Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 77
"Han Sanfeng also gambled, betting on the entire Yele tribe!"

"Which team is he betting on?"

"He didn't bet on polo, nor did he bet at Changsheng Gambling House. He borrowed 50 yuan and 20 buckets of grain from Utum and the others, and bet on whether he could pay them back by this time next year."

"Borrowing so much money and food, he is crazy!"

"He's already a lunatic, but this time he's gone too far, and he's going to lose all the dowry An Shijun gave him in a different way!"

"Losing everything?"

"When the time comes, we will have to pay the Yele tribe to Utumu and the others. The witnesses of General Wang and so many leaders have written their names on the contract, even his father Han Shimei is a witness!"

"Hundreds of thousands of dollars, 20 buckets of grain, what will he get back then?"

"So I'm going to lose everything this time."

"What does he really want to borrow so much money for?"

"He wants to open a paper workshop, open a dyeing workshop, and find someone to open a blacksmith's shop to dig coal. Anyway, he wants to make a living. As long as those businessmen and craftsmen are willing to go, there is no land to give, no capital I will lend you money, and he will buy the goods you produce at the market price."

"It's so good, isn't it a bag of money?"

"Otherwise, what is he borrowing so much money for? Right now, he is holding a 'investment promotion meeting' at Bai Xianning's house. Many people have gone."

"Can we go?"

"what will you do?"

"I... I only know how to farm."

"He also wants to be able to farm, but he signed a contract with Utumu. The land cannot be given away or sold, but can only be rented. If you are willing to farm, he will not only be exempt from rent, but will not even pay taxes."

"He's crazy!"

"Didn't I just say that he was a madman?"

"It's not for nothing, let's go, let's go and have a look."

……

Although Han Sanfeng became the son-in-law of King Yele and became the long history of Yele Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, his reputation in Yele City is even greater than before.

With the help of a group of Yele nobles, almost everyone knew that they had borrowed a lot of money and food.If they don't make it by this time next year, they will have to pay the entire Yele tribe to those little chiefs.

As for the "investment attraction" that has been widely circulated, it sounds like a boy who spreads money at best, but it is purely rich and stupid at worst.

People couldn't care less about watching the fun on the river beach, and rushed to Yele City, wanting to go to the former Zongzheng Bai Xianning's house to find out how Han Sanfeng "attracted investment".

Wang Qingxiang realized that something was wrong, and if Crazy Saburo made such a toss, wouldn't the merchants and craftsmen in Yele City run away, and even the people in dozens of villages outside the city might want to take advantage of it and go to Yele's tribe.

There are no merchants, no craftsmen, no common people, who does the city lord's mansion look for to collect taxes?
But this kind of thing can't be stopped if you want to, unless you can treat money as money like him.

"This Han Shimei, the general saw that he was short of money and food, so he kindly helped him, but he turned around to poach the corner of the general's wall. It's really unreasonable!"

"General calm down, in my opinion, this is just a gust of wind, nothing to worry about."

"how do I say this?"

Bai Zuojian looked back and leaned over to his ear: "Han Sanlang's doing this is not a long-term plan, he only has 50 silver in total, after spending all the money, it's over.

As for the land, he will definitely not give the cultivated good land to others, only the wasteland.Wu Tumu was so shrewd, and he clearly wrote in the contract that he could neither give it away nor sell it for free, but could only rent it, and the lease was only for one year.

Rent it out now, whether to renew the contract next year, we will talk next year.The people in the villages outside the city are not fools, how can they not know that the first year of land reclamation will not have a good harvest. "

"Makes sense."

Wang Qingxiang came to his senses, and frowned after thinking about it: "But he deceived all our merchants and craftsmen away, and no merchants or craftsmen asked the city lord's mansion to collect taxes."

Bai Zuojian smiled and said: "Everyone knows that this good thing only lasts for one year, how can businessmen not know? They will definitely take advantage of this advantage, but the foundation will definitely stay in Yele City. We seem to be at a disadvantage right now, but in the long run Look at us taking advantage of it."

Wang Qingxiang asked with a half understanding: "You mean that the businessman will take the money he earned from him back to my Yele City within a year at most."

"The general is wise."

"This kid looks smart, how could he do such a stupid thing."

"I reckon it's because he can't get off the shelf. Who told him to boast that Haikou will recruit so many children and teenagers to school, and give them meals."

"Nerd, you risked everything to run a school."

At the same time, a group of small leaders of the Yele tribe, who thought they were sure of winning, also did not expect Han Sanfeng to make such a move, and suddenly couldn't sit still, and dragged Udamu and his son to the city to discuss countermeasures.

"What did he recruit so many merchants, artisans and common people to do?"

"Is there a need to ask? He must want to turn Baisha City into Yele City."

"What should I do?"

"Uncle, don't worry, he only has one year, and he's losing money. He can't make that much money, let alone grow that much food."

