It took Wu Yanzhi and Jiuxiao Dao Leader nearly a quarter of an hour to finish their lunch. The three men kept kneeling on the ground, and they didn't dare to get up.

The Daoist of Jiuxiao hurriedly finished settling the account and was about to get up, Wu Yanzhi said: "You minions also get up, follow me to the city center to handle the contract!" ”

Seeing that Wu Yanzhi didn't pursue it too much, those people breathed a sigh of relief. The servant at the head nodded and said, "Thank you, Lord Takero!" ”

After settling the accounts, several people followed Wu Yanzhi and came to the city center together.

The structure of this "city" is actually close to a square, and the inside is in the shape of a "well", which is divided into several pieces. The offices of the institutions and officials who manage the market are in the very middle.

In the Tang Dynasty, contracts were required to be made for the purchase and sale of fields, cattle and horses, and slaves. This contract is equivalent to our current notarial deed, which is mostly concluded in the market and requires a number of people to guarantee it.

This Zhang Tai is also sensible, following Wu Yanzhi and leading the way in front.

Soon I came to the office of the city office in the center of the market. Wu Yan looked at it, but there were seven or eight houses here, just like a county government, but of course the scale was much smaller. After all, the municipal bureau is not responsible for public security, but only for the management of the market, and Jin Wuwei is responsible for public security.

Therefore, the clerks of the city office, even the city office, are only sixteen or seventeen people.

In the Tang Dynasty, the market management was stricter than now, and each market had an institution such as the "Municipal Bureau" in the management. At least at the level of the county of the municipality directly under the central government, or equivalent to the level of deputy bureau.

The servant sent by the Liang Wangfu had actually written a blank contract a long time ago, and Wu Sansi also signed it! In the end, of course, it was sold at the lowest price.

After signing, the person from the city office must also sign and seal. At the beginning of the contract, he didn't know Wu Yanzhi's identity, but he was inadvertently revealed by Wu Sansi's servant.

The officials of the city bureau hurriedly beckoned Wu Yanzhi and the head of the Nine Heavens Dao to rest in another room. And said: "This contract will be handed over to the lowly position!" Please sit down for a while, and go to inform the commissioner and the two commissioners to greet Takerou! ”

"No hassle! I'll buy a horse later......" Wu Yan's words hadn't finished speaking, but the official had already run out.

Wu Yanzhi shook his head. I'm not here to inspect myself, so I'm afraid it's not good to be so grand.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were regulations that officials above the fifth grade were not allowed to enter the city. It means to maintain the status of a high-ranking official and not to associate with merchants.

However, Wu Yanzhi has not yet received the confession, nor has he taken office, so he is not among them. The Daoist of Jiuxiao is a loose official, and he is wearing a Taoist robe, so no one will care.

In an instant, the city bureau ordered Wen Ji and the two officials to meet each other. Wu Yanzhi didn't have to be polite, where were the three of them willing to be less polite, but they welcomed him and the head of Jiuxiao to Wenji's office: "Wu Lang, this place is narrow, please don't dislike Wu Lang!" ”

Then someone came up with tea.

Wen Ji was thirty-five or sixteen years old, which was about the same age as Wu Yan in his previous life.

Na Wenji said: "I heard that Wu Lang still wants to buy a horse here? Is there such a thing? ”

"Yes! I just took up my post and urgently need to buy a horse. I wonder if there are suitable horses in this city today? "The Way of Martial Arts.

"There are a lot of horses in this city, please Wu Lang later, this matter will be handed over to the lowly position!" After that, he said to a man beside him: "You go to Liu Yuanbao, the head of the cattle and horse shop, and ask him to choose five high-quality horses for the Duke of Wujun to choose." Then send someone to the saddle shop, and let people carry a few pairs of saddles to this place, so as not to run around Wujun Gong! ”

"Yes!" The man hurried out.

"Wen Ling, I see you're very busy! There are so many people coming in and out! "The Way of Martial Arts.

"No way, there are tens of thousands of merchants in this market, and there are nearly 6,000 merchants alone, which is only slightly smaller than Chang'an West City. Recently, the top has asked merchants to accept copper, and the imperial court wants to recast Jiuding.

So I'm even busier, if I can't complete the task on time, I won't even be able to keep my official position! He frowned.

"Oh? Do you donate or buy? ”

"This ...... In fact, the merchants also have to pledge a part of their own, and then they have to find a way to get together a part of the bronze ware and sell it to the Jiuding office. Of course, the price is much lower than the market price, but if you don't pay, you can't! ”

"Jiuding office?"

"It is a temporary office set up to recast Jiuding, and its personnel are all drawn from the Spring Lawsuit!"

"How much do ordinary merchants have to pay?" Wu Yanzhi was interested.

"It depends on the economic strength, and the merchants are also divided into nine classes, and the merchants are doubled. In general, among the more than 26,000 merchants registered in this market, an average of one merchant household has to pay nine catties of copper.

Chinese businessmen paid four and a half catties of copper, and the last time they built Tianshu, it was several times more than this! Ay! The saint is also, in recent years, the Ming Hall and the statue of the Zodiac God have been built, but the merchants have donated a lot of money! ”

Wu Yan thought that it was donated and purchased from the merchants in Liangjing, and it was already more than 300,000 catties!

I don't know how many catties he will report at that time, I heard Xue Jichang say a few days ago, it seems that the original design size is not more than 200,000 catties of copper.

Calculated like this now, this Wu Sansi is too greedy. However, this is a large project built by the emperor himself, and one person is responsible for it, and others are not easy to participate.

During the chat, from time to time, gorgeously dressed merchants and Chinese businessmen came to Wenji, but they were all blocked by the officials he arranged outside the door.

Wu Yan looked at it, at this time, he was heavy on agriculture and light on business, and although there was no future for this city office, there were a lot of businessmen he knew! It's easy to make mistakes!

About two or three quarters of an hour later, a Xu official came in to report that Liu Yuanbao, the head of the cattle and horse shop, had arrived.

"Wu Lang, go, take Wu Lang to pick a good horse!" Wen Ji immediately got up and asked Wu Yanzhi to go out.

The four of them came to the door, and sure enough, they saw the man just now, leading a man in white in his forties. Next to it was a black horse, two brown horses, and a white horse, a white horse full of black spots.

There is also a person next to him carrying a few pairs of saddles, Wu Yanzhi doesn't know the quality of the horses, but these horses are very tall and spirited.

"Liu Xingtou, this is the Wujun Gong I just told you about, you can introduce these horses to the Wujun Gong, the price should be fairer!" Just now, the agent said to Liu Yuanbao.

"The villain Liu Yuanbao sees Wujun Gong, and it is very rare for a dignitary like Wujun Gong to come here in person. Since Wu Jungong personally came to Beishi to choose horses, the villain felt honored, and the villain must sell horses at a low price.

The horse was bought, and if something went wrong within a year, the villain was willing to compensate according to the original price! "He was humble! Those who do business are afraid of being officials.

Wu Yan listened, and he was compensated within a year? Didn't you lose a lot? According to the regulations of the imperial court, cattle and horses are only guaranteed for three days! After three days, the buyer is responsible for the illness, and the seller is left alone. It seems that this Liu ingots are very good!

"Good! You give a rough idea of the age and price of these horses! ”