Chapter 244: Martial Arts (12)

The Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, together with the Luonan businessmen brought by Yang Wen, used the funds in their hands to stir up the entire clan in southern Hebei, and even affected other big families in Shandong and Hebei. In this wave of "economic crisis", the big family mainly lost inventory, and if the inventory could not be sold, the funds could not be recovered. However, the family has not experienced this kind of crisis, and the loss of money will not cause them substantial harm at all. Don't forget, the roots of the family lie in the fact that they have a vast land and a large vassal or hidden population.

In the past, no one dared to engage in confrontation with the Shi clan, because the Shi clan had the support of the government and the support of public opinion. But now, Cangzhou's policies have resolved the existential crisis of the people again and again, and a large amount of taxes have been paid, and the Shi's call for heavy agriculture and suppression of business has long been shattered by facts that speak louder than words. Today's public opinion supports the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, and in addition, Zhao Lu, the assassin of Cangzhou, handles everything in the name of Xu Qing, so both the scholars and the common people are very much in favor. Except for some literati who have been bought off by the world...... In the officialdom, he also relied on Cangzhou many times to resolve the crisis, and the person who knew the times was Junjie, and in front of the family and the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, the government chose not to offend.

The people and scholars supported the Chamber of Commerce, and the government was not offended, and the clan fell behind. Of course, they guard their own fields and populations, pass on poems and books, pay attention to cultivating their own children, and have such abundant officialdom resources in their hands. Even in another hundred years, the Chamber of Commerce may not be able to help them. If you do evil in heaven, you can still live, but if you do it yourself, you can't live. Xingzhou Qinghe, suddenly beat the gong and drum, set up a Qinghe Chamber of Commerce, also according to the gourd to draw a scoop, promised to form a caravan, the end of the month to share dividends, the end of the year also divided, maybe promise everyone to have their own hired caravan escort.

And that's not all.

The profits estimated by the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce have doubled the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce.

The Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce promised to share the profits, and the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce also doubled.

The services provided by the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce promises to do more.

Your Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce said that you want a probationary period of three months, we Qinghe don't want it, we don't want any conditions, and those who have this ambition will come.

The establishment of the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce can be said to be in full swing, and even in Qinghe County, an identical commercial tax department has been created, which has changed the tax revenue. For a time, a number of small landlords stopped selling their property to form a caravan, and stopped to watch. This Qinghe Chamber of Commerce doesn't need conditions to join, why don't we keep our own food? When the time comes, if it fails, there will be one more way out, isn't it? Without the motivation of the small landlords, the fall in grain prices finally stopped the car.

The Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce did nothing, and at the end of the month, it simply shared a dividend, and the old businessmen who joined were full of money. Although the new joiner did not get a share of the money from the Chamber of Commerce, his own caravan still had some income, and he was at home before he went, and the profit was also doubled. Some people are satisfied, some people are impatient, and people are always different. At this time when people's hearts are fluctuating, the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce is still doing nothing, doing its own thing with peace of mind, what to do.

Originally, Zhao Lu and Qin Shi picked up the purpose of these things done by the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, which was originally to stabilize grain prices and benefit the people. The purpose of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce is to take the opportunity to expand once. The price of food is already low and cannot be lower, and the Chamber of Commerce has also taken the opportunity to expand, so what else is there to say, the purpose has been achieved. They are not Xu Qing, day and night trying to break the deeply criticized thing of the Shi clan.

Outside, however, there was a lot of noise about which chamber of commerce to join. Some people think that both are chambers of commerce, and it is the same to join whichever one, but Qinghe's conditions are low and the income is high. Some people believe that although Qinghe has low income and high conditions, it is still newly built, inexperienced, and the risk is relatively large. As a result of the quarrel, half of them turned to Qinghe, and half continued to follow Cangzhou.

----Changan

The martial arts has been carried out on the fifth day, and the three subjects in the outfield have basically been completed. Xu Qing brushed down more than 100 people, which was basically useless, but the last horse shot was ruthless, and directly brushed down 3,000 people who couldn't ride horses, so Xu Qing chose some tall soldiers. He who grows tall can stand a long shield and jam a spear that can jam a stabbing horse. Those with long arms can draw larger bows and wield stronger crossbows.

In addition to these big and tall people, this is the 3,000 people who can't ride horses, and most of their household registrations belong to the south. There are few horses in the south, and it is normal not to be able to ride, but Xu Qing knows that the bow and arrow in the south are very powerful. In Xu Qing's formation, with a long-range crossbowman, he actually needs a kind of person who shoots quickly at close range and counterattacks at close range. Among these 3,000 people, Xu Qing organized an exam, and those who hit nine arrows with ten arrows were included in their subordinates, and those who hit eight arrows came again, and if they didn't hit, they were recommended to join the infantry of other troops. Xu Qing doesn't.

A few more people with special skills were selected, and they were all given a petty officer. Xu Qing has a lot of official positions in his hands, but he doesn't give them to everyone, so he would rather lack them than overuse them. When it was time to rank in the competition, Xu Qing could directly choose one by one after three hundred.

However, Xu Qing has the news of the official position in his hand, and I don't know who leaked the news when.

One day, Xu Qing made a tour of the examination room to prove that he was still an examiner, and after doing things here, he was about to go back to the house to sleep. A tribute invited him aside, and Xu Qing naturally brought the guards.

