"Don't look at it!" Wu Haogu turned around and said to a few people behind him with a smile, "It's still early, why don't you go to the dock and take a look?" There's a big deal there! ”

The important big deal is naturally to transport grain to Luoyang Baibo! This matter was not handled by Wu Haogu himself, but was contracted to a brother of Su Dalang, a grain merchant named Su Anli. The Su family is mainly engaged in vinegar brewing in Kaifeng Mansion, and is also engaged in grain business. There are also hundreds of thousands of stone of rice grain handled every year. However, the trading of millions of stone Liao grain is the first time to do it.

That Boss Su went north to Liaoyang with Guangmingjun and Guo Yaoshi last winter, and under the mediation of Guangmingjun, the "businessman Langjun", he met with the leaders of Bohai's right surname, Dagong Ding and Gao Qingming, and finalized the details of the grain sale.

At the same time, Ma Zhi was also entrusted by Wu Haogu to dredge the joints of the Chenzhou Jian'an Army.

The Wu merchant took over the shipping business - after the Wu merchant ship transported the weapons from Haizhou to Goryeo, they went straight to the port of Chenzhou in Liaodong, loaded the Liaodong wheat harvested this autumn, and took advantage of the northeast wind to sail to Jiehe Shang City.

At present, the grain transported from Liaodong and Haizhou is piled up in the Jiehe commercial market, and it is being loaded onto inland river ships in batches.

Jiehe Commercial Market Wharf.

A large number of purks containing grain were carried out of the red brick storehouse, loaded onto wheelbarrows, and transported like flowing water to the docks used by the inland river boats, which are now separated by a pontoon bridge.

When the Jiehe River was frozen last year, Huang Shilang presided over the completion of the Jiehe pontoon bridge project. Taking advantage of the ice on the river, he dragged the small wooden boats used to build the pontoon bridge onto the ice, lined them up, tied them with iron cables, and laid the planks. By the time the river thawed this year, a pontoon bridge was built.

With this pontoon bridge, the two cities of the north and south of the Jiehe River are integrated, and it becomes very convenient to come and go.

At the same time, the inland river ships and the open sea ships were also separated, and they could no longer look at each other on the river. Not only has smuggling been basically eliminated, but it has also established the status of Jiehe Commercial City as a hub for shipping and river transportation.

Now even the grain from Liaodong that is destined for Xijin Province must be transferred in the commercial market. And Wu Haogu also took this opportunity to ask Ma Zhi to come forward to lobby Xiao Baoxian and Ma Renwang, wanting the Liao State to contract the business of transporting Liao grain to the east to the Wu family maritime merchants - instead of letting those Bohai people who can't sail at all transport grain in a situation of conscription, it is better to spend some grain to hire the Wu family's sea ships!

Although the Liao State has not yet allowed it, the end point of the Bohai people's grain transportation has become the Jiehe commercial market.

In this way, in the early winter, before the surface of the Jiehe River is frozen, the commercial market wharf ushers in the busiest season.

The stewards of the Su family grain store and the Wu family maritime merchants, the officials of the Jiehe City Shipping Division and the Jiehe Shang City Wharf Office, as well as the officials of the Nanjing Road Transshipment Department of the Great Liao Kingdom, were all sweating profusely comparing the grain from Liaodong and Haizhou. What grain should be loaded onto the grain ship that is transported south or north, but there must be no mistake!

In addition, the transshipment of these grains is tax-free. However, the items of the "hitchhiker" are subject to taxation according to the rules - these are the income of the Jiehe City Shipping Division and the Jiehe Commercial Market! In addition, if the yuan is not changed, the contract tax will be paid to Song and Liao from the fifth year of the establishment of the Yasukuni River, and now it is tentatively scheduled to hand over 100,000 pieces of silk every year, and Song and Liao will each have half a cent.

Wu Haogu Station took Ximen Qing, Murong Wangwu and Su Anli from the Su family grain store to a corner of the dock, they just walked around casually, and from time to time asked people to open a pouch and take out the grain inside to check carefully. Most of the wheat was good, full of grains, and there was no gravel or sand mixed in.

Wu Haogu nodded and smiled at Su Anli with satisfaction: "The wheat in the Tokyo Road of Liaoguo is good, it looks better than ours...... This Liaodong is really a good place, and the land must be very fertile. Next year, I will buy some more, preferably two million stones. ”

Su Anli and Su Dalang are completely different appearances, Su Dalang is a fat man, and he has a dough face that Wishing you prosperity is born. Su Anli looks like a white-faced scholar, less than forty years old this year, with a few strands of hair under his chin, and he looks like a civil official. The tone of his speech is also civil, and he looks like he has read a lot of books. He said with a smile: "Xuanzan is really the humerus of the imperial court, and he can actually come up with a way to buy Liao grain to supplement the northwest." If the imperial court knew, it would definitely be more reused. ”

Wu Haogu nodded slightly: "Isn't this what I'm doing here?" How can you not do your best? It's just a pity, the cao transport goes up to Baibo, and then the land transport goes west...... 2,000 miles, the price is too great. ”

Thinking of transporting grain to the northwest, Wu Haogu couldn't help but sigh. The delivery rate of 2000 transshipment is 10%-15% at the top, and if you want to replenish 10 million stone of grain to the northwest front, you have to transport at least 70 million stone to Luoyang Baibo...... Of course, the 70 million stones are not all grain, most of them are forage and bean cakes for livestock to eat.

