Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 346 Little clever ghost
Jiangzhou Hunter entertained Yang Yuan warmly and even prepared Japanese-style songs and dances for him during the banquet.

Perhaps it was because Jiangzhou Lie could not stand the aesthetic trend prevalent in Japan at that time, the musicians in his mansion did not wear strange makeup, so each of them looked very lovely.

After the banquet, Jiangzhou Lie warmly invited Yang Sanyuan to stay overnight at his residence, and he could choose two dancers to accompany him.

But Yang Yuan politely declined, saying that there were many things on the ship that needed his personal attention.

Jiangzhou Lie was very enthusiastic towards him, but a little too enthusiastic, which made Yang Yuan a little wary of Jiangzhou Lie.

When you show courtesy to others, you must have something to ask for. Yang Yuan asked himself that with his current status, he was definitely not as useful to Jiangzhou Lie, the "Yaki Shoji" and Hakata Gangshou, as Cao Yong, the shareholder.

Moreover, his business does not bring any benefits to Jiangzhou Lie personally. In a sense, the two of them are in competition with each other.

So, Yang Yuan absolutely didn't believe that Jiangzhou Lie was nice to him for no reason?

Is it just because fellow villagers are meeting each other?

So, he chose to sleep on his boat, where it was safer.

After seeing Yang Yuan off, Jiangzhou Lie immediately rode his horse and rushed to Dashan Temple with his two barefoot servants.

When Monk Jinghai, the abbot of Dashan Temple, heard that Jiangzhou Lie was coming to visit, he was very surprised.

They had just met in the morning and held a secret meeting under the chairmanship of Fujiwara no Miyabi of Kujira Shrine to discuss how to deal with Taira no Kiyomori's relentless pressure. How come he was here again in the afternoon?

Jinghai immediately met with Jiangzhou Lie.

The two people have a close relationship. Jiangzhou Lie is a "divine man" protected by Dashan Temple.

In fact, many Song Dynasty merchants in Japan relied on local temples or nobles for support.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to develop alone in a foreign land. If they have no backing, the richer they are, the more dangerous they will be.

Therefore, the leaders in Japan all have their own backers.

Of course, this is a mutually beneficial relationship.

These temples and shrines used their power to protect the merchants from the State of Song, and these merchants from the State of Song then joined forces with these temples and shrines to do business.

The identity of a temple or shrine makes it easy for them to evade official restrictions on the number of transactions. They cooperate with some temples in the Song Dynasty through Japanese temples and shrines.

These merchants shipped the goods from Japan to the Song Dynasty, claiming that they were donated by believers to a temple in the Song Dynasty.

The cooperating Song Dynasty temples received the goods, paid for them, and then secretly distributed them to domestic merchants.

When these merchant ships returned to Japan loaded with Song Dynasty goods, they would "donate" these goods to Japanese temples under the same name.

In this way, they not only evaded the restrictions on the number of transactions set by the two countries' courts, but also did not have to pay taxes.

"Mr. Jiang has come back. He must have something important to tell me, right?"

"Yes, Lord Guan, you may know that a big businessman from Song State has just arrived in Bodo Port. He has taken over all the shares of the Cao family."

The two people are already very familiar with each other, so there is no need to beat around the bush when talking.

Jinghai was stunned and asked in surprise: "The Cao family transferred the shares to someone else? Did something happen to the Cao family?"

Jiangzhou Lie laughed and said, "Master Guan is indeed wise. He immediately discovered the problem."

Jiangzhou Lie told Monk Jinghai how Yang Yuan took over Cao Yong’s shares.

Jinghai’s face darkened, and he said unhappily: “We have lost an important partner in Song State.

This Yang Sanyuan is simply a leech sucking blood from our Yaqi Shoji. He is of no use at all."

Monk Jinghai was very unhappy, but he could do nothing about it. The rules of business must be followed, and if the legitimacy of Yang Sanyuan's shares was denied, the trust between all shareholders of Yaqi Business would be destroyed.

