The officials of the Song Dynasty were all night owls. Qian Xie climbed up to the top of the tower and shook it around. When he returned to the room, he woke up all the wine. He called on people to serve the wine and food again, and urged the musicians to perform singing and dancing. The musicians were already sleepy at this time. They rubbed their sleepy eyes and sang songs weakly.

Liao Xiaoxiao didn't go upstairs with Zhao Xing just now. She took advantage of the fact that everyone left and ran back to the house to sleep. Qin Guan also left. He hugged a few Japanese girls and returned to his house. So Zhao Xing's side, the person who accompanied the banquet was replaced by Kasli.

The Arabs were well trained, and Liao Xiaoxiao was unwilling to accompany her. Although Kasli was awakened, she reluctantly raised her spirits and forced herself to accompany the guests with a smile. However, she sat there, frequently rubbing her eyes with the emerald ring in her hand.

Wiping the eyes with emerald rings is a common habit for actors. The ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Aztecs regarded emeralds as priceless treasures. They believed that emeralds had the power to cure human diseases, especially to keep the eyes healthy and bright.

Since then, they have liked to use emeralds to wipe their eyes, believing that this will make people awake. In modern times, Western actors or painters working in theaters and TV stations still maintain the habit of using emeralds to relax eye fatigue after the strong light of the spotlight. They also called the lounge (powder room) "green room" and "green area" - later this became a common habit statement all over the world.

It is said that emeralds were officially introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty and became the favorite of dignitaries. Since then, actors and singers in the Ming Dynasty also liked to use emeralds to wipe their eyes... But when the Qing people entered the Central Plains, this habit had disappeared.

Although the Chinese gem industry said that "every green is expensive", emeralds were not a mainstream product in the Song Dynasty. Because the production of emeralds was really rare at that time, and most of them were in Egypt, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The best-quality emeralds were underwritten by Europe and Arabia, and not many of them flowed into China...

Speaking of which, the Chinese style of liking emeralds began with Qin Guan and Mao Pang. The word emerald originated from the ancient Persian "zumurud", which originally means "green stone". Before Qin Guan, the word was translated as "supporting wood thorn". When these two talents joined forces to revise the "West Chamber", they took a more elegant translation, called "emerald". Therefore, with the help of the spread of the West Chamber, the word "emerald" spread throughout ancient China.

Now, Qin Guan and Mao Pang have not revisited "The West Chamber" - because Zhao Xing has not performed this play yet, but Kasli comes from the Arab world and brings the habit of loving emeralds to the Song Dynasty. As a Hu people, this hobby is found in many markets among the Hu people, and countless people with common languages ​​can be found. However, Liao Xiaoxiao and the others do not care at the moment, so Kasli has a large number of emeralds as decorations.

Qian Xie was not aware of this Arab habit. When he saw Kasli frequently rubbing his eyes with emeralds, he was very curious and stared at him. In the end, even Su Shi was a little reluctant. He quietly kicked Qian Xie with his toes, indicating that the other party should be careful of dignity.

Su Shi and Zhao Xing had been in contact for a long time, and they also knew that there was no ambiguous relationship between Kasili and Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing dismissed other Arab dancers, left this one alone, and allowed Kasili to enjoy the treatment of a concubine. In fact, he regarded the other party as a forbidden body, and his only lack was picking. He knew that although Zhao Xing was gentle and tolerant to his friends, Zhao Xing was essentially an irritable person. Once he violated his private territory, Zhao Xing's resistance would be very fierce, so intense that money could not bear it, so he secretly reminded him.

Qian Xie came back to his senses, with a little expression. He said consciously: "It's late at night, Brother Zizhan, I see that the night banquet is over here, so it's time to part."

Su Shi immediately took the other party's words and replied: "So, let's get it settled. Brother Qian, I'll invite you again tomorrow at noon."

The servants full of houses had been waiting for this long. As soon as Qian Mufu spoke, the servants carried a soft bed over, put him on the soft bed, and trotted him to the guest room. After Su Shi waited for him to leave, he rubbed his shoulders and said, "How is the money for charcoal money?"

Zhao Xing looked at Su Shi's actions and asked with concern: "Teacher, don't ask about the charcoal money. If I do my business, you don't have to worry about it. There is hot water in the kitchen, so let's take a bath."

Su Shi nodded and replied: "It just happened to be able to sleep in a wooden barrel, so I'm going to have to worry about leaving."

