One Piece of Song Dynasty

After the banquet with Mr. Fan Wen and Wang Xiu, Liang Xing was tired, so he went back to his room to rest. .biquge

After a night of silence, Liang Xing found Niu San early the next morning. "Niu San, give some gold to each of the restaurant and shopkeepers in Yunnei Prefecture, Datong Prefecture, and Jizhou, including taels of gold for the restaurants and taels of gold for the shops." Five hundred taels of gold, let them take the people and set off now."

Niu San replied, "Yes, Langjun."

Liang Xing continued, "And you have to tell them that every city is led by a restaurant manager. You also have to tell the restaurant manager that every month I allow them to use % of the profits from restaurants and shops to set up a news network and recruit people." We still have the manpower to draw maps.”

Niu San nodded and said, "Yes, Lang Jun, I will do it now."

Liang Xing shouted, "Wait a minute, before you go, get Sun Xing, the caravan leader that your Excellency sent to you."

Niu San replied, "Yes, I will go find him now."

Sun Xing was previously in charge of shops under the steward of Li Xin's house. This time Liang Xing planned to form a caravan to go to the grassland, so Li Xin sent Sun Xing here.

Sun Xing came to find Liang Xing soon after receiving the notice from Niu San.

Sun Xinggong cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Liang Xiaolang, here you come."

Liang Xing said, "Steward Sun, I am going to form a caravan. You will be the steward of the caravan from now on. Our caravan will mainly go to the grassland to the west of Linhuang Mansion to trade with the herdsmen."

Sun Xing replied, "Yes, I understand. I wonder what the main trade items are?"

Liang Xing continued, "A certain person will give you five hundred taels of gold and a batch of tea, green salt and porcelain. After you select the personnel, you will go to the grassland to trade. When selecting the personnel, choose more people with better martial arts to avoid being killed on the way." Thieves are robbing.”

Sun Xing replied, "Yes, Mr. Liang Xiaolang, I understand."

Liang Xing took out a piece of paper and handed it to Sun Xing and said, "These are the two types of horses we need. We mainly buy these two types of horses. One type of horse is not big, with a shoulder height of about four to four and a half feet, and a weight of about four hundred It weighs up to 640 kilograms (one kilogram in the Song Dynasty weighs grams). It has a thick body, solid and powerful limbs, a rough and strong physique, a large head and wide forehead, a deep and long chest, short legs, well-developed joints and tendons, solid hooves, thick coat, and complex coat color. , mostly green, goat and rabbit brown; there is also a kind of horse with medium body size, large nostrils, bright eyes, well-developed chest, short limbs, particularly developed mane, mane and tail hair, bowed waist, wide and slanting rump, and hind limbs. They are slightly knife-shaped and have externally curved limbs, and their coat colors are mainly velvet, black and chestnut. Taking advantage of the Liao-Jin War, the Liao Dynasty's ability to control the grassland weakened, so they bought more of these two types of horses, especially mares. After we get the mare, we can breed and raise our own horses."

Sun Xing cupped his fists and said, "Yes, I will buy both kinds of horses next time."

The two types of horses written on Liang Xing's paper are the famous Mongolian horses and the Uzhumqin horse, a subspecies of Mongolian horses. Since Li Xin has come to this era, he will not let go of these two horses. Although the Mongolian horses are short, they are hardworking. , are not afraid of the cold, can adapt to extremely extensive feeding and management, have strong vitality, and can survive in harsh and harsh conditions. The tamed Mongolian horses are neither frightened nor deceitful on the battlefield, and are extremely brave, making them the most suitable war horses. One of the horse breeds. In history, why Mongolia was able to dominate the world for a while was because of the Mongolian horse.

The Mongolian horse subspecies Uzhumu Qinmasu is even more famous for its well-proportioned body shape, good endurance, strong physique, strong running power, fast riding speed, strong four hooves, broad shoulders and broad chest. According to historical records, Genghis Khan’s famous recent horse The Wei army, the Qie Xue army, rides on this horse to fight thousands of miles.

A few days later, Liang Xing took Wang Xiu and Fan Wen to Li Chuwen's mansion.

Liang Xing handed the greeting card to the servant in Li Chuwen's house and said, "This little brother is Liang Xing, the head of Shuixianju. Today I came to pay homage to Prime Minister Li. Please let me know when you come in."

The waiter said, "Are you the owner of Shuixianju Restaurant, which has the best food in Nanjing?"

Liang Xing smiled and replied, "My brother is right, Mr. and Mrs. is the owner of Shuixianju. The Prime Minister often comes to Shuixianju for meals. Mr. and Mrs. also have met the Prime Minister several times."

The boy said, "Okay, you wait, I will go in and inform our prime minister."

A quarter of an hour later, the boy came out and said, "Come in with me."

Liang Xing replied, "Okay."

Liang Xing took everyone and two big boxes and followed the young man into Li Chuwen's mansion.

Liang Xing and others met Li Chuwen and his younger brother Li Chuneng in the main room.

Liang Xing cupped his fists and said, "Master Prime Minister, we meet again. I'm here to see you today."

Li Chuwen said, "Oh, you are such a rare visitor. Why did Brother Liang think of coming to see me today?"

Liang Xing pointed at Wang Xiu and Fan Wen and said, "Let me introduce to the Prime Minister first. These two are my two cousins-in-law, Wang Xiu and Fan Wen."

Wang Xiu and Fan Wen clasped their fists in unison and said, "Hello, Mr. Prime Minister. The two of us have long admired Mr. Li. We heard that my brother-in-law has some friendship with the Prime Minister, so we came here to pay homage to Mr. Li."

Li Chuwen waved his hand, "What's there to see from an old man? Judging from their appearance, I think they are both Confucian scholars."

The two said in unison, "Yes, Prime Minister, we are both Confucian scholars."

Li Chuwen said to Liang Xing, "Brother Liang, tell me, why are you here today?"

Liang Xing smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister, I came here today to ask for an official position from my two cousins-in-law. This is ten thousand taels of gold, which I specially dedicated to the Prime Minister." After saying this, Liang Xing asked someone to give the two taels of gold to him. A big box was lifted up, and it sparkled with gold when it was opened.

When Li Chuwen saw so much glittering gold, his greed flashed away.

Li Chuwen calmed down and said, "I'm looking for an official. I wonder what kind of official Liang is asking for? Now the war between Liao and Jin is not good for Daliao. People say that officials in Daliao are worthless, so it's better to be an official in Daijin."

Liang Xing thoughtfully replied, "How dare you choose an official? Everything depends on the Prime Minister. As long as I can give my two cousins-in-law an official who can do things, it will be fine. As for the Jurchens, I think it belongs to me in Daliao." In the end, Daliao will definitely defeat the Jurchens and regain their lost territory."

Li Chuwen thought for a while and said, "Okay, I know, you can go back first."

Liang Xing cupped his fists and said, "That boy would like to thank the prime minister in advance."

Liang Xing took Wang Xiu, Fan Wen and his party out of Li Chuwen's mansion and returned home.

Li Chuwen said to Li Chuneng, "Brother Xian, they are asking for an official position at this time. What do you think of this matter?"

Li Chuneng thought for a while and said, "I don't really understand. Maybe they feel that becoming an official can better protect their family wealth."

Li Chuwen asked, "Brother Xian, how do you say this?"

Li Chuneng replied, "After becoming an official, he voluntarily surrenders to the Jin people. The Jin people will not plunder his family property. After all, he is an official and is different from the common people."

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