Chapter 360: Past events are in mind

The Tubo, which Zhang Xiaobao was thinking about, has now sent people to destroy locusts and will no longer worship them like they did at the beginning.

Poultry eat locusts, so any noble or royal family who raises poultry releases the poultry, even if they offend any gods, they will recognize them. It is better than starving to death.

Not only did the poultry be released, the slaves also made pockets, and they connected a stick to catch locusts during the day, and lit a fire at night, luring the locusts to fly in and burn them to death.

What I decided was big enough, but unfortunately it was too late. Once the locusts formed, it would not be so easy to deal with them. The food they planted was eaten, grass and trees could be eaten, and there would be no trace of green everywhere they went.

Some locusts had even flew over to Jinchuan, asking Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to arrange for the people here to be busy. Fortunately, the number was not large, and the more than 7,000 slaves brought by Han Zombie did not enter the Tang Dynasty directly, but stayed in this area. One was that they could gradually adapt to it.

The other is to completely cultivate them into people loyal to the Zhang and Wang families. There are many young and strong slaves. At that time, they can farm and form an army to train. On the Tang Dynasty, if the Zhang and Wang families casually pull up an army of three or four thousand people, it will definitely not work.

Now they have joined the ranks of killing locusts. Fortunately, there is water and glaciers here, and many locusts that want to fly over directly have been frozen to death.

In addition to the fact that their slaves will be formed by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan in the future, the same is true for the people who have farmed here before.

If the game cannot continue at that time, then the power of this part is difficult to underestimate. In addition to this, there are not many people there, but the customs of the people are different. If you manage it well, you can form an army at any time. Sanshui County and Shuzhou will not work, and what cannot be done there is too obvious.

Beyond these two places, Yizhou, are all counterfeit villages and have bad relationships with local officials, so they are close to Zhang Zhong.

The same is true for Luzhou. Now the army in Luzhou is all locals. If Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan need it, they can be pulled out to give people a look at what a wolf soldier is.

The vigorous battle to destroy locusts was launched. The nobles in Tubo saw that they could not kill all the locusts and could never think of a better way except for worrying.

They knew that this year was over again. Last year, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were asked to harm him again, but they didn’t know what to do this year.

They still don’t know that this was done by Zhang Xiaobao, and they thought it was a real natural disaster.

This time, without Zhang Xiaobao sending people here, Tubo was already thinking about continuing to borrow food from the Tang Dynasty. If he had encountered such a thing before, he could just send troops, but this year he didn't dare to say anything.

It’s not that I don’t think that if everyone in Tubo could still be as good as when they fought last year, it would be fine. It’s mainly from the autumn harvest last year, and until now, I don’t eat enough. Many slaves who can be used as warriors can even eat a little bit of food a day, as long as they don’t starve to death.

How many troops can be summoned under such circumstances? If there are tens of thousands of people, it is not enough for Wang Juan to kill them.

The Tubo envoy had already set out and was about to enter the Tang Dynasty, carrying important tasks, but he didn't know what would happen after the past.

Zhang Xiaobao also began to make final preparations. The ship was transferred to the capital city, with a total of twenty ships, five of which were the largest and other medium-sized ships.

Anyone who has the opportunity to join has joined in, including Old Man Bi and the other three. Old Man Zhang has also contacted Zhang Jiuling a lot during this period, telling about the past few years, and then looking at his son.

"Li Yu is there right? I wonder if I can see him, and ask him how he is doing there." When he was ready for his trip, Zhang Xiaobao suddenly remembered that he was the county magistrate of Changning County, Cizhou. He had not contacted him for a long time and was still unclear if he had ever played against anyone there.

Wang Juan also thought of this person and said, "I guess I'm busy. I should be able to see him this time. Fen River is not far from Changning County, and it's just a little bit crossing the border. Li Longji has passed by. He has to meet again no matter how he says, especially when the other side is managed, how can he not show off without showing off?"

