Song Beiyun

"It was quite a surprise, I never expected it."

"I didn't expect that either." Song Beiyun laughed, "Someone is plotting against me."

"Then what should I do?"

"These people really tried their best to bring down Song Beiyun, but they didn't even look at it. Song Beiyun had already fallen by himself." Song Beiyun shook his head helplessly and said, "There's no need to pursue it, it's hard to be stable. You just say that this time you asked me to summon merchants from all over the world."

"Nothing else?"

"No more." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "There is absolutely no need to pursue it. I have already figured out who it is, but there is no need to punish them. I will focus on monitoring them."

Afterwards, Song Beiyun told Zhao Xing the ins and outs of the matter. Song Beiyun was fine, but Zhao Xing was already a little furious.Because if this incident was small, it would be an exaggeration to say that it was the private mobilization of the various state departments, and if it was big, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Song Beiyun intended to rebel.

Why didn't they understand... What Zhao Xing was angry with was not because someone was slandering Song Beiyun. After all, such things were commonplace in the court. What made him angry was that there were still such idiots under his command!

And Song Beiyun's ideas and practices are actually not too big of a problem, because the current situation is relatively stable, and the consciousness of cunning rabbits and running dogs is still deep-rooted. They want to get rid of Song Beiyun for the Great Song Empire. There is nothing wrong with the Lord's servants.

It's just that they didn't find the right strategic direction this time, or Song Beiyun didn't give them a chance at all.

Although Song Beiyun never thought that the scale would be so large, even if he transferred a person, he would do so only under the emperor's nose. In other words, his actions were all under the approval of the emperor. Now All he has to do is wait for someone to report himself.

"If they come to attend you at that time, I will say that I let you do it." Zhao Xing said with a smile: "Besides, you have always done things beautifully, and this grand event is quite good. I won't be leaving for the time being, It’s after the Dragon Boat Festival. I heard that the Dragon Boat Festival is even bigger, isn’t it?”

Song Beiyun nodded: "The current scale is only one-third."

Zhao Xing took a breath: "How many people are expected?"

"It may reach about 200 million people. This time is a tough battle. I have already made full preparations and guarantees in cooperation with Song and Liao." Song Beiyun sighed and said, "It's a pity that the taxes are all taken by the Liao Kingdom. By the way, you know how much this transaction tax is... the tax amount of the big transaction alone is astronomical."

Just as Song Beiyun said, Fo Baonu had just obtained the tax estimate from the Ministry of Households of the Liao Kingdom for this transaction, and Fo Baonu jumped off the chair when he saw the number, and exclaimed: "So much? ??"

"Returning to Your Majesty, that's exactly the case... Since it will be held until after the Dragon Boat Festival, and there will be large-scale sales and grain sales, the tax amount should be very high. It can completely offset the shortfall in road construction in the past few years."

"Okay, okay, there will be a lot of rewards for this matter!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty...but Your Majesty has something to say."

"speak."

"Whether this matter can be done well or not is not up to the ministers, but to the Marquis of Song. Because he brought the main big deals, if he is willing, he can conclude the deal here. If he is not willing, he will You can make a verbal agreement with the people to go to Chang'an to hand over, if the other party doesn't have that credibility, but if it's Song Houye, then... I don't know."

"He dares!" Fo Baonu frowned: "No, I'll find him right away!"

Chapter 882: Sunny May 6, Ten Years

It seems that under any social background in any era, this person's instinct to rely on a "expensive" seems to exist.

The Canton Fair this time gave Song Beiyun a glimpse of what it means to be a nouveau riche who desperately wants to become a master.

The reason why celebrities and celebrities can be called "famous" is not because of how elegant their clothes are and how meticulous their diet is. It just so happens that the real celebrities and bigwigs that Song Beiyun knows are actually not that particular.

The late Zhao Xiang, who belonged to the Three Kingdoms, is he considered a celebrity?But on weekdays, he just likes to sit on the bridge in front of his house in loose clothes and watch people go by. What he likes to eat is braised pork knuckle with sugar, even if there are a few hairs on it, he just mutters a few curses and then eats. Pull off the hair and continue eating.

Ding Xiang, who is famous and number one, has disciples all over the world, but besides his daily official uniform, he only has a few long gowns that he has worn for more than ten years. If Zhao Xing hadn’t given him a few fans as tribute Well, he even picked up the fan, which Yan Shu didn't want.As for why, because he is a judge, in his words, a slight mistake may lead to chaos in the law, so everyone can accept gifts, but his old man can't. He may live comfortably on the salary of a prime minister, but with Those luxury items that cost hundreds or even thousands of pennies can't be taken advantage of.

