Chapter Eighty-Eight: Endless Money Bags
When Lei Yun heard this, his face immediately straightened, and he also bowed to Rong's mother, saying:
"In the lower thunderclouds, I saw Mother Rong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Mother Rong smiled slightly when she heard this, and returned the salute, and then stretched out her hand to signal Lei Yun to sit down and eat.
Breakfast is a large plate of old fritters that have been returned to the pot, freshly baked green onion meatloaf, a plate of hot and sour pickled peppers, and a large pot of steaming fresh soy milk.
Su Dingfang was obviously hungry, picked up the meatloaf and rolled an old fritter and chewed it, drank a large mouthful of hot soy milk, and then picked up a small sharp pepper and put it in his mouth, and then took a big bite of the meatloaf, and soon ate it sweating profusely.
Lei Yun couldn't eat these things, so he had to take out a cup of honey and poria tea that he had made himself, and watched Su Dingfang eat it while drinking it, and his heart was very broken.
Finally finished breakfast, Su Ding conveniently put Lei Yun aside, and sat down in front of the desk to start dealing with military affairs, Lei Yun saw this and said:
"General, Wu Changtian from the Taoyuan Chamber of Commerce is coming over today, why don't I go out to greet you?"
Su Dingfang was slightly stunned when he heard this, glanced at Lei Yun, and then continued to bury his head in writing, and said:
"It's just a businessman, what's there to welcome? Just sit down, I'll have something to say to you when it's over. ā
In ancient times, the status of businessmen was very low, the so-called Shinong industry and commerce, merchants were the last, so Su Dingfang had this attitude towards Wu Changtian, he was willing to see Wu Changtian in the final analysis just to give Lei Yun face, because Su Dingfang is a well-known "calf protector", as long as it is his subordinates, and what he does is not a bad thing, he is vigorously supported and maintained, which is also one of the reasons why the Xuanwu army is loyal to him.
After a long time, suddenly Su Zimo hurriedly walked in, and when he saw Lei Yun, he waved his hand, which was considered to have been seen, and then went straight to Su Dingfang's side and whispered a few words in his ear.
Su Dingfang frowned at first when he heard this, and then his expression suddenly became very serious, and he said to Lei Yun:
"Let's go, I'll go with you to meet this Wu Changtian."
After finishing speaking, he walked towards the outside of the account, Lei Yun and Su Zimo hurriedly followed, and the three of them came to the gate of the base camp of the Xuanwu Army all the way, where there were sixteen guards with knives standing guard for a long time, so the gate was never closed, and an old man in plain clothes was standing at the gate.
The old man was facing away from the three of them at this time, and from behind, the old man was very tall, burly and well-proportioned, wearing a set of washed and somewhat whitish coarse cloth robes, and his silver hair was neatly tied behind his head.
As soon as the three of them arrived at the gate, the old man seemed to have a sense to turn his head, and Lei Yun found that the old man had a thin face and an ordinary appearance, but a pair of black and white eyes, bright eyes, and the corners of his mouth drooped slightly.
As soon as the old man saw Su Dingfang and the three of them, he immediately walked over, and then stopped about 2 meters in front of Su Dingfang, hugged his fists and said:
"In Xia Wu Changtian, I have seen General Su."
Su Dingfang hurriedly stepped forward, held the old man's hand, and said with a smile:
"Oh, how could it be you? Gonggong Wu, the party has missed the distance, and please forgive me. ā
Wu Changtian smiled slightly when he heard this, and said:
"General Su is serious, the old slave is just a slave who serves the queen mother and his old man, how dare he hold it up in front of the general, but the general has expanded the territory and made great achievements for my Tang Dynasty, which is really admired by the old slave."
When Su Dingfang heard this, he immediately said:
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Gonggong Wu, this is not the place to talk, it's better for us to move to the handsome tent, I have the frozen top oolong rewarded a few days ago, but it was from overseas Ryukyu tribute, good thing."
Wu Changtian laughed when he heard this:
"It's hard for the general to remember that the old slave likes this mouthful, and since that's the case, I'm better off obeying my fate than being respectful."
After speaking, he took Su Dingfang's hand and walked towards the tent together, after entering the tent, Su Dingfang hurriedly ordered people to make tea, and after a while, a refreshing fragrance filled the entire tent, and it turned out to be a delicate maid who brought the tea.
As soon as Wu Changtian smelled this aroma, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly picked up the tea, smelled it first, and then solemnly took a small sip, and immediately praised:
"Sure enough, it's a good tea, the aroma is elegant and the throat rhyme is sweet, the old slave is here today."
Seeing Wu Changtian praise him like this, Su Dingfang immediately said with a smile on his face:
"Father-in-law Wu is worthy of being well-informed, in fact, I have always been reluctant to drink this tea."
When Wu Changtian heard this, he immediately laughed and said:
"It is said that the general is a downright person, and when I saw it today, it was really the case, but don't worry, I won't drink your tea in vain, general, I brought you a gift."
