Simon Xinxiu glared angrily, and immediately blurted out, "This mansion wants to see how you can kill this thief.........

Li Mo shook his head and sneered, "Okay, but before that, you have to help me do something........."

"Phew!!" Ximen Xinxiu sneered, "Although I, Ximen Xinxiu, am a literati, I am also a good man who stands up to the sky, and if you want me to commit myself to serving the enemy, you don't want to think about it........."

Li Moyi ignored it and continued, "My Mochen brigade has already occupied the capital city, this city, and the entire Zhili small city within a radius of ten miles is about to be taken, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in the territory, including more than 100,000 women and children, now I want to find a place to settle them, and give them acres of land to fend for themselves, I am ready to let you come out to manage." ”

Ximen Xinxiu was taken aback, he looked at Li Moyi blankly, as if he knew him again, and muttered, "What did you say?" ……… You want me ........."

"Yes, I've looked through the people's livelihood books in this city, and you, the head of the mansion, are doing a good job, so I'm going to let you take care of .........."

Li Mo turned his head and said warmly, "I don't plan to behead those who are not a threat............ Though I am a traitor in your eyes, ......... Forget it, don't mention it. ”

Ximen Xinxiu's face was flushed, and his fists were clenched and creaked, but at this moment, he had nothing to say, and after a long silence, he hoarsely voiced, "Why do you let me govern?" Aren't you afraid that I will lead them to rebel? ”

"In my eyes, there is no superiority between people, the so-called dependents are not enemies at all in my eyes, just a group of poor women and children, and now most of the soldiers in my Mochen brigade are extremely resentful of them, so I don't want to send a Mochen soldier to manage them, otherwise, I'm afraid those women and children will have a hard time. As for you going to rebel........." He smiled wryly and shook his head, "If you want to rebel, then I can't .........do anything about it."

Ximen Xinxiu stayed for a long time, and suddenly solemnly straightened his clothes and bowed deeply to Li Moyi.

Li Mo stood up and saluted him back.

Walking down the steps, he stood side by side with Simon Xinxiu, and said kindly, "You have been the governor of this city, you should know the people here......... Based on my past experience, after you settle down in the local area, I am afraid that you will be a little isolated for the first few years, but as long as you get acquainted with each other, the common people will not remember this........."

He patted Simon Xinxiu's shoulder, "You go to see your daughter-in-law and children first, they are in the backyard of the governor's mansion, I told my relatives not to disturb me, and I will write you a note when I go back, and you are ready to take office........."

Ximen Xinxiu bowed silently, walked to the door, walked to the door, and suddenly turned around, "General Li......... Are you a foreigner? Seeing that Li Mo was stunned one by one, he frowned, "Does your ancestor have a .........?"

Li Mo sighed and waved his hand at him.

Simon said no more and strode out of the lobby.

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In fact, the fall of this city already meant the complete collapse of the former emperor's rule in the Zhili region.

The city fortifications of other small cities are much worse than this city, and most of the garrisons are new teams recruited by Tong Wugu, Tong Wugu used a trick in this battle, he put all the essence of the Zhili brigade in this city, and those old, weak, sick and disabled were thrown by him in other small cities to make up the number, and put all the treasures on a note, so when this luxury war was lost, Tong Wugu immediately fell into a desperate situation.

Wu Youcai quickly contacted his old relatives and launched a surprise attack on the surrounding small towns on a dark and windy night.

In fact, most of the defenders in the city had received the news in advance and were ready to surrender in advance, so after the city was broken, the guards in the city seemed very peaceful, and the streets of the people were silent.

Only hundreds of relatives and soldiers in the governor's station in the city resisted, of course, in this case, the only purpose of the battle was only to maintain dignity, and when the artillery bombarded the wall, Wu Youcai did not hesitate to press the whole team.

Within half an hour, all the soldiers in charge of defending fell on the battlefield.

At the last moment, Tong Wugu locked the whole family in a small courtyard, and ordered his henchmen to light the pyre that had been prepared long ago, and when the fire was blazing, the city quietly changed places.

After receiving the good news of Tong's unexplained defeat, Li Moyi immediately issued a large number of attack orders, and the head of the foot pawn who stayed in the capital city immediately divided into a team and two groups to take the surrounding small cities directly.

Wu Wujian led his cavalry, and after meeting with the foot soldiers, he crossed several small hills and went straight to the small cities.

