"My lord, I heard that Pingcheng County is a newly built city, its soldiers are not strong, its food is insufficient, how can it be the governance of a county, and Pingyuan County is located in the northeast corner of Yanmen County, and the modern county is close to the Xiongnu, which is enough to protect the county but not enough to guard Yanmen, and it is not a good place to govern it!" Li Mu's close general, Sima Shang, also refuted Li Mu from a military point of view.

Li Mu's determination was not firm, and the opposition of everyone had already made him hesitate in his heart, so Sima Shang's opposition became the last grass that crushed the camel, and Li Mu gave up the idea of moving to Pingcheng without any psychological pressure. In this way, without Zhao Jie's complete knowledge, Pingcheng lost an opportunity for great development.

"Pingcheng County ordered Zhao Mo to arrive!" The little guy who greeted him outside the mansion immediately shouted loudly when he saw Zhao Jie. A very tense voice reached the lobby, and everyone stopped talking about it and looked towards the door of the mansion in unison.

From the door to the lobby, one step at a time, it is solid. Young, vibrant, mysterious, and courageous, this is the first impression that Zhao Jie left on the officials of Yanmen. Isn't a child-like person young? Isn't a person who has been wisely and has been ranked as the head of a county not vigorous? Isn't it mysterious that even the county keeper has to treat him with courtesy? Doesn't a man who has invested so much money in renovating a city have the courage?

"Xiaguan Pingcheng County, the county commander Zhao Mo paid a visit to the county guard." Zhao Jie bowed to Li Mu without humility or arrogance, and then presented the plan for the field and training to Li Mu.

"This is my plan for training troops in Pingcheng and a few opinions on opening a field outside the Great Wall Pass." Zhao Jie briefly introduced. Li Mu took the plan when he heard this, lowered his head and read it carefully, for a while, he was not heard in the hall, only the sound of Li Mu flipping through the paper.

After a long time, Li Mu closed the two plans, raised his head and said to Zhao Jie: "After the expansion of Pingcheng, it is naturally necessary to increase the number of guards, and the training of elite soldiers is also for the safety of the people, I allow it." However, the county will only allocate you the quota of 10,000 people for grain and grass, and you will need to raise grain and grass for the excess. ”

"General Xie!" Zhao Jie bowed his hand and said: "I swore that I would definitely train an elite army and strengthen the army, and he would let the people under his rule not suffer from the disaster of the army." ”

"Good spirit, good ambition, good man!" Li Mu couldn't help but praise Zhao Jie when he heard the words, and everyone in the hall echoed when he heard this.

"As for the matter of the field, I have reported to the court according to your wishes, and the court has sent an order not long ago." Li Mu paused and continued: "The king has granted me permission to let Yanmen County try to take the lead in opening one, explore the corresponding rules and systems, and if the effect is good, it will be promoted in the three counties of the Northland." ”

"Thank you, Lord for your help!" Zhao Jie bowed his hand again and said, "I am grateful!" ”

"You don't have to thank me, I just reported it to the king, and this matter was allowed thanks to Lord Plains." Li Mu replied modestly.

When Zhao Jie heard this, he immediately understood it in his heart, and connected the recent events in series. "That's right, according to Li Mu's energy, it is not enough to influence the decision-making of the Handan Imperial Court. Fortunately, this matter was mentioned in the letter to Pingyuanjun at the beginning, otherwise it is estimated that he would not have been allowed so easily, and Pingyuanjun would not have sent Zhao Ying, who was good at financial planning, to Pingcheng. It is estimated that in addition to taking care of Zhao Ying, those few disciples on the Plains Monarch's Mansion may also have the task of supervising the income of the Rongchang. Zhao Jie thought to himself.

"This plan has made the opening of the field quite clear, and I have roughly understood it, and after this is over, I will have people copy a few copies to publicize it in the three counties of the Northland." Li Mu continued: "But the people present are still unclear, so you can explain it to them for me." After they thoroughly understand the Tao of this field, you can communicate in the field in the future, and then they can also rely on the gourd to draw a scoop and promote the trade in the north. ”

"Obey your lordship!" Zhao Jie replied to Li Mu, then turned to face the people in the hall and continued: "Since the county guard has a life, I will roughly tell you about the role and system of the field. ”

So Zhao Jie began to talk eloquently in front of everyone. Until many years later, many people present recalled this day and still praised Zhao Jie's heroic appearance.

"榷, that is, the meaning of monopoly; 榷chang, that is, the meaning of a monopoly place. Zhao Jie said while pacing: "The essence of the market I proposed this time is that it is controlled by the state, managed by the state, and led by the state to be a trade market located on the border, which is different from the market in a country, and is specifically responsible for the trade of goods with other countries. ”

Without saying a few words, Zhao Jie walked to the end of the hall, so he turned around, continued to pace, and continued: "As we all know, no merchant is not rich, and merchants argue about the high and low, far and near, and most of the silver money in the world is constantly circulating in the hands of merchants, and the resources of the world are also transported to all directions in the hands of merchants. However, for businessmen, there is one industry that is the most dangerous but also the most profitable, and I believe that everyone here must understand what it is when you hear me talk about this. ”

Zhao Jie paused, and then continued: "This industry is called smuggling, that is, transporting goods prohibited by the imperial court to the territory of countries where trade is prohibited. Now the grassland people to the north of us are enemies of our Zhao country, but the government can always catch so many risky smugglers in a year, and the lure of money often makes the merchants crazy and desperate. I think maybe some of you have been involved in this business before. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." The group shook their heads and waved their hands to avoid the table: "We are all state officials, how can we be sorry for that crime." ”

"It's okay if you don't admit it, as long as everyone knows it." Zhao Jie showed a hint of sarcasm on his face, and continued to explain: "Dayu tells us a truth about water control, that is, blocking is often better than sparse. Since trade exchanges cannot be cut off, instead of letting the smuggling merchants earn huge profits, it is better to carry out mutual trading with the peoples on the grassland generously, and the imperial court and government will occupy the greatest benefit. It is based on this reason that the Handan Imperial Court specially allowed the trial establishment of a trading place for trade with the grassland peoples in Pingcheng, so that the new trade market dominated by the government came into being in the current era. ”