Chapter 488: Meeting in the city and the security policy (Part 2) Compensation has come as promised
"If you estimate that the guest is not dwelling, you will do it when you are beneficial to your body. Go out and ask for a companion, and go to the house to resign from your father and brother.
I ask for a pearl to drive to the vast sea, pick jade to the Jingheng, buy Dangxiang horses in the north, and capture Tubo parrots in the west.
Yanzhou cloth, fire and washing, and brocade in Shu. Yuebi is smooth and fat, and the child is bright in his eyes.
All the food and clothing expenses are calculated, regardless of distance. After traveling all over the world, I went to Chang'an City."
Excerpt from Yuan Zhen's "Judgment of the Guest Music":
——I am the dividing line—
The Taiping Army was indeed extremely harsh to the gentry who occupied large areas of land, but they were relatively tolerant and preferential to those merchants and households who operated business transactions between Chengfang Towns.
As long as you pay enough municipal taxes and clearance in the city at one time, there will be no more troubles or restrictions. If you want to operate a certain property or transfers between specific areas for a long time, you can also apply for a license as a guarantee for clearance.
Moreover, as long as they do not deliberately violate the rules and laws designated by the Taiping Army, they can even cross Dongting from the Yangtze River without restrictions, sail all the way to the Xiang River to Lingling, or turn deeply to the Lingqu Waterway and enter Guizhou in the west of Lingxi.
Therefore, under the temptation of interests, even if the war is raging and the places along the way are in turmoil, there are still a steady stream of ship merchants taking risks to come to trade, and even traveling along the coast to travel from the Yangtze River to the distance.
Because it is said that it is good for treating business and travelers and encouraging business breeding, the Taiping Army was once regarded as despicable people who are full of money and profit-seeking by those officials, wealthy families, and large families of the county.
Especially since the Yangtze River waterway from Guizhou to Yangzhou was unhindered by the Taiping Navy and began to patrol regularly; this kind of exchange between communication and non-existence has become more frequent and dense.
After all, compared with the continuous land routes where bandits and refugees are constantly spreading, the relative safety and carrying capacity on the Yangtze River waterway is rare. Therefore, even the coast of Jiangdong and Zhejiang, which is nominally hostile, or in Huaiyang on the other side of Runzhou, there are still many people who have privately traveled.
Just as Wang Renshou and others were thinking, a huge ship from the northern waterway also intersected with it, and a flag with the big "king" stood on the bow of the ship.
This made Wang Renshou a little surprised. Could it be that the Wang family in Jinyang had already made a plan ahead? Behind the scenes in this large cabin, Wang Poxian, a big businessman from the pass, was also looking at the market along the way and slowly calculating in his mind.
Now he is no longer limited to running a large-scale tea business; in fact, with the court's financial difficulties and endless congestion, and the capital city is also in decline, most of his business in the East City who acted as tea in the East City has been abandoned.
On the contrary, the arrangements that bought a property in the south, which were originally considered a retreat and a turning point, showed a prosperous situation with the resurgence of water and land trade in Hunan; and also showed a certain stable prospect because of the gradual growth of the peaceful thief.
Therefore, later he simply changed the industry in Beijing one by one, cleared many joints on the road and gradually moved the tribe members; he began to expand his operations in the areas controlled by this thief army.
However, later news of civil strife broke out in the south, and he had regretted it after the road and the news were cut off; but then the court was defeated and was led by Huang Chao to break through and advance to Lintong Pass.
He could only quickly leave behind the industries and burdens he could not take away, and then took his family to Shangzhou to take refuge. After all, he knew nothing about the Huang Ni army that killed countless people in the court, but at least he had seen the rule of the Taiping thief with his own eyes, so he could only take the least of the two harms.
As for the plan to enter Shu to avoid disaster that most people in the East City care more about, he disagreed with it; he even took the initiative to advise people around him with his interests,
You should know that Tian Dayuan, who was good at slashing the ground in the capital to worship the Central Palace, had already taken the lead in putting his brothers and followers on the important post of Sanchuanjie Town. At this time, he brought his wealth and relatives over there, probably to send sheep into the tiger's mouth.
As a result, when he walked halfway in a hurry, he encountered and sent out several waves of defeated soldiers, and also lost many tribesmen and soft people. Only then did he hear that the peaceful thieves not only did not weak or split or collapse in the civil strife, but also defeated the Shandong East Road Jiedushi;
He really made up his mind to take the risks and names he gave him to officially start his career in the south. Because he was a familiar guild, he had some places to lay the groundwork and echo in the early stage.
Nowadays, most of the origins in tea mountains such as Jingzhou, Tanzhou, Yuezhou and Hongzhou are shops and trading branches that he sent his tribe members to open. His nephew Wang Yingyuan even became a minor official in the Jiangling Planning Office, which is a unique way and unexpected joy in a sense.
However, he was no longer satisfied with the traditional tea shop he was best at. Especially because of the war, he lost the entire northern market from the Central Plains to Kanto, and the Western Regions trade route was also cut off; and the way to go from Guangzhou to sell to the outside world was controlled by the exclusive department of the Taiping Army.
As for the ancient tea-horse road outside the southwest Tong, it is still prosperous, but it is difficult for him to pass through the Qianzhong Road, which is full of barbarians and remnants of the official army, to compete with tea merchants from Shu for the interests of this ancient road.
