One day in late October of the second year of Yuanfu in the Song Dynasty, it was another afternoon after rain and snow. On that morning, a servant from Xiefanglou visited the Lihua Villa where Wu Haogu lived and delivered Bai Feifei's invitation letter. So after lunch, Wu Haogu found an excuse to leave the villa.

The place he was going to is Anfu Lane next to the tiles of Zhouqiao. This is a very secluded alley. It is not too far from Xiefang Tower. You can see the tall and majestic roof of Xiefang Tower from afar.

The alley is very quiet. It is almost dusk in the afternoon, and it is probably the quietest time of this alley. There is only Wu Haogu in the alley.

The horse's hooves stepped on the gravel pavement, making a crisp "click" sound, echoing in the alley. Bai Feifei's house is located deep in the alley. It is an ordinary house without a yard, a two-story building with a single house. When Wu Haogu arrived, the door was closed and the windows upstairs were closed, which looked very quiet.

This is not the first time Wu Haogu has come, so he did not knock on the door, but led the horse directly through the two houses and went to the back of the small building of Bai Feifei's house. There was a slightly open open space, with several horse-tie pillars, and a stone manger. There was a well next to the manger. Wu Haogu tied a horse he rode to the horse-tie, then dug a bucket of water from the well and poured it into the manger, and then went to take a picture of the back door of Bai Feifei's house.

After a while, I heard footsteps coming from the room, and the door creaked open. What came out from inside was Bai Feifei himself, a white shirt with no makeup, which was thicker. After all, it was winter. Bai Feifei was carrying a vegetable basket in his hand, and half a hanging of copper coins was placed in the basket.

"I was unfortunately here, and I was about to go buy vegetables."

Bai Feifei called Wu Haogu a "official man", as if she was Wu Haogu's wife.

She and Wu Haogu made an appointment in advance, so they would come to buy vegetables and cook, and then serve Wu Haogu to take a bath and go to bed. I have to say that this is a woman who is very good at serving people. When she was with her, Wu Haogu had the illusion of "get home".

It seems that this kind of ordinary and comfortable life is real, and all the major events he is busy with are illusory.

There is also an old mother living in this small building. Bai Feifei calls her Li Sao, who should be a servant. However, Bai Feifei doesn't help her, and usually serves Wu Haogu, the "official man".

"Let's go together." Wu Haogu smiled, "I haven't bought vegetables for a long time."

"Okay." Bai Feifei smiled sweetly and naturally walked towards the winding alley with Wu Haogu.

On the way to the vegetable market, Bai Feifei smiled and told Wu Haogu: "Officials, there will be guests coming tonight."

Wu Haogu asked: "Guest? Who?"

Bai Feifei said: "It's Zhang Shuye and Li Zhong."

"They?" Wu Haogudao, "They are the two?"

Wu Hao Gu Ben asked Bai Feifei to invite people from all walks of life to gather at Xiefang Tower. He didn't want to only come Zhang Shuye and Li Zhong, so he was a little disappointed.

Bai Feifei smiled and said, "What the officials are so anxious? What you have to do now is a big thing, how can you negotiate it in one or two times?"

Wu Haogu smiled and didn't say much to Bai Feifei.

Can he not be anxious now? How many days will the official in the Song Dynasty have to live? The matter of Jiehe Shangshi must be finalized when Zhezong is alive. Otherwise, who would know what Empress Dowager Xiang thinks? And it is not good to wait for Zhao Ji to take power, because Yelu Hongji, the north, is about to die!

Once Yelu Hongji died, Yelu Yanxi had to avenge his father as soon as he came to power. There was a bloody storm. How could he have the heart to manage Jiehe Commercial Market? If this commercial market was opened, he would not have sealed it. If it didn't... just drag it down slowly!

Therefore, before the two "unlucky monarchs" in the north and south die, it is very important to finalize Jiehe Market and sign the "Qingzhou Agreement".

As long as the contract is signed, the two dynasties in the north and south will form a restraint on the issue of Jiehe Commercial Market, and no one can change it unilaterally.

Moreover, after signing the contract, the general capitalists of the Song Dynasty and the Han tycoons of the Liao Kingdom would spend a lot of money to Jiehe Market. Whoever wants to close this Market is undoubtedly blocking people's way of wealth. This is equivalent to killing parents' deep hatred!

Wu Haogu, who was visiting the vegetable market with Bai Feifei, didn't know that the imperial edict to approve the "Qingzhou Agreement" had been drafted by the Hanlin Academy.

This is also the reason why Zhang Shuye and Li Zhong made a secret meeting with Wu Haogu.

