Unlike the Song army on Hedong Road where the Song army was successfully blocked the Jin soldiers in Yanmen Pass, Feihuxing and Jingxing, the resistance of the Song army on Hebei Road can be described as repeated defeats. The 30,000 middle-level Song army led by Zhong Shizhong was attacked by two Jin soldiers and was forced to retreat south quickly. However, they were still caught up by Wanyan Zongwang's army in Raoyang County, Shenzhou. Zhong Shizhong led the army to fight back, but eventually retreated under the repeated attacks of 10,000 cavalry. The Song army was defeated and almost destroyed.

The deputy commander Wanyan Jiemu led an army of 50,000 to burn and kill the traitors and the states in the north of *** fell one after another. Three days later, Wanyan Jiemu's 50,000 army rushed to Daming Mansion. The 50,000 xiang army guarding Daming Mansion collapsed without fighting. Daming County fled all over the city. In a panic, Zhao Kai, the prince of Yun who was in charge of Daming Mansion, disguised himself as a civilian and fled out of the city.

However, the Jin soldiers and cavalry did not attack Daming County, but instead turned around and entered Bozhou. The Jin soldiers and the iron hooves arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River.

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The Song army in Hebei's three routes were defeated. The news that the Jin soldiers and cavalry arrived at the Yellow River reached the capital. Zhao Ji, the emperor who was presiding over the court meeting, vomited blood and fainted on the spot in the hall. He was rescued into the deep palace. The entire court and the country fell into extreme panic.

There was a panic in the capital. The tide of evacuation from the capital has changed from a few people in private to a large-scale public evacuation. Almost all wealthy families are looking for a way out in the south. The price of silver has exceeded the high price of one tael of silver for 5,000 ci, reaching 5,500 ci for one tael of silver, and gold is even more priceless, and even gold cannot be exchanged in the black market.

Li Daqi has been quite worried these days. Tang Zhengzong has not returned to Tangyin County yet. Although the Jin soldiers have not yet reached Xiangzhou, I heard that there is no ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Tang Zhengzong is likely to be trapped in the chaos.

At noon, Li Daqi came to Hongqiao Tea Restaurant as usual. The business of the tea restaurant was still booming. The merchants wanted to get the latest news of the battle from the tea restaurant. When Li Daqi went upstairs, many merchants surrounded him and asked in a slight manner: "Mr. Li, what news is there on the other side of Hedong Road?"

The news that Li Yanqing was in charge of Hedong Road has long been spread throughout the capital, and Li Yanqing's identity as the little owner of Baoyanzhai has long been known, so when Li Daqi appeared, many people wanted to find some internal news from Li Daqi.

Li Daqi bowed repeatedly and said, "Everyone, I know nothing about the situation on Hedong Road, just like everyone."

Li Daqi explained for a long time before everyone left. He came to his fixed seat and sat down. The shopkeeper Zhang from Wan's rice shop opposite him smiled and said, "Mr. Li is not sincere! Last time you told me that there is a pigeon letter dealing with you and Taiyuan Baoyanzhai."

"Shopkeeper Zhang misunderstood that there are no pigeons in Taiyuan now. I heard that all pigeons and the Ying are under military control. At most, they send messages from the capital to Taiyuan. So I did not lie. I really don't know about the situation in Taiyuan."

"So that's it. It's my misunderstanding."

Li Daqi asked again: "Have the Wan family rice shop been removed?"

Manager Zhang Da smiled bitterly, "Things are not that easy!"

"Didn't your boss's family withdraw?"

"Only the family members have withdrawn, everyone else is here! The family is big and the business is big. Do you want the wealth accumulated over decades?"

"Yes, the most important thing now is not retreat."

The most important thing was to evacuate family members some time ago. Now it has entered a deep retreat, that is, property retreat. The capital of Song capital in Tokyo has accumulated nearly half of the wealth of the Song Dynasty. The eunuchs and royal relatives have accumulated a lot of wealth, and have been deposited in the hands of land, houses, and copper coins.

So when war comes, everyone wants to replace wealth with easy-to-carry treasures, gold, silver, jewelry and other high-value items, which become the targets of everyone's pursuit. The first thing that disappears is gold and jewelry, and a slightly larger amount of silver becomes the targets of everyone's pursuit.

Now whoever has gold and silver can buy valuable resources at a low price. However, rumors of moving the capital are getting more and more popular, causing the housing prices in the capital to plummet. At that time, a house worth 50,000 kilns of money can now be bought for only 1,000 taels of silver.

For merchants, real estate is no longer rare. Now everyone is chasing gold and silver. Whoever does not have the deposit of hundreds of thousands of chunks of money in the hands of every big merchant? How to transfer this money safely is the main evacuation now.

"How much silver did your boss exchange?" Li Daqi asked after taking a sip of tea.

Manager Zhang Da shook his head, "Now there is no money everywhere, and the owner is going to drive me crazy. Can Lord Li be more stable? I will exchange it with you for one to seven!"

Li Daqi also smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, I have more than 100,000 guan in my hand now and I can't exchange it for silver, so I have suffered heavy losses!"

