Chapter 18 I don't want to be like a brute
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The most important thing used in Gao Siji's and Gao Pet's apprenticeship ceremony is the apprenticeship ceremony. Although Qiu Rui and Ding Yanping, a king with a different surname and a major general, are not poor masters, I don't expect you to come up with anything. But people's status is put on the shelf, if the gift is thin, they will not hesitate to cut the other party's face. And the Gao family is also a well-dressed family, and they can't afford to lose people, so they must be more beautiful.
Chang'an, Dongshi.
As the world's leading city, there are millions of people living in Chang'an. In order to facilitate management, as early as the beginning of the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, it was divided into dozens of squares, and the places where the people traded were stipulated, namely the east, four, south, and north, four markets. The main culture of the East Market is living creatures, except for the ploughing oxen, which are not allowed to be bought and sold by the law, horses, sheep, chickens, ducks, fish, and so on, including ...... Person.
Considering that Qiu Rui and Ding Yanping are both military generals, and the generals like nothing more than three kinds of divine soldiers, treasure armor, and good horses. The latter is more readily available than the first two. Gao Zhe is going to buy a few horses and add color to the gift list of Gao Siji and Gao Pet's apprentices.
The days of the winter moon are a little shorter, and the sun has revealed the afterglow before the day, and it is still far from the night ban, so the streets of the East Market are still lively and noisy, and the crowds are rubbing shoulders.
Gao Zhe didn't like the noisy atmosphere, holding the stove, his brows furrowed.
After Yang Jiye put the carriage, he followed Gao Zhe step by step, vigilantly protecting.
Gao Zhe walked for a while, turned his head sideways and asked, "I remember that Shaofu has an auction house in the East Market?" ”
Yang Jiye nodded and said, "It's not far ahead." ”
Gao Zhe bowed his head and said, "Go and take a look." ”
Shaofu, that is, Shaofu Temple, one of the nine temples. Clothing, clothing, treasures and precious things in the palace. The Son of Heaven uses and rewards all come from this.
At least twenty years ago, Shaofu Temple was like this.
In the current six years of Daxing, the role of Shaofu Temple has increased a lot, which is reflected in the two words - make money!
Shaofu Temple was originally a very high-end official office, with a nickname, called 'private library', whose one? Naturally, the heavenly family of royalty! The source of its income is a part of the tax of the world, and a certain percentage is taken according to the amount of the year, which is privately owned by the royal family of the Heavenly Family. The rest goes to the treasury for disaster relief, war, relief, cashiering, and so on.
Why did Shaofu Temple fall to the point of competing with the people for profit?
The changes in Shaofu Temple are inseparable from the changes in the environment.
Since today, going back to the three emperors of Rui, Jing and Shun, the faint monarchs who are really one race and one by one, arrogant/extravagant/lewd/indulgent, and extravagant in pleasure and profligacy, eventually led to the disintegration of the country. When the new monarch succeeded to the throne, he was dumbfounded when he looked at the clean family property and the extremely empty treasury. A penny is still difficult for a hero! What's more, the Great Sui rivers and mountains are in ruins, and the Southern Chen, Northern Yan, Western Shu, and Turks have been fighting endlessly for many years, and the holes with money have gone to the sea?
Yang Tianzi carefully analyzed and found that the problem of malpractice lay in the fact that there was no distinction between the public and private treasury of the household department and the private treasury of the Shaofu, so he reformed it and completely performed its own duties. This was not enough, the weak national strength could not support the expenses of the Great Sui in the four wars, so when the treasury was not strong, he used the emperor's personal name to use the private treasury to help the past, such as the salary of the soldiers. In this way, he had no money to spend on himself, so he had to urge Shaofu Temple to do something......
Thereupon.
Shaofu Temple has been reduced from a noble yamen to a royal business house stained with copper stench!
The officials of Shaofu Temple are outright businessmen, but they never admit it, just look at the auction house in Dongshi, which does not have a plaque.
Gao Zhe entered the auction house.
A small guy came up and greeted: "What do the two guest officers want to buy?" ”
Shaofu Temple operates a lot of things, very profitable salt, iron, tea must be indispensable, and there is a very important one, collectively referred to as "spoils of war", involving the Great Sui army to win the battle and plundered men, women and children, horses, sheep and livestock, utensils, calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver treasures......
Gao Zhe gestured back and forth to the empty hall and said, "Why is there no one today?" ”
Xiao Wu smiled: "The guest officer doesn't know, a big auction was held yesterday, and the listed goods were basically cleared, so ......"
Gao Zhe interrupted him with an "oh" and continued to ask, "Then I wonder if there are any good horses for sale?" ”
The little guy shook his head and said: "Yesterday, there were a few precious horses with sweat and blood, all of which were won by dignitaries. He paused and said, "But just came a group of raw slaves who came over to beat Nan Chen, are the guest officers interested?" ”
Gao Zhe thought about it and said, "That's it! Come in, take a look, lead the way! ”
Mariel, who agreed: "Hey! Your side please! As he walked, his mouth was not idle: "Look at your dress, you are definitely not from an ordinary family, I don't know which son?" ”
Gao Zhe said flatly: "Hasn't Shaofu Temple always asked about the identity of the buyer? ”
The little guy is not very old, he knows that he is speechless, he sticks out his tongue playfully, and walks in the present.
Turning a corner-
"Smack!"
"You killers! Shut up Lao Tzu! ”
"What are you crying about?"
The sound of whipping, shouting and scolding, and weeping was incessant.
Gao Zhe frowned unconsciously, he hated the feeling of mess.
Passing through a door, it suddenly dawned.
There are cages and fences in the courtyard, and there are people locked inside, and men and women are separated, old and young are separated, about hundreds.
Several men with big shoulders and round waists guarded with knives and raised whips to deter.
The little guy slipped through the smoke and whispered to the guards, telling them not to do anything, so as not to scare Gao Zhe...... Who called him a little bean dinger.
Gao Zhe's face was expressionless, without pity, and he slowly hugged the stove and looked at the living goods.
Gao Zhe has no interest in adult youth, especially since these people are slaves. The so-called birth slave is untamed, with a certain degree of danger, and it must be repaired and repaired before it can be called, and there is no such person in the Gao family at present.
The little guy accompanied Gao Zhe and introduced Gao Zhe with great interest: "There are a few here, worthy of your attention!" Pointing to a young woman who looked a little beautiful and lost her soul, she said: "She is the wife of Lin Jian, the general of Southern Chen Fenwei, on the twentieth of last month, the former general Runan broke Chen Jun Yu Yiyang and captured her. And this ......"
Abrupt.
"Buy me!"
A firm voice came from the front of Gao Zhe's side.
When Gao Zhe heard this, six or seven zhang away, there was a single prisoner in a prisoner cart made of iron talking. It was a little far away, and there was a crooked-necked tree that half-covered the vision, so I couldn't see it very clearly. The only thing that is certain is that the other party is a man and he is not very old.
Gao Zhe thought this person was interesting and said, "Give me a reason!" ”
The man said calmly, "I'll give you my life." ”
Gao Zhe shook his head and repeated, "Give me a reason!" ”
The man groaned for a long time, and said in a sonorous voice: "I don't want to be like a beast, asking people to pick and choose to buy like they open their mouths and look at their teeth." ”
Gao Zhe praised "tsk": "Good reason! ”