Then there is Song Beiyun himself, let the people of the world ask themselves whether he is a celebrity or not?Of course it counts, not to mention his many official titles, just relying on his own strength to establish a school and set up the way of science, he is already a top celebrity in the world.

But is Song Beiyun really particular about it?Most of his clothes are sewed by Aunt Hong and Qiaoqiao when they have nothing to do. The materials are also common things like cotton and linen. The fan is expensive, but it is also a gift from Zi Shibu. It is a matter of course that a Japanese princess is famous and precious, right?

As for other things, he doesn't have any greed when it comes to eating and drinking, but occasionally he wants to eat a bite of stewed tofu with bacon, stinky mandarin fish, and braised pork with dried plums. Although they are not cheap dishes, he is almost in the third class. If someone still talks about eating a braised meat, he doesn't know whether to cry or laugh.

And not to mention anything else, as far as the daily life of these people is concerned, it must be better than most ordinary people, but it is really not sure how good it is. In this era, as long as you have hands, feet and skills, you can eat It's really not difficult to buckle the meat.

Not to mention Yan Shu, the romantic atmosphere in his bones does not allow him to deal with ordinary people. His family is originally from a wealthy Jiangxi family, but he also lives a simple life. things, and then moved myself.

These are all celebrities, they can be said to be the first-class celebrities in the world, their lives are so ordinary, and they don't carry a golden hoe to farm.

But in the past few days at the Canton Fair, he refreshed his understanding of the nouveau riche. This group of people can be said to be blindly pursuing the upper class. Because of the fan in Song Beiyun's hand, they have sold Japanese specialty craft fans to sky-high prices.

There is a sachet hanging on the waist of the emperor of the Liao Kingdom. The value of that thing is [-] Wen. It was allocated by Song Beiyun to repel mosquitoes from Fo Baonu, who recruited mosquitoes. Just because she is the emperor, the same sachet has now been fired. When it comes to eight strings of money.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty was wearing a prairie-style horn jewelry that he didn't know where to buy at the Canton Fair.The horn products in the entire market are priceless the next day.

The effect of this advertisement can be said to be quite explosive. On the contrary, the things that should be promoted the most are those agricultural products that few people care about. Most of them are purchased by countries in places such as the Western Regions, Ryukyu, Japan, Ezo, Baekje, and Siam. The group chooses there for comparison.

"I really underestimated the purchasing power of these people." Song Beiyun sat on the stage and said to Zhao Xing: "They are really fierce."

"People, if you lack something, you have to use other things to show your ability. They think it's vulgar to wear gold and silver, and they think it's ugly to wear red and green. Plus, the things used by upper-class people will never be good. Bad reason.” Zhao Xing was peeling a lychee there: “Believe it or not, if I say, ‘the lychees in south of the Five Ridges are the best in the world’, you won’t be able to eat lychees tomorrow.”

"Hahahahaha... that's right, that's how it feels. Follow the trend! They just follow the trend."

"Then what can we do?" Zhao Xing picked up the lychee and thought for a while, then dipped it in soy sauce and put it in his mouth...

And at this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty, please let me inform you...Your Majesty..."

Song Beiyun and Zhao Xing raised their heads and looked at each other, Zhao Xing said in astonishment, "You guessed so accurately, how do you know that big brother will come here early?"

"If she wasn't worried about the impact, she should have come out of my room this morning." Song Beiyun said lightly, "He must have come here for tax matters."

Sure enough, Fo Baonu arrived in a hurry, and before he could speak, he saw these two people looking at him with a smile, their eyes seemed to have seen her through.

"Song Beiyun, I ask you what is the most important thing in business?"

Fo Baonu asked with a serious face, and Song Beiyun and Zhao Xing looked at each other again, and the two suddenly burst into laughter in tacit understanding.

Faced with this sudden whisper, Fo Baonu didn't know what happened, but looked suspiciously at the two people in front of him.

"Give me the money." Song Beiyun stretched out his hand to Zhao Xing: "Hurry up."

Reluctantly, Zhao Xing took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, took out one and patted it on Song Beiyun's hand: "I shouldn't bet on this with you."

"What the hell are you doing?"