Zhao Xing waved his hand, and a group of Japanese girls ran up in small steps, walking out with Su Shi in all his hands and feet, kneading Su Shi's body while walking. Rather than massage, it was better to say taking advantage of him.

It was snowing today. Since Su Shi was exiled to Huangzhou, he had his muscles damaged when he was plowing the fields. He could not lift his arms whenever he encountered wind and snow. It was precisely this reason that he asked the court to release him from other office. On this snowy day, he also couldn't lift his arms. When he insisted on sending Qian Mufu away, he felt that the arm would not belong to him.

The Japanese girl was diligent and frequently changed the water from the wooden barrel to Su Shi. An acupuncturist was called over and gave Su Shi acupuncturist. Zhao Xing saw Su Shi settle down and was about to go back to the room. At this time, Kasli approached Zhao Xing and asked softly: "Master, it's almost dawn. You go back to the room at this time, for fear of waking them up. Why not go to my place?"

Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment and answered indifferently: "Okay!"

That night, Zhao Xing and Kasli were actually very innocent. He ran all day on a snowy night and had to drink with someone when he came back. He fell down immediately when he saw the bed, as innocent as a newborn baby... However, no one in the entire castle believed it, and even Qin Guan did not believe it.

Su Shi and Qian Xie both slept late yesterday, and neither of them got up at noon. Qin Guan got up. He was energetic in a black sable fur and wandered around the castle, strolling to Zhao Xing's house. He was just knocking Zhao Xing out of Kasili's room in disheveled clothes, yawning all the way. Kasili was wearing a small shirt, regardless of the cold, following him barefootly, buttoning Zhao Xing while walking. Qin Guan showed a look of love and annoyance, clapping his hands and saying, "What a beautiful orchid flower, you've finally started."

Kasli saw Qin Guan, turned around, left Zhao Xing and ran back to her house. Zhao Xing was still buttoning lazily, as if she didn't hear Qin Guan's sigh, and said to herself: "Has the snow stopped? When the snow stopped, I want to go around. You accompany the teacher. Remember, the teacher's arm is hard to change. As long as you take good care of that arm, don't worry about the rest."

When the Song Dynasty was snowing, charcoal wages were distributed only for the people of the city, while farmers in the four townships were not as lucky. Therefore, according to convention, officials were busy paying money on the first day of snow, and the next day they needed to inspect the villages to check whether there were any farmers suffering from snow disasters. There were several counties under Hangzhou. After Zhaoxing had a circle, it was the 15th. It was on holiday.

Officials of the Song Dynasty had holidays every ten days, that is, the first day and the fifteenth day of the lunar month.

Qian Mufu was still a guest in the castle, but at this time, Zhao Xing no longer needed to entertain him. Su Shi's whole family moved into Zhao Xing's castle - because the heating equipment for houses in the Song Dynasty was not very advanced, but Zhao Xing was a bit transcendent, so his close people, such as Su Shi and Qin Guan, moved into the castle to "snuggle in the winter".

When winter Xian came to a holiday again, Zhao Xing boarded a sea boat from the wharf under the excuse of patrolling the four townships. When the ship left the port, Su Shi saw the sailing ship from the window. He was still wondering how to patrol the townships and still needed to be a sea boat...

The sea boat was not patrolling the townships. He followed the Qiantang River to the estuary, then bypassed the sand dunes at the estuary, and arrived in Mizhou in a day while flying in the winter monsoon.

In Linhai Village, Mizhou, Zhang Yong and Deng Yufu have been waiting in the village for a few days. When they saw Zhao Xing, Zhang Yong reproached: "You said that Tianning Festival came, but now it's October 15th, and we have been waiting for three days. We also do the Tianning Festival. Why can we come here? Can't you come?"

Zhao Xing jumped to Zhang Yong's question and asked directly: "What's the situation?"

Deng Yufu replied: "It's great, not ordinary. This year we have exchanged tens of thousands of horses from Jinzhou, as well as various animal skins and wool. Speaking of wool, I want to praise you. The thread spun by the wool is thick. The head of the Mizhou Troupe Training household training has made enough money this year. Those imperial guards who moved to the military came to us and would rather leave the identity of the imperial guard than to come to Mizhou Troupe Training.

My leather workshop business is also good. I have made 200,000 leather sheets this year... By the way, this is the potato yarn you want. The craftsmen have spent countless yarns to prepare this potato yarn.

