"By the way, you will arrange it later, give priority to the goods of Huang Ling and the Zhao family, they have a priority level with our Chicheng goods, and they will be the first to trade!" Qin Forget instructed.

"On the same level as us? This is a condition for two people to borrow troops? Yin Xian raised his eyebrows and guessed the reason.

"Clever, but not entirely true! I didn't give them such conditions when I borrowed them, they were behind us at that time. The reason for this was because I wanted them to abandon our previous agreement to carve up the new state. ”

"General, for the sake of a new state without people, is it worth it?" Yin was a little distressed, which made it not just a sort, but countless white flowers of silver.

"It's worth it, Yin Xian, you have to understand that with land there are people, and with people there is everything, in the final analysis, if a regime wants to become big, it must have enough people to support it, and for this, nothing can not be abandoned." Qin Forget said very seriously.

"There is a water side called the canal, and the subordinates understand!" Yin Xian nodded thoughtfully.

"It's great that you can understand, water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, such a simple truth is rarely understood in this troubled world, we Akagi must not be mistaken!"

In fact, there is no need for Qin Forget to say more, Qin Wang's attention to food and population has always left a deep imprint on his subordinate officials. Almost all officials have these two priorities as their top priority, which is a major reason for Akagi's rapid development.

"General, now the population of Chicheng and Yexian alone is as high as 300,000, and there are 100,000 others who have not registered, which is almost more than Youzhou City, and it is far from what the two counties can afford, and this problem needs to be solved as soon as possible!" Yin Xian said worriedly.

"I also noticed that the two counties can accommodate up to 100,000 people, but it is impossible to imagine it now. These people are all coming for the tea and horse market, and now they are forced to use knives and guns, and they are not willing to leave. Wait, when the boom in the tea and horse market has passed, I'm going to send them to NSW and allocate them land, I don't think it's a big problem. ”

"Well, this is a good way, after a few years of tea and horse market, these people have some savings in their hands, and we will not invest much in immigration." Yin Xian said approvingly.

"NSW is almost a blank slate, and there should be no difficulties in immigration. Yin Xian, look at it, in less than three years, we in Akagi don't have to look up to anyone anymore! Qin Forget said heroically.

"It's still the general's guidance!" Yin Xian revealed his sycophant nature again.

August 15, Mid-Autumn Festival.

It was supposed to be a day of family reunion, but none of the people of Akagi enjoyed family fun at home.

It was a crisp autumn day, and there were no clouds. Early in the morning, Chen Liang, the special envoy of the imperial court, and the special envoy of the Khitan held a grand opening ceremony on the edge of the border. Both sides of the border are crowded with people

, everyone wears red and green, beaming with joy. The gongs and drums of the Central Plains and the beards of the grassland resounded in unison, playing a prosperous scene. The envoys of the two sides also seemed very kind, with delicious food and wine, sitting on the ground, and a peaceful atmosphere. It is no wonder that the two parties submitted their credentials, and the content was nonsense about the two parties abiding by the agreement, fair trade, mutual exchange, and repairing a hundred years of goodness.

Then the two sides exchanged some goods politely, and Dayan prepared a horse of silk, a box of tea, a pair of porcelain, etc., all wrapped in red cloth. On the Khitan side, there is a horse, a healthy ox, ten sheep, and a number of furs, all of which are also decorated with red cloth. It seems simple, but it is actually agreed by both parties, and it can be regarded as setting an approximate exchange price for this tea and horse market.

The merchants of the Central Plains all watched with the ceremony, but they didn't have the heart to look at these red tape, and their eyes were all on the Khitan people with big shoulders and round waists on the opposite side. In their eyes, these people are all stupid and have a lot of money, waiting for them to slaughter.

"It seems that these Khitans are still wary of us, you see, the horses are still castrated." Jin Cheng, who was among the merchants, whispered to Qin Wang.

"The Khitans, a strategic material like horses, are definitely not willing to export to the Central Plains on a large scale, but it's a good thing for us, we can get a large number of uncastrated war horses from Helin, which is naturally very competitive!" Qin Forget nodded and replied softly.

When I got up early this morning, Qin Forget was very excited, after tossing for so long, overcoming many difficulties, the Tea Horse Market was finally about to open, and after today, the status of Chicheng was truly stabilized, and Qin Wang's heart also fell back into his stomach.

