Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 686
Eight thousand stones is not much, that is, four hundred tons of goods per day.But zooming in on Tang, this figure is quite impressive.

"I want Cixi County." Liu Mu put forward his idea.

"No, why we chose Huating for you is because no one but you can make Huating a big port with a daily throughput of 10,000 stones as you said. I have discussed it, and Huating's income was originally thought to be [-]+ That's all, but Lingjie thinks that Huating will make huge profits, so she revised the plan."

Liu Mu asked again: "So, is there a compromise?"

"wait a moment."

Xiao Yu, Du Ruhui and others signaled Liu Mu to avoid, and then started discussing.

Liu Mu walked outside the door by himself, and after waiting for a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yu signaled Liu Mu to enter the room.

"There is a plan. You will manage Huating on behalf of the imperial court for ten years. The Ministry of Households will give you [-] guan every year to make up for the loss of your own family property due to your hard work. Let you serve as a county magistrate, even if the state government is not qualified The department's rules, but Huating needs to be carefully managed."

Liu Mu asked: "With this money, will it be a joke?"

"Yes, so there is another plan. The four lower counties next to Cixi will belong to you in exchange for the four northern counties under your current jurisdiction. All your fiefdoms and all the fiefdoms of Princess Changping will also be taken back. The four counties are not hereditary." Xiao Yu said another plan.

Liu Mu agreed immediately without thinking: "Okay, that's the deal."

"You choose the magistrate of the five counties yourself."

"That's okay, I'll add one more. Huating is based on the state."

Cui Dunli, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said: "Huating is a lower county, which is the law of the Tang Dynasty. However, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, the lower county can be promoted to the upper county, and the upper county can be promoted to the prefecture."

Liu Mu immediately asked: "How about a promotion method?"

"The lower county is promoted to the upper county. This depends on the population. Huating is a special place. Except for the small area of ​​Huating Port, there is no serious county for hundreds of miles to the west. In some places, a village is nearly a hundred miles away. There is no other village. As far as this small village is concerned, the population here has suddenly gathered thousands of households, so a county must be established here.”

Liu Mu said, "Then, Huating will be promoted to state."

"Correct."

"There is no problem in this business. It's just that this population is only counted as Tang people, or even outsiders."

"Long-term residence means that it must be a long-term residence, with a family and a house."

Liu Mu nodded: "Understood."

Liu Mu said again: "I recommend Dou Shikuan as the first county magistrate of Huating."

"Yes." Such a small matter, a Bapin county magistrate in the lower county, is not a matter at all in the eyes of these top officials.So without even asking a question, I agreed.

Cui Junsu said at this time: "There must be a contract. There is always a plan here in Huating, take five years as an example. If it is done every year, let it go. If it exceeds, the tax of the four Cixi counties under your control will be reduced or exempted. Draw money from Huating to reward you. If you can’t do it, you will be fined accordingly, and you will be fined with coins.”

"It's not fair."

"We have discussed that the four northern counties will still follow your plan for the time being, especially Huayuan County, which will be upgraded to a prefecture and triple the size of the land. And we will return Huayuan to you, and you will hand over everything in Sanyuan. nationalize."

"This one……"

Liu Mu's heart was moved, the temptation was too great, and he couldn't refuse it.

Cui Junsu sighed at this moment: "Every household department in this Huayuan has to collect a lot of taxes."

"After giving it to me, how will the tax exemption be calculated?" Liu Mu understood that the workshop was originally his own, and the difference here is the absolute management right and the county's tax.

"No, you lie to me, this tax itself is to subsidize the needs of the royal family and support the gods." Liu Mu felt that he was fooled by these old guys.

"We don't check Huayuan's accounts. We only check the accounts of ghost workers, and we only need to confirm the expenses of Ghost Works Valley. We only check once a year, and as long as there are accounts, we don't ask the source." Cui Junsu gave Liu Mu a condition.

Liu Mu thought over and over again and thought it was reasonable.

Seeing that Liu Mu didn't answer, Cui Junsu added another one: "Otherwise, all the accounts will not be checked. All the four counties in the north will be recovered except Huayuan, and five thousandths of Huating's income and Huayuan County's income will be used as gods. Military expenses, as well as palace expenses."

"Okay." Huating's five-thousandth Liumu dare not kill, but this one is given to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty as private money, no problem.

Liu Mu said again: "Shen Cewei's expenses are limited to daily training, military pay, and ordnance. The money for the expedition belongs to the Ministry of Households."

"It's a deal." Cui Junsu raised his right hand.

Liu Mu quickly walked a few steps over, clapped his hands lightly, and the matter was settled.

The official official document, Liu Mu, did not raise his heart. He was not fighting for his own profit, but for the Tang Emperor's private money.Large celebrations, ceremonies, sacrifices, etc. are still funded by the treasury.

The money is just for daily expenses.

Liu Mu can also be considered a big shot, and everyone present is also a big shot.

A high five between big shots works better than that piece of paper.

The details are not important, just talk about the general direction. If there is a real problem, we can discuss it later.

Liu Mu was drunk again and kept drinking with these people until dawn the next day.

Cui Junsuming said that this was intentional, because he was unhappy in Huayuan, so he came back to make Liu Mu unhappy at the wine table, which was considered even.

The next day Liu Mu went to the south of Chang'an City, and when the Liu family went to the mansion in Chang'an outside the city, he was still drunk in the carriage, and went all the way to the gate of the Liu family.

Because there is no direct elder of Liu Mu in the Liu family mansion, Dugu Lanruo doesn't need to salute anyone.

Liu Siniang and Wuniang hadn't officially got married yet, so they came back with Liu Mu.

Back then, when Liu Mu returned home before his big wedding, a wealthy household in the Liu family only gave Wu Niang a penny as a New Year's Eve money. In my eyes, let alone a little girl.

But this time is different.

The two little girls Liu Ruhua and Liu Ruyun made friends with daughters of top noble families.

Don't underestimate these two little girls. The Liu family gave them a penny back then. The aunt's husband wanted to be transferred from the remote Xiazhou to Chang'an No. [-] Department, but the two girls joined forces with some girls from a certain family to mess things up.

Although the eldest grandson Wugou reprimanded Picturesque and Ruyun, it didn't change the fact that the promotion failed.

Is it useful to bear grudges?
After entering the door, Liu Mu was still sleeping, why Liu Mu was drunk. People with status in Liu's family knew about it, but people without status had no right to ask.

At this time, Liu Mu, as the Duke of the state, is not an official but holds great power.Moreover, the two brother-in-laws are both generals leading troops, and the military attache group from Prince Qin's residence and Liu Mu are as close as brothers.

Liu Mu was sent back to the middle room to rest, and Dugu Lanruo still needed to meet the ladies of the Liu family according to the ritual.

(End of this chapter)