The winter night comes very quickly, with long nights and short days and heaven cycles, but this cold winter night is dispelled by the excitement of Xijin Mansion. I don’t know when the first snowflake in the sky slowly floats down, but it is dispelled by the heat when it is still falling to the ground.

Although the winter in the north is cold, it is not as cold as the wet and cold in the south, giving people a bit cold feeling. Just a bonfire can make people warm quickly.

There are piles of burning bonfires on the streets of Xijinfu. A circle of stones was placed outside the bonfire to prevent fire. Neighbors gathered money to buy sheep and put them on wooden racks to barbecue. The grease was collected by small iron pots for other purposes. The precious cumin was sprinkled on the meat. This was obtained by merchants from the Song Dynasty from the distant food. Of course, it is unknown whether it was from the food or the Xixia. After all, there were such precious spices in the Western Regions.

The merchants of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the vigil of the official family, especially the merchants who swept a lot of wealth in Shangjing. They strongly supported it. They contributed money and efforts to do this vigil.

Several big businessmen gathered together, and the shopkeeper Ge first said, "It's already dark, the bonfires on the street are ready, and the people are leaving the house, so we should bleed."

All of them here are rich and powerful people. They don’t really care about money, and this annual meeting doesn’t cost much. The most important thing for him is how to protect his life. After all, they have taken too much money from going to the capital, so much that they are all afraid of. If it weren’t for the support of the officials and Song dynasties behind their backs, they wouldn’t have done this if they beat them to death!

Money is a good thing, and they all earn it with their own abilities. But when the amount of this money is astonishingly large, the money becomes hot gold. If you take it, you will be restless when you sleep or eat, and if you lose it, you will feel heartbroken.

At the beginning, they planned to hand over all the money to the official family and gain a job for their family and offspring. But who knew that the official family actually collected their taxes at normal tax rates, and also said that the commercial tax in the Song Dynasty was already high enough, and they hoped that the remaining money would be spent on supporting the business activities of the Song Dynasty...

As for how to support the officials, we can summarize it in one sentence: "The more money the merchants have, the greater the responsibility they bear! This sentence still applies to officials..."

This sentence was first echoed in the minds of several merchants, so they gathered together to discuss how to use this huge wealth to do something for the officials and the Song Dynasty. It is not said that poor, wealthy and conscience have not been said. When a person has too much money to use it himself, he will not care so much. Just like Zhao Zhen, he finally understood why successful people in later generations often say: Money is meaningless to him, because making money can no longer give him any pleasure.

Although it is easy to understand the words of the official family, it is quite difficult to do the so-called responsibilities in detail. It is obviously not possible to respect the elderly and love the young, and to do some good deeds by creting rice porridge, but they really can't think of other things. In their opinion, the biggest thing is to build bridges and roads.

Cai Boyi quietly savored the famous tea in front of him, and indeed responded to the government's clever plan. These merchants finally invited themselves... Thinking about it, these merchants were busy in the business world all day long, how could they know how to spend money for the country?

The merchants stared at Cai Boyi, who was calm and calm, and wanted to pour tea into his stomach. Cai Ji's shopkeeper and Song Dynasty prince consort was this kind of virtue of being posed with airs? Why did he feel like he was sitting firmly on Diaoyutai... Little fox?

"Ahem... Since you have invited me, there are naturally problems that need this prince consort to find a way to help you solve, right?"

This is nonsense... Everyone whispered in their stomachs, what if everyone could come up with a solution to find you?

Manager Ge smiled and said, "Cai Zhuanyun hits the point, we really have difficulties and want to ask you for advice!"

Cai Boqi pointed and put down the exquisite porcelain in his hand and said, "Tell me, everyone, the official has explained that I, Cai Ji, are the guiding lights for merchants, and should solve the problems of the merchants in the Song Dynasty!"

Manager Liu was the most anxious and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The money we brought back from the Liao Dynasty to the capital, and the government did not want this money, so it was normal to collect taxes..."

Cai Boqi laughed and said, "Of course, the government will not ask for this money. What do you think of the government as if you give money to the government? Giving money to the government is called bribery. Isn't it not to give it to the government?"

Everyone didn't report it for a while. How can I call giving money to the official? This is called tribute...

Seeing everyone's expressions, Cai Boqi shook his head with a smile and said, "The official's meaning is very clear. You must let you use this money to do good deeds to the people and even the entire Song Dynasty!"

It’s nonsense again. If you know how to do it and invite you, just pay for it. Why ask you to discuss it?

Manager Ge smiled and bowed, "Since that's the case, we still have to ask the envoy Cai Zhuanyun, how can we satisfy the official?"

"Simple!" Cai Boqi walked to the crowd with a teacup and said, "Although I, Cai Boqi, is the son-in-law of the Song Dynasty, I am still a businessman like you, but I think there are so many things that we merchants can do for the Song Dynasty, whether there are or not, whether there are any or not, whether to trade, accumulate wealth for the country, etc. are all for our Song Dynasty. What do you think the current Xijin Mansion lacks the most?"

Everyone looked at each other and what was missing? Although this place was ruled by the Liao Dynasty for a long time, it was no different from the Han people's land and the Song Dynasty's cities...

It was the shopkeeper Ge who discovered the difference first and said with his eyes lit up: "Factory! There has never been a factory everywhere in Xijin Mansion!"

Cai Boqi suddenly clapped his high-high and said, "Yes! The one who hits the word from Manager Ge is the factory. Although this Yanyun land has returned to our Song Dynasty, there is no factory. Where can our Song Dynasty products be sold the fastest and the greatest benefits?!"

This time, there was no need for manager Ge to speak, everyone's eyes lit up. What else could there be? In addition to the Western Xia, the Liao Dynasty, as well as the Jurchens, Goryeo, and Japan! These places have backward handicrafts, but they also desire Central Plains culture and exquisite utensils, so they naturally became the targets of the Song Dynasty's commodities!

The geographical location of Xijin Prefecture is reflected. It is naturally closest to the Liao Dynasty and not far from the Jurchens. The powerful Da Song sea ship can easily transport the goods here to Goryeo and Japan, but the premise is that Pingzhou will be taken down by the Da Song...

Manager Ge said excitedly: "I understand. Build a factory in Xijin Prefecture, so that the people who have suffered from war can have a place to live. Even if the grain is poor, it can guarantee the most basic food problem and produce goods for taxation."

Manager Liu smiled and said, "It's more than that. After having a factory, the goods will naturally be transported out. Although Xijin Mansion also has roads, it cannot be compared with the cement roads in the Song Dynasty. We invested to share the country's worries and also shared our worries. We built bridges and roads throughout Xijin Mansion!"

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Chapter completed!