Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 337
In the current Great Sui Dynasty, although the people have suffered untold hardships due to successive horse projects, overall, they are still on the rise, especially after the opening of the Tongji Canal, the goods from the south are now going straight to Luoyang along the river, and the boats and boats are connected in an endless stream. Congested rivers, north-south trade reached its peak.

Because Yang Guang personally patrolled the river capital along Henan, Tongji Canal is now called Yuhe.

The Xiao family in Lanling, because of being a relative, the business is getting bigger and bigger. There is only this family in the south, and there is a platoon in the north. The fleets of all other big families are trying to attach themselves to the fleet of the Xiao family. Inside, it is better to pay less customs duties.

Master Mu Yang of Yuzhou became the biggest beneficiary of the canal, because he was in charge of Henan and Luoyang. At present, there is no place that is more profitable than Luoyang in the Sui Dynasty, and it is indeed the richest place in the world.

With the money he earned from the canal, Yang Hao began to actively win over the ministers of the DPRK and China, and many people were bought by his money.

At the beginning of February, a person came from Luoyang and entered the palace of Prince Qin.

This man is called Dugu Xin, and he is the second son of Zhao Guogong Dugu Zhuan. Dugu Zhuan was recommended by Yang Ming. Right now, he is Tokyo Yin, Luoyang Cheng is Wuhua, and Luoyang Wei is Dugu Wudu. These three are recommended by Yang Ming. There is no doubt that he contributed to the two. As for Dugu Zhuan, he does not recommend it, and this position will most likely be someone else, after all, Yang Guang's cousin or relative.

The purpose of Dugu Xin came, one is to visit Dugu Feng'er, and the other reason is to find Yang Ming to buy a stock.

The emperor issued an edict to mobilize 200 million shi of grain from the south of the Yangtze River to fill the granary and supply the needs of the North-South Canal.

This is 200 million shi. If you can take over this transportation business, you can make a lot of money.

But the current Dugu Zhuan also has Yuzhou Mu Yang on top, so if he wants to take over this business, he needs to have a stronger shareholder. As the half-son-in-law, Yang Ming is undoubtedly the most suitable.

Before talking about money, let's talk about relationship first. As soon as Dugu Xin came, he lived in Dugu Feng'er's small courtyard. They are brothers and sisters, so there is no taboo, not to mention that Dugu Xin really loves his stepsister.

Although Dugu Feng'er has a short memory, he still has a deep impression of his second brother Dugu Xin, and the meeting between the two was very warm and harmonious.

Seeing that his sister was almost cured from her madness, Dugu Xin also lamented her bad luck, why did she go crazy at the most critical moment?The position of the good concubine is gone just like that, but he definitely dare not say these things.

One evening three days later, Dugu Xin took the opportunity of being alone with Yang Ming to reveal the real purpose of coming to Beijing this time.

"The food in Jiangnan is still being dispatched, and it will take at least one and a half months to start shipping, so my grandfather hopes to win this business within a month." Dugu Xin is still honest with Yang Ming, what to say .

Yang Ming smiled and said, "The business is not considered big. With Zhao Guogong's financial and material resources, there is no need to worry about this, right?"

"This is just asking for directions. Although the canal has only been open for a year now, the prosperity of commerce and trade has never been seen in ancient and modern times. Grandpa wants to take this opportunity to completely intervene in the water transportation of the canal. The capital water department in Luoyang is all our people. It's all cleared up, but King Qi can't pass this pass," Dugu Xin said.

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao is from my own family. It is really unnecessary for King Qi to be stuck."

"Because King Qi also wants to do this business, and is actively wooing the Xiao family, once the two of them cooperate, others will only have some soup," Dugu Xin said.

Lanling Xiao is the current relative, and Luoyang Dugu is the previous relative. Yang Hao's choice is undoubtedly right.

But the problem is, Luoyang is the territory of the Dugu family. If you do business on their territory, you eat meat and they drink soup. Is it possible?
Yang Ming really needed money, because he planned to secretly open a smelting kiln himself. Yun Dingxing was able to open the kiln, didn't he rely on Yang Yong? He also found an expert like Yun Dingxing to take charge of this matter. You can also get rid of the relationship, otherwise the prince forges weapons privately, what do you want to do?

It was not an easy task to open a kiln in the Sui Dynasty. Iron ore alone is not easy to buy. Although all mines are basically owned by the state, there are too many private digging and indiscriminate mining. You have to find these people to buy. And the price of ore is very high.

And Yang Ming still needs horses, don't always expect Yang Yinjiang to always buy from her natal family, she is already ruthless enough to buy from her natal family.

So Yang Ming asked: "Mr. Zhao hopes, how can I help?"

Dugu Xin said: "Now the two largest shipping piers in the upper reaches of the canal are Luokou Pier and Xingyang Banzhu Pier. Luokou Pier belongs to us, and now Xingyang is the fiefdom of the Highness's son. This place is up to you , His Majesty’s southern patrol boats are currently in these two piers, and there are as many as [-] ships, and only the boats from these two piers can eat this business.”

Yang Ming laughed and said, "The wharf is under the management of the Metropolitan Water Department of the Ministry of Industry. It seems inappropriate for me to use the public boat to earn public money, right?"

Dugu Xin explained patiently: "The Metropolitan Water Administration is only a big yamen, how dare they not listen to His Highness? Besides, we are paying to rent their boats, and they also make a profit. Otherwise, it would be a waste for so many boats to berth at the pier. "

Yang Ming nodded: "Yuan Wendu is in Xingyang now, I will write him a letter to explain something, you can contact him after you go back, who is in charge of water transportation in Jiangdu?"

