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Wang Yuan laughed and said: "Interesting, interesting, it seems that the wine and food here are expensive, it seems that it is good to be rich." ”

Yang Zhao shook his head and said, "Is it enough to be rich?" Drunken Immortal Building is not rich to come, the guests who come here are either rich or expensive, do not have a certain status, do not want to come in. Before today, have you ever heard of the name of the Drunken Immortal Tower? ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "I've never heard of such a place. ”

Yang Zhao said with a smile: "That's it, because this place does not rely on fame, but a place for a small number of people to come, and there is no need to be famous to attract guests." ”

Wang Yuan understands that this place is actually like some high-end secret clubs in later generations, and the reception is not ordinary people, if you want to come in and enjoy it, at least the identity weight must reach a standard. There are many powerful families in Chang'an, and they naturally need a place to indulge and enjoy in their own circle, although places like Pingkangfang can also be fun, but after all, they respect their own identity, and they don't want to leave some indecent words to others.

"It's an eye-opener, if it weren't for Yang Duzhi's appointment, I wouldn't have known that there was such a place in Chang'an City, it was really lonely and unheard."

Yang Zhao said with a smile: "Each of their respective circles, for example, your brother Wang's circle, I can't get in, if you ask me to dance and ink, it is better to kill me with a knife." ”

Wang Yuan smiled, and his good impression of Yang Zhao doubled in his heart, this person spoke very likable, without any domineering, I don't know if he did it deliberately, even if he did it deliberately, he was also a person with a heart, at least he still had respect for himself.

The two clinked glasses and drank the second glass of wine, talking and laughing, the relationship seemed to be much closer, but Yang Zhao did not get to the point, and Wang Yuan would not rush to ask, so he made up his mind to wait for Yang Zhao to speak first.

Yang Zhao didn't seem to have any intention of getting into the topic, ate a few bites of food, and continued to chat after having another drink with Wang Yuan, stretched out his hand and pointed at a Silla maid who was waiting to pour wine beside him, and smiled at Wang Yuan: "Brother Wang, do you know how difficult it is to search for so many Silla women in Chang'an?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "It should cost a lot, as far as I know, a Silla maid is worth 1230,000 yuan, and the owner of this drunken immortal building has collected so much, this expense alone is enough to make people smack." ”

Yang Zhao shook his head and smiled: "It seems that you don't understand the real difficulties. For the wealthy family in Chang'an City, a few million dollars are insignificant, and the cost of the twenty-six Silla maids in this drunken immortal building is only more than three million, even if it is me, I can barely take it out, this is not the point. ”

Wang Yuan was surprised: "Listening to Du Zhilang's meaning, does it have nothing to do with money?" ”

Yang Zhao said: "The rich families in Chang'an City are like carp crossing the river, but how many have you ever seen that really own Kunlun Nu and Silla maids?" If there are all of them, wouldn't they be dissatisfied that the streets are all Kunlun slaves, and every family has Silla maids? If that's the case, what else is there about this Drunken Immortal Tower? In terms of beauty, can't my Tang Dynasty woman compare to a Silla woman? ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "You mean to say that Kunlun Nu and Silla Maiden can't buy them even if they have money?" ”

Yang Zhao smiled: "The rich family in Chang'an likes to fight for wealth the most, and it used to be the pomp and circumstance of luxury travel in the mansion, but in recent years, it has been different. In these years, isn't the rich and powerful family going out to embrace the car? But you have me, and everyone is indistinguishable, so now the fight is a novelty. Sons and brothers go out, the horse and the horse should be accompanied by a black and shiny Kunlun slave, that is the face, you bring one, I bring a pair, this is the pomp. When the lady goes out, if there is a well-behaved and docile Silla maid in front of and behind the sedan chair, it is a bright face, even if it is to follow a Ni Luo cat, what you want is this kind of pomp. ”

Wang Yuan understood what Yang Zhao meant, the way the powerful family behaved was sometimes difficult to understand, and what the rich and powerful were comparing was not food, clothing, housing and transportation, but some strange things. For example, the cats and dogs of the fighting family are beautiful and the spiritual breed is noble, and it is not unusual to develop to the slaves accompanying the fight. Although the quality of the slaves and maids of the Tang Empire is also good, how can there be Kunlun slaves and Silla maids? The tall and swarthy Kunlun Nu of the Western Regions and the Silla maid who are famous for their gentleness, carefulness, suppleness and respect are both from foreign lands, and they are both expensive, which is an excellent comparison.