"Thank him a letter so that he can make more money." Zhang Xiaobao said and wrote a letter, asking someone to send it to Li Yu with a quick horse. The method of making money is very useful. You can make a lot of money if you do it yourself or let others do it.

As Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan said, Li Yu was indeed preparing to meet his uncle, but the matter in the county has not been done yet. He really wanted to see the emperor a very good county when the emperor arrived. Not to mention that he could catch up with Sanshui County, at least it would have to be similar.

The roads were built, the rivers were dug, and there were still business transactions. Changning County said it was big or small, and Li Yu planned to repair all the houses of the people in the county before the emperor arrived. If the emperor was happy, he would come over and take a look, it would look good.

In order to get more money to do things, Li Yu also recruited investments from the surrounding areas, with a lot of discounts. He decided to rent a land here to do business, and he could exempt three years of tax. If he was willing to invest money to help build a place, he could continue to be exempted from tax.

Some merchants were really moved and came here with money to start a business, saying that they were starting a business, but in fact there were no good business here, one was in the transportation industry and the other was in the ceramics.

The former industry is a supplement to the latter industry, and the latter industry has caused an impact on the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce. In so many places, the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce cannot occupy all of them. They only occupy the resources of a small place, and the resources of others may not be sold to them.

With the addition of other merchants, the people of the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce finally couldn't bear it anymore. Even if they made pottery different from others, they would not be able to raise the price. There was no high price. Although they would not lose money when doing business here, they would not make much money.

So the six people gathered together to discuss again.

"Should you take out another 100,000 guan to take up a little more shares? Otherwise, if this continues, Li Yu will keep taking advantage of it, renting his land and buying his mine. How much has it been spent? You can't do this anymore."

President Tian said to the five people.

The five people were silent. They also found that something was wrong, but they could not come up with any method. The previous thing they used to cooperate with merchants to exempt them was calculated once. Not only did they not make any money, but they also did not lose a lot of money. The contract was clearly stated. If the tax exemption cannot be exempted after cooperation, then the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce would need to bear all the losses of merchants.

So many businessmen were pulled over and they lost a lot of money in one go, but they could not find a chance to make up for it.

Nowadays, many businessmen are attracted by Li Yu's tax exemption. The competition is getting more and more intense. If you don't think of useful methods, the final result is to help Li Yu prosper the local economy. What's the use of ten years of tax exemption?

Seeing that the five people were not speaking, President Tian could only say, "It's a good idea. If it weren't for ten years of tax exemption, we wouldn't be able to save money. We invested 50,000 kilowatts and spent a lot of resources. In the end, we could only make a little money. As a result, we would pay taxes in the place where we bought the materials, and we would have income when renting the land.

When our pottery is sold, it will probably be another amount of money in terms of transportation, whether it is for others to transport it or we do it ourselves.

What I mean is that if we take out another 100,000 guan, we will collect less iron ore and more clay. We must first supply us before we can supply it to others, or we account for 80% and the others account for 20% in total.

If the merchants who later did not have materials available, they would not be afraid of competing with us. If they had 100,000 guan and the remaining 60,000 guan, they would take out 150,000 guan to buy clay, and they would buy all the clay in the county in a short time. No one else could take up this resource within a few years."

The five people knew the president’s plan and thought it was good, so they nodded and agreed.

While President Tian asked someone to go to Sihai Academy to transport money, he went to find Li Yu in person.

When Li Yu saw President Tian’s haggard appearance, he was happy. Who made the people of Qianshi Chamber of Commerce not cooperate and do business well and insisted on taking the wrong path. Since they did it, they would have to bear the consequences.

I originally wanted to support the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce when I was doing business, but since things happened, I can't blame myself for being ruthless, so I have the action of tax-free investment promotion. In addition to this, there are also follow-ups. I must sell the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce to myself by reducing the price of the shares.

Li Yu thought this way and showed a warm smile to President Tian. "President Tian is free to come here today? How many kilns have you burned? I'm waiting to make a lot of money. I will definitely not forget President Tian's help. Come and serve tea."

