Chapter 537 Selling Two-legged Sheep
These investigating officials gradually became satisfied. When they heard Ding Gong's laughing refusal to spend any money, they no longer worried about having no money to spend.
However, the grassland empire in the north was seriously short of silver.
The Grassland Empire allowed the new version of the New Song Dynasty's banknotes to circulate within its territory, but their treasury implemented unlimited quantitative easing and printed a large number of wolf-head knife coins. Even smart businessmen no longer needed them, and the exchange rate between the knife coins and the New Song Dynasty coins widened day by day.
After the price of the Wolf Head Knife Coin plummeted, the Empire implemented a mandatory exchange rate. Anyone doing business with government offices at all levels in the Empire had to exchange the Hammer Knife Coin for new Song Dynasty banknotes at an 80% discount. This made it difficult for those merchants, as they were unwilling to accept orders from the Imperial government offices.
Gradually, black market transactions between Dao coins and New Song coins began within the Grassland Empire.
The discount on the exchange of knife coins for new Song coins on the black market went from 20% to 40%. By the end of last year, no one was willing to exchange them at even the 50% discount.
The princes and nobles of Mobei gathered in the royal court and publicly nominated Guiyou as the Great Khan. After Guiyou Khan was delighted for a while, he sent the princes and nobles away and began to worry about money.
Silver doesn't fall from the sky or grow on the ground , so you have to grab it with your scimitar. However, you have to fight to the death with the Shenwei Army in the south.
What should I do if I can’t get it?
Your friend thought that the eight people in the Western Regions did not listen to him, and they openly opposed him when the Khan was elected this time, and even wanted to nominate Mengge to the position. When he thought about the fact that there was gold all over the Western Regions and people were stupid enough to grab it, he became furious and wanted to organize a Western Expedition to fight Batu and steal the gold.
Guiyou summoned Kuoduan, and the two brothers discussed organizing a large army to march west.
Kuoduan immediately felt that this was an opportunity. Previously, Hubili had sent his younger brother Xuliewu to the west on an expedition. At first, he was dismissive. But after the defeat of Linzhou, he suddenly came to his senses and thought that it was the right thing for Mengge and Hubili to send their younger brother to the west on an expedition.
The brothers of the Toure family must have brought the best weapons from the Central Plains with them on the Western Expedition. If they had a few hot air balloons to help them, they would have blown up all the Western barbarians concentrated in the castle and went straight into the city to pick up gold and silver.
He had secret information that Xu Liewu, who was on the Western Expedition, had already been conquering cities and strongholds in the Western Regions, grabbing territory, and his fighting power was very strong, and even Badu praised him repeatedly.
However, your friend thought differently. He wanted revenge. He wanted to take the strongest warriors of the grassland and the most advanced weapons to march west to attack Batu. He was afraid that he could not defeat that bastard who only knew how to act arrogantly. He wanted to defeat Batu and then take over the vast Russian grassland.
The two brothers came to the same conclusion and began to prepare intensively. Guiyou made a fierce order, asking the royal court to summon Mengge and mobilize 100,000 troops back to the desert to obey the order to march west.
However, although your imagination is very rich, when you return to reality, you are still short of money. It costs money to deploy troops and to buy supplies and military equipment. What should you do?
There must be enough cash.
Your friend's eldest son said arrogantly: "It's simple. We can sell those two-legged sheep for money. The father of the new Song king is in our hands. We can capture all the Song royal family slaves captured from Lin'an and sell them at a low price in Damingfu, Luoyang. If we ask the new Song to pay money to redeem them, won't we have money?"
When Kuanduan heard this, he thought it was a great idea. However, the goods could not be sent to Hebei. They had to be sent to Jiuyuan City and sold across the Yellow River. If they were sent to Hebei, Mengge would not get any benefit.
Your friend thinks this is a solution, but he doesn't hold out much hope. He said: A few years ago, we sent envoys to Chengdu to ask for money, but it seems that we didn't get much. Will this trick really work?
Your friend thinks: These two-legged sheep are worthless here, but they are the parents of the King of New Song, their elders and relatives. How can we have the heart to sell them in public?
If we anger the New Song people and start a war with our entire country, the Shenwei Army might desperately cross the river to fight us, wouldn't that be courting disaster?
Shortening is like a cunning wolf of money stuck in long contemplation.
After a long while, he said: "The eldest prince's idea is very good. The Song people have a strong sense of loyalty and filial piety. They will not ignore these captives in Lin'an. These bitches can't stand the cold and have become too weak. Many of them have died. If we don't make use of them, they will all die."
The Western Expedition will cost a huge amount of money, so let's take a gamble and send all those bastards to hell. We will ask the New Song Dynasty for two million strings of cash, and we won't do it for a penny less. We will just chop them all up and throw them into the Yellow River to feed the carp.
The fellow said sinisterly: Let's release those bitches and exchange them for money, and they can help us after they return to the Central Plains and have enough rest.
Don't look at these two-legged sheep as straw bags, their status in the previous dynasty was not low. After they had enough food and drink and became energetic, they would definitely covet the imperial power and ask their king for money, official positions, or even the throne, hahahaha.
Think about it, my friend. Two million strings of cash would have been an annual tribute of two hundred thousand taels of silver in the past. They can certainly afford it.
The key is that after releasing these bitches, they can help him make trouble in New Song, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
Just do it.
At this time, Zhao Yulin had already arrived in Xuzhou and was chatting with his family. He was about to accompany Hu Lan to visit the ancestral temple. Little did he know that the two hungry wolves in the north had come up with another sinister trick.
