Banqiao Town is located in Jiaozhou Bay, Xiao Tang and others feel the blossoming flowers when they come here, the shops not only sell fish, shrimp, crabs, mussels and other seafood, but also many commodities such as exotic specialties, the street is bustling with pedestrians, businessmen gather. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info inn wine shop, Goulan Le Fang, all incomplete.

Not only is the port business booming, Xiao Tang and Hua Rong, Hua Xiaomei, Xiao Yi, Xue Yong, Xiao An and Zheng Tianshou, who are newly recruited, walked on the side of the port, Xi Xi The sea breeze blows on their faces, and then looks at the blue sea and blue sky, everyone feels relaxed and happy.

Yang Xu had already sent a few of his own helpers to Banqiao Town to take a few storefronts, and the large shops were connected by hook-up roofs, and there were all kinds of backyards, warehouses and bedrooms for the guys to rest.

Xiao An's eyes seemed to glow when he arrived here, at first he was just a servant by Xiao Tang's side, but later he was trusted by Xiao Tang, and he was selected by Yang Xu. Although the way of doing business still needs to be honed, there has been no mistake in the operation and management of Xiaojiaji Liquor Store in the past two years.

Although his nature is natural, Xiao An's words and deeds are still a little out of tune, but this time Xiao Tang and Yang Xu decided to let him be the steward of maritime trade, which couldn't help but make his waist straighter, and a sense of responsibility spontaneously arose in his heart.

Xiao Tang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xiao An's elated and high-spirited appearance, and he said: "I entrusted you with a heavy task this time, and it also depends on how much skill you have learned." If there is anything wrong, I will only ask you. ”

Xiao An was happy and said: "Although the young master can rest assured, Steward Yang once told me that although Nanyang merchants mainly enter and exit in Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, and Xiuzhou, this Mizhou City is not far from Dongying, Goryeo and other national sea routes. The silk of our Great Song Dynasty, gold and silverware, dresses, porcelain, precious jade, spices, leather goods, especially scriptures and classics are all sold in Dongying Goryeo and other countries, and the folding fans, knives, lacquerware, etc., Goryeo ginseng, poria, pine nuts, mangbu, Wenxi, etc. are also sold in our country.

There is a team of car darts in our market town to transport commercial goods, and how to resell the various military states has their own Yang Stewardship, I am just here to take care of the calculation of the difference in price, hoarding shipping commercial goods, and contacting foreign merchants, how difficult is this? Young Master Meng and Steward Yang value it, how could I mess up this deal? ”

Listening to Xiao An's eloquent words, Xiao Yi, who was also a small hair, couldn't help but wonder: "I want you to look like gags in the past, how can I think of a bit of a businessman today, I really look at you." ”

Xiao An glared at him when he heard this, and said to Xiao Yi: "You entertain me!" Have you ever heard of what it means to work hard to govern people, and to govern people by laborers? I've learned all serious skills, how can a vulgar man like you just dance with guns and sticks all day long? ”

Xue Yong is also an old senior under Xiao Tang, and he couldn't help but laugh and scolded after listening to it: "You scolded me too!" I thought you had a lot of calmness in the past two years, but as soon as you gained power, you talked nonsense, but you didn't beg for a fight? ”

Xiao An was shocked to realize that he only cared about arguing with Xiao Yi, but among the Xue Yong, Hua Rong, Zheng Tianshou, and even his own young master, who didn't stay up all year round to hone his martial arts? Just looking at a pair of playful eyes looking at him, Xiao Anden felt like a mouse being targeted by a group of cats, his face fell, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "A small gaffe, brothers forgive it ......."

Xiao Tang shook his head and sighed: "Look at your frivolous and superficial appearance, that seems to be a master?" Although Yang Xu said that you have been diligent in the past two years, he also mentioned that you can often talk nonsense, which is a taboo in business! Now that you have the heart to learn some skills, you still need to be more restrained. ”

Xiao An responded with a bitter face, Xiao Tang saw that Hua Rong, Xue Yong, Zheng Tianshou and others were here, and they were all very bored when they continued to talk about business, so he said: "I usually don't have the opportunity to play in this seaside state capital, so let's go out and have a look, and then find a place to go and taste some seafood delicacies!" ”

Everyone immediately applauded, Xiao Tang and the others hurriedly wandered around Banqiao Town, not far away, there were officials from the city department who were examining and recording the goods, and there were laborers who had been begging for a living by the water for many years, and their skin was like a rusty bronze to carry the goods. Not only that, but there are also merchants from various countries such as Murowei, Xiren, Dongying, and Goryeo.