The cavalry leader and the pirate leader each led the expedition, taking over large areas of land in the east-west direction, while peering into the major gateways in the north-south direction.

After the war, the backbone of the Zhili enemy team was lost, in fact, in addition to the strength of the small town where Tong was stationed for no reason, most of the other places were second-line enemy teams to maintain law and order, weapons and food were seriously insufficient, and the quality of the soldiers was extremely poor, and the combat effectiveness was so weak that it could not be calculated, it was not so much an attack as a takeover, and the brigade of pawns and horses continued to open out from various squads, and Li Mo began the first large-scale expansion.

In this great expansion war, Li Moyi did not come to the front line in person, in fact, he was indeed too busy to take a break, with the extension of the war, the good news from various offensive directions came frequently, but the logistics work gradually became tense, and the strong men of the enemy team who had surrendered in the small cities were sent out at this time, cooperating with the requisitioned people to escort grain and baggage in all directions.

In fact, his brigade did not fight at all on the way into the team, and directly occupied a large area of land, once it arrived at a city, the local officials had already abandoned the city and fled, and the enemy team responsible for defense also collapsed and scattered at the same time, and what was puzzling was that the local people also fled one after another, so the small cities that this brigade finally took over were almost all empty cities.

This abnormal phenomenon immediately attracted the attention of the brigade commander, and it took him a lot of effort to figure out the ins and outs of the matter, it turned out that in the ruling areas of the surrounding small cities, there were many rumors that were unfavorable to the Mochen Brigade, and it was said that there were noses and eyes and were very inflammatory, and this phenomenon had existed for more than a day or two, so when the Mochen Brigade entered the team, the common people fled one after another, and did not dare to meet the Mochen Brigade.

The team leader who was responsible for leading the team immediately fed back the news to Li Moyi and asked for instructions, because this situation caused great trouble to the team, such as the inability to requisition guides and people's husbands, and the inability to buy team food and supplementary materials locally, the leader of the team asked Li Moyi whether he should take ironclad measures to intimidate and force the people to cooperate with the Mochen team's team actions.

After a detailed discussion with Zhou Quangong, Li Moyi immediately replied to the commanders, ordering his brigade not to take any violent actions against the people, otherwise the team would deal with it, and at the same time sent a letter to Li Beicai, ordering him to increase the logistics of each brigade.

The massive march lasted for two days.

Except for a short battle between Wu Wujian and Wu Youcai's brigade, there was basically no fighting in other directions, and the small cities fell into their hands one after another, and each brigade successfully captured their respective offensive targets, and the whole Mochen brigade entered the repair stage.

At this time, the territory controlled by Li Moyi had expanded several times, in addition to the ten miles radius of Zhili, some small cities on the border in the east and west directions also fell into his grasp, so far the gate of the capital city was consolidated in all directions except for the direction outside the customs.

Just when he opened the map complacently, Li Moyi painfully found that the 20,000-strong Mochen Brigade was no longer able to support such a wide defensive line, and the generals of each defensive line all made a request to Li Moyi to expand the team extremely tactfully.

"General........." Zhou Quangong took a letter asking for help, frowned and said, "Even the head of the foot soldiers who stayed in the capital city has sent a letter to ask for the expansion of the team, he said that the number of displaced people who have flowed into the cities today has reached nearly 500,000 people, and his team has been transferred by the general to more than 3,000 people, and now the surrounding small cities are a little panicked........." He looked at Li Moyi cautiously, and said tentatively, "Look, is it .........?"

"The matter of expanding the team is not in a hurry, if we are in a hurry like this, I am afraid that our brigade will all become a rabble," Li Mo glanced at Zhou Quangong, who wanted to say something, and said with a smile, "Quangong, do you think that I am afraid that my soldiers will be difficult to control after expanding their strength?" ”

“……… This," Zhou Quangong blushed and stammered, "General, a general, this matter ......... It is not a ......... that can be measured without permission."

Li Mo smiled slightly, no longer asked, flipped out a dossier, changed the topic and said, "Quangong, this is sent by Mr. Zheng, it says that many scholars and literati from outside the city are pouring into the capital city now, most of them are young people who are strong and strong, so far, it seems that there is no intention of stopping, and there are reports of scholars entering the border at various checkpoints." ”

"Oh?" Zhou Quangong was taken aback, and then bowed deeply to Li Moyi ecstatically, "Congratulations to the general, this incident shows that the world is now in the heart, and the scholars and scholars admire .........."

