Chapter 96 The sky is falling
“Your Highness, you want to transport this wine to the Song and Liao mutual markets to sell it?” Sheng Wei was stunned when he heard this and said: “Your Highness, this won’t work. The merchants of the Song Dynasty are in Song and Liao. The trading market must be managed by officials arranged by the court, and merchants are not allowed to sell wine. "
"You don't have to worry about this, I will arrange it, and I will arrange someone to accompany you to protect you," Zhao Xing said.
“Yes!” Sheng Wei felt confident when Zhao Xing said this.
Zhao Xing told Sheng Wei in detail how to operate.
This time I went not to sell wine directly, but to give it away.
In the Song Dynasty, those who could do business in the Song-Liao Mutual Market were merchants with a certain background, and the same was true in the Liao Kingdom.
You only need to send some wine to each of the important merchants of Liao who have been active in the Song and Liao mutual trade for a long time. These wines will definitely reach the hands of the nobles of Liao.
After finishing speaking, Zhao Xing asked about the progress of soap. He was a little anxious when he learned that there was not much progress yet.
He only had 200,000 taels of silver given by Mr. Bai. Even if he sold the gifts he had extorted in exchange for money, it would still be less than 300,000 taels.
It sounds like a lot, but if it is used to buy wine for distillation and exchange horses with the Liao Kingdom, how many horses can be exchanged?
Liquor itself is not cheap, and distillation is the distillation of the alcohol in the liquor, so the cost of distilled liquor is higher.
Even if he sets the value of the wine higher, the price of the Liao war horses is still as high.
He couldn't sell the war horses in exchange, he still had to make money.
As for asking his father for money, Zhao Xing never thought about it. His father was very poor.
In his previous life, Zhao Xing always thought that the emperor controlled the world, and the court's money belonged to the emperor.
But after really understanding it, I found that it was not the case at all.
The imperial court is a imperial court, and the money from the treasury can only be used for the imperial court, and the emperor cannot embezzle it.
The emperor's expenses were all provided by the Nei Zang Treasury, and the source of the money for the Nei Tiang Treasury was those at Huangzhuang.
But if you want to build a palace or something, you need to pay for it from the treasury.
Although the war horses were exchanged for use by the army and allowed the treasury to pay for them, those ministers would definitely demand that the formula for distilled liquor be handed over to the court.
And the imperial treasury didn't have much money. Otherwise, even if horses were more expensive, as long as they were willing to spend money, it wouldn't be impossible to buy them. The Song Dynasty would not be so short of horses.
Anyway, the world will belong to him in the future, and Zhao Xing doesn’t care about this.
But the premise is that there must be income as soon as possible, otherwise we have to think of other ways.
Sheng Wei received Zhao Xing's instructions and began to prepare after returning.
Half a month later, Sheng Wei took more than a dozen carts of wine and headed north under the protection of Fang Zhongrong.
In addition to protecting Sheng Wei, Fang Zhongrong was also responsible for contacting his father to provide convenience for Sheng Wei.
In addition, Gan Dalang is also among them.
The two generals of the northern frontier army, one is Old General Gan, the Duke of Gan State, and the other is Marquis Qingyuan.
Zhao Xing asked his son and grandson to go, and with the secret call from his father, the two of them would definitely do their best.
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Imperial Palace, inside Longtu Pavilion
Yu Xianggong saluted and said: "I pay homage to your Majesty!"
"No courtesy."
Official family He waved his hand and asked: "Ms. Yu, has the matter of Li Daoquan come to an end?"
"Back to Your Majesty, that's right!"
Mr. Yu held up a few pieces of paper in his hand and said: "This is the confession of the yamen servant and the clues found by the people sent to Shezhou. Please take a look at it. ! ”
After some searching, the people he sent to Shezhou finally found the whereabouts of the government servant.
After obtaining the confession from the Yamen servant, there is evidence.
The eunuch on the side stepped forward to take it and brought it to the official's house.