Therefore, while constantly attracting the old people of the two cities that also fled Chang'an to avoid disaster and were scattered in the two roads of Shannan, he was also looking for a businessman who could join forces to build a foothold in the north.
So he finally had a new experience and touch while purchasing and observing the local market along the way, and discovered that it was not so beautiful. It was a time when his old friend and partner came to ask for it.
The old man made some preparations before leaving Beijing, and turned most of his wealth outside his home into the southeastern roads to report certificates for the relevant cabinets, residences and convenience store exchanges. However, when he sent people to various places in the southeast to prepare for "coupons to withdraw money", he found a serious problem.
First, the Haijun and Xuanshe Town in Jiangdong (Western Zhejiang) were trapped by bandits; and the remaining Zhejiang East Observer was also trapped in a chaos in the local chaotic war without a leader, and there was no government that could be accepted.
Then there was Yang, Chu and other places where Huainan Road were located, and although the Chu and other places were repeatedly attacked by thieves, the Yangzhou Prefecture City, which was located in the natural place, was still intact. However, the famous Gao Linggong had a quarrel with the court; for a moment, even the basic acceptance business in Beijing was stagnant and delayed without restrictions.
He wanted to send to continue to try to handle points and negotiate, thinking that the number of people in the first and second groups of people who stopped the loss had all evaporated in the local area. As a result, the old man has brought it out with great difficulty, and all the flying money and orders in the box have become nothing but crap.
I could only ask my former partner to ask for a household registration to support the family. This also made Wang Poxian have a vague misunderstanding.
Nowadays, under the rule of the Taiping Army, there are many restrictions on the quality shop management of money containers and di shops for depositing and remitting property; and in addition to the Nanhai (Flying) Qianlian (United), only a few specific companies are allowed to come from Lingwai and have the background of the Cantonese maritime merchant clan.
But he was confident that with his connections and connections, the rich merchants in the northern region pulled out of nowhere to collect a large amount of money for protection out of thin air, and then reopened the situation here.
However, the first thing he wanted to achieve this intention was to let his name appear among the experiences of the lord of the Taiping Army; then he could make Xu Ran draw him as he liked.
However, this great governor who is said to be from Buddhism has never been too arrogant. It can be said that in addition to collecting special foods and cooking skills in various places, there are even fewer people around him.
Therefore, he could only draw a way to attract the other party's attention from these aspects; thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that he was traveling with him, from the largest gold and silver business in Xicheng City, and by Haroha, the Sogdian rich merchant who had a connection with the remnants of the Guiyi Army in Hexi, seemed to have a very suitable partner.
——I am the dividing line—
Hundreds of miles away.
The new commander Wang Xingkong, who was responsible for leading a army to Shangzhou north and opened up Wuguan - Lantian Road, was walking in the wilderness of Jinshang Road.
Besides Gao Yu, a full-minded business representative who was preparing to enter the pass, he was Liu Tang, the transferee who came to Xuanzhao. At this moment, he was still chattering and persuading Wang Xingkongdao.
"I have heard of your affairs, and the Huang family's children have done so inauthentic things... I just regret that I am running outside and unable to ease your cheeks and argue for you in time."
"It's just that Huang Wang is still wise and wise, and he severely punished the relevant people afterwards; so you actually have a chance to turn back..."
"After all, you are the old man who followed you to conquer the world in your early years. Huang Wang has also been worried about you in private..."
"If you have the chance to enter the pass this time, don't you want to go and have a look in the famous Xijing city?"
The first mission of Liu Tang on this time can only be said to be unsatisfactory. Although the monk Zhou sent someone to treat him warmly, he avoided Huang Wang's reward or avoided the important things and took care of others. Afterwards, he even set up a grand governor's office on his own and thought he was a vague attitude of alienation.
But in private, he generously agreed to another task he was responsible for. Therefore, he had to find some ways to find some opportunities and breakthroughs from other places to serve as explanations and bargaining chips for magnetic return.
"What the envoy said is very true,"
However, Wang Xingkong, who was covered in full clothes, could not deny it and smiled at him.
If it were in the beginning, he might have felt very happy with his righteous indignation; but after experiencing and seeing these things in the Taiping Army, he would slowly let go and dilute them, and the so-called thought of taking revenge with the help of his revenge.
Because he had clearly felt the difference between the Taiping Army and the Huang Wang original formation in various ways and rules, and the many distances between organization, discipline and thoughts.
At least when most people shout noble morals and righteous slogans, but do mostly to make profits for their own small groups, I am afraid that even the Huang King alone may not be able to reverse or change anything.
Therefore, even if he was rescued without the original incident and was able to bridge the past, there will still be more right and wrong and conflict in the future, and will erupt again in a new name and excuse. Therefore, he chose to leave the news in time. Although he was somewhat regretful and guilty, it might be a good opportunity to start over.
The smoke and dust that swept up in the distance once again interrupted his thoughts and mental path on the horse's back; according to the signal reflected by reflection in the distance, it was a team of detectives who were walking over the mountains. At the ups and downs of the old path ahead, they accidentally encountered and discovered the ambush of the official army.
Chapter completed!