No Regrets In Flourishing Tang

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Xiazhou City is an important town in the north of Great Tang. It is responsible for the management of several neighboring states and counties. It is also responsible for connecting Ling State in the west and the three affected cities in the north. Xiazhou’s status seems to be lower due to the fall of the city, but Xiazhou is a transportation hub, so the importance is naturally self-evident. Not only are some people of insight in the Imperial Court value Xiazhou, but even many discerning Businessmen also took a fancy to the location of Xiazhou’s transportation hub and operated business here.

In order to deter the Jiangjiang Mountains in the north, the Imperial Court set up a strong strategy and strategy army in the northern area of ​​Xiazhou, and built a new Youzhou, but in fact, Youzhou has no population. The total population is almost the population of this strategy strategy, or this There are also many nomadic tribes and horse thieves in the area, but they are too mobile and simply do not pay taxes. Imperial Court will not force them to pay taxes to prevent rebellion, thus making this strategy a burden for the Imperial Court. , But it can deter the frontier, which is worth it.

In most of the frontier areas of Great Tang, expenditure is basically greater than income. The size of the Great Tang area can be maintained, which depends entirely on how much money the mainland can add to the border. The richer the mainland, the more it can provide the border. With sufficient funds, Great Tang can expand the territory farther.

However, with the gradual discovery of resources, some border areas have already benefited more than expenditure. For example, areas where large coal mines and oil mines are discovered. Once the resources in these areas are mined, they can generate great economic value and can be used for local Yamen provided sufficient taxes and even had a lot of surpluses, making the frontier a profitable area.

Xiazhou City’s revenue and expenditure situation is basically balanced. Before it received a lot of taxes from merchants, it benefited more than Imperial Court’s expenditure. However, because of the horse thief’s chaos, Imperial Court not only mobilized more soldiers and horses to Xiazhou is coming, and these soldiers and horses also need to be dispatched frequently, which consumes a large amount of money, so that Xiazhou has become a county whose income does not meet the expenditure, and the northern military strategy is a pure expenditure unit.

Fortunately, the economic development of Great Tang is becoming more and more prosperous. Some of the losses here can be recovered elsewhere. The Imperial Court is absolutely affordable. Xiazhou is a strategic hub here. It is also appropriate to consume some resources. However, As long as the problem of horse thieves is solved, Xiazhou can turn a profit and become a state that can make money for Imperial Court, and this is also a main purpose of Li An.

In the daytime, there are a lot of people shopping on the streets of Xiazhou City, and there are also many hawkers on the side of the road. The impression is that it is bustling, and there is no trace of turmoil at all, which is difficult to make people feel. There are horse thieves around.

There are several most prosperous street areas, and the area is not small. There are various shops and hawkers along the road. Because the poor are the majority, the roadside hawker business is better. Shops The business here is a little bit, but overall it is good.

There are a lot of people with blue eyes and yellow hair. They are Hu merchants from Western Regions, and some stout men. They come from the grasslands in the north, and there are many indigenous people in the northeast. The purpose of their coming here is all There is only one, that is to do trade, take their local products here to sell, and buy rare items that they do not have.

There are also a lot of merchants from Beijing. They have transported many rare items in Beijing. The rare items in Beijing are very scarce and can often be sold for a good price.

Businessmen from all over the world gathered in Xiazhou City, exchanging all kinds of commodities needed by each other. Some merchants hated the emergence of horse thieves, and some did n’t care. For example, businessmen from Beijing to Xiazhou did n’t care much. Horse thieves exist because their goods are transported directly from Beijing to Xiazhou City by train. After getting off the bus, they enter the city, and horse thieves have no guts to approach the city. The iron knots of robbery trains are also they dare not dare. After all, the railroad track is the core interest of Great Tang. Whoever dares to destroy it will commit a major crime and will inevitably suffer a great blow. Only fools will do so.

