The second thing Su Jin decided was to increase cooperation with the Yeli tribe. To put it bluntly, in addition to exchanging food for war horses, he also wanted to smuggle other goods on a large scale.
Originally, Su Jin didn't want to do this, but the situation forced him to do so. After the year, the bank's deposits were gradually withdrawn, and he barely escaped a crisis. But outsiders didn't know it, but everyone inside Su Ji knew that Su Ji had already
It has become an empty frame. There is news that several matrons have pawned dowries to survive the withdrawal of money from the year before. This is resting on their laurels, and it will naturally not be a problem if it continues like this.
Su Jin is also very qnghu. Sooner or later, the gossip will flow to the market. If panic is caused, a run will happen again and it will fall into the ears of interested people. That would be even more serious. There are signs that around the Shangyuan Festival
, several deposits of nearly one million guan have been deposited into the bank, with the total amount reaching more than 4 million guan. This has never happened before, and it cannot but attract Su Jin's attention.
It is certainly a good thing to save money, but when a bank run occurs, if these depositors come to withdraw money collectively, it will be a devastating blow to Su Ji. Once there is no money to pay, they can only use their property to offset their hard work.
An industry created may disappear overnight.
Therefore, Su Jin could not place his hopes only on the slow return of the two mines and the Pearl City. He wanted to get out of this crisis situation as soon as possible, so he had to take a desperate risk and decided to use his power to expand the scope of smuggling with the Yeli tribe.[
Xixia not only has war horses, which are the favorite things of the imperial court, but for the common people, what they love most is not the war horses, but the high-quality green salt, beef and mutton, various "furs" and precious skins produced in Xixia
Medicinal materials, spices, etc.
The peace agreement has been in place for more than two years. Although the Song Dynasty prohibited bilateral trade with Xixia, its intention was to trap the Xia Kingdom and prevent them from exporting their green salt, fur, skin, beef, mutton and other items. Although the blow to Xixia was huge
, but this matter is also a double-edged sword. For the inland prefectures in the northwest of the Song Dynasty, there is no most convenient supply of green salt. They can only rely on sea salt transported from the coast and the south; the taste difference is nothing more than that.
What is unbearable is that many merchants took advantage of this clause in the peace agreement and sold the bitter sea salt to the northwest states at increased prices. The price of salt remained high and the people complained.
At the same time, the price of beef and mutton in the south skyrocketed, because the beef and mutton produced in the northwest was really limited, and the people of the Song Dynasty loved to eat beef and mutton.
This results in an imbalance in supply and demand and commercial retaliation. If you raise the price of sea salt, I will raise the price of beef and mutton. If you cheat me, I will cheat you. In the past two years, the prices of these basic daily necessities have increased several times.
, the harm is huge; even if the court explicitly prohibits it, it cannot stop this trend of mutual price increases.
Precious furs and other items are no longer available in major cities, but the demand for furs in the residences of dignitaries has continued to increase. The rarer the items, the more market they have. Like
In Bianliang City, a camel hair carpet is already worth twenty guan, which is equivalent to a family's living expenses for a year; other items such as silver fox vests, white wolf skins, bear mattresses and other items from Xixia are even more expensive.
tongue.
Su Jin saw this clearly. Smuggling prohibited items such as steel, saltpeter, gunpowder, etc. was naturally not allowed, but there was no psychological pressure on daily necessities and luxuries. When the peace agreement was initially concluded, the reason why bilateral transactions were blocked was not so much because of difficulties.
The death of Xixia might as well be said to be for the sake of the wild tribes and the trade of war horses; now that several years have passed, the vitality of Xixia is slowly recovering. Due to the closure of trade, the green salt fur and other products in the Xixia Kingdom
The goods are eager to be sold, and private traders in the two places are willing to risk their lives to smuggle across the mountains. In just three months last winter, more than 700 people were arrested in the border towns, which fully shows the urgency of supply and demand in the two countries.
Got it.
Su Jin discussed the idea with Yan Biyun and others. Although Yan Biyun felt that smuggling against the peace agreement was against the principles of doing business, he thought again that Su Jin had secretly smuggled tens of thousands of grain and war horses with the Yeli tribe. At this moment, he
Why pretend to be aloof? But the only thing that can be considered is the cost issue. According to Su Jin, one vote is one vote. This time we go back to Xixia to get hundreds of carts of green salt, and the beef and mutton skins must be as wooly as possible.
Get more, but where is the money?
