Chapter 526: Not a Transaction
Sun Congyi: "No, didn't the imperial court prohibit merchants from Dali from trading with Pingzhou?"
Wu Ren still smiled. "This ban won't have much impact on us. Besides, the timid will die of starvation, and the bold will die of gluttony."
Sun Congyi: ...
Wu Ren didn't say much.
Pingzhou products are so popular, and many of them are unique. For example, toilet paper, green knife tissue, toothpaste, toothbrushes, various lotions, etc. People who are used to using Pingzhou products will feel uncomfortable if they stop using them all of a sudden.
Many ordinary people secretly curse the government for being inhumane.
If they can't open a store, they can become suppliers instead.
The popularity of Pingzhou products has been seen by other merchants, and merchants will not go against money.
Therefore, these Pingzhou products, after some changes, were put on sale in other shops.
Officials were causing trouble for these new shops, and at night someone even doused the government office with night incense...
Moreover, the merchants who dared to go against the wind at this time had extensive connections in the local area. How could they be easily caught by the government?
Therefore, their business in Pingzhou moved from the open to underground, and they still made a lot of money.
Not every merchant who wants to buy a popular product like Gaomin Liquor can get it from them. They must purchase other Pingzhou products from them, and the transaction amount must reach a certain amount.
Their governor calls this rationing.
"You Pingzhou asked you to sell this kind of supplies to us?" Until now, Sun Congyi couldn't believe it.
You know, cotton clothes, charcoal, and food are all strategic materials. If they do this, aren't they aiding the enemy?
Wu Ren just smiled and didn't answer his question. Instead, he asked, "General Sun, tell me if you dare to trade?"
"Let's trade, what are we afraid of?" This is beneficial to their Sun family army.
"How much silver do you plan to use for the transaction?" Wu Ren asked directly.
Sun Congyi: ???
No, isn't that how you negotiate business?
"Tell me the amount so I can allocate the goods for you."
"One hundred thousand taels." Sun Congyi said honestly. They would know it sooner or later anyway.
"Okay. I'll have someone deliver the goods later. You just need to pay and receive the goods." Wu Ren gave the order, and someone immediately went to do it.
When the supplies arrived, Sun Congyi asked the quartermaster Liao Ying to take people to connect with the people from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
Wu Ren suggested that he wanted to walk around after sitting for a long time. Sun Congyi thought that the other party had traded with him the supplies that their army urgently needed, and it was also convenient for his family, so he took him for a walk around the military camp.
When I arrived at the training ground, I saw a group of soldiers training.
Wu Ren looked at them lovingly and even stopped to watch for a while.
After Sun Congyi and Wu Ren passed by, the soldiers behind them were also talking.
"Boss, who is that person?"
"The young general is with him. He must be an important person, right?"
"Why do I feel like that guy is looking at me strangely?" Just like the way his grandfather looked at him when he was still in his hometown.
"No ill intentions, don't worry about it."
Wu Ren and Sun Congyi had just returned to the military tent, but before they entered, they saw Liao Ying, the military supplies custodian, running back with an excited look on his face.
Sun Congyi asked curiously, "Uncle Liao, what's wrong with you?"
"Young General, you don't know--" At this time Liao Ying's face was flushed, and she was screaming in her heart, oh my god.
But when he saw Chief Steward Wu standing next to the young general, he felt a little embarrassed and stopped talking.
Wu Ren now saw the people he brought with him, "Is the handover complete?"
The subordinate replied, "Everything has been handed over."
"Okay, we'll be leaving now." Wu Ren said goodbye to Sun Congyi and the others, "Young General Sun, everyone, see you later."
After saying this, he left hastily with his men, regardless of their reactions. Oh, and he also took away 100,000 taels.
Sun Congyi: Wait, are you so sure that they will meet again?
Liao Ying sighed, "The people of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce are very efficient in doing things."
The two men moved into the military tent.
"By the way, Uncle Liao, what did you want to say just now?"
"Young general, you have no idea how many good things the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce has given us!" Liao Ying rattled off the types and quantities of materials that the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce had traded to them.
"Young General, this batch of supplies is definitely worth more than the 100,000 taels of silver we gave." Liao Ying said affirmatively.
"You mean, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce didn't make any money from us?" Sun Congyi confirmed with him.
"Uncle Liao doesn't know whether we made money or not, but it's certain that we got a bargain. They could have sold it for a higher price."
Sun Congyi was puzzled. What were they trying to do?
"Young General, the imperial court has banned all the people of Dali from trading and making transactions with Pingzhou. Will we get into trouble if we do this?" Liao Ying was worried. He had been worried since the beginning of the transaction.
"Is this a deal? How can taking advantage of someone be considered a deal? This is called robbery!"
Liao Ying: ...
"Uncle Liao, let me ask you, this little fat sheep has come to your door, are you willing not to rob it?"
"Then what about the 100,000 taels we lost?" Liao Ying asked humbly.
"It fell. We robbed too many supplies, so some of our own things were accidentally lost. This is normal, right?" Sun Congyi said righteously.
Just then, General Sun Ming returned from patrolling the city gate with his men.
"Young General, this matter needs to be reported to the General, right?"
"Let me talk to my father about this. Uncle Liao, go and distribute all the supplies we just got." Sun Congyi planned to act first and report later.
After listening to his son's twisted reasoning, General Sun Ming didn't scold him, nor did he say he was right. He just asked, "Where's the stuff?"
Sun Congyi: "It has been distributed."
General Sun Ming pointed at his son and said, "You, you—"
Sun Congyi chuckled, "Dad, that's how it is. If the emperor wanted to blame us, he should have provided us with all the winter supplies! He gave us 100,000 taels and let us solve the problem ourselves. Okay, we solved it ourselves. Now that we've solved it, is he going to blame us for trading with the wrong person?"
General Sun Ming was silent for a while and then said, "Let it be." As his son said, he couldn't just watch the soldiers freeze to death, right?
"Dad, you are wise."
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