The officials took it and looked at it. When they saw that tens of thousands of acres of land had been annexed by landlords in Shezhou and several lower counties during the drought that year, the officials were furious. "These people all deserve to die. They have raised the price of food ten times or even dozens of times, but they have kept the price of land extremely low. They only paid a small amount of food and annexed a large amount of land. In order to annex the land, they did not hesitate to buy it. The officials set fire to the relief grains, causing the people to rebel, but in the end they asked the court to clean up the mess!" the official said through gritted teeth.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. It is not a pity for these people to die. It is not worth it for Your Majesty to be so angry that the dragon body is broken." Mrs. Yu advised.
"Hoo~"
The official took a deep breath and said: "The edict will be delivered by Mr. Yu Xianggong as the master, and the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment as the assistant, to thoroughly investigate this matter. Clear! In addition, send someone to arrest Yushi Zhongcheng Feng Deguang and put him in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment!”
Although it has not yet been confirmed that it is related to Feng Deguang, after the official suspended Feng Deguang from his post, many people have already filed a petition to impeach Feng Deguang.
There is just a lack of evidence and we are still investigating.
When there was a drought in Shezhou, Feng Deguang was the imperial envoy. Now, even if there is no conclusive evidence, the two things together can already lead to arrests.
“Yes!” The scholar in charge of drafting the edict responded and wrote quickly.
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"Dad, I beg you, let me go out and play. I've been holding it in at home for half a month, and I'm going crazy." Feng Mingsong begged.
“It’s better to be crazy than to lose your life. If you hadn’t talked nonsense, how could I have been in such big trouble? Now many people have taken the trouble to impeach me. Maybe our family will be in trouble. It's coming." Feng Deguang shouted angrily.
Although he has not gone out during this period, there are so many people impeaching him, how could he not receive the news.
"Dad, didn't you say that they have no evidence, so there is nothing to be afraid of!" Feng Mingsong said indifferently.
“Pa!”
Feng Deguang slapped him hard and shouted angrily: "You traitor! Go back to your room. Without my permission, if you dare to step out of the door again, I will break your legs. This will save you from going out to me." You're in trouble."
"Master, what are you doing?"
A woman in her forties came in anxiously, holding Feng Mingsong's face and looking at it. Looking at the slightly swollen face and the five fingerprints on it, he said distressedly: "Song'er, does it hurt?"
"Mother...hiss..."
Feng Mingsong was stunned, even if When Feng Deguang returned from suspension before, he only scolded him but did not hit him.
He came back to his senses after hearing his mother's words. As soon as he opened his mouth, he felt a burning pain on his face. He took a breath of cold air and burst into tears.
"Why are you crying!" Feng Deguang shouted.
"Master!" The woman glared at Feng Deguang and said, "He is still a child, why are you angry at him?"
"You are seventeen years old and you are still a child? A loving mother often fails. Son, if you hadn't always pampered him, how could he be like this?" Feng Deguang shouted.
He really didn't care when he heard that someone was impeaching him.
Although he took the money, he still did things. Those who gave him money did not dare to leave evidence for such things.
If something happens, it will not be easy for everyone.
However, as time passed, the officials never had the intention to reinstate him.
And for some reason today, he has been frightened and had an unknown premonition, which made him very irritable.
“My master didn’t favor me? Now it’s strange...”
"My master is in trouble!"
At this moment, the housekeeper ran over in a panic.
"What do you look like in a panic? Can the sky fall?" Feng Deguang shouted.
"Master, an official from the Ministry of Justice came outside with a team of government officials, saying they were here to arrest the Master." The housekeeper said anxiously.
Feng Deguang's face changed drastically when he heard this. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a group of people walking in from outside the hospital.
"Master Feng."
The leader was a middle-aged man in red official attire. He walked into the hall and bowed slightly. Before he could bend down, he straightened up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has a decree. Mr. Feng is in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Please come with me."
(End of this chapter)