As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

157. Is this stick poisonous?

Wen Liang didn't care about her father's teasing, she smiled and said: "My daughter is definitely not eye-catching, but she doesn't like those people who have a thousand words but no plan. No, father, look at how much he has done for Da Zhao in the past few months?"

Mr. Wen Ge nodded and smiled and said: "Not to mention, in my father's opinion, his move of the mutual market is very wonderful. Everyone said that he was at odds with the prairie people, and they all felt that opening the mutual market would be a loss for me. The dignity of the country, but how many people can see the benefits of opening a mutual market?"

Wen Liang said: "That's why Huamanlou's extraordinary is here. What he saw was not only the appearance of the Mongolian people going south to plunder, but also the reason why the Mongolian people went south. The victory made the Tatars follow the rules, and if it continues, there will be no wars in the northern border of Dazhao."

Elder Wen Ge sighed, "Not only that!"

Wen Liang wondered: "Could there be another theory?"

Elder Wen Ge slowly picked up his teacup and took a sip before saying, "Commercial tax."

Wen Liang was stunned: "Business tax? Where does this start?"

Wen Ge said: "Because there are not many places on the border between Oala and Dazhao, a small part of the transactions between the two parties is done in the way of paying tribute in the past, while the other part is handled by His Majesty's people, that is to say..."

"Imperial businessman?" Wen Liang immediately understood the key points: "All the transactions with Wala are His Majesty's? Then His Majesty pays business taxes to the Ministry of Households in accordance with the laws of the Great Zhao?"

Elder Wen Ge was obviously very satisfied with his daughter's quick thinking, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "Then think about it, what will happen next?"

Wen Liang frowned and said: "If that's the case... Once the exchange with Tatar is opened, then no matter who handles it, it will have to collect commercial taxes, otherwise His Majesty will not be able to justify it... Moreover, because Tatar is much stronger than Wala, comprehensive If the mutual market is opened, it is estimated that there will be three or five mutual market places, and the number of transactions will be extremely large. By then..."

"At that time, the commercial tax in this part will even exceed the agricultural tax in some wealthy areas, and the treasury will have more money to do more things." Wen Xuelin continued her words: "In addition, with border towns collecting commercial tax Driven by this, I am afraid that the business tax in other places will not be difficult to collect slowly..."

Only at this time did Wen Liang show an expression of disbelief: "These... are all Hua Man Lou's ideas?"

Elder Wen Ge sighed again: "Yes, and it's not only that."

Wen Liang's eyes widened: "What else can I say?"

Wen Ge said: "In your opinion, from the two sides of the mutual market, who is more looking forward to the mutual market?"

"Of course they are from the prairie. Great Zhao has a vast land and abundant resources, so..." Wen Liang said half a sentence, then suddenly remembered something: "Tweet order?"

Old Wen Ge nodded: "Yes, as you said, the original intention of the Tuen Token is to plunge the grassland into chaos, so the mutual market has become a powerful weapon. Once the mutual market is opened, which tribe trades more and which tribe The tribes are more powerful, which tribes to support and which tribes to suppress will be controlled by Da Zhao, so..."

"Big Zhao will never suffer from the northern border! It's a good plan!" Wen Liang couldn't help cheering.

What the father and daughter said was exactly what Huamanlou suggested to Emperor Guangxing.

Huamanlou is very clear that the Ming Dynasty opened up the mutual market in the Wanli year, and the evaluation of this event in history is extremely high, because this event brought long-term peace to the entire north, and also reduced the economic burden of the country. He even made achievements in promoting national integration. Zhang Juzheng commented on this matter in this way: the population of the nine borders is increasing, the defense is strengthening, the fields are being opened up, and the merchants are getting more and more.

So why not do something so beneficial?

However, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, it did not realize that this matter could go one step further: although the tribute was paid as a form and the trade as a house, although the resistance to implementation was greatly reduced, the official trade did not follow the laws of the market, and the private trade It is also not included in the taxation level, which makes the economic benefits of the mutual market to Daming very limited.

Therefore, there are very few places bordering Oala and Dazhao. Hua Manlou suggested that Emperor Guangxing directly monopolize this part of the trade and pay taxes according to the law. This will have two advantages: one is exactly what Wen Liang said Yes, the emperor is setting an example to pay taxes, if others don't pay, is it true that you are more special than the emperor?Who can bear this big hat?

