Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 148 Don't drive in Cangzhou
The problem of fineness is solved, what about the exploitation at the pass along the way?

Xu Qing also has a way, he said straightly: "Businessmen's activities should not be under the jurisdiction of the local government. A commercial tax department is set up. Anyone who transports grain to the border has a brand to exempt from tax..." Xu Qing moved it out because he made it in Cangzhou. That set of methods is just a change of object.

Li Jing is a figure like a military god, even if he doesn't quite understand the method Xu Qing said, but with that intuition of anticipating the enemy first, he also knows the benefits of the method Xu Qing said.But when it comes to gates, taxation and many other systems, even a person as high as Li Jing would not dare to point fingers, so Li Jing said: "It's too difficult...too difficult..."

"My little brother is reckless, but this method is feasible, or you can use it in a word or two." Xu Qing didn't expect Li Jing to fully accept this method, he only hoped to use a small part of it.Even if it is a small half, it will be of great benefit to the current disadvantages of escorting.

"I'll think about it..." Li Jing replied. His words were not perfunctory considerations, but he was actually trying to figure out a way. Not long after, the first batch of merchants, the merchants, came from Chang'an. Off to do an experiment.In the next year or two, there will be more and more such bettors.Twenty or thirty years later, the material resources at the border customs were continuously delivered, and the quality suffered a lot.This is why Li Jing is working hard...

Let's say that after Xu Qing and Li Jing and Liu Zan left them, they went on the road for several days. When it was midwinter, the clouds were densely covered, and the new wind was tight.After traveling for less than ten miles, I saw that the ground was like silver.

With such a beautiful view, Xu Qing was very happy in his heart, raised an iron gun, dismounted from the horse, and started dancing.The gun flower and the strong wind and snow seemed to be fighting against the world.

It is said that the Jinren Wan Yanliang has a poem called Baizi Ling, which is only about heavy snow, and its momentum is as bold as Xu Qing's now:

Tian Ding was furious and overturned the Yinhai, scattering pearls and foils.Six exotic flowers flew and rolled, filling the hills and valleys in the mountains.Haohu is crazy, Su Lin is rampant, breaking the pearl rope.The jade dragon fought fiercely, and scales and armor fell from the sky.

Whoever thinks of Wanliguan Mountain, Zhengfu stands stiffly, with a flag foot.The color reflects the spear, the light shakes the sword and halberd, and the murderous aura crosses the curtain.Pihu is a hero, but he is brave, and discusses military strategy together.

You must fight to get drunk and see the blue sky.

After the gun dance, everyone said hello in unison, Xu Qing felt relieved, and got back on his horse and started on his way.

The weather was very cold, it was getting late, and the road was blocked by snow, it was really difficult to walk.

Suddenly, from a distance, I saw a hotel near the pond of Zhenxi River, which was covered by snow.But you can see the thatched cottage with silver fans and the eaves with jade reflection.There are dozens of old tree branches, and three or five small windows are closed.The sparse thorn fence is like a light pavement of greasy powder; the loess surrounds the wall, but it is like a lead flower cloth.Thousands of willow catkins float on the curtain, and thousands of goose feathers dance wine flags.

Xu Qing was overjoyed when he saw it, and rushed into the hotel with his people.Open the reed curtain, walk in, and when you look sideways, it's all seat heads.The subordinates set up the carriages and livestock, each chose a place to sit down, leaned on the gun knife, unwrapped the package, carried the felt hat, and hung up the waist knife.

A bartender brought a basin of hot water, asked everyone to wipe their faces, and asked, "How much wine do you want?"

Xu Qing said: "First take two cents of wine for each seat."

The bartender beat two cents of wine in a barrel, and put them next to Xu Qing's seats in the future, and added a stove to each seat to warm the wine for eating.

Xu Qing asked again: "What drink do you want?"

The bartender said: "There are raw and cooked meat, fat goose, and tender chicken."

Xu Qing said: "Everyone cut a cooked chicken first." Except for Huang Shimei, all of them are big men, and they eat a lot. A chicken is really nothing. I only worry about whether there are so many tender chickens in this small hotel.Not long after the bartender is gone, he will lay down a large plate of chopped and cooked chicken, several plates of vegetables, put a large bowl, and sieve the wine.

The wine here is good, sweet and light, Xu Qing didn't drink wine at all, but he drank three or four bowls of wine, only to see a person in the shop with his hands crossed, coming out to watch the snow in front of the door.

The man asked the bartender, "Who eats wine?"

When Xu Qing looked at the man, he was wearing a deep-brimmed warm hat, a sheepskin jacket, and a pair of narrow boots. He was short and honest, with a bony face and a three-pronged yellow beard. He only touched his head to look at the snow.

The bartender didn't know Xu Qing's identity, he just shook his head.Xu Qing thought it was the owner of the shop, so he stepped forward and gave a long bow: "I'm Xu Qing, a passing merchant."

"Don't be too polite, distinguished guest. I'm from the village, I don't understand those things..." The owner of the shop briefly returned the salute, then looked at the heavy snow outside the door, and couldn't help sighing sadly.

"Auspicious snow heralds a good year, why is the store so sad?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

"Auspicious snow heralds a good year, but many people are frozen to death." The shopkeeper murmured: "The home of the rich is looking to the animal charcoal red stove, and they are wearing cotton coats. Holding plum blossoms in their hands, they sing about the country. Xiangrui, don't miss the poor people who are small, don't have enough to eat and don't wear warm clothes, so you have to hug them to keep warm in this cold night."

Hearing this, the bartender also said, "If it were me, there would be a little snow... This snow is all bad snow, where is there any auspicious snow!"

