"Golden Lady, can Golden Lady be inside?"

Wu Hao Guzheng was tasting Xiaofanlou's Kaifeng dishes while listening to Qiao Jinniang's singing, when he suddenly heard a loud voice outside the door. Then I heard the "mother" of the pretty golden lady speak: "Xiao Daguan, which gust of wind blew you here?" ”

Xiao Daguan is naturally Xiao Baoxian! He had been sitting in the best seat downstairs, waiting to listen to the beautiful lady sing. But when they didn't see the figure of Qiao Jinniang for a long time, just when Xiao Baoxian was a little impatient, Qiao Jinniang's beautiful singing voice came from somewhere on the second floor of Xiaofan Building. And the lyrics sung seem to be a four-word quatrain, which is very neatly done, obviously from the hands of a famous artist.

Just when Xiao Bao was savoring the poems first, I didn't know who mentioned it in his ear, saying that this poem was Su Dongpo's new work, and that there were a batch of Dongpo's new works in Qingzhou City...... Xiao Baoxian is a fan of Su Dongpo, and now he couldn't bear it anymore, so he immediately went up to the second floor, wanting to meet the pretty golden lady, and by the way, ask her if she has any other new works of Dongpo.

Xiao Baoxian went up to the second floor first, and followed the singing to the outside of the private room where Wu Haogu was, the door was open, but Mother Jin was guarding the door and blocking Xiao Baoxian.

"Oh, I heard the Golden Lady singing downstairs...... Who made this lyrics? ”

"It's Mr. Dongpo." Mother Jin said with a smile, "Today, a confidant of a pretty golden lady came from Kaifeng Mansion and brought Mr. Dongpo's new work. ”

"That confidant is ......"

At this time, the singing in the private room suddenly stopped, and then I heard the voice of the beautiful lady: "If you have a good guest, please come in and meet you." ”

When Xiao Bao heard this, he stepped into the private room, and then saw a pretty girl sitting opposite a young scribe in his early twenties, and a square table between the two had some wine and food and a yaoqin, as well as the four treasures of the study and a piece of rice paper full of words.

"Xiao Yuanwai," Qiao Jinniang stood up and gave Xiao Bao a blessing first, "The slave will introduce you to you, this is the painter Wu Chongdao Wuwu from Kaifeng Mansion...... Outside the martial arts, this is Xiao Yuanwai from Cangzhou. ”

Wu Haogu stood up, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "Xiao Yuanwai, in Xia Kaifeng Wu Haogu." ”

"Wu Haogu?" Xiao Baoxian seemed to have heard this name somewhere, and thought hard, "Ah, the first person in the painting?" Are you the first person in the painting? ”

Wu Haogu thought to himself: This Xiao Baoxian is really a middle-aged man of literature and art, not only likes Su Dongpo's poems and listens to Kaifeng Oiran's singing, but also knows that he is the first person in the painting.

Obviously, you can make friends!

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu arched his hand and smiled: "The first person in the painting is not daring to be called, and the next is just a painter." This time, some secular affairs came to Cheongju, and by the way, I brought a new book of Mr. Dongpo's poems to Jin Niangzi.

I think Xiao Yuanwai also likes Mr. Dongpo's poems and Jin Niangzi's songs, why don't you drink and listen to songs together? ”

"Listen to the song? All right! Xiao Bao nodded with a smile, and then sat down, but he didn't have half a point of pretentiousness.

Although this person is vassal, he also seems to have a bold temperament. Wu Hao Gu Xin said: As long as you can do what you like, it is not difficult to make friends with him.

Qiao Jinniang opened her voice again and sang the first song of Su Dongpo's "Four Songs of Tao Zhiyun" again.

"Good poems, good songs!" Xiao Bao first stroked his palm and laughed and asked, "Jin Niangzi, is there anything else?" ”

"Not today." Wu Haogu replied for the pretty Jin Niang, "Today I sneaked out of the reception banquet in Qingzhou Zhizhou, and I came in a hurry, and I forgot the poetry collection, but fortunately I still remember one of them, so I asked the Jin Niangzi to sing it first." ”

Xiao Bao was stunned for a moment, "Qingzhou Zhizhou's reception banquet? ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "I have an official body below, and I also got a mission, and I came to Qingzhou as Zhang Zhongshu's attaché." ”

He is actually Zhang Shangying's attaché? What does Zhang Shangying want to do when he becomes an attaché? Xiao Baoxian was stunned when he heard Wu Haogu's words, obviously the intelligence work of the Liao State was as bad as that of the Song State, and he didn't know how good Wu Haogu's official merchant was now—maybe the Liao officials who were responsible for collecting intelligence about the Song Dynasty thought that Wu Haogu was not important and not worth investigating and reporting, right?

Wu Haogu gave Qiao Jinniang a look, and Qiao Jinniang asked for Xiao Bao first: "Wu Daguan, why don't you come to Qingzhou from afar in Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Although I have an official body, I am a businessman after all, and there is always a profit." ”

That's right, too! Xiao Bao said in his heart: Businessmen are mercenary! This Wu Haogu must have seen that Jiehe Shang City was profitable, so he followed Zhang Shangying. But what are the great benefits of this river market?

"Cheongju is profitable?" Pretty Lady asked.

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "It's not easy for us Bianliangzi to interfere in Qingzhou's benefits, but the imperial court has recently discussed with the Liao people to open a Jiehe commercial market, and in the future, the Song-Liao transaction will not be in Qingzhou, and we will all move to the new commercial market on the bank of the Jiehe River in the north of Cangzhou."