Second, it has been said that the national treasury is now empty, and the officials in the court even use the banner of the people to mobilize the emperor's internal funds, so that Emperor Qian Guangxing, who sells stoves, did not take it to the palace.If in the future, the emperor monopolizes the trade of Wala and makes a lot of money, and they ask for an increase in the tribute part with jealousy, or even blatantly turn this matter into a tribute, wouldn't it be a waste of Huamanlou's painstaking efforts?

It's not that Hua Manlou has a dark heart, but that civil servants are really likely to do this.And it would be fine if they could do it according to the laws of economics, but civil servants...do you really expect them to do it according to the laws of economics?If you don't make it right, you can distort the scriptures in a few minutes!

Therefore, when Emperor Guangxing did this business by himself, he directly paid the commercial tax. Even if the civil servants wanted to talk about it, it would be unreasonable-there are still taxes paid by the emperor in the treasury. The tax amount is spit out and said.

In addition, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty have limited vision after all. They don't know how to use economic means to influence other countries, and they don't know how to use this matter to suppress hostile tribes or win over close tribes, and then maintain the division on the grassland—after all, the grassland is in a divided state. Far safer than a unified grassland, isn't it?

Therefore, Wala here is really what Huamanlou said. Supporting Wala let them stir up wind and rain in the west of Tatar. If they don’t want to play tricks when doing business with Tatar later, Huamanlou doesn’t mind. Sell ​​to Wala a little bit of Purdue and fire guns that have been replaced, when the time comes...

As for the cattle and war horses traded with the Mongolian people, needless to say, that was a matter of course.

Seeing Wen Liang who praised repeatedly, Wen Ge always smiled and said: "Before you didn't know this, you had a high opinion of Huamanlou, but now that you know, how should you evaluate him?"

Wen Liang thought for a while, then sighed in admiration: "This person can be called a ghost. If he thinks that in time, he will become a capable minister who will last forever, and he will not have as many daughters as he does."

Old Wen Ge nodded, but sighed in his heart.

It has to be said that the most regretful part of Wen Ge's life is that he did not turn Wen Liang into a man, because her qualifications are much higher than her three brothers - Wen Yuchen was sitting in the corner when the two were talking. Now, let him stop interrupting, he couldn't even respond to what the father and daughter were talking about: What the hell?Isn't it a tribute? How did it become a mutual market?What does business tax mean?Why did the Tweeting Order have something to do with Wu Bian Zao again?

Seeing his idiot-like appearance, Wen Ge got angry, so he just focused on chatting with his daughter, and didn't care about this guy at all...

This is serious. There is no harm without comparison. They all came out of the same mother's womb. The daughter inherited all his advantages, but the son is so incompetent. How can you make Lao Wen not regret it?

It is precisely because of regret that old Wen Ge, like Duke Ying, is a daughter slave who is rare these days. Duke Ying raised a beautiful little flower that was born crookedly, and the youngest Wen Ge...

Wen Ge used to hold the young Wen Liang to give her lectures on the collection of scriptures and history, and he did not forget to convey his own opinions to Wen Liang when he was speaking, which made Wen Liang learn a lot of strategies for governing the country, but...

These days, where do you let Wen Liang use these things?

At any rate, Qi Wanrong can get a few female soldiers to play with, can hang out in Xishan to kick hundreds of families away from him, and even set up a gendarmerie according to Huamanlou's wishes, but Wen Liang can only hang out in the study room, every day Talk to Mr. Wen Ge about governing the country, as for the future...

Old Wen wanted to find her a wishful husband with average qualifications, so that what the daughter learned could also help her husband, and she could use her husband's hands to show what she had learned in her life, but Wen Liang didn't think much of it. This kind of guy who relies on his wife?

Not to mention relying on his wife, Wen Liang didn't even look down on those so-called talents, so how could he agree to marry someone with ordinary qualifications?

What makes Wen Ge even more frustrating is that Wen Liang's autonomy is very strong because of her widened horizons - in the words of Hua Manlou's previous life, this is the awakening of women's independent consciousness, and she does not intend to rely on Wen Ge at all It means getting engaged and marrying someone early, even the husband-in-law wants to choose by herself, and choose someone better than herself.

