Of course, the Polydexing, which is being prepared, has a background. Kaifeng Prefecture has never shortage of people with backgrounds, so there will be corresponding protective umbrellas behind all kinds of profitable transactions.

Collusion between officials and businessmen has never been a problem in Kaifeng Prefecture.

The person who stood behind Poly Dexing's surname is Xiang, the two brothers of the current Empress Dowager Xiang, Xiang Zongliang and Xiang Zonghui!

They were the first to notice the powerful Kaifeng Mansion who sold Christie's. They would arrive almost every time whenever Christie's' calligraphy, painting, and calligraphy. How could they not be moved when they saw an extra scene of 100,000 or 200,000 in one day? Now Christie's is charged five points for commissions for two days, which is 10% added up! In addition, some appraisal fees are charged.

In other words, among the 200,000 yuan transactions a day, Christie's will draw at least 20,000 yuan!

This transaction is not an exaggeration to say that you can make money every day!

Because the two brothers of the Xiang family had a queen mother, they were just scattered in the officialdom and could not control real power, so they could only devote their energy to "family property management" - it was really business, not corruption and bribery. The Xiang family now has no real power, and the emperor doesn't like them, so where can they go to embezzle?

Xiang’s management mainly has two directions, one is land! Xiang’s family owns a large area of ​​land on Hebei East Road, most of which are not in the official account book, that is, land that does not have to pay taxes. Hebei East Road was "swept" by the Yellow River water, and most of them were "swept" to the name of the wealthy family of the Haoshi family.

The second industry of Xiang’s family is the Gold and Silver Silk Store and the supporting pawnshop. There is also a very beautifully built Xiang’s gold and silver silk store in Jiesin Lane, which is the industry of Daming Xiang’s family.

However, the Xiang brothers did not directly come forward to "open a bank", but instead operated a gold, silver, silk and silk shop through two slaves Xiang Bao and Xiangli.

Now, the Xiang brothers have focused on the heavy profits of the singing and selling house. Xiang Bao and Xiang Li came forward to establish Polytechnic and were preparing to compete for business with Christie's.

For this reason, Xiang Zongliang and Xiang Zonghui also found Chen Youwen, the rival of Wu Haogu. Although his painting skills cannot be compared with Wu Haogu, his appreciation skills are better than those of Wu Haogu and his son.

Moreover, he has always been the leading figure in Kaifeng Prefecture's calligraphy and painting business!

"Chen Dengshi, my brother doesn't need you to do anything at Polydexing. You are now a civil servant and have a dispatch, so you are not suitable for business."

In the living room of Xiang Mansion's mansion, Xiang Zongliang said to Chen Youwen who was visiting: "But you have to help Poly Dexing's calligraphy, painting, and cultural relics... My brother is not asking you for help in vain. We will take responsibility for you when you celebrate the festival with Wu Haogu."

"Yes," Xiang Zonghui also smiled, "Where are your two sons now? They are gone? Let them all come to Polydexing, each one is in charge... By the way, when Wu Haogu doesn't become a waiter, let Chen Bao go to Hanlin Academy to be a student, okay?"

Chen Youwen was overjoyed and said, "Okay, OK, Youwen, thank you for your observation."

Xiang Zongliang and Xiang Zonghui's current martial rank officials were both observation envoys, one was the observation envoy of Xiangzhou and the other was the observation envoy of Lizhou. Therefore, Chen Youwen called them "observation".

Since returning from the Liao Kingdom, Chen Youwen has become a little fond of Wu Haogu, the mortal enemy. He first entrusted Wu Haogu's blessing to transfer one official - it is very difficult for a person who has no background to transfer one official. Chen Youwen only transferred one official last year, and this year he has been transferred another official... This official fortune is that he is a civil servant who is a Jinshi, and most of them are not as good as that!

Now, because of Christie's' prosperity, he has made two brothers of the Queen Mother... Now, I am no longer afraid of being implicated by Zhao Tieniu.

Of course, if you want the Xiang brothers to protect themselves, Chen Youwen has to work hard. No matter how you want Polytechnic to be the same as Christie's, you will have to make money.

The ideal result is that Wu Haogu really died in the chaos in Yanjing. Chen Youwenxin said: Wu Haogu is so old, Wu Haogu, you will die, so that I can really rest assured.

...

"Ah Yeh!"

Wu Haogu suddenly sneezes a few times at this time, and the brush in his hand was not firmly pinched and was also shaken onto the paper.

He touched his nose and frowned and said, "Why did you sneeze for no reason? Could it be that you were suffering from the cold?"

When he thought of Fenghan, the scene of Ximen Qing treating and feeding him medicine that day... Who would have thought that Ximen Xiaoyi was actually a woman and now she has become her concubine. Life is like a dream.

But I don’t know what Pan Qiaolian would view this dream. Is it a spring dream? A nightmare?

Wu Haogu shook his head gently, tightened the clothes he was wearing, and then buried his head on the rice paper he was writing.

