Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 444 Martial Arts (12)

The Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Luonan merchants brought by Yang Wen used their own funds to stir up the entire family in southern Hebei, and even affected other big families in Shandong and Hebei.In this wave of "economic crisis", the big family mainly lost money on the inventory. If the inventory can't be sold for money, the funds can't be returned.However, it is not that the aristocratic family has experienced this kind of crisis, and the loss of money will not cause substantial harm to them at all.Don't forget, the root of the aristocratic family lies in their vast land and huge vassal or hidden population.

In the past, no one dared to engage in confrontation with the family, because the family had the support of the government and the support of public opinion.But now, Cangzhou's policies have resolved the survival crisis of the people time and time again, and paid a large amount of taxes. The family's call for emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business has long been defeated by facts that speak louder than words.Today's public opinion supports the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Zhao Lu, the governor of Cangzhou, handles all affairs in Xu Qing's name, so both scholars and common people are very supportive.Except for some literati who were bribed by the family... and in the officialdom, they also relied heavily on Cangzhou to resolve crises many times. Those who know the current affairs are heroes. In front of the family and the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, the government chose not to offend.

People and scholars support the Chamber of Commerce, and the government will not offend, so the aristocratic family will be at a disadvantage.Of course, they guard their fields and population, pass on their poems and books to their families, pay attention to cultivating their children and younger generations, and have such abundant official resources in their hands.Even after a hundred years, the chamber of commerce may not be able to do anything to them.If the sky does evil, you can still live, but if you do evil yourself, you can't live.Qinghe, Xingzhou, suddenly beat gongs and drums, established a Qinghe Chamber of Commerce, and also followed the gourd painting, promising to form a caravan, dividends at the end of the month, and dividends at the end of the year, and promised everyone to have their own caravan escorts.

Not only that.

The profit estimated by the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce doubled that of the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce.

Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce promised to share profits, and Qinghe Chamber of Commerce also doubled.

Qinghe Chamber of Commerce promises to do more for the services provided by Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce.

You Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce said that a three-month trial period is required. We Qinghe don’t want it, and we don’t want any conditions. Anyone with this ambition will come.

The establishment of the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce can be said to be in full swing. Even in Qinghe County, an identical commercial and tax department has been established, and the taxation has been changed.For a while, several small landlords stopped selling their property to form a caravan, and stopped to watch.The Qinghe Chamber of Commerce can join without any conditions, why don't we keep our food?If it fails at that time, there will be another way out, isn't it?Without the motivation of the small landlords, the drop in food prices finally stopped the car.

The Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce did nothing. At the end of the month, a simple dividend was distributed, and the old merchants who joined were full of money.Although the newcomer didn't get any money from the Chamber of Commerce, his own caravan still earned some income. He was at home before going up, and his profit doubled.Some people are satisfied, some people are impatient, people are always different.At this time when people's hearts are floating, the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce is still doing nothing, doing its own thing with peace of mind, doing what it should do.

That's right, the purpose of Zhao Lu and Qin Shi to clean up the things done by the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce was to stabilize food prices and benefit the people.The purpose of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce is to take the opportunity to expand once.The price of food is already so low that it cannot be lowered, and the chamber of commerce has also taken the opportunity to expand, so there is nothing to say, the goal has been achieved.They are not Xu Qing, who want to break down the deeply criticized things like the family day and night.

But outside, there was a lot of quarrel over which chamber of commerce to join.Some people think that it is the same to join both chambers of commerce, but Qinghe has low conditions and high income.Some people think that although Qinghe has low conditions and high income, it is still a new building with no experience and relatively high risk.As a result of the quarrel, half of the people turned to Qinghe, and half continued to follow Cangzhou.
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Changan
It's the fifth day of the martial arts exam, and the three subjects in the outfield have basically been tested.Xu Qing brushed down more than 100 people, which was basically useless, but the last cavalry shot was ruthless, and directly brushed down [-] people who could not ride a horse, so Xu Qing carefully selected some tall soldiers.The tall ones can stand up long shields and hold the spears of stabbing horses.Longer arms can draw larger bows and manipulate stronger crossbows.

Except for these big and tall people, there are 3000 people who can't ride horses, and most of their household registrations belong to the south.There are few horses in the south, so it's normal to not know how to ride, but Xu Qing knows that the bows and arrows in the south are very powerful.In Xu Qing's formation, there are long-range crossbowmen, but in fact, there is also a need for someone who can shoot quickly at close range and counterattack at close range.Among the 3000 people, Xu Qing organized an examination. Those who hit nine arrows with ten arrows will be recruited as subordinates, and those who hit eight arrows will be recruited again. If they fail, they will be recommended to join infantry of other troops.Xu Qing didn't want it.

A few more people with unique skills were selected, and they were all given a small official.Xu Qing has quite a lot of official credits, but they don't give them to everyone, he would rather be short than excessive.At the time of the martial arts ranking, Xu Qing could directly choose one after another from the top [-].

However, Xu Qing has news about the official position, and it is unknown when someone leaked the news.

One day, Xu Qing went around the examination room to prove that he was still an examiner and was still working here, and was about to go back to his room to sleep.A tribute invited him aside, and Xu Qing naturally brought his guards.

