The sun shines on the snow, which is a little dazzling. Kang Chengdong and Yelu Buhua are walking on the street, looking at the shops around them, and are full of interest. They have signed a contract with He Kun just now, waiting for their goods to buy goods and then return. They have nothing to do, so they go to the street to stroll.

Looking up, he saw a building in front of him. Yelu Buhua said, "Mr. I heard that this is a factory in Bingzhou Tanskin. Let's go in and see how? There must be something extraordinary about the ability to tannate so many furs in this city."

Kang Chengdong nodded and agreed, and the two of them went outside the door together.

A soldier at the door saw the two of them coming forward, holding their knives, and said vigilantly: "Who are you? Why did you break into the forbidden area?"

Kang Chengdong was stunned and looked at the closed door and said, "Isn't this a tanning factory? Why has it become a forbidden area?"

The soldier said coldly: "In Bingzhou City, all places with tanned skins and cargo yards are forbidden areas. Seeing that you are foreign merchants, you don't know about this, so forget it. Remember in the future, you must not go in these places!"

After saying that, he ignored the two of them and still went back to stand with the knife.

Kang Chengdong looked at Yelu Buhua and shook his head helplessly. The two had to leave. They were far away. Yelu Buhua said, "No one is allowed to enter here. I think there must be a secret, so that outsiders will not know. Could it be that, what are the secrets for tanning skins in Dingzhou?"

Kang Chengdong looked at the soldiers standing at the door and said to Yelu Buhua: "I think so. Mr. Lang, we come far away to do business, so don't cause trouble. If you accidentally, people will find out about your identity, you will be afraid something will happen."

Yelu Buhua nodded, suppressed his curiosity and left with Kang Chengdong. The Khitans needed to have documents to enter the Song realm, otherwise they would be captured and sent back, not to mention doing business without authorization. Therefore, Yelu Buhua needed Kang Chengdong to cooperate to carry out trade, otherwise he would be restricted even in the court, not to mention going deep into Bingzhou.

The Khitan Xijing Datong Prefecture was originally a Han area, dominated by Han people, and was connected to Hedong Road. There were many mountains and forests between Bingzhou, and there were many small prodigal tribes, which were difficult to patrol. It was the area with the most severe smuggling of the two countries. Whether it was the Khitans in Datong Prefecture who sneaked into the Song territory or the Song people sneaked into Datong Prefecture, it was extremely difficult to find out. It was precisely because of this that Yelu Buhua pretended to be Kang Chengdong's family and came to Bingzhou to swagger.

The fur and freight yards in Bingzhou were changed to a transaction form mainly dentists. As the core of the industry, the workshops and freight yards were closed and outsiders were strictly prohibited from visiting. Even all the workshops in the yamen changed the rules of craftsman wheels and changed to the employment system. The merchants and craftsmen who initially participated in the construction were absorbed into the workshops and freight yards, and were no longer small businessmen who did casual business.

Communication in this era was not that easy. Without the support of the Bingzhou government, it was difficult to replicate the Bingzhou model outside. However, out of caution, Du Zhongxiao still strictly blocked these places involving commercial secrets.

In the flower hall of the state yamen, a large pot of charcoal fire grew in the middle. Xia Feng sat in the middle. The magistrate Wang Kechen, the magistrate Du Zhongxiao and the Zhilu Shen Shilong sat in two separate seats to discuss the recent situation. It was time to see that it was the end of the year, and there were many accounts to be done, and the yamen was busy.

After talking about this year's taxes, Xia Xun said: "Du Zaixun went to Wynn Supervisory to deal with hundreds of thousands of kilograms of earth and salt. A fur yard was built in the city, and the state had more money and grain. With these foreign money, everyone in this state can have a good New Year this year. Especially in the past two months, the self-service yard was dominated by toothmen, with a lot of business, the water rose, and the tax collected was also increased."