So this is where Wen Ge lamented: Miss Wen herself admits that she is not as good as it is, and it only takes one ear...

The great Zhao Wenzun is inferior to the martial arts, and the civil and military have different paths. There is even a huge gap between civil officials and nobles-for civil officials, they look down on nobles. Who makes most nobles uneducated?And nobles don't think highly of civil servants, who made their ancestors worthless?

Under such circumstances, if Wen Liang is really interested in Huamanlou and really wants to marry him, let alone Wen Liang himself, Mr. Wen Ge himself is very likely to be regarded as a woman by some extreme guys. The scum and traitor among the literati, and then carried a huge burden-who made him the elder of the court?

But if you want to completely put an end to this matter, force your daughter to marry a reliable person—for example, Nie Yuantu, the son of Hubu Shangshu who Huamanlou ridiculed earlier, is one. Whether the qualifications are good or bad, and they are even more suitable, and the conditions are all met, but...

Wen Liang doesn't like this guy at all, she thinks Nie Yuantu is an idiot...

With Wen Ge's old daughter as a slave, he couldn't do anything to force Wen Liang, so when Nie Shangshu of the household department mentioned the marriage of the two families, he also dealt with it vaguely, and didn't agree at all.

In the same way, if Wen Liang is really interested in Huamanlou, then Mr. Wen Ge will not be able to force his daughter to give up—judging from Huamanlou's recent performance, how many young talents can surpass him? indivual?Many talented people are still just a talented person studying hard at Zhenghanchuang, but Huamanlou can already serve as the emperor's adviser directly!

Ever since, Mr. Wen Ge suddenly blamed Huamanlou: Is this scorpion poisonous?How could such a good dude suddenly become like this?

(Suddenly I have a toothache, and I can't stop it all day... Make an appointment and make an appointment, I'm scheduled for the day after tomorrow, what the hell... Sigh... Who has a way to relieve the pain, I can't even write a word what……)

158. Our desert has heavy humidity

After the result of the mutual market in Chaotang, Huamanlou received a letter from Emperor Guangxing, to the effect: Since you can earn a lot of money for me by selling stoves, and you also came up with the idea of ​​the mutual market, why not let me Are you here to arrange for people to do business with Wala?

From the decree, it can be seen that this is definitely not Huamanlou's own request. It can also be seen that Emperor Guangxing trusted Huamanlou, and still gave him [-]% of the net profit, and let him decide what to sell. What to sell gave Huamanlou great convenience, and even gave him the money from selling the stove as start-up capital, but...

"Does Your Majesty trust me or does he not want to see me? For such a big matter, you must allow me to explain the plan in person once, right? Otherwise, if there is a misunderstanding in the operation in the future, who will be blamed if I am impeached?" Hua Manlou After receiving the decree, it happened that Zhao Ren arrived, so he couldn't help complaining to Zhao Ren: "Maybe I will sell some firearms to Wala in the future. If this matter is not clarified, the people in the court may give me some money." Qualifying an enemy or something, I can't even speak clearly!"

Hearing Huamanlou's complaints, Zhao Ren didn't care whether he was suspected of slandering the emperor, but asked curiously: "Why did you sell such a big killer to the Wala people? You are not afraid that they will come with this thing. Hit Big Zhao?"

Hua Manlou said contemptuously: "Do you seem to be sprinkled? Firearms will continue to be updated in the future, and we will sell them to them. In this way, we will not only ensure the suppression of our technology, but also dispose of the obsolete things at high prices to create new products." A lot of benefits, and... don't you think that after having firearms, the Oirats will find it easier to bully the Tatars than Zhao?"

"What's more, firearms are consumables. When Purdue is blown up, it will be gone. Firearms need bullets. Do you think the Oirats will make these things? If not, they will have to continue to buy them from me. Do you think they How long will it take to accumulate enough firearms to fight against Da Zhao?"

After hearing this, Zhao Ren was stunned for a while, and then looked at Hua Manlou with even more contempt: "Why are you so vicious?"

I said earlier that although Zhao Ren is a brat, he is definitely not stupid, so after Hua Manlou's explanation, he understood the meaning of it - the main thing that interfered with his thinking was the problem of vision: as far as the entire history of the Celestial Dynasty is concerned. Look, people in the prairie are never allowed to sell ironware, let alone firearms?

