The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1039
Xuan Shijing remembered that when later generations surveyed, they did not find any copper mines in the current Tuyuhun territory, but there were copper mines in Qinghai
Putting his mind to rest, Xuan Shijing didn't want to pursue it any further. Anyway, Tuyuhun finally delivered all the things, and it was unexpectedly high-quality copper, which made Xuan Shijing want to go to the gate to pick up the remaining soldiers. The funds were sold out.

There was not much copper in the Tang Dynasty, and most of them were used to cast copper coins for circulation. However, some merchants found that melting copper coins and casting them into copper wares made considerable profits, so they would hide it from them and open some small black workshops to do this in private. The number of copper coins circulating in the market has dropped sharply.

Although the imperial court has severe punishments and laws to stop this kind of behavior, but what is a businessman who can risk his life as long as he has ten times the profit, is he still afraid of severe punishments and severe laws?You can't do it clearly, find a place deep in the mountains and old forests, and get rich without being discovered by stealth.

"These coppers seem to be building a workshop in the name of the government in Minzhou." Xuan Shijing said.

The origin of this copper is open and aboveboard, there is nothing that cannot be handed out, and it is the government that takes the lead, there will be no complaints from above, and there will be no complaints from below.

What happened to the workshop?It's not copper coins.

After a while, the people from the caravan came to the government office. Now Minzhou and Tuyuhun are at war, and in autumn and winter, the caravan will not go far. It is time to sort out the accounts for the year, so the shopkeeper is also Relatively leisurely.

"My subordinates will see Lord Hou."

"There is no need to be polite." Xuan Shijing stretched out his hand to help the shopkeeper up: "There is a batch of goods in this warehouse, and all of them need to be cashed in. What can you do?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"This needs to be seen by the subordinates." The shopkeeper said.

Xuan Shijing nodded, stepped out of the way, and let the shopkeeper enter the warehouse to check.

The shopkeeper personally opened the boxes one by one. There were gold, silver, jewelry, jade and spices, and the most dazzling ones were the six or seven boxes of copper.

The shopkeeper returned to Xuan Shijing, cupped his hands and said, "Master Hou, among these, the most valuable ones are these six or seven boxes of copper. As for the rest, the subordinates can find a place to sell them, but These copper blocks, the subordinates think, it is best to set up a workshop, melt them, and make copper wares. After the copper blocks are melted, other things can be added, and the number of finished products will be more in the end. The price is still the price of pure copper."

As expected of a businessman, if you add some other things to the copper, as long as it is kept within a certain amount, it will not be obvious from the outside, and you can fool those dignitaries to your heart's content, and such people have plenty of money.

"Mr. County, this workshop was built in the name of the government, as for the people inside." Xuan Shijing looked at the county magistrate.

"Don't worry, Lord Hou, the subordinates understand." The county magistrate is also smart, so he naturally understood what Xuan Shijing meant. The workshop is owned by the government, but the people in it can hire others, such as the buddies in the chamber of commerce.

Who is hired is not hired.

The Marquis of Dongshan has a lot of money, so he doesn't like the hard-earned money of the Minzhou Army, so he naturally disdains corruption. Moreover, isn't it the Marquis who planned so much money in the warehouse?
After explaining it clearly, Xuan Shijing needs to return to the army that day. His return to Minzhou City is just to act as a link between the government and his own chamber of commerce. If he is not present in person, how can the government be willing to delegate power to the chamber of commerce below? Woolen cloth?Without decentralization, there will be no profit, no profit, who will work for nothing?
Xuan Shijing's daring to cheat Tuyuhun people like this is also a big reason for the division of Tuyuhun. A country is divided into two parts, the east and the west, and these two parts have different suzerains. Not sure how to compete. In this way, Xuan Shijing led the Minzhou Army and severely weakened one side, even stripping off the weapons and armor, which made the loss worse. If you don’t want to fight with your own If there is too much difference between the opponents, then they can only lose money and avoid disaster.

Gao Yuan came back with Nuo Hebo's handwriting.

Nuohebo's army is facing the Tang Dynasty in the east and handing over to Minzhou. It stands to reason that now that this has happened, it is unlikely that this army belongs to Dayan Mangjiebo's army.

But the fact is such a coincidence that Nuohebo didn't even know about the seven thousand Tuyuhun troops entering Minzhou.

The handwritten letter stated frankly that Datang was the suzerain state of his tribe, and he absolutely did not dare to invade the Tang Dynasty with soldiers. Moreover, the letter also stated that he would send people to investigate the border affairs as soon as possible.

In this way, what does it mean?It shows that there are traitors in the Nuohebo Department, and the officials on the eastern border were bought by Dayan Mangjiebo.

Thinking about it carefully, Nuohebo married Princess Honghua, and both sons married the county head of the Tang royal family. With such a close relationship, sending troops to the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't this be a way out?
But in any case, Nohobo couldn't escape a crime of lax governance, and it was frustrating to see no hope of blackmailing Nohobo.

But isn't there a Dayan mang knot wave?

It is interesting to hear that this person has taken refuge in Tubo. It seems that the memorial to His Majesty Li Er needs to be revised.

Who wouldn't know how to sow dissension? Let His Majesty Li Er send an edict to Tubo to see Tubo's reaction.

It is impossible for Minzhou to maintain a standing army of [-] all the time, and [-] is already the limit that the government can supply. Not everyone is Xuan Shijing, with such a big heart, such courage, and such a good opportunity To be able to get so much food, grass and military pay to feed so many people.

Qin Bingyue stayed in Minzhou, and only one county magistrate in the government office was too busy. At least Qin Bingyue stayed in the Minzhou government office and could assist the chamber of commerce in casting bronze wares.

When we return to the border, we only need to stay there for half a month to see what happened to Tuyuhun. Now that the matter of Dayan Mangjiebo has been mixed up by Xuan Shijing, Nuohebo also knows the reason. It's not difficult to find out, once you check it, you will know that Dayan Mangjiebo is obstructing it. In order to please Datang, Nuohebo will definitely guard against death, and will not let Dayan Mangjiebo take advantage of it again.

Staying there for half a month is also just in case.

In the blink of an eye, it was October, and the troops on the frontier withdrew from the temporary camp and returned to their original station outside Minzhou City. Now, Tuyuhun could rest assured.

The rest is just Tuyuhun's own internal struggle, but it has nothing to do with Xuan Shijing.

At the beginning, the weapons and armor bought by Dayanmangjiebo from Xuan Shijing failed to be transported back to the west, and they were stopped by Nuohebo halfway, and the things naturally filled up Nuohebo's treasury.

(End of this chapter)