"Ahem......... I said Quangong, you also come to this door with me? Li Mo snorted one by one, and then said, "This incident just shows that there are many people who have doubts about the strength of our brigade now, and they are watching the wind direction on my side and exploring the truth and reality.........

Zhou Quangong smiled and said, "In that case, what should the general do?" ”

"What else can I do? Get a Imperial Examination......... Isn't that what they're looking for? Li Mo pursed his lips, "Tsk, these people are really stubborn, they want to be crazy when they want to be errands, and they don't look at the current world." ”

"Imperial examinations?" Zhou Quangong was dumbfounded and blurted out, "Now?" ”

"Of course, to be honest, now that we have so much territory, we have to start raising all the descendants on our own territory......... Tomorrow, we will leave for the capital city and clean up the stalls over there........." As soon as Li Mo closed the file, he suddenly winked at Zhou Quangong and said with a smile, "Old Zhou, do you want to be the main examiner?" ……… Gee......... The first batch of poor teachers of our Mochen Brigade........."

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There are more than 6,000 people in the brigade that followed Li Moyi back to the capital city, including 1,000 artillery soldiers, 1,000 continuous artillery soldiers and 1,000 cavalry soldiers, all of whom were the enemy soldiers who surrendered in this battle.

On the second day after returning to the capital city, Li Moyi was surrounded by a large group of wall grass, most of these guys were the capital chaplains who surrendered from the former emperor's side, after the victory of this war, these guys immediately turned around and asked Li Moyi's general's mansion to see.

The content is the same persuasion, according to their quotations from their predecessors, now Li Moyi's top priority is to ascend to the throne, so that Qianqiu Wanyang has been guaranteed to be solid and incomparable, at the very beginning, Li Moyi was really a little fluttering, but then he saw the gloomy faces of Li Beicai and Zheng He next to him, and immediately sobered up, politely declined these guys, and immediately ordered them to go back to do things after a few polite words, so as to get involved in these foolish things.

"I said Bei Cai, I was really busy with you some time ago, look at you, why are you so white?" Li Mo looked at Li Beicai, whose face was much paler, and his words came naturally, he turned his head and said to the second stunned man, "Second stunned, didn't we seize a lot of high-grade ginseng in the Tai Hospital in the palace?" You go and get a few dozen catties, as well as deer antler bear's paws or something, whatever is expensive, take whatever is expensive, and send it to Lord Li's mansion ........."

"Thank you, Lord for rewarding you........." Li Beicai frowned, stood up and bowed his hand slightly.

"You're welcome, this time we will return with a big victory, if you want to talk about meritorious deeds, you have to be the first," Li Mo smiled and said, "This time you sit in the capital to protect the city gate, stabilize the rear and clean up the people's hearts, and keep sending heavy grain and grass supplies to our brigade, so we won this battle safely and steadily, this credit is real, and no one can erase it." ”

"The lord is serious, this big victory, one is to rely on the general's wisdom and wisdom to command the whole thing, and the second is to borrow three teams of loyal and brave soldiers to fight for their lives, Bei Cai is a weak scholar, and he has tried his meager strength, and it is really not a merit........." Li Beicai said with a wry smile, and then his face turned pale, and he arched his hand to Li Mo seriously, "The lord has been on the front line for a long time, and I don't know that my capital city is now in crisis and unbearable inside and outside, and if it goes on like this, I expect that a catastrophe will occur soon........."

Li Mo was startled, looked at Li Beicai with his mouth wide open, and said in amazement, "Beicai, aren't you joking?" This......... How is this possible? ”

Li Beicai suddenly knelt on the ground, "Lord, the so-called martial arts and civil deaths, I hope the Lord can listen to my Li Beicai's sincere words........."

Li Moyi hurriedly jumped up, ran forward and helped him up, Li Beicai seemed to be a little abnormal today, and he said so much that he felt a little overwhelmed, "I said Beicai, can I not listen to what you have to say?" Isn't it scaring me to make such a big scene? He patted the dust on Li Beicai's body, "If you have anything, just say it." ”

Li Beicai took advantage of the situation to stand up, "The Lord knows that now the prices of grain, cloth, tea, oil, sauce and vinegar in the capital city have all skyrocketed, and the people of the whole city are crying and struggling, and there is no way to continue their lives?" ”

"Alas, I know about this, but this is not a war, what can I do?"

"The lord is poor, now our team has won successive battles, and has captured the cities around Zhili, and the grain from other places has been in a steady stream at this time, but why has the price of grain not improved now?"