But Huamanlou did the opposite. His subversive behavior seemed absurd, but it was in line with the balance technique that Chinese people are best at - balancing the two biggest forces on the grassland so that they bite dogs, and they have to bite dogs. However, it was Da Zhao who benefited in the end...

So Zhao Ren couldn't help but want to cast aside Huamanlou.

"Tch, what do little brats know?" Hua Manlou sneered and said, "Using their cattle to feed our people, and their war horses to protect our people, do you think this is vicious? What's more, Maybe the Wala people are still grateful to me, believe it or not?"

Zhao Ren clicked his tongue and said: "It's clear that you have no good intentions, and the Oirats can thank you to hell!"

Hua Manlou chuckled: "How about making a bet? What if the Wala people thank me?"

"Then...then I'll call you big brother!"

"...Is it okay to be a little sincere? In this case, shouldn't you say to take out a thousand 800 taels of silver?"

"Did you lose money? I've already called you big brother!"

"You just called me big brother, okay?"

Hua Manlou didn't know who he was pretending to be his big brother at all, and he was quite unhappy with his identity as big brother - Uncle Zhao obviously asked him to help him raise the children, making it as if he really became his big brother. Is it for being tricked?

"All in all, if you don't believe me, just come and have a look with me, and I'll make the first order in a while." Hua Manlou looked at Zhao Ren slantingly, with a look of disgust on his face: "Speaking of which, this matter is still related to you. Your hot air balloon can be successful, where do you think you can buy a large number of cow and sheep leather mass-produced hot air balloons?"

Zhao Ren was stunned for a moment, and then said with great joy: "I thought you forgot about this, and I came here to remind you today. I didn't expect you to think so far? Hehe, hehe, it's nice to have a big brother!"

Hua Manlou kicked him lightly: "Then where did you call me vicious just now?"

Zhao Ren gave an apologetic smile: "Is it okay if I'm wrong? Let's walk now?"

……

When he came to Honglu Temple again after a few days, Hua Manlou was surprised to find that the courtyard of the Wala people had been replaced. Although the guards guarding the gate were still the guards of Erstum, their attitude was much more polite. After seeing Huamanlou from a distance, someone came in to announce, and then someone welcomed Huamanlou and his party through the door.

Estum's spirit has improved a lot. A few days ago, he was just lying sickly on the couch, but now he is able to get off the ground. When he saw the flowers all over the building, he immediately bowed: "Flowers Brother, thank you very much!"

After not seeing each other for several days, Er Situm changed his address from 'Mr. Hua Qian' to a good brother. The world changes so fast.

Seeing this, Hua Manlou cheerfully raised his eyebrows at Zhao Ren, who was staring at him, and then pretended to support Er Situmu: "Brother Er, why is this?"

Estumu looked grateful: "If there is no virtuous brother to guide the maze, wouldn't I have missed the entrustment of the Great Khan?"

What he said, he directly took Huamanlou's "gratitude" to himself, without dragging his feet. Obviously, he wanted to establish a good relationship with Huamanlou, and tried to abduct him to become a national teacher in the grassland...

But Hua Manlou didn't bother to pay attention to this at all, and said directly: "Let's not talk about giving pointers or not, Brother Er, I'm here today to talk about cooperation."

"Cooperation?"

"That's right, cooperation. The business between you and Da Zhao has been settled, right? I guess you will be tinkering with presenting the letter of credence these few days, performing ceremonies from the Ministry of Rites, and so on, so I hurried to come and talk to you first." After you settle the matter, you will go to Xishan to do some work... Oh, you don’t know, right? It is our Xishanwei who is doing business with Wala.”

Er Situm was stunned, then immediately smiled and said, "It's very good, very good! My brother is a real person, I can make a deal with you, I don't worry!"

Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows at Zhao Ren indiscriminately again, and then said with a smile: "Brother E is also a real person, and I am at ease in trading with you, so I will not only buy cattle, sheep and war horses from Brother E, but also Purchase a large amount of cow and sheep skins, as for the goods I deliver...the grain and salt are naturally available, tea and cloth must not be rejected by Brother E, and there are also some iron and firearms, I wonder if Brother E is interested?"

"Iron...firearms?"

