Yuan Dan and Huan Wen went home first and called seven or eight servants, each with a staff and weapon.
There were several other Cangtou men driving bullock carts towards Fangshi.
Fangshi was newly built in the south of the city, surrounded by a thick wall with several doors.
It has not been officially launched yet.
After opening, each door will be guarded by sergeants, and entry and exit must be registered.
It was the first time Huan Wen saw this kind of market like a walled city. He just thought it was very strange and asked: "Is the imperial court doing this because it is afraid that the merchants will escape?"
"I'm just afraid that they won't pay and will do the business privately." Yuan Dan looked around and said.
Within sight, there are a series of houses, divided into several parts by low wooden fences, called the west wing.
East chamber, south hall, north hall and so on.
There are many shops and warehouses in each district, and people have already moved in.
Yuan and Huan walked for a long time before they arrived in front of a shop.
When the shop owner saw Yuan Dan, his face was as white as iron.
Several of his servants also had unkind expressions on their faces. They also slowed down in packing the goods, and even glanced faintly at the bottom of the carriage parked in the courtyard, where various weapons were hidden.
"Liu Sanlang, I'm here to withdraw the money." Yuan Dan said with a smile.
Huan Wen was covered in armor, with a strung bow slung around his waist, and a sheathed sword in his hand.
People who have fought on the battlefield in Liangzhou have different temperaments. It can be said that their energy and spirit have been tempered.
He is now a member of the seventh rank Huangsha Dianshi, whose full name is "Huangsha Prison Administrator Shushi Yushi Dianshi".
This post was established by Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty and was later abolished.
The imperial dynasty established Huangsha Prison again, with Huangsha Yushi as the official, to hear the cases in the imperial edict, and at the same time review the cases heard by the court officials.
Huangsha Prison was set up for farming, and two prefects were already imprisoned in it, namely the prefects of Donglai and Leling counties.
In particular, the governor of Leling was said to be a member of the uncle-in-law family of Sili Colonel Shao Xu. He acted secretly and covertly to cover the escape of the rich man who attacked and killed Dutian officials, so he was arrested and imprisoned in Huangsha Prison.
Huan Wen is the chief official of Huangsha Prison, specializing in general affairs. He has been performing his duties for more than a month.
Others don't know his identity, but they know Yuan Dan more or less because he is the eldest princess of Chengyang, Yuan Neng, the second brother of the imperial family.
Therefore, after meeting Yuan Dan, no matter how reluctant he was to give up, he could only reluctantly order the goods to be moved.
Yuan Dan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
What about relatives of the emperor? If you really meet someone who wants money rather than your life, you may still fall out, kill someone and run away, or move your family to Jiangdong. You won't be able to react.
The servants quickly came forward and took away the belongings one by one, mostly raw dendrobium, coptis, potato and other medicinal materials. This must be a merchant from Huaibei. Maybe he often crosses the river to Huainan to buy goods. It is normal for him to kill people and flee to the Jin Dynasty. .
The merchant also replenished some money silk to prevent all the goods from being moved away. He also said coquettishly: "We don't use money silk in the market, so we didn't bring that many. If you are willing to wait for more than a month, I will go and get acquainted with you." How about borrowing some money and silk from someone and paying it back to you?"
Yuan Dan laughed and said, "No need to bother, I can just get the goods. The Muqiu family's business collects medicinal materials and can sell them."
The merchant's expression changed.
Muqiu Trading Company was run by my mother Qiu Shuyuan's family, and her mother Qiu Shuyuan was Queen Yu's concubine when she got married, and Yuan Dan was the Zuo Changshi of the Prince of Qin's Palace. They are all from the same family!
Seeing the expression on his face, Yuan Dan moved and said, "You said you like to gamble, but you are reluctant to lose if you lose, so why bother?"
"Everything is fine, just play a few games if your hands are itchy." The merchant said, "I have been able to win a bit in the past, but I didn't expect you to be so skilled, sir. I won't dare to do it next time."
"You just lost more than a million dollars." Yuan Dan shook his head and laughed: "Since it's so easy to gamble, do you dare to bet a big one?"
The merchant looked at him doubtfully.
Yuan Dan said: "Do you know about the government soldiers?"
The merchant nodded.
"The soldiers in various places have been around for more than 20 years, and there are many generations of nephews and nephews who are skilled in bow and horse. Not all of them live well, especially after the death of their parents, they are looked down upon by their brothers and sisters-in-law." Yuan Dan said: "
Some of them waited until they were granted land, and some received the land that their fathers had acquired in exchange for their honorary officers.
Field, and some did not wait for anything. If you go to Luonan, a place with many soldiers and a narrow territory, you will find that there are many such people. Not only the children of the soldiers, but also the brothers of other tribes can also fight one or two. A while ago, among the soldiers who were protecting the Huns
General Jin Gong has just recruited a group of people. If you are willing to pay a high price, you should be able to recruit a few."
There are many children of the Fubing Department, and there are even more brothers from the Fubing Department. As long as you are willing to pay, it is still possible to recruit dozens of people, especially those from the Fubing Department. They are even more miserable and their lives are even more difficult.
"What are you recruiting these people for? I don't want to be a bandit." The merchant asked curiously.
"Your Majesty may march south at any time." Yuan Dan said: "Although there are many inconveniences in the south of the Yangtze River, wealth is everywhere. If you can organize people to go south, just like the refugee commander, conquering cities and territories, and responding to the king's division, you will definitely get an official position in the future.
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"Even if you are timid, you can still cut trees and collect soil in the mountains and fields, build forts, cultivate wasteland, and accumulate supplies.
When Master Wang crosses the river, he is most afraid of being cut off and running out of food and grass. If you can provide supplies and help Master Wang gain a firm foothold, are you still afraid of not having an official position?"
