Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, and shouted: "Let you sit, you can sit, what nonsense, usually do things well, there are some rules that don't need to be bothered, sit down, eat first, and there is no chance to eat if you want to eat for a while." ”

Yang Hu knew that the emperor in front of him was different, he dared to disregard the danger, personally went into battle to kill the enemy, rampage with the enemy's head between his armpits, and had great heroism.

At this moment, being able to sit on an equal footing with the emperor, he felt that he was simply protected by the eight generations of ancestors, and he was so lucky.

After Yang Hu sat down, Lin Feng pushed the jade steamed cake in front of him down, and said without the slightest imperial majesty: "You used to serve in Yulinwei, and you must have heard about it recently, a lot of military and political matters, do it well, I won't treat anyone who fights for me." ”

Realizing the meaning of Lin Feng's words, Yang Hu hurriedly prepared to kneel down to be loyal, but after being stopped by Lin Feng, he muttered in a low voice: "Gongzi Xie is very loving, and his subordinates are determined to be loyal to Gongzi, and they will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire." ”

After eradicating Han Fang and others, Lin Feng can trust more and more people, Yu Zheming and others in the court, and a group of descendants in the army, however, compared with his own Hongtu plan, there are too few helpers, Yang Hu, Yuan Ye, and Mu Yan are all from Yu Linwei, and they are blade warriors, and they are brave champions of the three armies, in his opinion, even if they can't become generals in charge, they can at least be trained to become fierce generals, or, leaders of some key positions.

Therefore, at the critical moment, give them a little benefit, win them over, and these people will be loyal and loyal to the death.

The most important thing is that Lin Xiao, Yu Zheming, Zhao Hongru and others are in charge of the affairs in the army now, and he doesn't have to work too hard, but he still wants to train a group of people similar to Jinyiwei, who are specifically responsible for beheading, assassinating, and investigating news. And Yang Hu, as a member of the Iron Fist team responsible for his own safety, is only suitable for secretly training the Black Clothes Society.

Yang Hu couldn't guess what Lin Feng was thinking, he buried his head in eating pastries, but he was thinking about how to be loyal, the meaning of the emperor's previous words was very clear, and he had the intention to cultivate the three of them, if he didn't know what to do, or couldn't hear the taste, I am afraid he would not be able to mix up with his current position.

I tried to control my excitement, but it was difficult to suppress it, and there was still a slight smirk on the corner of my mouth.

Soon, Yuan Ye and Mu Yan took many big businessmen and hawkers to the third floor of Hunan Juyuan. These people, some are taking inventory, some are talking about business, in short, they are busy with their own business. I didn't know why I was taken to Hunan Juyuan in advance, and I was very resistant in my heart, but when I saw the token in the other party's hand, I knew that the other party was an official of Yan State, but I didn't dare to be sloppy. They put down the things in their hands and came to Hunan Juyuan not very happily.

This meeting, when I came to Hunan Juyuan, I found that the third floor, where I usually entertain distinguished guests, had all been wrapped, and it was full of all kinds of delicacies.

Lin Feng watched Yuan Ye and the two complete the task, and said to Yang Hu beside him: "The three of you guard the second floor, and the idle people will not let you in, and by the way, call the restaurant to prepare some more wine and food, don't neglect my guests." ”

The three of them took the order and left, and Lin Feng then shifted his attention to the big businessmen and hawkers on the third floor, who were at a loss and embarrassed, and said: "Sit down, I ordered my subordinates to send everyone here today, which affected everyone's business, but you are definitely not in vain." ”

Most of the people who can do business are by no means stupid, and they know a little bit about what to say. The two guards who brought them before were not low in their eyes, but in front of the little brother in front of them, they seemed to put their status very low, and some people suspected that the identity of the little brother in front of them should not be low, not the son of the gate valve, but the child of the big bureaucrats of the imperial court.

It seems that the little brother said, let everyone make this trip in vain, I think there must be something to discuss with everyone, and these people are all businessmen, and they are familiar with each other, think about the other party should have a big deal, otherwise, they will not find a businessman with a head and face in Yanjing. It's just that they don't understand why they brought in small traders and hawkers, they don't seem to have much influence.

So, a big businessman took the lead in asking: "I am ignorant, I can't guess what the son is looking for us, so I dare to ask the son for words." ”

Lin Feng didn't have the time to guess what the other party thought, and after beckoning everyone to sit down, he was not polite at all, and said straight to the point: "There is no other meaning to gather everyone to come today, since everyone is a businessman, I want to ask something about business, let's eat at the same time!" ”

Hearing Lin Feng's intentions, someone immediately said: "Childe has something to say, and he knows everything and says everything." ”

It was this person who spoke twice, Lin Feng had a little affection for him, no matter how the other party's business was doing, at least he was not stage frightened in business situations, which was a good disposition for a businessman.

"Sir, what kind of business do you do and how is the profit?" Lin Feng poured himself a full bottle of wine, drank it slowly, left the aroma of wine in his mouth, and asked in a gentle tone.

