"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Freshly baked Datang Daily! Today's headlines - The saint wants to send a naval army to escort the fleet south for food, and civilian merchant ships can also sign up to participate! ”

Early morning.

The newsboy happily sold the newspaper, waking up the pedestrians who had just woken up and were still a little confused. Today's headlines are particularly catchy. First of all, this is the first time that Baixin has learned about the latest decree issued by the imperial court in this way, and on the other hand, the decree itself is already very attractive.

Sending a large army to escort merchant ships to trade is unheard of by the common people and merchants!

"Little Liu, go buy a newspaper for the old man!"

Inside a luxurious carriage, a neutral voice was heard.

"Yes, sir!"

Today's businessmen, after hearing the headlines in the newspapers, have sent their servants to buy newspapers.

Drunken Immortal Building.

"Within five days, the imperial court would prepare a fleet of 500 large ships, and seven days later, Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, personally led 20,000 sailors to escort the fleet south, exchanging silk and porcelain for food. In a small country in Nanyang, rice is ripe three times in one season, spices are everywhere like grass, a piece of silk or a piece of porcelain, you can exchange for dozens of loads of grain, countless spices, hiss~! How could the wild land of the South China Sea be so rich? Brother Zhihua, you have traveled from south to north and have broad knowledge, is what you say in this newspaper true? ”

A middle-aged man in a blue coat with a rich figure, holding a newspaper, couldn't help but ask in surprise when he read this.

The lean man opposite him was reading the newspaper seriously, and said without raising his head when he heard the words: "It should be true, what I said above, I heard a lot of seafarers say it before my brother." Besides, this newspaper is from Strange Culture, and Strange Culture is the industry of Lord Li, and the old man is very sure that these news will definitely not be fake! ”

These two people are the first batch of frequent visitors to the Drunken Immortal Building, and they are also wealthy businessmen, otherwise they would not come to the Drunken Immortal Downstairs restaurant every day.

"Then why don't you see the caravan heading south to buy goods?"

Feng Zhihua said angrily: "Brother Xifan, you don't want to think about it, the vast sea is full of dangers, and there are often pirates, which caravan dares to go to sea casually?" ”

"Oh, I see!"

"But now, these problems are no longer a problem! Xifan, you then look down, all the important ministers of the imperial court, unanimously believe that 500 large ships, far from enough, specially recruit merchant ships from the people, with the army to the south, the army will protect the safety of merchant ships, the profits from the trade of each caravan, only need to pay half of the commercial tax to the imperial court. Merchants who are willing to join the imperial fleet need to report to the military department within seven days, and send their merchant ships to the Bahe River in the east of the city, and then go south with the army after seven days! It's a sure-fire deal! And it's still a huge profit! ”

Feng Zhihua sighed after reading this news.

"Then Brother Zhihua, do you want to participate too? Little brother remembers that your family has more than a dozen big ships that often carry goods back and forth on the Grand Canal, right? ”

Liao Xifan answered.

Feng Zhihua pondered for a moment, he patted the table and said:

"Participate, why not? Xifan, if you also want to go, there are channels to help you get eight big ships in a short period of time, it depends on whether you are willing or not! If you believe in being a brother, you will go south with your brother, and there will definitely be dozens of times the profit! ”

Liao Xifan said happily: "Believe in it, of course the little brother believes in Brother Zhihua!" The younger brother is willing to go south with the elder brother! ”

"Haha, that's good! For my brother, I have to get a few more boats, and by the way, I will buy some porcelain and silk, so let's start moving! ”

"Brother Zhihua, slow down! You see there is another piece of news in the back: the imperial court issued a decree to encourage the people to raise chickens on a large scale, for every hundred chickens raised by a family, the tax will be reduced by one percent next year, and when the rent is collected next year, the number of chickens surviving in each household is counted and reported to the local county government, and the county government will reduce the corresponding taxes according to the number reported! Brother Zhihua, what does this decree of the imperial court mean? Why can't I understand it more and more, little brother? ”

Feng Zhihua paused, read the news carefully, and couldn't help frowning: "Brother Wei doesn't understand the intention of the imperial court's move!" ”

Liao Xifan pondered for a moment, suddenly his eyes lit up, and said, "Brother Zhihua, junior brother thinks this is profitable!" Why don't we go and sell chicks? ”

Feng Zhihua was stunned when he heard this, but after a while, he still shook his head and said: "It's not proper, we haven't had time recently, compared with the little money we earned from selling chicken seedlings, we still make more money by preparing merchant ships to trade south, that's dozens of times the profit!" Xifan, you should seriously prepare to go south! ”

Liao Sifan thought about it and felt that this was indeed the case, so he nodded and said: "What Brother Zhihua said is extremely true, but you can't lose a big one because of a small one!" ”

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"Ergou baby, Lao Tzu went into the city today and bought a newspaper by the way, what did you say about this newspaper to Lao Tzu?"

Liu.

A swarthy man in his thirties beckoned a teenage bear child next to him and said.

"Good! Second Uncle Liu, hurry up and bring me the newspaper to see, I haven't read today's "Legend of Mortal Immortal Cultivation" yet! ”

When the bear child heard that there was a free newspaper to read, it should be free to read, and he immediately said excitedly.

"Smack!"

The swarthy man angrily used the newspaper rolled into a roll, hammered the head of the second dog baby, and scolded with a smile:

"Look at your size! I know every day that I don't know how to go to the school, and if I let your father know, I'll have to beat your kid's ass! You read to Lao Tzu what today's newspaper has written, and then go! ”

"Oh~!"

The bear boy rubbed his head and responded sullenly, and then he took the newspaper and wondered, "Second uncle, where to start reading!" ”

"Just start reading from that headline, I heard the newsboy in the city today saying that he was going to recruit merchant ships to go south or something, you kid read it quickly!"

The swarthy man thought for a moment and said.

Ergou Wazi searched for a while, found today's headlines, and began to read: "Within five days, the imperial court will prepare a fleet of 500 large ships, and seven days later, Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, personally led 20,000 sailors to escort the fleet south, exchanging silk and porcelain for food.............."

"Tut, it's a pity that I don't have a ship, otherwise I can follow the imperial army to Nanyang to make a fortune! Two dog babies, keep reading, next! ”

The swarthy man sighed after listening to the headlines.

"The imperial court issued a decree to encourage the people to raise chickens on a large scale, for every hundred chickens raised by a family, the tax will be reduced by one percent next year, and when the rent is collected next year, the number of chickens surviving in each household will be counted and reported to the local county government, and the county government will reduce the corresponding taxes according to the number reported!"

"Stop, stop! Ergou baby, are you right? Is that really what it says? ”

The swarthy man was as excited as a three-hundred-pound child at the moment, he pressed the shoulder of the second dog baby, and said excitedly.

"It hurts, it hurts, second uncle, you let go first!"

The bear child's tears of pain were about to flow out, and he hurriedly said.

The swarthy man let go of his hand and said, "Cough, then you can see if this is like what you just said!" ”

The bear child looked at the side again, and after confirming that it was correct, he affirmed: "Second uncle, that's what I said, I'm definitely right, hey, second uncle, where are you going?" Don't want your newspaper anymore? ”

"Haha, child, get me the money, I'm going to go into the city to buy chicken seedlings!"

The excited cheers of the swarthy man were heard far away.

Today is destined to be unpeaceful, the two imperial decrees written in the "Datang Daily" are like a storm, instantly sweeping the entire Chang'an City, as well as the villages around Chang'an City!

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(End of chapter)