Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 10 The Hot Bazaar

Guazhou City gradually became lively.

Xue Cheng finally came out of the barracks on the day when he was resting.

The Xue family is a generation of military generals, and the family has more than 20 mu of Yongye farmland.During the time of Xue Cheng's father, these acres were allocated to tenant farmers for cultivation, and Xue's family was considered a small landlord, and their days were quite prosperous.

But when Xue Cheng was in charge of the family, many people fled from the famine, and there were no tenants to cultivate the family's fields.

Now he can only rely on Xue Cheng's mother and younger sister to plow the fields. On weekdays, Xue Cheng Xiumu goes back to help.

But a few days ago, my sister came to the barracks and said that several soldiers of King Jianning rented their fields.

These tooth soldiers were very polite, and they paid a year's rent in advance at once, and they were very generous.

These dental soldiers under King Jianning are trying to figure out what kind of "factory" they want to open in the field.

Anyway, the rent was paid, and Xue Cheng knew these teeth soldiers. Xue Chengcheng signed an agreement with them, renting for three years, and paying one year's rent first.

"Brother, this way!"

Xue Cheng's younger sister, Xue Man'er, stood by the side of the road, waving and shouting at Xue Cheng.

Xue Cheng showed a smile. His younger sister was just 14 years old, and she had just held the ceremony of Jiji at the beginning of the year.

It's a pity that the boy who made a marriage contract when he was young, followed Lord Duwei into Guan Zhongqin, and has never been heard from since then.

However, Xue Man'er has a cheerful temperament, and now she is helping her mother with housework at home, and she is a well-known virtuous little lady.

Guazhou City is a military town, and there is a curfew on weekdays. People outside the city can come in and out freely only during the rest period. At this time, the big market in Dongshi will also open, and the people around Guazhou will go to the city to go to the market.

However, the streets today are much more lively than usual. Xue Cheng looked at the pedestrians coming and going, including many businessmen from the Western Regions with sunken eyes.

In fact, the Xue family was originally from the Yue clan, which is also an ancient civilization that has been passed down for a long time in the Western Regions.When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, it was to unite the Yuezhi people to attack the Xiongnu.

Even the big Han believed that the Yuezhi people could form an alliance to fight against the Xiongnu, which was enough to see the prosperity of the Yuezhi in those years.

But now the Yuezhi Kingdom has long since disappeared into history, and the Yuezhi people have gone through several generations of intermarriage, and now they are no different from the Han people.

The Xue family never considered themselves to be of a different race. All his family practiced Tang rituals and spoke Longyou official dialect. Like the Han people in Guazhou, they were all citizens of the Tang Dynasty.

But why did these blond, blue-eyed, and big cannibals in white hats come to Guazhou City again?

Xue Man'er said: "Brother, there have been more businessmen from the Western Regions recently. I heard that the Duke of the County is planning to build a market outside Guazhou City to trade with these businessmen!"

Xue Cheng asked suspiciously: "Trade? Is there anything else we can sell in Guazhou?"

Guazhou is close to the Shule River and has a dense water network. It has the reputation of Jiangnan outside Guanwai.

But Guazhou is not Jiangnan after all, and the temperature difference here is too great to raise silkworms, so the silk that those Western Region merchants love most is not produced here.

In the past, Guazhou was also a very prosperous city, and the porcelain and silk transported from Yumen Pass would be transferred here.

Some merchants from the Western Regions who wanted to grab the top spot would all gather in Yumen Pass, rushing to buy the best silk and porcelain.

But all this happened a few years ago. Since the Tianbao years, the Uyghur and Tubo's ambitions for the Longyou Road have been clearly revealed. The road from Longyou to Guannei is full of bandits, and there are still some refugees rioting.

The silk and porcelain shipped to Shazhou also decreased, and Guazhou gradually became depressed.

The increase in the number of people fleeing famine has caused the population of Guazhou itself to drop a lot.

Trade has shrunk, and fewer merchants are willing to go to Guazhou to grab goods, and the big market outside Guazhou has gradually become deserted.

"So many merchants? What are they buying?"

Xue Man'er said with a smile: "I heard that these are all novelty products produced by His Highness King Jianning's dental soldiers. These products are very popular. Nowadays, many merchants from the Western Regions travel thousands of miles to Guazhou to buy goods."

The goods produced by Lord Jianning's dental soldiers?Can these guys come up with anything good?
Xue Cheng didn't understand, he had been annoyed by these guys during this period of time.

After presenting the rhubarb crossbow handed down from his family to Yu Chixin, Xue Chengcheng has been targeted by these tooth soldiers.

He followed him when he ate, practiced and even slept and shit, these guys followed him.

If he hadn't scolded the two dental soldiers who tried to touch his room, His Highness King Jianning later ordered these dental soldiers not to harass Xue Cheng.

Xue Chengcheng was about to suffer hysteria from these guys.

What good can these guys make to sell?Also caused the pursuit of these Western Region businessmen?

With such a mood, Xue Cheng took his sister to Dongshi.

