In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 153 Four Lady

Zhao Yurui attaches great importance to Jeju Island, and if Qin Zhuo often runs here in the future, Li Pingxia will be transferred to Jeju Island, and use the horses here to start training some cavalry.

"Another 100 people will be drawn out to inspect the coast of the entire island. Wherever they can land, obstacles and sentries will be set up. At the same time, shipyards and shipyards will be selected to go."

Zhao Yurui will send people to inspect the whole island and build a tight defense line to prevent anyone from sneaking onto the island in the future. Wherever they can land, they will destroy what can be destroyed, and build obstacles and dig traps where they cannot be destroyed.

From now on, this place will be his private kingdom.

To put it in the worst words, if you can't beat Yuan Meng in the future, you can retreat to the island.

Before leaving Jeju Island, Zhao and Rui walked around the island and drew a picture.

From then on, those who raised horses, raised cattle and sheep, farmed fields, built artillery factories, built armor, and trained troops were all drawn and handed over to Qin Zhuo.

Qin Zhuo continued to stay here, and ran around the island more, and could make changes according to the terrain and terrain, and then report to Zhao and Rui.

In early August, Zhao and Rui returned to Dinghai County.

On the day Zhao and Rui returned to Dinghai, they saw boats lined up at the Yinjiang Wharf in Dinghai County, thousands of miles away, and there were countless boats waiting to enter the river.

Yinjiang is the only passage to Mingzhou port, and the locals have not seen so many ships for a long time.

In the past, there was no tax here, and there were not so many ships coming, because other ports in Zhejiang and Zhejiang can also go to other ports. Now the other ports in Zhejiang and Zhejiang have higher taxes, and the tax here is the lowest, so foreign ships come in from Yinjiang.

After more boats, Dinghai County has more floating population and more commodities, which promotes the development of commerce here, and then forms a good cycle. There are many commodities here, more merchants come and go, more boats, and more boats. More goods, more people, more people, more goods, more ships.

Coupled with Zhao and Rui's efforts to ensure a fair business environment and prevent officials from using their power for personal gain, the Mingzhou port monument is getting better and better, and more and more merchant ships are coming and going.

Because of the large number of boats, Zhao Yurui's big boat had to line up behind, so they had to disembark. They lowered the small boat, shuttled among the big boats, and went ashore first.

When they got to the shore, they happened to see Chen Xiaodao and Quan Qi on the pier.

Chen Xiaodao and Qin Yue are the main people in charge of Jeju Island, and they also take turns running to Shandong.

Chen Xiaodao went to sea in June, and he just came back today, bringing two boats of civilians with him.

The two boats of people were sent by Zhang Lin, and they exchanged grain and iron materials for Zhang Lin.

There are only more than 100 households on the two ships, and they will be sent to Jeju Island immediately after docking for supplies.

Chen Xiaodao told them that when they arrived in Jeju Island, they would be able to live a good life by sharing the land and working hard, and the common people were more accepting.

At this time, Shandong, Lianghuai, and Hebei and other places are full of wars, and it is really not easy for the people to escape here, but they are also very happy.

After Chen Xiaodao reported to Zhao Yurui, Zhao Yurui thought to himself that Zhang Lin's territory is small, although it is relatively close, it takes nearly a month to go back and forth, and the population is too small, so he has to do business with Li Quan.

Sure enough, Chen Xiaodao also brought back some news, one is that Shi Si died, he just died in July,
When Shi Si attacked Caozhou (Heze, Shandong), he was defeated and captured alive by the Jin general Zheng Congyi because of the shortage of food and no reinforcements.

His son, Shi Tianlu, now inherits his father's title, and was conferred by Mongolia as General of the Dragon and Tiger Guard, Marshal of Dongping Road, and wears a golden tiger amulet.

This man is more powerful than his father in history. He has fought countless battles with the Jin and Song Dynasties, with few defeats.

The second is that Li Quan now hates the shopkeeper Yan (Zhao Yurui) of Sihai Trading very much.

