No shortage of walls

In the Song Dynasty, there were many incidents of Hu people and herdsmen trapping horses and cattle. I also had this intention. The price had been negotiated last year. The consensus was reached very quickly. In just one day, the credentials for two thousand cattle, two thousand horses, and sixty thousand sheep were signed. The rules are still the same as last year. The cattle and horses only need to be signed by the ceremonial officials of both parties. As soon as the seal was sealed, the cattle and horses passed through the border, and the sheep still needed snow. But when the cattle and horses were delivered, there were more than four thousand cattle and horses each. If the Hu officials were not afraid that the Song Dynasty would buy less sheep at the end of the year, It was intended to stop the herdsmen from selling the sheep together. It was estimated that the advance would be doubled. In front of the other side's guard general, the two sides agreed to clear the money and settle the matter.

Next, Liu Chengwen began to sell soap, facial cream, fine cotton, etc. It's just that the workshop Cui Zheng is in charge of is not really normal yet, and he still signed a living certificate. Hu Guo informed the border master how much he would need; the border master Lu Li was responsible for notifying the workshop Cui Zhenghe and reporting to the court. Usually the Hu people would take them back and sell them themselves. When delivering cattle, horses and sheep, the Song people could sell them themselves and collect the taxes from the Hu people. That's right, except for newspapers, if the Hu people ordered 3,000 copies, they would be dead, and the rest would be alive.

Liu Chengwen reiterated that His Majesty the Zhengtong Emperor had issued the Zhengtong regular newspaper in February; from now on, the cloth of the Song Dynasty would be collected and sold by the imperial court. Firstly, it is easy to collect taxes, and secondly, the quality is guaranteed. In the future, if foreign countries want to buy things from the Song Dynasty, the workshop will take care of them.

Regarding this, the people of the Song Dynasty agreed with both hands and feet. In the past, women at home were taxed when weaving and selling cloth, and they had to report taxes to the government, which was very troublesome. There were many soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and the punishment for tax fraud was very heavy, but the new emperor issued an imperial edict to exempt the people from taxes on first-hand sales, first-hand pigs, chickens, sheep, and dogs, as long as they were made, raised, and planted by themselves; first-hand Free of charge on sale.

Soap is a novelty, each weighing three taels and being square. Liu Chengwen gave ten soaps to the Hu man to try on himself and taught him how to use them. There were also one or two taels of facial cream and fine cotton cloth.

Soap costs half a tael a piece; facial cream costs half a tael a piece; it's very expensive. To use what I said before, it is equivalent to paying 250 yuan for a piece of soap nowadays, which is no different from robbing money.

The Hu people made money selling sheep, and the order was urgently placed. Although Lu Li didn't know the cost of soap, etc., he had already heard Liu Gongquan of the Liu Kingdom talk about the money-grabbing business, and he found it novel.

The prince emperor is too capable, he is definitely not a mortal, mortals are stupid.

It had only been two months since the letter of credence was signed. Lu Li secretly made a calculation; it seems that the money Song Guohua gave to the Hu people has almost come back. In order to make money, he also gave Dong Hu an idea. If you sell to Xi Hu, you can also make money. Sell ​​more expensive.

You don't even do business that doesn't make money.

The Hu people have long had this intention, but Song's goods are not yet normal.

On April 26, Liu Chengwen set out for Yuzhou Pass.

The State of Qi thought that it would be better to have someone else negotiate the deal, but Liu Chengwen never mentioned the matter of salt. He only said that he wanted a thousand big fat pigs, five thousand kilograms of dried kelp, 10,000 to 20,000 dans of miscellaneous grains and rice, etc., so he started to sell it. Soaps, facial creams, fine cottons, and crystals from the Song Dynasty. It wasn't until the other party mentioned it that the quality of sea salt was uneven. Not to mention, it was reduced to half a percent. Sea salt was also divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D. Each grade was five cents cheaper. They asked for five thousand tons, in addition to two thousand newspapers, and fat pig kelp, all of which were signed and sold, which made Qi people half angry, but they had to sell it. They had a large quantity, so they didn't sell it themselves, and they were controlled by Chen Guo, so they wanted to sell it. If it is sold, the Song Dynasty does not have to buy its own.

