The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 188 One Painting
After listening to Gao Shilin's words, Liang Xin replied: "I understand."

Liang Xin really understood.

Who said that the heart of an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring light?

Gao Shilin then handed the snacks to Liang Xin: "Eat some. There are distinguished guests at your house today. My people found that people from the Liao Kingdom seemed to be preparing to come to their house. At dawn, several groups of people came out to inquire. Maybe Xiao Xiao The expedition is coming, no matter what the reason is, just eat and sleep."

"It is the duty of a soldier to eat food and go into battle to kill the enemy. As for you, you are fine now."

Indeed, Xiao Yuanfeng is here.

He came to Liang Mansion to have a look, and he especially wanted to take a look. It was no joke that a courtier's family dared to build a grand hall that looked like the main hall of an imperial palace.

He was placed in the Liao Kingdom and his whole family was killed.

In the Song Dynasty, if people really cultivated it and people would be fine, this would be a bit interesting.

So, Xiao Yuanfeng is here.

They were not wearing the clothes of their Khitan nobles, but the Chinese clothes.

Xiao Yuanfeng is an important figure in the Khitan Queen family. Nothing he wears can cover up his brilliance. Before he appeared in the Liang Mansion, not only Gao Shilin knew about it, but the Koreans and Jurchens also knew about it.

Cui Yiye reacted the fastest. He immediately arranged for someone to carry the gift basket and came to the door of Liang Mansion to hand over the greeting card.

Where is Xiao Yuanfeng?

He saw that although the leader was wearing Han clothes, several of the people carrying gift boxes were probably out of heat. When they took off their hats to wipe their sweat, he could see clearly that they were Jurchens.

As for why the Jurchens are here, he believes that the people around him will investigate.

He came here to do business and had no time to deal with such trivial matters as the Jurchens.

When the south courtyard of the Liang Mansion opens in the morning, the door won't even block anyone, so you can enter at will.

Entering the main entrance and walking around the screen wall, the doors on both sides are open and hung with thick curtains.

The door to the main hall was also open, and there were two servants guarding both sides of the door.

Further back, someone blocked me from entering.

After Xiao Yuanfeng walked into the main hall, he started to look around.

Dragon pillars, gilding, carved beams with dragon and phoenix patterns...

No matter how you look at it, it looks like the main hall of a royal palace. Not only the style, but also the details have patterns and decorations that are only allowed for the royal family.

There is a table in the hall and a shelf behind the table.

There are curios on the table and on the shelves, and there are calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall behind the shelves.

While Xiao Yuanfeng was watching it, he saw a man dressed as a businessman from the Song Dynasty come to a young eunuch in the palace and said, "I'll pay you [-] yuan for that painting."

"this way please."

The little eunuch bowed slightly and led the businessman to a side room. Another little eunuch took down the painting on the wall, held it high and followed.

The people around Xiao Yuanfeng whispered: "You can see it clearly. There is a signature on the painting. It is the signature of Liang Shicheng, the popular eunuch of the Song Dynasty, and there is also a seal."

Xiao Yuanfeng asked: "Is this painting worth ten thousand yuan?"

"The painting is not worth it, but the signature is worth it."

Xiao Yuanfeng smiled.

Really greedy.

In fact.

The businessman came to the room next to him and handed over a thick stack of coupons from the Conscience Bank. These coupons can be collected at any Conscience Bank in any place. If it is too far away, a certain fee will be charged. , this is called a remote withdrawal fee.

The businessman put down the stack of tickets and took out a yellowed land deed.

"Xiaomin was originally from Jinming County. Almost all his ancestors died, and only a few people survived. They fled to Bianjing to make a living. Today they do some fur business and make a small fortune."

The young eunuch in charge here took over the land deed and checked it carefully to confirm that it was genuine.

It's a long time coming, at least the way it was 70 years ago.

The little eunuch in charge said: "Help you get back the ancestral property." "No!" The businessman refused: "Please keep this land deed, and I will leave." After that, the businessman picked up the newly rolled painting, turned around and left .

Is Liang Shicheng greedy for money?

The fur trader didn't know.

But he knew that in Bianjing City, many clan slave shops were killed because of Liang Shicheng's son, and there were almost no evil merchants in Bianjing City who bullied the market.

In the past, powerful people have done this.But the purpose is to seize the sites and shops left by others.

Liang Xin’s didn’t.

Ordinary businessmen can still take advantage of the freed business opportunities.

In the eyes of many businessmen, Liang Xin's charcoal shop is not a business at all, but purely a charity.

Besides.

Previously, Su Shi had a piece of Tao inkstone, which he designed himself and had a master carve it. The paintings and words on the box were all written by Su Shi himself.Su Shi sold this, and then bought a lot of wine and medicinal materials to put in the fleet heading north to supply the front line.

Therefore, the businessman also believes that many of the things sold in this house will be converted into supplies and sent to the front line.

It is even said that one of the Tao inkstones was carved by a current official.

Isn't it just [-] yuan?

Liang Shicheng's paintings are not worth the price, but if Liang Shicheng were to provide food and grass for the Western Army, they would be worth it.

It's not the signature, nor the seal.

That's the thing.

Jinming County was almost completely destroyed by the Xixia people.

The businessman took ten thousand guan as a sacrifice to his people. He hoped to exchange it for medicinal materials and grain and send it to the northwest. Whether it was given to the Zhong family army or the Zhe family army, as long as it was for the Xixia war, he was willing.

In Bianjing City, the most purchased items are actually medicinal materials, as well as medical straw paper and fine cotton cloth.

There is no shortage of food for the time being.

Because Yanzhou robbed the Xixia people of food that they had accumulated for decades.

Liang Xin will not let down any expectations.

The businessman had just arrived at his shop. He sat down and was remembering his ancestors. He was thinking about the people who were killed by the Xixia people. Although he had never seen them, he had heard his grandfather and father talk about them countless times. He had never even seen his hometown. There are no Western Xia people either.

But this matter is engraved in my bones.

He was thinking about whether he should also go to the northwest and visit his hometown on the grounds of doing fur business.

Just as I was thinking about it, a petty official from Kaifeng Mansion suddenly came.

The clerk came and checked his identity first. After verifying that everything was correct, he gave him a thick paper bag containing official documents, and then a receipt note.

The businessman opened the bag and found a new land deed for Jinming County and the original land.

Then there was a contract. The place where his family lived was now under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou. The local garrison signed the contract and rented his land, and then the army settled it.

Next, is a list.

There are medicinal materials, wine, papyrus, bacon, cloth, etc. written on it.

There are detailed contents and quantities.

The businessman looked at it very seriously. After he had read the piece of paper for almost a quarter of an hour and had almost memorized it, the clerk in Kaifeng Mansion suddenly reached out and pulled it back: "This is the wrong thing, it's not for you." After that, he tore the paper into pieces and threw it directly into the stove next to it.

"Sign for it, I have the next one to go to."

"Yes, yes." The businessman quickly signed for it.

Was that list for him?
The clerk said it was a mistake.

What about him.

He had already memorized it, and after the clerk left, he made a copy. As a businessman for many years, he did not need to use a pen to calculate, he had an account in his heart.

(End of this chapter)