Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 443 Martial Arts (11)

Passing the first pass, more than 8000 tributes of various types passed 900 people, some of whom passed it at one time, and some who were not ready for the first time and came for the second time.There were less than 100 people who did not pass, that is to say, 900 people. From now on, no matter whether they succeed or not, they must respect Xu Qing's mentor.Even if Xu Qing just said a few words of encouragement on the martial arts stage, I still want to thank Xu Qing for his kindness.

But there were 100 people left, and Xu Qing didn't let them leave. It happened that Lawyer Pei and Luo Tong were working on the diversion. Xu Qing wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could pick up some treasures.

"Ahem, are you elected by the prefecture or county, or are you heroes of the rivers and lakes?" Xu Qing asked while sitting on a high ground, looking at the more than 100 people standing below with their heads bowed.

When those people heard this, they faltered and replied, some of them were recommended by the state and county, some were reckless heroes, and some were self-recommended.Xu Qing nodded, the same goes for the counties below, how come everyone nominates them, those reckless ones are just doing it for a while, isn't it a nonsense to recommend such a prefecture?Xu Qing looked at their identities and household registrations, and found that there were no princes or brothers among them.So, with a chance of luck, he said to the people below: "Everyone can report to this general if you have special skills in your heart. If this general thinks it is useful, you can be promoted to high school without trying, and even be awarded the official title directly."

Those people looked at each other in blank dismay, and some were ashamed.But one person came out and clasped his hands and said, "Wu Sheng, the late student, pays homage to Lord Xuanping."

Xu Qing said hello, looked him over, and saw that his complexion was pale and his figure was as thin as a stick. I don't know how this kind of person got into the martial arts.But people should not be judged by their appearance, Xu Qing thought that if he had other strategic advantages, he might not be useless.Let him get up and talk.

Wu Sheng opened his mouth and said, "Master Xuanping, he has a unique skill in his late life, which is his excellent eyesight, which can see thousands of feet away."

A thousand feet is 3000 meters, six miles away, Xu Qing didn't believe it in his heart, he used a telescope to look a thousand feet away, and he could only roughly distinguish the difference between a human and a horse, but he didn't know how capable Wu Sheng was.So he wrote "positive" on the paper, showed it to Wu Sheng and asked, "Do you recognize this word?"

Wu Sheng cupped his hands and said: "This is the orthographic character, and I will know it later."

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Later, I will let the soldiers take it to a distance. You have to tell me whether the orthography is upside down, whether it is lying down, and how it is lying down. How?"

Wu Sheng also smiled and said: "This matter is easy, this orthographic character is as big as a bucket, and I can see it clearly no matter how far away it is."

Such a breath!
Xu Qing waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take the paper.The first place was placed three hundred feet away.Wu Sheng glanced at it, and blurted out: "I'm not lying down or lying down." But at this time, several people who were standing with nothing to do could speak out, and Xu Qing himself could see the screams.Xu Qing waved again, and ran over another hundred feet.At this time, in Xu Qing's eyes, there was only one black dot left in the orthographic character, and it was the same whether it was lying down or upside down, but when Xu Qing looked at Wu Sheng again, he still blurted out: "Lie down!" Posture, indicating whether the orthography is lying on the left or right.Xu Qing sent someone to confirm, and came to the same conclusion as what Wu Sheng said.

Five hundred feet, "Upside down!"

Seven hundred feet, "Slant!"

Eight Baizhang, "Hmph, the orthographic characters are on the back of the paper, and they don't appear at all."

At 950 feet, Wu Sheng frowned and pressed his hand on his forehead to make him clearer, but finally he said the answer: "It's slanting again..."

Xu Qing said hello: "Okay, what a pair of eagle eyes!"

Wu Sheng clasped his hands and said, "Xuan Pinghou won the award. This is the skill of late students. It is just a small skill, useless in the army or the country. But it is a great honor for late students to be able to show this ability to Xuan Pinghou today."

Xu Qing hurriedly said: "Why do you say this? Possessing a skill is more useful than Wan Guan's family wealth. Cough cough, this Marquis has given you the post of Dian Yi in your sect, so you can stay by my side. One day, your unique skill will be able to Use it." After the first pass, Xu Qing played the role of picking up trash throughout the game, but he still has some official positions in his hand to pick up trash.Dian Yi under the sect belongs to the position of the sect. He has fifty places in his hand, and there are about a hundred halberds in his hand, but they are not halberd masters. guarded.There are still five Si Ge positions, which can be regarded as shoulder-to-shoulder people, but they don't lead troops or guard, but run errands.Therefore, even if they are not in the top 8000 in high school, as long as they are chosen by Xu Qing, they can stand out among the 150 people, with a total of [-] and five official positions.

Without saying a word, Xu Qing sent out a ceremony under the sect, but shocked all 100 people present.

"Dang, become an official? I, became an official!?" Wu Sheng never expected that in the blink of an eye, he had been directly promoted from a martial arts outsider to a martial arts winner.Isn't martial arts just for becoming an official?Although he didn't know what kind of officer this ceremony was, it didn't sound like an ordinary soldier.Xu Qing explained that the rituals under the sect were divided into the rituals under the camp gate, and they were responsible for the travel management in the camp.The Ceremony of the Chinese Army is responsible for the etiquette of the personnel entering and leaving the Chinese Army and the meeting of the Chinese Army.One level lower than the team, from the ninth rank.Speaking of it, it is like the post of "battalion instructor" in later generations.