Zhao Xing kicked the money back into his arms, curled his lips and said, "He bet with me that you would come over early in the morning. I don't believe it. If you are still fighting with him, you will directly send a king's order to summon him. Brother Ah, brother, I never expected you to be so restless."

Fo Baonu was taken aback, and looked up at Song Beiyun: "You bastard! You rely on me to win money?"

"I have sent you millions of dollars in taxes, do you still care about the little money I earn?"

"Can't you bet a little bit more? I'm worth a little bit?"

This time is unhappy in Zhao sex: "Well, you are suitable, you can't make such a boldness? Bullying a lonely widow is boring."

Fo Baonu was not interested in looking for something to say here, and turned his head as if to question Song Beiyun, but it was obvious that Song Beiyun seemed to know what she was going to say.

"Since you choose to be here, you will definitely not play tricks. All transactions will be on the bright side. If you find smuggling and black market transactions, you can just investigate and deal with them." Song Beiyun's words seemed very commercial, but they were also on the right track. It was this sense of formality that reassured Fo Baonu a lot.

"The current problem is not about taxation at all. If I, Da Song, want to make money, then I don't have to make money from taxes, understand?" Song Beiyun also had a straight face: "As long as I sign the foreign trade order for military products, within three years, Da Song will double your wealth."

Zhao Xing turned his head and glanced at Song Beiyun: "But it's a waste of money."

"Don't tear me down, my tiger body is shaking, be careful not to hurt you."

"It's okay, the dragon body resists."

Fo Baonu frowned: "Are you going to sell weapons?"

"I don't have this plan yet, and we won't export weapons until there is no national-level confrontation." Song Beiyun folded his arms: "I don't know what else the Liao Emperor wants to do? If not, please go back."

Fo Baonu picked up a pebble from the ground and was about to hit Song Beiyun on the head, but Song Beiyun jumped off and turned around and ran away.

And Zhao Xing applauded beside him...

After chasing for a long time, Song Beiyun turned over the wall out of breath, while Fo Baonu was wearing the emperor's casual clothes and couldn't climb the wall, so he just stood with his head crossed and waited.

"Don't wait, there is a wall behind this wall, he ran away." Zhao Xing laughed and said, "You won't beat me, will you?"

At this time, Fobao servant noticed that Zhao Xing's nose was bruised and his face was swollen. After calming down a little, he turned his head and asked, "What's wrong with your face?"

"It fell."

"Falled?"

Zhao Xing pointed to the bicycle in the corner: "I fell while riding it."

Fo Baonu walked over curiously to have a look, and found it strange, and she was not as brave as Zhao Xing, so she just gave up after being curious for a while.

"By the way, brother. Did you buy that dress later yesterday?"

"No." Fo Baonu said coldly, "I, Khitan son, disdain to wear those soft women's clothes."

Zhao Xing let out a sigh, and slowly took out the unfinished flowers yesterday, sat in the shade and began to embroider the mandarin ducks on top: "The Khitan people are really fierce, if I am the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, I will make a rule." In summer, men and women in Khitan don’t wear clothes, which makes them look tough and save money.”

"Are you looking for trouble? Why didn't you give an order to let you Song people not wear clothes?"

"Oh, my son of the Han family is not as fierce as your Khitan son, so I have to wear it."

Fo Baonu saw that he was acting strangely, so he stopped talking nonsense. Anyway, his purpose of this trip has been achieved. Although he failed to beat Song Beiyun, he was still satisfied.

"Don't rush away." Zhao Xing raised his head and said to Fo Baonu: "Do you know that the accessories and accessories on both of you and I have been fired at sky-high prices?"

"And other things?"

Fo Baonu, who was about to leave, turned around: "What's the price?"

"The sachet on your body is Baguan. The ox horn buckle in my hand is priceless."

Fo Baonu frowned: "So exaggerated?"

"According to Song Beiyun, it will be more exaggerated in a few days, and there will be a lot of ghosts and ghosts. So don't be in a hurry, brother. You still have to watch this excitement."

"What demons and ghosts?"

"You'll see when the time comes, no one can say for sure now."

In the next few days, as expected by Song Beiyun, the direction of many things began to become strange, especially some relatively special products, such as the imperial kiln porcelain from Changnan Town, the sky celadon porcelain from Ru Kiln, and later on. There is Zhao Xing's favorite Longjing tea and Fo Baonu's favorite Laoshan green. The prices of these things suddenly started to soar almost overnight.

At first, I thought it was a problem with the merchants, but after checking it, I found that it was not the case, but someone was hoarding, and the items on the shelves would be sold out at the first time, and then they began to move around in underground channels.

