Chapter 247: Big Business

Like many people who saw Tang Cheng for the first time before, Ashdezhi was also surprised that the Longmen County Commander in front of him was so young, as a businessman, he had traveled to many places over the years, and he had also met a lot of officials, large and small, but it was indeed the first time he had encountered a landlord like Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng is used to such a surprised look, what can he do in the Jinshi? When Ashide looked at him, he was also looking at the nine surnamed Hu people whose surname was obviously of Turkic origin.

With a full beard and a big waist and a round body, in terms of appearance alone, Ashdezhi doesn't look like a businessman, maybe it's because of his toughness that he can do such a big business as a nine-surnamed Hu, right? After all, this is in the northland, where the people are strong, and the nine surnames are the most discriminatory species.

"I heard that the adult has a big business to do", because of his appearance and body shape, Astezhi's body has a coercive force even if he leans forward slightly, "South goods, North goods, Persian goods, in short, no matter what adults want, find me right"

"I want food", Tang Cheng picked up the teacup and raised it, "The more the merrier, I don't know if there is a leader of Ashid?" ”

"This is a surgent commodity", Ashdezhi stretched out his hand and twisted his thick beard and smiled, "Since you have boasted of Haikou, you can't let the wind blow your tongue, the food is naturally there, and the adults want as much as they want, but at this price, it is not cheap according to the current market."

Listening to Ashdezhi's slang of the Tang people, Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing, "There is no money in this county"

After saying this, Tang Cheng deliberately stopped his words, his eyes shifted from the tea cup to Ashdezhi's face, and finally what did not disappoint him was that this rough-looking man was worthy of being a famous businessman surnamed Huli, although he frowned slightly when he heard his words, he was still calm.

"However, what the county can give to Ashid is more important than money"

"Barter? Merchants and traders pay attention to doing work and not death, and bartering is also OK."

"It's not something that can be explained clearly in three or two sentences", Tang Cheng stood up with a smile, "Let's go, let's take a look"

After leaving the city gate, the carriage went straight to the right, and Tang Cheng didn't say anything for most of the way, and Ashdechi didn't ask, but opened the curtain from time to time with great interest to see the scene outside.

Gradually, as the carriage approached, the ox-cart procession that Ashdech had seen from a distance became clear, and these ox-carts happened to be moving in two different directions, the stone-filled ones were moving forward, pulling the empty carts in the opposite direction, and the orderly ox-cart procession formed an endless river, and the end of the convoy could not be seen from either side.

As an itinerant trader, Ashsters was sensitive to all convoys, and as he sat on the cart and looked at the endless cycle of oxen caravans, he was most surprised not by the sheer size of the caravan, but by the people who pulled it.

These people pulling carts turned out to be ridiculous!

Ashide is a merchant who travels to and from the north, while Longmen Xi is a gateway to the inland of the Tang Dynasty and a large supplier of livestock and skins in the Raole grassland, so he is no stranger to the situation of Longmen Xi.

That's why he was so surprised now, Longmen Xi's privilege was almost a well-known thing in the Northland, how could so many Xi people on the grassland appear here? What does it mean that this young magistrate brought himself here?

Looking at Tang Cheng with a light smile on the other side, Ashdezhi swallowed back the words that had gone to his throat, he didn't forget that it was still time to talk about business, and the party who first showed curiosity during this time always suffered.

Just as his eyes flickered, and his heart was guessing, the carriage turned into a mountain pass, and soon Asstechi heard a burst of drums, snare drums? and the continuous sound of "Hang Hang Hang Hang", and then the hot valley and hillside were presented in front of Ashdezhi.

The valley was full of ox carts, shacks, blacksmiths' stoves, and marching pots...... Compared with the lively valley, the opposite hillside is even more busy with people.

More than 10,000 people gathered in this narrow place, each busy with their duties, for Asdech, who grew up in the vast and sparsely populated northland, it was indeed a rare spectacle to see such a big scene in the wild.

Tang Cheng didn't get out of the car, he lifted the window and pointed to the opposite hillside and smiled at Ashde: "When Leader Ashid comes back next year, it should be lively here."