Wang Kechen said: "My husband said it well. With a fur yard, the commercial tax has increased several times. But there is one shortcoming. Most of the tax collected by the yamen is fur, which is piled in the military warehouse and is of little use. It has all the fur in this state, and it is difficult to sell it. Don't think of a solution."

Shen Shilong sighed: "Because there are too many furs in Curry, the salaries of the officials and soldiers in this state use fur to break the funds. Fortunately, this month, there were complaints. Everyone had several furs at home, but they couldn't change things when they went out, so the military soldiers complained a lot."

Xia Shu turned around and looked at Du Zhongxiao: "Is there a way to sign the judgment?"

Du Zhongxiao started with the production of salt and salt, and built such a large fur industry, which made Xia Feng look at it with admiration. Whenever there was any economic problem, he would ask Du Zhongxiao’s opinion. What good way does Du Zhongxiao have? Nowadays, commercial taxes are mostly to collect physical taxes. Bingzhou’s fur industry is well developed, and of course there are many furs in the taxes collected. If the physical goods are not collected, it will be cashed instead, and the money on the market is insufficient.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said: "There is no use if there are too many furs, and it is not very valuable on the market in Bingzhou. It is indeed inappropriate to use it to pay for your salary. But if it is exchanged for cash, iron coins are useless and copper coins are insufficient, it is not easy. In my opinion, it is still necessary to choose a few items of goods, such as silk, which can be used as money, and replace the fur in the warehouse. We have a yard there, so it is not difficult to do this."

Xia Sheng nodded and said, "There are only gold, silver and incense medicines that are comparable to silk. But there are not many on the market, so it is difficult to buy them. Now there are quite a lot of furs in the military warehouse, and they are spread to the yard all at once. I am afraid that the light goods such as gold and silver are insufficient, and the prices will rise, which will not be beautiful."

Du Zhongxiao smiled slightly: "The fangs in the goods yard belong to the yamen, so there is no need to be afraid of losing money if they sell. Just use a lot of fur to buy light goods. If the yamen is not losing money, the merchants will definitely lose money. There is no way to do so."

Xia Xun said: "There is no reason to make a profit in business without losing money. It's nothing if merchants lose money."

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "My husband said this, so I will leave this matter to me. In the past two months, I will change the warehouse fur to light goods. In the future, the tax on the fur will no longer be stored in the warehouse, and I will trade it directly in the cargo yard for something else."

Shen Shilong said: "This is the best. Otherwise, the backlog of fur in Curry would have to be used to pay for the salary, and it is inevitable that the military and military officials would complain."

Du Zhongxiao nodded, knowing in his heart that if this matter is solved, one must find a solution from the currency. However, with his current identity, such a complex problem cannot be solved. With precious metal currency, as it can be stored, there will always be insufficient currency with the development of business. Even if large copper mines are found in the country now, they can only be alleviated in a short time, and in the long run, this trend will still be the same. If you want to solve it, you can only use paper currency.

Currency and banks are inherent needs of business development and are always unavoidable.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao took the initiative to take over the task of solving the excessive stock of fur, Xia Feng stopped mentioning it and said: "In addition to the soil and salt of the Wynn Supervisor, there is also the iron of the Datong Supervisor. There is a lot of iron produced there, and there has been a lot of backlog in recent years. Chen Tieshan has accumulated. Although it can be minted, there are many iron coins among the people, which is not profitable. In the coming year, I will find a way to sign the verdict there."

Du Zhongxiao bowed and said that. The court always faced such a dilemma. No matter if it was copper coins and iron coins, once they were cast, the cost would rise, and the more they were cast, the more they were made, the more they were made. There were many iron ore on Hedong Road and many coal mines. After using iron coins, the stewardship of the people was severely stolen, and the value of the currency dropped rapidly, and the Datong Supervision had accumulated a large amount of iron. These irons were used to mint coins, and they would lose money when they were cast, so they could only pile there. There was an iron smelting center on Hedong Road. Due to the fixed demand for private iron smelting, the iron classes were constantly being stopped, and the iron was accumulated more and more.
Chapter completed!