After speaking, he scooped out a golden leather bag from his bosom, this bag was only the size of two fists, but it was sewn with a whole piece of leather, and the seal was threaded together, the shape was very simple and simple, and the surface of the bag was surrounded by a soft yellow light.
Wu Changtian handed the bag to Su Dingfang with both hands, and Su Dingfang hurriedly took it with both hands.
After taking the bag, Su Dingfang looked at it carefully for a long time, and didn't see anything special, so he looked at Wu Changtian with some doubts, but found that Wu Changtian just smiled and motioned him to open the bag, so he had to gently open the bag in his hand, reached into it and took it out, and took out a small gold ingot that weighed about two or two, and frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Wu Changtian smiled and said:
"General Su, although this little thing is inconspicuous, it is actually made of the skin of the legendary mythical beast ---- Pixiu, and the name seems to be what... The endless money bag is of no special use, but a small gold ingot will automatically be born every hour. ā
After speaking, he drank tea leisurely and stopped talking.
Su Dingfang's face immediately changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said:
"Father-in-law Wu, such a valuable gift, it is difficult to accept it, and I ask Father-in-law Wu to take this thing back, the matter of Yuetuling, let's talk about it."
Hearing this, Gonggong Wu smiled slightly:
"General Su, how can such a valuable thing be done by an old slave? You can take it, this is what the Queen Mother and her old man mean. ā
Su Dingfang was even more shocked when he heard this, lowered his head and muttered for a long time, and finally said slowly:
"Since it is the meaning of the Queen Mother and her old man, then the fixed party is disrespectful, but I also have a gift to ask Gonggong Wu to take me to the Queen Mother and her old man."
After speaking, he took off the sword in his waist, and then handed it to Wu Changtian, saying:
"This sword has followed me for many years, never left the body, the name of the sword is Wei Wu Qinghong, according to legend, it is the sword of Cao Cao in the Han Dynasty, it can fly thousands of steps to take people's heads, and suck blood like a rainbow."
After a pause, he continued:
"Please also ask Gonggong Wu to tell the Queen Mother that Su Dingfang's sword will always belong to the Tang Dynasty."
Su Dingfang's words were a pun, and people who understood it could naturally hear it, Wu Changtian immediately nodded appreciatively when he heard the words and said:
"Okay, General Su is really a handsome among people, don't worry, I will definitely bring gifts and words, today's matter, please don't say anything about General Su."
Su Dingfang waved his hand when he heard this:
"Naturally, no fifth person will know about today's events, these two are my confidants, if even they will betray me, then I will really be so stupid that it is not a pity to die."
Wu Changtian nodded when he heard this, and the two of them exchanged a few more polite words, then said goodbye and left, and Su Dingfang and the three of them sent him out of the camp before turning back.
After returning to the handsome tent, Su Dingfang groaned slightly, and then said to Lei Yun:
"I have long heard that the queen mother's family has been in business for generations, but I didn't expect it to be the Taoyuan Chamber of Commerce, you go and arrange it immediately, let the Taoyuan Chamber of Commerce be fully responsible for the operation of the Yuetuling Business Station, and our Xuanwu Army will be responsible for administration and public security, now that the war is over, I will transfer 200 people from your military rations, and Zimo will be responsible for drafting the relevant official documents, and then hand them over to Lei Yun."
Half a month passed in a flash, and after getting Su Dingfang's assurance, the Taoyuan Chamber of Commerce quickly took over the operation of the Yuetuling Commercial Post and began the planning and construction work that shocked Lei Yun.
It turns out that the business scope of the Taoyuan Chamber of Commerce itself is very large, and there are many small chambers of commerce associated with it, so that a huge system has been formed, so when the Taoyuan Chamber of Commerce divides Yuetuling into four major areas of residence, commerce, leisure, and goods transit, countless merchants and a large number of goods immediately poured in, and various buildings rose from the ground.
The cargo transit area is the largest area, occupying nearly half of the land of the entire Yuetuling Merchant Post, mainly used for caravans to store goods and trade with each other, which is also the most important function of the Yuetuling Merchant Post and the main source of tax revenue for the Merchant Post.
The commercial area and leisure area are completely monopolized by the Taoyuan Chamber of Commerce and its affiliated chambers of commerce, except for entertainment venues, there is only one store of almost all types, which not only avoids vicious competition, but also enriches as many service facilities as possible under the most space-saving situation.
As for the residential area, it has now been fully started, and the monster shareholders of the Gangguan Group are eager to move to Yuetuling to cultivate immediately, so almost all the strength of the group has been invested in the construction here, and the ancient residences are mainly wooden structures, and the construction speed is extremely fast, so the construction speed is very amazing.
The first to get the benefits was undoubtedly the Xuanwu Army, and the income from the massive land transfer was as high as more than 6 million taels, and the taxes generated by the cargo throughput had reached an astonishing figure of 10,000 taels per day.
According to the prior agreement, Lei Yun allocated three million taels of silver to the military expenses of the Xuanwu Army, and the other three million were divided equally between him and Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, and Su Zimo, and the daily taxes were also divided according to this ratio, and the money was transferred directly through the money village every month.