Yang Guang gave a banquet in the palace, entertained Yu Zhongwen and Yu Shinan, Zhang Yuan's injury was almost healed, and commanded the little eunuch to carry some samples of each car gift into the hall, Yang Guang watched it, and learned that only the Persian blanket was bought by Yang Chong with money, and the rest were made by the workshops in the Western Regions and Hexi, so he couldn't help but be very dissatisfied, and immediately asked Yu Shiji to draw up the order: "Green salt, wine, Wujiang rice, rest fennel spices, glassware, soap, Gaochang cotton, fireworks, and fish sauce are a car every month as tribute." ”

Pei Yun said with a smile: "Saint, it is easy to say that the rest of the fennel spices can help Yang Chong die in a hurry." ”

Yu Shinan shook his head and said: "This is the easiest for Yang Chong to do, Yang Chong asked the Wuhu Department to go to Tuoxun to plant benzoin fennel, in fact, he left the means, and the people sent to steal back the seeds opened up hundreds of acres of benzoin fields in Yiwu County, and the fennel produced in Tuoxun was also sold to Yang Chong, so his cost dropped by seventy percent, even if he sold it at half of the market price, he was one hundred percent profit, and the governor's office charged forty percent tax on all commercial houses that operated fennel, and glass and fish sauce, including Hexi commercial houses are not allowed to make exceptions. ”

The ministers were silent, Yang Chong collected taxes on his own industries, and the others naturally had nothing to say, no wonder all the news showed that the Western Regions Governor's Mansion did not care about agricultural taxes, and the government's taxes were still endless. But as for the Great Sui, the trading of wealthy families has always been symbolic of taxation, and if you add a little more, there will be countless people who oppose it, and even attack Yang Guanghe for not being considerate of the people's feelings and oppressing the people.

Xiao Yu asked: "There are many Hu people in Hexi, have they become so obedient?" ”

Yu Zhongwen shook his head and said, "This is also killed by Yang Chong." Yang Chong is extremely stubborn in this regard, he can ask for his things, and he can make money from him, but as long as he dares to break his rules, Yang Chong will not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife; Starting from the Gaochang Zhang clan to the thin fall department of Yiwu, the people who broke the rules were all ruined families. But if you follow the arrangement, Yang Chong will always give you some financial resources to compensate. ”

Yu Shinan continued: "I talked to Cui Zhen, and after the finances of the end and Shanshan were transferred to the governor's office, self-sufficiency was achieved in four months, and the taxes of the two counties could barely be enough to buy grain, one relied on salt and crushing farms, and the other relied on cattle and sheep. In the two counties, Wei Yuanzhao, Zuo Kunlun, and Shi Daqian, including the leader of Tuyuhun, Ni Rukang, all joined the new Qinghai Fang. ”

Su Wei asked calmly: "And at the end of the year, cattle and sheep were already produced, and Yang Chong could still turn out flowers?" ”

Yu Zhongwen sighed and said: "Yang Chong really played a new trick, in fact, before I went to Zhangye, Yang Chong's people found Yushan at the end of the year, but they have not said anything, and now that piece of mountain land has been bought by the Wei family and the Yuan family, and it is almost possible to send an official to watch it and collect taxes." In addition, the yak used in the war horse and Tuntian, Yang Chong gave the county a levy quota of 3,000 war horses and 2,000 yaks every year, allowing them to enter the yak from the plateau to make the difference. ”

Su Wei is a master of internal affairs, and when he heard it, he knew in his chest, how could the caravans of the Dongnu Kingdom and the various tribes on the plateau only send the cattle down, and the other animals were a little bit more or less, and they had to buy things from the end of the county, Yang Chong used the consumption of cattle to pull the overall transaction of the end of the county. Su Wei asked Yu Zhongwen implicitly: "What is the quality of that jade mountain, which one is better to mine than Khotan's?" ”

