Chapter 284: It's all about acting
Zhao Junsheng felt that the scene just now seemed to be a scene that had been arranged a long time ago, although he had not experienced it in later generations, but he didn't know how much he saw this kind of scene in TV and movies, and Tuoba Jian must have ulterior motives.
Zhao Junsheng's mind turned, and he quickly made a decision, he knelt on the ground with a puff, "Lord, it's really nothing to be a princess, please check it out!" β
Tuoba Jian sneered and said, "If you say nothing, it's nothing?" So many people are watching! This king can believe you, but do you think His Majesty the Emperor will believe you? β
Zhao Junsheng trembled on the ground, "The prince spares his life, please don't tell His Majesty the Emperor, the prince has any orders, and he is willing to go to the soup and die without giving up!" β
Tuoba Jian's face was smiling, and he turned his head to look at his staff member Yu Ji, Yu Ji observed Zhao Junsheng's reaction and expression, and nodded to Tuoba Jian quietly.
Tuoba Jian looked at Zhao Junsheng again and asked in a deep voice, "This is true!" β
Zhao Junsheng immediately raised his fingers and swore: "Every word of the humble post comes from the bottom of his heart, if there is deception, let the humble post hit five thunders in the sky, and he will not die well!" β
How did Tuoba Jian know that it would be as easy for future generations to swear poisonous oaths as drinking water? He had no scruples at all, he was in a good mood at this time, laughed happily, and stepped forward to help Zhao Junsheng: "HahahaΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· Junsheng is serious, please get up quickly! β
Zhao Junsheng got up and bent over and clenched his fists: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" β
Tuoba Jian asked his soldiers to bring a Mazha and asked Zhao Junsheng to sit down and talk, Zhao Junsheng thanked him again and sat down on the Mazha carefully.
His movements and performance made Tuoba Jian very satisfied, and he could only easily control it if he knew how to measure and respect his subordinates.
Tuoba Jian remembered the matter of the five thousand gold, so he asked: "Junsheng, what is the matter with those blank official documents stamped with the general's seal?" β
Zhao Junsheng was about to answer, but when he saw that there were other people around, he hesitated again.
Seeing his expression, Tuoba Jian smiled and said, "It's all my own people here, but it's okay to say it!" β
"Yes!" Zhao Junsheng agreed, and immediately said: "There are some merchants in the market who are often checked by checkpoints, city gate guards, and local officials along the way when they are doing business in other places. This saves a lot of money, a lot of money all year round! β
After hearing this, Tuoba Jian said: "These businessmen's brains are really flexible, and they can't think of this method!" But even so, they can earn so much all year round when they buy a customs clearance document with a thousand gold? β
Zhao Junsheng hesitated, but gritted his teeth and said: "If you do serious business, I'm afraid that you won't be able to earn a thousand gold, but they can carry private goods, especially the goods prohibited by the imperial court, which are dozens of times, even hundreds, or thousands of times the profit!" β
"I see!"
Not to mention that the black-clothed man and staff member Yu Ji who were standing on the side were already frightened, and even Tuoba Jian was stunned by this.
Tuoba Jian's face was a little unsightly, he looked at Zhao Junsheng and reprimanded: "How can you do such a thing? This is endangering the imperial court and the world of Great Wei! β
Zhao Junsheng hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, rest assured, this kind of customs clearance document can only pass through the territory of Great Wei, and it cannot allow the caravan to go out of the country, and there will be no enemy phenomenon!" The biggest harm is to make the imperial court pay less taxes, for example, the imperial court issued an edict that salt and iron should be sold by the imperial court, and the people are not allowed to sell salt and iron privately, but with the military's customs clearance documents, those caravans will mix some salt and iron in the goods, evade the checkpoints along the way, and sell them at a slightly lower official price after being transported to the destination, because their purchases are bought from miners or salt workers at a low price, so the profits are higher than those of the imperial court! β
Tuoba Jian gasped: "Hiss-"
Zhao Junsheng looked at Tuoba Jian's face, and continued: "Lord Wang, this matter is not the first to be done by a lowly position, there have long been garrisons selling customs clearance documents in various places, but there are very few people who know about it, those businessmen will not talk nonsense, and the generals who sell customs clearance documents will not show off casually when they get money, and both sides will just make a fortune in silence!" β
Yu Ji asked at this time: "Zhao Dutong, how long can this kind of customs clearance document generally pass without hindrance?" β
Zhao Junsheng looked at Yu Ji and didn't say anything.
Tuoba Jian introduced: "This is Lord Bo Yu Ji! β
Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists at this time: "It turned out to be Master Yu, as far as the humble officials know, no matter which garrison general, the time limit for customs clearance documents they send out is one year." The time limit is too short, and those merchants do not do it; The time limit is too long, and the generals who sell the customs clearance documents will not do it, and they expect to make a fortune every year! And the number of sales at a time can't be too much, at most five, more is worthless, too little and in short supply! β
Yongchang Wang Tuoba Jian is only eighteen years old this year, two years younger than Tuoba Tao, he has been normal, and only occasionally followed Tuoba Tao to go out to fight in the past two years, and he doesn't know anything about these things outside.