"Mr. Li was joking. I'm afraid that the most sensible person in the capital is Mr. Li. Mr. Li started to exchange gold and silver five years ago. Unlike my boss, who spent nearly one million guan in his hands, that would mean he was crying without tears."

Manager Zhang sighed, "Forget it, I'll go and ask the money shop again!"

Manager Zhang got up and left. Li Daqi took a few sips of tea. At this time, another middle-aged man sat opposite him. Li Daqi raised his eyes and was stunned, "To the governor!"

This governor Xiang is the nephew of Queen Xiang, named Xiang Lun. He was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou. Of course, he only served as a Void Official. The Xiang family is the richest man in the capital. Xiang Lun is the head of the Xiang family's capital industry and has a high status in the Xiang family.

Li Daqi knew him and he had a deal when he sold Yujie Baoyanzhai. Yujie Baoyanzhai was sold to Xiang's family for 10,000 taels of gold. Looking back today, it was shocking. It is said that some people are willing to spend a million guan.

Exchange 10,000 taels of gold.

"Mr. Li, it's been a long time since we saw each other!" Xiang Lun said with a smile.

"Master Xiang Dong, it's been a long time since we met." Li Daqi nodded with a smile. He muttered a little in his heart, could it be that Xiang's shop in Yujie regretted it?

"I just went to Baoyanzhai, and the people in the store said you might be here, so I came again."

"Is there anything wrong with the boss looking for me?"

Xiang Lun nodded, "I want to do a deal with Li Dongzhu!"

"Xiangdongzhu also wants to buy Baoyanzhai rouge?"

"No, I just came back from Qiantang County, Hangzhou. I planned to buy land by the West Lake, but I found out that I was late and the land by the West Lake had already been sold out. I asked the government and learned that Li Yuanwai is the largest landlord in West Lake and owns 2,000 acres of land by the lake. Can Li Yuanwai transfer it to our Xiang family 300 acres? I am willing to buy it at a price of 1,000 taels of silver per acre."

Li Daqi bought land when Fang La had just withdrawn from Hangzhou. At that time, the land price by the West Lake was the lowest in history, only ten cents of coins per acre, and ten cents of coins were only 7,700 cents of coins, and one tael of silver was a little more. Now Xiang's family is willing to buy it at a price of nearly a thousand times, which shows how fierce the price of land in Hangzhou has risen.

Li Daqi immediately realized something and asked carefully: "Have the capital moved to the public already been decided?"

Xiang Lun looked left and right and lowered his voice, "There was news from the palace that the official has decided to move Nanjing to Hangzhou, and Yingtianfu removes the Beijing account. This is the top secret information and must not be leaked."

Li Daqi hesitated for a moment. If the capital was really moved to Hangzhou, a thousand taels of silver per acre would be slightly cheaper, and that would be by the West Lake!

Xiang Lun smiled again and said, "I won't buy Mr. Li's land for nothing. Didn't Mr. Li want to buy alum building a few days ago? I can build a bridge."

Li Daqi didn't want to buy alum building, but wanted to buy the brand of alum building. He wanted to build another alum building in Hangzhou. Now that housing prices have plummeted, Li Daqi has bought a lot of valuable resources.

For example, in the Yujie Zhushou Teahouse, Li Daqi bought it for 5,000 taels of silver. Of course, 5,000 taels of silver is not a teahouse. He bought this brand. In other words, he could also build the same Zhushou Teahouse in the capital, as well as the brand and recipe of Grandma Cao’s meat patties, which he also bought it for 5,000 taels of silver.

These are valuable resources that are a century-old brand that cannot be bought for no amount of money. At this time, the other party urgently needs silver, so he finally let go.

But what Li Daqi wanted to buy the most was Alum Tower. He had contacted him several times, but he was rejected by Alum Tower. If it was an ordinary businessman's asset, it would be possible to trade it. However, Alum Tower was obviously not. Li Daqi found out that the background of Alum Tower was the Chai family, and even had something to do with Dangjinzi, so he had to die.

When Li Daqi heard that Xiang Lun was willing to build a bridge, he was excited and asked, "Is the Chai family willing to sell it?"

Xiang Lun smiled, "Yanlou was no longer the Chai family's property three years ago."

Li Daqi also seemed to understand something and asked tentatively: "Is it your Xiang family?"

Xiang Lun smiled and said, "It's true, but the Xiang family cannot sell all the brands of Alum Tower. I can transfer half of it to Mr. Li. Mr. Li and I will jointly build a new Alum Tower by the West Lake."

“What’s the price?”

Xiang Lun said calmly: "I can give half of the alum building part to Li Dongzhu, but I don't have to take any penny. There is only one condition. The land on the edge of Mr. Li's West Lake is sold to the Xiang family at 500 acres, which is the price just now."

Xiang Lun was very good at planning. The residential land by the West Lake had been divided up and was basically bought by the powerful. However, the biggest landlord was Li Daqi. Now Li Yanqing holds heavy troops on Hedong Road, and the Xiang family dare not use power to put pressure on him. He can only use temptation, businessmen! As long as the price is given high, Li Daqi will definitely consider it. Xiang Lun even gave half of the alum building to Li Daqi."

Li Daqi pondered for a moment and said, "It can be sold to Xiang's family for 500 acres of land, but I want to trade it in gold!"
Chapter completed!