Section 17 The unlucky Yuan Shoucheng

"General Fan, the lowly post has been prepared, these days the subordinates in the army have a detailed understanding of the army's finances, the lowly position thinks that it is inappropriate for us to pay those Hu people directly for goods, and these things should be handed over to the businessmen to do."

Fan Hong glanced at Tian Yuanyi and said coldly: "There is a lack of fierce fire oil in the army, what can you do if you don't do this?" If we hand it over to the merchants, do we still have to pay the merchants the profits? ”

"The general is angry, what he wants to say is the local practice, which is naturally different from the way things are done in the army, you may have forgotten that all the people in the world have to pay taxes, how can businessmen be an exception?

We got the fierce fire oil directly from the hands of the Hu people, and it did not help the local finances, even if we wanted to collect taxes, we could only collect them once, if we asked these things to be done by the merchants, not only would we not have to spend a penny to get the fierce fire oil needed by the army, but maybe we could also have a large amount of income.

Not only us, but also the government in Guanzhong can benefit from it, we are the production area of fierce fire oil, summer tax, autumn tax is a matter of course, the imperial court allows the people to convert into physical payment, we can naturally convert these things into fierce fire oil, so that the fierce fire oil required by the army is no longer a problem.

You must not know how expensive a barrel of lamp oil sells in Chang'an, right? This is a very fat cargo, the entire Western Regions rely on him for food, there are a lot of people who rely on him to eat, everyone is swarming to refine oil, this is not appropriate, the imperial court needs to control it, strengthen management, there are already several tribes fighting for the oil spring, I heard that there are still dead.

What we need now in Beiting is peace, isn't it for this purpose that the general is trying his best to suppress bandits everywhere, since they can't coexist peacefully, our officials need to come forward to mediate and calm down local security, which is the priority that every government needs to do. Therefore, we need to nationalize all the oil springs and sell them to the powerful tribes, so that the tribes that don't have the strength can work for the others, so that everyone will be happy. Everyone has something to eat. The merchants can also buy the oil springs and hire the idle Hu people to do the work for themselves, all we have to do is collect taxes, sell the oil springs, prepare the barrels for oil, and the rest has nothing to do with us, the merchants, the tribes, and the people. They will automatically form a balance, which has been the case since ancient times, General Fan, do you think this will work? “

Fan Hongyi glanced at Tian Yuanyi again and said: "No wonder the marshal will have a blue eye for you, but he is unwilling to get too close to you, Lao Fan I still wonder, now I know, dealing with people like you Lao Tzu will lose his life." We soldiers should not get too close to you, you have to do it. If you need troops, Lao Tzu will send them to you, and you can return the money spent by the army to your account as soon as possible, and Lao Tzu will pretend to be the big head and ignore it. “

Tian Yuanyi's face was full of wrinkles, how could he not know this little dirty in the place, he was born as an official, and how to use the power of the government to the maximum has been studied for decades. These are just trails.

As soon as Fan Hongyi came out of his room, a large group of people poured in, and the flattery on Tian Yuanyi's face disappeared immediately, and he coughed and said to the people in the room: "Since everyone in Tingzhou has heads and faces, let's make things clear." Just now, Wuli Sima came, ready to expand the production area of fierce fire oil again, the army lacks this thing, the general is even ready to order the transfer of fierce fire oil from Yumen, think about it, once the north court is full of fierce fire oil, you still plan to make a fortune?

Once the general classified the fierce fire oil as military supplies, who would dare to transport a pound of fierce fire oil from Beiting into the customs? Everyone knows what kind of official Wuli Sima is, once the resolution is formed, it is more difficult to revise it than to ascend to the sky.

It was the official's repeated pleas in front of Sima and his assurances that made Sima dispel the idea of expanding oil refining, and by the way, the army's money didn't feel hot in his hands? “

"Fan joins the army, if you have something to say, just for your righteousness today, I will never dare to forget your great kindness, as long as you can help my clan keep the five oil springs, everything is easy to discuss." A bearded man covered in jewels and jade opened his mouth first, and the others also responded.

Tian Yuanyi nodded solemnly and said: "The army needs three thousand jars of fierce fire oil every month, this is dead, no one is easy to talk about, and there is no reason to talk about it, these oils have gone wrong, and the officials are estimated to die in one place, including the officials themselves, please don't go wrong, as for the rest, the general didn't say, Wuli Sima didn't ask, that is to say, it is at our own disposal, everyone wants to live a good life, and it is out of the remaining oil."

Haha, my Lao Tian didn't have the courage to go to the general to ask for oil money, I don't know if you have such arrogance? “

Tian Yuanyi looked at those Hu and Tang people with sad faces, and said with a smile: "Three thousand jars of fierce fire oil are converted into Tian Fu and commercial taxes, I don't know if you still have any opinions?" “

A Tang businessman arched his hand and said: "Tian joins the army, the villain dares to ask, I don't know if the tax payment documents here have any effect when they enter the Yumen Pass?" “

"Yes, but only at Yumen Pass." Tian Yuanyi's answer was categorical, and the merchant was also smiling, he didn't need to transport the fierce fire oil to Chang'an, he only needed to transport it to Dunhuang to complete the transaction, as long as he could enter the Yumen Pass, that is to say, his tax amount would be completed.

