Chapter 232: Dai County Field
In the second year of Jianxing, in August
Youzhou and Tuoba tribe of the field was officially opened, and Han Shou rushed to Dai County and Dai County early on behalf of Youzhou. Here, Han Shou will preside over the opening ceremony of the market together with Tuoba Biyan.
As expected by Youzhou, Tuoba Yilu still handed over the matter of presiding over the opening of the market to the young son Tuoba Biyan, which caused great dissatisfaction among Tuoba Liuxiu.
In order to make Tuoba Biyan make meritorious contributions, Tuoba Yilu specially asked Mo Han, who was stranded in Shengle, to guide Tuoba Biyan on the side. Originally, Mo Han had no intention of helping the Xianbei people, but later learned that the field was initiated by the people of Liaodong, and he suddenly became interested and expressed his willingness to accompany Tuoba Biyan on a trip to Daixian.
It is not a simple matter to open a market with the Hu people, not only to have a special person in the market to be responsible for inspecting the goods entering the customs, but also to prevent people from taking advantage of the opportunity to smuggle, but also to prevent people from making trouble.
However, since the field is under the rule of Xianbei, all mundane things are in charge of Xianbei people, and Han Shou is sitting in the house at this time, sipping tea while enjoying the surrounding environment.
There was still some time before the opening of the field, but some Xianbei soldiers were already patrolling around, and the entrances on both sides were already crowded with merchants waiting for trading.
The auspicious time has arrived, Han Shou and Tuoba Biyan slowly walked up to the high platform in the middle, and they will preside over the opening ceremony of the market.
Tuoba Yilu stood on the stage very excitedly, loudly talking about the meaning of the Daixian Rongchang, and reiterated the rules in the Rongchang, requiring everyone to abide by them unconditionally.
Next, it was Han Shou's turn to speak on behalf of the Liaodong side, he looked at the merchants below, and said loudly: "Everyone, from today onwards, the Dai County Rongchang will be officially opened!" The opening of the field is a major event between the Tuoba tribe and Liaodong, and the first transaction of goods will be completed by me and the young master of Tuoba together. ”
The businessmen who had been waiting in the audience for a long time finally waited for the moment to begin. Many people couldn't help but cheer enthusiastically, and perhaps only businessmen knew how important the market was to the economic development of the two places.
After a while, the representatives on both sides brought the first kind of goods to be traded. The Liaodong side naturally took out daily necessities such as green salt, silk, porcelain, and ironware, while the Tuoba tribe unsurprisingly took cattle, sheep and horses as the main goods.
When Han Shou saw the quality of the horses presented by the Tuoba tribe, he couldn't help but pout his lips secretly, secretly saying that Tuoba Yilu was too stingy. It is clear that the Tuoba tribe does not want to open the field later. The horses in the tribe flowed to Youzhou, so the quality of the horses traded in the field this time was below average.
Basically, it can only be used as a ploughing horse or pack horse, but it cannot be used as a war horse. Fortunately, Liaodong has its own pasture, and the demand for war horses is not strong. And with the start of horse production at Jeju Island Horse Farm, the number of horses in Liaodong will increase greatly in the future, otherwise Wei Shuo would not have sold Liaodong horses to Jiangdong.
After the completion of the first transaction, it marked the official opening of the market, and then merchants from both sides quickly poured in, and then freely looked for suitable trading partners. In addition to ensuring the normal operation of the market and collecting taxes. It will not interfere in specific trade practices between merchants.
The field is crowded with people, and both sides of the road are full of all kinds of goods to be traded, and the Xianbei people and Jin people who walk on the road choose the goods they like as they like.
The whole field is as bustling and noisy as the vegetable market, full of bargaining voices and heated discussions. Tuoba Biyan had already ordered the tax collectors in the tribe to go to the market to collect taxes according to Mo Han's prompts, looking at the dense merchants in front of him, Tuoba Biyan was indescribably happy in his heart.
After the opening of the field. For the Tuoba tribe, they can finally enjoy the green salt of white flowers. It is very rare to see green salt in the grassland. Therefore, at present, there are many Xianbei people who come to buy green salt in the field.
The merchants of Liaodong obviously did not care about the quality of the good horses, but bought cattle and sheep and livestock in a large way. With Wei Shuo's vigorous promotion of meat, all kinds of meat are consumed very quickly, and Liaodong alone cannot meet the consumption of meat by the people of the two places. The opening of the Daixian Rongchang has allowed a large amount of excess meat from the Tuoba tribe to pour into the Youzhou market.
Since it was the first day of trade, the merchants on both sides erupted with great enthusiasm. Even at noon dinner time, it was still very lively, and the flow of people showed no signs of decreasing.