"I don't understand, why can't you buy Kunlun Nu and Silla Maiden if you have money? Isn't there a market price? Wang Yuan asked.

Yang Zhao smiled: "It's not that you can't buy it, but it's useless to buy it, if you can solve it with money, then what's the fight?" Directly more than money, less money is not enough? ”

Wang Yuan said: "Why is that? ”

Yang Zhao said with a smile: "You don't know the reason, the Kunlun slaves and Silla maids in my Tang Dynasty are all sold from the Silla Kingdom on the Western Regions and the Eastern Sea, those places have a difficult life, and they hear that my Tang Dynasty is rich and prosperous, so they would rather sell themselves as slaves than come to my Datang." Some brokers use their psychology to engage in trafficking for a living, but you must know that although the Western Regions and Silla are weak and worship the Tang Dynasty, it is taboo to sell people from other countries, so they will definitely ask the imperial court to crack down on slave trafficking. In order to appease the subject country, our Datang will not allow human trafficking to run rampant, so our Datang law has a clear text that anyone who engages in human trafficking will be punished with capital punishment once caught, and will not be tolerated, which shows the attitude of resolute crackdown. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "It should indeed be so, otherwise human traffickers will not be rampant everywhere, and there must be huge profits in it." ”

Yang Zhao nodded and said: "Naturally, there are huge profits, otherwise they would be willing to take risks at the cost of capital punishment, and you must know that the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty is thousands of miles away, and they have to cross the desert in the middle, and they often die of thirst and heat halfway; Even if the kingdom of Silla came here, because they could not cross the border openly, they chose to smuggle through the sea, and many people died in the waves and storms. Taking so many risks, there is naturally a lure of huge profits. ”

Wang Yuan said: "Why doesn't the imperial court directly prohibit the sale of foreign slaves and maids? Isn't it a hundred? ”

Yang Zhao smiled and said: "Why do you want to ban it, the imperial court gets tens of millions of taxes in the slave trade every year, isn't it gone if you ban this tax?" Besides, the powerful families of Chang'an City have a great demand for Kunlun slaves and Silla maids, and if someone wants to buy them, why not sell them? ”

Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "Then didn't you say that the imperial court cracked down on the sale of foreign slaves and maids?" ”

Yang Zhao laughed and said: "Brother Wang, you don't understand this, the blow is indeed a blow, but the way of the blow is different, not only to calm the hearts of the vassal countries, to block their mouths, but also to benefit from our Datang." ”

Wang Yuan's mind was confused, and he didn't understand the meaning of Yang Zhao's words at all.

Yang Zhao touched the cup with Wang Yuan, drank the wine in the cup and said with a smile: "Human traffickers will always have them, and Silla maids and Kunlun slaves will also come to my Tang Dynasty in a steady stream, you can naturally buy them if you have money, but there is one point, how to give these slaves and maids an official identity, it depends on whether you have the ability or not." If you buy a slave without an identity household registration, once you are reported, you will be annoyed, maybe the confiscated money is more than ten times the amount you bought this slave, so even if you have money, I am afraid that you will not dare to buy a foreign slave and maid willfully. ”

The surprise in Wang Yuan's heart was indescribable.

"I just said that the Chang'an family of magnates fights who have more Kunlun slaves and Silla women, and the fight is not only about quantity, but about power and ability; Who has the ability to buy these exotic slaves and maids, and can successfully give them the identity of the Tang Dynasty, this is not a problem that money can solve, but your powerful position, otherwise you will not be able to own these slaves and maids no matter how much money you have, but it will cause trouble, so, do you understand? ”

Of course, Wang Yuan understands that these trafficked foreign slaves are all black hukou, and how to settle down in Datang and exist legally is the key. Otherwise, even if you are very rich and buy a lot of these slaves, you will get into trouble, if it is a general fine, if you are considered a human trafficker, you will have to lose your head. So how to have enough exotic slaves and maids, and also have the ability to make them all their legal property, this is the point. This is the meaning of the princes, kings, grandsons, ladies and ladies to let these Kunlun slaves and Silla maids walk in front of their horses and cars, showing off not the amount of money, but the level of power and ability.

