If Xia Song is asked to come to Qingyuan, doesn't that mean that Xia Song is handing over his power and withdrawing from the struggle?
The two of them were stunned, not understanding what Liang Chuan meant.
Xia Song was such a strong person, how could he accept such a request?
As long as Xia Song surrenders his power and position, he will be effectively depriving himself of his martial arts skills. How many people in the court want to kill him, how can he do this?
If it were such a brutal struggle in other dynasties, officials who stepped down would be sentenced to death.
However, this was the Song Dynasty during the Zhao Zhen period. Although there was a life-and-death fight in the court, politics was politics, and those who surrendered their positions would not be ruined.
Zhao Zhen's advantages are not obvious, but kindness is his biggest advantage.
It is a person like Ding Wei. After he was demoted, he was given preferential treatment and was allowed to return to his hometown in Suzhou to retire when he was old. How could other dynasties have such good things? Don't even think about it.
Who is Xia Song's opponent now? Although Fan Hanfu and his ilk are tough, they are first-class gentlemen who disdain to engage in such dark things as stabbing someone in the back.
This time, the New Deal seemed like a complete victory for the Qingliu faction, but Liang Chuan knew that the fate of this group of people would be even more miserable than that of the Xia Party members.
In the whirlpool of power struggle, people are most vulnerable to injury.
On the contrary, if you can protect yourself wisely at this time, not only will you not be injured, but you will be able to preserve your strength.
Whether it is Qingliu or Xia Dang who makes the most noise, Zhao Zhen will eventually get angry when it comes to the failure of reform.
It is wise to retreat in order to advance.
Liang Chuan has already been brought in. Whether Xia Song can do it or not depends on his luck.
It seemed that only Xia Xue could say this. If a son-in-law of Sun Houpu said this, Xia Song might be scolded to death.
Xia Xue himself hesitated. Would it be appropriate to say such words at this time?
They didn't know Xia Song well, only Liang Chuan, and it was the most accurate way to analyze Xia Song's character as a person who knew the outcome.
Xia Song had been too strong and extremely smart throughout his life. He was always trying to trick everyone, but for himself alone, he couldn't guess the outcome.
It is impossible for him to retreat from the phase, but there is only one person in the world who can say that, and that is his daughter, Xia Xue.
This is a step and the only step. No one can explain it except Xia Xue. Others said it was disrespectful to Xia Song, but Xia Xue took action and licked the calf with emotion beyond words.
Zhao Zhen has to choose between Fan Xia and Fan Xia. The struggle between the two can let him see who is beneficial to the current situation. But if one side withdraws, the other side will have no choice but to succeed. However, The New Deal could not shake the foundation of the feudal system, so there was no way to talk about changes. Not only had the medicine not been changed, but the soup was still old, and it was destined to fail.
At that time, Zhao Zhen will think of Xia Song.
As the Taoist saying goes, use retreat to make progress, and use softness to overcome hardness.
The Sun family has reached the peak of its glory in this life. When Liang Chuan persuaded Shitou, he was not advising this noble son-in-law.
After the pleasantries were finished, Liang Chuan was about to get into the topic.
This time in the trade with Khitan, the Sun family is the protagonist.
Porcelain comes from Jiangxi, where there are good quality and large quantities of porcelain, and there are also local ones in Quanzhou. Many porcelain kilns have appeared in the mountains northwest of Quanzhou. The porcelain clay at the foot of Daiyun Mountain is exquisite, and the white porcelain produced is the best in the world, batch after batch. Over the years, white porcelain has been continuously sent to Southeast Asia and the distant East through ports.
Porcelain is very expensive.
Craftsmen come from all over the world, and the finished products travel all over the world!
The technology and conditions for firing porcelain are very strict. Especially good-grade porcelain is extremely difficult to produce. The porcelain itself is fragile and larger in size. It is very difficult to transport it over long distances! Under various conditions, the cost will naturally go up!
If a piece of intact porcelain can be shipped overseas, the profit will be at least twice as high. If the porcelain is of good quality and beautifully made, the price will go up! Although Quanzhou's white porcelain is also common people's porcelain, it is no longer a luxury product that ordinary people can afford. When it is shipped overseas, only the rich and powerful can enjoy it.
Liang Chuan has advantages that other shipping companies do not have.
Other ship dealers can only ship with three ships at most, usually one ship, but Liang Chuan has a fleet of at least ten ships at a time. These ships can carry more than 100,000 kilograms of cargo. !
This is one hundred thousand kilograms!
If it comes from famous kilns like Dingru Gejun and other high-quality products, then one or two pieces of porcelain and one or two pieces of gold would not be excessive! It’s not too much to ship thousands of pieces over there and ship them back directly into silver and gold!
And silk.
The best in Huzhou.
The trouble is that there is no transportation port there. Zhejiang is not Liang Chuan's territory. He dare not smuggle there because the risk is too high.
We can only add the cost, but everything will come back.
Silk is no better than porcelain. It is only available in the south. The north cannot support these precious silkworms, let alone grow mulberry trees.
However, silk, even a thousand years later, is still the highest luxury product that ordinary people cannot afford.