President Tian looked at the tea and melon seeds and other people who came up, and was indeed thirsty. He took a sip first and said, "Mr. Li, have you been recruiting too many investments recently? And many of them are people who also burn pottery, so our business is not easy to do."

"How? I think it's okay, and I don't exempt ten years of taxes like you in Qianshi Chamber of Commerce. I just exempt them for three years. If you want to exempt them too much, you have to pay a greater price. In fact, there is no way in the yamen, even if you have to pay money now, you have to do it.

President Tian also knew that a chamber of commerce is the most profitable monopoly, but for a county, it is the most beneficial for merchants to compete. I will wait for three years to collect more taxes.”

Li Yu was talking lies with his eyes open, so President Tian naturally would not believe it. Although it was tax-free for three years, the rented land was money? Or the poor land you rented was the land that no one cultivated on it. The merchants who came looked at the map first, and they could not change it if they chose it. If they met someone else on it, they had to help them relocate and compensate them.

This part of the money is quite large, as well as coal and wood used to burn kilns. This is another amount of money. In bulk transactions, there will be no less taxes in the county, and the same is true for places where soil is sold.

President Tian estimated that he felt that the tax revenue in Changning County this year could catch up with twenty times the past year. Where did so many merchants come from before, and the road was not so easy to walk on. Now, if a merchant wants to build a kiln, he has to build that section of the road first.

As a result, many businessmen have come here now. Li Yu can connect all the roads with just a little money here and open a big road. It’s easy to make a calculation. This is Zhang Xiaobao’s real ability, and his layout is not so big.

After thinking for a while, President Tian had to stop mentioning this matter. After all, there is no provision on the contract that other businessmen are not allowed to come, and the money they should pay cannot be kept, so he said to Li Yu:

"Mr. Li, Qianshi Chamber of Commerce is preparing to continue to use money to increase shares. I wonder if Mr. Li agrees?"

"This is going to increase? Agree, wasn't the contract written in the first place? I wonder how much President Tian wants to increase?" Li Yu thought it would take some time for the other party to increase his shares. It's good to increase his shares. There will be more money in his county. When the money comes, it's impossible to just leave it there. If that happens, his financial staff will tell him.

"I want to increase 100,000 yuan." President Tian gritted his teeth and said it in the number, mainly because he didn't know whether the money could achieve his goal after investing it.

If Zhang Xiaobao is not behind Li Yu, then there should be no problem, but if that person exists, it seems that anything can happen.

"That is, my shares have become 25% right? OK, if I want to invest money, I will tell you." Li Yu did not object. It was written on the contract, and Zhang Xiaobao had already analyzed it at the beginning.

"Yes, if Lord Li thinks it's too little, we can give it up half of it." President Tian was afraid that Li Yu would be unhappy, so he prepared to lose some points for the sake of his future monopoly on resources.

"No, don't give in. Trading is trading. Could it be that you look down on me? Do you think I will bully people with my own identity?"

Li Yu hurriedly refused, what's the use of asking for that half a minute? It would be better to follow Xiaobao's plan. As expected, I have to do it again. OK, it's a pity that I don't make money.

President Tian was relieved and casually said that the pottery burned there was not too much, so he said goodbye and left.

Li Yu's aide Xiao Chong turned out from behind the screen again, holding the plan that Zhang Xiaobao wrote, with admiration on his face.

"Sir, will you immediately form your own caravan and go to the surrounding counties to discuss business? The people from the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce are about to take action."

"Go, I'll leave this matter to you. Taxes, a lot of taxes. Now there is money in the county. My brother and Xiaobao can make a little money back. If I could borrow money from someone else, I would have to use the money from the county to advance.

This is a misappropriation. Even if I borrow it myself and the people agree, I have to find a way to compensate me in the future. Fortunately, no one will come to investigate me. Where is the place not embezzled? The court moved back and forth."