"In this way, these traffickers trafficked Kunlun slaves and Silla women to Chang'an, don't they have to be unsalable? Where does the profiteering come from? Wang Yuan asked suspiciously.

"I asked the point, so I just told you clearly, but you had better forget what I said when you get out of this drunken fairy building, if you can't control your mouth and make trouble, I can't help you."

Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "So dangerous? ”

Yang Zhao smiled: "It's not dangerous, as long as you don't talk too much." To listen or not to listen? ”

Wang Yuan raised his neck and drank the fourth glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Of course I listened, I have nothing to be afraid of." ”

Yang Zhao smiled: "Okay, if you want to listen, I'll say." The buying and selling of Kunlun slaves and Silla maids in Chang'an City are on the black market, and no one dares to buy and sell them blatantly, but there is a place where they can be bought openly, and the slaves and maids who are bought have official household registration status, but the price is outrageously high, you shouldn't know about it. ”

Wang Yuan was surprised: "What's going on?" How could such a thing be? ”

Yang Zhao laughed and said: "Before, I said that the imperial court collects tens of millions of taxes every year on this matter, where did you get this money from?" ”

Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "Could it be ...... This is the ...... of the imperial court"

Yang Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Brother Wang is very smart, he understands it at once; Human traffickers are actually traffickers for the imperial court, and individual people who have no way out are naturally the targets of the imperial court's crackdown, but a large part of them are tacitly approved by the imperial court, and the Kunlun slaves and Silla maids sold are directly handed over to the imperial court, and the imperial court gives these slaves and maids the status and sells them to those large families who need them, and there is no need to worry about the imperial court investigating at all, because this is not a black market transaction, this is called the official market. Of course, the price of a slave of this status is naturally outrageously high, and a strong Kunlun slave can not be bought for more than 100,000 yuan on the black market, at least 500,000 yuan. A young Silla maid, who looks good and has a good figure, just like the one next to me, it costs at least seven or eight hundred thousand yuan. ”

Yang Zhao reached out and pinched the face of a Silla maid who was bending down to pour him wine, the Silla maid was shy and flushed, but she didn't say anything, letting Yang Zhao's big hand knead her face.

Wang Yuan completely understands the dirty deeds in this, the imperial court actually monopolizes the market of foreign slaves and maids, and some powerful wealthy families naturally do not worry about the household registration of foreign slaves and maids they buy, and more people can only buy slaves and maids with legal status at a high price from the imperial court, of course, it is not the imperial court, there must be intermediaries as brokers. However, many traffickers are directly linked to the imperial court, and the trafficked slaves and maids are directly sold to the imperial court, and they will neither be hit nor worry about sales. The other part of them have become targets because they do not have this relationship. Although the price of Kunlun Nu and Silla maid on the black market is not high, it will be risky to buy. Taiwan is strong, powerful enough, and wide enough, otherwise no one would dare to buy it.

In this way, in fact, the imperial court is using its power to sell money, attaching the right of household registration to these slaves and maids to sell, which is naturally a huge profit.

Wang Yuan didn't know what to say, he was shocked for a long time, and was speechless.

Yang Zhao observed Wang Yuan's expression with interest, and asked with a faint smile that seemed unintentional: "What does Brother Wang think about this method?" Do you think that the court should not do this? ”

Wang Yuan naturally thought that this method was really shameless, how could a big country secretly rely on this kind of thing to make tax money, but Wang Yuan kept an eye on it; From the beginning of entering the West Building, Yang Zhao didn't talk about business and only talked about these boring gossips to himself, which made Wang Yuan feel very strange. Whether it's showing off or saying he's just casually talking, it always feels like he's doing it with a purpose.