He is now sitting on a wooden boat that is moving forward slowly, hired by Lin Chong in Cangzhou. The coach Lin is like a fine person. He takes his yellow certificates with him everywhere and brings a lot of golden leaves (all of which were kept by Wu Haogu for him). Therefore, after everyone entered the Song Dynasty, they all became his "entourage". He came out to buy mules and horses in a small town on the edge of the Jiehe River, rode south to Cangzhou City, and hired another boat in Cangzhou City, and went all the way to Chaijiazhuang along the Fuyang River-Wudi River.

On the way to Chaijiazhuang, Wu Haogu began to prepare his memorial and proposal for the construction of the "Lighthouse City". The latter was prepared for Murong Wangyou's old man... I wonder if this old man has arrived in Chaijiazhuang now?

If he had arrived in the Song Dynasty safely, then the Lighthouse City would have to fall on his tongue.

Wu Haogu had already thought a lot about it. First of all, it was to attract talents and funds from the Liao Kingdom to the Song Kingdom. On the way to Cangzhou, Wu Haogu had a further understanding of the Yanyun clan through exchanges with Zhong Ge'er. Although these families generally value martial arts and over literature, the real power of the clan was not the military leaders, but politicians with noble blood. After all, it is not an era of chaos in the world. The military leader is also an unsuccessful figure among the Han tribes of the Liao Kingdom, and can win over a group of people!

To achieve this goal, Lighthouse City must adopt more flexible policies in civil management that are different from other parts of the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, those figures in the Liao Kingdom would not be able to enter the country at all, let alone being recruited and appointed by the Song Dynasty court through the Lighthouse City channel.

The second is to use Lighthouse City and Xijin Beishifang to grab business in order to crack down on the economy of Liao. Because Xijin Beishifang is now the starting point of the land Silk Road and the center of international trade in Northeast Asia, it contributes a lot of taxes to the Liaoshifang every year. If this starting point and center are transferred to Lighthouse City in the Song Dynasty, then Liaoshi will lose a lot of taxes.

To make Lighthouse City strong commercial competitiveness, special policies must be adopted in business and tax management. The market and buying system must not be implemented in Lighthouse City, and various monopoly sales cannot be implemented. Otherwise, what if the merchants from the Liao Kingdom do not come?

Secondly, Lighthouse City is used as a large stronghold for collecting information from the Liao Kingdom and infiltrating the Liao Kingdom. Because this stronghold will be completely open to the Liao people, but it is outside the sphere of influence of the powerful and powerful people in the Liao court, it can provide participants in the Liao Kingdom's internal affairs struggle with a safe haven.

Of course, this requires the Song Dynasty court to set up a special intelligence agency to carry out the mission of infiltration and intelligence collection of Liao Kingdom...

Finally, and most importantly, it is to use Lighthouse City as a large stronghold and material storage place to attack Liao in the future. In war and logistics, it is even more so for the soldiers in the Song Dynasty who were jealous of money. If they were not allowed to eat well and use them well, and they would be rewarded with viciousness, could they fight?

Therefore, the most troublesome thing about the attack on Liaoning is the logistics problem!

In Wu Haogu's vision, the logistics problems of the Liao Dynasty could be solved entirely by the Lighthouse City.

For this reason, Lighthouse City should occupy a relatively large area, and it must be larger than the three squares of Xijin Prefecture, Nan'an and Dong'an. It is best to be as big as Xijin Prefecture City, so that it can be opened and it will be easier to station troops in the future.

At the same time, Lighthouse City should have certain defensive capabilities and the possibility of transforming into a fortress. Only in this way can Lighthouse City be used as a stronghold for the Northern Expedition... or an important support point for resisting the northern army's southward advance!

Since the current Border River is the only channel for the transfer of grain from the Tokyo Road of Liao Kingdom to Xijin Prefecture, once Lighthouse City is operated as a "free city", it will completely become a transit station for sea and inland shipping.

In other words, all the grain transported from Tokyo Road will be unloaded at the port of Dingta City and then transferred to Xijin Prefecture by inland ships! Relying on the advantages of the grain transit port, Dingta City can be operated as a grain trading and distribution center... This means that the Song Dynasty court could secretly hoard military rations in Dingta City through grain trading.

You can use money to buy food from the Tokyo Road of Liao Kingdom for use for the Northern Expedition! This alone will save hundreds of thousands of people from Hebei East Road from the trouble of transferring fortunes - if it is done properly, Hebei East Road would not even know that a war broke out!

In addition, if slavery can be allowed (the source of slaves is of course the Liao Kingdom) exists in Lighthouse City, then even the cannon fodder for the Northern Expedition of Liao Kingdom - directly liberating slaves to join the army, maybe a hundred thousand people can be obtained in a flash. Even if they cannot be used as regular soldiers, there will be no problem when they are transferred to military rations to build a castle as auxiliary soldiers.

Moreover, these slaves from the Liao Kingdom must have a deep grudge against the Liao Dynasty. If they really go to the battlefield, they will definitely work harder than the useful men of the Song Dynasty...

In other words, as long as the lighthouse city is managed well, the Liao Kingdom can use its own strength to attack the fourteen prefectures of Yanyun in the Liao Kingdom.

The Song Dynasty... If you pay some money and add 50,000 or 60,000 elite troops in the Western Army, everything will be fine.
Chapter completed!