"That's wrong. I think that in the Cangzhou area in the south of Hebei, the snow falls..." In the corner, a drinker said slowly.

"How do you say it?" Qiqi, the bartender, asked.

The drinker was half-drunk and half-awake, just when he was talking a lot, he said: "You don't know, there is a Governor Xu, who is very benevolent, accepts refugees, reduces grain taxes, as long as he works hard, he will not be full of."

Xu Qing retreated to his seat, exchanged glances with Huang Shimei, and listened quietly.The bartender said, "That would be great..."

"Let me tell you that Governor Xu is a descendant of the stars, and he can try a hundred cases a day!" The drinker opened the chatter box, and recounted the legendary story of Xu Qing's daily trial of hundreds of cases here.

The bartender muttered after hearing this: "This is amazing, our county magistrate can't break one in a day..."

Everyone laughed, only the drinker was hurt, sighed and said:
"Oh, what a pity..."

The owner of the store didn't understand, and asked: "It should be a blessing to have such a good official, why is it a pity?"

"It's a pity that it's a pity for this good official. Good people are always hated." The drinker pretended to talk about it again, and everyone listened to it:
"Inspector Xu got a commercial and tax department, which made Cangzhou more prosperous. Everything is cheap, and there are such legends as a short day and hundreds of cases. Xu Inspector is praised like a god in the hearts of the people."

"But Liu Mo, the general manager of Southern Hebei, is a villain. He couldn't tolerate his subordinates being stronger than him, so he sent some to Cangzhou. Don't let the business and tax department be abolished as soon as he arrived in Cangzhou. He was imprisoned in Cangzhou. Moreover, many systems of Governor Xu have been abolished, and the tax that was exempted has to be paid back!"

The owner clapped his palms, said it was a pity, and then asked:

"Then Governor Xu is silent?"

The drinker said lonely and authentically:

"Inspector Xu has gone somewhere. He hasn't seen anyone for a month. People say that he was locked up by bad officials."

Xu Qing was listening at the side. He was very happy at first, but when he heard the latter, his face became more and more serious.Secretly thought, this Liu Mo is really good at tricks, even a high-ranking official like Biejia can arrange it as he pleases.Fortunately, it is only a month now, and the damage caused is not enough.In addition, the county magistrates of the four counties are all Xu Qing's people, and this so-called "don't drive" order may not be listened to.

Satisfied with wine and food, Xu Qing and others drove back to Cangzhou as fast as possible.In the end, Xu Qing asked Huang Shimei to walk slowly with these guards and livestock, and rode back to Cangzhou by himself.

Men are possessive.Cangzhou is now like the place where Xu Qing lies, how can he allow others to point fingers and make troubles there.

First, I went back to Zhuangzi in the official farmland in the countryside, and spent a little time with Xun Xueer and Xiaoyue.Then he sent a letter to summon Niu Grass and others, and after asking around, it was as expected.No one listened to the words of this heavenly man, but the Commercial and Taxation Department was forcibly closed, which blocked a large number of caravans here, and there were quite a lot of complaints.And don't let the exempted taxes be re-levied again, which makes the people of Cangzhou worried and uneasy.

"What's the origin of this?"

"It's a relative of Liu Mo's who doesn't live in Wufu, named Liu Yi..."

"The Liu family, what does Liu Mo and Liu Yi have to do with Liu Wanjin's family?"

"My lord knows about Liu Wanjin? This Liu Wanjin is the legitimate son of the Liu family!"

"I see."

After finding the culprit and the owner of the debt, Xu Qing can target the target. He doesn't have to follow the vines like last time, and finally offend the person he can't offend.This little Liu family can still move around.

Xu Qing returned to the governor's mansion, waved his hand, and annulled all the decisions made by Liu Yi in the past month.The Commercial and Taxation Department resumed its work, and the grain tax was no longer collected.With this order, the city of Cangzhou was full of joy, and the people took to the streets to celebrate "the appearance of Governor Xu".

After issuing the order, Xu Qing waited for half a day, and sure enough, the Lord came.

Liu Yi rushed to Xu Qing's official office, pointed at Xu Qing's nose and cursed:

"Zhuzi, you dare to abolish my government order!?"

Xu Qing was so angry, it was the villain who filed the complaint first, obviously he was the one who abolished the rules set by Xu Qing first, but now he blamed Xu Qing.And he yelled as soon as he came in, like a lunatic, Xu Qing laughed back in anger: "Hahaha... come here, take this trespasser out of the government and beat him to death with a club!"

The guards outside the door rushed in and grabbed Liu Yi.Liu Yi was not wearing an official uniform at this time, and he didn't wear a talisman. If he didn't wear an extremely gorgeous crown, Xu Qing might not even be able to enter the official office.At this time Xu Qing said that he was intruded by rioters, and it was indeed reasonable and legal to beat him to death with a stick.

"Don't drive me, Li Zi, how dare you kill me?!" Liu Yi cursed and struggled, but it was a pity that Xu Qing's guards didn't give him a chance to break free.

"You also know that you are Biejia, so you just talked to the Shangguan like this!?" Xu Qing was also afraid of killing this so-called Biejia, after all, he is also a state official, isn't he?Therefore, the guard stopped and just shouted and cursed.

Liu Yi broke free from the restraints of the guards, and spat:
"Bah! What kind of Shangguan are you, a little boy? I don't pay attention to it. I'm from the Liu family!"

Hearing this, the guards were all furious, but Xu Qing calmed down instead.This Liu Yi is so crazy, could it be that he deliberately angered me and has another purpose?
(End of this chapter)