It can be guaranteed to have an endless supply, otherwise even if it is temporary, it will not last long.
It happened that he was thinking hard about where to get money and food, but there was no way out. This Miya man came to find him on his own. It would be better to meet him.
After calming down for a while, he called the housekeeper directly: "If you find someone, please tell me that I am waiting for him at home."
"yes."
The housekeeper nodded and left. Gao Kan's eyes flashed and he stopped him again.
"Wait a minute, you are about to go out. By the way, take a few people to the old wine shop in Panxiang City to find Coach Yang. Leave the people to him to do the work, and you can go look for the rice."
"I understand, let's go now." The butler nodded in agreement.
After the housekeeper left, Gao Kan thought in his mind.
The scale of grain merchants in the Song Dynasty was huge, and there were official grains and private grains.
The so-called official grain refers to the grain merchants run by the government, led by local governments, and mainly consists of grain taxes collected from the government every year.
In addition, there are imperial grain granaries set up by the imperial court in various places, which are also included in the official grain list.
In contrast, the components of official grain are relatively simple, consisting of nothing more than grain taxes and grain reserves.
Private grain is much more complicated.
Just to distinguish between private grain merchants, there are rice merchants, foot traders, rice farmers, landlords, tenants, etc.
The Song Dynasty had relatively loose jurisdiction over private business. Even an ordinary farmer would not be strictly required not to engage in private business transactions.
Some tenant farmers were rich in grain but short of other expenses, so they were allowed to sell their stored grain.
Of course, landlords and tenants are retail farmers among grain merchants and have little grain in their hands. Landlords need to pay grain taxes on most of their harvests, and the remaining wealthy ones are sold directly to other grain merchants. Only a very small part is sold privately.
As for the tenant farmers, they already had less food on hand, so what they could sell would naturally be even less.
Therefore, most of the folk food in the Song Dynasty was still in the hands of rice shopkeepers, traveling merchants and Miya people.
Among them, rice shop households are the seated households among grain merchants. The so-called seated households are those who have fixed business operations and shops. The shops have special documents approved by the government. Apart from the shops, they are not allowed to find other places to sell.
The merchants are traders among grain merchants. The so-called traders are people who specialize in reselling a certain commodity.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a special household registration for traveling merchants, which was included in the business registration. To become a traveling merchant, you must first register as a traveling merchant. Traveling merchants who sold grain were specialized in selling grain. They could go anywhere in the country without the need for documentation. You can walk, stay, and buy and sell at will, as long as you show the merchant's household registration certificate.
In the end, it was the Miya people who found themselves in a high position.
Miya is completely different from the previous grain merchants, because the former grain merchants, no matter what ingredients they are, have one basic thing in common: they all actually hold grain in their hands.
But the Miya people don't need it. Although they sell and circulate food, they don't need to have food in their hands at all.
Even a batch of grain was sold through their hands without them even seeing it from one house to the next.
In fact, it is the so-called "middleman" or "dealer". The main person is responsible for introducing and mediating, negotiating the price, delivery method and time, etc.
Such people are often extremely shrewd, have broad paths, and know a lot of people.
Gao Kan was also a little curious. How did Tian Mi, who came to look for him, know about him and why he came to find him.
After waiting for about an hour, the housekeeper came back from outside.
Along with the housekeeper, there was a middle-aged man with a short stature, a fat head and a round face, and a smiling face.
As soon as they entered the lobby, the butler introduced: "Sir, Tian Mi, the shopkeeper of Mi Ya Ren, has arrived."
"I have met Young Master Gao, and I have long heard that Young Master Gao is the son of Taiwei Gao. It is said that a tiger father has no dog son. When I saw him today, he was really majestic and extraordinary." Tian Mi stepped forward with a smile and opened his mouth. Rainbow fart.
Gao Kan stared straight at him and looked at him carefully.
"Oh? You've heard of the Sa family before. I'm afraid it doesn't have a good reputation. Everyone in Tokyo calls it 'Hua Hua Tai Sui'."
"Those are just the opinions of some frivolous women. How could the young master be that kind of person?" Tian Mi said immediately.
Hearing this, Gao Kan sneered and suddenly stood up: "What if I told you that I am that kind of person? I heard that your wife is pretty, a well-known pretty woman in Shiliba Street, and she recently married a new woman, and she is also a beautiful woman. You tender thing, I love other people’s wives the most in my life, so I asked me to do something and send them to the young master’s room first, and wait until they feel comfortable.”
"Master...this..."
Before Tian Mi could say what he said, Gao Kan said again: "By the way, if you have any daughters, please send them as well."
"Please spare my life, Master!"
Upon hearing this, Tian Mi immediately knelt down and cried.
Seeing what he did, Gao Kan sneered and looked at the housekeeper: "You brought him to see me, collected him a lot of money, and went to the accounting office to pay it. I hope that you have served me for many years and are loyal, so I will give it to you." Don’t make any calculations.”
When the butler heard this, he knelt down and begged for mercy again and again: "I realize my mistake, thank you, Master!"
Gao Kan waved his hand, stopped looking at him, and asked him to pay by himself.
The butler then got up and hurried out.
After the housekeeper left, Tian Mi was the only one left in the lobby. Gao Kan spoke again: "Shopkeeper Tian, if you have something to ask me, just tell me."
"Yes, yes, I dare not make a mistake, young master. Please forgive me, sir."
Tian Mi knelt on the ground, just wiping his sweat, and continued: "I came to look for the young master this time, but I actually want to ask the young master to ask for mercy from the Taiwei and let me live."
"Oh? What did you do?" Gao Kan narrowed his eyes.
Subconsciously, he suddenly thought of the deal that Gao Qiu and Teng Fuyin discussed yesterday.
The slip clearly mentioned that the imperial army sold military rations privately, and grain merchants outside took over and resold them, so they were disposed of together.
Could it be that the grain merchant Gao Taiwei was talking about at that time was this field rice?
Then I heard Tian Mi say: "I want you to know that the young master used to be friends with a manager of the Forbidden Army. He listened to his advice and resold some grain and grass to make a living. I don't know why, this morning in Kaifeng Mansion. Suddenly he came to the door, sealed the small shop, collected the small account books, and ordered the small boy not to walk in the past few days. He would obey orders at home honestly, saying that the small boy was reselling military rations privately, which was a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the family. Such fear!"
"You are quite courageous. You dare to resell military rations. You know that it is a crime to confiscate and destroy families. How dare you say that you are making a living?"
Narrowing his eyes, Gao Kan deliberately said: "Since we are doing business, why did the Kaifeng Mansion come to visit us?"
"You still dare to say that it wasn't you and that boss who communicated privately?"
Let alone the Song Dynasty, in all dynasties, merchants who dared to resell government goods were punished with death, not to mention that the rice sold in this field was military rations.
This kind of thing is an act of seeking death.
