The autumn of the third year of Zhenguan came inadvertently.

Since changing the name Zhenguan, natural disasters have continued, and Li Shimin has not experienced a year of peace of mind, which is why those valve families have been attacking him constantly with "heaven in induction".

Fortunately, with the collective wisdom and efforts of these ministers of the DPRK and China, as well as Xiao Zheng, a money-making treasure of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, from time to time to make some extra money to fill the holes in the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, this made Li Shimin not overstretched in terms of financial resources. If this is not for these money and things, the appearance of displaced people in the Guanzhong Plain is light, and if one is not done well, it will turn into a natural disaster and a man-made disaster.

This autumn, God gave a few thin noodles, although there was no wind and rain, but there was no more sudden rain, and I finally waited for a peaceful autumn harvest in the trembling.

Du Ruhui, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, stood on top of the court and was reporting to the monarch and ministers on the taxes paid by various provinces in the autumn harvest.

"Guanzhong paid 50,000 yuan, 100,000 silk, and 100,000 quintals of grain ......."

"Hebei and Shandong were seriously affected, and the sage was kind to reduce the ......."

"Longyou ......".

Listening to the figures reported by Du Ruhui, Li Shimin and the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government breathed a sigh of relief. In the past few years, Datang has been living a difficult life, and it is easy to live, but it is not easy to add the word difficult in front of it.

When he saw the taxes paid in the south of the Yangtze River, the corners of Du Ruhui's mouth inadvertently curled, and his voice unconsciously raised a few points.

"Jiangnan Province, Jiannan Province, and Huainan Province handed over a total of 2.2 million stone of rice, 500,000 guan in taxes, 200,000 horses ......of silk, and Feng Ang in Lingnan Province handed over 500,000 stones of rice, 200,000 guan in taxes, and a boatload of jewels ......."

"Wow......" The courtiers were startled when they heard this number, this scene was very good, a poor man was hungry for a few days, picked up two steamed buns, and was just a little happy, and suddenly a big meal was placed in front of him.

"The minister has objections! Why did someone pay the same taxes in the government there before, and why did the taxes increase so much after he left, and the minister was worried that he would expropriate and extort money in Jiangnan to cause irreparable losses, so he asked the sage to send a special person to investigate the land of Sannan in detail to prevent excessive taxation and civil revolt," Wei Zheng stood up and said.

"The ministers seconded it! Such a large amount of grain is rare for our dynasty, and we are worried that Xiao Gong will be happy in the land south of the Yangtze River, so I ask the sage to investigate it carefully," and some other loyal ministers also stood up and said.

Judging from these people's thoughts, it is a good thing that Jiangnan handed over so much money and grain to Datang in just two years, but they don't know where the money came from if they want to break their heads.

Du Ruhui was a little out of action after hearing this, and he said unhappily: "Everyone, don't speculate, okay?" When you don't have money, you desperately ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs for money when you do things. Now that Xiao Gong has finally earned some money in Jiangnan, you are now saying that Xiao Gong is eager to achieve quick success. Guys, that's not the way to do it. Don't forget, when Gong Xiao was repairing the road from Chang'an to Luoyang, did he ask you for a penny, and the sage took out a copper coin from your pocket? Besides, now the convoy carrying grain has gone north along the canal."

"Yes, Lao Hei thinks that Du Shangshu's words are right," Yu Chi Lao Hei said with a smile.

When Du Ruhui said this, everyone, including Wei Zheng, was dumbfounded, yes, Du Ruhui was right, this guy's ability to make money is definitely not comparable to ordinary people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Xiao Qing is thousands of miles away and worries about increasing the labor of my Tang Dynasty, so we don't have to doubt it too much, just send someone over to see it when we find a time" Li Shimin smiled and made a round.

"Please ask the saint to ask the three provinces to arrange the use of taxes as soon as possible."

"Du Qing, you and the Ministry of Industry should do one thing first," Li Shimin said happily.

"Please make it clear to the saints."

"It's simple, hurry up and repair the granary, the number of stones of millions of stones will occupy a lot of space, haha!" ……。

Shuozhou City, if there is no war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, this place is a hundred miles away from the west is the market for trade with the Turks, since the nine years of Wude, although the two sides are a little friction, but on the whole there is nothing to do, so every month to a fixed time there are a large number of goods from Shuozhou to the grassland to trade with the Turks.