On the first day of June, Liu Chengwen arrived in the state of Chen. He placed an order for 800,000 kilograms of lump salt, which was also reduced by half a percent. He sold a lot of goods and was close to Suiguo. He stopped by for a few words and sold them to Suiguo. A piece of peerless treasure crystal. It’s just that Suiguo can’t afford it. Turn around and go to Xia Kingdom.

The business of Xia Kingdom is quite difficult to negotiate. In the Song Dynasty, selling was very convenient, but buying was difficult. Because Xia's cattle and horses were not sold, they only sold grains, cotton, sheep, etc.

The orthodox newspaper of the Song Dynasty in August was issued, saying that Xiang Donghu signed a letter of credence for the sale; the transaction with the Xia Kingdom had not yet been concluded, but the peerless treasure crystal was sold.

The most expensive piece of crystal in the world was of course the crystal. Since Sui Guo couldn't afford it, Liu Chengwen sold it to Xia Guo with three thousand dans of grain, five hundred BMWs, one hundred sheep, and one hundred cattle. A piece of glass!

Finally, in September, 10,000 dans of miscellaneous grains were purchased. Twenty thousand sheep, nothing else, not even cotton.

The Song Dynasty sold a lot of soap to the Xia Dynasty, but the Hu people bought more glycerin facial cream. The Hu people in the north were dry.

In fact, Xia Guo wanted Song Guo's products to be cheaper, but Liu Chengwen would never lower the price.

Once the supply of things in this world exceeds the demand, the price cannot be lowered.

Liu Chengwen signed his credentials and went back. The courtiers were worried that Xia Guo Shao would buy Song Guo's workshop goods.

Song Xing laughed after hearing this. He said:"Don't worry, it's mine. He only wants to use it once, especially the Xia Kingdom is very rich."

Later, as expected, Song Xingyan found out that the supply of soap exceeded the demand, and the fine cotton cloth was not enough to ship. For a while, money was like running water.

In August, something called hot pot came out of the workshop. It was said that the emperor had already used it, and the rich and nobles rushed to take advantage of it.

The emperor sent a decree that everyone in the court, from the third grade and above, would be rewarded with one; the rest would be bought by Cui Zheng and delivered by someone.

Liu Jingyun ordered people to guard the Qingzhou Pass, with ten soldiers for each powerful crossbow. They were on standby around the clock. As soon as the Liao people came forward, they would shoot. If one shot failed, another one would come again. The Liao people were miserable. They said they were guarding the border, but no one dared to show up.

Military sentiments emerged in the flames of war. More than 20,000 soldiers died in vain just because Song Ru colluded with the Liao Emperor. All the generals issued a declaration of war, but the emperor remained silent and the guard had no choice but to issue a death order. If the opponent shows up, he will be shot to death.

Emperor Liao had no choice. On March 17, people raised the white flag.

Guarding Qingzhou Pass was Liu Jingyun's deputy general. Fang Datong, the commander of the second-rank army, ordered people to stop shooting arrows. Soon, a third-grade general came out of Liao Nei Pass. He is about forty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a long and resolute face that is tanned and has sharp edges. He cupped his hands and said:"Li You, the third-rank general of the Liao Kingdom, has come to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty according to the imperial edict of our emperor Long Live the Emperor." After saying this, he took out his credentials and handed them over.

The so-called war between two countries does not involve killing the envoys. Fang Datong made people put down their worries. Hanging up the other party's credentials, he opened it and saw that it was a letter full of apologies, asking for compensation. I am willing to pay one hundred thousand taels of silver and five hundred beauties, hoping that the two countries will be reconciled forever.

Fang Datong shouted loudly:"General Li! I am still a minister. I dare not do anything about this matter. I will report it to the Ministry of War for my emperor's holy judgment!"

Li You handed over and stepped back.

Since the other party intends to compensate. Fang Datong ordered his subordinates to stop shooting arrows and urgently reported to the palace. As a general, he was very unwilling; but as a minister, he had to do it.