Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 69 Opponents
Kaifeng Mansion, in an inconspicuous house.

A middle-aged man with simple clothes but extremely graceful bearing was sitting in the courtyard, slowly drinking a cup of hot tea. Just the smell of the tea made people feel refreshing, and it was clearly the best quality. Famous tea, he was holding a palm-sized little wild cat in his arms, eating a piece of dried meat.

In front of the old man, two gorgeously dressed people were serving him respectfully, lighting a fire and making tea for him.

"This tea must have come from the Southern Han Dynasty."

"Sir, you are right. This is the best camellia from the Southern Han Dynasty. It is very particular. Every piece is carefully selected. Only the tenderest tea tips are taken. This water is also specially transported from outside the city. The water from the mountain spring, come to think of it, even Zhao Kuangyin drank nothing more than this."

The other person smiled and said: "Zhao Kuangyin is no more than a common man. I heard people say that he doesn't even want to eat more meat on weekdays. He always spends money on things and shows a small family spirit. What future can such a person have? In the Central Plains. The country has fallen into his hands, and I can see that it is clearly in decline and will be taken by my Lord sooner or later."

The old man seemed to be very happy when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "A common man only knows swords and weapons, how can he understand the way of governing the world? How can he compare with my Lord's peace of mind and appointment of virtuous people? Haha, now he is talking indiscriminately. Money and people's livelihood are on the line, but this is indeed a great opportunity for us."

As he spoke, the old man gently took another sip of tea, savoring the aroma on his tongue with satisfaction, but said: "After all, I still feel it is not as good as the Shu tea at home."

While they were talking, a man came in from outside, walked quickly, and whispered in the old man's ear: "Sir, the latest news is that King Qin has been appointed as the deputy envoy of the Third Department and is fully responsible for the issuance of Song coins. The imperial court no longer restricts the use of South coins. The money is gone, and the King of Qin openly said that within three months, Song’s money will be raised back.”

Hearing this, everyone in the courtyard suddenly had a heavy expression on their brows.

"Sir, we have more than 100 million yuan of Nanqian in our hands now, and we have made a lot of money. Do you want to... exchange it for gold and silver now and transport it back?"

The old man looked serious when he heard this, and he was obviously quite troubled.

They were all spies sent to Kaifeng by Hou Shu. They did make a lot of money this time. However, they took action a little late. When the price of Nanqian was at its lowest, they didn't catch up at all. By the time they found out Taking advantage of this business opportunity, they specially invited the old man from Houshu to Kaifeng to take charge of the overall situation, and after transferring enough funds, it was already very late, and the Nanqian money had almost risen back. Their purchase price was almost one tael of silver and seven. About a hundred words.

I made a profit, but I didn't make much, just three to four hundred thousand yuan.

Of course, Meng Chang is still very satisfied with the results of their work. Several ships of Nanqian have been transported to Shu. After all, Nanqian is an international currency and is also used in large quantities in Shu. He also specially issued a decree to reward it. They promised to give them promotions and promotions, and their support became stronger and stronger.

"Sir, shall we throw it away?"

"Don't worry, money is not that simple. Now the general trend has been established. The money of the South has risen, and the money of the Song has fallen. How can we get it back in a short while? With the trust of my lord, gold, silver, silk and other items are now available to us. Use, such a great opportunity, how can you just give up like this? Keep collecting, the Southern Coin will definitely rise. As long as the Southern Coin is rising, the Song Coin will definitely fall. Both my Lord and the Prime Minister have the intention of the Northern Expedition, and so on. Under this, the soldiers will have a better chance of winning."

"Just sir, I heard that Zhao Guangmei is very evil and very resourceful. The ministers of the shogunate under him are all big merchants who have been famous in Kaifeng City for many years. And in this world today, except for those from Southern Tang, I am afraid that no one I don’t have as much money as he does. If he takes the lead in this matter, I’m afraid this money..."

The old man smiled disdainfully and said: "Let the cat guard the fish? Zhao Guangmei has the most Nan money in the world, but he owes millions of Song money. Will he be willing to upgrade Song money or demote Nan money? Even if he is willing, Does he really have this ability? At most, I will take as much as he gives away. Now my Lord and the Prime Minister are fully supporting us. No matter how rich he is, can he still be better than us? "

Everyone nodded after hearing this. It was true. Although the Song Dynasty was the strongest, in terms of wealth and prosperity, it was far inferior to that of Hou Shu. Moreover, they all knew that the Song Dynasty had rich and powerful imperial guards. Although he was rich, the treasury and the emperor were actually quite poor, at least far from being compared to Meng Chang.

Our Majesty, even the chamber pot is a top-quality treasure inlaid with seven gems.

"Since Zhao Guangmei has lifted the ban on Nan money, what about Shu money?" "The ban has also been lifted."

"Ha, hahahahaha, good, good, good, great, God is really helping me, Da Song, haha, Da Song, let's fight today and see how I get three years of military pay for the soldiers!"

"But then Zhao Guangmei..."

"I'm just a 13-year-old child. I can't beat him, sir?"

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three divisions.

"Your Highness, Nan Qian is still rising, Song Qian... is still falling."

"Is it still falling? Is Nanqian still rising?"

Zhao Guangmei was slightly surprised. In just two days, he had already released nearly 100 million yuan of Nanqian. Although he did not expect that the 100 million would bring the price back, and his original intention was just to test the depth of the water, but It didn't rise at all but continued to fall, which is really weird.

"Is there an opponent? There is a Dazhuang in Kaifeng City besides me?"

When Sun Liancheng saw this, he was also worried and said: "Your Highness, are you still letting me go?"

"It's interesting. I told my second brother that there should be a spy in Kaifeng City. The big spy should let him check it out. It would be best if he can find out. But don't alert the snake yet. This is here to give money."

Zhao Guangmei really doesn't pay attention to things like currency wars except Southern Tang, and Southern Tang and Li Jing are about to die. It's impossible that Li Yu still has the leisure to send people to Kaifeng to make extra money at this time, right? ,

"Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Zhao Guangmei asked Xue Juzheng: "I want you to cast a new batch of pure copper coins of the Song Dynasty. Are you ready?"

"It has been cast, but... as a result, the copper in the treasury will be almost empty."

"Don't be afraid. This is the last batch. Don't cast any more easily. Is there anyone in the yamen who has an official position, big or small, that you don't like very much? There should be someone who is corrupt and you have long wanted to kill him?"

"Ah? Do you want it, Your Highness?"

"We need to kill people. If we want to keep the price down, it seems we can't do it without killing people. We have to borrow a few heads to use."

(End of this chapter)