An old leader stared at Wu Tumu and asked: "Don't forget that An Fuyan is his real father-in-law, so you don't have to worry that An Fuyan will gather the strength of the four towns of Anxi to help him."

Wu Tumu said without hesitation: "There is no need to worry about this. If An Fuyan dares to risk the world's disgrace and use the money and rations from the embassy to help him wipe his ass, we will still earn money. The interest alone is not a small sum. What's more, he can help us raise slaves and maidservants for three months."

"Yeah, it's all about making money anyway."

"There are so many witnesses, even his father signed the contract, he must not dare to deny the debt, the only thing to worry about is the slaves."

"If not, our family will send a few nephews over there to keep an eye on our slaves and maidservants, in case he makes trouble under the guise of enrolling in school."

"It can only be this way."

A little leader thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "Compared to that little interest, taking back Cao Wulan's lost ancestral foundation is the right thing to do, and An Fuyan has to guard against it."

"That's reasonable, Wutumu, think about it again, how should we guard against it."

"Uncles, even if An Fuyan wants to help him, at most he can embezzle some money. Guishu is so far away from Yele, it is impossible for An Fuyan to transport grain. Even if he wanted to, he would not be able to transport a hundred thousand dollars."

"As long as he has money, he can buy it at that time."

Wutu was confident, looked around at everyone and said with a smile: "But most of the food is in our hands, if you uncles are determined to take this opportunity to take back the ancestral foundation, at worst, we can raise some money and buy back all the food that can be bought in the market. Let's see what he pays the debt with."

Udamu felt that his son's words made sense, and said with a smile: "At this time next year, he will pay back 98 dou with the principal and interest. As long as we don't sell it, where will he find so much grain?"

A little leader felt distressed when he thought that he would send his cronies back to the territory later, and send the money and food that he promised to lend to Baisha City within ten days. It is simply unreasonable to buy food with a lot of money.”

"Who made Cao Wulan not live up to his expectations?"

"It's good to be able to buy it back, otherwise our territory will be seized by him bit by bit in a few years, and our slaves will go to him one by one."

The complaints of several small chiefs made Wutumu's eyes bright, and he couldn't help laughing: "Uncles, didn't he want to attract businessmen and capital? We also have the workshops he wanted to attract. It's cheap and those Sogdian merchants can take advantage of it." , why can’t we occupy it.”

An old leader came to his senses, looked at him with a smile and asked, "Let the steward take some craftsmen and slaves, and earn back the money he borrowed from us first?"

"Why not."

"Then someone is going to talk to him."

"Wutumu, you are the smartest, you can talk to him on our behalf."

It's kind of greedy to do that.

Although Udamu also wanted to take advantage of this, he didn't want his son to show up again. He was about to speak, but Utumu agreed, "Okay, I'll meet him again!"

……

Han Pingan has too many things to do, it is impossible to do everything by himself.

Only showing up at Bai Xianning's house, he brought Huang Dafu and other personal guards to the post house.As for attracting business and attracting people to Yele, the whole authority was given to Ninth Uncle An Mishan and Yu Wangli.

The post that the false Taoist priest came directly to in the morning did not go to the military city to watch the excitement, so he had already said what he had to say.

As soon as Yichang Chen saw Han Ping'an, he asked eagerly, "Sanlang, is what the false priest said true?"

"Really, absolutely."

"I'm talking about directing the thunder from the sky to wipe out the invading enemy!"

Han Ping'an smiled and confirmed: "It's true too."

Yichang Chen grabbed his arm: "Since you have this supernatural power, why didn't you say it earlier."

Han Pingan gently pushed his hand away: "Don't dare."

"Why not?"

"Every man is innocent and he is guilty. If Tubo Dashi knew that I have this supernatural power, you would have died long ago, I would have been captured long ago, and Yele City would have been razed to the ground long ago!"

Dashi valued talents the most, and those Dashi merchants who came to do business bought books as soon as they saw them. They wished to buy all the books of Datang and learn all the skills of Datang.

Tubo wanted everything, and captured those who could fight to lead them, and even ordinary people wanted to help them farm.

Yichang Chen nodded and asked, "Why do you dare to say it now?"

Han Pingan sat down and said: "You know the situation in the pass, and you know the situation here better. If you say you do it, you are looking for death, then if you don't say it or do it, you are waiting for death. Besides, I didn't tell anyone about these things. "

The fake Taoist leader pulled Yichang Chen impatiently: "That's why we came to you, would you like to go to Baisha City to be the director of security, please give me a word."

With a flick of a finger, the invading enemy will be wiped out in ashes, and it will also attract thunder from the sky.

Chen Yichang felt that it was too mysterious, and said in a low voice: "What you hear is not what you see."

Han Pingan knew very well that it would be impossible to take him to Baisha City without giving him something real, so he smiled and said, "Old man Chen, give me two months, and I will let you see and hear with your own eyes."

"If I can't see you within two months, I'll come back without saying a word."

"It's a word."

(End of this chapter)