Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Huang Zhongcheng.

Shanzhou is adjacent to Liangzhou, just south of Liangzhou.

In the area of ​​Shanzhou, Huangshui flows through it, scouring out a valley bottom with a pleasant climate.

Sun Daiwang is riding on a horse, overlooking Huangzhong City at the bottom of the Hehuang Valley.

The player Sun Daiwang is a player. He is Jiang Lun's younger brother. Jiang Lun exchanged the game qualification for him to enter the game.

Sun Daiwang started as a tax collector in the Salt and Iron Tax Department, and he is the one who perfected the monopoly system in Longyou.

But this time, Sun Daiwang resigned from the official position of the Salt and Iron Taxation Department, and changed his job to [Banker] under the [Businessman] occupation branch.

He brought people to Huangzhong City to prepare for the establishment of a branch of Wangfu Bank.

Sun Daiwang looked at Huangzhong City in the distance, feeling very excited.

This time when he came to Huangzhong to open a branch, Sun Daiwang recruited players in Shazhou, but only a few people were willing to come.

Sun Daiwang had no choice but to hire a few accountants from the aborigines with high salaries, and came to Shanzhou with him.

Zhang Qi is also one of the players who came to Shanzhou with Sun Daiwang, and is the vice president appointed by Sun Daiwang.

It's just that the Huangzhong branch, which is under construction, has less than 20 employees.

Zhang Qi asked: "Boss, the seat of Shanzhou is Xining, right? Why are we going to Huangzhong?"

Sun Daiwang said: "Xiping is the governing place of Shanzhou, but it is not the richest place in Shanzhou. Huangzhong is the granary of Shanzhou and has the most acres of land. If we want to open the Wangfu Bank to issue young crop loans, we still have to start from Huangzhong."

"So that's the case! Boss is wise!"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and urge everyone to enter Huangzhong as soon as possible!"

After a day of trekking, the group finally arrived in Huangzhong.

Huangzhong City has a long history. Looking at the ancient city wall, Sun Daiwang said:
"Huangzhong was built in the Han Dynasty, and the Hehuang Valley is one of the most fertile areas in the Northwest, and it is also the birthplace of the Qiang people."

Zhang Qi asked, "The Qiang people? Are they the Qiang people in the mountains around Wuwei?"

Sun Daiwang said: "It is these Qiang people. The birthplace of the Qiang nationality is the Hehuang Valley, which is the area in front of us."

"The Qiang people were very powerful in the Han Dynasty. They once established the Dingling Kingdom, attacked the Eastern Han Dynasty many times, and even looted the imperial tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty."

Zhang Qi said: "So fierce? Now?"

Sun Daiwang said: "Now the Qiang people in Hehuang are attached to the Tang Dynasty, but they are controlled by the Qiang people, and they are under the management of the Qiang guards."

Sun Daiwang and Zhang Qi slowly led the caravan into Huangzhong City. The inner city of this city is very narrow, more like a military fortress.

The Hehuang Valley has always been an area where Datang and Tubo competed, and it was also the front line for Datang to resist Tubo.

At the beginning of the construction of Huangzhong City, it was built by the Han Dynasty to suppress the Qiang people.

Therefore, the function of this city is a military fortress, with tall and majestic walls and a narrow city.

Sun Daiwang ordered the staff to rent the shop and get them ready to open the door, so he took the invitation letter from King Jianning and went to the county government office in Huangzhong.

The entire Shanzhou has three counties: Huangzhong, Shancheng, and Longzhi.

Huangzhong is also the most prosperous county in the entire Shanzhou except Xiping City. The current county magistrate is named Guo Yingwei, who was born in the Guo family of Taiyuan.

After sending the greeting card of King Jianning, Guo Yingwei immediately received Sun Daiwang.

Guo Yingwei was born in a rich family, and Guo Zhijie was a famous general in the Kaiyuan period. When he was in Longyou, he defeated the Tubo people many times, and his power shocked Longyou.

Guo Yingwei joined the army with Guo Zhiyun since he was a child, and hated the Tubo people very much.

The news of Wuwei's victory spread to Shanzhou, and Guo Yingwei held a feast at the county government for three days.

Hearing that Sun Daiwang was sent by King Jianning, Guo Yingwei immediately summoned him to the back house and asked him about the specific process of the Hexi War.

Guo Yingwei said loudly when he heard the Tubo host discussing that Shang Qixin'er had died in the Battle of Hexi:
"Good! Good! King Jianning used his soldiers like a god! God bless me, Tang!"

After saying this, Guo Yingwei picked up a pot of Shazhou Shaoxing, and after drinking happily, he said to Sun Daiwang:
"Your Highness sent you to Shanzhou, what kind of bank do you want to set up?"

It is also normal for the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty to send their servants to do business.

When the current emperor was still the prince, he also sent people to do business in the capital.

It is not surprising that King Jianning does business, but Guo Yingwei has never heard of what kind of business this bank is.

Sun Daiwang immediately said: "His Majesty, Your Highness asked us to open a bank in Huangzhong to distribute young crop loans to the people."

"Youth loan?"

After Sun Daiwang told Guo Yingwei about Qingmiaodai, Guo Yingwei frowned and said:
"Lend money to the people to buy young crops? The people in Huangzhong are already suffering. Will King Jianning still lend money?"

Guo Yingwei thought that the youth loan was the same as the usury loan issued by landlords and monks, and said with a frown.

He had already said it very politely, if it wasn't for King Jianning, Guo Yingwei might have kicked Sun Daiwang out.