Xiao Tang saw some Dongying visitors, looking at their clothes and found it interesting, except for some porter coolies, there were two or three Dongying nobles with black crowns on their heads, wearing black robes and hakama, and were surrounded by several subordinates and left the port and got into the sedan chair. At present, the Japanese are in the Heian period, and the young Emperor Toba has just ascended the throne, but the power is still held by his grandfather, Emperor Shirakawa, and the nobles do not know what to do with the dispatch here.

However, although there were many visitors from Dongying, the most frequent visitors from the sea to Michi City were Korean merchants from the Korean Peninsula.

After the Great Liao annexed the Bohai Kingdom, Wang's Goryeo was ready to move, intending to wait for the opportunity to go north to annex the land of Liaodong, but was beaten by the first battle of the Great Liao, and paid tribute to the Liao and broke off diplomatic relations with the Song, and the second battle was killed so that the reigning Goryeo Xianzong abandoned the royal capital and fled, and although the third battle of Goryeo was victorious, he was also greatly injured, so he asked the Liao State to be a minister, thus establishing Goryeo to take the Great Liao as the suzerain, and call it a tribute.

In recent years, he has re-strengthened his relationship with the Great Song Dynasty and sent tributes to the endless exchanges, so there are more and more Goryeo maritime merchants who go to the port of Mizhou City.

Another reason is that although Goryeo no longer dared to expand north to anger the Great Liao State, it started the idea of the Jurchens who were also attached to the Liao State...... In the first year of Song Daguan (1107), King Ruizong ordered his famous general Yin Qian to be the commander and led an army of 170,000 to attack the Jurchens of Holadian (now the area north of Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea).

At first, although the Goryeo army was victorious, but it annoyed the later founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and now he has also shown the posture of the heroic Wanyan Agu Da, he overrode the public opinion, waved the army to the south and sent troops to defeat Goryeo, since then the 30 Jurchens of Changbai Mountain, such as the Lazy Dian, have all been included in the Jurchen Alliance. Because of this, the trade route of Goryeo was basically cut off by the increasingly powerful Jurchen tribe in the north.

A drink and a peck, each with its own share, but prompted Goryeo maritime merchants to come to Mizhou to do maritime trade.

Walking on the shore of Jiaozhou Bay, which is vast and endless, even the restrained and introverted flower girl along the way is also lively. Along the way, Xiao Tang became more and more familiar with Hua Rong and Hua Xiaomei, and also learned that Hua Xiaomei's boudoir name with the same sound as his brother Hua Rong: Hua Rong.

"Brother Xiao, brother, look at how wide the sea is! No matter how you look at it, you can't see the edges. Hua Rong turned back to Xiao Tang and Hua Rong and said with great interest, as she spoke, the big yellow dog brought from Qingfeng Town next to her also ran around Hua Rong, extremely comfortable.

Hua Rong was very relieved to see that his sister was rarely so happy. Xiao Tang looked at the sparkling and endless sea water, and couldn't help but think of the feeling of being to Qingyi Island when he was on a business trip in his previous life, and when he was walking on the shore of this Jiaozhou Bay after finishing work, this feeling was not just like a world away? Experiencing the scenery of the past in a different world, I was speechless under a thousand thoughts.

Xiao Tangzheng sighed with emotion, and suddenly heard Zheng Tianshou shouting angrily: "What are you doing as a birdman!?" He looked over and found that there were seven or eight people in front of the avenue, blocking in front of Xiao Tang and the others.

Hua Rong's big yellow dog ran in a hurry, and was bumping into a roadblock, and the man raised his foot slightly and kicked on the big yellow dog. The big yellow dog whined and screamed, it was afraid of being bullied, and it didn't dare to bark its teeth, so it hurriedly hid behind Hua Rong and shivered.