However, today is a bit abnormal, Li Daozong, the general manager of the Datong Dao marching army guarding the city, looked at the two Hu merchants in front of him and was a little confused.

The two Hu merchants who came were Duyiti and Ahed, and it was not unusual for Hu Shang to sell goods from the Tang Dynasty, but these two people brought too many goods, so much that this prince, who was used to seeing big scenes, smashed his tongue.

Yesterday, the Ya Cheng who was defending the city reported that he had robbed a caravan, and the goods were all valuable: silk, liquor, medicine, gold oil and Ren Dan, and five carts of glassware, these goods added up to millions of yuan, which is a bit exaggerated, but if it is sold from Datang, the exchanged materials will definitely be able to reach this amount.

Although Li Daozong has never done business, he has been stationed in Shuozhou for a long time, of course, he knows the value of some goods, such as wine glasses and wine jugs made of glass, even Li Daozong may not be able to get so many at once with his own identity.

Looking at the "inspection" and "passing office" of these people, the paperwork procedures for customs clearance are complete, and there is no trace of suspicion. I just couldn't figure out where these two Hu businessmen got so many treasures, and when they arrived at the school and saw these dazzling goods, Li Daozong didn't slow down for a while.

Bringing the two to the lobby, Li Daozong looked at the two and didn't know how to interrogate them for a while.

Du Yiti saw Li Daozong's thoughts, arched his hand at him and said, "Your Excellency, can you let me say a few words to your adult alone?" ”

Li Daozong was stunned for a moment, looked at Du Yiti and ordered him to retreat left and right.

"The lower official has seen the lord, please forgive the lower official for the crime of rudeness" Du Yiti gave Li Daozong an official salute very formally.

"Huh? You are my Datang official," Li Daozong was very surprised.

"Wait a minute, sir."

I saw Du Yiti sitting on the ground, took off his boots, took out an oiled paper bag from the sandwich of the boot gang, opened the oiled paper bag and took out two pieces of paper and handed them to Li Daozong and said: "My lord, the villain is now the captain of the Tang Dynasty Liupin, who is responsible for intelligence collection, which is the official certificate of the lower officials."

After taking the official voucher and looking at Du Yi for a long time, Li Daozong, the official of the Tang Dynasty, has seen a lot, but the six-grade official of the Hu people is a rare thing, I have never seen it!

"You came from the Jiangnan of Xiao Zheng, the Duke of Yuguo," Li Daozong asked.

"Back to the adult, the villain sold goods from Jiangnan to the grassland two months ago."

Li Daozong and Xiao Zheng were officials in the same dynasty, of course the two were very familiar, and after asking a few words, Li Daozong knew that Du Yiti was not lying, because he knew a lot about Xiao Zheng's details, including Li Tai, Li Tai was his nephew, and Du Yiti couldn't tell a lie about this alone.

"Since you have a mission, then I won't keep you any longer, but you have to protect yourself, and it's better to be careful."

"Thank you for your concern, villain," Du Yiti bowed to Li Daozong, then walked out, returned to the school field, and took the caravan out of Shuozhou City, and then scattered towards the depths of the grassland.

September is the season when the horses are fat and the grass is yellow, Jieli is drinking with the leaders of the tribes and tribes in the big tent, and he holds a colorful glass cup in his hand and keeps admiring and playing, which was presented to him by a tribal leader two days ago, saying that he used five good horses from the trade of the Tang people.

Let people pour the liquor from the Hu vendor, and look at the glass and the wine is very expensive.

The tribal leader who offered the cup smiled and said, "Only such a fine wine and a cup can be worthy of the status of the Great Khan."

"Thank you for giving me a nice thing, have a drink," Jieli smiled and handed over the cup.

"King Xie, it seems that these Han people are afraid of us now, and they trade a lot of things with us every year, so they know each other," said one of the leaders.

"That is, if they are disobedient, we will still go to the Central Plains to rob it, but fortunately we have their wine to drink now, and we will not go for the time being," Jieli also boasted.

His words caused a burst of laughter in the tent.