Xiangyi, the gateway to Jingdong, is 170 miles away from Bianjing. The Bian River and Sui River pass through it, connecting Bianjing with the south, becoming the first of the four canals connecting the north and south, and is also the most important lifeline of Bianjing City.

The food of more than one million soldiers and civilians in the capital was almost entirely dependent on this canal, and the cheap rice from the Southeast Sixth Road arrived in Bianjing.

In Xiangyi, there is a town near the river called Liyi.

This is where the north and south canal ships must stop on the road.

Therefore, merchants gathered and boats arrived.

Early in the morning, Li Erhu led his men to appear on the dock of Liyi Town.

He came here to get a sugar boat from Jinghu South Road and Guangnan West Road to Beijing.

Of course, it is not the sucrose carried on the sugar ship, but the ramie on the ship as a by-product.

The ramie from Guangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road has completed the preliminary rough processing locally.

Those who enter Beijing can enter the weaving field, spin it into yarn, and make linen.

In the past, these ramie that came to Beijing were piled in piles and bought by the Du Shang Taxation Court.

At that time, as long as you take the Jiaozi and hand it over to the Du Shang Taxation Court, you can buy a lot of ramie at a very low price.

But now, the situation has changed.

When Li Erhu's spinning workshop was running smoothly outside the new city and made a lot of money, the government turned a blind eye to it.

In the city of Bianjing, those who are proficient in research all began to end up.

At the end of April, a new textile workshop appeared in Mingyifang.

The spinning was made of the same "Taimo Cart" as Li Erhu.

The government is still the same as the blind man.

So, the whole city was in full swing!

The Tian family really doesn’t care about the folks using imperial objects (Taimo Cart) to open workshops?

Even a fool finally reacted at this time.

As a result, various workshops, large and small, began to gush in the Bianjing New City.

In the past few days, there are three workshops in the Anjiefang area where Li Erhu's workshop is located, and they are being prepared.

Li Erhu also recognized two of the workshop owners.

He was a member of his father-in-law's Bianjing Bupu Guild.

Chaos arose. In order to compete for ramie, the workshop owners were like crazy, waving Jiaozi in the capital's commercial taxation courtyard and engaged in vicious competition.

In less than half a month, the ramie price of the Du Shang Taxation Institute had increased from three guan per stone (Song Dynasty, 92.5 Song jin per stone) to more than five guan per stone!

Almost doubled!

The workshop owners are not just fighting a price war.

They are still using various traditional business war projects in the Song Dynasty.

For example, stuffing competitors into sacks to sink the Bian River, or bribing the government and putting competitors in prison...

In short, just eliminate the opponent in a physical sense.

Then, naturally, there is no such thing as competition.

For a moment, there was a bloody storm inside and outside Bianjing.

Fortunately, at this time, the left and right troops in Kaifeng Prefecture were inspecting and attacking hard.

He arrested several typical examples and was imprisoned in the prison of Kaifeng Prefecture Silu and tortured.

There were even noble disciples who were arrested for buying murder.

Only then did he finally kill the intra-roll, which is becoming increasingly intense in the textile industry in Bianjing.

Recalling the days when he couldn't sleep at night at the beginning of the moon, he still had a nightmare.

Li Erhu couldn't help but shivered!

During those days, some people also thought about killing him!

Li Erhu even suspected that the person who attacked him might be his father-in-law, the leader of the Bianjing Bupu Guild.

Fortunately...

He looked at the two silenceless and sturdy men beside him.

These two were guards sent by his proprietor to protect him.

It was under the protection of these two strong men day and night that he was not stuffed into the sack and threw it into the Bian River.

Just as he was thinking about these things, Li Erhu heard the crowd on the dock and started to make noise.

"Here you come!"

Everyone stretched their necks and looked into the distance.

Then I saw the fleet that appeared on the river.

One after another, full of ramie-laden canal, appeared in sight.

"The sugar boat is here!"

The crowd cheered and jumped.

Li Erhu clenched his fists excitedly!

"I should be the first textile merchant to come here in person to welcome the sugar boat, right?" he thought.

The sugar boats from Guangnan West Road transported specialties from Guangxi through the canal to Bianjing day and night.

At the beginning, these ships were usually loaded with sugar and arrived in Bianjing, meeting the needs of the people of Bianjing for sugar.

But soon...

The interceptor appeared!

The sugar ships from Guangnan West Road often transport less than half of the sucrose they transport when they arrive in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou people have to buy at least half of this sugar!

Because the wealthy businessmen in the southeastern states also want to eat candy!

So, when the sugar ship arrived in Yingtianfu (Shangqiu), it would be a blessing that the sugar ship could have one-third of the sugar transported on the ship!

This is because these sugar ships are responsible for the mission of [there must be transported to Bianjing].

Otherwise, most of the sucrose, when it was in Yangzhou, would have been digested completely by the huge appetite of the wealthy families on the East Road.

Stop talking about 'icing', I'm afraid even brown sugar will not be left to the people of Bianjing!

There are too many monks and less meat, and the sugar is expensive for Bianjing!

So, a smart person soon reacted - the nouveau riche on the Southeast Sixth Road can intercept the silence, can’t we intercept the silence?

As long as we snatch sugar before others.

So... when you arrive in Bianjing, don’t other people who want sugar can only buy it from me at a higher price?

As soon as this idea is opened, smart people will take action immediately.

Everyone likes this kind of risk-free and profitable transaction.

Xiangyi became a place where merchants gathered in Bianjing for a time.

Nine of the ten sugar ships entering Beijing are now about to be intercepted by these people.

Of course, this also inspired Li Erhu.

When he found out that in the Du Shang Taxation Court, he needed to pay a lot of money to compete with other opponents.

He thought of coming to Xiangyi County to intercept the canal ships entering Beijing.

As long as I snatch others away, I buy ramie that I entered Beijing.

Then, can’t my workshop have more raw materials, weave more cloths, and make more money?

Li Erhu was very powerful in action. As soon as he turned around, he took action immediately.

In order to ensure success, he also personally begs his current owner and the big man on the umbrella.

I got a famous thorn from the latter.

When the sugar boat from Guangxi docked, countless merchants were already waving their hands and rushing up.

At this time, several officials from the Du Shang Taxation Court wearing green robes appeared on the dock.

They took their troops and isolated the crowd from the sugar boat.

When the merchants saw these guys, they immediately started to curse.

"Why did these rotten sheep's heads come?"

"Can they not come?"
To be continued...