A man stopped the donkey cart and went up to face the old man Tang who was sitting in front of the door and said, "Master, I am thirsty on the road and I want to drink."

Old Tang looked up and down at the man, pointed to the table next to him and said, "There are bowls there, and the pot is filled with hot water boiled in the morning. Just pour it and drink it. I am right here, and the pot and the bowl are for the convenience of guests coming and going."

The man thanked him and poured a large bowl of water into the bowl and drank it into his stomach.

Old Tang saw a brand new carriage parked not far away on the road, without varnish, fresh color of wood, and looked particularly strong and heavy. He thought for a moment of curiosity, and walked over and circled around and watched.

After drinking water, the man returned to the side of the car and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Mr. Tang: "This is the car I bought in Luoyang City. I am free to pull some goods in the village. The owner has seen the world, how is the car?"

Old Tang stepped forward and touched it, shook his head: "It's not that good, but it's better to be strong."

The man raised his head and said, "Don't we just need a strong family in the countryside? I have been picking it for more than an hour, and it's the elm!"

"That's true, it's better to be strong and durable than anything else." Old Tang nodded and looked down. "The wheels of your car are good, the iron sheet is thick, and it looks fine. I have lived a lot of these days in the store. The wheels of your car are the most exciting and must be durable."

"That's right, I picked it all over and over again, and this one was wrapped in the iron sheet on the wheel! When I took it away, the manager who sold the car was reluctant to let it go and said it was kept for his relatives!"

The wheels of these vehicles are made of wooden, including wheel hubs and spokes. After making them, they will wrap iron sheets outside. The iron sheet is cast iron and is divided into small pieces and is finely placed outside the wooden wheels. The purpose of this iron sheet is similar to the hoofs used on donkey horse hooves, and it is also similar to the usage. If it is worn hard, it can be replaced.

Although these small iron blocks are inconspicuous, most of the cost of the wheel is spent on it. Even if Xu Ping expands the scale of iron smelting, steel is still a rare thing, and the cost will increase as soon as it is used.

After seeing the car, Old Tang asked the man: "Where are you from? Why do you want to come to the city to buy a car?"

"I'm not hiding my father. I have lived in the countryside of Pengpo Town for generations. When I saw many of these cars in the town, I fell in love with them at a glance. When asked the people who drove the car, I realized that this kind of car was out of our Xijing City. As long as someone in the village is protecting me, I can drive the carriage back, and I will only calculate the money together after the autumn, and I don't have any profit. If there is such a good thing, I will naturally buy one back. My father said that our place is full of mountains and is not steep, and the car can barely leave. Things in the mountains, even cutting down some trees can be sold. With a car, you can pay back the money if you pick it in the mountains!"

Old Tang nodded repeatedly and said, "The mountain is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many local products. As long as you have a way to transport it out, there will naturally be money everywhere. Gupo Town is also on the road to the south. The town is located in the valley of the Yihe River, and there are mountains of different sizes on both sides. In fact, the reason why the road to the south is in this direction is to turn to Ruzhou first because it follows the direction of the mountains, rivers and valleys.

This man doesn't seem to live in a house in the town, but in the surrounding countryside. The mountains there are all large and small mountains, and places with good conditions, and there are roads that can drive and horses and cars. If you really live in the deep mountains where there are few people, buying a car is useless, and you are afraid that you can transport it home.

There are native products in the mountains, roads from south to north, and water transportation from the Yi River. This man's vision is quite accurate.

After chatting for a while, the man saw that it was getting late and was about to go on the road. Old Tang said, "If you start a business in the future, you should drive a car into Luoyang City to sell local goods. Remember to have a drink here. My restaurant should not look a bit dilapidated, but the wine is excellent and the food is cheap and affordable. The guests who sell on this avenue will come to drink my wine when they come here."

"It must be, I will definitely come to take care of the owner's business next time I come to Luoyang City!"

As the man said, he took a few steps with his horse, jumped into the car and followed the road southward.

When Mr. Tang saw the car walking away, he shook his head and admired. During this period, people bought such carriages and donkeys from the city every day, and rushed past his door. After buying a cart, they had to transport goods and could not leave it idle there. Where can the country people have that spare money?

It seems that the road in front of me will become more and more lively in the future, and the business will be better...

Just as Mr. Tang was thinking about it, mother Tang came out of the restaurant and saw Mr. Tang, and shouted: "You old man don't do serious business, why are you wandering around here?!"

Old Tang didn't have the same knowledge as women, so he shook his head: "I'm here to watch business, what do you know--"

"When will you want to see the business? Hurry up, follow me back to the house and persuade my elder sister!"

Old Tang was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Mom, what happened to my elder sister?"

"Oh, I don't know where she heard gossip. She wanted to follow her to the city to open a garment company. Old man, do you know what the company is? Do you know what these are? We poor people who have finally sold our house in Taohuafang before the New Year. How much is it better to live a good life? Why are you thinking about spending all your money?"

Old Tang glared: "Your wife has no knowledge, so my elder sister must have her own idea! You don't know that the notice has been posted everywhere. Since this year, the cash at home will be included in the household. People like us only have ten cents of taxes, which are more than ten cents of taxes. They either deposit them into the official bank or open some company."

Mother Tang said blankly: "What is a money house? My elder sister seems to have said this, but I didn't understand it."

"The money shop is the place to save money. If you deposit cash in, he will give you a few paper coupons. When you want to use it, you can naturally go to the money shop to get it. If you have to make a lot of money when doing transactions with others, you don't have to move money. Just go to the money shop and hand over the paper coupons. It seems that the government does not allow private delivery now?"

Old Tang was just listening to people and understood it thoroughly. When the money shop was established, large transactions in society could no longer be in the form of cash. Instead, both parties went to the money shop together, made a contract, and directly exchanged paper coupons. In this process, they might not even be able to see the shadow of money. As long as both parties believed that the money shop had money, they would be fine. During the transaction, the contract tax and commercial tax were deducted together, saving the trouble of tax collection. Of course, if gold, silver and cloth were used to trade privately, the government could not control it, but the validity of the contract would not be endorsed by the government, and they might be reported and evaded tax calculations.
Chapter completed!