"Ninth grade hahaha, lower down from ninth grade," Wu Sheng laughed happily. Although he is the lowest rank among the officials, it is not bad.Those Lizheng township heads can no longer bully my family.

When Xu Qing was sent out by a small official, those individuals were all shocked, and quickly thought about what special skills they had, but those people found that apart from sleeping soundly and eating a lot, there was nothing special about them.Alas, only then did they realize that life was wasted, and it was too late to regret it!Seeing that there were no more talents, Xu Qing drove them out with a wave of his hand.Turning around and saying to Wu Sheng: "Now you are also an official, go to get the official uniform and sword, I will give you some money, you go home and report a letter."

Wu Sheng knelt down and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wan, for your promotion!"
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Cangzhou
At this time, Cangzhou had received Xu Qing's letter for a long time. Following Xu Qing's letter, there were also a large group of merchants with strong funds brought by Luonan Yang Wen, who bought a lot of grain along the way.

Zhao Lu and Qin Shi led their troops to greet them on the border of Xingzhou.Unfortunately, unfortunately, there was still a large wave of thieves attacking the caravan.Fortunately, the soldiers led by Qin Shi were left by Xu Qing. They were so strong that they killed all the bandits.He also divided the troops into six groups, and took some of the thieves' lairs.In the families of some aristocratic families in southern Hebei, there are always a few old men who vomit blood with anger.

Not long after, Qin Shi Zhao Lu followed Xu Qing's strategy and sold all the grain brought by Yang Wen and others, which relieved the grain and rice crisis of the people in southern Hebei a little bit.In addition, in Xingzhou and Cangzhou, the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce issued a notice saying that all small landlords could form their own caravans and join the Chamber of Commerce.However, the established chamber of commerce must be owned by the small landlords themselves.

As soon as this order came out, the small landlords no longer cared about the prohibition of those aristocratic families, and sold their grain at low prices one after another.In the beginning, in order to keep the market price at a high level, the big family paid for it themselves.But later, they found that the small landlords had stored too much grain, and the money in their hands was simply a drop in the bucket.At the back, they raised their hands and surrendered, and a family sold grain at a reduced price.Someone relaxed, and then, the food price dropped like an avalanche.But they found that even if the price of this food was set at par, no one would buy it.Because the small landlord's family has too much grain, the price of grain has already been reduced to half of the normal level!In the place where the locust plague broke out, the price of food is actually lower than that of the neighboring counties!

If the food cannot be sold, the funds cannot be recovered.These aristocratic families started their own caravans one after another to sell grain to places other than southern Hebei, and quickly made money back before the price of grain outside fell.As a result, starting from Cangzhou as the center, food prices in Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi also fell within dozens of days.Before the summer grain harvest, grain prices were lower than after the summer grain harvest.And looking at the trend of grain prices, it will definitely not rise after the summer grain harvest, and then it will be the autumn harvest, and it will not rise after the autumn harvest.If the price of food does not rise, the common people will not sell food, and the food at home is hoarded, so it will not rise even next year.The huge amount of food hoarded by the clan will all be turned into loess in this crisis of plummeting food prices.

As soon as the price of food fell, the prices of various products in all industries also fell.After all, in ancient times, food was a hard currency that was more valuable than real gold and silver.There are many people who don't know silver and gold, but people who don't know white rice. It's really unprecedented.The common people are naturally happy to enjoy the benefits of low food prices and thus low prices of various products, but the wealthy families and rich merchants are worried.It's okay for the rich merchants and rich merchants. If they go to the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce to test their breath, the chances of them joining are relatively high.The Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce also does business. Although it still suffers from low prices in southern Hebei, the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce has a way to make money abroad.As long as these wealthy businessmen invest money in and build a fleet, they can share dividends according to the number of times. In short, the money in this family will not be wasted, and the goods hoarded can be directly used as goods for the fleet for investment.

But the aristocratic family declined. They wanted to join the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, but they were flatly rejected. Of course, they still had to put it nicely: "The nobles are a century-old wealthy family, and they are extremely clean. I am a businessman, and a pariah. , we are afraid that people will comment and say that we are high-ranking. You, please go back."

The local government, which has always supported the aristocratic family, also fell silent. The drop in food prices relieved their suffering from the locust plague, and the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce did not take credit for it.Let those county governors take the credit for the drop in food prices to themselves, so they also gave Cangzhou a lot of face in this matter.The aristocratic family petitioned, saying that the illness was gone, and once they couldn't hide, they would find a small mistake perfunctorily and fine the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce with a little money.As for the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, the attitude of admitting mistakes is very good, and the fines are often paid in double!

Jinan Road also received taxes from Cangzhou, one Cangzhou, compared to three other states and counties in southern Hebei!
If you are rich, you are rich. We don’t have any other official positions, fame, or land. Our chamber of commerce, our Cangzhou, are rich!
(End of this chapter)