"Well......... Li Mo thought for a while, "It's really a bit strange, with the power of our team's big victory, even if the price doesn't fall, at least it will rise a little slower, right?" ”

"I wonder if the Lord still remembers the edicts issued when the team was formed?" Seeing that Li Mo was puzzled, Li Bei smiled bitterly and said.

"Oh......... This, which edict did Bei Cai say? Li Mo was a little stunned for a while.

"Alas, such a major event in the team, the Lord didn't even take it to heart.........," Li Beicai stumbled and said, "At that time, the Lord ordered that all shops, pharmacies, and medical halls in the territory of our Mochen Brigade must all be discounted by half the price of Mochen soldiers and team members, and violators will be dealt with according to discipline, I don't know if there is an image of the master?" ”

"Oh......... It seems that there is a point, "Li Moyi is a little strange, in fact, these measures to support the team have indeed played a huge role, so that the morale of the brigade has been greatly improved, otherwise how can this new team confront the Qingran First Division." He wondered, "Could it be that there is something wrong with this?" ”

Li Beicai smiled bitterly and said, "The Lord's edict, I don't know how many merchants have been ruined.........

"This ......... This......... Yes?! ”

"The Lord doesn't know, among the subordinates of our Mochen Brigade, I don't know how many treacherous villains, they use this edict to force merchants to sell goods at half price, buy goods on the market on a large scale, hoard and accumulate strange things, and make huge profits from them, during this period of time, Ying Tianfu has been up and down, the market is in a depression, and I don't know how many merchants have gone bankrupt and closed down, and I don't know how many people can't afford to shop, hungry and cold........."

Li Mo slowly sat down, there was a silence in his heart, he patted his head, it is really no trivial matter to govern the team, he is now a supreme person, who would have thought that such a simple order would have such serious consequences for the entire capital city, he shook his head weakly, and looked at Zheng He next to him.

I saw Zheng He's face gloomy and nodded slowly.

"Yes......... How many people are involved? Are there any generals involved? As soon as Li Mo calmed down a little, he immediately worried about the impact of this matter, if there was a general in the team as the backstage master, this matter would be really difficult to do.

"The general didn't ......... There are not even bandit veterans above the squad leader," Zheng He shook his head in shock, "During this period of time, the team affairs are tense, and when the fate is at stake, most of the generals in the team are far away from home and have no time to pay attention, only a few local team leaders are involved, mainly some in the capital city to collude with illegal merchants to join forces to sit in the village, because the war was urgent some time ago, we did not pay attention to it, which caused this matter to become more and more troublesome, affecting the supply of grain and grass in the entire capital city." ”

"Oh......... In that opinion, how should this matter be recovered? Li Mo turned his head to look at Li Beicai, now he was very cautious, and he no longer dared to give orders like before.

Li Beicai and Zheng He looked at each other and smiled, and Li Beicai stepped forward and said, "Our guards from Ying Tianfu have been staring at them recently, and after Lao Zheng came back, his people have also helped us a lot, so it is not difficult to wipe them all out now, but how to restore the market, you still have to give a total of ........." He looked at Zheng Hejing in surprise, "Brother Hejing, please give a word to the Lord........."

Zheng He nodded slightly to Li Beicai, and said to Li Moyi, "The day before yesterday, the Lord ordered me to arrest the collaborators in the capital city, except for a few large households who absconded, the others have all been brought to justice, during which 160,000 acres of fertile land were confiscated, wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, soybean cakes, barley and house timber and so on, which have now been registered and sent to Bei Cai for disposal. It is not appropriate for us to send this matter to .........."

"Oh? What do you mean? ........." Li Mo didn't react for a while.

"We thought ........." Zheng He took a step forward and whispered, "This matter is not small, one carelessness may shake the team's heart, and it will also seriously damage the prestige of our Mochen brigade, so we can clearly put this responsibility on those big families who collaborate with the enemy and ......... them" He made a downward movement with his right palm, "Secretly severely punish those team members who make trouble, and then cancel the edict that the merchants supply the team members at half price.........

Li Mo was stunned for a while, and suddenly let out a long sigh, it seems that there are indeed a lot of sinister and calculating guys in the world, I really can't see that these two guys are so righteous and awe-inspiring on weekdays.

