The little old man surnamed Xu got two horses for nothing, happily led the horses back to his house, put the horses away, immediately changed into coarse cloth clothes, removed the crown and hat on his head, tied a turban indiscriminately, and then trotted all the way to the back door of a big mansion, knocked on the door.

The man who opened the door said: "Your Excellency has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Old man Xu let out an "oh", and then went straight to the "adult's" study. When I entered the door, I shook unexpectedly. There is no stove in this room, and when I enter the door, I feel a little cold for no reason. Seeing that the "adult" was walking around the room, I saw him enter the door and beckoned: "Xu Wei, I've been waiting for you for a long time." What is the intelligence, said. ”

When Old Man Xu saw this young man, he was worried in his heart, so he told what he had seen and heard.

This "adult" is Yuan Xi, he sat with cold hands and feet, got up and moved, and then his whole body became warm. Fu sat down again and talked with Old Man Xu.

Speaking of which, Xu Wei, who looks like a little old man, is actually not very old, only in his forties, but he has grown a little older. It was also excavated by Yuan Xi in the market, and after coming and going, he became his eyes and ears.

Xu Wei first talked about his situation, and then asked, "Why did the adults suddenly reduce their taxes?" Isn't the price of horses lowering when taxes and fees are lowered? ”

Yuan Xi said: "It can't be reduced, let me tell you clearly, this tax rate will be reduced, and the tax rate will be reduced to one percent in a few days, that is, ten percent." You can spread the word out and give everyone an expectation. As a thorn, how can I be bent on making your money? The profit of a businessman is the profit of my parents. I'm actually doing it for everyone's good......"

He said a few words shamelessly, and he was embarrassed to say it anymore, but he was confused by Xu Wei, so he had to say again and again: "The adults care about us businessmen, and they are really well-intentioned. It's ridiculous that the Wen brothers still suspect the motives of adults. ”

Yuan Xi said: "The Wen brothers are also here?" ”

I haven't heard about Wenjiabao for a long time, and Yuan Xi can't help but miss it a little.

"Exactly, they also asked me to go to the Huns to buy horses."

"Oh, it's good business to buy horses at this time. You introduced them and earned a lot of benefits, right? ”

Xu Wei's body trembled, and he hurriedly said: "They gave the villain two horses, but the villain didn't dare to keep them, and handed them over to the adults when they turned around." ”

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "It should be yours, you can keep it, and you can sell it to others when you turn around, and in a few days, the price of this horse will have to double again." ”

Xu Wei pondered in his heart, since it still has to go up, why should he be in a hurry to sell? Now that Cui Guang has the idea of standing up to unify everyone, there is no need to panic with this goods in his hands. He said goodbye to Yuan Xi and got up and went out.

Yuan Xi sat upright for a while, then got up again to warm up. Then a young man of the same age entered.

"Its sheep, the horses that enter Ji County, should be stuck again, not too fast."

Le Qiyang is the son of Le Hedang, the young man who fled with Le Hedang in the southern suburbs of Ji County. After more than half a year, now the young man has taken off his immature appearance and has become calm.

Le He dang sits in the northern grasslands, wandering between various Hu tribes, while Le Qiyang is responsible for reporting and reporting the situation.

The young man said, "Second son, do you want to get stuck again?" Now there are no more than 20 horses entering the city every day, and while the price is rising, we should sell more. ”

Yuan Xi said: "Now the price is high, what I bought is not a horse, but an expectation." Only know that the price will continue to rise. But in the end, it was the southern merchants who paid for it, and if the price was too high for them to bear, it would not be able to sell. They will go to other places to buy, in short, they will not sell in Youzhou. So we have to control it too. ”

"How can this be controlled?"

"I've already calculated the cost between, you pay attention to the price of the black market these days, if the price is too high, I will let you sell it quickly, if the price is low, slow down. The exchange is scheduled to open in half a month, and during this time, we try to stabilize the price as much as possible. ”

Le Qiyang answered, and then asked, "What if they contact the southern merchants in advance and sell the horses privately?" Aren't our prices ineffective? ”

Yuan Xi said: "Don't worry, the Cui family has already helped me stand up and unite local businessmen in Youzhou." We don't have to worry about it. In the past half a month, Tian Yu will be stuck in Yuyang's line to ensure that not a single horse will flow in, and the rest will depend on us. The price doesn't have to be too high, you have to give them a profit margin. ”

Le Qiyang smiled: "The heavy snow closes the road, fortunately we hid a group of horses nearby in advance, otherwise how could we encounter such a big city." It's really easy to do business with the second son. ”

Yuan Xi said: "Your father is the master here, I just happened to bump into it." ”

The two of them burst out laughing.

At this time, Lu Fan was like sitting on pins and needles, and the southern wealthy businessmen who came with him were like wilting one by one. The exchange was said to be good, but it took several days for the market to open, and every day, the price of horses was changing. After waiting for a day, several gold went away. Their hearts are hairy.

The crowd sat together, and no one spoke. This year's horse market in Youzhou is weird everywhere. If it is as usual, they find acquaintances, go through channels, and make a single transaction, the price is very cheap, and the profit is three or four times that of shipping back to the south. But at today's prices, doubling the profit is already good. After working hard until the end of the year, it is not easy to come to Youzhou, so I am really unwilling to earn so much.

Everything had to start with Lu Fan's initiative, everyone just followed Lu Fan, and they didn't go to the horse dealer, which made today's situation. However, everyone also knows that Lu Fan is a member of the Jiangdong Sun family, and his background is very deep, and no one wants to offend him.

Everyone sat for a long time, and suddenly a person entered the door, hurriedly ran to Lu Fan and the others, and said a few words in Lu Fan's ear.

Lu Fan exhaled and said to everyone: "Finally, there are some results." This Lord Thorn is an understanding person, and he is willing to reduce the tax rate to a certain extent. An announcement will be issued in two days. ”

Everyone suddenly relaxed.

This tax rate is the root of all evil, in the past in Youzhou bowed down to do business, where would anyone collect taxes? But this year, I encountered a hard stubble, and I had to take money out of their wallets. Who else can you stand it?

Suddenly, someone said loudly: "This thorn is a ghost, it turned out that there was no half penny of taxes, and it was two percent as soon as he opened his mouth, but now it has slowly dropped a little, and it has dropped a little, we all think that he is gracious, in fact, there is no one percent?" Maybe he planned to harvest 10% from the beginning, but he just deliberately said 20% to scare us. ”

Lu Fan was silent, speaking of which, there is really this possibility, otherwise how could it be so easy to relax. As soon as the tax is reduced, the price of horses will definitely fall, and there will be no benefit to the Youzhou side. What is the idea of this second son of the Yuan family? Lu Fan thought that he was very accurate in seeing people, otherwise he would not have funded the fallen Sun Bofu in Shouchun back then, but he really couldn't understand this assassin's history.