Cai Chong boarded the boat southward, and a basket continued to be supported in front of Cai's mansion. Kaifeng was still crowded with people, and Fanlou was still very happy. Kaifeng faced the children who were unable to speak and then retreated and compromised...

Compromise. Whenever emperor of any dynasty faces what Cai Yan does, he will send troops to fight without mercy, but Cai Yan knows that as long as he shows enough strength, Kaifeng will definitely compromise!

...

Deng Su, dressed in white Confucian scholars, stood outside the city gate of Hangzhou, watching the people in and out in surprise. Perhaps the package that the young scholar behind him was too heavy, or perhaps the croaking stomach made people feel uncomfortable. Seeing that the husband still had no intention of raising his foot, he scratched his head very much.

"Sir, is it time to enter the city?"

Deng Su didn't even think about it, and tapped Shutong's head with a paper fan.

"You're just impatient."

The boy lowered his head and admitted his mistake. Deng Su walked towards the city gate with a sleepy soldier holding a stick of water and fire.

"Dare you ask me, aren't you going to earn money here?"

Sun Liu was dozing off with a stick in his arms. People came and went to the crowd and came forward to disturb him without any trouble. How could they expect someone to pat their shoulders? He was drowsy and thought it was a head-on check. He was shocked and stood up straight. He was about to report loudly, but the one who caught his eyes was a scholar in white, and he became a little displeased.

"Who are you?"

“Go away…”

Sun Liu raised his hand like a threat, and Deng Su seemed not to see the thick water and fire stick in his arms, but instead held his fists and bowed.

"Brother, please."

"When Xiaosheng was in Kaifeng, he heard the cruelty of the demon-eating demons. He didn't expect that Hangzhou would be so prosperous at this time. I'm afraid Suzhou is not as good as Hangzhou."

He reached out and didn't hit the smiley person. Seeing Deng Su praising Hangzhou like this, Sun Liu couldn't help but raise his thumbs up and praised: "I really let the sir be right. Suzhou is really not as good as ours at this time!"

Deng Su bowed again, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Xiaosheng is a little confused. Although there are monsters in Suzhou who are killing people, they have not been able to break through the city gate. Instead, Hangzhou was taken away by monsters for several months. But looking at the current situation, Hangzhou is more prosperous. I wonder if the guy can tell me the reason?"

The literary talent in the south of the Yangtze River is brilliant, and the people often look up to scholars. Seeing that Deng Su was so polite to him, a small soldier, Sun Liu was very helpful, and clasped his fists and said politely: "If you ask others, you may not know the reason."

Deng Su showed a more puzzled expression and said, "I would like to ask you for advice."

Sun Liu smiled and said, "Actually, there is nothing difficult to understand. According to Xiaowu's yamen, the reason why Suzhou is not as good as our Hangzhou is because the money flows in Suzhou is not as good as our Hangzhou. Suzhou is not ravaged by demons. However, after the city gates are closed, prices have risen ten days a day. As a result, ordinary people's money flows into the hands of merchants, big clans or government officials. These people have hidden money in the warehouse. Because the people have lost money, there is less money on the market, and the stores naturally have no business."

Sun Liu pointed to the word "Hangzhou" on his head and smiled complacently: "We are different in Hangzhou. Xiaowu Yanei sent money to the soldiers recruited and the yamen runners, borrowed less than 100% interest-free loans from the people for two years, and borrowed less than 1,000% interest-free loans from the store. Just these, Xiaowu Yanei borrowed more than 5 million RMB from Hangzhou..."

Sun Liu seemed to remember something again, and whispered to Deng Su, who was shocked, "I heard the news two days ago that the Manichae demon was so bad that he stole tens of thousands of women. I heard that Xiaowu Yanei was very angry and said that he wanted to send them all to a deserted island where poisonous snakes were everywhere, but these were not the most important, the most important thing was the placement of tens of thousands of women!"

Sun Liu stretched out a finger and said with envy: "Xiaowu Yanei said that those who have a home and want to go home can go home and reunite with their relatives; if they lose their home and don't want to go home, they are shy of getting married. Xiaowu Yanei went out of the store and only needs 50% of the store to rent within three years; if they are willing to get married, Xiaowu Yanei asked the baby soldiers to marry them."

"But no matter how those women choose, they will have a hundred coins of money! Sir, you don't know. The woman who was originally disdainful is now in high demand!"

When Sun Liu and Deng Su were talking in a low voice, the old soldiers beside him did not interrupt until Sun Liu talked about those women, and then he smacked his lips and shook his head and sighed.

"A few days ago, Xiaowu's baby soldier rescued the Sun family's wife from the demon. The Sun family said that he was unfaithful and forced the Sun family's wife to jump into the river. If the passing baby soldier had not bumped into him, the Sun family's wife might have died. It's been three days before. What do you think? The Sun family became the leader's wife! Because of this, the Sun family actually received a contract of 100,000 yuan in silk supply from Suhe Chamber of Commerce in advance. Now the Sun family is treasured by the Sun family!"

Sun Liu curled his lips and said, "What's this? The wife of the Liu family has become the wife of Chief of Staff Ziying! She is a baby soldier general who has over ten thousand people!"

Sun Liu smacked his lips and shook his head, "Originally, Xiaowu Yanei gave those women three choices. Now? No one who went home or runs a store had all dated a blind date with the baby soldier. Do you know why? Because as long as the baby soldier married a woman, he was the knight master! Old man Wang, do you know the knight master? That is the master with at least 300 acres of land! No matter how big the official you are, as long as you are not a knight, you have to hold your fists first! You have to give the baby soldiers a first look!"

Sun Liuyi looked envious, and Old Man Wang sighed. Not only them, the entire Hangzhou city was envious. It cost millions of guan to place tens of thousands of women. In addition, the miscellaneous things, Cai Yan in Hangzhou alone scattered tens of millions of guan. However, the counties under Hangzhou were all under various excuses, either buying land and shops, recruiting various craftsmen, weavers, or recruiting township charity warriors to patrol, transport, or recruiting migrant workers to build bridges and pave roads. In just two months, the Cai Mansion scattered the 20 to 30 million guan that had been plundered into various parts of Hangzhou.

The prices in the Song State were relatively high, and normal families spent hundreds of cents a day, but after the market was depressed, prices also dropped a lot. To restore the previous prosperity, it would require investment from mountains of gold and silver.

Of course, it seems that there is a lot of investment, but these investments are like buying at the bottom of the stock market, which also allows Cai Mansion to gain hundreds of thousands of hectares of land and countless shops and workshops, and gain reputation that others cannot reach.

There are gains and losses. The unscrupulous officials sent to the local government in the court were extremely angry, but they were helpless in the face of the Cai family, which responded to the response.

Cai Yan didn't care much about whether the officials were satisfied or not. For him, when he had enough wealth and deterrent force, he wanted to drive away the unsatisfied officials too many methods. He cared about the merchants who still had influence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. These merchants and gentry had protested to him for two months, and the protests included some merchants and families who were relatively friendly with him.
Chapter completed!