Chapter 466: The Beginning of the Rise of Civil Commerce (4)
"These people...... Is it the caravan of the nobles of Wei?'
Jie Zilu looked at the sizable caravan in the distance in surprise.
I saw that this caravan had about more than 100 carriages full of goods, which was not at all comparable to the two of him, Wen Shaobo and Jie Ziyu brothers.
Moreover, the captain of the caravan, the middle-aged man who looked well-dressed, his attitude was also very ruthless and arrogant, and when he heard that the soldiers of the Chenggao army refused to let their caravan go out, he fiercely grabbed the armor of one of the soldiers, and said viciously: "You little pawn, do you know which adult's caravan we are?!" ”
However, the attitude of the merchant soldier was also very calm, and he waved his hand, and suddenly, with a loud swish, an iron arrow as thick as a knuckle struck the ground beside the caravan captain with great force, and after nailing into the ground, it still buzzed.
The merchant captain was startled, and when he looked up, he was shocked to see dozens of hideous-looking weapons of war aimed at him on this section of the city wall.
"Lian...... Repeater! The caravan leader's face turned pale, and he subconsciously let go of the hand that was grabbing the soldier in front of him, and took two steps back in fear.
"Repeater?"
Jie Ziyu looked up at the war weapons on the city wall, and then looked at the Chenggao sergeant, but saw that the other party calmly patted the place where the caravan captain had been caught, and then said lightly: "Who do you care?" Not allowed is not allowed! …… Want to make trouble here? Want to figure out where this is? After that, he shouted: "This is Chenggao Pass!" ”
At this moment, the fierceness on the soldier's face was far more fierce than that of the caravan leader, and he was murderous.
"Dare to make trouble here? Are you tired of living?! ”
With the shouting of this Cheng Gao soldier, a group of soldiers suddenly poured down from the gate on the city wall, bluffing the strong men in the caravan who were five big and three thick.
"These people...... It's a killing!'
Jie Zilu swallowed his saliva, because he saw that the Cheng Gao sergeant had come towards him after shocking the caravan leader.
After only a dozen steps, the Cheng Gao sergeant came to Jie Ziyu and said in a deep voice: "Didn't you ask you to pay the money?" ”
Jie Ziyu was startled, and hurriedly said, "My companion has gone." ”
"Oh." The Cheng Gao sergeant was stunned, then nodded.
And at this moment, Wen Shaobo came to Jie Zi Ou with his head down, as if he didn't see the Cheng Gao sergeant, and said in frustration: "Jie Zi, we have been robbed of a hundred big money. …… The bandits! ”
Jie Ziyu secretly glanced at the sneering Cheng Gao sergeant next to him, and asked cautiously, "That...... Can I get out of the country? ”
"That's it." Uncle Wen drooped his head and sighed.
After that, he noticed the Cheng Gao sergeant, and a little panic flashed on his face, but he still muttered stubbornly: "It's a robber, robbing us of a hundred dollars." ”
While Jie Ziyu was frightened, the Cheng Gao sergeant grinned and scolded: "Get out!" ”
That is to say, you can get out of the customs?
General Jie Ziyu was skeptical, but it turned out that after paying the customs exit fee of 100 yuan, the soldiers of the Chenggao army did not stop it.
However, before exiting the customs, Jie Zi Ou glanced back.
He was surprised to find that the captain of the big caravan, who was still arrogant, was chasing the Cheng Gao sergeant at this moment and begging repeatedly, saying that he was willing to pay ten times the export duty, but the Cheng Gao sergeant ignored this person and continued to "extort" a hundred large coins from another merchant who only had a carriage.
"Not only is it convenient for the household department, but even Chenggaoguan is involved...... Leave no stone unturned, King Su.'"
Jie Ziyu secretly sighed.
"See?" After leaving the customs, Tao Hong also drove the carriage over, pointed to Chenggao Pass, and said something meaningful to Wen Shaobo and Jie Ziyu.
Unlike Wen Shaobo, who angrily complained that the soldiers of Cheng Gao forcibly extorted a hundred yuan from them, Jie Ziyu lowered his voice and said, "See, King Su is suppressing the caravans of those big nobles...... What does Brother Tao think? ”
Tao Hong snorted lightly and said with a smile: "There will eventually be a number of wealth in the world, and if the nobles will be reduced by one point, we will increase by one point." …… It's just that I don't know how long King Su can last. ”
A few hints of discoloration flashed in Jie Ziyu's eyes, and he deliberately said, "Brother Tao thinks that King Su can't last long?" ”
Tao Hong glanced at Jie Zi Ou and said with a smile: "Brother Jie Zi is not sincere." As he spoke, he put away the smile on his face and said with emotion: "King Su is making enemies with the nobles of the entire Wei State, although King Su is now in high esteem, but in the face of the joint protest of those nobles, if he wants to come to the end, King Su can only compromise...... King Su is too anxious, and now is not the time to move those nobles. ”
"The foolish brother doesn't think it's because King Su is anxious." Jie Zilu shook his head, and said: "I think this is King Su supporting us people, because King Su knows very well that without his secret support, we people would not be able to compete for food in the hands of those merchants supported by nobles." …… I don't doubt that King Su has so far had the power to compromise with those people in the end, but this is not because he is anxious, but because King Su has given us a chance, and those people will never give us a chance. ”
Tao Hong was stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, he said in surprise: "It's still my brother who thinks thoroughly." ”
Jie Ziyu smiled humbly, and then said: "Maybe soon, Sanchuan will no longer belong to us alone, maybe King Su will delay us as much as possible, but, in the end, we still have to rely on ourselves, take advantage of this opportunity that King Su fought for us, create wealth as much as possible, and keep up with King Su's pace...... Bolangsha, Brother Tao has been there, right? ”
Tao Hong's eyes flashed a little different, and he lowered his voice and said: "Don't hide it from my brother, about Bolangsha, I am secretly spreading Lun, and the Smelting Bureau is not well funded, and it is raising money." If you want to lease out Bolangsha, it seems to be some kind of "shop land" to get money. …… However, some people may say that in fact, those nobles in the country are scrambling to fund and support the Smelting Bureau, but King Su resisted and ignored those people......"