Xiao Tang saw a few people pacing behind the cadre, strolling leisurely on the avenue. Look at the three leaders, two of them have their hair tied up and wiped their foreheads, dressed in purple silk clothes, and one in gray and white clothes, wearing strange high-topped black hats. Looking at the outfits of all of them, it seems that most of them are from Goryeo.

The two people led by the group looked back with squinted eyes in purple silk clothes and strong suits, with a look of arrogance. When the two of them looked at Hua Rong, they stopped together, and the two pointed and pointed, although Xiao Tang and the others couldn't understand what they said, but looking at their expressions, it was not a good thing to say.

Hua Rong saw that the two Koreans were judging their sister, and they changed color when they landed, Xiao Tang also became angry, and said angrily: "What is the reason for blocking the road and not letting people pass?!" ”

When the two of them heard this, they looked at Xiao Tang coldly with disdain. Although the gray-and-white scholar next to him dressed up and seemed to be admonishing the two of them, the two of them didn't hear it, and called two interpreters to reprimand them.

The two interpreters got the order, came to Xiao Tang, and said with a somewhat cramped expression: "You are considerate!" These are the generals of the Goryeo prince Yi Weisi, the sons of the naval army and the envoy of moderation, Jin Zhi and Li Fang, and the sung kyunkwan student Cui Muyuan, all of whom were born in two classes, and ordinary people should avoid retreating. Although the two interpreters were polite to Xiao Tang and the others, it can be seen that the two Goryeo gentlemen looked arrogant, and it was obvious that the content of the translation was also filtered by the interpreters, and the tone became much more polite.

The two classes refer to the aristocratic class of the Wang Goryeo bureaucracy, which belongs to the top class of Goryeo society under the hereditary system, and until now it is similar to the Chinese "two classes" (??) in Korean and Korean. Yangban) also has the meaning of nobleman and gentleman, which is similar to the meaning of the official called by the Great Song Dynasty at this time.

But a few of you noble sons and brothers of Goryeo actually went to the realm of the Great Song Dynasty to show off your might? Xiao Tang was amused by them.

During the Tang Dynasty, Silla was appointed as the suzerain, and then after the decline of the Li and Tang dynasties, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the Song Dynasty was changed to the orthodoxy of China, Goryeo had also changed the dynasty on behalf of Silla, and later changed to Liao as the suzerain. Culturally and economically, the Goryeo Kingdom still had to show goodwill to the Great Song Dynasty from time to time, and looking at those two sneering faces, it was somewhat similar to the attitude of a certain country towards China in later generations.

Xiao Tang hadn't spoken yet, and Xiao Anke next to him couldn't hold it back. Who is my young master? The Daimyo's Mansion is Ren Xia Xiao Tang! HB Jingdong walked a few ways, who can hear my young master not praise it? Just a small state from Er, dare to behave like this with my young master? How could my young master have ever suffered such a bird spirit?

Xiao An suddenly remembered that the Goryeo merchants in the Daimyo Mansion and those Goryeo merchants who passed through the North and South Fields of the Xiao Family had drunk the local dialect that they often scolded in the wine shop, so he opened his mouth and scolded: "Xi Pa'er hugs the horse!" Leave it up to the race! ”

When Jin Zhi and Li Fang heard this, they all changed color, and they all scolded and shouted to do something with Xiao Tang and the others.

Xiao Tang was almost choked by Xiao An's blurted out words, he had watched some Korean movies in his previous life, and probably knew what Xiao An was scolding. He asked Xiao An with a smile and a smile, "Where did you learn these words?" ”

Seeing Xiao Tang's expression, Xiao An snorted: "There are often some Goryeo merchants walking around in the Daimyo's Mansion and the Xiao family, and I often say this when they are drunk and have disputes with others. Then I said the same, and I knew what it meant. Master, I said the wrong thing again? ”

Xiao Tang looked at the hysterical and angry appearance of the group of people, and smiled slightly: "You said the wrong thing this time, they want to make trouble, so play with them!" ”