When Huamanlou mentioned that it was Xishanwei who was doing business with him, Erstum immediately 'realized' Huamanlou's previous intention of coming to 'give the maze': that's how it is. Hua Manlou is also benefiting himself!I also know that he has other plans, but the result is money?Tsk tsk, Nanmanzi's officials are all so greedy, and I had a high opinion of him before...

But when Huamanlou mentioned that he could trade iron and firearms, Erstum was really shocked: Is this... too bold?So, the Nanmanzi is really greedy, he dares to sell the most important weapon of the country!

Of course, he thought so in his heart, but he would never show it on his face. Instead, he said cautiously: "My dear brother, are you joking? These things..."

Hua Manlou said with a smile: "Didn't Brother Er say before that Wala was chased to the west by the Tatars like a dog... Oh, my brother speaks more straightforwardly, Brother Er, no wonder, anyway, Wala's situation is not very good now , if Tatar finds out about the deal between you and Da Zhao, do you think he will send troops to destroy it? This destroys the business of our two families, so I will try my best to give Brother E some benefits based on reason, such as that Brother E, have you heard of this kind of Purdue that is so blown up that it doesn't make wolves cry and ghosts howl?"

Er Situmu was noncommittal or flattering about Huamanlou's metaphorical skills, but Pudu...

How could he not want something good that would allow Tuotuo to return in vain without spending tens of thousands of troops?So he tentatively said, "I've heard that what my virtuous brother means is that you can sell this thing to us?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "No, no, how can I sell this thing to you? How ugly is it to sell, we are in a tribute relationship, so I will give it to you..."

Estumu was shocked and said, "For nothing?"

Hua Manlou laughed loudly, patted Er Situmu on the shoulder and said, "How is it possible? Give you a small part as a personal gift from me to strengthen your security. After all, you killed a lot of people before, didn't you? "

Er Situmu was involved in the wound by Hua Manlou's slapping, and he grinned his teeth in pain, but he didn't have an attack at all, but said anxiously: "It's just a small part... isn't it enough? Brother Xian said That's right, Tatar...not easy to provoke..."

Hua Manlou said cheerfully: "Brother Er...you are sincere! Don't you still rent the rest? Of course, we will make a list in advance of how to use it after the lease is gone, and how to compensate if it is broken. As the saying goes, it’s not difficult to borrow good things, and it’s not difficult to borrow them again. There’s also a saying that if you borrow something from someone else, you’ll have to pay for it if it’s worn out, right? Brother, don’t look at me like that. If it blows up, the firecrackers also...then what, the iron ones are easy to rust and be scrapped, right?"

Er Situmu was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood: the Nanmanzi has too many twists and turns, isn't this still for sale?

Of course, he wouldn't show it at all, but he understood and agreed: "Ah... yes, that's it, it's easy to... rust, um, yes, our desert is very humid..."

Hua Manlou nodded with a smile and said, "That's what it means, then... we are happy people, let's talk about the price... Oh no, the rent? Personally, I mean, one Pudu, two sheepskins, two Pudu A piece of leather, the compensation is also the same price, how about it?"

Zhao Ren, who had been listening by the side, almost fell over when he heard the words: profiteers!Is there no one to take care of such a big profiteer?This is to kill the Wala people!but……

I like!I still have [-]% of the pitted money!

But Er Situmu's performance made Zhao Ren a little disappointed. His lips twitched a few times, and he said cautiously: "Well, brother, I haven't seen Purdue yet. Are you... First let me Open your eyes?"

(It hurts all night, and I wrote this after a night without sleep...)

159. When did I say I have no objection?

No matter how stupid Er Situmu was, he would not sign a contract with Huamanlou before he had seen the real thing. After all, he had no idea how effective Purdue would be. The price proposed by Manlou...

No matter how many cattle and sheep there are on the prairie, they can't stand this kind of construction, right?

But he really didn't dare to reject Huamanlou directly, because he really wanted firearms—like Qi Wanrong, after seeing the power of firearms, Er Situm also had an idea that was hard to match, and he had firearms After that, the Tatars are really nothing to be afraid of. Even if they don't provoke Da Zhao, it will not be easy to restore the glory of Wala's past?

But after hearing Er Situm's words, Hua Manlou suddenly had a hurt face: "Brother Er doubts me?"

"what……"

"Brother Er, do you know that whether it is Purdue or the firecracker, they are all made of iron? How expensive is iron? Brother Er understands it very well, right?"