"He's also from the King of Qi, called Wang Shichong, and now he's Jiang Ducheng, in charge of food collection," Dugu Xin said.

Nima, this old boy climbed really fast. Yang Ming was stunned. It can be seen that Yang Hao has not been idle for the past two years. , In other words, in Jiangdu right now, Wang Shichong alone has the final say.

Awesome, how did you get there?From this point of view, this money is really not easy to earn.

Even if Luoyang side, he joined forces with Dugu Zuan, but Jiangdu side, he can't control it.

Yang Ming asked again: "Which person from the Xiao family is Yang Hao doing business with?"

"Xiao Xuan, the prefect of Danyang County, I wonder if His Highness knows about this person?" Dugu Xin said.

Yang Ming was taken aback, of course he knew that this kid used to be the magistrate of Jiangling County, and he was paid for nothing. He was doing water transportation business in private, and now he is the prefect of Danyang?This is really a surprise for scholars every three days.

The boy's father is Xiao Cong, the half-brother of Empress Xiao, so Xiao Xuan calls Empress Xiao aunt.

Xiao Xian, the leader of the great rebels in the south at the end of the Sui Dynasty, was Xiao Cong's follower. This boy is also considered a relative, so he should have risen too.

Good guy, I seem to have built this canal for you in the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Ming was in trouble, the money was not easy to earn, and there were too many involvements. If he intervened by force, Wang Shichong would not ignore him, after all, the old boy was under the protection of the second.

"Just wait a bit, and I'll think of a way," Yang Ming said.

Dugu Xin also knew that this matter was difficult, but their Dugu family couldn't just watch such a fat fish being caught by others. Others ate the fish, and they ate the air.

To replace Xiao Xuan, only two families can do it, one surnamed Yang and the other surnamed Xiao.

The descendants of the Yang family are withered, and the father is more suspicious, so forget it, so Yang Ming thinks of his uncle Xiao Yu who also loves money. This is my mother's younger brother. He has a close relationship with the deceased Xiao Cong. too much.

Then, after Yang Ming had dinner, he went to the old uncle's house, but he was not there, he was in the imperial city.

So he entered the palace.

Xiao Yu is now the Minister of Internal History, that is, the Ministry of Internal History, but after Yang Ming went to the government office of the Ministry of Internal History, the officials said that Minister Xiao is currently in Yong'an Palace.

So Yang Ming went to Yong'an Palace again, under the pretext of visiting his son.

"Just say anything, these are not outsiders, come to see Rui'er at night? Do you think Auntie will believe it? What have you been doing during the day?" Empress Xiao laughed.

Xiao Yu who was on the side hurriedly got up and said: "Perhaps your Highness has something to say to sister, I'd better avoid it."

"Don't, don't, uncle, don't go," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Actually, I'm here to look for you."

"Looking for me?" Xiao Yu was stunned, it must be no good for you kid to find me, so he looked at Empress Xiao who was also puzzled.

Empress Xiao smiled and said, "Tell me, I want to hear it too."

So Yang Ming frankly told the whole story about Dugu Xin's meeting with him, making money, there is nothing to hide.

"Pull me into the gang?" Xiao Yu's expression was astonished: "I'm not short of money, am I? I can't afford to make so much money."

"Stop pretending." Yang Ming rolled his eyes and said, "It's not that my mother doesn't know that you're greedy for money, so I don't have any embarrassment to admit it."

Xiao Yu immediately cried out for being wronged, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, I have a breeze in my sleeves, and I can walk upright and sit upright."

"Okay, okay, you don't love money, okay?" Yang Ming looked at Empress Xiao and said, "What do you think, Aunt?"

Empress Xiao couldn't laugh or cry: "Don't always put your energy on these crooked ways. It's only a few dollars, and it's worth your trip to the palace at night? If you're short of money, tell Auntie, and I'll give it to you."

"My son doesn't have the money to honor you. It's already unfilial. How can I use my mother's money?" Yang Ming said with a smile: "The royal family's expenses are too large, and I don't have a second child who can make money. I have to find a way to make up for the shortfall. Water transport business , the Ministry of Industry also earns money, and the national treasury is not losing money, so I just earn money for running errands."

Empress Xiao smiled and nodded: "It's up to you, leave it to the people below, you are the prince, don't always worry about these things."

"Of course, Dugu's family is in charge of the operation, and my uncle and I can get a commission while sitting down. We can make a steady profit without losing money, so we don't have to worry about it," Yang Ming said with a smile.

Empress Xiao nodded: "Okay, let your uncle say hello to the clan, and someone else will take over the water transportation in the clan, and the Ministry of Industry will call you to go."

"It can be done," Yang Ming said with a smile.

After chatting for a while, Yang Ming and his uncle Xiao Yu left Yong'an Palace together. After walking a little further, Xiao Yu suddenly tugged on Yang Ming's sleeve and whispered, "How much can you give me?"

"Twenty percent," Yang Ming said.

Xiao Yu curled her lips: "Twenty percent is too little. Although the clan says someone else will take over the water transport, I still need to pay for it. Xiao Xuan, I have to give some appeasement money."

"I'm also [-]%," Yang Ming said.

Xiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly said: "If you say that, [-]% is not a lot."

After the two parted, Xiao Yu returned to the Ministry of Internal History, and at the moment when he crossed the gate, he suddenly froze:
"Isn't that right? How dare the Dugu family give you [-]%? This kid is cheating on me."

So Xiao Yu simply left the palace and went to the Prince Qin's mansion to look for Yang Ming, family love belongs to family love, we can't be ambiguous about money.

(End of this chapter)