The East Market in Guazhou City is a grocery market, and the scale is not small. Now the entire East Market has undergone some simple expansion, and some dilapidated private houses on the side have also been expanded to the scope of the East Market.

Now this traffic is full of traffic and people are full of voices. Is it the East City of Guazhou City?
When and how prosperous is Dongshi?
Xue Cheng looked at the carriage parked at the gate of Dongshi, and looked at this brand new big market in surprise.

Xue Man'er has the heart of a girl, and she was even more excited when she saw the bustling East Market. She said expectantly, "Brother, let's go in quickly!"

Xue Cheng and his sister entered the gate of the market together, and saw a group of soldiers in armor checking the goods at the gate.

Xue Chengcheng knew these soldiers, and they were all tooth soldiers under King Jianning.

I saw these soldiers quickly check out the trucks in the market, then took out a form to write the calculations, and then handed the paper to the owner of the goods.

The shippers checked the documents, readily took out a bag of money from their pockets, and handed them to the soldiers.

Hey guys, what are these guys doing?Blackmail merchants directly?
Xue Cheng became angry all of a sudden, "Have you ever thought about His Highness Jianning's reputation by doing this!" He stepped forward quickly, and was about to teach these social card robbers a lesson.

Xue Man'er grabbed her elder brother, pointed to the notice pasted at the gate of the market and said, "Brother, they are helping King Jianning collect taxes!"

tax?

Xue Cheng saw a big notice posted at the gate of the market.

This notice is not only in Chinese, but also translated in Dashi language. The content of the notice is also very simple. All merchants who leave the market must pay the king of Jianning a commodity tax of 5.00% of the total value of the goods.

However, merchants who buy daily necessities for local residents and sell special supplies to the East City Purchasing Bureau can enjoy a tax-free policy.

Commercial tax?

In the past, Guazhou City also collected city entry tax. When did it collect commercial tax?

Is there a commercial tax in Tang law?

However, it seems that these merchants from the Western Regions did not object to this commercial tax. Instead, they paid the tax honestly and left with the goods with a smile.

What exactly is going on?

Xue Cheng walked into the East City with doubts.

All I can see is that there are neat shops on both sides of the road in Dongshi today, and these shops are hung with big signboards, explaining the products sold in these shops.

Xue Cheng quickly saw a shop surrounded by merchants from the Western Regions. With his sister, Xue Cheng also squeezed in.

"Zhou's Treasure Pavilion", looked up and saw the signboard of this shop, is this for selling treasures?

We have no gems in Guazhou, where do we get the treasures?

But what are these businessmen looting?

At this time, a clerk came out: "A pair of purple pomegranate pattern crystal cups! Freshly baked treasures! The starting price is ten yuan!"

Shiguan? !
Xue Cheng gasped!
Yiguanqian is one thousand yuan, that is, one thousand Kaiyuan Tongbao!

You must know that the Xue family's good one-acre field can only produce grain once it has been cultivated for a year.

Now that the war is raging, the price of rice has risen, but the usual money can be exchanged for grain.

The Xue family only had a total of 20 acres of land. When his father was alive, he was full of money, and his annual income was only [-] yuan.

This small cup actually costs 10 guan, or is it the starting price?

Xue Cheng also knows this kind of auction, that is, auction, which is a commodity that everyone raises their placards to bid for, and the highest price wins.

I only saw these merchants from the Western Regions raising their placards to bid like crazy.

Such a pair of wine glasses quickly increased from ten to twenty!

In the end, the water cup was sold to a big food merchant wearing a white turban at a price of 25 pieces.

"Brother, this cup is too valuable! It's more than our family's annual rent!"

Xue Cheng also nodded, but this pair of wine glasses is indeed very beautiful. The body of the transparent glass is shining like a gem. The rim of the glass is a beautiful garnet red. Fu's pomegranate.

Xue Cheng has never seen such a beautiful crystal cup. Is this made by this shop?
Xue Man'er was young and didn't know much about it. After looking at it for a while, she said, "Brother, shall we go to another store?"

"Let's go, let's continue shopping."

The two passed through the crowd and came to another shop.

This shop sells all kinds of porcelain. When did Guazhou still produce porcelain?

But the quality of this porcelain is too bad, isn't it produced by a private kiln?

Seeing the strange patterns and the untidy handicap, Xue Chengcheng didn't have any desire to buy.

However, this store seems to be following the path of small profits but high sales. Boxes of porcelain are piled up at the door, which also attracts many businessmen from the Western Regions to snap up.

The money of these Hu merchants is really easy to make, but I heard that these Hu merchants can earn a hundred times the profit as long as they transport the goods to the mainland in the far west.

If one day, he wants to visit the westernmost part of the world, Xue Cheng suddenly felt a rush of pride.

The two continued walking and came to a strange shop.

"Sun's Wool Shop?" Xue Cheng raised his head, looked at the signboard of this shop, and stopped in doubt.

wool?Is it a fur jacket?
Xue Cheng looked at this shop suspiciously. This shop took up three rooms and was full of people. How could it be so popular to sell a leather jacket?And what are these people doing sitting in there?

(End of this chapter)