Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 15
December, which is the twelfth lunar month, is the last month of the year. The east wind in Longyou is gradually picking up, and the weather is getting colder.

December is also the slack time for farming. The autumn harvest has just passed, and there are no crops for the winter this year. The labor force in the rural areas near Guazhou is idle.

On this day, an order was also issued from the Moli Army's military mansion to organize the entire Guazhou army and civilians to do winter exercises together.

This is also Cui Tao's approach to Li Yan.

Cui Tao said: "His Royal Highness, when the Tang Dynasty still practiced the Fubing system, the Fubing would return to the village in November and December to train the villagers. On the one hand, this is to exercise martial arts and cultivate young and strong fighting skills. It can improve the combat effectiveness of the people and reduce the threat of thieves and bandits."

Cui Tao's suggestion was approved by Li Yan, and he immediately ordered all townships in Guazhou to conduct winter training in the name of the military government.

And the second order from the Moli Army's military mansion is to hold a martial arts conference on the last day of the first ten days of December.

At that time, the entire Moli army, the tooth soldiers of King Jianning, and the brave men from all over Guazhou will be able to participate in this competition.

The competition is divided into two groups, one group is wrestling group, and the event of the competition is wrestling.

The other group is the archery group, and the competition event is archery.

For the players, this competition is the activity of the game, and countless players are gearing up to sign up for the competition.

In addition to the player's contribution point rewards, Li Yan also generously provided monetary rewards, which also made the Moli army gear up. Most of the Moli soldiers signed up for the competition at the end of the ten-day period.

Another player activity, the business competition, is already in the inventory results.

The most promising ones are Zhou's Treasure Pavilion, Sun's Wool Shop and Printing Workshop.

The stores of these three players are the most popular in East City.

However, the results still have to wait until the end of the first ten days to announce, which also satisfies the appetite of players.

King Jianning ordered again to lift the curfew in Guazhou City, and he could still move in the city after nightfall, but there were still inspection sergeants checking on unknown people.

The other order is to set up the East Market permanently, and change the East Market, which is only open during the late ten-day rest period, to open every day.

More businessmen from the Western Regions began to gather in Guazhou, and the business routes gradually became lively.

Today is an ordinary day, Li Yan brought a few guards and came to the East Market in micro-clothes.

Cui Tao wore a suit of scholar's clothes, with a sword at his waist and a folding fan in his hand, looking like a coquettish bag.

Yu Chixin carried a saber and hid the leather armor in his clothes, but his tall stature and the weapon at his waist still made people daunting.

Li Yan strolled into the East Market, and now it was past lunch time, and the entire East Market began to be lively.

The air was filled with a smell of spices and body position, and Li Yan couldn't help covering his nose.

Cui Tao said as he walked, "Nowadays, Guazhou has become a trading center where merchants from the Western Regions gather. The number of merchants from the Western Regions who have recently entered the city has increased several times!"

Li Yan nodded slightly, and he asked again: "Are these merchants from the Western Regions against the tax?"

Cui Tao shook his head and said: "How could it be possible to resist, that is, our Datang does not set up a card to collect taxes. They come to Datang along the way, and I don't know how much tax they will be charged."

Li Yan nodded, extracting commercial tax from the merchants, this is also what he thought of.Datang also has miscellaneous taxes on merchants, but they all adopt a fixed quota method to levy taxes on fixed merchants.

But it is very good for merchants, and this is how the prosperity of Datang came to be.

But you don't pay taxes, others pay taxes.Moreover, the over-developed trade is not taxed, which is also unfair to agricultural practitioners.

So with the help of a few players who are familiar with finance and taxation, Li Yan set up a tax card in Dongshi City to collect taxes on merchants.

However, it seems that these Western Region merchants are no strangers to this, and they are also willing to pay taxes.

Li Yan continued walking, when he suddenly heard the sound of arguing.

When he took a closer look, he only saw Sun Jianguo, who was big and rough, was tussling with a businessman from the Western Regions.

"You profiteer, you actually use fake money! I won't sell my goods to you!"

"I, Alhan, used the authentic Kaiyuan Tongbao! How could it be fake money! You deliberately made things difficult for our Dashi businessman!"

As the quarrel between the two sides became louder, it also attracted many onlookers in the market.

Soon, the big food merchants gathered around Alhan and began to criticize Sun Jianguo in turn.

Sun Jianguo blushed and was furious.

Soon, the official from Dongshi came over. This official was an old official from the Governor's Mansion. He had been in charge of Guazhou Dongshi for several years and was proficient in several languages.

He chatted with these big food merchants for a while, and then asked Sun Jianguo:

"You said he used fake money, do you have evidence?"

Sun Jianguo took out the money in his hand and said, "This is the fake money he gave me, and this is the evidence!"

The city official of Dongshi said: "But he said, the money is not his, but you dropped it from the counter."

Now Zisun Jianguo became even more angry. He pointed at the city officials and said, "You're with them too!? I'm going to seek justice from His Royal Highness King Jianning!"

The city official took Sun Jianguo, dragged him to the side and said:

"Shopkeeper Sun, I'm not for them, I'm for your sake!"

"For my sake, what a good one for my sake!"

The city official said with a bitter face: "Shopkeeper Sun, you just came to Guazhou with His Highness King Jianning, and you don't know about these Western Region merchants."

"Among the merchants in the Western Regions, the Dashi merchants are the most grouped together. I also know this guy, he is the leader of the Dashi merchants."

"It's not uncommon to use fake money, as long as it is a place with prosperous trade. You can just use it when you find an opportunity. Why offend these big food merchants?"

"They also said that if you don't apologize to them, the big food merchants won't buy your wool and sweaters in the future."

At this moment, Zisun Jianguo was also stunned. These big food merchants are his main export customers. The woolen clothes knitted by local women will also be bought by these big food merchants at double or double the price.

If these customers are lost, it will indeed be a blow to Sun Jianguo's woolen shop.

But thinking of the arrogance of that big food businessman, Sun Jianguo felt aggrieved again for a while!

Are you so frustrated after playing a game?

At this time, I heard the market shouting: "His Royal Highness King Jianning is here!"

Sun Jianguo and the city officials rushed out and saw Li Yan who had clearly identified himself.

Li Yan raised his head and looked at the Dashi businessman opposite him.

Li Yan said to Yu Chixin: "Go and help these big food merchants, whether they have received fake money. The lonely king wants to see who is so bold and dares to violate the "Tang Law" to privately mint counterfeit money!"

Li Yan said to Cui Tao again: "Cui Canjun, according to the "Laws of the Tang Dynasty", what is the crime for those who privately mint fake money?"

(End of this chapter)