From then on, if someone fell into decline or someone became more powerful, they could freely acknowledge or deny the shares held by others, and their business group would fall apart and cease to exist.

Therefore, not to mention that Yang Sanyuan only holds 4% of the shares, even if he holds 40%, he can only find ways to suppress within the rules, and cannot use methods that break the rules to seize.

"I see!"

Monk Jinghai said unhappily: “Bring him to the temple tomorrow. I will invite more than half of the shareholders to be witnesses and handle the share transfer for him on the spot.

However, this year's dividends will have to wait for some time. In order to deal with Ping's pressure, the settlement matters have not been completed yet, and the total amount of income cannot be estimated now."

"No, Master Guan, you misunderstood. I came up the mountain not to help him transfer the shares."

Jiangzhou Lie showed a sinister smile on his face: "Master Guan, I have thought of a way to force the Ping family to stop."

Monk Jinghai looked at Jiangzhou Lie in surprise.

Everyone discussed it for the whole morning, and even the Fujiwara no Miyabi of the Whale Sea Shrine felt difficult about how to deal with the Heike clan. How could Jiangzhou Lie come up with a solution so quickly?
Monk Jinghai thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be that... the solution to the problem lies with this Yang Sanyuan?"

Jiangzhou Lie laughed and said, "Exactly! We can let Taira no Kiyomori kill Yang Sanyuan!"

Then, in the name of seeking justice for Yang Sanyuan, he mobilized temples and shrines in the Hakata and Kyoto areas to launch a simultaneous "Ao Su".

We carried out the mikoshi and put pressure on Taira no Kiyomori to punish the murderer severely and recognize our legitimate and permanent control over the port of Hakata."

Monk Jinghai's expression became serious and he began to think about the feasibility of this matter.

Yang Sanyuan was a shareholder of "Yaki Shoji". When a shareholder was killed, "Yaki Shoji", which was mainly composed of temples and shrines, stepped forward, mobilized the shrine warriors and monk soldiers, and called on the majority of believers to launch a violent "Ao Su" supported by the will of God in Hakata and Kyoto at the same time...

Yang Sanyuan was a merchant from the State of Song. If he was killed, it would inevitably cause resistance from many merchants from the State of Song to the Heike clan.

Although the State of Song would not send troops to attack, it was not impossible for it to stop trade or drastically reduce trade as a punishment.

This concern will further arouse opposition from almost everyone, including temples, nobles, merchants and even civilians.

After weighing the pros and cons, Taira no Kiyomori would most likely choose to make concessions, kill one or two of his close associates as scapegoats, and give up his ambitions for Hakata Port.

"This plan seems to be feasible..."

Monk Jinghai showed a smile of approval on his face: "Mr. Jiang, Yang Sanyuan is your compatriot."

Jiangzhou Lie said: "So, I hope that Yang Sanyuan can give me 100% of the 140% of the shares."

Monk Jinghai smiled and said, "Even if Yang Sanyuan dies, his shares should be inherited by his family."

Jiangzhou Liedao: “As a compatriot of Yang Sanyuan, I will be the first to stand up and strongly request the temple to seek justice for him.

I will also mobilize the leaders in Hakata to go to Kyoto to file a complaint, and request Enryakuji Temple and Hachimangu Shrine in Kyoto to intervene in the matter.

All these things require money, a lot of money.

I'm already taking a huge risk by coming forward for him, and I can't be the one to pay for it, right?
Therefore, I will sell Yang Sanyuan's shares to Dashan Temple according to his 'last words'."

"Ahahahaha..., you are such a clever little ghost." Monk Jinghai laughed happily.

Jiangzhou Lie smiled and said, "So, Master Guan agrees?"

Monk Jinghai stood up and said, “I can’t make the decision on this matter alone.

I will go to meet with Fujiwara no Miyabi now, you go back and wait for my news, and during this period, do not alarm Yang Sanyuan. "

(End of this chapter)