The opening of Jiehe Commercial Market is now considered to be the overall situation, but how to open it well and satisfy all aspects is not so easy.

Of course it's not easy!

This is a highly autonomous trading city with 200,000 residents!

It is not easy to open a grass market. There are a lot of problems that need to be solved, let alone a commercial city with 200,000 residents?

Moreover, this city is autonomous!

To put it bluntly, this is the first time that the Chinese national bourgeoisie has owned its own regime!

Don’t talk about the sarcastic remarks such as the weakness and incompetence of the Chinese national bourgeoisie. Is it so easy to establish and lead a regime? Without a process of exploration and accumulation, you will get full marks as soon as you go. Is it possible?

If the bourgeoisie is not good, just peasant brothers are fine? Peasant uprisings are too often messed up. Usually, they are very popular during uprisings, and when they are about to establish a regime, they become headless flies. Then they can refer to the landlord-class regime.

Therefore, establishing a regime, especially a new regime that is different from the existing regime model, requires a process of accumulation and exploration.

This is true in the East, and the West. Nowadays, the Europeans' commercial republics and commercial city alliances are mostly weak, and only the Venetian Republic established in the 8th century AD is slightly stronger. The later generations such as the Rhine Alliance, the Swabian Alliance, the Hanseatic Alliance and the Federal Republic of the Netherlands do not even have the qualifications to be weak. As for Great America, they have not yet discovered it... From this we can see that Western capitalism also has a process of continuous accumulation from weak to strong.

It is impossible to be awesome from the beginning. Not to mention capitalism, it is the same if you take the socialist route. How about the Paris Commune? The first proletarian regime in human history is no longer on the street. Why are you not as powerful as the Soviet Union? Wouldn't you beat the French bourgeoisie and Prussian militarism as much as the Soviet Union? And even the Soviet Union, it was screwed up in the end...

It can be seen that no matter what path, there is a process of development, accumulation and exploration. It is impossible to be perfect as soon as it comes, unless it is a regime shrouded by the halo of the protagonist.

Therefore, the significance of establishing Jiehe Commercial Market is of great significance, and it is really not an exaggeration to emphasize it.

This was the first time that the Chinese bourgeoisie had the opportunity to explore the construction of government power, and it was carried out with the support of the Song Dynasty court.

And you can also get a time window for at least 20 years of stable development.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty would also support Jiehe Shangshi to make certain military preparations to cope with possible future Northern Expeditions. This simply gave a hotbed to allow the Song Dynasty bourgeoisie headed by Wu Haogu to grow and grow!

As the second original founders of this regime, Zhang Shuye and Li Zhong did not think of their historical status at this time, nor did they expect that they were raising a monster with dirty things all over their bodies and would devour countless simple and unkind human lives.

In fact, on the way to Bai Feifei's mansion to meet with Wu Haogu, the two of them never thought about how terrible the bourgeoisie was, and they had to be strictly controlled!

Along the way, they were discussing where to establish Jiehe Market and implement the guild system. Of course, there were guilds in the Song Dynasty, but where would the guilds come from without guilds? Highly free competition did not exist in this era.

Therefore, it was impossible to enter any industry you want in the Song Dynasty. Because you want to enter the industry, you can get permission from the guild.

As for exceptions, of course, there are also. For example, the two main businesses that Wu Haogu's Republicans are now engaged in, and the publication of picture albums (magazines) are now emerging industries, and there is no question of limit on guilds. However, this "free entry" situation will soon change, because the "singing and selling houses" in Kaifeng Prefecture will soon appear. Now the second singing and selling house Polydexing and the third singing and selling house are all launched one after another.

Kaifeng Prefecture Yiwu has also recently asked Christie's, Polyde and Zhenbaoxing to take the lead in a sing and selling party.

That’s right, the government actually hopes to have a guild. Because of the guild, the government’s management will be convenient. The guild can handle the guild by levying, collecting taxes, and buying. The guild can just issue orders to the guild first.

From a certain perspective, the guild and the guild system are actually a kind of autonomy. The reason why the commercial taxation in the Song Dynasty was relatively high was actually based on a certain degree of autonomy and contracting.

Such management methods should naturally be used in Jiehe Market.

If there are guilds in all walks of life, then Zhang Shuye and Li Zhong only need to control the guilds and control all aspects of Jiehe Market.

By the way, the guilds of this era are not industry associations without any coercive capabilities, but rather "bully gangs" that both black and white are both common. For practitioners who violate industry rules or challenge the authority of the industry, in most cases (except for elegant industries such as calligraphy and painting), there will be violent punishment methods.
Chapter completed!