The next morning, Chang'an City was bustling. The generals Li Jing, Hou Junji, Li Daozong and other generals escorted the Tuyuhun Khan Fuyun and held a ceremony to present the prisoners, and Li Shimin personally rang the Jingyang bell and announced the great victory of the Tang Dynasty.

Li You did not go to the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, and he was not interested in these things that had little to do with eating. Before he left Chang'an, he wanted to improve his business network. Hamid is an important part of his business plan, and many business projects will be completed with his power in the future.

In the days that followed, Hamid came to visit Li You many times, and Li You's food variety and quality opened Hamid's eyes. The relationship between the two is getting closer and closer.

On this day, Hamid came to Li You, and after the two tasted a meal, Hamid said: "Lao Li, the people from the Equalization Department are making trouble for me, you can come forward and talk about it." ”

Li You said: "What's the matter, you can tell it." ”

Hamid took out two Persian silver coins and said, "That's because of this." ”

Persian silver coins are called silver coins, but they are actually gold coins. The two Persian silver coins in Hamid's hands, minted during the reign of Boskus the Old (590-627), are 2.5-2.8 cm in diameter, weigh 2.8-4.1 grams, and are also irregularly rounded on the edges, and are decorated with a profile portrait of Kuss the old king wearing a crown.

In film and television dramas, it is common for people in the Tang Dynasty to take out a lot of silver, which is actually misleading.

Silver in the Tang Dynasty was not a currency in circulation, and due to the scarcity of silver production, the price at this time was higher than that of gold.

The Persian silver coin in Hamid's hand has two small round holes in it, which is called a piercing coin. The other one has no outer edge, which is called the trimming coin. These two types of money were often seen during the Tang Dynasty.

The reason for this phenomenon is that silver coins are minted in gold, and after the criminals get their hands on the silver coins, they punch holes in them, or cut the edges, and the gold that gets off belongs to them.

Hamid told the story of what had happened.

There are two institutions in the management of Chang'an West City, one is called the West City Bureau, which is equivalent to the business administration office. The other one is called the Equalization Category, which is equivalent to the Price Bureau.

The Pingzhun is responsible for pricing the goods entering the West Market, and they divide the same kind of goods into upper, middle and lower categories, and the prices are correspondingly different. The level of the genus has a lot of power, and they have the final say on the time, grade and price of the positioning of the goods.

They have the right to confiscate goods that are sold without pricing.

Hamid is a smart man, who usually maintains a peaceful relationship with his subordinates to avoid them from asking for trouble, and gets along fairly well.

Another function of the Pingzhun is to be responsible for the sale of confiscated property from the imperial court, which is equivalent to the auction of goods by the court. The goods are not priced at a high price, and Hamid often participates in the auction.

As we all know, there is a deposit to be paid for bidding. For the Tang Dynasty people, the Equalization Department asked them to pay the Kaiyuan Tongbao, but for the Hu people, they asked them to pay Persian silver coins.

The problem was that the silver coins paid by the Hu merchants were complete silver coins, and the auction failed, but what was returned to them was the piercing money and the trimming money, and the gold was embezzled by the Equalization Bureau.

Piercing money and trimming money can be circulated in Chang'an, and merchants can accept it, but when Hamid takes it to Persia, the value must be reduced by one percent before it can be used.

What is even more excessive is that the people of the Equalization Agency often come to Hamid for exchange with the piercing money and trimming money they received from other places. Hamid dared to be angry, but he didn't dare to speak.

Figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Li You smiled: "It's not a big deal. After speaking, he said to the white tiger: "You go, call the signing order of the Equalization Administration, and say, I will invite him to dinner." ”

The name of the signing order of the West City Leveling Department is Wang Sanjing, who has a fat head and big ears.

Don't look at him as a seventh-grade official, but Pingzhun belongs to this fat shortage, if you give him a fifth-grade official, he won't change it. He sees the extra money he gets every day, and he is in a very good mood, and it is difficult to think about not getting fat.

