Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

Chapter 204

"Okay, come, come, all consciously order and give money, I know that they are brothers if I guess correctly."

The others untied their purses in dissatisfaction, and put the silver beans in the man's hand with a look of reluctance.

"Bastard!"

Qin Juan's slightly deep voice came.

When Wan Xi heard this, his teeth itch. He thought it was Qin Juan who said it to him, but Qin Juan turned around and said it to the cavalry standing beside him.

Qin Juan walked over,

"..." The speechless cavalry looked at him in a daze.

Qin Juan roared: "Gambling is not allowed in the barracks! Next time, you will be fined with only your underpants! All the money will be handed over to the kitchen camp to buy rice and flour!" The cavalry looked at Qin Juan angrily and laughed, The general was obedient when he caught two merchants and confiscated their goods, but he was so straightforward in confiscating their silver beans.

Qin Juan even tore off the money bags from the waists of those cavalrymen who were unpacking or reaching out to touch the money bags.

Throwing the money bag on the table, Qin Juan looked at them: "I'll say it again for the last time, whoever gambles in the military camp will not only be fined, but you will be punished with twenty army sticks each!" Sticks are really uncomfortable, ten sticks are not worth it, let alone twenty army sticks.

Wan Xi, who watched this scene, directly forgot about the previous incident, and at this moment, she still looked like she was watching a good show.

"What the hell are these?" Wan Xi casually picked up some things in the box on the ground, "It's all fake, cinnabar made of cinnabar powder mixed with glue, and amethyst made of colored glaze! You guys are thinking about money and crazy." Yet?"

Wan Xi only glanced at it before throwing away the handful of fake cinnabar and fake amethyst.

Qin Juan frowned and looked over: "You say these are all fake?"

"Why, the fakes you made don't know they are fakes?" Wan Xi paused and frowned, "Could you be fooled into buying a bunch of fakes, you idiot?"

"I am such a smart person, why do I have such a stupid brother like you!" Wan Xi yelled, and suddenly became very angry, "Idiot! Horse dung bastard! I started to float when I gave you some money? Like that guy from Bieshi who gambled!" Stone? You are not qualified to play with cinnabar and amethyst! Don't let it go..."

The cavalry couldn't take it anymore: "Master Wan, these things are the goods of two suspicious businessmen caught by our lord."

"..." Upon hearing this, Wan Xi blushed.

"Okay, okay, anyway, this kind of fake goods that harm people, it's not too much to kill!"

After Wan Xi finished speaking, he left, even forgetting about his poor knife.

Qin Juan looked at the goods on the ground, since he knew they were fakes, it would have been easy to handle, but...

"Go and bring those two merchants here." Qin Juan ordered.

Those cavalrymen are all out.

"... just go out one by one, what does it mean to go all out?"

"..." It's not because they are afraid of you. The day is not over yet, and their purses have been stripped. How can they bear it.

Those two people were looking forward to Qin Juan's coming to see them. After they came, they were much more honest than the first day they saw Qin Juan. They knelt on the ground and waited for Qin Juan to behave well when he asked questions.

"Be honest, how long have you been selling fakes? Be lenient when you confess, and stricter when you resist!"

The two were startled first, then one looked at the other, asking with their eyes, and the other also asked each other with their eyes.

"My lord...we don't know about this matter, we are also doing things for others...if the things given to us by the superiors are fake, we won't be able to recognize them!" One person cried, although it was crying, it was worse than the previous day. Sometimes the sound is much quieter.

Qin Juan sneered: "Didn't you say how many years you have been in the business? Now tell me you don't even know the goods?"

Those two people were in a hurry: "My lord... Let's lead a mule to run a business, when can we check the goods sent to us... We are just a delivery man!"

"Come here!" Qin Juan seemed annoyed.

When the two saw cavalry coming in, they were startled again.

Qin Juan ordered: "Take them down and starve them for three or four days without giving them food or drink until they tell the truth."

Three days later, when they were brought up again, they were both hungry and thirsty, their lips were chapped and their faces were haggard.

"If you figure it out, lie down on the ground and explain it clearly. If you don't want to talk about it, no one will care about you if you starve to death." After entering the camp, Qin Juan said coldly, walking towards his desk.

Those two seemed to be dawdling for a long time before they said intermittently: "My lord...we... are indeed selling goods to others. In fact, it took us a long time to find out that the things are fake..."

"But is there any way... If we don't take this job, we won't have food..."