"I announce that Dayan and Khitan Tea and Horse Markets have officially begun!" Just when Qin Forget was waiting impatiently, Chen Liang's shrill voice finally sounded.

The crowd was completely excited, and the merchants on both sides could not wait to rush across the border, looking for acquaintances, and bargaining.

The Tea Horse Market is finally open!

Qin Forget thought excitedly.

For a few days, Akagi and Ye County have become cities that never sleep, and every merchant is busy doing business like a diligent little bee. Hundreds of deals are negotiated every day, and the backlog of goods in Akagi is rapidly decreasing at a visible rate, replaced by Khitan horses, cattle and sheep, and furs. If you look down from the sky, you will find that the convoys of the Central Plains continue to enter the grassland and disappear into the city of Helin City, while the livestock of the grassland enter Akagi in a longer line and then disappear in all directions.

Qin Wang, Huang Ling, Zhao Jia, and Huang Jinshan, the merchants who enjoyed the first priority, only lasted for ten days in the torrent of this transaction and sold out all the goods. The Jin family and the five families of Jia Shi Wang Xue have only put the transaction on the top, and for more than 20 consecutive days, the tea and horse market has been occupied by these five families, and the five families are trading like mountains of goods every day and earning huge profits.

On the Chaobai River, the fleet of the five families covers the sky and the sun, and there has been no decay

signs, people are amazed by the strength of the five.

"Fuck him, make a wedding dress for these bastards!" Yang Xuan accompanied Qin Forget to inspect Chicheng, looked at the five busy merchants, and said hatefully.

In fact, the Chicheng Group has earned an unusually rich return in the past few days, and the goods traded in Chicheng, plus the income from docks, warehouses, inns, tolls, etc., have earned two million taels, but compared with the five, this is just a drizzle, so Yang Xuan will be red-eyed.

"Haha, Lao Yang, people have to be content, what we have obtained in Chicheng is enough. Don't look at it on the surface, we only have two million taels, but look at them. Qin Forget pointed to the busy laborers and small traders and vendors on the street, "They don't do less work, they don't do less business, everyone has earned a lot, hundreds of thousands of people, think about it, how much did we Chicheng earn this time?" ”

"But that's theirs too, but they can't get into our storehouse!" Yang Xuan said disapprerovingly.

"You are wrong, when the people have money, they naturally want to spend, and if they want to spend, they naturally have to have merchants to open shops. Even if the stagnant water in Chicheng is alive, can't you see how many shops have been opened in the two counties? With shops, can't we collect taxes? In the end, it fell into our hands. Qin Forget said with a smile.

Hearing Qin Forget say this, Yang Xuan's face was relieved.

Although the streets are full of people, they are orderly.

The two armies of Akagi were divided into more than 300 teams and shuttled back and forth through the streets, constantly patrolling and strictly investigating all illegal things. This is only on the surface, after Mingyue Hall accepted five hundred Iron Sword Sect people, its strength increased significantly. At this time, the elite also came in and out, hiding in the shadows to spy on these businessmen, capturing the details of all parties, and probing any illegal business practices.

The most striking thing is the officials who follow the merchants and wait to collect taxes, these officials have as many as 50 people, all of whom are appointed by the imperial court, headed by Li Mingzhi, who is responsible for the collection of all commercial taxes, but there is an official from Akagi, who is the actual controller of the tax. Once any transaction is reached, both parties to the transaction have to pay a commercial tax ranging from 20 to 60 taxes, and in just two months, the imperial court has collected millions of taels of taxes, which is almost enough to catch up with the national tax revenue of the entire Dayan for half a year. A lot of the money will go to the county treasury of Chicheng, and Qin Wang will send people to escort it to the imperial court.

Li Mingzhi is also holding back the fire, he has been busy with tax collection recently, but he doesn't have much power. The imperial court gave Li Chengan enough face, and on the surface, the tax was controlled by Li Chengan, but in fact, it was not in Li Mingzhi's hands at all. The people of the Qin Forget faction were not only responsible for keeping an eye on whether those businessmen were committing tax evasion, but also supervised Li Mingzhi to prevent him from doing anything else. Qin Forget didn't want to offend Li Chengan too much, and greeted those officials, don't keep an eye on it, even so, Li Mingzhi's room for operation is much smaller. Qin forgot to do this, clearly abandoning Li Cheng'an and completely standing on the side of the imperial court.