"Do they really think so?"

The expression on Fu Meng Lingcha's face was very wonderful, first his eyes lit up, and his momentum seemed to rise a little, and then he slowly fell down, gradually retracting the domineering and ambition of the outgoing back into his chest.

He shook his head and sneered, "Heiye, are we too tolerant of these market disciples? I even asked for the seal certificate of the two people of me and Tanaka Cheng! In my opinion, it is better to set up a new project to collect post tax at various checkpoints in Anxi, collect the money, and build it by the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate itself. ”

This is forcibly cutting leeks and wool, even if you look down on the merchants, you will not be so rude and simple.

Li Siye hurriedly crossed his hands and said: "Duhu, absolutely not, not to mention that the Duhu Mansion builds its own post station, it needs to requisition a lot of manpower and material resources, and now that the expedition to Xiaobolu is imminent, it is inevitable that we will be overstretched to build our own post station." Secondly, we are not only calculating for the present, but also for laying the foundation for the future, if this matter can be done, the Anxi Protectorate can win the trust of all kinds of businessmen, and there will be such things in the future, it is also this method, borrowing the people's power to do great things, the two sides are mutually beneficial, and it is more beneficial to the Anxi plan. ”

Fu Meng Lingcha twisted his beard and nodded: "Heiye, you have a long-term vision and can think of the future, but right now, Jiedu has made Tian Renwan have already led his troops to the battle, and now I am afraid that he has marched to Shule Town, and his seal is on his body." Even if you catch up with him on a fast horse, how can you tell him that the merchants don't trust the Anzai Protectorate? Do you need to seal it in person to win the trust? What qualifications does a group of people have to obtain the seal and seal of the envoy of the Four Towns? ”

Li Siye was just about to speak, but was stopped by Fu Meng Lingcha: "Since the Jiedu envoy has gone on an expedition, the construction of the post station is not in a hurry for a while, I have already ordered the soldier Cao to join the army Zhang Yuanli to send Xu officials to the various post stations in Anxi to supervise and fabricate account books to recover the excess profits of many post stations in Anxi, and the financial revenue of the Duhu Mansion will increase by a large head next year, so if this matter is too difficult, then let's stop it." ”

Li Siye couldn't calm down suddenly, didn't your husband Mengdu protect and insist on building a post station first? Now at the critical juncture, you have to retreat?

And he had to complain about Fu Meng Lingcha's management of the Anxi Post Station, and if the profits could not be recovered, he would send another person to supervise it?

There are more than 140 post stations in the whole Anxi, the route is more than 4,000 miles long, and one mile is 454 meters long in the Tang Dynasty, which is converted into modern units, and there are 1,900 kilometers.

1,900 kilometers, 140 post stations, 140 officials need to be sent to supervise, and these people's money undoubtedly adds an expense. The point is, do you think you can get the money back by sending these people over? Won't they be in league with the post masters? Most of the profits from the post station were embezzled, and only a small part of the capital was symbolically handed over. If you want to recover the money, you have to send someone out to check the accounts, will the person who checks the accounts be corrupt? As a result, the personnel and institutions are gradually bloated, but they still cannot completely solve the problem of corruption.

If it can be solved so simply, it will be in vain for many business schools to offer MBA programs in later generations. Modern trading companies have accumulated countless experience, and there are countless ways to compress the profits of subordinate branch stores or franchise stores to the extreme, and every minute you will have the illusion that you are working for others.

Li Siye can't point out the backwardness of Fu Meng's way of inspecting at this moment, the other party is a military general after all, and more importantly, he must hide his clumsiness. In the workplace, you can come up with clever solutions, but you must not appear to be smarter than the leader in everything, otherwise it is easy to become the target of others' vigilance.

At the moment, he still has to talk about the affairs of the post station, and he must try to be as sincere as possible in order to persuade Fu Meng Lingcha to continue to persevere, how can there be a reason that things have already begun and give up halfway.

"Fu Mengduhu, it is true that there is resistance, but this resistance is not enough to make things give up halfway. Please protect me and let me fight again. ”

Li Siye once again sincerely crossed his hands to his husband Meng Lingcha, how could the sweat he paid be consumed in vain.

