Chapter 60: Night Talk at the Station
When Yang Yin and his entourage arrived at the post station, it was already completely dark, and it should not be too late to calculate the time, but in late winter and early spring, the day length in the north is still shorter.
There were only a few older post guards in the post station, and when Yang Yin and his party entered inside, they found that two of them were still dozing off. Originally, I wanted to rent all the rooms of the inn, but the post man said that some of them were already occupied, and there were only three rooms left.
"Three is three, it's better than nothing." Since there are only three rooms, then Qinghui must have a separate room for a girl, and the respect of her own prince must also live in one, and the remaining room can only be squeezed by more than ten guards.
"Lord Wang, more than a dozen of us are divided into two groups, taking turns to rest and keep vigil, please rest in peace with the prince and the county lord." The captain of the more than ten guards looked at Yang Jun's thoughts and said.
"Well, pay more attention to the situation and divide into two teams in four shifts, so that everyone can rest for a while." After confessing, Yang Hui took Qinghui into the room to rest. Of course, Qing Hui's room is in the middle, so that no matter what happens, it will not be affected first, and Yang Hui is not at ease and goes in to check it.
Lying on the bed, Yang Yun couldn't sleep, thinking about the old man he met today, as well as the figures of those homeless people who kept lingering in his mind, and he felt that the burden on his body was particularly heavy. After some tossing and turning, when he was finally about to enter his dream, there was a sigh from next door.
"Hey, I thought that the new tax policy promulgated by Qingzhou would be beneficial to our businessmen, who knows, hey! It's all a dead letter, and isn't it the same way that we merchants are taxed? And it seems to have intensified. I was too reckless, I only heard the news, and I hurriedly organized a large number of goods to come to Qingzhou without confirmation, presumably Qingzhou will need a lot of materials to rebuild after some chaos, but I didn't expect that it seems that I can't even get back the blood. ”
"It's not, brother, I also came here with Baba, I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to pave the way even if I didn't make much, but I didn't expect it, hey~" There was a sigh from one person.
Yang Xuan heard this, sleepy, did not expect that he ordered the abolition of the existing business tax in Qingzhou, the promulgation of the new tax, there is no effect, from the conversation between the two people next door, I know that it will be counterproductive, it is definitely not that the new business tax is unreasonable, but the following implementation of the mistake. I thought that although there was resistance, but with his majesty, others would not dare to commit crimes against the wind, but I didn't expect such a situation to occur. Yang Jun didn't sleep anymore, got up to change clothes, and wanted to go over the next door to ask what was going on.
"Knock knock" Yang Yan came to the next door and knocked softly.
"Who?" A knock was heard on the door, and an inquiry came from the room.
"I'll go and see, who will it be so late?"
"May I ask who you are?" One of the people inside opened the door and saw that it was a more handsome person, so he asked out loud, but the vigilance in his words was very strong.
"In Xia Huairen Yang Zhong, I heard that Qingzhou has implemented a new merchant tax, which is beneficial to our merchants, so I came to investigate and see if it is true, so I can decide whether to come to Qingzhou to pave the way. But just now when I was sleeping, I heard my brother say that the situation was not good, so I came to inquire, and I apologize for the presumptuousness. Yang Jian said in a businessman's tone, suddenly narrowing the distance between the two and eliminating most of the other party's vigilance.
"Oh~ It turned out to be Brother Yang, in Xia Jia Yuan, since he is a fellow traveler, please come in and talk about it." The man saw that he was also a businessman, so he invited Yang Yun into the room for a while, otherwise it would not be polite to let others outside the room.
Yang Jian entered the room and saw that there was wine and food on the table in the room, and it seemed that he was relieved of his boredom because he was worried.
"This is Brother Huairen Yang Zhong, and he is also a fellow traveler who came to Qingzhou to inquire about the market." Na Jia Yuan said to the person next to the table.
"Since Brother Yang is also a fellow traveler, then please do it." The man sat down on his own, and it seemed that the merchants were still very reluctant to exclude each other.
Yang Jun also sat down unceremoniously.
"I just heard the two brothers next door discussing the Qingzhou trade route, so I took the liberty to come and inquire." Yang Jun said his intention again.
"How many supplies did Brother Yang prepare this time?" Na Jia Yuan asked.
"It's not much, it's probably worth tens of thousands of taels, but it's still in Huairen, and it hasn't been shipped, so I'll go back and transport it after this news." Yang Jin casually falsely reported a number.
"Tens of thousands of taels?" Jia Yuan and the two said in surprise, tens of thousands of taels are not a small amount, it seems that this Yang Zhong's background is not simple, it would be good if they could make friends, both of them are making plans.
"Fortunately, Brother Yang didn't get lucky, otherwise he would have lost all his money when he came to Qingzhou." Jia Yuan had a grateful expression.
"Oh? What do you mean by that? Yang Jun asked.
"Brother Yang doesn't know, brother, I heard that Qingzhou implements a tax policy that is beneficial to our businessmen, so I came to pave the way with a batch of goods. Na Jia Yuan said with a sad expression.
"How so? It is said that this new tax policy was formulated by a prince, is this still false? Yang Jun made an incredulous expression.
"It's not false, it's just that those ambassadors and officials of the Du branch said that the imperial court has not ordered the change, and they will not change it, and they will ask us to find the prince to explain the law. I had a quarrel with him, and I was actually charged twice the tax profit, hey~ Didn't you say that this was a loss for us? Jia Yuan said helplessly, and the other person kept silent.
"I see, thank you Brother Jia for telling me truthfully, otherwise brother I will definitely lose money this time, if Brother Jia wants to develop in Huairen in the future, just look for my Yang family, I will definitely help Brother Jia." Yang Xuan said a promise indiscriminately, ready to withdraw.
"Thank you Brother Yang for that." Jia Yuan immediately showed a happy face.
"Do you think she's telling the truth?" After Yang Xuan left the room, the person who had not spoken suddenly spoke.
"How could I not know that the first time I opened the door just now, I knew that he was not from my generation, and from his words, I could see that he must be a scholar or an official, otherwise he would not have been so ignorant of businessmen. What is the Huairen Yang family, I really haven't heard of any family in Huairen with the surname Yang, even if there is, there is no courage to take out tens of thousands of taels of materials, and the obvious loophole is that a large number of materials have been prepared without getting accurate news, don't you know that once the news is unreliable, the dismissal of those materials will also lose a lot? Jia Yuan said.
"Then why did you invite him in and say something to him?" The man asked again.
"Hehe, even if I don't say it, he will know, but I think he is probably a subordinate of the prince, who came to inquire about the tax policy promulgated by himself, didn't you hear that many people suddenly came outside? And just now, there were quite a few people walking outside. It is estimated that it is a guard or something, so it can be seen that this person's status is not low, and I told him that, just to make him pay more attention to it, after all, our loss is indeed real. Jia Yuan said, and the shrewdness of the businessman suddenly overflowed from his eyes.