In this regard, Yu Shinan can be inferred that he doesn't know, Yu Zhongwen can't do it, one is Yu Zhongwen's official position, and the other is that Yu Qintao can't have no opinion on such a big business, and it was given to the Yuan family and the Wei family, and Yang Chong must have done a lot of work. Yu Zhongwen smiled bitterly: "Just the money to buy the mountain is worth the ten years of taxes I used to pay in Jimo County, the key is that the jade mine is easy to mine, Yang Chong is tax-free for six months, and there is a steady stream of income behind it." ”

Yu Shinan smiled and comforted Yu Zhongwen and said, "Yang Chong himself is a businessman, and he is definitely better at business than us. However, Yang Chong has another opinion, that is, Chang'an closed the trade route of Gaochang and Dunhuang, so that the merchants of Persia and Zhaowu Zhucheng should take the Tuyuhun Road, and increased the commercial tax of Shanshan and the last two counties. ”

Su Wei was stunned for a moment, lost the east, harvested the mulberry elm, and then returned to nature; Xiao Yu sneered and said, "He is still self-aware. ”

Yu Shiji said: "Even so, the scale of Hexi's economy is amazing, and in a few years, it will be able to compare with Guanzhong." At present, the only place where the growth rate is so fast is Liuqiu County, they show their skills in double cropping rice, sugar industry, and maritime trade, Zhang Zhenzhou wrote a letter to request that Liuqiu County be designated in Fuzhou, and want to develop the shipbuilding industry, which is also ambitious, and does not pay attention to the required expenses. ”

Yang Guang smiled and watched his subordinates communicate, and suddenly said: "According to Zhuge Quan's chart, Ryukyu Island is very large, if you agree to add another county in Fuzhou, according to Chen Ling's suggestion, set up the Liuqiu Governor's Office, and set up two counties, one is Liuqiu County, and the other is Yizhou County, how to divide it, let Zhang Zhenzhou report a plan by himself." ”

Yu Shiji understands that Yang Guang, the son of heaven, wants to tell the people of the world that his ambition and courage have not changed, and the situation in the Great Sui is still under his control; Zhang Yuan saw a little eunuch come in and made a gesture, and hurriedly leaned over and said, "Holy Lord, it's already dark, you can set off fireworks." ”

Yang Guang stood up and said, "I heard that Yang Chong set off hundreds of fireworks in Chang'an in one go, which overwhelmed Wei Xuan, I want to see what kind of scene this is." ”

Yu Shinan replied: "Yang Chong made a long and short poem for Yuan Xiren, describing the scene of fireworks. ”

Yang Guang was originally a romantic gentleman, and when he heard this, he smiled and said: "He is really good to the girl of the Yuan family, let's listen to it." ”

Yu Shinan read softly: "Thousands of trees bloom at night in the east wind. More blows down, stars like rain. BMW carved cars are full of fragrance. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night. Moth snow willow golden wisps. The laughter is full of dark fragrance. The crowd is looking for him thousands of times. Suddenly looking back, the man was there, and the lights were dim. ”

Su Wei was surprised, the whole article was brightly worded and meticulously crafted, it should not be Yang Chong's style, but this long and short sentence is so moving, as long as it is made, it will definitely become popular immediately, and no author will be willing to give up his reputation to others; Yang Guang was also surprised, this is Yang Chong's second manifestation of the two sides of his character, which is incomprehensible.

The people brought by Yu Zhongwen had already lit fireworks, and one by one the fireworks whistled into the air, colorful, like meteors, like lightning, blooming beautiful patterns in the air; The people of the entire Jiangdu were stunned, and on the streets, in the barracks, and in the post houses, the Han and Hu people crowded into the open place, looking up at the sky one by one, as if they were fascinated. On the steps of the main hall of the palace, there were speechless monarchs and ministers, and more than one person was thinking, Yang Chong, what kind of world do you want to show.

(End of chapter)