I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 252 Yangzhou Yihua VS Straight Man Zhizhou Su Yuanshun

Yangzhou City, the back hall of the state government office.

Su Liang and Su Shunyuan were both looking through Qiao Sanniang's information.

Qiao Sanniang, thirty-five years old.

Fifteen years ago, the romantic scene in Yangzhou captivated thousands of men, but they have yet to get married.

Su Liang had heard of her reputation when he was sixteen years old.

Although this woman opened a sex shop, she never forcibly bought or sold women. Instead, she helped many poor girls.

She taught these women how to read and write, play the piano and sing music, and perform tea ceremonies and flower arts, so that they could make a living.

If not for her.

I'm afraid many women will be sold to those "meat-selling" brothels.

Or go to some rich people's house to be a humble maid.

Qiao Sanniang was voluptuous and good at swearing, so many people did not dare to provoke her.

However, in this business, copper coins can earn a lot of money and can easily be transferred to the market.

Su Liang must let Qiao Sanniang help solve the money shortage in Yangzhou.

"What is her weakness?" Su Shunyuan murmured, thinking along the lines of Su Liang's method of dealing with Fourth Master Cao.

Fourth Master Cao loves his reputation, but Qiao Sanniang doesn't care at all. She just wants to keep her money.

At this time, Su Liang said with a smile: "Brother Caiweng, her weakness is that she lacks a man. How about you take her as your concubine?"

"Jing Ming, don't talk nonsense, I...I will only marry one person in this life, and that is my current wife!"

"You're kidding, you're kidding!" Su Liang rolled his eyes, thought for a moment and said, "Brother Cai Weng, I have a good idea in mind, but this time you go ahead and tell me, and I'll be responsible for nodding. How about that?"

"What's the good idea?"

Su Liang picked up the brush on the side and first wrote four words: beauty is late, and then wrote three words: brocade courtyard.

Su Shunyuan couldn't help but his eyes lit up.

"You mean to find a place for those old prostitutes to work as female workers in the Brocade Yard?"

Su Liang nodded.

Brocade Yuan, as the name suggests, is a place where brocade is weaved. It is a very famous government-run workshop in Yangzhou City.

Unlike many government-run workshops, the craftsmen are criminals and slaves.

The craftsmen at the Brocade Institute are all craftsmen with certain textile skills, and their salaries are very high.

As long as a woman can keep up with her hands and eyes, it won't be a problem for her to be in her sixties.

At present, the reason why Qiao Sanniang regards money as life is that she has a group of old and lustful women under her command.

These women were no longer able to get married, so they worked as odd jobs in Qiao Sanniang's romantic place. The number of people became more and more, and there were also some women from other places who sought refuge with her, which caused more and more consumption.

However, Qiao Sanniang attaches great importance to friendship and never abandons anyone.

"What a plan! What a plan!" Su Shunyuan couldn't help but praise.

He had no problem with the brocade courtyard housing hundreds of such women, not to mention the latter's needlework skills were definitely good.

Su Liang smiled and said: "This time, it took a lot of effort, Brother Weng, to convince him!"

Su Shunyuan showed a bitter smile.

"Jing Ming, you don't know how fierce this Qiao Sanniang is at scolding people. He can scold her for half an hour without using any harsh words. I'm afraid I can't tell her off, otherwise..."

"No, I'm only responsible for nodding." Su Liang strode away immediately.

Su Liang asked Su Shunyuan to serve as a lobbyist, naturally wanting to consolidate the Zhizhou's status in the hearts of businessmen.

Su Shunyuan was too honest and honest. If he could not reach an agreement with the businessmen, his future career might end at being the governor of a state.

……

into the night.

Su Liang and Su Shunyuan came to Mingyue Tower and went directly to the private room on the second floor.

After a while.

A woman with swaying waist came over.

She was wearing a purple dress, a pearl around her neck, and a hosta in her hair. Her face was like a peach blossom, her figure was plump, and her skin was particularly fair, like a plump white-faced steamed bun.

This woman is none other than Qiao Sanniang.

Qiao Sanniang naturally knew what Su Liang and Su Shunyuan were doing.

The person didn't say anything, but his charming attitude was revealed first.

"Oh, it's two officials who have arrived! Today I'm having a treat. You can tell me what you want to eat, drink, or listen to!"

Qiao Sanniang's voice was very charming.

That's what this business is like.

She is a woman with a pair of seductive eyes and a charming voice.

But it's all just a show, and whoever has true feelings will lose.

Su Liang looked at Su Shunyuan.

Su Shunyuan coughed dryly and said, "Shopkeeper Qiao, look at me. We can't just eat for free. Besides, how about we sit down for a moment and have a chat?"

"Su Zhizhou, look what you said, if you ask the slave family to sit down, how can the slave family not sit down? How can it be considered trouble?"

Immediately, Qiao Sanniang waved her hand to the waiter on the side, and the latter went to prepare the food and drinks.

She sat at the tea table nearby and made tea for Su Shunyuan and Su Liang.

Qiao Sanniang was making tea in her hands, but her mouth was not idle either.

He looked at Su Liang.

"Su Yushi, if you want to listen to some new songs tonight, you can choose the girl below me!"

Su Liang said with a smile: "I came here just to see a few more flowers in Yangzhou City. When I look at it today, Shopkeeper Qiao's style is still the same as before. I don't know, I thought Shopkeeper Qiao is at most twenty How old are you!" "Haha..., Su Yushi, you have such a sweet mouth. If you like to look at the slave family, I will let you see as much as you want."