Wherever they are shipped, they are the best things in the world.
Liang Chuan wanted to do business and agreed to Xiao Zhang's request.
He wants to help Xiao Zhang get something that the private sector cannot get!
Only his two good brothers are good at this channel.
Sun Houpu knew the goods well, could transport stones, and made the clothes seamless.
'You asked our people in the Forbidden City to do something for me. '
Sun Houpu listened carefully: "Third brother, tell me." '
'There are all kinds of antique calligraphy and paintings in Bianjing. Please help me pay attention to the more expensive ones. No matter how much they cost, help me get them all. '
Sun Houpu had a delicate mind.
'Third brother, do you mean antique calligraphy and painting, or generally refer to those treasures that literati like? '
With such a description, the scope is much smaller. Otherwise, if they were to acquire it according to Liang Chuan's instructions, they wouldn't have enough money.
'Yes, that's what it means! '
'What is the use of Third Brother? '
This question should not have been asked, but the relationship between the three was extraordinary. Sun Houpu was afraid that Liang Chuan would go astray, so he asked it.
'I want to send some high-ranking officials, only these things can impress them! '
Shitou and Sun Houpu were a little surprised. Is there any other official in the Song Dynasty that they can't deal with, so they have to go to such trouble?
The most incomprehensible thing for them is that any high-ranking official in the court dares to associate with the third brother. That would mean he is too confident in his official position!
Of course, these questions really cannot be asked.
'Hey, these officials I want to send have special status, and ordinary good things can't impress them, so I rely on you to help me keep my eye on them, and I can't spend money and lose people! '
Although they were confused, they knew that Liang Chuan would not speak to the two of them easily. Since he said it, this matter must be done properly.
'Also, I want tea bricks. '
Sun Houpu and Shitou were stunned at the same time. They had followed Liang Chuan for so many years. Liang Chuan had never been involved in the tea smuggling business and had no interest at all. How could it happen suddenly? .
The tea business is not easy to do now. The Jianzhou tea family is the only one. If the Sun family didn't rely on Xia Song to take care of them, these ghosts and snake gods in the society would not dare to attack them. There would be no chance for them to eat meat!
It can be said that it is no longer the golden period to enter the tea smuggling market at this time, and Liang Chuan's own identity is sensitive. .
The Sun family has given up the tea smuggling business.
Because of Xia Xue.
He couldn't let Xia Song be stigmatized as a son-in-law smuggling.
This was too hurtful to Xia Song.
But money still has to be made.
Sun Houpu entrusted the tea mountain to his younger brother Sun Houcai.
There must always be one person bathing in the sunshine, while the other person hides in the darkness.
'I called my brother over and he listened to whatever I needed. '
Now Sun Houpu is very confident in saying this.
The head of the Sun family is his father, and the heir is his younger brother. It seems that nothing has anything to do with him as a bastard, but in fact, now he has become the absolute talker of the Sun family, and even his father has no room to talk.
All the changes started from the senior officials of Qingyuan to their Sun family.
Whenever a high-ranking official came to their Sun family, his father would always stand, and Sun Houpu would sit. Next to him, Xia Xue would chime in twice, and these officials would laugh along with him. .
Sun Houcai saw all this. Is it his sister-in-law who is great? No, it is his brother who is great. He can find such a sister-in-law and take care of her so obediently.
He must listen to this big brother.
'But I want to tell Third Brother that the tea market is not good now, and the court is keeping a close eye on it. . '
Liang Chuan waved his hands and said: "I have nothing on the sea. People on the island on the ship often get sick. Doctor An said that eating more tea can cure it. I take it myself!" '
oh. .
The two breathed a sigh of relief.
Sun Houpu asked lightly: "How many tea bricks are needed?" '
Liang Chuan hummed and said, "One hundred thousand catties." '
What!
The two thought they heard wrong, but Liang Chuan added another sentence: 'The first batch. '
If you want to play, you have to play big and hit the market with one shot. Liang Chuan went all the way to the north, not just to play!
What!
The two were so surprised that their mouths could hold an egg!
With so much tea, the Sun family’s entire Changkeng production is not so large!
One hundred thousand catties, not ten catties!
Even the worst crude tea costs more than 20 yuan per kilogram, not to mention that their main tea is high-quality tea balls produced in Jianzhou.
How much does it cost for one hundred thousand catties?
How many people will he feed?
Sun Houpu no longer dared to ask more questions about what Liang Chuan wanted to do and why he felt like he was parting from life or death. Moreover, there were various signs that this was something extraordinary. .
'Is it a big problem? '
Sun Houpu looked at Liang Chuan's decisive look without revealing any extra information, and knew that Liang Chuan could no longer be persuaded. At this time, he just had to cooperate.
'Think of a way and get other tea farmers in Changkeng to participate, so the problem shouldn't be big. '
This year's sea ban has caused heavy losses to the Sun family and the tea merchants in Changkeng. The tea cannot be sold and can only be transported on two legs. There is no efficiency! Besides, those who buy tea are all overseas merchants and merchants from the mainland. Most of them go to Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan to collect tea. Who would come all the way to Qingyuan!