"With the money you lost today, you can already recruit fifty or sixty people. With them as your backbone, you can coerce the young bankers, and you can do great things."
"If it really doesn't work, why don't you donate money to recruit some people, or donate some supplies, and send them to Zhang Gong in Shouchun and Le Gong in Nanyang? In the future, you will be rewarded based on your merits, and you will be given several levels of honorary officers, and you can go to the south of the Yangtze River to occupy land.
Beautiful?"
"If you want to bet, bet big. Millions of dollars are nothing compared to lifetime wealth."
Huan Wen couldn't help but glance at Yuan Dan.
This is really incredible!
If these people are mobilized, their power cannot be underestimated.
The merchant was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Yuan Dan didn't take it seriously and turned to Huan Wen and said, "Your Majesty is going south to Guangchengze at the beginning of winter. Will you go?
"Of course I want to go," Huan Wen said.
Yuan Dan first smiled but said nothing, then said: "If you become rich, you will have to take care of me in the future."
"It's just a small Huangsha ceremony. I'm busy with general affairs all day long." Huan Wen sighed and said, "According to my heart, it's better to stay in Liangzhou and have the opportunity to make contributions. If it's not possible, I can go to Nan'an."
"There will be a chance." Yuan Dan said casually.
Yao Yizhong, the prefect of Nan'an, attacked Yang Nandi again this year and mobilized tens of thousands of Qiang people from the three counties of Nan'an, Lueyang and Yinping.
Massive siege.
In the middle of the year, after three battles and three victories, the wolf and fox fled, and Yao Yizhong pursued them all the way.
After several months of fighting, there was no major result. The reason was that the mountain road was difficult to travel, the supply of food and grass was difficult, and the fort guarded by Yang Nandi was extremely dangerous, so he had to retreat.
However, after several consecutive years of fighting, the imperial court sent grain, silk and equipment, and Nan'an and other counties sent troops.
Yang Duryodhana has been exhausted.
The biggest damage is economic.
If you run away as soon as the enemy comes, it will certainly make them return without success, but it will also cause great damage to agricultural production.
Once or twice is fine, but if it happens too often, life will become unbearable.
Therefore, there are also undercurrents surging within Yang Duryodhana, and the voices calling for surrender are getting louder and louder.
Unfortunately, the imperial court refused to accept him because he surrendered and then rebelled. He not only surrendered to Daliang but rebelled again, he was beaten by Liu Han so badly that he surrendered for a time and then rebelled again.
Yao Yizhong even sent people to spread the news. Yang Nandi surrendered and rebelled repeatedly. The Emperor of Liang was furious and wanted his head.
Yang Nandi has committed one crime and has nothing to do with it. If a loyal and courageous person takes his own and the leader of his clan and party, he will surrender with the land and be appointed as an official of the fifth rank.
The conditions are very favorable and the opportunity is rare.
In the past, there might not have been many people willing to kill Yang Nandi and surrender, but after several years of continuous attacks,
No matter how much loyalty you have, it is almost worn away.
Who can guarantee whether Liang Jun will come over next year? If so, how will life be like?
Yang Nandi's death is not far away.
"Officer, put it away." After a moment, Yi Cang came forward and bowed in salute.
"Take him away." Yuan Dan ordered.
After saying that, he looked at the merchant and asked, "You just said that you don't have much money, so how do you do business?"
Bartering?"
"It's difficult to barter." Speaking of his old business, the merchant sighed and said, "I can only sell these medicinal materials to pharmacies and doctors. They don't necessarily do business. They only sell silk, grain, and not much copper coins."
.If I accept these, I have to find a way to exchange them for something else. I often fail to exchange them, so I can only take the money and silk back to my hometown. The Peijun silk is good.
It’s a question of how much the miscellaneous silk I brought back from other places is worth. The food can only be sold at a discount, and the copper coins are also mixed with a lot of miscellaneous money. If you don’t pay attention, you will be cheated.”
"Isn't this how business has been done since the Han Dynasty?" Yuan Dan asked.
"That's what it is said -" the merchant said: "But if there are enough copper coins, there will be twice as many people doing business in the world.
It's a common thing. The goods we buy and sell may either be ten times more, or the imperial court will tax every fifteen goods, and we are willing to do so."
"That's it." Yuan Dan nodded.
The Yuan family of Yangxia also engaged in business, mainly those of his deceased father's generation.
However, Yuan only sells and rarely buys.
What they sell are unused grains, silk, fruits and vegetables produced in their own estates. Most of them are sold in nearby markets and won't go far.
In their generation, they are mostly busy with their official careers, but they don't care much about this matter.
Moreover, Du Tianzhong also lost a lot of farmland and villagers. The Yuan family is the oldest one. They were already a wealthy family in Chen County before Yongjia Year. Most of the land deeds they produced were from the period of Emperor Puhui, Emperor Puwu, and even the period of Cao Wei.
There are a lot of them, so we can still maintain our family.
"Why did you come to Fangshi this time?" Yuan Dan asked again.
"Register the genealogy." The merchant said: "After registration, you will have a shop. From now on, all sales of more than 100,000 yuan in Luoyang County can only be done in Fangshi. If you go to other places to do private business, you may be caught. Henan County also has
Yifang City, in the west of the city, is generally the same."
"Is it convenient for the court to pay money by buying and selling in Fangshi?" Yuan Dan said subconsciously.
"I may have this intention, but I heard that there are other wonderful benefits, but I don't know." The merchant said: "Actually, it would be nothing if the court purchases business tax money. The top priority is to mint more copper coins. Without money, it is really difficult to do.
Buy and sell."
Yuan Dan nodded and asked before leaving: "Are you going to Guangchengze next month?"
"Go." The merchant was stunned for a moment and nodded hesitantly.
Chapter completed!