At this time, after listening to Zhao Junsheng say this, I realized that the outside world is really deep!
Tuoba Jian asked again: "Who are the people who buy customs clearance documents here in the north?" β
Zhao Junsheng replied: "I only know that Da Bo Xiaoyi bought one, and he is the son-in-law of the king of Beiping; There is also a merchant named Jia Yan, who is said to be the person of King Leping. As for the others, the humble position is not very clear, the other customs clearance documents are handed over to the following people to buy, if the prince wants to know the buyer, and when the person who does the service comes back, the subordinates can ask clearly, and then send the list to the prince! β
This is Na Yu Ji to Tuoba Jian clenched his fists and said: "Lord Wang, if you can get the list of these people, you can find out who is behind them, such as the King of Beiping, King Leping and others are all taken by the prince, if there is anything that cannot be solved in the future, these people are helping!" β
Tuoba Jian was quite excited when he heard this, and instructed Zhao Junsheng: "Okay, when the errand comes back, send the list over immediately!" β
"Yes, Lord Wang!"
Yu Ji asked again: "Zhao Dutong, it won't be beneficial for you to do such a big thing, right?" β
Zhao Junsheng had long expected that someone would definitely ask this, so he hugged his fists; "The lowly position is just a middleman, in fact, both parties are very clear about the market, and the lowly position will take one percent of the money from the transaction as a commission!"
Tuoba Jian said with a smile: "This method and proportion of the commission are quite appropriate. Since the imperial brother has made you the commander of the capital, you will work hard to put a few baggage battalions in order and make some achievements, and this king will speak for you in front of the imperial brother and give you meritorious promotion! When you are promoted to a certain official position, you are qualified to propose to the imperial brother and let the imperial brother marry the fifth sister to you. Alright, if there is any more trouble, this king will send someone to call you, so go back first,"
"Yes, thank you for your humble resignation!" Zhao Junsheng said and got up and hugged his fists and retreated.
Coming out of the camp of the Right Guard, Zhao Junsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and this level had finally passed. He had been hiding before, and no one paid attention to him, as soon as the emperor came, he found out the unusual thing about the baggage camp, and at that time he was exposed to the front of all the bigwigs in the Jinling camp, and now with Yongchang King Tuoba Jian as a backer, he should be able to be a little safer, but this Yongchang King is a shrewd and capable person, and he must be careful in front of this person.
The next morning, Zhao Junsheng rushed to the camp of the second battalion of the baggage, and found that the camp was empty, only a few soldiers guarded.
He came to the third battalion camp again, and learned that Gao Xu had also led the soldiers to open up the wasteland, so he immediately took Li Bao and a few of his own soldiers to gallop away in the direction of the wasteland.
When they arrived at the ground, Zhao Junsheng and the others jumped off their horses and found that many soldiers were working hard with farm tools, while Gao Xiu took some personal soldiers nearby and kept shouting to the soldiers.
The sentry standing guard on the side saw Zhao Junsheng riding over, and immediately stepped forward to salute: "Meet Dutong!" β
Zhao Junsheng led the horse and asked, "What is thisΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· How did such a person change his sex? Working so hard? A few days ago, when the Bundu came over, they all hid in the shade of the trees to cool off! β
The sentry replied: "Back to the capital, Captain Gao ordered the soldiers to be divided into groups for a reclamation competition, and at noon to see which group has the most reclamation, the group with the largest reclamation area can add food at noon, and the rest of the group cannot add food!" β
Zhao Junsheng smiled: "Oh? It turns out that there is a reward, no wonder such lazy people work so hard! Go over and take a look".
Gao Xiu was shouting to the working baggage soldiers, which group has dug to the front, and the other groups should speed up, otherwise the opportunity to eat at noon will be taken away, and the other backward groups will work harder.
"Captain, all are here!" There are pro-soldiers next to him to remind Gao Xiu.
When Gao Xiu heard this, he turned his head to look at it, and immediately turned around to meet him.
"Gao Xiu meets Dutong!"
Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Excuse me!" It seems that your reception of the 2nd battalion is going well? β
Gao Xiu shook his head and said: "Where is it going well, there was a thorn in the head when I took office yesterday, and I was ordered by my subordinates to cut off the heads of five people to suppress those people!" No, today's subordinates ordered which group to add more food at noon to open up the wasteland, and these people began to work hard."
Zhao Junsheng nodded, looked at the area of wasteland reclaimed by these people, and said, "Looking at this progress, it should be enough to reclaim a thousand acres within five days!" After the reclamation is completed, the seeds will be planted immediately, and within a few days in the future, some people will be arranged to come over to fertilize, weed and irrigate, and others should enter the drill state as quickly as possible, and the time given to us by Yasuhara is only three months! β
"Understood!" Gao Xiu agreed, thought about it and asked: "Dutong, let's work so hard, if the Jinling camp is withdrawn in the future, won't these horses still have to be returned to the Right Guard Army and the Fertile Field Army?" We're doing it for nothing! β
Zhao Junsheng smiled slightly: "How can we spit out the things we eat?" Pontus has his own way of keeping these people behind! β