He nodded and said appreciatively, "Yes, yes, I just have to do this," suddenly remembering something, Li Moyi couldn't help frowning and said, "If all the discounts are canceled, I'm afraid the scholars will have opinions......... If this privilege tastes the sweetness, there will definitely be a lot of resistance for them to give up all of them now."

Li Beicai smiled and said, "This matter is easy, we should prepare Tianfu to open a store specifically for them, and then register all the families of the Mochen brigade, issue discount cards according to the population, and buy a certain amount of grain sauce and vinegar at a discount per capita every month, I have already prepared in many ways, just waiting for the Lord to give an order.........

Li Mo looked at Li Beicai in a daze, and suddenly patted Li Beicai's shoulder heavily, "Beicai is really true to his name, what a talent...... Talent ......"

This is indeed a heartfelt statement, and under the compulsion of his extremely ridiculous order, he actually came up with a planned economic strategy, and he really deserves the word talent.

Looking at Li Beicai, he suddenly remembered that Zhou Quangong was coming, and couldn't help sighing, compared with the two, this Zhou Quangong is really like a parallel commodity in his middle school, and I don't know if he is looking for the wrong person.

"Without further ado, please also ask the Lord to meet with the people of the Chamber of Commerce immediately and let them come out to stabilize the market........." Seeing that Li Mo was stunned, Zheng He gently pushed him.

"Oh? What did you say? ……… Chamber of commerce? Li Moyi said in surprise, "Which chamber of commerce?" What chamber of commerce? Who to meet? ”

Li Beicai and Zheng He looked at each other in shock, speechless for a while, Zheng He smiled bitterly and said, "Lord, it is a merchant in the capital city hall, I and Bei Cai have contacted them, and they agreed to take over, but they also asked Jin to see the lord's .........."

"Oh? ……… It turned out to be an old local rich man? Li Moyi was slightly disappointed in his heart, waved his hand, and waved off those unrealistic fantasies, "Where are they?" ”

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"Oh, is this Boss Wang, the shopkeeper Wang, and the elder Wang? Oh, it's really a long time to look up, Su Yang Su Yang," Li Mo smiled with a smile on his face, led Li Beicai, Zheng Hejing and several other literati to greet him in person, and after a slight arch of his hand, he stepped forward and pinched the hand of an old man in front of him, shook it vigorously, and said in person, "The merchants are all the elites in my capital city, and the wealth and goods in the world come and go, and the exchange of goods and goods in the world makes all industries flourish and the people are healthy, which is really the pillar of the center and the ......... of the people."

“……… General, cough, cough ........." Li Beicai touched Li Moyi's shoulder awkwardly and whispered, "This is the bookkeeper of the gift book.........

"Huh? ………… Oh, I see, I see, I see........." Li Mo was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand disapprovingly, and changed his words, "Actually, Mr. Bookkeeper is also very hard......... This one......... This general has always treated the people under his rule equally, regardless of whether they are businessmen, workers and peasants......... You see, this man is still working hard at such an old age......... Old gentleman, turn around and pay five taels of silver on the account to reward him........." put down the hand of the bookkeeper and looked behind him, several businessmen were inhaling the cool air and looking at him dumbfounded.

Without waiting for Li Moyi to greet him again, these businessmen immediately fell to the ground in unison, "The grass people see the general of the Mochen brigade........."

"Hey, everyone is polite, polite," Li Mo smiled and helped them one by one, spreading his hands, "You are willing to come here, you can afford to be brothers, if it is such red tape, it will be too boring............ Come on, come on, drink tea inside........."

Stay in the lobby.

Li Moyi sat down in the main seat at the top first, while his subordinates sat on opposite sides of these businessmen, inadvertently putting on a negotiating posture.

At this moment, Li Mo had time to look at these big businessmen in the world carefully, the businessman sitting at the top of the house was about forty years old, with strong muscles and a shiny face, wearing a set of robes that were neither new nor old, and a pair of eyes secretly looked at him from time to time, but once the eyes met, he immediately lowered his eyelids, and carefully sat with a teacup in his hand.

"Okay, guys, General Ben also has a lot of official work to do, anyway, they are all going to the silver, you don't need to hide it, hurry up, if you have anything to say, hurry up and say it," he pointed to the brother who replied faintly, and said unceremoniously, "Let's start with your brother, one .........by one."

"The grass people are the capital city Taifeng ticket number Xu Danqing, by a group of benevolent brothers, elected under the capital city business leader, this time to see the general, one is for the general gifts, the other is also for the shopkeepers to seek a way to advance and retreat........."

