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

Chapter 293 The last traitorous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty appears
"Jia Xiaoguan, how are you feeling today?" The visitor is the second in charge of the stall, his surname is Niu, and he is called Niu Heidao outside.

It is said that cattle were killed in the past, always with one knife, but now they are quite famous on the streets in Taizhou Prefecture.

The young man said harshly: "You're lucky, you lose again."

Then he said: "Heidao, please lend me another five guan of money, and I will pay you back together next time."

Niu Heidao chuckled: "The little official already owes a lot. It's not a problem for you to keep borrowing even if you don't pay back any of it. This money is not Xiaodao's or my own. It belongs to the public in the shop." Money."

"My dear, I'm not going to play today anymore. I'm going to have a meal first and come back to play tomorrow. I'll definitely win by then -" the young man said angrily.

Niu Heidao thought for a while, then remained calm, stretched out his hand and asked someone to take out a piece of paper: "Bring me a pen, ink, and red seal."

The young man was furious: "If this happens every time, will I still be able to rely on you?"

At this time, Jia An beside him said loudly: "My young master's sister is the current concubine of His Majesty. How can she still be short of your money?"

It turns out that this young man is none other than Jia Sidao, who is only 17 years old this year.

It's okay that Jia An didn't say anything. Before he finished speaking, there was laughter all around.

"Jia Sidao, your special mother says this dozens of times every day, but you haven't seen your sister come to see you?"

"Jia Xiaoguan, I don't want the fifty cents you owe me. If you see your sister in the future, please say a good word to me."

"Hahaha." There was another round of ridicule.

Jia Sidao's face turned red and he said nothing.

Niu Heidao didn't laugh at him either. Niu Heidao was always a little cautious in this business. No matter what others said, Jia Sidao was indeed Concubine Jia's younger brother. I'm sure Concubine Jia would think of this brother one day.

Of course he didn't want to offend.

Jia Sidao quickly signed again, pressed his fingerprints, took Wu Guan Hui Zi and walked out of the stall.

When I walked out, there were still people talking secretly around me.

"How many years has Concubine Jia been a concubine? She has come to see him a long time ago."

"Having the same father and mother, not the same mother."

"The imperial court has a new policy, which strictly prohibits clan nobles and officials from shady work. Our son, the magistrate of Taizhou, is still in school and taking courses——"

There was a lot of chatter around, and Jia Sidao walked out quickly, feeling his head buzzing. When he came outside, he found that the air outside was much fresher than inside.

He took a deep breath, his face still dark and ugly.

That's right, Jia Sidao and Zhao Yurui's concubine Jia Yuhua were not born to the same mother.

When Jia She went to Beijing, he met Jia Sidao's mother on the way, so he slept casually, and Jia Sidao was born.

But Jia She's head wife was very powerful. Jia She later took up posts in various places, including serving as an envoy to Huainan, all with Jia Yuhua by his side.

Jia Sidao and his mother were arranged to live in their hometown of Taizhou, and Jia She would send some money here every year.

Jia Sidao and his sister Jia Yuhua only met when they were very young. He was an infant at that time. Jia Yuhua had no impression of him except that he had a younger brother.

Jia Sidao grew up in Taizhou. He was good at eating, drinking and having fun, and he was also tactful and sophisticated. He thought that he and his sister had never lived together and had no feelings, so he never dared to go to the capital to find her.

According to the original history, it was not until four years later, when he was 21 years old, that someone from the capital mentioned her brother to Jia Yuhua, and Jia Yuhua remembered it. So in 1234, Jia Sidao entered the official position as Jiaxing Sicang and Jiaxing. Tian Ling officially entered the officialdom.

Now he is only 17 years old, and his life is as absurd as in history. After all, after Jia She died, no one cared about him.

"Master, where are we going?" The loyal servant asked Jia Sidao at this time.

Jia Sidao hesitated: "Let's go and have a good meal first."

Even though Jia Sidao often loses here, he rarely loses. For example, after losing all his money today, even though he borrowed money again, he will not go out to play again. Instead, he will take his servants out to have a full stomach first, and tomorrow Then think of ways to take revenge.

At this time, Jia Sidao, who was still young, was much more mature than ordinary teenagers and was very good at using his brain.

Every time he had trouble borrowing money, Jia An would call out, saying his sister was Concubine Jia.

In fact, he had arranged it all in advance, because he couldn't say that himself, and it would be too embarrassing for him to say it himself.

Jia Sidao, who is only 17 years old, is already very scheming.

Of course, he is also good to Jia An, after all, he is the only one of his own.

The two of them immediately went to a restaurant and had a delicious meal.

After eating, we walked outside the restaurant. It was already getting dark.

At this moment, several big men walked towards them not far away, blocking them in front of them.

As soon as Jia Sidao saw that the person was evil, he immediately smiled and said with a flattering smile: "Who are these heroes looking for?"

"Are you Jia Sidao?" the leading man said solemnly.

"Jia Sidao? I'm calling you." Jia Sidao turned his head and glared at Jia An.

Jia An immediately stepped forward with a grimace on his face: "Who is looking for me?"

Jia Sidao had already turned around to observe, ready to run into the restaurant just now. If the other party dared to hit someone, he would be the first to run away. As for Jia An, he could only bear the pain and sacrifice himself.Unexpectedly, "Ba", the other party patted him on the shoulder with a hand: "Do you think I'm a fool? Why don't you wear this kind of clothes and call him Jia Sidao?"

Jia Sidao looked like he wanted to cry. Although his rich clothes were a bit old, the materials were there after all. The coarse cloth behind Jia An looked like Jia She's son.

