The next day, Zhang Qianyi's flying pigeon message was sent to Guo Song's desk, and after Guo Song read the pigeon letter, he asked Wen Miao to invite Pan Liao.

"Old Pan, look at this!" Guo Song smiled and handed the copy of the pigeon letter to Pan Liao.

Pan Liao didn't forget the order of respect and inferiority because Guo Song called him Lao Pan, in his opinion, there is no difference between 'Lao Pan' and 'Pan Aiqing', just a more intimate title.

He respectfully took the copy of the pigeon letter, read it carefully, thought for a while and asked, "Can Your Highness accept Zhu Zhu's idea?" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "In fact, the threshold for my negotiation is not high, and the proposal of the conditions of Kunguan is just a pretentious gesture, so that Zhu Zhu feels that I am reluctant to withdraw from Mengjin Pass, and I also believe that Zhu Zhu also has masters around him, like Liu Sigu and the like, he can see that I am not interested in Mengjin Pass." ”

Pan Liao said with a smile: "The pass that everyone else is looking forward to occupying seems to have no value in the eyes of His Highness!" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "It's not that the value of Mengjin Pass is not a big problem, but it is not as dangerous as Yanmen Pass, Shibao City, and Tongguan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Mengjin Pass is nothing more than relying on the danger of the Yellow River, but in winter, the Yellow River freezes, and the value of Mengjin Pass will be greatly reduced, and I can take it back at any time, so I don't value it too much." ”

"I see, I have a suggestion."

"Long history, please speak!"

Pan Liao groaned slightly; "Does Your Highness remember the new batch of money in the treasury?"

reminded Guo Song at once, and Guo Song hurriedly asked, "How much new money is left?" ”

"Originally, there were 500,000 guan, and more than 100,000 guan have been used to buy cloth and shops in the past few months, and there are about 350,000 guan left, Zhu Jun got a million guan of tax money from Yangzhou, almost all of which are old money, and it just so happens that we also need a lot of old money, so we use new money and old money to exchange it one-to-one, Zhu Jun does not suffer a loss, and he feels that he should be willing."

Guo Song thought for a while and said: "Zhu Jun himself wants to use the method of redemption to give us money, is it too cheap to use the method of long history?" ”

Pan Liao smiled slightly: "Humble duty does not mean giving up redemption, of course there must be redemption, for example, Zhu Zhu took out 300,000 yuan to redeem it, we let it go a little, it cost 250,000 yuan, and then it is to exchange it for new money one to one, and take this opportunity to exchange new money." ”

Guo Song took a few steps and asked, "What is the exchange ratio of new money and old money in Luoyang?" ”

"The official is one to one, but the black market is 100 for 120 wen, and it is said that many officials have made a fortune because of it."

Guo Song finally decided, "That's it!" Ransom plus exchange plus a promise not to attack Liangzhedao for three years. ”

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The second round of negotiations began three days later, and the two sides reached the first consensus that morning, according to which Zhu Zhu's army promised not to attack Liangzhedao for three years.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides reached a negotiation principle to settle the Mengjin Pass by redemption, and no longer involved territorial claims, but when it came to the specific redemption amount, the two sides had a conflict, Zhang Qianyi asked for 300,000 yuan, while Yao Lingyan was only willing to pay 100,000 yuan at most, a huge gap.

In the next two days of negotiations, Yao Lingyan only agreed to the other party's additional conditions in principle, accepted the other party's proposed exchange of copper coins, and exchanged 350,000 yuan of new money according to one-to-one, and then Zhang Qianyi reduced the asking price of 50,000 guan, and the redemption price was reduced to 250,000 guan, and Yao Lingyan also increased 50,000 guan, and was willing to pay 150,000 guan for redemption.

It stands to reason that both sides can reach a compromise by making one more concession each, and herein lies the problem, neither side is willing to compromise anymore.

Zhu Jun had already realized that it was not difficult to capture Mengjin Pass in winter, and the value of Mengjin Pass was not high, so he refused to compromise any longer, and Guo Song's bottom line for Zhang Qianyi was 250,000 yuan, which could not be lower.

Two days later, at Liu Sigu's suggestion, Zhu Zhu also put forward additional conditions, that is, the Jin army was not allowed to attack Mengjin Pass and Xiaopingjin Pass from the north bank of the Yellow River within five years, and if Guo Song agreed, then 200,000 yuan was sold.

And Guo Song also proposed to exchange the redeemed currency for gold and silver, and if Zhu Junfang agreed, then he could also accept the price of 200,000 yuan.

After a back-and-forth haggling between the two sides, the two sides finally reached an agreement.

First, the Great Qin State promised not to attack the Liangzhejiang Province for five years.

Second, the two sides exchanged money at a one-to-one price, and 350,000 new money was exchanged for 350,000 old money.

Third, Zhu Zhu used 150,000 taels of silver and 20 3,000 stone cargo ships as bargaining chips to redeem Mengjin Pass.

Fourth, the Jin army promised not to attack Mengjin Pass and Xiaopingjin Pass from the north bank of the Yellow River for five years.

