During the reign of Li Zhi, whether it was economically or militarily, it was an indisputable fact that the national strength of the Tang Empire was raised to a higher level. From the moment the news of the earthquake was received, the entire empire was operating efficiently, and almost all the relevant personnel of the Beijing Division devoted themselves to disaster relief, and for a while, it seemed that all the people were busy.

Two hundred catties of medical wine and a large number of Chinese medicinal materials donated by the Chen family were sent within a few days, and they received unexpected results, the Wang family received a new order from the imperial court, and the Chen family was verbally rewarded by the imperial court, and the fourth child was called to the inner mansion, and the mother personally came forward to give the reward.

Verbal commendation does not seem to be a substantive reward, but after all, it is the first time since the founding of the country that a merchant has been praised by the imperial court. Once this precedent is opened, not only the Chen family, but also the emotions and enthusiasm of all merchants have been unprecedentedly mobilized. Identity, status, this is what businessmen have been fighting for themselves since ancient times, without these, whether the property of the vulnerable group can be kept comprehensive or two, no matter how much wealth is like a passing cloud, the businessman with a tough relationship is attached to the power, and the protection fee flows into the pockets of the dignitaries of the dynasty like flowing water, but the net worth can be considered for the time being; It doesn't matter if you can only be a man with your tail between your legs and keep a low profile, which has become the best target for bullying and blackmailing by the powerful.

If you are a farmer or landlord, and you encounter fraud by the powerful, others will sympathize with you, and even some people will not jump out to help, and the government will not stand idly by, and you can come back with justice; But the merchants are different, no one likes them, and when they encounter the same thing, others will gloat, and even some people will jump out to rob while the fire is burning.

The affairs of the Chen family made the merchants smell something, and the sixth sense of the merchants was incomparable. Since the Chen family can be recognized by the imperial court in a dignified manner, it is just doing the right thing at the right time. For a while, the local merchants in the capital were a little crazy, and the people in the disaster area were still in dire straits, how could they stand by as the people of the Tang Dynasty? If you have a relationship, ask the officials to speak, let the court approve your own donation to the disaster area, and if you don't have acquaintances, you can go directly to the household to grind your teeth. There are donations and everything, and the scene is hot. There was no warning in advance, not only the household officials, but even the royal family were a little caught off guard, and Lanling was half worried and half happy about this matter. Accept it, the court is afraid of its own face, and if it is not accepted, it will disappoint the sincerity of others, after all, the enthusiasm for the country and the people cannot be extinguished with a basin of water. Besides, this time the merchant is moving, not a verbal trick, the donation of materials is not a few, it is said that some people are willing to donate their own income for ten years, I don't know if it is true.

"The household department is out of order. A long line was drawn, and merchants were not allowed to approach. "Since Ying won the honor of beating the Chen family, she has been happy, and she can't vent when she is in a good mood. I set up a car and ran to see the excitement, and I came back with a lot of things. "Many people directly pulled their own things to donate, but the household department didn't say whether they would accept it or not, so they had to wait outside the door. It's lively. ”

"Just wait," I'm also going to take a look, since I called the Tang Dynasty, I haven't seen such a hot scene, and I became interested in watching the excitement as soon as I heard Ying. "Hey, hey. I told me to prepare my horses, and I went to see them. ”

"No," Ying tugged at my sleeve and said with a smile, "It's too cluttered at the door now, and it's boring to see." A businessman is a businessman, you can wait for donations, but it will start to change the market again, and it's okay to pull things. Swap the east for the west. It's like rushing to the market. ”

"......" is so fresh, and I have to go. Don't wait for Ying to stop you. Lead the horse and run. While running, I heard Ying shouting from behind: "There is a blanket beard at the mouth of the alley in the east of the household, and the husband will bring one when he comes back!" ”

Have all beards? What a world! Obviously, I saw a lot of people and took advantage of the fire to rob and do business! There is no place to bolt the horse, so I can only hold my hand and squeeze inside, it is estimated that half of the merchants in the capital have come, big carts and small cars, pulling everything, of course, there are many speculative elements. At a glance, I saw the beard that Ying said, and he put an alley by himself, and the stall was spread out wide, and all kinds of blankets were thrown on the ground, and he didn't shout, and he lay down on it to recuperate.