Baihu came to the Xishi Equalization Office and asked in a stinging voice, "Which one is called Wang Sanjing?" ”

When Wang Sanjing saw that a nine-rank military attache was coming, he dared to shout at himself, and he immediately became angry. He didn't lift his buttocks, and said dissatisfiedly, "Who are you?" ”

The white tiger said: "Wang Sanjing is you?" Good things are coming, my prince invites you to dinner. ”

When Wang Sanjing heard that it was the prince, he hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "May I ask my brother, which prince is it?" ”

The white tiger said with a smile: "The prince of my family is His Royal Highness the King of Qi. ”

"Huh?" Wang Sanjing was taken aback.

Li You was originally a bastard, and there were not a few officials who had been beaten by him. Not long ago, this lord dared to beat the deputy chief eunuch in the palace, and finally killed someone. He, a small 7-grade sesame official, can't even mention it.

Wang Sanjing took out a Persian silver coin from his arms, handed it to the white tiger, and said, "I don't know what His Royal Highness the King of Qi is looking for the minister, and I still hope that my brother will give me some advice?" ”

The white tiger didn't accept his silver coin, and urged: "Hurry up, don't let the prince wait for you." With that, he walked straight out.

Wang Sanjing hurriedly followed.

Yiyang Palace.

As soon as Wang Sanjing entered the guest room, he saw Hamid and Li You sitting together, and he immediately understood most of it. He saluted and said, "The minister has seen the prince. ”

Li You said with a smile: "Please take a seat, Wang signed the order." ”

Where did Wang Sanjing dare to sit, he said tremblingly: "In front of the prince, where is the seat of the minister." ”

Li You's face suddenly pulled down, and said, "If you are told to sit, you can sit, where is so much nonsense?!" ”

As soon as Wang Sanjing's legs weakened, he knelt down. He didn't dare to lift his head, and beads of sweat were dripping down.

Seeing him like this, Li You said gently: "Wang Zhizhi, come, get up, let's sit down and talk." ”

"Damn, this face is getting too fast." Wang Sanjing was completely uncomfortable, he stood up, sat on the chair with half his buttocks, and his legs turned straight to the tendons.

Li You smiled: "Don't be nervous, come, eat a piece of candy." ”

The magpie standing on the side picked up a piece of toffee and handed it to Wang Sanjing.

Wang Sanjing mechanically put the sugar into his mouth, and the sugar was very sweet, but he didn't feel it.

Li You smiled: "Relax, Wang Zhizhi, is the toffee I made sweet?" ”

Wang Sanjing hurriedly said: "Sweet, too sweet." ”

Li You pointed at Hamid and said, "Wang has decreed, Hamid is my friend, he is doing business in the West Market, please take care of me." ”

Wang Sanjing hurriedly said: "Oh, the minister really doesn't know that the shopkeeper Hamid is your friend, if there is anything that is not taken care of, please take care of the shopkeeper." In the future, as long as it is a matter of the West Market, please come to the minister. ”

Li You saw that the goal had been achieved, and he didn't embarrass him, and said, "Okay, then I'll thank you for the shopkeeper." Okay, if you have something to do, go ahead and get busy. Magpie, give the king an order to get a bag of candy. ”

Wang Sanjing didn't dare to speak anymore, took the candy, and withdrew. He walked out of the door of the guest room, took two steps, gave a limp on his leg, fell down, then got up and went out after the white tiger.

Out of the gate of the palace, Wang Sanjing felt like he had passed the ghost gate, and secretly rejoiced. He said in his heart: "This prince is quite reasonable and saves me face." In the future, I will take good care of Hamid, and maybe I will be able to win the favor of the prince. ”

After Wang Sanjing left, Hamid also breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want Li You to punish Wang Sanjing, after all, he still had to do business in the West Market.

Hamid said: "Lao Li, thank you. I'm going to send someone back to Persia today, what do you need besides cumin? ”

Li You said: "No, just cumin." ”

Hamid stood up and said, "Okay, then I'll take my leave." ”

Li You said: "White Tiger, you send Lao Ha for me." ”

Not long after Hamid went out, he heard Li You shouting, "Wait a minute, old ha, I still have something to do." ”