The man didn't think too much about it, and said unabashedly: "Contemptible people do some grain business, and they used to barely make a profit, but in the past two years, the imperial court has increased taxes, disasters have occurred everywhere, there is a shortage of food, the surplus money in the hands of the people has decreased, and the price of grain in the Song Kingdom has shown signs of rising, so now it can barely be maintained." ”

Lin Feng nodded and sighed secretly, grain merchant!

Most of this person's words are true, the imperial court has indeed increased taxes, and natural disasters have occurred in many places in Yan Country in recent years, and the harvest is not as good as a year. In addition, the imperial court secretly purchased the grain and liquor of the Song Kingdom, and the rise in grain prices was inevitable, but it was a pity that the court suppressed the grain prices to prevent people from taking the opportunity to raise prices, and this grain business must not be good.

However, seeing that this man is still gorgeously dressed and shrewd, he should be a big grain merchant, and he said that he is not profitable, there must be a fake, after all, the more catastrophic the year, the more these grain merchants will hoard grain and take the opportunity to raise prices.

Although he understood the doorway, Lin Feng didn't specify it, and continued to ask: "Recently, the imperial court has promulgated many measures to encourage the development of commerce, have you noticed any changes from them?" ”

On the man's slightly vicissitudes of life, a slight smile appeared, and said; "The emperor is wise, vigorously develops commerce, builds a mule and horse market, and promulgates new laws, which is indeed gratifying, and we have also seen a lot of business opportunities from it. It's just that in this mule and horse market, a few trades such as horses, cloth, tea, silk, porcelain, salt and iron will be given corresponding preferential tax policies, like our grain, but we can't enjoy such preferential treatment, so we are also ready to wait for the hoarded grain in our hands to sell to see if we can do horse or salt and iron business. ”

Nodding slightly, Lin Feng asked the rest of the people with a bright smile: "Everyone also tell me what business they do, don't worry, I am not a businessman, I just want to understand the business atmosphere of Yanjing, the emperor is famous, and he is ready to vigorously develop business, so I will come down to understand the situation." Today, the clearer you say, the more drawbacks you point out, the better measures the emperor can take, you don't say a word, even if the emperor has the heart to encourage commerce, it is difficult to think about it thoroughly, just like the construction of a mule and horse market, this is not pointed out as a defect. ”

can't tell his true identity, Lin Feng can only change his identity, otherwise, if he tells the identity of the emperor, it is strange not to scare the other party half to death, how can he let these merchants speak freely?

Everyone's expressions were shocked, and the corners of their mouths showed joy, no wonder the other party was young enough to attract the bosses of major merchants in Yanjing, it turned out to be people from the official family, since the emperor attaches great importance to business, there must be a lot of measures in the future. Moreover, business profit-making has never been taken seriously, and now the emperor attaches importance to business, and to a certain extent, it has also enhanced the status of businessmen.

Suddenly, the third floor immediately became lively, someone put down his chopsticks, stood up, and changed his title: "My lord, I am in the horse business, and the imperial court opened a mule and horse market to encourage horse trading, and I am very pleased and began to increase the number of horses." However, the adults have been in the court for a long time, and they may not know that this horse business seems to be profitable, but in fact, only the businessman himself knows the inside story.

The businessman's pursuit of profit is true, but it also brings various benefits, this point, Lin Feng is very clear, hearing the words of this horse merchant, he asked curiously; "Oh, why do you say that, tell me more!" Horse trafficking is a major event, Yan is currently vigorously expanding the cavalry, horses are very important, if the horse dealers can't get horses, or sell back inferior horses, for the Yan cavalry, there can be a lot of harm, and even difficult to form a cavalry team.

This matter seems to be a trivial matter, but it has a profound impact and is related to the combat effectiveness of the army!

Seeing Lin Feng's solemn expression, the horse merchant sighed in his heart that the adult was really concerned about the matter of the horse merchant, and then said without concealment: "My lord, do you know, most of the horses sold by our horse merchants buy Huns or Donghu war horses outside the Saiwai, and they have traveled a long way along the way, not to mention sleeping in the open air, and there is still a danger to their lives when they arrive outside the Saiwai, and if they are not careful, they will be robbed of money and food by outsiders, and they will die."

In this way, it is not easy to buy horses, after entering the customs, from the Black Flag Pass to the Civil Fort, along the way, the officials in charge of finance of the three passes and one fort will always increase taxes layer by layer, charge additional fees, and the ordinary horses purchased outside the fortress often cost two or three taels of money, and the most is not more than five dollars, and they can return to the capital from outside the fortress, in addition to the original taxes, layer upon layer, the cost of horses is as high as fifteen taels, twenty taels of money. Baixin's life is sluggish, if it weren't for the country's need for war horses, this business would simply not be able to continue. ”

"Yes, not only these, sometimes we are lucky enough to buy a good horse, not to mention the big price, and we may be deducted by the border officials and resold easily. I really don't dare to speak, unless I don't want to be in the business of selling horses. At this moment, another horse dealer said, and after speaking, he took his wine glass and drank it full, obviously he should have been exploited a lot.

"Well, I made a note of it, and in general, it's the petty officials who are corrupt and the taxes are too high, right?" Lin Feng probably understood, this deduction has happened in all dynasties, and it is really difficult to eradicate it, but it is indeed changing this phenomenon at the moment, whether it is horse trafficking, other industries must eradicate these small officials.