"......" Jie Ziyu recalled in his mind the scene when the Cheng Gao sergeant disdainfully disdained the caravan, and his heart was filled with a little whimsy, and he asked in a low voice: "What is the price, I mean renting a shop in Bolangsha." ”
"It is said that it is about 10,000 gold in ten years." Tao Hong said in a low voice.
Hearing this, Jie Ziyu almost gasped in shock, and said in his heart, 10,000 gold? I've never seen 10,000 gold when I've grown up.
However, in the bottom of his heart, he still secretly kept this precious information in his heart, because he had already speculated that Su Wang Hongrun was vigorously supporting the domestic private merchant forces, as long as he could ride this strong wind, the brother next to him who was still "robbed" by the Cheng Gao army of a hundred big money" and broken thoughts, could realize his ambition and become a giant with a wealth of tens of thousands of dollars in the Wei State.
"In my opinion, Bolangsha is by no means a short-term project, and before that, I have to do my best to make money......
Jie Ziyu and Tao Hong glanced at each other and nodded to each other.
After Chenggao Pass exited, they arrived at the boundary of Sanchuan, and it didn't take long for Wen Shaobo, Jie Ziyu, and Tao Hong to drive the carriage and see a team of alien cavalry.
I have to say that the Wei people are generally not short, just like Wen Shaobo, who is about eight feet long, and Jie Zilu and Tao Hong are slightly shorter than the former.
However, these foreign cavalrymen are almost all nine feet tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, tall and large, and they know at a glance that they are extremely capable men.
And when the alien cavalry approached, Wen Shaobo and Jie Ziyu were all a little stunned.
After all, Sanchuan was still fighting a while ago, and the two sides of the war were King Su and these aliens, who knows if these aliens were those who were enemies of King Su?
Unexpectedly, after the alien cavalry approached Wen Shaobo and the others, the leading cavalry captain asked them in a stiff Wei Chinese dialect: "You ...... Who is it? ”
"It's good to be able to communicate!"
Jie Ziyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and not far away, Tao Hong hurriedly said: "We are Wei merchants who came to Sanchuan to do business. ”
Hearing this, the alien cavalry captain frowned and asked, "...... you What about flags? ”
"Flags? What flags? ”
Jie Ziyu was stunned when he heard this, but from the side, Tao Hong seemed to remember something, slapped his head, and hurriedly turned out a small flag from his carriage, with a few words written on it that they couldn't understand.
After seeing this flag, the alien cavalry captain no longer had doubts in his eyes, nodded and said, "Hang it...... In the car. ”
With that, he turned his head to look at Wen Shaobo and Jie Ziyu.
At this time, Tao Hong hurriedly reminded: "Brother Wen Xian, Brother Jie Zi, that banner, the banner given by Cheng Gaojun." ”
Jie Ziyu hurriedly woke up Wen Shaobo, who was still thinking in pieces, and the latter also took out a small flag from his arms.
Seeing this, the alien cavalry captain turned around and pointed in a direction, and said in a stiff Wei Chinese dialect: "Here...... Ground. ”
With that, the cavalry quickly left.
"Sanchuan Alien...... How can you be so easy to talk to?'
Wen Shaobo, Jie Ziyu, and Tao Hong looked at each other, because he didn't see any hostility in the eyes of the other party.
"King Su conquered this land by force, but these alien races have no resentment towards the Wei people...... Weird. ”
Tao Hong muttered to himself.
It's no wonder, after all, the most emotional of the three has to be this old Song person.
Thinking that Wei and Chu joined forces to destroy the Song State, the Song people hated the Wei people and the Chu people quite a lot.
However, a day and a half later, when Wen Shaobo, Jie Ziyu, and Tao Hong arrived in the city, they were relieved why the aliens in the land of Sanchuan were not angry with the Wei people and the Su king who had conquered them by force.
"My God......"
Driving the groom to stop at a place that was still some way away from the city, Wen Shaobo looked at the dense transport ships of the Wei court on the banks of the Luoshui River, and looked at the laborers who carried or unloaded goods between these ships, and opened his mouth wide in jaw. (To be continued.) )