Zhao and Rui sent water troops to cut off the commercial route to the north. Although there are still brave people who can quietly detour, fewer and fewer people are going to the north to do business with the Kingdom of Jin.

There were fewer ships to go, and Li Quan's income was greatly reduced.

In the past, as long as there was a boat passing by, he would confiscate half of it if he caught it.

Some were directly asked to use Li's boat, but now that Li's boat has arrived here, it will be confiscated as soon as it lands, and no one dares to use Li's boat.

Li Quan even asked Chen Xiaodao to those who stayed in Qingzhou, what exactly does shopkeeper Yan want?I heard that it cost tens of thousands of dollars to ask the navy to help, why bother?

When Chen Xiaodao came back this time, Li Quan specially sent an envoy to meet the legendary Shopkeeper Yan of Four Seas Trading and discuss conditions with him.

Zhao Yurui then decided to meet Li Quan's envoy secretly at the Sihai shop the next day.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yurui came to a certain warehouse of Sihai Store.

As soon as he arrived, voices were heard from outside the courtyard. After a while, a man and a woman were blindfolded and brought into the courtyard.

The woman's face is like a peach blossom, her eyes are like a pool of cold pools, she is beautiful and rusty, the man is still young, about seventeen or eighteen years old, but he is strong and burly, more heroic.

Standing behind Zhao Yurui, Chen Xiaodao whispered, "That woman is Li Quan's wife, named Yang Miaozhen, also called Si Niangzi."

"The man is Li Quan's son, Li Fen."

Li Quan attached great importance to it this time, and sent his wife and son here.

Zhao Yurui stared: "Isn't this your own?" Seeing that Yang Miaozhen is not very big.

"Then Li Fen is the son of Li Quan's ex-wife, not Yang Miaozhen's own."

"Let them in."

Following Zhao Yurui's words, Yang Miaozhen and Li Fen were brought into the warehouse, followed by a man and a woman, and took off their blindfolds.

The two of them rubbed their eyes one after another, a little unaccustomed to it, probably this was the first time for them to be blindfolded.

After seeing it clearly, I found that the scene was a relatively large warehouse, surrounded by piles of goods. There were six teenagers standing on both sides of the shelves, and two teenagers in front of it. There was a tall and powerful Niu Bao at the door.

Both Yang Miaozhen and Li Fen have experienced hundreds of battles since they were young, and they have been trained with blood and fire on the battlefield. Although most of the people in this room are teenagers, they all look not to be trifled with.

"This is our shopkeeper Yan." Chen Xiaodao said at this time: "This is the fourth lady, Li Tongzhi."

Yang Miaozhen's beautiful eyes immediately looked at Zhao Yurui, a little surprised at being so young, and she looked up and down suspiciously, as if she didn't believe that this person could be the master.

But seeing Zhao and Rui said: "I have admired them for a long time, both of them are anti-golden heroes, and we are both Han Chinese, of the same origin, so let's make a long story short and have a good time."

"How does Li Quan want to trade?"

Yang Miaozhen immediately said: "Let's send people to Haizhou, trade at Haizhou Wharf, hand over the people and deliver the goods."

"We want iron materials, copper coins, gunpowder, grain and grass, and wine, as well as your kind of white sugar and snow sugar."

Because of the high grain output in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was too much food to run out, and wine was made everywhere. Therefore, the wine system also brought a lot of business taxes to the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, there were frequent wars in Shandong and the Huaihe River area, the people were displaced, and the grain harvest was in short supply. Of course, the wine making industry was underdeveloped, and the military leaders were short of wine.

Yang Miaozhen looked at Zhao Yurui while talking, just now Zhao Yurui's first sentence made her feel that Zhao Yurui was different, she dared not underestimate Zhao Yurui's young age.

"I don't trust Li Quan." Zhao Yurui said directly.

On the opposite side, Li Fen's complexion changed slightly, with an expression of displeasure, and Yang Miaozhen held her hand down when she wanted to speak.