As long as the train is safe and Xiazhou City is safe, there is no possibility of being robbed by the merchants coming from Beijing. Only the Hu merchants in the Western Regions and the merchants in the north, and the merchants in the east, are robbed. Probability is the highest, as long as they walk the dirt road, after passing Qiwu Mountain, there is a high possibility of being robbed. Qiwu Mountain is within a few hundred miles of the world of horse thief. In areas such as the river, there are occasional horse thieves. The smallest horse thief is only a dozen people, and everyone is riding a horse in the face. The largest one is not too big, which is only a few hundred people. There are more impossible, The population of the northern frontier is not large, and it cannot afford so many thieves.

Li An and Li Hanlu’s face value is very good, and, at first glance, the white face is not a local, so it is easy to attract the attention of the road on the street, but fortunately, businessmen from Beijing also often Will come, like Li An, those people are mostly white and pure, but most of them are of average value, and rarely have superior value. A handsome man in Beijing comparable to Li An appears.

The snacks on the roadside stalls are more affordable, but some are too simple and unsuitable for Li An’s identity. In addition, some are too dirty, and there is no appetite when watching.

Li An and Li Hanlu look at a tea house that sells various snacks. The environment here is more elegant and relatively clean. There are not many or many guests. The attendance rate is about 60%. It is divided into two floors, and there is one in the middle. Hanging in the air, this can make the whole teahouse look brighter.

The guests who can come to the elegant tea house are naturally businessmen and dignitaries with better economic conditions. The ordinary old 100 surnames, if they are thirsty, go to the roadside to ask for bowls of water and drink. Yes, if the hot water is added with sugar, then it must be charged. However, the price is generally very close to the people. At least, it is much lower than the price in the teahouse. It is not the 100 choice for ordinary old people.

Li An and Li Hanlu’s clothes and appearance, as well as the temperament exuded from the whole body, it makes people feel that they are not ordinary persons at first glance. So, just entering the restaurant, someone immediately ran over to greet, and entered the restaurant early. There was no one to greet the escort for a long time. It is normal to see that the people in this teahouse are the type of seeing the wind and rudder.

“Guest, what do you want to eat?”

A young man smiled and asked Hehe, his attitude was very friendly.

Since the other party is so polite, Li An can’t be too stingy, and said very atmosphericly: “There are some delicious snacks and tea. Although it is just above, for the first time in Xiazhou, I don’t know what you have here. “

Such an overwhelming answer made Tea Dr. very happy. It was naturally a blessing for his small shop to meet big customers. The shopkeeper earned a lot, and they also got more commissions.

“Okay, guest, wait a minute, it will be fine soon.”

Tea Dr. screamed happily, and then I saw that the two guards were still sitting, but their attitude to entertain the two guards was much worse, as if the ordinary person was asked for directions and was not bad. But it’s not good enough. Fortunately, the guards are rough people, and don’t care about these condoms, as long as the other party is not hostile, it is a good attitude.

Most of the guests in the teahouse do not come to drink tea, but come to chat and pastime. Chatting and pastime are their fundamental purpose. As for drinking tea, that is just a gimmick that’s all. You can’t specifically let people come in and chat! This is not easy to charge, and it lacks the unique atmosphere.

“Have you all heard? The Imperial Court has a great character coming to Xiazhou, just arrived yesterday.”

“I heard that yesterday the south city gate was blocked for a while. I heard that it was to welcome the great character.”

“I don’t know how big the official is. I actually want to block the city gate to meet him. When General Guo came, he didn’t have such a big show!”

Several businessmen drinking tea chatted.

A guest at the table next to them looked back towards these three, with a slightly proud tone, and said, “You don’t even know it! The nobleman who came yesterday is our Minister Li from Great Tang, who has more office than General Guo. The key people are the big red people around Your Majesty, the mainstay of the Great Tang, which is not comparable to General Guo. “

“Oh, it turns out that it’s a Renowned Minister Li! No wonder there is such a big show.”

“Minister Li is the mainstay of our Great Tang. He came to Xiazhou for what we do. We have a population of more than 10000 in Xiazhou City, which is not very important. Why should we come to Xiazhou?”