"Didn't Yinzhuang deposit more than four million yuan? Originally, I wanted to redeem your dowry private money first, but now I want to use it first to complete this business. It can take as little as three months or as long as half a year.
, the funds will definitely be able to be withdrawn; it’s not like you can’t see the market for green salt fur, as long as it is shipped back, there will definitely be huge profits.”
Yan Biyun frowned and said: "But, didn't you say there is something wrong with the source of those millions? What if I take them for purchase and someone wants to withdraw money?"
Su Jin said: "It only takes a few months. If the news is blocked, it will be back soon."
Yan Biyun said: "Husband, this is a big gamble. Biyun does not agree with this. You promised me not to take risks again, not to mention whether you will be run on. Once the matter itself is known, it will also affect my husband."
It’s extremely unfavorable, someone will definitely take action against us.”
Su Jindao: "I understand what you said. I have thought about it. You can't hide it, but you don't have to worry about it from the emperor. I just said that this is a condition of the Yeli tribe's war horse trade, and I will only buy their other goods."
Regarding the transaction, even if the emperor knew there was something fishy, he would not say anything; Northwest did not ask him to pay a penny for the expenses, so he would just keep silent."
Yan Biyun thought for a while and said: "Since my husband is determined like this, I won't say anything more. I will order people to go to the capital and ask shopkeeper Qian to send the money."
Su Jin stepped forward and held Yan Biyun's shoulders and said: "Sister Yan, it's not that I am willing to take risks. You don't know the current situation. I must reverse this predicament as soon as possible. Without strong money as a backing, do you think your husband
Can we still stand in the northwest? We made a radical mistake in the past. The Pearl City cost too much, and we can only make up for it with another mistake in the future. After this is successful, the financial crisis will be slowly alleviated, and so on.
From iron ore mining, Pearl City's taxes will gradually come back in August, and we will be able to recover by then."
Yan Biyun sighed softly and said: "Husband, my family will do whatever you want. In fact, even if you are broke, my family is willing to follow you to farm and raise chickens, so that's okay."
Su Jin smiled and said: "Then I didn't mess around in vain? I still have a dream that I haven't realized yet."
Yan Biyun smiled, kissed Su Jin, and went to make arrangements.
Su Jin immediately wrote a letter and ordered it to be sent to Yeli Duanyun of the Yeli tribe. In the past two years, Yeli Duanyun and Su Jin had kept writing letters. Every few months, the two would meet and go to the place where they had their first passion.
They met in the wolf cave and lingered for several days before returning.
Yeli Duanyun never mentioned her future with Su Jin. The Yeli tribe's vitality had not yet recovered, so she had no choice but to leave it alone and could only hold on to the tribe. Su Jin understood her situation and did not rush her.
She, everything is up to her to decide.[
However, Li Ahli was in some trouble. When the Baoshan Mine started to be constructed, she stayed with Su Jin for more than a month. Later, the matter could not be hidden and Li Yuanhao found out about it. Li Yuanhao became furious and refused to let her leave the palace; Su
Jin was helpless. In the past two years, the affairs at hand in the imperial court were complicated and he couldn't spare his time. Even if he could spare his time, there was no way to solve this problem. Should he send someone to propose marriage to Li Yuanhao? He wanted Li Yuanhao's daughter to be his concubine.
?It would be strange if Li Yuanhao didn't become furious.
In the past two years, Su Jin could only comfort Li Ahli through Yeli Duanyun, who often wrote letters and sent gifts, promising that she would never abandon her. Su Jin also asked Li Ahli to pay attention to herself and escape from the palace if she had the chance.
Come to him. No matter how capable Li Yuanhao is, he can't reach to his side to arrest people, unless he uses Zhao Zhen to suppress him, or starts another war, and he can't do either of these two things. He can do it.
Come and deny it.
However, Li Ahli never had a chance to escape, and Su Jin was too anxious to do anything.
More than ten days later, when the bank's more than four million yuan arrived in Pearl City, Yeli Duanyun also rushed to Pearl City in person after receiving Su Jin's letter.
Facing the luxury and grandeur of Pearl City, as well as the many unheard-of and unseen facilities, Yeli Duanyun's big eyes widened.
When she had a tryst with Su Jin a year ago, Su Jin told her how wonderful this city was. Ye Li Duanyun still didn't quite believe it. When all this really appeared before her eyes, Ye Li Duanyun
Yun looked at Su Jin with eyes that were not only filled with admiration, but worship.