Seeing this scene, Tuoba Biyan was very proud in his heart, thinking about the opening of this field. As trade increases, taxes increase, and I can't help but think that my strength will increase.
However, Han Shou on the side was also very happy. The seeds have been planted smoothly, and it depends on when they will bloom and bear fruit.
is not as beautiful as Tuoba Biyan standing in front of the stage, and as the behind-the-scenes hero who contributed to the opening of the Tuoba tribe - Mo Han, can only stand aside and smile and look at everything in front of him, if it is not for the heart, no one would have thought that he would be the main planner of the opening of the market.
The main reason why Mo Han agreed to Tuoba Yilu to come to Dai County was to observe Liaodong up close. He had heard a lot about Han Shou's performance in Shengle at the beginning, and with his IQ, he naturally saw that Liaodong did not have any good intentions towards the Tuoba tribe.
Mo Han's personal relationship with Tuoba Yilu is very good, but he doesn't plan to remind one or two. In any case, the Tuoba tribe is just a foreign race, and if Liaodong really annexes the Tuoba tribe, it may not be a bad thing for the annexed state.
Finally, when the sun set, the time came for the field to close. Many businessmen reluctantly packed up their goods, planning to go to the inn in the city to rest first, and then come to the market tomorrow to trade. And Han Shou and Mo Han took advantage of the transaction to secretly make an appointment to meet at night.
In a secret stronghold, Han Shou took Mo Han's arm and couldn't help but laugh out loud, and an unbridled smile resounded in the huge secret room.
Mo Han glanced at Han Shou in wonder, couldn't understand why he was laughing, and couldn't help but say, "I don't know what happy things Lord Han has thought of, you might as well come out and make Zai Xia happy." ”
Han Shou shook his head lightly and said, "Mr. Mo, it's not for other reasons to laugh so much, it's just because of Mr. Er!." Mr. didn't know, since Gao Changshi returned to Jicheng from Bingzhou and recommended Mr. to my father-in-law, the lord has never forgotten Mr., and he can't get acquainted with Mr. as soon as possible. ”
"This time, Han was ordered by the lord to go to the Tuoba tribe, in addition to promoting the opening of the market between the two sides, he also had a very important secret mission, that is, to find Mr.!"
Han Shou's words made Mo Han a little moved, he was born in a businessman, in this era when the family was in power, although he was a genius, he was still not appreciated by the superiors.
In Bingzhou, Liu Kun only used his friendship with Tuoba Yilu to maintain friendly relations between the two sides, and he could not enter Liu Kun's core group at all.
Although Tuoba Yilu admired Mo Han's talent very much, he also asked him to stay in Shengle many times. However, Mo Han cherished his homeland and did not want to serve Tuoba Yilu. In history, it was also because of Liu Kun's repeated persuasion, and even used righteousness to coerce Mo Han, so that Mo Han finally went to serve the Tuoba tribe.
Mo Han, who has never been taken seriously, now heard that Wei Shuo, who is famous in the north, did not hesitate to send people to find him for him, and he couldn't help but be moved.
"It's just a pariah, how dare you worry about Lord Lao Wei? If it weren't for the lower body, he would definitely go to Jicheng to thank him in person. ”
"If the lord learns that Mr. Mo has the intention of going to Jicheng, he will definitely be excited and can't sleep. Mr. didn't know that now Liaodong is planning to issue five baht coins. For this reason, the lord specially set up a new institution called Qian Zhuang, which was specially responsible for minting coins and issuing currency. ”
"There are many people in Liaodong who are staring at the position of the head of the Qian Zhuang, but the lord insists that the gentleman is the best candidate for the position. If Mr. really intends to come to my Liaodong, I hope to make a decision as soon as possible, the matter of minting and issuing coins is imminent, and there is no room for a moment's delay. ”
As soon as Mo Han heard that Liaodong still had a heavy position waiting for him to take up his post, he couldn't sit still at all, and really wanted to follow Han Shou to Jicheng immediately. However, reason told him that he couldn't do this, otherwise it would not only bring trouble to the old lord Liu Kun, but maybe it would also ruin Wei Shuo's big thing.
"Please tell Master Wei that if you have the opportunity in the future, you will definitely go to Jicheng in person!"
Han Shou knew that it was not yet the time for Mo Han to take refuge in Liaodong, and then the two exchanged views on the Tuoba tribe, and Mo Han raised his hands in agreement for Liaodong to provoke civil strife in the Tuoba tribe, and expressed his willingness to help from the side. With Mo Han's help, Han Shou was more confident in Liaodong's plan. (To be continued.) )