"Wan Sheng, I pay my respects to Lord Xuan Ping!"

Xu Qing looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Who are you and what do you want from me?"

The man's eyes flickered, he struggled for a while and said to Xu Qing: "The late student feels that he has no destiny in high school, and his family is a merchant's family, and his background is inferior. If he can't be a small official this time to honor his ancestors, his parents will be extremely disappointed. "As he said, he handed Xu Qing a bag of silver and said: "I have a hundred and ten taels of silver here in my late life, please Master Xu to fulfill it!"

Xu Qing didn't reach out to take the money. With his current financial resources, a hundred taels of gold would not be worth it. He asked, "Who is your name and where do you live? Come here one by one, otherwise I won't be able to help you."

The man looked at Xu Qing and said, "Master Hou agrees first, otherwise Wansheng would not dare to say it."

You will protect yourself, Xu Qing snorted coldly and said: "You think I don't know if you don't tell me? Needless to say, come here, take this person down, dare to bribe this official, you are so audacious, don't take it lightly Forgive me! Twenty military sticks, drive out of the examination room!"

Now facing inside and outside, how many pairs of eyes are watching Xu Qing's every move?When Xu Qing asked him about his household registration just now, he didn't really want to be of any help, but just to see if he deliberately set a trap to harm Xu Qing, or just wanted to go through the back door in a moment of confusion.When the man heard Xu Qing's words, his head suddenly felt like a heavy weight, and he couldn't even stand still.A pair of clear tears flowed down his cheeks, and he knelt on the ground and began to cry bitterly. Seeing this, Xu Qing slightly ruled out the possibility of him colluding with anti-Xu forces.But Xu Qing didn't relax his vigilance yet, and just said to him: "You go to the test first, if you pass the three infield events, you are all qualified, and I will allow you to hold the halberd, so as not to disgrace your filial piety."

The man suddenly raised his head, glanced at Xu Qing, and quickly kowtowed to thank him.Xu Qing warned him: "However, you should not waste your martial arts because of this, and you should do your best to fight for high school and let His Majesty confer you an official title."

"Thank you Lord Marquis for your suggestion!"

After Xu Qing came out of the examination room, he was about to go to some teahouse to drink tea, and then dozed off quietly all afternoon, Zhao Gong quietly came to Xu Qing and said: "Master Xu, someone asked the people below to tell the little one that there is Luonan The Gong Shi wants to pay a visit to Master Xu."

"Lornan's? How did they get in touch with you?"

"This is too long to say. There are many soldiers in my Xuanwu Sect. My parents live in Chang'an City. One of them is a distant relative of Luonan. From there, they know that Master Xu is one of the examiners, and that Master Xu I have an official forehead in my hand, so the layer-by-layer entrustment relationship has been asked to the top. Ahem, this is where I am, and then it is now."

Xu Qing stared at Zhao Gong closely and said, "You tell me honestly, did you take the money?"

Seeing Xu Qing's seriousness, Zhao Gong swallowed his saliva in fright: "No, no..."

"Really do not have?"

"No, Mr. Xu, don't you believe me?"

"You didn't even collect anything?"

"Not at all!" Zhao Gong swore, "I have already received enough kindness from you, how can I accept those pickled things again?"

Xu Qing nodded, sighed and said, "There are 3000 people in Xuanwumen, and there are almost 1 people in sight. My identity cannot be concealed. I can't stop the people below from wanting to get something from me. But no matter what they think, how to push upwards, you, Wei Xian, and Zhuge Yan, as long as the three of you don't move, they will know that it is useless. Remember, no matter how much you want to be rich, ask me Xu Qingyao, as long as I, Xu Qing, can give it to me, I won’t be stingy, and you must not ask for it from the people below, it will dig the roots of me, Xu Qing.”

Zhao Gong hurriedly nodded and said yes, Xu Qing thought for a while and asked: "Those people from Luonan are from Hongshan Town?"

"No, it's not, none of them are from Hongshan Town. They just want to build a relationship with fellow villagers, and they have no other intentions." Zhao Gong returned.

"If they have the ability, what are they doing with my relationship? If they want my relationship, but they don't have the ability, it's useless." Xu Qing shook his head and was about to refuse, but after thinking about it, he still said to Zhao Gong : "Go and find them, and meet them, and I've given Luonan people face."

Zhao Gong responded and bowed his head.

Today's Xu Qing is already a tree in the forest. If he wants not to be destroyed by the wind, he must cultivate his own power and become a forest alone.What is the purpose of Xu Qing being an examiner here?It is to establish a relationship with all candidates and all those who may be promoted in the future, called teachers and students.Xu Qing has such a relationship, and only when he expresses his views and opinions in the government and the opposition will he be echoed, his words will have weight, and his ideas will be practiced and taught.

Another one, the feeling of fellow countrymen, the friendship of the same year, has long been said by the aristocratic family as something that can openly pull the relationship.If you don't give face, you will be looked down upon by others instead, you don't know how to be humane!

Since the fellow villagers are here, why should Xu Qing go far and seek the love of teachers and students to cultivate soil for himself?
(End of this chapter)