Moreover, this river commercial market will also be built on a large scale, not only to do trade, but also to develop industries, colonize the people, and there may be 100,000 merchants gathered in the future, but it is the first-class commercial port in the north. Jin Niangzi, I don't think you should go back to Kaifeng Mansion, and you will live in Jiehe Business City in the future. ”

That's a good suggestion! Xiao Baoxian nodded slightly, and his impression of Wu Haogu, a businessman, was much better.

"Alas," Pretty Lady shook her head, "I don't know how many years it will be before the Boundary River really becomes prosperous...... And the Liao people won't necessarily agree, right? ”

"That's right," Wu Haogu nodded slightly. "But the Liao people will definitely agree!"

Xiao Baoxian didn't like to listen to it, how could you, a merchant in the Song Dynasty, know about the affairs of Da Liao?

"Why?" Pretty Lady asked.

"Because they have money to make!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "This commercial market was jointly built by Song and Liao, and then it was bought and operated by the Chamber of Commerce, and the money from buying and selling was divided equally between the two countries...... With this alone, the Liao Kingdom will be able to earn tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in the future!

Moreover, this commercial market is located between Song and Liao, and like the Yanchang, it can allow people from Song and Liao to come and go and settle for a long time.

Jin Niangzi, think about it, doesn't this mean that half of the prosperous Kaifeng Mansion City, as well as countless gold and silver treasures, have been moved to the edge of the Jiehe? This is to really regard Liao as a brotherly state. If Song Liao were to go to war, wouldn't so much wealth be taken away in an instant? ”

It seems like...... That's the truth!

Xiao Baoxian suddenly found that Wu Haogu, a businessman, had come to the point of the problem!

If there are really 100,000 merchants gathered in such a large commercial market, wouldn't the scale of this commercial market catch up with the city of Xijin?

Such a commercial market - the commercial market is not a fortress like Xijin Mansion City, even if there is a city wall, it will not be very high and strong - placed next to the mouth of Da Liao, isn't this to regard Da Liao as a brotherly state? Otherwise, the Song people had to worry about being beaten in by the Khitan iron cavalry every day and looted on a large scale?

This matter is beneficial to the current Liao State!

At present, the Liao State is a little unable to cope with the Northwest Divination (recently the Western Divination has made trouble again, and Yelu Hongji wants to use the Western Xia forces to suppress it together), and the Goryeo and the Nüzhiren are about to fight, once they decide the winner, it will be the revival of Goguryeo or the Bohai Kingdom...... In the eyes of the Khitans, if the Goryeo people defeated Shengnuzhi, they would undoubtedly evolve into Goguryeo, swallow a large area of Shengnuzhi land north of the Yalu River, and further threaten the Liao Kingdom Tokyo Province!

And once the female straight Wanyan department defeats Goguryeo, it will undoubtedly have the prestige of unifying the female straight tribes, and the most unfortunate thing at that time will be a "Great Bohai Country", and it is the newly emerging Great Bohai!

Therefore, the Liao State must intervene in the Goryeo-Nüzhi War! It is necessary to keep the balance of power between the female and Korean people and continue to fight each other.

And to achieve this goal, not only should conflicts not break out between the Liao and Song dynasties, but it is best to reach a tacit understanding to some extent - it is necessary to make the Song people realize that the unification of the female straight people or the reappearance of Goguryeo is not only a threat to the Liao State, but also very unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty......

Now that the Jiehe commercial market proposed by the Song people is clearly to treat the Liao State as a brotherly state, how can the Liao State push the Song people out because of a little economic interest that cannot be satisfied for the time being?

It would be stupid to do that.

Thinking of this, Xiao Baoxian suddenly laughed and stood up, and arched his hand at Wu Haoguyi: "You have some truth, today is here, tomorrow evening, a certain family will come here again to listen to the golden lady singing, you can come too...... By the way, it's Xiao Baoxian of Liao! ”

Xiao ...... Bao Xian? Wu Haogu pretended to be ignorant, and said to himself, "It seems that I have heard it somewhere." ”

"Hahaha," Xiao Baoxian laughed, "Go back and ask Zhang Zhongshu, a certain family has taken the first step!" ”

……

"Stay, what do you mean? This world of river business is a success, and we and the Song Kingdom are brothers' states? ”

"yes!"

When Ma Renwang heard Xiao Baoxian's answer in the affirmative, he was also a little stunned for a moment. What kind of ecstasy soup did Wu Hao Gu pour into Xiao Baoxian?

He was worried that the Song State was strong and threatened the Nanjing Dao of the Great Liao, but now how did it become a brotherly state?

Xiao Baoxian said: "This truth is clear to all businessmen...... The Song Dynasty built a commercial city in Jiehe, that is, hundreds of thousands of people and tens of billions of (money) wealth were placed within the reach of our Daliao Iron Horse. If they really want to betray the alliance, won't my Daliao get rich? ”

Seems to make sense!

Ma Renwang thought for a moment, nodded and said, "In this case, if the Song people refuse to pay 100,000 yuan in advance, what should we do?" ”

Xiao Baoxian frowned, "Money is still needed, and now the imperial treasury is too empty, and they are all asking for money from the temple." ”

The centaur rolled his eyes, "Why don't you do this...... We might as well sell something to the Song people. ”

"What does it sell?"

"Wood!"