In the few years after Xixia was destroyed, they were still very young. At that time, they were still in the army of Xixia people. Later, the remnants of Xixia were completely eradicated. After growing up, they experienced more than ten years of armies of various ethnic groups. The strong men are arrested everywhere, because they are tired of the military camp and don't want to fight anymore. In order to seek protection, they can only join the big business gangs. Behind the business gangs, there are collusion with the government forces, and some people can avoid being arrested and fighting.

For this, they made up their minds to join the business gang.

Naturally, there are some shady things about the business gang and the chamber of commerce. They have been kept in the dark, and when they find out later, they can only pretend that they don't know.

It was probably known that these cinnabar, amethyst, and peach blossom stones were fake a few years ago. If people with knowledge of the goods did not recognize them, ordinary people like them would never know that these things are fakes. Substitutes made by greater profits.

As far as the amethyst and peach blossom crystal are concerned, the people who buy these things are either women or painters.

Women buy it to make jewelry, and painters buy it to grind it into paint.

Amethyst and amethyst are sold together, and painters are often deceived and bankrupt.

The reason why such expensive things are used in paints is because the powder made from expensive gemstones, painted on paintings, will remain as bright as ever even in the past thousand years.

It's just that these purchase channels were controlled by the government back then, but now they fall into the hands of business gangs.

"In the area of ​​Dunhuang and Suzhou...many painters of Buddhist sutras and paintings use natural cinnabar and purple gemstones...

Qin Juan asked people to give the two people food and water, and they continued talking after they finished eating hungrily.

"We have been traveling in this area for more than ten years. We generally know that rich and powerful people dig caves. Several painters lead a dozen or twenty painters to paint there. I know that there is a cave from our first cave. Once running a business, it has been built until now, and there are very few troops passing by, and the high officials there generally believe in Buddhism."

"Because there are few troops passing by, it's also very comfortable to sell things there... Well, of course I'm not saying that the military is bad..."

Qin Juan raised his eyelids and looked at him: "It's far away." Qin Juan: "Where is your business gang, and who is in charge of you, I don't believe you have been here for more than ten years and don't know."

Originally, he was the one who arrested the person, but he should not investigate this matter. He just felt that it would be wrong not to ask clearly when he heard this.

Those two people were obviously very embarrassed, and they didn't know how to answer him for a while.

Qin Juan looked away and looked at the household registrations of the two people on hand.

Although the Red Seal can avoid the city, it is impossible not to enter the city for supplies.

From this point of view, it can be roughly judged that these two people came from Huanzhou.

Huanzhou, after the Mongols went south, became the jurisdiction of the Wanggu tribe, but this tribe completely declined a few years ago.

The reason why I still remember this tribe is because this tribe once wanted to make peace with Boyawu, but Huhu sent Danmu to refuse.

Now the person in charge of Huanzhou should be a member of the Wuliwu clan.

Oriwu clan, Guiyou's family of wives.

It seems to be a tradition for the Mongols to be governed by the mother clan and wife clan, and this seems to have become one of the characteristics of nomadic peoples.

Qin Juan had also thought about this problem. People in the south and north of the desert believed in wolves, and the management of the wolves was precisely managed by the wolf king and the wolf queen.

Coupled with the tradition of the youngest son guarding the stove, the mother was in charge before the youngest son inherited the throne.

Therefore, the power of the first wife is immeasurable.

"Bring it from Huanzhou?" Qin Juan looked at them again with sharp eyes.

The two were stunned for a moment, and lowered their heads not daring to look directly at him.

If it is said that the remaining forces of the Wanggu tribe, in order not to be completely replaced, it is entirely possible to secretly collude with the merchant gang

If it was a member of the Wuliwu clan, he probably wouldn't do this. After all, the Wuliwu clan only went to Huanzhou for a few years?These merchant gangs have existed for a long, long time.

"Tell me the name of your business gang, where it is, the name you can recognize, and I will let you go."

Qin Juan came over: "You know very well in your heart that I am asking you these questions, just to understand the real situation, and it is impossible for me to shake your business gang at all. After all... I have no control over Huanzhou at all."

His words made the two of them suddenly realize.

But Qin Juan followed with a smile: "I can't control Huanzhou, but it doesn't mean I can't send someone to investigate. If you have a half-word fake, huh? Understand?"

"..." The two of them flinched, feeling miserable.

Around this night, Qin Juan learned from the two of them the names of several business gangs, and some names that the two had contacted or heard a lot from others.

After being silent for a while, Qin Juan said to the cavalry beside him, "Escort them to the border of the sandbar."

After hearing this order, the two people outside the tent let out a long sigh of relief.

Two people, a mule and a cavalryman, went out of the camp.

Not long after the cavalry and the others walked out of the camp, there was a man standing by the small river not far away.

The cavalry took a closer look, whoever it was if it wasn't Wanxi...