"Okay, when the time comes to see Tanaka Cheng, you should think about what to say first, otherwise it will definitely be a trip for nothing."

"I'm going to figure out how to deal with it along the way."

"In that case, go down."

"Retire from your duties."

Tian Renwan's seal must be stamped on the list, which is not only related to the order of power of the first and second people in the four towns of Anxi. The supreme authority cannot be circumvented at any time, and the slightest negligence may destroy the entire plan or project because of the sensitivity of the other party.

No matter how big the matter, even if it is the victory or defeat of a war, it is not comparable to the rules and conventions between powers, this is the characteristic of the feudal bureaucracy, and those who ignore it will be sacrificed by power even if they become heroes.

He can't send someone else to replace him, he can only make a trip himself, and he must think of the wording.

Martial artists like Fumeng Lingcha look down on businessmen, not to mention the background of a scholar like Tian Renwan, and the personal seal of the Jiedu envoy is equivalent to his face, which is not given casually. Just because of the distrust of the merchants, he had to take out the seal of the festival envoy and use it, and for him it was to turn it in.

He ordered someone to re-transcribe fifty-five notices and lists, which happened to be enough for fifty-five post stations, and put them in bamboo tubes, and prepared to go out of the city to chase the expeditionary army in person.

As soon as Li Siye took the horse out of the stable of the Duhu Mansion, a Xu official who was in charge of transcribing the list text chased him out, and said excitedly: "General Li, another merchant is coming, it seems that he is from Dunhuang. ”

He let out a long sigh of relief, hoping that this time he would not only come to ask, but to successfully negotiate the construction of a post station.

Li Siye let go of the reins of his horse and followed the officials to the side courtyard, where he saw a short man standing in the courtyard, followed by three or four followers. This man was not like the merchants on the Silk Road, he dared to wear silk outside, and he was still wearing an indigo robe with a lack of crotch.

Seeing Li Siye coming, this person respectfully and self-respecting bowed and said: "Dunhuang Zhang Gui, see General Li." ”

Li Siye smiled: "It turned out to be the Dunhuang Zhang family, and I have admired it for a long time." ”

Zhang Guihaha laughed twice: "I don't just admire President Li, I haven't tasted your cool skin formula so far." ”

Oh, he remembered that when he was in Chang'an, he once set up a food association, and there was a local tyrant member in the association, and he almost made his recipe. I didn't expect to meet here, fate is really a wonderful thing.

"If you can solve the urgent needs of the Metropolitan Protectorate this time, I will definitely give you the formula."

Zhang Gui shook his head with a smile: "This time, the president wants to give the formula, but Zhang Gui doesn't dare to ask for it." ”

"Oh, why is that?"

"This time, the uncle of the side branch of the family returned to Dunhuang and personally mentioned to the clan Changfang that Anxi wanted to use a private post station to build a post station, this matter is related to my Zhang family's business on the Silk Road, and the uncle of the Changfang sent me over to take a look, so Zhang Gui did not dare to make the decision with human favors, and asked General Li to forgive me."

"It's okay," Li Siye asked him, "what are the aspects that are dissatisfied, or what conditions cause you to dare not make a decision?" ”

"There is nothing else, only a little, the Anxi Festival has the power to change, we don't dare to do business with the Metropolitan Protectorate for too long, otherwise the order will be changed overnight, and the money invested may be wasted."

Li Siye shook his head expressionlessly: "I don't dare to assure you that the appointment of the Jiedu envoy is related to the imperial court's plan, how dare we, the border generals, speculate." ”

"We, the businessmen, all we want to see is the determination and sincerity of the Anxi Protectorate, and I hope General Li can understand."

This Li Siye understands that the concerns of businessmen are the same. He bowed to Zhang Kuo again: "Please wait for Zhang Lang in Qiuzi City, I will definitely bring back the new announcement list." ”

He immediately returned to the stables, led the black fat out of the city, and pursued them along the route of the army. Relying on the post station on the road, he changed horses for sixty miles, and arrived at Shule Town seven days later.

The 20,000 Anxi troops had only rested for one day in Shule Town, and had already marched towards the Green Ridge. Li Siye changed into a plateau horse with thick hair and short legs but endurance at the Qiang Restaurant Station, and headed towards the undulating green ridge and snow peaks.