There is also a stall selling mash is booming, in the hot day when you see the sun is thirsty, just see him keep collecting money, the boss of the ceramic bowl is half a person high, the guests do not even wash after drinking, directly wet and handed over to another person, it is unhygienic.

"Zihao?" It was a hot day, and the crowd was full of stinky sweat and happy, so I heard someone calling me, turned my head and looked for a long time, only to find that it was Li Shi, who was standing next to the mash stall, and I didn't know if I had just drunk the mash.

"It's Brother Li." There were a lot of people, and the people around him complained for a while, and finally turned around. Bowed his hand and greeted: "I haven't seen you for many days, it's always good?" ”

"Hehe, okay." Li Shi didn't seem to come alone, and several people around him seemed to know him, and as soon as I turned my head, I found that Yang Quan had a bunch of large bags and small bags, and greeted me with a smile.

"Brother Yang is also here," I turned my head and looked at Li Shi again, it didn't look like I came together, Yang Quan looked like a shopaholic, and when he greeted me, he was still paying the merchant, and he knew that Yang Quan had cut the price of the young and old.

Yang Quan seemed to have just discovered Li Shi, so he hurriedly greeted him again, holding both hands, lifting the top of his head and shaking it, and ran over cordially, "Hehe, anyway, they are also going to provide disaster relief, cheap, brother buy some back by the way." Towards my Nunu mouth, he smiled at Li Shi, "Don't delay, there is still an envoy in the afternoon, you two have a slow chat, and you have to rush back first." The mother-in-law waited for dinner at home, and she didn't dare to slack off. As he spoke, he hurriedly disappeared.

"He's a good guy." Chong Yang Quan's back said: "This Brother Yang is really interesting. ”

"How so?" Li Shi pointed outside and motioned for me to go out and talk, it was too noisy here to affect conversation. "In the past, it was Xiyuan, and I haven't chatted with Zihao for a long time. It's familiar to the people over there, so let's go and sit down. ”

"Okay, okay." I gladly accepted, after all, there are not many people who can talk to me together, and there are very few people of the same sex who usually chat, "Wait a minute, my mother-in-law has instructions to buy blankets." He handed over the reins to Li Shi, and squeezed back alone to buy a blanket. I was going to enjoy the fun of bargaining, but since there are people waiting. Let the bearded man and let him slaughter him.

"It seems that Zihao is also a good person." Li Shi looked at the neatly folded blanket in my hand and said with a smile: "On a hot day, you will run for a blanket yourself?" ”

"But it's not," stuffed the blanket on the horse's back, "the mother-in-law said that this place is lively, and the younger brother will come to see it by the way, it is really powerful, there are more people in the West City." The household officials will have a headache. Haha..."

"Maybe," Li Shi led me into the West Garden, and brought a lotus pond under the pavilion with a familiar car, the scenery is beautiful, cool and pleasant, "The officials of the household department don't know whether to accept these or not, but the merchants' enthusiasm for disaster relief still needs to be rewarded, after all, no dynasty has such a grand occasion." The court is hesitant whether to encourage it. Pointing around, he said leisurely: "I used to come to see the lotus leaves when I was fine, but I have been busy all these years, if I didn't meet Zihao today, I don't know when I would be able to come." ”

It's okay to come to the market. Tian shamelessly said that he was busy, looking at his leisurely appearance, compared to me, I was a little busier. "Of course it should be encouraged. Whether you accept it or not, you have to be encouraged. and gifts, you have to thank people if you don't accept them. Not to mention such a major event as disaster relief. ”

"That's right." Li Shi nodded. "Merchants are different from other people, and the so-called no profit is not a business. Everyone knows that they are not here for disaster relief, but it is really hard to refuse if they are made by others. It's the truth of gift-giving. ”

"The younger brother thinks it should be accepted. They are just trying to make a name for themselves, and they don't have much to ask for. "Pick up the tea brought by the maid and drink it all," To be honest, most of the merchants are their own people, saving money and accumulating some family business. It is no less than the sins suffered by others, and it is also a contribution to the country. People only look at the profits, and when they talk about the 'benefits', they are disgusted and despise them, but they don't think about how the profits came about. ”