This thing is good. It is black and has a bright paint surface. Although the sand is very transparent, because the paint is bright, it is completely invisible to wear on the body. It is both elegant and cool, which is really good.

And what you said is to use potato shiitake to make patent leather and prepare raincoats. We have also tried it. The raincoats made are really impermeable, and this thing is good."

Zhao Xingquan knew what Deng Yufu said, because Deng Yufu and Zhang Yong had no sales channels, and all sales were controlled by Zhao Xing, so the purpose of his question was not here. He asked: "How is the Musket Team? Have you read it?"

Zhang Yong replied: "Since you left, people from the Privy Council came, and they took all the musket teams away. I heard that Tianning Festival planned to let the musket team practice this year, but it failed. It is said that the muskets frequently exploded, which hurt several people very much. In order to prevent accidents, the musket team moved to Ronghebei..."

Setting up a musket is a technical job. Because after the gunpowder in the musket is burned, it is all sulfuric acid or nitric acid. These strong acids will corrode the barrel, so every shot is fired, and Zhao Xing formulated strict operating procedures, but he still couldn't be guarded against human inertia and lost his supervision. Some people may cut corners and make mistakes carelessly. If the musket fails to clear the chamber in time, it will inevitably lead to frequent blowouts.

No wonder the original musket had to use bamboo tubes. This thing was really a choice. Zhao Xing worked hard, but history still stubbornly returned to its original track. This musket team eventually returned to the bamboo tube era.

Other industries in Mizhou are also doing very well. The group trainers planted apple trees and sweet potatoes this year. Most of the sweet potatoes are sold to farmers around them at high prices as seeds, while a small number of sweet potatoes are used as demonstrations and are processed into various foods, such as fried potato chips, sweet potato vermicelli, etc.

Sweet potato vermicelli appears here as a fast food noodles. Due to the small amount, it has become a rare thing, which also causes the price of sweet potatoes to remain high-profit. Profits are motivated. Sweet potato planting in Mizhou is not as difficult as Zhao Xing imagined. It spreads outwards almost instantly.

Zhao Xing learned about the situation, sighed, and comforted himself in his heart: In fact, why bother to blame him? History has greatly accelerated the progress. The sudden musket should have appeared forty years later. It is now ahead of schedule. What else does Zhao Xing regret?

The promotion of sweet potato originally took two or three hundred years, and its appearance should have been more than two hundred years later. Now it has appeared and it is free of obstacles to promote it. So, what are the regrets?

The inertia of history is sometimes helpless, but it is moving forward after all.

After asking about the situation in Mizhou, Zhao Xing suddenly smiled. He asked with a smile: "How is Jinzhou? Are those owners of the Bohai Bay happy recently?"

When the word "owner" was mentioned, Zhang Yong and Deng Yufu both showed lewd smiles in knowingly. They nodded like chickens and rice and replied: "They are so happy. Now we want to rub them around and they are just round, and they are very obedient. It is said that we bought wool on a large scale, which made them very rich. The Liao Kingdom is famine everywhere, but the greasy noodles they eat are all happy."

Several Israelites started to check the accounts with their account books in their arms. Next, officials at all levels from the Mizhou Troupe rushed to Linhai Village in groups of three or three to report. Some of them were wearing hunting clothes, some were wearing relatives' clothes, and some were shaking folding fans, as if they were wandering around the mountains and rivers. These people pretended to be like looking around, and they looked around, as if they had accidentally discovered the existence of Linhai Village, and planned to have a meal nearby, then dived into the house and warmly greeted Zhao Xing, the old commander...

Of course, their main intention was not to get close to Zhao Xing. When the Israelites completed the settlement, the year-end distribution plan also came out. The impatient officers took the flying money bills issued by the Israelites and sneaked out of the village.

When the meeting was over, it was already late at night. Zhang Yong wanted to hold a banquet to entertain Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing did not have such interest: "Have Jinzhou talked about the situation of the Liao Kingdom?"

Zhang Yong's answer was not out of the way: "The official family will transfer me away in August this year, and in September, I will ask me to take the musket team back to Beijing. I refuse. It's better for Mizhou. I plan to live in Mizhou."

Deng Yufu was educated and knew what Zhao Xing asked. He replied: "I heard about the famine in the Liao Kingdom. Hebei said that many people from the Khitans came to "grass valley" this year. Zhending, Baode, Ninghua, and Yingzhou were killed and injured, and their property and livestock were almost robbed. When the Liao people retreated, they burned, killed and robbed along the way, and the city and ruins were ruined.