"Li Quan has a lesson from the past. The merchants pass by, the geese pluck their feathers, and they still have to take half of the goods. How dare I believe it?"

"One moment and another moment." Yang Miaozhen said: "We are not a one-off deal, how dare we be so kind to shopkeeper Yan."

"The things you want are forbidden by the imperial court. Although my uncle Yan Kang is an official of the Shipbuilding Department and a close friend of the King of Wei, if I want to be so clear-headed, it is still a serious crime to be reported and caught."

Yang Miao really thought, it turned out that it was Yan Kang's nephew, the confidant of King Wei, no wonder Xu Pu and Dinghai navy were dispatched to help.

"What good idea does Shopkeeper Yan have?" Yang Miaozhen had no choice but to ask.

"You send people to Jintang Island by boat, and we are on Jintang Island, ordering people with one hand and delivering the goods with one hand."

"I only give iron money, grain, and sugar."

"Hiss..." The faces of the two people on the opposite side were a bit ugly. What their loyal army needed most was of course strategic supplies.

But listening to Zhao Yurui continued: "Your ships should be pinched. Each time, you will send a small boat to Jintang Island to contact us in advance, and trade after dusk, because after dusk, navy warships will not appear in Dinghai." area."

"A strong man between the ages of 18 and 30 can be exchanged for fifty guan iron coins, or five stones of grain, or ten catties of sugar."

"Above 10 years old and under 18 years old, males can exchange ten guan iron coins, one stone of grain, two catties of sugar, and females get half of it."

"Under the age of 10, for every two men and women, or ten iron coins, one stone of grain, and two sugar."

"The age is unknown, the standard is based on the height, we have a height standard."

"Over 30 years old and under 40 years old, men exchange [-] guan iron coins, or three stones of grain, or six catties of sugar, and women get half of it."

"Men over the age of 40 can exchange ten pieces of iron money, or one stone of grain, or two catties of white sugar, and women can get half of it."

"Over 40 years old, it's so cheap, I might as well—" Li Fen said angrily, without saying the last two words, but Zhao Yurui also understood, it's better to kill.

Yang Miaozhen glanced at him dissatisfied. Do you want to do business? Bargaining. If these people stay in their hands, they still have to support them. If they sell to Dinghai, they can make a profit.

Shandong only needs elite soldiers, and everything else can be sold.

"Shopkeeper Yan really knows how to do business. Let's deliver the goods to your door. It's not so cheap. If the ship sinks along the way, will you still lose everything?" Yang Miaozhen said.

Zhao Yurui said: "Yes, I'm going to Haizhou to trade. If the ship sinks when I come back, wouldn't I lose everything?"

"..." Yang Miaozhen.

"It's windy and rainy outside, and the army leaders are fierce everywhere. We don't have a navy, and ships are easy to be robbed when they go out to sea."

"I'm a businessman. I can afford to earn, but I can't afford to lose. If I sink a few ships, I will go bankrupt."

"You are different. If you need ships, you need ships, and if you need people, you can go to the territory of Jin to rob them if you don't have enough people."

"So I can only let you take the risk and send it to Jintang Island."

Zhao Yurui had no problem saying that, it was really a businessman's mentality.

Of course Yang Miaozhen refused, and bargained with Zhao Yurui again.

In the end, the two parties agreed that the more people give, the more rewards will be given.

For example, when the number of people over 18 and under 30 reaches 1000, they will be given 1 catties of iron, and when they reach [-], they will be given [-] catties of iron.

Other populations reach a certain number, and each has a reward, but at most there is only iron, and there is no gunpowder.

Zhao Yurui's reason is that gunpowder is hard to buy now, and it is the most forbidden item. If it is reversed in the future, and you report me for privately selling iron materials, I will be punished at most and banned from trading.

I could be punished for smuggling gunpowder.

It sounds like it makes sense.

Zhao Yurui also requested that households should be used as a unit as much as possible, and that there would be rewards for households reaching [-] or [-].

(End of this chapter)