"Oh", Asdech's gaze retracted from the window, "I still have to wait for next year, it's very lively now!" ”

Hearing this, Tang Cheng shook his head with a smile, "This is nothing, by this time next year, more than 20,000 Tang people in Longmen County will gather at the foot of the mountain in front of them to live next to each other, compared to that, what is the excitement in front of you?"

Ashide's eyes, who were also smiling, widened suddenly, "My lord wants to gather the Tang people in this county to settle down, this is ...... How can it be? ”

"Team Leader Ashid hasn't been to Longmen recently, has he?"

"It's been three or four years, and this is the first time, and as soon as I came, I went to the adult's office."

Tang Cheng put down the curtain of the car in his hand, leaned on the pillow and said with a smile: "There is nothing difficult in the world, the shepherds live by water and grass, but the Tang people rely on the acres of land to eat, and there is good water and good land is a good place for them to live in peace."

While Tang Cheng was talking, the carriage set off again, leaving the mountain pass and going back and forth, but when he walked to the front of the county seat, he didn't follow the door and drove straight forward.

About the same time as it took to get to the mountain pass in front, Ashidezhi saw a similar scene on the other side of Longmen County, but it was the Tang people who pulled the cart and carried the stones, and there were many fewer people busy on the hillside, but what surprised him even more was that there were many military tents here, and almost all the artifacts he saw along the way were branded with the border army.

Just when Ashide was looking shocked, Tang Cheng's words came over, "Leader Ashid is not mistaken, these people who are busy working on the hillside are Tiancheng sergeants, and by this time next year, more than 20,000 Tiancheng soldiers' families will move here from Guanzhong."

Hearing this, Ashid couldn't say anything, just at this moment he heard a knock on the door outside the carriage, and when he opened the door, he saw a middle-aged general wearing light leather armor, "How did Tang Mingfu have time to come here?" But this is just right, save me a trip to the county office", that Jiang Zuo was not polite at all, and said that the person had already gotten into the carriage and sat with Tang Cheng.

"This is Lord Jiang, the commander of the Tiancheng Army, Lord Jiang, this is the leader of the famous Ashid branch among the merchants in the Northland."

If Ashide doesn't care much about a magistrate like Tang Cheng, then his attitude towards the border army generals is completely different, as a merchant is to trade in various places, and for those who do their business, the pass guarded by the border army is their financial route.

Asstech's salute was very polite, but what he got back was a cold face.

"Nine surnamed Hu?" , Jiang Duwei didn't hide his disdain at all, he was still afraid of Tang Cheng's face, and finally omitted the word "miscellaneous".

At that time, the inland areas of the Tang Dynasty were open, and it was normal for Tang and Hu to intermarry for decades since Emperor Taizong issued the edict of "love is as one", but it was a completely different scene in this northern borderland, whether it was the Xi people, the Khitan people, or the Murowei and the Yan people, the composition of their entire tribal society was based on blood kinship, and blood relationship was also the most important yardstick to determine the distance between people in the tribe. This led to the development of a specific custom – the taboo of intermarriage between tribes and foreigners.

This custom is fine in the face of the Tang people, after all, their king is married to the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty is much stronger than them in any way, and this kind of intermarriage is not a stain on the pure blood inherited by the ancestors. All intermarriages outside of this are despised, even if others don't say it, even if they can't pass the hurdle of their own family.

When Tang Cheng first learned about this, the first thing that came to mind was the popular concept of the door in the inland areas of the Tang Dynasty, and the two are really similar, in fact, these things exist now, and they still exist 1,300 years later, for example, the Uyghurs in Xinjiang still retain the custom of not intermarrying with the Han in later generations, at least in general.

In this context, the situation of the nine surnamed Zahu in the north has become extremely embarrassing, almost any ethnic group looks down on them, these people are like wandering gypsies or Jews who have wandered on the European continent for more than a thousand years, they are despised everywhere they go, they have no pasture, no fixed gathering place, and it is precisely in this kind of survival reality that most of the people surnamed Hu rely on merchants for a living, and a large number of big businessmen similar to Ashide have emerged.

From childhood to adulthood, there have been too many white-eyed cold-eyed people like Jiang Duwei, and in the face of this person who can't afford to offend, although Ashide is humiliated in his heart, he can only nod and admit with an embarrassed smile.