"Late life, I will meet the Marquis of Xuanping below!"

Xu Qing looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Who are you and what are you looking for me?" ”

The man's eyes were cloudy and bright, and he struggled for a while and said to Xu Qing: "I feel that I have no chance with high school in my later life, and my family is a businessman's family, and I am from an inferior background, if I can't be a petty official this time, my parents will be extremely disappointed." Saying that, he handed Xu Qing a bag of silver and said, "There are one hundred and ten taels of silver here in the late life, and I ask Lord Xu to fulfill it!" ”

Xu Qing didn't stretch out his hand to take the silver, with his current financial resources, he couldn't look down on a hundred or ten taels of gold, he asked: "What is your surname, where do you live, come one by one, otherwise the official will not be able to help you." ”

The man looked at Xu Qing and said, "Master Hou agreed first, otherwise he wouldn't dare to say it later." ”

You will protect yourself, Xu Qing snorted coldly: "Do you think that if you don't say it, I won't know?" Needless to say, someone who came and took down this person dared to bribe his own official, he was bold and reckless, and he should not be spared! Twenty military sticks, drive out of the examination room! ”

Now facing inside and out, how many pairs of eyes are staring at Xu Qing's every move? Xu Qing asked him about his household registration just now, not really wanting to help, but just to see if he deliberately set a trap to harm Xu Qing, or if he was confused and wanted to go through the back door. As soon as the man heard Xu Qing's words, his head suddenly seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he couldn't stand steadily. A pair of clear tears flowed down his cheeks, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, Xu Qing saw this, and slightly ruled out the possibility of him colluding with the anti-Xu forces. However, Xu Qing didn't relax his vigilance yet, but just said to him: "You go to the exam first, if you pass the three items in the infield, you are all qualified, and the official will allow you to hold a halberd, so as not to disgrace your filial piety." ”

The man raised his head suddenly, glanced at Xu Qing, and quickly kowtowed to thank him. Xu Qing admonished him: "However, you must not waste your martial arts because of this, you should fight with all your might, strive for high school, and let Your Majesty make you an official." ”

"Thank you, Lord Xie!"

After Xu Qing came out of the examination room, he was about to go to a teahouse to drink tea, and then dozed off quietly for an afternoon, Zhao Gong quietly came to Xu Qing and said: "Lord Xu, someone asked someone to tell the little one that there is a tribute from Luonan who wants to visit Lord Xu." ”

"Lonan's? How will they get in touch with you? ”

"This is too long, there are many soldiers in my Xuanwu Sect, and the old father and mother of the family live in Chang'an City, and one of them is a distant relative of Luonan. From there, they knew that Lord Xu was one of the examiners, and they also knew that Lord Xu had an official position in his hands, so they asked the above layer by layer. Ahem, that's me, and then it's where it is. ”

Xu Qing stared at Zhao Gong and said, "You confess honestly and confiscate the money?" ”

Seeing that Xu Qing was so serious, Zhao Gong swallowed his saliva in fright and said, "No, there is no ......"

"Really?"

"Really, Lord Xu, don't you still believe me?"

"Didn't even receive anything?"

"Neither!" Zhao Gong swore solemnly: "The little one has received enough kindness from you, how can he collect those pickled things again?" ”

Xu Qing nodded, sighed and said: "There are 3,000 people in Xuanwu Sect, and there are about to be 10,000 people, and my identity can't be hidden." I can't stop the idea that the people below want to get something from me, but no matter what they think, how they arch upward, you and Wei Xian, and Zhuge Yan, as long as the three of you don't move, they will know that it's useless. Remember, no matter how much you want to be rich, ask me Xu Qing to ask for it, as long as I Xu Qing can give it, I won't pick the door, and I must not ask for it from the people below, that is to dig my Xu Qing's roots. ”

Zhao Gong hurriedly nodded yes, Xu Qing thought for a while and asked, "Those people from Luonan, but they are from Hongshan Town?" ”

"No, it's not, none of them are from Redhill. They just want to climb the relationship with their fellow villagers, and they have no other intentions. Zhao Gong returned.

"If they have the ability, what are they going to do with me? If you climb my relationship, and you don't have the ability, it's useless to climb. Xu Qing shook his head and wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he still said to Zhao Gong: "You just go and find them, meet them, and I will give face to the Luonan people." ”

Zhao Gong answered, and bowed his head.

Today's Xu Qing is already beautiful in the forest, and if he wants not to be destroyed by the wind, he has to cultivate his own power and become a forest alone. What is Xu Qing's purpose as an examiner here? I want to have a relationship with all the candidates, all the people who may be promoted in the future, and they are called teachers and students. Xu Qing has such a relationship, only when he expresses his views and views in the government and the opposition can people echo him, only what he says has weight, and only then can his ideas be practiced and transmitted.

The other one, the love of fellow villagers and the friendship of the same year, has long been said by the family to be something that can pull the relationship on the surface. If you don't give face, you will be looked down upon and won't be a favor!

Since the fellow villagers are here, why should Xu Qing go to the near and far to find the love of teachers and students to cultivate soil for himself?

———— look at the comments, there seems to be someone urging Migu to change, alas......

It's not my desire to procrasto, I just want to mix the whole work. If there is a break, hang the southeast branch.

In fact, my manuscript has reached the 24th, but the remaining plot of this book is not enough for ten thousand changes, you can enter the readership, I will reveal the plot.