Li Yu left the matter to Xiao Chong. He thought that he needed to embezzle some things, but he always felt awkward. He didn't feel like this when he embezzled it before.

Of course, this is not a waste of embezzlement. It requires a few of my own small transactions to mortgage it. Otherwise, the current government finances in the yamen will be open and there is no mortgage, so it is difficult to explain to the people.

When Li Longji, who was on the boat in the capital, was also delivered to the place by Zhang Xiaobao.

After unfolding the letter, Li Yu looked at it, showed a happy smile, and said to himself: "Xiaobao is Xiaobao, and his reputation is well-deserved. Good, plant willow trees, a large number of seeds, and plant them hard where you can plant bamboo. Then, you can buy hay and stalks from the county and surrounding counties, waiting to make a lot of money."

Thinking of the joy, I picked up the letter and read it again. The above analyzed the future development of Changning County, saying that as long as the merchants who invested money had money to make, they would not withdraw. Perhaps other things were enough this year. After all, the newly opened kiln needs to try to see how to burn it.

Each kiln is different. Some kilns are good, while others are a little worse. The poor naturally need to be rebuilt. After the kilns are tried next year and the sales are made, that is the arrival of the era of large-scale production.

Pottery is not something that can be stored as one. It must be protected. What is the best thing to protect? Of course, it is a basket of bamboo and willow tile, and hay. It looks enough this year and will definitely be out of stock next year.

In that case, it is too late to prepare now. Whether it is for making money by yourself or helping merchants to transport the goods safely as soon as possible, they must be prepared in advance.

Willow trees are very easy to live, just insert a willow branch, but the growth rate is not slow, and even more so for bamboo.

In addition to this suggestion, there is another way to let Changning start making honeycomb coal, and then use it to burn fire to make the saved firewood into paper, which is thick. At that time, Zhang and Wang families will provide something to press the pulp. After it is pressed out, they can also be used in pottery.

I read it over and over again, and every time I saw Li Yu, I felt comfortable. This is a really good way. I can use the resources and wait for the people of the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce to use the money from the increase in capital, and then I can earn a lot of money.

"No, I have to prepare early and write some information on these things. When my uncle arrives at Fenshui, I have something to say when I see him."

Li Yu, who had a decision in his heart, arranged for people to collect enough grass, and while letting the *** to plant willows and bamboos in a large quantity, he began to write a report again, and all kinds of data were clearly listed so that he could say it smoothly when the fleet came.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't know how much Li Yu could do, and he didn't plan to make money in Changning. As the team set off, he was arranged to the big ship where Li Longji was, and Xiaobei and others followed him.

When the canal where the boat is taken, you will enter the Fen River when you reach the place where you can change lanes in front.

It was not easy for Li Longji to come out once. There were many people who opposed it. Finally, after Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were willing to pay, the opponents agreed, otherwise they would have to work a lot.

As soon as he arrived on the boat, Li Longji didn't think about it and was stuffy in the cabin. He moved his things, sat on the deck of the bow, and looked around with a telescope in his hand.

The road I am walking on is smooth now, and when I am about to enter the Fenshui River, it is countercurrent. Therefore, the ship is very fast. In addition to the guards on the boat, there are also Jinwu Guards riding horses to run along the shore to avoid anyone hiding there.

A day and a half later, at noon, Li Longji still ran outside to sit and looked at the scenery of his country. As he looked, he found that there was a bridge above the river in front.

"Lishi, can you tell when this bridge has come out?" Li Longji, in surprise, asked Gao Lishi standing next to him.

Gao Lishi didn't know either. He looked at him in confusion, shook his head, and replied, "I don't know, who is so kind to build a bridge? There are so many people coming and going on the bridge, why should I stop at the bridgehead?"

As Gao Lishi said, there were many people coming and going on this bridge that seemed to suddenly appear, and some people pushed the goods in small cars, which was a hard time when riding, because the bridge would sway back and forth, and it was an iron chain bridge.
To be continued...