"In that case, that's a great thing, the old man recognizes five hundred jars from these three thousand jars of fierce fire oil."

With a claim, there were immediately countless people who wanted to claim it, but the slow ones didn't get it, so they had to pay high taxes, and the Hu people were still very generous after getting the promise that their property would not be threatened, and the money flowing out of Yun Ye was slowly flowing back, and Fan Hongyi was very satisfied with this.

"The north wind swept the white grass and folded, and the snow flew in August, and suddenly it was like a night of spring breeze, and thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloomed." Yun Ye stood at the window and chanted poetry, the words were beautiful, Tian Yuanyi showed a fascinated demeanor, Yuan Shoucheng, who was lying on the bed, also stopped moaning, and the snow was flying outside the window, and the snowflakes were continuous, covering the world.

"Boy, the old man came back alive, and the old man of the snow maggot also brought you back, although he was blocked by the savages and failed to see the true face of Tianchi, the old man believes that this trip is not in vain, and you must accompany the old man to go again in the spring of the next year."

Yuan Shoucheng coughed, he was hit hard by the monkey on the snow mountain, and it still hasn't gotten better, the snow maggot Yun Ye saw it himself, Ye Tuo really didn't lie, but it wasn't much longer than a zhang, this one was relatively small, Yun Ye broke open the mouthparts of the snow maggot, and found that there were circles of teeth inside.

Liu Jinbao was biting a dagger in his mouth, and he was cutting the snow maggot, it was very strange, there were no beast corpses in the snow maggot's stomach, only some turquoise moss, could it be said that this thing was grass-eating?

Peeling off the red flesh skin on the outside, the ring-shaped muscles inside were as white as snow, Yun Ye asked Liu Jinbao to cut off a piece and feed it to a dog, and after observing it for a while, he was sure that this thing was not poisonous.

Since there is no poison, it means that people can also eat it, stir-fried a plate Yun Ye tasted it, and immediately fell in love with the taste of this thing, a bit like crispy bones, it tasted very chewy, and after eating all of them, he found that everyone was looking at themselves with a look of awe.

After the crispy bones are cooked, the red pepper is fried, and a large handful of Sichuan pepper is stir-fried. That sunset has always been what her husband eats, she eats what she eats, never pay attention to it, after eating a little, she began to rob like crazy, and the same is true for Liu Jinbao, Tian Yuanyi hesitated to clip a little, and after eating, the chopsticks never stopped.

Mr. Tongueless tasted it, nodded and went to the backyard to busy his own business, Yuan Shoucheng and the remaining four disciples watched sadly as a group of people feasted there, and couldn't say a word, it was this worm that hanged an old Taoist alive, and the bones of the whole body were almost broken, and when he was rescued, the whole person was like a meat pocket, and the internal organs kept flowing out of his mouth, and almost all the blood was spit out.

Fifty Hu people, only three came back alive, the cry of the wild man caused an avalanche, just when everyone was in a hurry to flee for their lives, there were constantly Hu people who were grabbed by those wild people and thrown to the bottom of the cliff, if it wasn't for Yun Ye to prepare ropes and hooks for Yuan Shoucheng and them, maybe they would have been wiped out. His own efforts only brought back a plate of good dishes for Yun Ye.

"In the future, this thing can't be called a snow maggot, we need to give him a nice name, it's better to call it a snow dragon, maggots won't make people have an appetite, it's spring, we will also catch some back, send them back to Chang'an, and give them to your majesty as a souvenir, the Yun family has to pay tribute every year on your birthday, it's too expensive, just send this thing, snow dragon, it tastes good, your majesty will definitely like it."

As soon as Yun Ye's chatterbox was opened, everyone began to talk nonsense, and one by one they were complacent and ready to wait until spring to go to the snowy mountains to catch insects and wild people, and then go to Tianchi to see the scenery.

"I went there that day, and there were a lot of butterflies in April and May, and the biggest butterflies were bigger than a palm, and they were colorful and looked very beautiful."

Yun Ye smiled and patted the head of the day when he was looking for meat to eat, and smiled very happily.

"Yunhou, aren't you worried about encountering these monsters? They really eat people. Yuan Shoucheng felt that Yun Ye was too big.

"No, old sir, as long as we don't go to the snowy mountains during the estrus period of these bugs, there will be no problem. I just saw the genitals of this bug being exposed, and this thing is similar to a snake, and it only shows when it is in heat. Haha, no wonder it's red, it turns out to be in heat. You disturb other people's inheritance, don't look for you, who are you desperately looking for? (To be continued......)

PS: Section 2