Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 448
Coming out of the Peony Tower in Qujiang Pool, Xu Qing was already in a cold sweat from being frightened. Once people listened to what Princess Pingyang said just now, Xu Qing would not be able to escape the charge of rebellion.However, Xu Qing was on a pirate ship just now, and it was too late to regret it when he knew about it.I can only go to the dark one by one with Princess Pingyang.

Back at Xuanwu Gate, Xu Qing didn't say a word about going out, but at this time, those men in black appeared in Li Yuan's imperial study, and they related all the details of Xu Qing from Xuanwu Gate to the front of Peony Building Li Yuan said that he even found a hut on the street to urinate, how long he had urinated, and what happened after urinating, all of which were reported to Li Yuan.But when Li Yuan heard that it was Princess Pingyang in the Peony Tower, he breathed a sigh of relief. Since it was Pingyang and Xu Qing who met, there was no danger.There are only two certain things in Li Yuan's heart. First, when Xu Qing is with me, he will never rebel, nor will he have the courage to have second thoughts.Second, at any time, Princess Pingyang will never have second thoughts about his father.

Before the assignment, Xu Qingfeng's sect's ceremonies and halberds were all stationed in the Xuanwumen army.With Li Yuan's appreciation, the current guards of Xuanwu Gate have greatly improved their food compared to before.I used to eat biscuits all day long, but now there is meat in the biscuits.In the past, there were only bones in the soup, but now there are sliced ​​meat and egg flowers.Therefore, those ceremonies under the sect told Xu Qing one after another, we don't do this ceremony, and we can just be ordinary soldiers here.

Xu Qing chuckled and said, "Okay, then let's play physical training. If you are qualified, you can stay."

After this practice, no one wants to stay in Xuanwumen anymore.

However, Xu Qing took the initiative to invite some people to stay in his army, they were nothing more than people with special skills.For example, the one who can read clearly from a thousand feet away, and the one who can't use a bow but can use a catapult, can't ride a horse, but can build a carriage.Xu Qing caught him and asked, you can't ride a horse and can't fight, so why did you come to martial arts.Instead, he replied that he didn't know that he was repairing cars in the county government, but one day the county master suddenly sent someone to find him and asked him to come to Chang'an.

Xu Qing sighed, since he has a skill, let's stay here.

Time passed by, and the competition for the last 1000 people began at this time.Li Yuan personally took all the civil and military officials to pay homage to the Taimiao, and took the five-color land to secure the Quartet. Then, in front of a thousand students, Jia En said that he would take 100 more people.Amidst the voices of gratitude, the final contest of martial arts began.

Senior members of the fifth rank and above in the imperial court will watch on the spot, and generals of the fourth rank and above will participate in the Dudu competition. 1000 people, randomly match opponents, two-two battles, the winner enters the next round, and the loser is eliminated and stays where it is for the time being.Of course, the strategy will be compared to the strategy of the battle, and some will argue with the tongue.The remaining 500 people will basically enjoy the official position of this martial arts. In order to ensure the education level of the battalion generals and guard generals, a screening competition was held again.

The final 300 people will be selected through written examinations and official etiquette tests.Those who are eliminated will be awarded official positions on the spot, and they are real vacancies, unlike those selected by Xu Qing before, who have to wait for the appointment and dispatch of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War.The officials of martial arts are awarded relatively small, and all of them are eighth-rank and ninth-rank officials.

The last matter had nothing to do with him except for Xu Qing to be present.Tai Chi Hall roll call, after the [-] decision-makers came out, this Jinshi was born, the same Jinshi was born, the No. [-] scholar was in the second place, the top three wore big red flowers, wore big red robes, inserted palace flowers, and rode horses to praise the street.This is just a process, and the ranking in the martial arts competition is still to be competed in the end.
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Cangzhou
It has been more than half a month since Xu Qing delivered a letter last time. At this time, Cangzhou is in the midst of a sharp drop in food prices.Immediately afterwards, all kinds of things fell in price, and the Luonan businessmen who came to Cangzhou made a lot of money, loaded a lot of cheap goods, and went to Luoyang, the eastern capital.A few days ago, I heard that the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce was established, and it seemed very lively, but Zhao Lu and Qin Shi didn't care about the noise of these clowns.Because you don’t care, your Qinghe Chamber of Commerce has our model, but you don’t have our core technology, and you don’t have a business route leading to Liaodong Grassland and Goguryeo.Prices in Hebei have plummeted, and the establishment of 1 chambers of commerce is not enough, unless you can persuade everyone not to produce in a short time, or send these products outside. Another reason is that they are busy with another thing.

Not long ago, a merchant ship from Liaodong sent a message that there were many islands on the sea in the southeast of Silla Baekje for seven or eight days.The people above do not yet have a unified country, and it is said that they are the wild species left by Xu Fu when he crossed to the east.Originally, Qin Shi and Zhao Lu looked down on a barbaric land, a land that Wang Hua couldn't open.But I heard that there are no other products on those islands, but there are a lot of gold and silver. Someone went there before, and a catty of Kaiyuan Tongbao can be exchanged for the same weight of silver.The locals are not interested in copper, but they are very interested in the exquisite shape of Kaiyuan Tongbao.