"Oh, gifts? Tsk........." Li Mo disagreed, and said lazily, "What courtesy?" I've seen a lot of it, but I'm not interested in ordinary curiosities........."

“……… The general misunderstood........." Xu Danqing's face was embarrassed, and then his expression was solemn, he stood up and saluted and said, "Since Master Mochen took over the capital city, the people from all walks of life have done their best, and our colleagues in the business community are also very grateful.........

"Okay, okay, I said Lao Xu, didn't you say it at the beginning? This will be very busy with this general, so you can hurry up and say okay? Let's play this set of words when it's empty,........." Li Moyi waved his hand impatiently.

“……… The general forgives the ........." Xu Danqing's face turned red and continued, "I heard that my Mochen Brigade has been short of resources recently, so I and the ranking shopkeeper are going to offer some ......... to the general."

"You have a heart, but you can also be exempted, I am not short of silver, grain and grass," Li Moyi frowned and said, "Who did you hear that my team is short of funds?" ”

"Oh......... This, General Mingjian, I waited for a long time in the mall......... A few days ago, I saw that the Mochen Brigade supervised the purchase of a large number of raw materials such as coal coke, pig iron, copper, saltpeter and so on. ”

After a pause, "......... Therefore, my colleagues guessed that the general should still have some gaps, but they didn't listen to anyone......... This time I came to give gifts, not to give any curiosities to play, I and other merchants in the capital city, during this time, they have hoarded some raw materials for the general, ready to ........."

"Oh......... Tsk, look at it, look at my memory........." Li Mo slapped his forehead one by one, laughed, hurriedly left his seat and walked down, arching his hand, "It turned out to be the team's materials......... I'm not welcome to do this," he picked up the respectful Xu Danqing, "Old Xu, if there's anything else good, you can talk about it together........."

“……… In addition to coal, iron and saltpeter, there are also some cotton fur and team boots, although we are the last in the business world, we also have the heart of serving with fists, and we dare not do our best to hope that the brigade will calm down the .........world as soon as possible."

"Hehe, Lao Xu, I wrote this down, go back and talk to the soldiers," Li Mo looked at him with a smile, "What do you want me to do for you?" ……… To be honest, you're welcome .........."

As soon as he talked about business, Xu Danqing's face immediately became a little more energetic, "The general is so refreshing, then we won't be right, right, left, left, general, we hope you can hand over some business such as uniforms, quilts, armor, tents and other businesses of the Mochen Brigade to us in the future........."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say......... Li Mo paced back to his position, "Actually, I also have this plan here, but let's put it in front, we have to 'bid' for these things......... That is, to see who has the best goods and who has the lowest price, and if I want to sell short favors and be wronged, it will still not work. ”

"Of course, besides........." Xu Danqing looked a little slurred.

"Hey, doing business is just bargaining, just ask, just say it, we don't have to negotiate if it doesn't work, right?"

"General......... In addition, we hope that the general will lower the merchant tax and reduce the service of the shops in the city........."

"What merchandise? ........." Li Mo looked at Li Beicai and said puzzled.

Li Bei only explained a few words, and he realized that it turned out that the government had set up rules to eat big households, and ordered businessmen to sponsor them if they had nothing to do, and they used a lot of ruthless methods, and sometimes they even forced people to go bankrupt on the spot.

Li Mo was a little hesitant when he heard this, this thing was clearly wrong, but after the lesson of the last indiscriminate order, he didn't dare to pat his head indiscriminately now, so he had to whisper to Li Beicai, "Beicai, do you want this merchant servant?" ”

"The lord doesn't know that this merchant servant is a bad habit left by the former emperor, just because there are very few officials in various places, and there is a shortage of silver in the governor's mansion, so the officials in various places try to exploit the merchants to help the public........." Li Beicai smiled helplessly, "In fact, until now, it is just a method for a group of small officials to extort money and the local government to exploit the people......... If the Lord abolishes this rule, then Li Min will be very lucky, but the officials in the governor's mansion will be greatly dissatisfied........."