Now Yang Zhao asked himself what he thought of this method, which made Wang Yuan strongly feel that this was a means for Yang Zhao to test himself. Wang Yuan is no longer the Wang Yuan when he first crossed over, and in just over a month, what he has experienced is even more dangerous than what Wang Yuan has experienced in his later twenty-six years of life. Now that I am embattled, I must be vigilant in every word and deed, how can I easily express my opinions.

Wang Yuan's brain was running rapidly, and he finally decided to hide his thoughts and say something against his heart to see if he had guessed Yang Zhao's mind.

"Hmm...... If we talk about the method alone, some people may think that this method is following an evil path and is not so above board. But I think that from the standpoint of my Tang court, this method is an excellent way to increase the tax revenue of the imperial court, and it will be beneficial but harmless. ”

Yang Zhao's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "Oh? Do you really think so? ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Of course, I didn't say it, but I thought so after consideration. The reasons are very simple, first, since the slave trade has been repeatedly prohibited, it will cost a lot of energy for the imperial court to spend a lot of manpower and financial resources to pursue this matter; Just like a flood is coming, the method of blocking is not as good as the strategy of sparseness, this method is like a strategy of channeling, and the face of the Western Regions and the Silla subjects also have an explanation, everyone is happy, this is the best policy. ”

Yang Zhao smiled: "What a good strategy, continue." ”

Wang Yuan continued to talk nonsense with a clear conscience: "For these trafficked slaves and maids, since they have no way to live in their own country, why not let them also have a chance to pursue a better life." Coming to my prosperous Datang, their living conditions have improved, although they have become slaves, they are well fed and clothed here, and they go to large families, and they are favored by the master's family, which is many times better than starving to death and freezing to death in their own country. Therefore, it is actually good for them. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the subject country couldn't get over the face and caused the road to be too dangerous, I hope that the imperial court would not put too much pressure on the road, and it would also avoid some casualties on the way. ”

When Wang Yuan said these words, he secretly scolded himself for being shameless, but he really had no choice, he had already stated his position, so he could only talk nonsense to prove his opinion.

Yang Zhao nodded again and again and said: "What I said is very true, let's give them a way to live, these small countries are very ignorant of the suffering of their own people for the sake of face." ”

Wang Yuan sighed and continued: "The third is that since the rich family of my Tang Dynasty Chang'an has such a strong demand for foreign slaves and maids, the imperial court is actually doing this to meet their needs; This is called one willing to fight and the other willing to suffer, and both sides are happy. What can be bought is the rich family, the court gets the finance from them, and then uses it for the construction of the Tang Dynasty, to say an inappropriate analogy, it is like the court has become a person who robs the rich and helps the poor, but the rich who are robbed are willing, and the court can improve the people's livelihood with this money, which is the most wonderful thing. ”

Yang Zhao stroked his palm lightly and said: "Sure enough, he is a scholar, he has seen things thoroughly, and many people have criticized the people who came up with this method with vicious words, but they are all ignorant people, and they don't understand the tricks, and what Brother Wang said is what people of insight say." ”

Wang Yuan's heart was like a mirror, his guess was confirmed from Yang Zhao's words, and at this moment, he needed to make up another fire and burn more vigorously.

"I don't dare to call him a man of insight, but the person who came up with this method is the one who really has ideas and responsibilities, I don't know who he is, if I can see this person, I will tell him to his face, don't pay attention to the words of ignorant people."

Yang Zhao stood up suddenly, stared at Wang Yuan in a daze, and muttered: "Confidant, Brother Wang is really my Yang Zhao's confidant." ”

Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "Why did Du Zhilang say this? ”

Yang Zhao sighed: "It's not a secret, this method is my policy for Your Majesty." ”

Wang Yuan stood up in surprise and said with a surprised expression: "This ...... This is actually the method that Dujiro came up with? ”

Yang Zhao nodded and said: "Yes, I dedicated the policy to Your Majesty in August last year, and Your Majesty entrusted me with full responsibility, and in only half a year, I used this strategy for Your Majesty."