"This is my guest", before Ah Shi Dezhi could speak, Tang Chengxian had already spoken, "As a friend, Jiang Duwei, it is not in line with etiquette for you to treat my guest like this."

"Tang County Ling is really very broad, I just left Tu Yezhuo two days ago, and today there is a nine surnamed Hu", after laughing and saying a word, seeing that Tang Cheng was still a firm look, thinking that Jiang Duwei who was explained by his boss still took a step back after all, "That's it", after smiling at Tang Cheng, Jiang Duwei turned his face and arched his hand at Asdezhi, "Fortunately"

"Don't dare", after returning the salute with fists with both hands, Ashide threw a grateful glance at Tang Cheng.

Seeing this, Tang Cheng had a smile on his face again, "Okay, you Lao Jiang, but it's not good for you to look for me, let's say, what do you want this time?" ”

As soon as he saw Tang Cheng's look, Jiang Duwei knew that there was a door to what he said today, and the unhappiness just now immediately dispersed, and he stretched out his hand and pulled his arm to get out of the car, "Come down and talk about it in detail, talk about it in detail."

"Please wait, it's rude", Tang Cheng smiled apologetically at Ashde, and followed Captain Jiang out of the car.

After walking out of the carriage for more than ten paces, Jiang Duwei said straightly: "Seeing that the second team of our army to repair terraces is about to arrive, Tang County ordered you to transfer some of the Xi people here as well."

"The big animals that Ben Ya requisitioned from the people of the Tang Dynasty have all been allocated to you, and this is not enough?" , Tang Cheng's head shook like a rattle, "No, Captain Jiang, you are really a strong man."

"There are a lot of big livestock, but your yamen has almost transferred Ding Zhuang from this county, and now the people who are dispatched here to pull the cart and drive the livestock are okay, but the stone can't get on and off by himself, pointing to a group of old and weak people to get on the car and unload the car, how much delay is this? Now that the soldiers are still in charge, what should we do with this second batch of sergeants? At this point, Captain Jiang took out the almost easy-to-use tone of the generals in the army, stretched out his hand and climbed on Tang Cheng's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Anyway, you don't spend food on recruiting Xi Manzi, these people don't need to be used in vain, so you can send some more."

Inside the carriage, Ashdezhi looked at this scene of hooking shoulders and backs, and the curiosity about Tang Cheng in his heart had really reached its peak, if he was only curious about Tang Cheng's age when he first met, then now it has risen to another level.

Dispatch Xi people, to settle people in half of the county to live together, and also get acquainted with the border army generals to this point, and in this familiarity, it seems that he still has a strong position - in terms of official position, the rank of Guo Yi Duwei of Zhengqipin is higher than his county commander, all these things that should have been impossible to happen have been made by him, what kind of person is this county commander?

Outside the carriage, Lieutenant Jiang and Tang Cheng muttered, and Ashhide was puzzled in the car, but in any case, he was sure of one thing, this Tang County Commander, who seemed to be too young, was definitely capable.

After thinking about this, Ashide was relieved a lot, and as a result, he was suddenly full of expectations for the business that Tang Cheng was going to talk to him.

A person who can do so many impossible things, the business he wants to talk about should be small.

After two pillars of incense, Tang Cheng returned, and then the carriage drove towards the city again.

In front of the city gate, Tang Cheng stepped on the pedal in the car, and the trotting carriage suddenly stopped.

"After taking the car all the way, it's time to relax your muscles and bones", Tang Cheng pushed the car out of the car and smiled at Ashdezhi: "Please"

"It's time to reveal the hole cards", this thought came to his heart, and Ashide who stepped out of the car was a little excited.

Outside Longmen County is a flat open space, Tang Cheng after getting off the car is pointing at it at this time, "This place is backed by the county seat, and the Tang people and Tiancheng army family gathering areas on the left and right are less than an hour, this official intends to build a trade distribution market here, this market will not only supply the daily needs of nearly 50,000 Tang people, but will also become the forefront of trade with Longmen Xi in the next day", at this point, Tang Cheng turned his head to look at Ashdezhi and asked with a smile: "I don't know if Leader Ashid has any intention of this?" ”