……

There are many such ridiculing words in Fengyue Field.

Neither Su Liang nor Qiao Sanniang felt embarrassed.

But Su Shunyuan would never say such words. He felt that this was teasing women.

After leaning a little, Qiao Sanniang saw that Su Shunyuan was still hesitant to speak, and Su Liang kept chatting, so she directly pierced the window paper.

"Two officers, you are such a big official, so naturally you will not have trouble with a little girl like me. It's not easy for me to make money, and I have to feed a bunch of mouths below! Let's just talk about gossip today, and don't say anything that hurts our feelings. Words, how about that?”

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the food and drinks arrived.

After the food and wine are placed.

Su Shunyuan also said straight to the point: "Shopkeeper Qiao, this time we are not here to force you to help the state government solve the money shortage, nor are we looking for you to exchange benefits. I know that you have raised many old and weak women who can no longer perform as entertainers. There is a shortage of female workers in Yangzhou Brocade Academy. If those around you are good at knitting and embroidery, they can work in the Brocade Academy. As for whether you can help the state government, I do not insist on it."

"Nishikiyuan? Really...can we really go?"

"You can go at any time. It is my duty to solve the people's problems." Su Shunyuan replied seriously.

Hearing this, Su Liang couldn't help but smile. He felt that this was going to happen.

The most popular thing in the world is not routines, but people's hearts.

Her relationship with Mr. Cao can be fame and fortune, but Qiao Sanniang is very emotional and was deceived many times when she was young. She doesn't believe in men's sweet words at all.

Only by being sincere can she feel safe.

Immediately, Su Shunyuan said again: "Shopkeeper Qiao, you don't need to make any promises to me. You can just go ahead and have nothing to do today."

Qiao Sanniang stood up, bowed to the two of them, and then left with a grateful look on her face.

Su Shunyuan looked at Su Liang and said: "Jing Ming, just leave this matter to fate! Qiao Sanniang is indeed pitiful. Money is her backer for the rest of her life. We should not use Brocade Court to exchange benefits with her. And, solve it The survival of the people in Yangzhou City is my original responsibility."

Su Liang nodded in approval.

This is what a local official should look like, and Su Liang feels inferior to him.

……

The tenth day of November.

The fourth master Cao and Ao Lie, the eldest son of the Ao family, took the lead in taking action. They took out a large amount of copper coins from the hoard to buy agricultural products from the people of Yangzhou.

Within two days, the Yangzhou Flower Market and Fish and Crab Market were restored to life.

With this move, they will definitely lose money, maybe even a lot, because prices are still falling, but they believe they will be able to earn it back in the future.

at the same time.

The Yangzhou government also put the confiscated copper coins of monk Huiben into the market.

This is a long-term matter.

It is expected that it will take at least half a month for the market price to gradually stabilize.

And on this day, Qiao Sanniang also took action.

It can be said that women are not inferior to men.

Qiao Sanniang spends money much faster than Fourth Master Cao and Ao Lie.

Three big businessmen lost money to save the market, which made countless businessmen see their attitude, and also attracted many businessmen to follow suit.

Although this move resulted in a loss of money, it gained fame and saved the market.

What's more, Yangzhou's sluggish business will cause other port cities to compete for business.

This is something that the proud Yangzhou businessmen will never allow.

……

On November 28, Yangzhou's money shortage was basically under control.

However, in order to completely cure it, in addition to preventing accidents, specific laws and policies need to be implemented throughout the Song Dynasty.

On this day, Su Liang wrote two memorials to the court.

First, while reporting on the progress of solving the money shortage in Yangzhou, he also requested that when the Yiyi Law be implemented throughout the Song Dynasty, business should be used to govern business, and local big businessmen should be appointed as city Yiwu promotion officials, and the local chief officials would be responsible for supervision.

Secondly, Su Liang proposed two methods to curb the money shortage throughout the Song Dynasty.

First, we can re-create two coins, three coins, and five coins, so that these coins will gradually replace Xiaoping coins.

The so-called Xiao Ping Qian means one penny.

The discount of two qian means that one coin can be used as two Wen, the discount of three qian means that one coin can be used as three Wen, and so on.

This kind of money was issued during the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the people could accept it.

This move was intended to increase the monetary value of copper coins while reducing the actual value of copper.

At the moment, this money is easier to circulate than banknotes.

However, as soon as this law comes out, we must intensify the crackdown on the manufacture of counterfeit currency, otherwise many counterfeit currencies will flow into the market.

Second, increase the scale of sales of rare and expensive items to encourage wealthy people to consume.

For example: pearls, corals, jewelry, high-end clothing, wine and tea...

Su Liang sent these two memorials on the last day of November.

As for whether the imperial court will agree, the Reform Department has no new ideas, and whether the courtiers will raise some objections.

Su Liang didn't care about that much.

This year, I finally made a trip back to my hometown. I didn’t have to quarrel in the court, attend those boring ceremonial meetings, review documents day and night, let alone be the “pillar of the reform” in the eyes of the officials...

Su Liang was ready to take a good rest, spend some time with his family, taste Yangzhou delicacies, and completely relax.

After celebrating the Lantern Festival happily, we will go back to Bianjing.

(End of this chapter)