Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 151 Manid is back

Three days ago, a large group of merchants arrived at the border of Cangzhou.How big is it?The distance between the two trucks was less than three steps, and they stretched for two or three miles.There are seven or eight hundred trucks of various colors, such as push carts, mule carts, and ox carts.There is a small flag of the same color on each car, which means that the seven or eight hundred cars belong to one person.

This caravan was headed by a man, riding a tall horse, wearing a brocade hat and sable fur, walking in the wind and snow. It was the businessman Xu Qing had met earlier - Manid.

After leaving Xu Qing, Manid tried to go to Chang'an, trekking through mountains and rivers for more than ten days, and met Xun Fang with Xu Qing's token.After clarifying the purpose of coming, Xun conveniently took him to the wine shop to taste the popular Chang'an Jiuxian Niang.After Manid tasted it, he exclaimed loudly, such a good wine, if the clouds came out of the Great Wall, a jar could be exchanged for a fine horse!A jar of Jiu Xian Niang is only sold for one tael in Chang'an, but a horse costs five or six taels of silver even outside the Great Wall.

Manid saw the huge business opportunity, and with Xu Qing's personal letter, under the banner of the official, he brought out several carts of Jiuxian Niang, ready to do a big job.When leaving Chang'an, there were only five mule carts...

Departing from Chang'an to Jiuquan, even the customs duties were exempted due to the official document escort of Xu Dacishi along the way.As soon as he arrived outside the Great Wall, Jiuxian Niang was really popular, even much higher than Manid's expectations.Many chiefs outside the Great Wall were shocked that the wine made by the Immortals was made into the fine wine of the immortal family. For each jar of wine, a group of cattle and sheep were exchanged. In the end, there was still a lot of money to make up the difference.You know, in the grasslands, silver is not common.

After getting a great bargain, Manid traveled a long distance to the west and returned a lot of products from the Western Regions, spices, raisins and other rare items.When I returned to Chang'an, there was still a carload of Jiu Xian Niang that I brought out!
In Chang'an, Manid turned the exchanged things beyond the Great Wall into silver coins.A lot of tools produced in Chang'an were brought in, and a lot of vehicles were bought, all of which were shipped to Sichuan.When they went to Sichuan, they used these cattle and sheep, things from the Western Regions, and tools from Chang'an to exchange for Shu brocade.Down the river, across Huguang, to the south of the Yangtze River, a thousand miles a day.

Money is exchanged for goods, goods are exchanged for money, low prices are bought, and high prices are sold. Since Manid keeps one-tenth of the goods he buys every time he does not sell them, after landing at the end of the river, it is already five or six hundred A large vehicle.

Going further north, crossing the Huaihe River, crossing Qilu, crossing the Yellow River, and arriving in Cangzhou, it was a day of heavy snowfall, and finally fulfilled the promise with Xu Qing.

When we arrived in Cangzhou, it was different again.At the beginning, Manid found that there were obviously more caravans here.You know, on weekdays, it is impossible to have any caravans in this snowy day.Unless, unless there is a big business opportunity in Cangzhou... Actually, Manid really thought wrong this time. The caravans he saw were just the caravans left behind by Liu Yi and the others.

After entering the city, Manid "suddenly realized" that the large number of caravans in Cangzhou turned out to be because all customs duties here have been exempted.Manide is bigger than Xu Qing, so dare to go against the times and openly attach importance to business.

But if these taxes are exempted, the government will lose a large amount of income. Where will Xu Qing make up for this money?

But immediately, Manid knew Xu Qing's method, which was value-added tax.Value-added tax has come to the people, and it has been called differently. Some people call it the price-pumping method, some people call it the value-added tax, and some call it the differential tax method, and so on.But the name is numerous, the law remains the same, and Xu Qing's value-added tax reform has won great support from businessmen.

Manid is the most shrewd, of course he can see the mystery of this new tax law.This new tax law indirectly divides the tax cost and business risk to some buyers, and no longer makes businessmen so intimidated.When he arrived in Cangzhou City, Manid followed a set of procedures like an ordinary businessman. Every step he took, he couldn't stop marveling at the person who designed this set of rules, that is, his benefactor, Xu Qing.

Along the way, Manid was particularly lucky, often earning several times his usual profits.After getting more money, he also thought about taking the money and running away, but he endured it for one day, two days, and endured the impulse. Seeing the money getting more and more, Manid didn't care up.A desire to prove itself commercially, flourishing!

After selling most of the goods, Manid found out about Zhuangzi in Xu Qing's countryside, brought the rest of the local specialties, and came to make a business trip.

While Xu Qing was still sleeping with his young master Xun Xueer, Manid cleared all the snow outside Xu Qing's door.Since he didn't see the smoke rising from Xu Qing's house, Manid knew that Xu Qing hadn't gotten up yet and couldn't bear to disturb him, so he stood respectfully outside the door.

God does not show mercy to people, the snow continued to fall, and after a while, a layer of white snow had already accumulated on Manid's body.Manid's servants wanted to call him back, but Manid was very stubborn this time, completely out of the businessman's sense, and insisted on not getting into the carriage to hide from the snow.

Xu Qing got up, brushed his teeth as usual, stood in the room, looked outside the door, and said very curiously:

"Huh? Who made a snowman here?"

After a while, Xu Qing's drowsiness disappeared, and he looked again:
"Scared, this is not a person!"