Guo Yingwei's temperament is upright, otherwise he would not be a magistrate of Zhongxian County at the age of 40 due to his background.

When he was in power in Huangzhong, he restrained the powerful and helped the people, and he was a good official supported by the people.

Sun Daiwang immediately said: "The county lord has misunderstood. What our bank grants is not a usury loan, but a low-interest loan."

"Low rate?"

After hearing Sun Daiwang's interest rate, Guo Yingwei said, "With such a low interest rate, isn't Your Highness losing money?"

Sun Daiwang said: "Your Highness said that the establishment of the Wangfu Bank is not for making money, but for benefiting the people."

"Nowadays Longyou has opened a number of palace banks, all of which provide young crop loans to the people at low interest rates. If the county lord is worried, you can send someone to inquire about it."

Now Guo Yingwei felt relieved, he admired King Jianning even more.

"Your Highness Rende, since this is the case, I must agree to the establishment of this bank, it's just that."

Sun Daiwang immediately asked, "What's the matter with the county lord?"

Guo Yingwei said: "If you lend money to the Han people, there is no problem, but those Qiang people in Huangzhong, you can be careful when you want to lend money."

"Aren't the Qiang people also citizens of the Tang Dynasty? Why?"

The Qiang people in Hexi were almost no different from the Han people. The Qiang people in Hexi and the east of Longyou were completely integrated into the Han people, and a large number of Qiang people were employed in Zheng He's pasture.

There are also a lot of Qiang people doing business. In the area ruled by King Jianning, as long as the Qiang people are innocent, they will be granted land like the Han people.

The distinction between Han and Qiang has been very thin, and intermarriage between Han and Qiang is also very common.

Guo Yingwei sighed and said, "The Qiang people in Shanzhou are different from the Qiang people in Hexi."

"The Qiang people in Shanzhou all live together, and they are led by the strong and handsome Qiang people."

"These Qiang people are the leaders of the tribe. They are all officials protecting the Qiang school lieutenants, and the local government can't control them."

"The Qiang people live together, and the internal disputes are handled by the Qiang people. Many Qiang people can only speak Qiang dialect, not Han, and often conflict with the Han people in Huangzhong."

"If you want to lend money to the Qiang people, you have to be careful."

Sun Daiwang was a little puzzled and said: "Why is this happening? The Qiang people in Hexi are no different from the Han people."

Guo Yingwei sighed and said: "I also heard from my uncle about this matter, this is the emperor's order."

Guo Yingwei's uncle is Guo Zhijie. Guo Zhijie almost dominated the military affairs in Longyou during the Kaiyuan period. Shanzhou was also transformed from Jimi Prefecture to a state county during his tenure. He also founded the Heyuan Army, which is now an assistant to Shanzhou.

Guo Zhijie can be said to be the number one hero who brought Shanzhou under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

Sun Daiwang immediately pricked up his ears to listen.

Guo Yingwei said: "Uncle once wrote to the imperial court, requesting that the Qiang people be scattered and granted land, and managed like the Han people. But Li Linfu, the prime minister at the time, said that the Qiang people are warlike and can be a barrier for the Tang Dynasty."

"In order to prevent the Qiang people from being warlike because of granting land, Li Linfu suggested that the emperor should not break up the Qiang people's tribes, and let the Qiang people still manage them with their heroes."

"And grant land to the Qiang people, let them settle in Hehuang, and once there is a war, these Qiang people will be recruited to fight."

"Over the years, the Qiang people have contributed a lot of soldiers to the Tang Dynasty, but the Qiang people have become powerful because of this, and gradually disobeyed the government's management."

"Nowadays, the captain of the Qiang guard likes to accept bribes from these Qiang heroes. These Qiang heroes are becoming more and more powerful, and sometimes they will rob the Han people. Now the Han and Qiang conflicts in the entire Shanzhou are very serious."

Guo Yingwei frowned. The Qiang people's system of being handsome and handsome was also established by his uncle, although it was ordered by the imperial court at that time.

But now that the land of Hehuang is declining day by day due to the powerful system of the Qiang people, Guo Yingwei is also worried about it.

Sun Daiwang did not expect that the situation in Shanzhou was so complicated.

Only now did he really understand how complicated the internal contradictions of a great empire are.

In Shanzhou alone, the problems encountered are completely different from those in Hexi.

Sun Daiwang immediately made a toast to Guo Yingwei and said, "Thank you for your reminder, the county lord. We will pay attention when distributing young crop loans."

Soon after, in Huangzhong County, a shop with a strange shape opened.

The door of this store is covered with iron sheets, and an iron cage is used to build a counter in the entire store.

A banner like a copper coin was raised at the entrance of the shop, and a plaque of "Wangfu Bank" was hung on the entrance.

The people in Huangzhong City are discussing what this shop is for.

The guys from the Wangfu Bank began to run around the countryside in Huangzhong County. Only then did everyone know what this bank was for.

Zhang Qi is mainly responsible for the business in the city. Seeing Sun Daiwang running to the countryside every day, he asked suspiciously:

"Sun Da, what do you do in the village every day? The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the common people won't borrow green crop loans, right?"

Sun Daiwang smiled and said, "They don't need to borrow young crop loans, but we can lend them other things."

"Borrow something else?"

Sun Daiwang said: "The reason why banks are financial centers is because the banking industry can control all parts of the industry."

"It's almost autumn harvest now, but it's also the time for soybeans to be planted. We can lend soybean seeds to the people and buy soybeans when the soybeans are harvested. Nowadays, soybeans in Hexi are very valuable!"