Changnan Qingbai porcelain, blue and white porcelain, a jar of [-] pieces, because the price of the imperial kiln of the Song Dynasty was already high, but it definitely did not go straight up to [-] guan as it is now.And the price of Ru kiln azure from the imperial kilns of the Liao Dynasty also ran wildly all the way, and they all remained at a strange price.

The same is true for tea, the emperor's favorite tea has increased fifty-fold overnight, and even other teas have also started to increase in price.

Then this wave of price increases even spread to other fields, such as a wool blanket from the Western Regions, the original price is about [-] guan, which is not cheap anymore, it is probably equivalent to a year's wages of a young and middle-aged man, but these days It has been fired to nearly a thousand, and it is still hard to find. Other things have the same trend, and the state is very terrible.

For this matter, the Song Liao household department, which was originally incompatible, met for an emergency meeting overnight, and even Song Beiyun, who hadn't spoken to Fo Baonu for several days, was present.

Because the household officials from the Song and Liao countries all studied in the Academy of Sciences, they had to perform student rituals when they saw Song Beiyun, and this scene was very strange to Zhao Xing or Fo Baonu...

"Why do I feel that you are the emperor." Fo Baonu said gloomily.

Zhao Xing smiled and said, "If you keep doing this, I don't know if he is the emperor, but you may not be."

Fo Baonu snorted, but Song Beiyun ignored him. He just smiled and said to the young household officials, "Don't worry about your Majesty, she's not been in a stable mood recently."

"Why am I unstable? If you don't make it clear today, I'll make you a bully."

"Okay." Song Beiyun spread his hands, "Then you can do it."

As soon as he retreated to the side, Fo Baonu was dumbfounded... Song Beiyun was the only person here who had experience in dealing with this kind of thing.

"I said." Zhao Xing said with dissatisfaction on his face, "Why don't you leave first, Brother Yelu? I don't want to delay the business, is your time so worthless?"

The officials below all huddled in the corner and did not dare to make a sound, for fear of being retaliated... After all, there is a saying that the master humiliates his ministers to death. Now the people of Song Dynasty are obviously bullying the emperor of Liao Kingdom, and more importantly, the ministers of Liao Kingdom I also hope that she will leave as soon as possible so as not to delay the matter.

"you……"

Fo Baonu got up and was about to walk away, but Song Beiyun frowned and pressed her down. He put one hand on her wrist and examined her carefully for a while, then bent down and said, "Do you think it's very drowsy?" Annoyed?"

Fo Baonu was taken aback: "Ah? Didn't notice."

"There is."

One sentence completely sank Fo Baonu, she sat there and did not dare to make a sound, and Song Beiyun instantly understood that her abnormal mood during this period was actually an endocrine disorder caused by pregnancy.

"We'll talk later."

"Oh……"

Fo Baonu became honest in an instant, while Zhao Xing looked at Fo Baonu with a surprised expression, looked at Song Beiyun for a while, then turned his head to come to Fo Baonu and said, "Amazing."

Chapter 883: Sunny May 6, Ten Years

Regardless of whether Fobaonu is going to have a baby again, the top priority now is to stabilize the skyrocketing prices.

The problem in front of them now is not actually someone maliciously manipulating the market, because judging from this rising trend, it doesn't look like the rhythm of a trader at all, but rather like a savage collision of capital.

A similar situation was like the tulip disaster that swept across Europe. Song Beiyun was not one of the most experienced people in controlling these things.

"This word is called hunger marketing. You have all learned it, right?" Song Beiyun pointed to the household officials of both Song and Liao: "This is a hype trend."

"Then how do we stop this trend?" Zhao Xing also stood there listening to the class with his hands behind his back: "Do you want a ban?"

"The ban is the last step. It doesn't need to be so complicated now. Laws and bans are the last resort when they cannot be contained. This will destroy the natural balance of the market." Song Beiyun wrote a few words on the blackboard with chalk Circled and clicked a few times: "When we find that capital is hitting the market disorderly, we are more suitable to use the blocking method and hedging method at this stage. The blocking method is to block the root cause. What they loot is what we block. , all things will not be resold, so that the existing circulating products will be raised to an unimaginable price, which is not acceptable to ordinary people, and naturally cut off the possibility of his continued growth. The second step Hedging is to use a certain degree of relatively inferior products to act as market substitutes, and to interfere with their hype by the policy of driving out good money with bad money."