In June, an imperial edict was issued to 'Rice cannot pass three dou'. Zhao Zi, the governor of Xiongzhou, said: 'That is also my people.' He ordered that there was no ban on rice. It is said that the border people were very virtuous..."

"Zhao Zi, a clan of the royal family, this guy is too brave," Zhao Xing said sneered.

Seeing that Zhao Xing's attitude was wrong, Zhang Yong asked curiously: "It is said that the court found out that he did not blame Zhao Zi for acting casually, but instead praised Zhao Zi's kindness."

Zhao Xing laughed and asked, "Zhao Zi sold grain to the enemy. It is said that the border people are very virtuous. So, after the border people were grateful to him, they were full and had the strength to eat. Have they not participated in the 'grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-

Zhang Yong was choked, and Deng Yufu said thoughtfully: "The Khitans all look the same, and since the Song Dynasty, they have never stopped 'grass-drawing valley'. Whoever comes and who doesn't come, how can I know the Song Dynasty... Could it be!"

Zhao Xing sneered: "I only ask one thing: Zhao Zi sold grain privately after the enemy. Is the imperial court's grain ban order in name only?"

Deng Yufu replied: "Of course, if you can get a benevolent name by selling food to the Khitans, who doesn't want to do it? Everyone is rushing to sell food to the Khitans?"

"That's right. The real situation must be: Zhao Zi is a big dealer who resells grain. Under the ban on the court, it is not convenient for him to blatantly resell grain. That's why he came up with this excuse, and those who praise him must participate in the smuggling of grain. There has never been no love in the world for no reason. How could Zhao Zi care about the suffering of the Khitans for no reason? Either seeking fame or profit! Just seeking fame is risky, and seeking fame is profitable, there will be a group of interests who will benefit!"

Deng Yufu wondered: "If you say this, it is possible, but isn't 'being gentle and virtue' taught by the books of sages?"

"So we feed our enemies with food - we follow the teachings of the Book of Sages; when the enemy has the strength, we pick up the sword and rob us. This is their coming to "national unity" us. In order not to affect national relations, we should praise their behavior of dancing to us. Originally, those people were hungry and could not climb on horses, but now they have the strength to chop people... You are not saying that how many people are here to "grass valley" this year? Thanks to the teachings of the Book of Sages, because of our benevolence and righteousness, they have the strength to slaughter us."

Zhang Yong and Deng Yufu opened their mouths for a long time, and Fang stammered: "The piece of grain sold in Hebei is very vigorous and has snatched many of our businesses. I wanted to tell you that Jinzhou complained that we only sold them porcelain and silk, and would not give a single grain of grain. Since Hebei can sell grain, why don't we sell it? If this continues, they will change the transaction with Hebei."

Zhao Xing shook his head, looked at the north, and said, "We are not born with a low-key race! The road we will take in the future is still long. This has been abnormal for two consecutive years. Who knows if there will be a famine next year? Jinzhou wants to trade with Hebei and let them go, but as long as they leave us aside, they will not be able to go into the sea. I don't believe that they can take all the transactions by land."

Zhang Yong was still stunned while opening his mouth. Deng Yufu had figured it out: "Yes, there are many land checkpoints. From land sales, Jinzhou cannot take advantage of it. They can only go to sea and land... Let them complain. As the master, there is no awareness of being ravaged at all. I think Jinzhou is looking for death. Ignore them."

Looking at the direction of Jinzhou in the distance, Zhao Xing suddenly felt powerless.

Originally, he planned a currency war, using luxury goods and privately minted coins to gradually hollow out the Liao Dynasty's economy, but now, there are loopholes in the plan.

Speaking of which, Zhao Xing did not sell grain to the Liao Kingdom, but his quota for selling grain was accurately calculated, which just happened to allow the Liao people to starve to death, but could not store a large amount of material to fight. But now, under the banner of "benevolence and righteousness", Hebei has sold grain to the Liao people in an infinite amount, disrupting his plan.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on the greed of the officials, because capital is bloody, and every pore is covered with dirty blood. Zhao Xing slowly tightened the noose on the necks of the Liao people, and he exchanged the Liao people's production materials with a large amount of luxury goods. In this way, reselling grain to the Liao people will become profitable. In the end, if Zhao Zi had not jumped out, Wang Zi and Liu Zi would have jumped out.