“Yes! Why come to Xiazhou?”

The three businessmen just now said doubtfully.

The ridiculous guest before said again: “This is a secret, how can ordinary people know that heaven cannot be revealed!”

After talking about mysterious look.

“You know why feelings, can you tell us? We will not say it.”

“Yes! Tell us quickly, we promise not to.”

“In the end is to do and so on, we will not mess up understood.”

Asked several businessmen.

The coquettish man said, “We Xiazhou, can there be anything worth coming from Minister Li in person, wouldn’t you think about it yourself? The answer you came up with is the most correct one.”

“Yeah! What can we do in Xiazhou that is worth coming from Minister Li?”

“Isn’t it a horse thief! Xiazhou has nothing but a horse thief, and it’s nothing worth having Minister Li come by himself.”

“The horse thief, yes, it must be the horse thief. In our Xiazhou, only the horse thief is the more serious scourge. Except for the horse thief, there is really nothing worthwhile for Minister Li to come by himself.”

“If it really came to deal with the horse thief, it is really our blessing! Over the past few years, we have not been robbed by the horse thief, and lost a lot!”

“Yes! Yes! I am not one or two times when the horse thieves robbed me. At least 5 or 6 times, it cost me a lot of money.”

“If it can really wipe out our horse thieves in Xiazhou, then it would be better. In the future, we no longer have to worry about being robbed by horse thieves.”

“Can horse thieves come and go without a shadow or trace, can it be completely eliminated? General Guo has been here for several months, almost even if the shadow of the horse thief is didn’t touch, Minister Li will definitely be able to do it. ? “

“Why not? General Guo can’t find the horse thief, he can only admit that he is bad luck, but if Minister Li is angry, maybe he can mobilize more soldiers and horses from the capital and encircle the entire Qiwu Mountain, so even if There are no more horse thieves to hide. “

“That’s the same thing! If Minister Li is really angry, maybe he will transfer a few 10000 Armed Forces to come over, and a few rounds of Armed Forces will be surrounded, and the horse thief will have no way to escape.”

More businessmen joined the discussion, and the biggest reason everyone can think of is the horse thief problem, because in the eyes of these businessmen, the most troublesome problem is the horse thief problem, as long as the horse thief problem is solved, they will later You can sit back and relax without worrying about your goods being robbed by horse thieves.

Listening to these businessmen talking about themselves and the horse thief, Li An’s expression is very indifferent, not at all the slightest change, so as not to let others see the clues.

“How many horses are there? Why is it so difficult to kill? What is the reason? Is there any good way to wipe out all the horses?”

Li An raised a question, which is the question he always wanted to ask. The horse thief has been around for so long and has never been eliminated. What is the reason behind it? Others do n’t know, do these locals who have been living in Xiazhou for a long time? is that clear?

Hearing Li An’s question, many businessmen were stunned and paused for a while.

“How many horses are there? No one can say good. Some say less than 1000, some say 3, and some say 5000. It’s unclear who said the truth.”

“The horse thief appears and disappear unpredictably, as long as the shadow of the official army is found, it runs faster than the rabbit, and it is easy to refuse to fight the official army. Normally, the robbery will not be dispatched in full. Naturally, no one can figure out how many people they have. It ’s harder to kill them. “

“The horse thief is not Divine Immortal, they come and go without a shadow or trace, but why can they prepare to know the news of our business, I am afraid that there is a response in Xiazhou City!”

“Yes, there must be a horse thief in the city of Xiazhou. They often send messages to the horse thieves so that they can rob the caravan accurately, and they can avoid the pursuit of the officers and soldiers in a timely manner.”

“The departure date of the caravan is not clear to who. Only a few people can know that it seems that the inside of the horse thief is not an ordinary person? I am afraid that it has penetrated into our interior.”

“Yes! The horse thieves have penetrated into our interior. It is really difficult to eliminate the horse thief completely. Maybe this Minister Li will have a way! We should believe him!”

A group of businessmen gathered to talk.