
No matter what you want to do, it will only happen after you meet the person.
Now, he stood on the bow of the ship, leisurely observing the ships passing by on the river, and assessing the transport volume of this artery.
Lin'an has a population of close to two million. On average, one person has three shi of food per year, which requires 6 million shi. Most of it is transported through this canal.
The ships at this time were carrying about two hundred stones, which meant that just transporting grain would take 30,000 trips. You can imagine how busy this river is.
"Fourth brother, why are you here? I've been looking for you for a long time."
Behind him, Zhao Han's soft voice came.
Zhao Mengqi turned his head and said with a gentle smile, "What's wrong? Aren't you feeling sick in your stomach? If you want to find me, won't you let others come?"
With that said, he took off his cloak and put it on Zhao Han.
The big cloak with body temperature kept Zhao Han warm, "I can't do it anymore."
Then she raised her hand and gently touched the bruise on Zhao Mengqi's forehead, "Fourth brother, does it still hurt? This Qian Duo was too cruel. If I had known that I wouldn't have stopped Fourth brother, I should have beaten her." A meal!”
It turned out that Qian Duo originally grabbed lychees and hit Zhao Mengqi, but he didn't know that the small copper block used to hold down the cloth was also mixed in.
At that time, Zhao Mengqi was almost concussed and almost traveled through time again, but luckily it was his forehead, otherwise Zhao Mengqi would have turned into Xiahou Dun if it had been a little lower.
The swelling was as big as half an egg. It took two days for it to dissipate with the help of Dr. Chong’s expert hands. Now it is still black and blue.
"Don't worry, the pain is gone a long time ago. A little injury can't do anything to Fourth Brother."
The pain was definitely still painful, but seeing the distress in Zhao Jian's eyes, Zhao Mengqi naturally had to endure it and smiled to relieve it.
"It really doesn't hurt?... Then fourth brother, can you forgive Qian Duo once?" Zhao Yu looked at her brother weakly.
Seeing Zhao Han's careful pleading, Zhao Mengqi couldn't help laughing, "Why did you become her lobbyist? Haven't you and her always been at odds with each other?"
"That was before. Ever since you went to the army, when Jian Niang was bored, she and the fifth sister took me to play. In fact, she is not a bad person, she just has a bad temper. This time she broke you , she was so frightened that she cried. She has been crying in the cabin for the past two days. She has not eaten any food, and she has shrunk a lot. There is no blood at all on her face, which is white. It can be seen that she is really tired. Blaming herself, Fifth Sister said that only if you forgive her can she get better, so let me advise you..."
As Zhao Han spoke, he became anxious, like a child who had done something wrong. He lowered his head and did not dare to look at his brother again.
"You! Your ears are so soft." Zhao Mengqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "She hurt me, but she still wants me to heal her. What's the truth?"
"But...but, she looks really pitiful...Fourth brother, just forgive her once. If there is a next time, then Jian Niang will help fourth brother teach her a lesson and let Xiaohei bite her!"
"Okay, okay, the fourth brother promised Yan Niang, you forgot, the fourth brother told you before, as long as it is what you want, the fourth brother will definitely agree."
"Okay, fourth brother is the best!" Zhao Han became happy instantly and put his head on his brother's chest and rubbed it like a little lamb.
At this time, a 300-ton water tanker slowly passed forward from the side, but something unusual caught Zhao Mengqi's attention.
That ship was shorter than Zhao Mengqi's 500-year-old ship, but there was a man standing on the stern cabin looking over here with a somewhat sneaky expression.
When the boats met, it was normal to look at the other's boat a few times, but this person made Zhao Mengqi feel strange inexplicably, and he couldn't help but feel alarmed.
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He looked away calmly, but secretly remembered the man's appearance and the characteristics of the ship in his heart.
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