"I don't know you, have you recognized the wrong person?" Jia Sidao said with a horrified expression.

"We are from Taizhou Jinyiwei. Your sister, Concubine Jia, wants to see you. You go back and pack up, then follow us to Beijing."

"What?"

Jia Sidao's voice suddenly became several times louder. He first looked at the other person in disbelief, and then looked overjoyed. After a few breaths, his bent back suddenly became straight, and his tone also had an official tone: "Damn, that's scary. This young master is dead."

"You guys wait, I'll go back and clean up."

"Wait, isn't it night?"

"Leaving overnight, we just received the letter, the carriage and boat are ready."

So Jia Sidao, who was only 17 years old, came to Lin'an at the end of February in the sixth year of Baoqing.

Although Concubine Jia had not seen her brother very often and she was not the same mother, she still treated him well.

The two siblings met in the imperial city first. Jia Sidao was smart, careful in what he said, and played the family card. Concubine Jia was deceived for a while, and she shed tears. Finally, she said to Jia Sidao: "His Majesty wants to see you later, you In front of His Majesty, you must speak well and not be glib."

"Brother knows, it's hard for sister." Jia Sidao said, "Sister and brother", which made Concubine Jia very satisfied.

After leaving Concubine Jia, Jia Sidao was taken outside the Xuande Hall.

As soon as I arrived outside the main hall, I saw several people standing outside waiting. I soon discovered that everyone seemed to be taking turns to go in.

Among the people standing outside, some of the clothes were different from those of the Song Dynasty. Jia Sidao looked a little strange for a moment. After thinking about it, he understood that several of them were not from the Song Dynasty. They were all from abroad. of?And they are not from the same country.

What the hell is this?
Of course he didn't dare to speak, so he could only wait quietly outside.

At this time, Emperor Zhao Yurui Zheng summoned Pu Heli, a large food merchant, in the Xuande Hall.

When Zhao and Rui were kings of Wei, they also made friends with Pu and Li. At the same time, the two parties signed a special contract for business cooperation.

At that time, Zhao Yurui guaranteed that the sugar from the Song Dynasty would be sent to Dashi. Pu Heli was the only partner, and Pu Heli had to bring back oil, sulfur and saltpeter from Dashi for Zhao Yurui, as well as other jewelry, ivory, spices and other big items. Neither Zhao nor Rui wanted food.

Transactions between the two parties have been normal in the past few years, basically the same.

Zhao Yurui mainly replaced sugar, iron pot, silk and Puheli.

As mentioned before, Pu Yali has been a maritime businessman for generations. His ancestor Pu Yali was famous for bringing hundreds of ivory tusks to Guangzhou. At that time, Guangzhou taxed nearly 6000 tusks at a time. Before doing business with Zhao Yurui, he was a big eater. Among the merchants, there are the largest number of large merchant ships, with more than 70 ships.

He has made a lot of money doing business with Zhao Yurui in the past few years, and his fleet has expanded to ninety ships.

But it was a bit far away from the Southern Song Dynasty. If you needed to transport sulfur and saltpeter, plus the intervening transactions, it would take more than half a year to go back and forth. If you included oil, it would basically only take one trip a year.

In the first two times, Pu Heli used dozens of ships filled with oil, saltpeter and other goods. He did not buy goods from other places along the way, but went directly to the Southern Song Dynasty. After selling them all to Zhao Yurui, he returned filled with goods from the Southern Song Dynasty. , and then sell it all the way to Dashi.

Now in the sixth year of Baoqing, he and Zhao Yurui have cooperated for several years, and the relationship between the two parties is getting better and better. Zhao Yurui also treated him with various preferential treatment after he became emperor, allowing him to have priority and tax exemption policies at various shipping companies. .

Just the year before last, Zhao Yurui granted him the title of Marquis, allowing him to allocate land and build houses in any prefecture in the Song Dynasty. The court directly supported the land within one hundred acres.

Pu Heli was not polite and directly bought a piece of land in Quanzhou and Lin'an, then built two large houses with his own money, and settled a home in Quanzhou and Lin'an, with wives and children at home.

He also completely regarded himself as a Song Dynasty person and lived in the Song Dynasty.

Of course, he spends most of the year at sea.

But he is getting older and is now considering providing for his retirement and letting his son take over.

I came here today to discuss a few things with the emperor.

At this time, Pu Heli was introducing to the emperor: "There is also a man named Pu in Quanzhou City, named Pu Shougeng."

Zhao Yurui listened quietly.

"Pu Shougeng's ancestors were Arabs who moved from Champa. In the 17th year of Jiading, he and his father Pu Kaizong moved to Quanzhou. Their family was proficient in navigation and commerce, and it didn't take long for them to become local merchants."

"I have met this person before. He is very ambitious and good at calculation."

"Inuzi Danying is full of praise for him and plans to cooperate with him in the future."

What Pu Heli means is that as he gets older, he will gradually stop traveling to the distant sea (towards the direction of Persia). In the next few years, he plans to only travel to Japan and Korea to Quanzhou, and in about five years, he will no longer go to sea.

His son Pu Ying has gone to sea with him several times, and his sea experience is not bad, but he is still young, so he plans to cooperate with Pu Shougeng.

"This man is proficient in Arabic and Chinese studies. He passed the local imperial examination this time. He wants to enter the Quanzhou Shipping Department."

After Pu Heli finished speaking, his expression was a little panicked.

He came to help Pu Shougeng seek an official position.

In the future, Pu Shougeng will be in the Shipping Department, which will also be of great benefit to the Puheri family's maritime business.

Pu Shougeng should know that he had a good relationship with the emperor, so he invited Pu Heli to ask for an official position.

(End of this chapter)