Xu Qing hurriedly asked his servants to bring in the "snowman" outside. If Manid hadn't said something in a low voice, "The grass man Manid pays a visit to the governor", Xu Qing would definitely not have recognized him.After speaking, Manid fell asleep.

After holding Tang Wo to make Manid wake up and recover, Xu Qing took a closer look at him.Merchants were not allowed to wear silk, so they turned to fur.At this time, Manid's deep-brimmed warm hat, wearing a mink fur jacket, and deer skin narrow boots, is half a bit richer than Xu Qing's. It is completely different from the thin man Xu Qing rescued back then, so it's no wonder Xu Qing can not recognize.

"Crassman Manid pays homage to Lord Inspector..." Manid wanted to stand up and salute Xu Qing.He was stopped by Xu Qing:
"Don't be too polite, why are you standing outside the door stupidly, you don't know how to knock and come in."

"I'm afraid of disturbing the governor's sleep..." Manid felt guilty.

"You're still called Lord Inspector?" Xu Qing glanced at Manid with contempt, telling him not to be so ostentatious.

"Master... my lord?" Manid guessed a title.

"Call me the boss, oh no, the boss!" After Xu Qing finished speaking, he couldn't help himself, laughing loudly.

"Boss?"

"Hey!"

A few days later, among the people in Cangzhou City, there was another story that could be used to teach their children. The name of this story was "Xu Men Lixue".

Manid's arrival finally gave Xu Qing some adjustments in this boring winter.Xu Qing helped him settle down in Cangzhou City, and helped him join the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce. After Xu Qing's operation, Manid became the general manager of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, responsible for doing business in all parts of the Tang Dynasty.

The matter was over, and silence returned.Snow, continue to fall meticulously.

Xun Xue'er's belly is getting bigger day by day, and now she has to be supported when she walks.Seeing the size of the stomach, Xu Qing thought, could it be that I hit two with one shot?

Under Xu Qing's nourishment day and night, Xiaoyue became more mature and attractive.Fortunately, every time Xu Qing does things, he will leave such a line to give Xiaoyue a chance to "show off her tongue", so Xiaoyue hasn't conceived yet.Otherwise, Xu Qing will start to live a life of "sitting alone in an empty room" again.

The days were dull and there was no entertainment, so Xu Qing read books in the morning and told Xun Xueer and Xiaoyue stories in the afternoon, from Peacock Flying Southeast, to Romance of the West Chamber, to Dream of the Red Chamber, every story always moved them to death.

In the evening, Xu Qing would always set up a small pot, slice some fresh beef and mutton into thin slices, and share them with everyone.This hot pot was also researched by Xu Qing when he was extremely bored, and it was very crude.The Tang Dynasty could not only make iron sheets, but only the pouring method, so the iron wall of Xu Qing's hot pot is very thick, and the temperature control is not very sensitive.

Xun Xueer can no longer see meat, so she can only eat radishes every day, stewed, steamed and fried. Xu Qing racked her brains to make her radish feast as smooth as possible.

Fortunately, Manid brought back a few catties of raisins from the Western Regions, which is a good thing.Vitamin C, sugar, and various microelements are available. Xu Qing's family eats a handful a day, and the bubbles in their mouths are almost healed.

Live like this...

One day after another, it was New Year's Eve, and then New Year's Day, and another year passed.

In the first month comes the new year, Huang's family, Manide, Niu Checao and others, county magistrates, officials from the prefect's mansion, all come to pay New Year's greetings to Xu Qing.Having banquets and drinking, composing poems and giving gifts, I have been busy for a month.

After the beginning of spring, when the wheat fields are green and the wicker is about to stretch out, this is a good time for all things to grow and the people to work.As the governor of a state, according to the rules, Xu Qing wanted to write a poem to persuade farmers or something.

Persuading farmers to teach farming and mulberry is the top priority of government affairs for local officials. For a country with a millennium farming civilization, it goes without saying how important persuading farmers is.

Not to mention that the common people have to live by this kind of farming, even if they go up to the emperor, they have to plant a field once a year, which is the ceremony of Jitian.In order to persuade Nong Sang, soon, a decree was issued—a book on persuading agriculture.

This persuasion book is both a decree and an enlightenment.There is a saying in the Book of Songs: "Great-grandsons come and stop with their wives and sons. Go to the south of the acre, and the fields are very happy. Get rid of them and try to see if they want to. He Yi Changmu, the end is good and there is. The great-grandson is not angry, the farmer Kemin ", what is said here is that Zhou Chengwang persuaded farmers.

No matter how good the policy is, it will be spoiled and become a mere formality.The later persuasion books all ignored the original intention of exhorting farming.Many of the persuasive essays written by officials are just to show off their literary talent, they only pay attention to the beauty of the diction, and even pile up rhetoric.Just this kind of persuasion letter, pasted on the bulletin board, is not read by as many people as the wanted criminal next to it.

Xu Qing's persuasive article on agriculture was written based on his farming experience from Mr. Zheng and some advanced techniques he learned from later generations.

"The development of agriculture lies in the field, in the water, and in the people..."

On the one hand, it encourages everyone to build water conservancy to prevent drought and flood, and on the other hand, it encourages everyone to work hard to get rich.Ordinary and simple sentences, without any grandeur, but every sentence has something to say.

However, when everyone was preparing for spring plowing, Haixing had a big mess.

(End of this chapter)