Exchanging copper for gold and silver is a big deal!This place where kings can't be transformed is really... Qin Shi and Zhao Lu are not pedantic people, and such a big profit makes them excited.I quickly searched the classics, only to find that the place was actually called Wo, which was recorded in the annals of the Three Kingdoms. At that time, the annals of the Three Kingdoms still recorded a group of savages.However, according to the description of Liaodong businessmen, there are already countries in that place, but each country is very small and not unified.

Zhao Lu and Qin Shi are so smart, they can see the huge benefits in it at a glance.As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. Zhao Lu and Qin Shi were thinking, why not provoke the two countries of Japan to fight each other, and then help them in exchange for gold and silver?

No, since their countries are very small, why don't they send people to directly occupy them.Instead of occupying all of them first, lay down a bridgehead first, then send troops in, and then map its entire territory.Then, let its people mine gold and silver for me, grow food for me, and weave cloth for me.Anyway, overseas, on the small island separated by the sea, as long as we do it strictly, it will not be spread to the Central Plains for hundreds of years.Wouldn't it be beautiful to let people from the Central Plains go in and establish an overseas country when the gold and silver were dug out there?

However, this matter cannot be told to the imperial court. Once the imperial court learns that this was originally a big director, it will become a small employee.Qin Shi stared at the Liaodong businessman and said, "Who are you, why did you know about this, and why did you tell us about it?"

The Liaodong businessman said with a smile: "The two uncles asked this question, and the villain guessed that the two of you must have known the huge profits here?"

Zhao Lu and Qin Shi looked at each other, and said with a stern face: "Boldly, tell me who you are, and dare to guess me!"

The Liaodong businessman laughed out loud, and took out a secret message from his pocket: "You two uncles, please take a look..."

After seeing it, the two exclaimed in surprise: "You are the special envoy of King Bohai!"

The Liaodong businessman nodded and said: "Yes, I am indeed a special envoy. To be honest with you two adults, only my king and I know about the wealth of gold and silver in this land. My king knows that the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce is spending money everywhere. Why not take advantage of this and make a fortune?"

Zhao Lu said vigilantly: "Well, the two of us have nothing to do with the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce..." It is one thing to allow the Chamber of Commerce to develop, but collusion between officials and businessmen can achieve other things.

The Liaodong businessman lowered his voice and said, "Oh, why bother to hide it from me? This is a token left by Master Xu Qingxu. You can check it."

There is Xu Qing's token, well, everyone is a family.Since it's a family, let's talk about the ratio of the share, can I eight and you two?
adults joked...

In the past few days, Qin Shi and Zhao Lu had [-] things in mind, and finally finished the discussion with the special envoy.The Bohai Kingdom invested in the name of the royal family, and here it invested in the name of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce. First, some large warships were built, and the profits obtained later were shared equally between the two parties.The preliminary plan is to first use the Central Plains products in hand, first to make a sum of money from the land, and to "gain" their trust first.Afterwards, find out the distribution of their forces, find the coastal ones, the most annoying ones, and find a decent reason to kill them.Then transport troops from Liaodong to build an impregnable fortress, and then provoke the war, and make a fortune again.Finally, occupy its country, enslave its people, and enjoy endless profits.

A great deal!
In addition, the wonderful thing about this place is that it is separated by the sea. Except for some fishermen who sailed far away, other people basically have no chance to know.When you go to that place, you can plunder as much as you want. Of course, Qin Shi and Zhao Lu are still influenced by Confucius’ Wanghua thought. What they want is to go to that place to build a country, educate the local people and benefit them, and at the same time take their The worthless silver is taken away.

This matter involves a lot. Of course, less than five people in Liaodong know about this matter, and only a few people at the core of Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce know about it. But none of them can make this decision, because they know that this matter they How much power and prestige he has in the chamber of commerce, but the chamber of commerce belongs to another person after all, and that person is Xu Qing.As long as Xu Qing said a word, everything they had now would become a thing of the past.

Therefore, this matter needs to be guided by Xu Da.

How can I contact Xu Qing?In the past, Xu Qing used secret letters to discuss locust plagues and other matters, but this matter was too important, and secret letters did not seem safe.

Together, the two drew Zhan Zeng into the group.

Zhan Zeng, you seem to have been an official for a long time. Our younger brothers discussed something with you. When you return to Beijing to report on your work, can you talk to Xu Daben about something?

what's up?
business...

So Zhan Zeng joined the team.The two knew that Xu Qing would probably agree, so they began to plan and organize the fleet.The sea water is very swell in summer, and there are also many strong winds in autumn. Only by sailing in winter can you reach Wodi safely.The plan was like this, and everything was brought to Xu Qing with Zhan Zeng's team returning to Beijing to report on his work.

And in Chang'an, the martial arts imperial list opened: "Nine years of martial arts, martial arts Jinshi, No. 1 in the first class, Ma Zhaorui!"

(End of this chapter)