"What can you do with those scrap wood?" Li Mo put his mind at ease, pursed his lips contemptuously, and said to Xu Danqing, "I have responded to this matter, and I will issue an edict when I turn around......... Whose head can I see a steel knife cross? ”

"And ........." Xu Danqing secretly looked at Li Mo, this time he put forward one condition after another, he was really a little uneasy in his heart, seeing that the general and the group of messengers looked serious, and there was no hesitation, his heart was a little settled, "......... There is also a request for the general to reduce or exempt the gold and commercial taxes on the passing........." Seeing Li Moyi frowning, he hurriedly said, "The general doesn't know anything, the weight of commercial taxes is indeed overwhelming......... We waited for the pack horse cart, passed through a small city to pay a tax, passed a state to pay a gold, thousands of miles from north to south, after a thing, the value of a hundred gold at every turn, the people were afraid of it, this is not our businessmen black-hearted profit-making, it is really too much exploitation of the government......... If the general is willing to lead the people's livelihood to be prosperous and the port to be prosperous, please also reduce or exempt the commercial tax........."

Li Moyi took a deep breath, pondered for a long time, turned his head to look at Li Beicai and Zheng He, but saw them shaking their heads at him again and again.

Seeing that Li Mo was silent, Zheng He couldn't help but stand up, arched his hand to Li Mo, and said loudly, "Lord......... This matter must not be ............" he looked solemnly and looked at the businessmen with contempt, "Since ancient times, the people's livelihood has been based on agriculture and mulberry, if the business is opened, it is a trivial matter for our team to lose its financial resources, but I am afraid that the gentry and the people under the rule of the lord will all show the style of luxury, and the people's hearts will be corrupted and the discipline will be lost. ”

Li Mo smiled at Zheng He and said, "Lao Zheng, don't get excited, sit down first, this will be discussed, isn't it?" He turned his head to Li Beicai and said, "Beicai, this nongsang is the root, there is absolutely no doubt about it, and I must not be stupid enough to go against the grain, right?" As soon as these words came out, all the merchants turned gloomy and shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

"The Lord is wise, and his subordinates admire him to the .........," Li Beicai Zheng He praised in surprise.

"But what, Mr. Xu......... Oh, there are other friends in the Chamber of Commerce, they have sent us countless team materials this time, it can be seen that the sincerity is complete, and we can't return the favor without all the gifts, right? Otherwise, what will the people of the world think of our Mochen Brigade? If we treat the people of our team so kindly, who will dare to serve us in the future? ……… So, General Li Ben didn't dare to say anything in return, but some small conveniences still had to be given........." Li Moyi said with a smile.

Zheng Hejing and Li Beicai glanced at each other, and felt that what they said seemed to make sense.

"In this way, I think this commercial tax is a troublesome matter, not a one-shot deal," Li Mo smiled and looked at the people in the hall, "For example, some goods are valuable, some goods are cheap, and the hawker carries a basket of green onions to sell the goods, and the big businessman transports dozens of big cars to him to sell curiosities, so how to collect this commercial tax is definitely a university question, what do you think?" ”

Everyone looked at each other with strange expressions, and was silent for a long time, Xu Danqing couldn't help but step forward and say, "General Mingjian......... But how can this matter be resolved? ”

"Don't be busy, don't be busy, this matter can't be rushed," Li Moyi said lightly, the smile on his face gradually retracted, "First of all, let's set the most basic rules......... From today onwards, as long as it is the territory of our Mochen Brigade, the goods of this merchant will only be taxed once, and other crossings and bridges will be exempted, and I will also give a few people here a preferential treatment......... Wait a minute, you will register with Master Li Beicai, let's give you a sign, as long as you are a businessman who has reported here in our Mochen Brigade, any bandits or robbers encountered on the road, you can ask the local Mochen Brigade to protect it, if they rob the goods, our Mochen Brigade is also obliged to help you recapture it......... When I turn around, I will give orders to the generals everywhere, and you can rest assured that you are in charge........."

The shopkeepers were almost incredulous, stunned for a long time, Xu Danqing knelt on the ground first, and then the other businessmen also bowed down, Xu Danqing kowtowed a few times, and said sincerely, "Thank you, General......... The general's grace today, we merchants will remember it forever........."

"Huh......... Get up, isn't this a big deal, the territory belongs to our brigade, the people are under my control, and you also pay taxes to me, so this Anliang matter naturally has to be me, right? The rank is polite......... Li Mo smiled and raised his hand to order them to stand up, "Then let's talk about tax collection again, my meaning is simple: in the future, we have to classify these seven-seven-eighty-eight businesses, such as selling grain, selling salt, selling cloth, and selling antique calligraphy and paintings, and every business you do must be accounted for in a proper manner, so we will collect taxes according to the type of goods and the size of the transaction, and the general meaning is that the goods that the people live at home should be collected as lightly as possible But let's take a little more for those extravagant and expensive things, don't you think it's possible? ”

After hearing this, a group of businessmen couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, Xu Danqing said that this time he really looked away, this General Li was rude and rude and amiable on the surface, and seemed to be very righteous, I didn't expect to be more ruthless than those under the former emperor, although those errand officials were greedy but they didn't know how to do business, but this General Li was like an expert, and as soon as he made a move, he was in charge of the businessman's business dealings.