"Oh?" Li Shi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I have also thought about this and discussed it with others, I don't know what Zihao says?" ”

The ancients discriminated against merchants. However, it still attaches great importance to business. To put it bluntly, it is to affirm the industry and deny the profession. It doesn't make sense logically, but it's true. In order to ensure the safety and smoothness of its trade routes, the Tang Empire waged no less than 10 wars before and after, and also had clear protection regulations and preferential policies for foreign businessmen, and was also quite open in commerce and cultural exchanges, and even more open in some policies than China in the 21st century. It is indeed contradictory to discriminate against businessmen at the expense of war in order to protect business.

"In fact, the state has done a good job, at least in terms of form, to encourage commerce, and the key is that the folk tradition is like this. When it comes to change, it is impossible to start from the people, you can only start slowly from the top down. Just like the matter of household entrances, if the state had changed to another industry, if the state had asked the peasant households to donate food and clothing, it would certainly not be the case, and it might even cause criticism because the state was collecting taxes in disguise. "I followed the train of thought, since I came to the Tang Dynasty, some things have been slowly forgotten without thinking about them, and my thinking has degenerated." But businessmen are different. In their eyes, identity and place are as important as wealth, and some families even want to whitewash themselves at any cost, sounding like thieves. It is impossible for ordinary people to understand, but the younger brother just married a merchant girl, and some of his thoughts are really sad to say, they also rely on hard work and wisdom to fight, but they can't get the respect they deserve......"

"If you are consumed by profit, or become a businessman, you will abandon morality." When Li Shi heard this, he interjected: "The state attaches great importance to business and non-governmental discrimination against businessmen, which sounds unpleasant, and if morality is the criterion, it will be easy to explain." ”

"Probably," I nodded with difficulty. I really wanted to explain it according to the business rules, but after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't give the merchant this name. Profiteering sounds harsh, but the vast majority of people still can't resist this temptation, there are in ancient times, and more in the 21st century. From supermarkets to street vendors, it has become a common practice that even large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are unavoidable. In the Tang Dynasty, drug dealers and pharmacies dared to use their hands and feet on medicinal materials, which was to kill their heads; But in the 21st century in China, there are few people who have never taken counterfeit medicines, and there are even doctors who personally go out to promote counterfeit medicines, which makes people shudder. I haven't been in contact with foreign businessmen, but the world is as black as a crow, how good can it be? He smiled self-deprecatingly, "Restraint, try to improve the laws and regulations to restrain them, formulate regulations specifically for business behavior, don't expect them to abide by morality, and only use national laws to measure." Maybe it will be better if you make more money, hehe......"

"The Law of Nations." Li Shi nodded and asked, "The law of the Tang Dynasty is not thorough enough?" ”

"Of course......" almost leaked his mouth, it was not Lanling on the other side, and he had not yet done what he wanted to the point of speaking freely, "Of course it is thoughtful!" I have never seen a better law than the Tang Dynasty, there was no one before, and there will definitely be no one in the future! ”

"Haha......" Li Shi narrowed his eyes and laughed, "No outsiders." is so cautious, Zihao is not sincere. Of course, it is not comprehensive, if it is comprehensive, there will be no commander shouting all day long to repair this and that land, and no one in this world has the ability to complete the law. ”

"Relatively, relatively thoroughly, hehe." It's embarrassing to be said to be insincere. "I don't know much about this, and maybe the regulations for business should be detailed. The finer the better. The younger brother is not a businessman, and he doesn't understand the terms and conditions very well, so it's nonsense anyway. In fact, if there are businessmen involved in the revision together, it can be more perfect. Hehe, it's just talking, but it's not really going. ”

"Skinning a tiger?" Li Shi flicked the teacup and pondered for a moment. "It makes sense, too. Zihao thinks the imperial court will accept the donations of these businessmen? Or did the imperial court deliberately open this head to improve the status of merchants? ”

"That's not clear, maybe it's a good thing to accept it, after all, it is also a spontaneous act of the people, and it is a side reflection of the prosperity of our dynasty and the noble quality of the people. Disaster relief, why bother with the face of the court, being able to mobilize the masses and work together is the real thing to have face. After all, it is the saint who is wise and the officials who are powerful. What the people want. ”

"That's it!" Li Shi stroked his palms and laughed, dripping with joy. I don't know what I have to do with the emperor's sycophants, I think I am the emperor. "As Zihao said before, mortals, everything has both positive and negative sides, as long as this disaster relief is effective, it will show that our dynasty is prosperous, and the people's hearts can be used."