This is inevitable and cannot be stopped by humans.

Zhang Yong and Deng Yufu saw Zhao Xing silent, but their eyes kept turning. They knew that he was thinking about how to deal with the Hebei officials. They were all waiting for Zhao Xing's decision. Zhao Xing thought for a while and smiled silently.

In fact, why should Zhao Xing worry about this? The city of Rome was not built in one day. It would take at least hundreds of years to make the people of the Song Dynasty have the spirit of contract and respect the rules. As long as the Song Dynasty has time, all this will happen naturally.

The business society will surely create a fair society that respects contracts and maintains the rules of the game. Because only in this case can commercial activities proceed normally.

The Song Dynasty has only been operating for less than two hundred years. Its contract spirit is far from deep into the bones of the people, but it has done a good job. The wandering society and the patriarchal society have established many rules. Why did Zhao Xing be too harsh on this era?

Time, what he needs now is time.

When natural disasters are frequent, the reactions of Liao and Song are completely different. The Song Dynasty had an original social security mechanism and the government was willing to come forward to protect its people. Liao was different. With the reduction of resources, they would increase their efforts to extract the country. This was originally a real history. As long as Zhao Xing put a little force on it, it would be like pushing down a rolling stone along the hillside, the rolling rocks would inevitably bring about avalanche-like destructive power.

He has done a good job now. The large amount of input of luxury goods has made the nobles of the Liao Kingdom desperately cheat every part of the blood and sweat of the people in order to obtain more luxury goods. As the signs of the collapse of the Liao Kingdom become more and more obvious, countless vultures will pounce on them, wanting to peck a piece of meat on the corpse, so Zhao Zi's behavior is a helping hand in another aspect.

Some people in the Liao Kingdom died of full food, while others starved to death. In the long run, it would be beneficial to the Song Dynasty.

"I heard that Mizhou's weapons have sold very well recently?" Zhao Xing asked thoughtfully.

Deng Yufu replied: "Yes, the weapons of the merchants in the Changmen court in Goryeo were very popular, and they had many "effectiveness" to buy weapons and drove a ship to Liao Kingdom. When they met our Song Dynasty official army, they were serious merchants. As soon as the officers and soldiers left, they fled into the territory of Liao Kingdom and robbed everywhere.

I heard that horse thieves are everywhere in the Liao Kingdom, and many people sell weapons to horse thieves and return empty-handed - of course, the ship is full of goods. According to the instructions of the people who left, we have turned a blind eye to these "utility" behaviors. Until now, almost every household in Mizhou has swords and guns. These people go to sea to say that they are fishing. In a blink of an eye, the weapons are gone, and there are many more Liao goods on the ship.

The Liao Dynasty also negotiated with Dengzhou, but Dengzhou ignored it, or someone replied: Why can the Liao people come to us to make grass valleys, but we can't go to their place? So the local officials of Dengzhou are reluctant to report such small matters - but the Dengzhou Mizhou has collected a lot of taxes, and they have drawn one in ten as usual. Now, Mizhou has secretly become a profession, and many of the "utility" are used to make a vote in the slack season. Hehe, it makes the border come and go, which is very lively.

I heard that the Liao envoy made this matter in the court not long ago, and the court also replied in the court: You can't even control the personnel who are driving the grass valley, why can we control those little thieves?"

"Wonderful!" Zhao Xing applauded his hands and waited for a while, and then asked curiously: "Who gave this answer? I heard that there are gentlemen in the court now. Will gentlemen be so rude to their enemies?"

Deng Yufu smiled: "Hangzhou is not a defense state, so you can't see the military newspaper. Mizhou can see some military information. This matter is said to be Liu Anshi. He is fighting with Jia Yi very hard, so he would not care whether the Liao Kingdom encountered thieves.

It is said that when Mr. Xiao Su was on mission to Liao Kingdom, someone questioned him like this. Mr. Xiao Su's answer was the same. He asked the Liao Kingdom to first control his own personnel in the "grass-killing valley" and wait until the Song Dynasty freed up its military power from the border before it could search and suppress the pirates."

Zhao Xing had completely let go of his heart. He no longer had to worry about the Liao Kingdom. The stone had been pushed down the hillside, so it would naturally roll down with huge inertia, and there would be more stones along the way... The rest should be the direction of the Jin Kingdom.
Chapter completed!