Fifth, the time of withdrawal was calculated from the date when the Great Qin State stamped the emperor's treasure seal on the agreement, and the Jin army retreated within ten days.

Sixth, a "Transit Memorandum" was attached, mainly to allow scholars to go to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination.

The day after Zhu Jun stamped the treasure seal on the agreement, the Jin army began to sail north in batches, and at the same time, the household departments of the two sides began to be in close contact and began to fulfill the money and property settlement on the agreement between the two sides.

At this point, both sides kept their promises, and the settlement between the two sides continued until September, when on the fifth day of September, twenty cargo ships of 3,000 stone loaded with cloth purchased by the Jin Dynasty entered the Tianbao Canal.

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Time in a blink of an eye to October, with the comprehensive renovation of the old city of Chang'an, more and more people to visit, Guo Song also specially ordered the demolition of the palace wall around the Weiyang Palace, making it a park similar to Qujiang Pond, allowing ordinary people to take their wives and children to go to the Qing to play, and do not need to spend a penny, which makes Guo Song won the high praise of the people of Chang'an.

Gradually, everyone called Chang'an City the old city, and the original Han Chang'an Old City became a new city, and the name was reversed.

But what really attracts the people of Chang'an is Guanghuamen Street, but Guanghua Gate has been demolished, and the Xi'an Gate in the north is still there, which connects the old city of the new city and is eight miles long The commercial street was officially named Xi'anmen Street.

From the first day of the official opening, Xi'anmen Street was crowded, in fact, Xi'anmen Street is subdivided into six streets, Zhengdong Street and Zhengxi Street, that is, the two main streets near the river, and then there are two streets on the back of them, called East 1st Street, East 2nd Street and West 1st Street, West 2nd Street, a total of six streets, thousands of shops.

The business model here is completely different from that of the East and West markets, as it is a central square where eating, drinking, shopping, and lodging are concentrated, as well as various folk artists, and a large polo field has been built outside the Shingwanghwamun Gate in the middle of the street, where high-level polo teams compete every day, attracting a large number of polo fans.

There is also a theater that can accommodate thousands of people on the east and west sides of the central part, and there are artists who perform the most popular military dramas and puppet shows in Chang'an uninterruptedly, which are very popular among the people.

In addition, there is a flower boat parade at noon and evening every day, dozens of colorful flower boats are cruising on the Cao River, nearly 1,000 dancers and music girls dressed up in flowers and branches on the flower boat sing and dance, attracting a large number of people to watch on the river bank, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.

The business model of Xi'an Street is actually similar to that of the Song Dynasty, bringing together various commercial, entertainment and service industries, such as ceremonies, moving houses, repairing and decorating, house design, pet feeding, beauty salons and other service industries.

As for the traditional shops, restaurants, inns, gambling houses, tea shops, and music workshops, there are more than 30 Qinglou prostitution halls in the innermost part of North Second Street, almost all of which are available, as long as you have money, you can enjoy everything here.

Therefore, Xi'an Commercial Street from the opening, it is deeply loved by the people of Chang'an, every day the crowd is surging, never stops, never closes the door for 12 hours, and even countless guests from Guanzhong, Guannei, Longyou, Hedong and other places have also come to visit.

Chang'an City also from the beginning of July this year, officially abolished the curfew for more than 100 years, all the square gates were demolished, the eight city gates were no longer closed at night, and the people could enter and exit freely, which directly led to two benign effects, one is the prosperity of commerce and the prosperity of the market, followed by the sharp rise in the price of residential land outside the city, and many rich people began to buy land and build houses outside the city.

The prosperity of Chang'an has also attracted many places to follow suit, Luoyang, Yuancheng, Xindu, Jixian, Licheng and other feudal towns, as well as the economically developed Taiyuan, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places have abolished curfews, opened up the walls, and built commercial streets.

However, Chengdu still maintains a century-old curfew tradition and does not allow the slightest change, which leads to the gradual loss of merchants, and it is obvious that Chang'an attaches more importance to commerce, the government exempts business taxes, and merchants have a more equal status, which of course attracts Chengdu businessmen.

In Chengdu, on the contrary, merchants had no status, they could not ride horses, they could not ride in carriages, they were not allowed to wear long clothes, they could only wear short clothes, and they could only wear black and blue clothes, they could not mix with ordinary civilians, they were not allowed to live in more than two acres, they were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, they were not allowed to study in Taixue, and they were not allowed to take concubines.

The second is the inexhaustible variety of taxes, there are three kinds of commercial tax alone, which add up to one percent of the tax, as well as the shelf tax, salt tax, tea and wine tax, mule and horse tax, deed tax, lodging tax, household tax, etc., the lodging tax was levied last year, in fact, it is a rental tax, and the rent has to pay the tax, and the foreigner has to pay the tax in the guest house, so it is called the lodging tax.

In stark contrast to Chang'an, Chengdu's wealthy businessmen began to lose rapidly, and many officials spoke out to reduce taxes, but taxation is related to the vital interests of the northern and southern ya, and any tax reform will only increase the tax burden of the people, not reduce it.

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