Thinking of this, he had the courage to put on a sad face and begged, "Please be clear, the business of our people is all over the north and south, and many businesses are not under the jurisdiction of my Mochen brigade, so some businesses are .........."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say," Li Moyi waved his hand and said with a smile, "Of course I can't care about other places, I'm just talking about the business on the ground of our Mochen brigade......... Rest assured, your caravan for goods, our Mochen brigade will definitely go farther and farther......... Hey hey ............"

Xu Danqing smiled awkwardly, and the businessmen behind him stepped forward to compliment him when they saw the opportunity.

Looking at Xu Danqing, who was silent and his eyes were rolling, Li Mo smiled and said, "I think Mr. Xu is really in good health, I don't know how many ladies there are in your family?" ”

Xu Danqing was taken aback, and looked at Li Mo speechlessly, he really couldn't figure it out, on such a serious occasion and such a solemn topic, what was this General Li doing when he suddenly pulled his concubine left? Could it be him......... It was extremely strange in his heart, but seeing that Li Moyi had been looking at him with a smile, he couldn't avoid answering, "......... General Mingjian......... There are nine ......... in this grass farmer's house."

"Oh......... Gee......... Mr. Xu is in good health......... I really envy others........." Li Mo said with a smile, and suddenly the words changed, "Then you must have a lot of children under your knees?" ”

Looking at the stunned Xu Danqing, Li Mo waved his hand, "Mr. Xu, don't get me wrong, I don't have the idea of asking you to take your children as hostages......... If you don't like to say something here, you here are not qualified for this........." Seeing the relieved expressions of the merchants, Li Mo smiled and said, "I'm going to make a 'commercial tax law conference', and you can give birth to the son of your concubine......... It's the kind of son who has a bad background and doesn't like what he looks like, so he chooses a few to come to the conference and decides the collection of this commercial tax with the officials of our Mochen Brigade. ”

Looking at the hesitant businessman, he added, "Of course, the son is usually the most trusted, in fact, the nephew and nephew can even be a cousin and nephew or even a close bookkeeper, if you are not afraid of trouble, I welcome anyone to come, anyway, this time I don't want us to send the government to set our own business, we have to discuss it together, and we must be happy and satisfied........." He looked at the last few businessmen, smiled and said, "Do you say it is the right or not?" ”

"Your Excellency, do you want us to send someone?" Xu Danqing's expression was very peculiar, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or suspicious.

"Wrong, wrong, it's not an errand ........." Li Mo shook his head and said, "The people you sent are still doing things for you, I don't care what they do, and I will never give them a salary, they are just a matter of calculating business taxes with my messengers............ The reason why I want to hold such a conference is because I am afraid that my subordinates will bully people, so if you are bullied, you can directly appeal to me........."

A group of businessmen whispered one after another, and for a while the hall was chaotic, Li Bei couldn't help but move his chair, leaned over and whispered, "Lord......... Do you really want to talk to the businessmen......... This business tax thing? ”

Zheng Hejing also had a strange expression, and stared at Li Moyi with Li Beicai.

"Hey, there is a doorway ......... here" Li Mo looked at the merchants mysteriously, and whispered, "This is an expedient measure, now the world is in chaos, and all the princes are looting the grain and straw materials, so this general can't help but win over the merchants to work for me, and agriculture and mulberry are the foundation of the country, how can it be easily changed?" But at this time and that time, we must not be pedantic and follow the old, two gentlemen, this general is also forced to helpless. The so-called supreme way, strange is to do everything............"

Li Beicai Zheng He suddenly realized, looked at Li Moyi with admiration, and sighed sincerely, "The Lord is wise and wise, and no one can ............ it."

At this time, the businessmen have discussed and decided, Xu Danqing led a group of businessmen to bow with joy, "The general is wise, our business colleagues are determined to act according to the general's orders........." He straightened up and sighed sincerely, "Xu has been in business for half his life, and the general's open-mindedness is really the only one in his life to see ........."

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