Chapter 1035 God of Gamblers (Part 2)
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 that 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 buy and sell privately." Yuan Dan looked around and said.
As far as the eye can see, there are a series of houses, and they are divided into several parts by low wooden fences, which are called the west wing, the east wing, the south hall, the 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 turned ashen.
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 - generally speaking, all kinds of weapons were hidden there.
"Liu Sanlang, I'm here to withdraw the money." Yuan Dan said with a smile.
Huan Wen was covered with armor and had a strung step bow slung around his waist. He also held a sheathed sword in his hand.
People who have fought on the battlefield in Liangzhou have different demeanor. It can be said that their energy and spirit have been tempered.
He is now the seventh rank Huangsha Dianshi - the 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 official, to hear the cases of imperial edicts, and at the same time review the cases tried by Tingwei.
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, it was said that the governor of Leling was a member of the uncle-in-law clan of Sili Colonel Shao Xu. He acted secretly and protected 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 a relative of the emperor - the second brother Yuan Neng, the eldest princess of Chengyang.
Therefore, after seeing 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 the royal relatives? 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, and you won't be able to react.
The servants quickly came forward and took away the belongings one by one, mostly medicinal materials such as dendrobium, coptis, and dioscorea. This must be a merchant from Huaibei. He might often cross the river to Huainan to buy goods. It would be too normal for him to commit murder and flee to Jin. .
The merchant also replenished some money silk to prevent all the goods from being moved away. He also kept mumbling: "We don't use money silk in the market, so we didn't bring that many. If you want to wait for more than a month, I will go to someone familiar with you." How about I lend you some money and silk there?”
Yuan Dan laughed and said: "No need to bother, I can just get the goods. The Guanqiu family's business collects medicinal materials and can sell them."
The merchant's expression changed.
Guanqiu Trading Company was owned by Guanqiu Shuyuan's family, and Guanqiu 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 members of the same family!
Yuan Dan saw the expression on his face and teased: "You said you like to gamble, but you are reluctant to lose, so why bother?"
"Everything is fine, just play a few games if your hands are itchy." The merchant said sarcastically: "I have been able to win in the past, but I didn't expect you to be so skilled like this, 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 the government soldiers?"
The merchant nodded.
"The soldiers in various places have been around for more than twenty 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, some were allocated land that their fathers had acquired in exchange for honorary officers, and some were Then you didn't expect anything. Go to Luonan, a place with many soldiers and a small area, and look for them. There are many such people. Not only the soldiers of the government, but also the disciples of the army can fight one or two. Jin Gonggang, the general who protects the Huns, recruited them a while ago. If you buy a batch, you should be able to raise a few if you are willing to pay a high price.”
There are many children in the Fu Bing Department, and there are even more brothers in the Fu Bing Department. As long as you are willing to pay, it is still possible to recruit dozens of people, especially those from the military department. They are even worse 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. .”
"Even if you are timid, you can still cut trees and collect soil in the mountains and fields, build forts, cultivate wasteland, and save 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, help Master Wang If you have a firm foothold, are you afraid of losing your job?”
"With the money you lost today, you can already recruit fifty or sixty people. With this as your backbone, you can do great things by coercing young bankers."
"If it doesn't work, you can raise some people with money, or donate some materials, and send them to the accounts of Zhang Gong in Shouchun and Nanyang Le Gong. In the future, you will be rewarded according to your merits. You will be given several levels of honorary officers and go to the south of the Yangtze River to occupy land. Wouldn't it be wrong? Beautiful?”
"If you want to bet, bet big. One million dollars is 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 smiled and said nothing at first, and then said: "If you become rich, you will 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 is better to stay in Liangzhou and have the opportunity to make contributions. If it is not possible, I can go to Nan'an."< br>
"There will be a chance." Yuan Dan said casually.
Yao Yizhong, the prefect of Nan'an, attacked Yang Nandi again this year. He mobilized tens of thousands of Di and Qiang from Nan'an, Lueyang and Yinping counties to besiege him.
In the middle of the year, after three victories in three battles, the enemy fled in embarrassment, and Yao Yizhong pursued him 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.
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However, after several consecutive years of fighting, the imperial court sent food, silk, equipment, and Nan'an and other counties sent troops, Yang Nandi had been exhausted.
The greatest 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 okay, 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.
But the imperial court refused to accept it on the grounds that he surrendered and then rebelled - not only did he surrender to Daliang but then rebelled, he was beaten to a pulp by Liu Han, surrendered for a time, and later rebelled.
Yao Yizhong even sent people to spread the news. Yang Nandi surrendered and rebelled repeatedly. The emperor of Daliang was furious and wanted to get his head.
Yang Nandi's crime is only one, and he has nothing to do with it. If a loyal and brave person takes his own and the leader of the clan, he will surrender with the land, and he will 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 they had, they were almost worn away.
Who can guarantee whether Liang Jun will come over next year? If you call me, how will you live?
Yang Nandi's death is not far away.
"Officer, put it away." After a moment, Yicang stepped forward and bowed.
"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 and silk, so how do you do business? Barter?"
"It's difficult to barter." Speaking of his old business, the merchant sighed and said, "My medicinal materials can only be sold to pharmacies and doctors, and they don't necessarily do business. They only have silk, grain, and not much copper coins." . If I accept these, I will have to find a way to replace them with others. I often can't exchange it, so I can only take money and silk back to my hometown. The silk from Pei County is good, but the value of the miscellaneous silk I brought back is questionable. The grain can only be sold at a discount, and there are also many copper coins mixed in. Miscellaneous money was cheated if you were not careful.”
"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, the number of people doing business in the world will be doubled, which is normal. The goods bought and sold may be ten times more, or the imperial court's fifteen goods will be a lesson We are willing to pay taxes.”
"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 career, but they don't care much about this matter.
Moreover, Du Tianzhong also lost a lot of farmland and bankers. In other words, the Yuan family has seniority. They were already a wealthy family in Chen County before Yongjia Year. Most of the land deeds they took out were from the period of Emperor Hui of Jin, Emperor Wu of Jin, and even the period of Cao Wei, so they could still maintain their family.
"Why did you come to Fangshi this time?" Yuan Dan asked again.
"Register the genealogy." The merchant said: "After the registration is completed, 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 out 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 for 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.
"Don't be afraid, I won't dare to gamble even if I go to Guangchengze." Yuan Dan laughed, turned and left.
(End of chapter)