When Zhao Yulin's father heard that his granddaughter was named Zhao Guanglan, he was very satisfied. He thought that this name sounded like a girl's name. He held his granddaughter in his arms, took a walk around and returned her to Zhao Yulin. After the family went to the ancestral hall to burn incense and worship their ancestors, Chen Chen invited all the relatives to eat wharf firewood chicken.
Zhao Yulin walked in with the elders and saw that all the Zhao family members were sitting in the huge store. His mother said that the Zhao family's uncles, aunts and distant relatives knew that their brother was coming back, so they all came, and his mother had booked the store a long time ago.
Chen Chen took Wu Yuqi and Hu Lan together to pay respects to the elders and give them red envelopes, then got to know the sisters, and gave red envelopes to nephews and nephews, he was very happy.
His father was very happy and asked the maid to bring a box of fine cigarettes to give to his brother and cousins, and told them proudly: Come and try it, this is the tobacco that was tributed by the Mayi Kingdom, and it is made by Yuqing.
The old man said to Zhao Yulin proudly: My son really can turn grass into gold. The eldest brother didn't believe it at first, but now many people come to him to ask for cigarettes, and he has none to sell.
Zhao Yulin knew that his brother Zhao Yuqing was afraid that no one would want the crops, so he promoted and sold them while growing them.
Alas, Brother Yuqing is always too impatient.
Zhao Yulin didn't care about all this and invited his brothers at the same table to have a drink .
After returning to Cuiping Mountain, Chen Chen occupied him for the whole night and even did that at dawn. Zhao Yulin said that he would not leave after coming back. There was a long time to live, so why rush?
Chen Chen touched the scar on his body and told him to go to Xinshi, where there were magical hot springs that were very helpful for healing wounds. Her father and Master Lu were also recuperating in Xinshi.
He said: We have to put the evil spirits back in place.
He went out and called Zuo Liangchen to go to the military camp, and brought all the brothers of the guard and officers above the rank of squadron leader in the military camp across the river to the Baita Cemetery to bury Ke Zhenxie's ashes.
Zhao Yulin pointed to the tombstones and told everyone the heroic stories of Ma Jin, Gouzai, and Zhenxie. He said: The military camp is a place to forge heroes, encouraging soldiers to practice their skills and fight bravely on the battlefield.
The next day, he led his wife and children upstream along the Jinsha River to Xinshi Town.
As soon as they met, Lu Youpeng said that his brother had been back for several days, but he still hadn't seen him. If he didn't see his brother come up again, he would rush back to Yibin.
Chen Yun smiled and said that it was good to be back and take a good rest to recuperate.
Chen Chen didn't care. After saying hello, he pulled the two women ashore. The three beauties rode on Ma Hu's short horses and ran away.
The rape flowers in early spring have bloomed, and little bees are busy flying around in front of your eyes. The air is filled with the refreshing sweet fragrance of rape flowers, and the mountains and fields are full of blooming rape flowers.
Lu Youpeng laughed and said that Mr. Chen was free and easy. He said he would not do something and he would just return to Xuzhou from his post in Lizhou and came to Xinshi to live a leisurely life as a fisherman.
Chen Yun said with great satisfaction: Now that Chen Chen has grown up, there is nothing to worry about. The whole family is working in the court, so he comes here first to guard this beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers.
Lao Lu told Zhao Yulin: Mr. Chen is not idle. He often goes to the academy in Xinshi to drink tea and play chess with the gentlemen, and discuss the major events in the world.
The old man immediately waved his hands and asked them to stop. He didn't even mention what he was talking about. He was just discussing with the gentlemen how to teach and educate people. This knowledge is profound and I, Chen, have been asking about it all my life.
Zhao Yulin was most afraid of this complicated thing. When he heard Chen Chen calling from a distance, he quickly said that he wanted to go over and take a look. He jumped on the big white horse led by the guard and ran away.
When Lu Youpeng saw Zhao Yulin's figure walking away, he sighed and said: I finally see a relaxed look on my face. He has been living in fear all these years.
Chen Yun said disdainfully: He thought Yulin was very free and easy, when had he ever been anxious? He never took politics seriously, he just left when he said he would.
There are so many state affairs in Chengdu, and he came back as soon as he said he would, without any hurry? Chen Chen is the same, he is the prefect of Chengdu but still plays like a child, he was spoiled by Yulin.
Lao Lu smiled easily.
He knew that Zhao Yulin felt that the New Song Dynasty was stable, so he came back so relaxed and had a complete rest.
In the evening, after everyone had dinner together, Chen Chen told his father that she had booked the hot spring in the inn and wanted to accompany Brother Yulin to take a good bath in the magical hot spring.
Chen Yun's face flushed red, and after Zhao Yulin and the others had walked a long way away, the old man angrily said: What is this called? To say something like that in public is simply shameless. Yulin didn't care and just let her do whatever she wanted.
Lu Youpeng said with a smile: It’s okay for a family to talk together. As for the eldest daughter’s temper, it’s best if we don’t care, as long as everyone is happy.
Chen Yun looked in the direction of Chen Chen and still hummed in anger.
Lao Lu added: Brother Yulin was injured in Linzhou, and the hot springs in Zhenwu Mountain are extremely effective in healing. The eldest lady is worried about Brother Yulin.
He said: Mr. Chen may not know yet, Madam Yuqi has resigned from the position of chief steward of Shunfengsi and will stay with Brother Yulin.
Chen Yun was stunned and asked him carefully: "Is Yulin seriously injured? I can't tell at all."