Wu Haogu clapped his hands and said to Su Anli: "How much has been shipped out now?" Is there another 10 days for all shipments to be completed? What is the guaranteed deliverability? ”

"Another 10 days is enough," Su Anli said with a smile, "There is no problem with the delivery rate...... Since this matter has been contracted to my family's grain store, it will naturally allow 1 million stone of grain to be delivered safely and securely. ”

"Good! Now that I've got this for you, let's do it. Wu Haogu said, "When you turn back, the official family will definitely make meritorious contributions, and you will also be guaranteed to be an official." He looked left and right, and his copywriter Wu Chenglan walked up quickly: "Xuanzan, I just received a letter from Pan Xuanzan (Pan Xiao'an also has a cabinet position of Xuanzan), the letter said that Zeng Bu and Jian Xuchen gave a chapter to the official family together, and proposed to follow our Jiehe Business City and Jiehe City Bo Division, and start the ...... Jingdong City Bo Division and Jingdong Shang City."

"JD?" Wu Haogu frowned, this name sounds very powerful!

"It's the Jingdong East Road City Bo Division," Wu Chenglan said, "In addition, I want to classify Haizhou into Jingdong East Road, set up the Jingdong City Bo Division in Haizhou, and start a business market in Haizhou." ”

"It's getting more and more exciting!" Wu Haogu laughed, "Not only Venice, but also Genoa......"

"Wei ...... This? Wu Chenglan was stunned and stunned. Xuanzan, how should I reply to Pan Daguanren? ”

"You don't have to reply," Wu Haogu smiled, "In a few days, I will go back to Kaifeng Mansion, and I will say it to my face when the time comes." ”

Of course, Wu Haogu knew that this was Zeng Bu, Jian Xuchen, Lu Jiawen, and Ji Yi might want to compete with him.

However, he was not worried, the geographical location of Jiehe Commercial City was too superior, and it had already formed a scale and had an unshakable advantage.

And...... Haizhou itself has long been settled, there are Yuntai School Palace, Tianya Town, Yunwu Camellia, Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple to solve the library, and also won over the Wu family maritime merchants, and also put half of the martial arts clan over.

Now Zeng Bu, Jian Xuchen, Lu Jia asked, what can Ji Yi do? Can you bypass your own bureau in Haizhou?

Hehe, let's play together!

Capitalism is not afraid of competition, even if it is a chicken and a dog!

"By the way," Wu Haogu's mind had already been retracted, "Did Hua Manshan and those two Japanese arrive at Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

"The letter doesn't say," Wu Chenglan said, "I guess it's not there yet."

By the way, Pan Daguan also mentioned one thing. The officials wanted to set up a bureau in Suzhou and Hangzhou to manufacture rare artifacts used in the court and collect ancient paintings and calligraphy from the people in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"Oh." Wu Haogu nodded, thoughtful, "The letter said that who is going to preside over this bureau?" ”

"Said," Wu Chenglan said, "The official family wants Mi Fu and Ling Zun to preside over ......"

"Order...... My dad? Wu Haogu was stunned and stunned, "How could it be him?" ”

……

"How could it be me?"

Wu Chengzhi is also the same as Wu Haogu, he didn't expect to be an official at all. Although the Song Dynasty's shadow supplement as an official can also benefit his father, Wu Haogu never wanted to give the quota of the shadow supplement to the old man Wu. He is now the patriarch of the Haizhou martial arts family, and he has gathered a large number of followers around him, and there are too many people who need to be promoted.

And what else does Wu Chengzhi do? It is the most important thing to keep it in Kaifeng Mansion...... How hard it is in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, one by one eats, drinks and has fun until dawn, can the old man Wu afford it? Don't do your best, it's just over after death!

If he is tired from eating, drinking, and having fun, Wu Haogu is not only a sad problem, but he also has to be a filial son!

But I don't know what's going on, the official Zhao Ji suddenly thought of Wu Chengzhi, who was still a white cloth cloth, and actually wanted to give him an official to do, and he also had to entrust him with a heavy task - let him be Mi Fu's deputy, go to Jiangnan to collect antique calligraphy and paintings, and supervise the creation of rare utensils!

This is a big fat shortage, no matter how many people break their heads, they can't grab it, and now they actually give it to Wu Chengzhi.

These Wu clans have three fathers and sons, but they have all been reused!

"The official said, you are a master of calligraphy and painting, and you can't fake the things you have seen."

Wu Haowen said to his father.

"Me?" Wu Chengzhi couldn't laugh or cry, "I didn't look away, and I was arrested by Kaifeng Mansion ......"

"There will be no problem this time," Wu Haowen said with a smile, "and Mi Xiangyang, he is a real expert." ”

Wu Chengzhi touched his beard, looked at his son, and then looked at Feng Erniang, who was smiling so much that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Official," Feng Erniang said, "Others don't have a chance to be an official, but you can't push it off now...... Second brother, what kind of official does the official family want to do to your father this time? Civilian or military attaché? ”

"It's a civil official," Wu Haowen said, "from the generals of the nine grades, the official is engaged in the official affairs of the Suzhou and Hangzhou Construction Bureau." ”

"This is great," Feng Erniang smiled, "Official, you are really blessed to be old...... I don't think you should push it out. ”

Wu Chengzhi frowned, "It's better to wait for Da Lang to ......come back and discuss it with him."

"No need," Feng Erniang said, "Da Lang must be in favor, how could he disapprove of such a good thing?" ”