"Yes, yes!" Relative to talking about business. I prefer disaster relief. After all, my family also donated a lot of wine, which belongs to patriotic personnel. There's no denying it. I am patriotic, at least when I was younger, I had the idea of sacrificing my life for my country. Disaster relief seems to be a matter for the Ministry of Households, but Li Shi, an official of the Ministry of Labor, even said that he was the head of the Tao, I don't know how he knew so much, but for the effect of lime and wine, he still admires me very much, well, worship. The topic was unconsciously far away, and after asking about maggots a few times, he was obviously more attentive to raising maggots and feeding chickens, saying that he would report to the Ministry of Industry and then promote it.

"It's a great achievement," Li Shi seemed to have seen the scene of the people of the whole country eating eggs, and praised: "Zihao is a genius." ”

"Huh?" I'm a little hesitant, it's not a matter of merit, the key is that I don't want others to think of me when they see maggots, in case I give a 'maggot country', I think I'm still dead and clean. said with a bitter face: "This ...... is well promoted, but the credit is counted...... don't mention the name of the younger brother when Brother Li recommends it, it's embarrassing." ”

"Okay, haha... Good. "Li Shi obviously meant to play tricks on me, and his smile was disgusting, but I concluded that he didn't dare to take this credit, and no matter how big the reward was, he wouldn't dare to come out like this, which was weird. Pointing to the sunset in the west, "I've been bothering Zihao for a long time, shouldn't I delay the delivery of blankets?" ”

"No, no!" Waved his hand and got up to say goodbye. When I went out, I paid attention to the surroundings, and today the West Garden was much quieter, and I didn't even see a figure, and it was estimated that it was too hot and no one went out. Yes, I am more in love with this Li Shi, if you want to say that Lanling still has a vision, the people you associate with are of a higher grade, at least higher than the grade of my relationship.

Before going home, I went to the side of the steaming workshop to look at the progress of the project, and I saw the back of Pegasus from afar, which seemed to be Li Jingye. Recently, he has been obsessed with maggots, and he doesn't come to say hello every day, and when he comes, he can't come out of the feed workshop. For this guy, there is a strange feeling, although he also belongs to the children of the gentleman, but he rarely appears in the occasion of the party, but he treats people kindly, and there is no problem with the general squirrel, and the small handyman in the feed workshop can talk about it.

seems to be an unsociable person, but his reputation is good in the capital, handsome and chic, both civil and military, especially in martial arts, although I don't know much about it, people who may have been fighting with Cheng Chu for half an hour, except for the second lady, Li Jingye is the first. Could this be the legendary Ground Flower? I hate this guy the most, avoid contact with him, and talk bad about people from time to time, although I know that he will definitely not have emotional entanglements with the two maids on the ground in the workshop.

Come to my Zhuangzi again to seduce maggot girls, it's too bad. At the same time as Li Jingye was trivial, I became taller, this guy is about to go to the frontier to promote medical maggots, great, he will definitely be caught by the Tibetan shepherd girl, never turn over, I will give him a blanket as a congratulatory gift.

Just thinking about it, Dr. Zhou passed by me, and the big medical box almost hung up on me, he was such a person, as soon as he came to the clinic, he was in a hurry, and he didn't know how to say hello when he came over, he was too involved. Seeing him go to the barn, these days I am always asking me to add a place for him to concentrate on raising pregnant animals...... Just thinking about it, I saw Miss Yun and the two maids turn around from the path in front of the village, and hurriedly walked towards the door of the Wang family.

。 Three Heads M.