When Hua Mulan Met Zhu Yingtai

Today's Mulan is very happy.Not only because all the wheat harvested this season has been returned to the warehouse, as long as we work hard this year and work hard next year, [-]% of the military rations will be self-sufficient.

As for the other [-]%, it has also been settled.It fell on the group of people in front of them.Sitting at the main table, Hua Mulan tapped the table with her fingers, drinking tea to hide her expression.

What to do, Hua Mulan already has a draft, but the details still need to be scrutinized, and it will be difficult to scare away the group of money givers.Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to ask the court for money and food again next year.

The so-called food in hand, do not panic.Whether she can gain a foothold here depends on today's hammer sale.

Putting down the teacup, Hua Mulan looked at the well-dressed businessmen in the room.That's right, a businessman.

It is said that Empress Xiaosu quoted Taishi Gong’s words to persuade Taizu: "If the farming does not come out, there will be no food; There is little.” It was Tai|Zu Yun merchants who donated millet to officials and allowed clothes and silk, so many merchants voted for the dynasty, donated a lot of money and food, ensured logistics transportation, and established the Tai|Zu Ding, who led the nomadic army at that time, to rule the world. A lot of credit has been paid.

Tai|Zu has a clear distinction between love and hate, and after the establishment of the dynasty, he treated those businessmen who had helped him favorably, so some wealthy businessmen in the imperial capital have potential power under the water that is no less than those high-ranking officials in the court.It is even possible to say the last sentence bluntly, the entanglement and interest entanglements are much deeper than the rich and powerful upstarts in the DPRK who have only established the DPRK for decades.

However, it is the nature of businessmen to seek profits, and later they caused a lot of troubles caused by driving up prices.After Tai|Zu's wrath killed a group of merchants, the talented Empress Xiaosu came up with an excellent idea to solve the problem.

The Di newspaper referred to this idea as bringing warmth to the poor and chaotic areas, but Hua Mulan and others in the game prefer to describe this plan as a misfortune.

Immigrant criminals expanded the border, built beacon towers as screens, and used merchants to transport property.In less than 50 years, the uninhabited areas will become the territory of Dayan, and the nomadic tribes will lose their way in the prosperity of the Central Plains, and will no longer have the strength to invade the frontier.In the original words of Empress Xiaosu, even if you can't hold on to this piece of land, it's not bad to have a status that has been around since ancient times to reduce internal friction in the country.Therefore, expanding the soil and strengthening the frontier has become a national policy that has always been in harmony with the DPRK and China.

Compared with Tai|Zu, the first emperor was weak, but pure and filial by nature. He did not do much innovation, so he followed the strategy formulated by Tai|Zu step by step. Zu passed the dangerous period after his sudden death.

The first emperor reigned for [-] years, and this national policy has been continuously implemented.Mobei City is such an example. It can be said that if there is no sudden emergence of new Rouran Khan, the surrender faction in Rouran would have led their tribes to join Dayan directly.

The first emperor passed away, and now he succeeds to the throne.With the passage of time, the implementation of national policies will inevitably change and become out of shape. For example, Hua Mulan was sent to Moxi this time because of the multi-party wrestling between the DPRK and China.

But it doesn't matter, because it doesn't make any difference to Hua Mulan, Moxi is just a river that she has to cross.

When a pawn crosses the river, it becomes a cart.This is what Zhu Yingtai and Shen Lin told her.However, Zhu Yingtai was talking about it, and Shen Lin sent a jade chess piece with the word pawn engraved on it in the name of a congratulatory gift before leaving.This chess piece is now in the bag she wears, and she always plays it to alert herself.

The dragon returns to the sea, and it depends on her own ability to make big waves.

Hua Mulan is very clear about the chips in her hands. She chose the site of Yanxi City herself. It used to be a place where a group of hussians lived together. .

However, after the chaos of the Five Dynasties and the Great Revolution of Tai|Zu Ding, the population of the world dropped sharply, and there were not enough people. There were only a few small tribes of herdsmen, bandits, and groups of wild beasts left here.According to the household registration 13 years ago, there are less than [-] households here, and the population loss is serious.In this way, the development space left for Hua Mulan is very huge.

And these merchants in the hall also took a fancy to this point, or it was just a point on the bright side.Those ulterior interests hidden under the surface are smuggling.

Merchants' border trade is a rule, but merchants won't come if they don't have enough interests, at least they won't send people at the management level to come.

Yanxi City has a superior geographical location and is a traffic hub. If the caravan does not pass through here for trade, it will have to take a long detour through the desert to go to the Hudi. Not to mention the significant increase in transportation costs, and the safety cannot be guaranteed. In case of the unpredictable sandstorm, it is very likely that people and money will be lost.

Hua Mulan built the city here because she took a fancy to the important geographical location here, and waited to collect business taxes in the future.As for how much the commercial tax should be set, it is necessary to discuss with these merchants in front of you.If there is too much, smuggling will become common, and if there is too little, it will not be able to make up the military expenses.

Although these people in the hall do not have official status, as long as they are willing, the master can donate a vacant position of Qipin Qingyi to them anytime and anywhere.It was just because I was afraid that I would be too eye-catching, so I didn't implement it for a long time.

These people are polite when they call Hua Mulan, a humble general, and if they are in a hurry, it is not impossible to break their wrists with Hua Mulan, a fourth-rank general with no background.

After drinking a cup of tea, Hua Mulan also thought about her words, cleared her throat and said, "Everyone came from afar to negotiate with me, I am very grateful. I will not gossip, after all, you are not here to listen I'm talking nonsense."

"Everyone is here to do business. As the lord of this city, Hua Xing has set three rules. Please listen to them. If there is anything wrong, we can correct it in time."

"First, the city's commercial tax is drawn every ten times, based on the valuation of the goods in the Central Plains. Second, ironware, cowhide, cow horns, beef tendons, sulfur, saltpeter and weapons are strictly prohibited by the court. Third, the transportation of goods that are strictly prohibited by the court is not allowed. Third, this City transactions need to use the city's special iron money."

Hua Mulan took out a yellow-red coin and pressed it on the table, causing an uproar.

One out of ten commercial taxes is still within the normal range, and it can even be said to be low. Yanxi City was first built, and the owner of the city did not want to use up the water for fishing. The idea of ​​attracting merchants to come to trade is not too short-sighted.

Cowhide, tendon, ironware, and sulfur are prohibited items by the imperial court, and they should be included in the regulations.

What puzzled them the most was the iron money. Although the frontiers had the right to mint their own coins, the world had been at peace for a long time, and the money system was gradually on the right track.In addition to the frontiers, it is also possible to share physical objects and copper coins, and copper coins have been popularized in the Central Plains.Many people don't understand, what's the point of using iron money at this time?

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See you next year everyone!

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