Wacheng, Tang Hall.

Since Li Xiang left, Cao Lian has already gained a foothold here, and with the support of some Tang Dynasty merchants, they have become a major force in the city.

Originally, things went on like this, and it was not bad for them, at least no one dared to bully the Datang businessmen, but more than a month ago, there were some disputes in the border area.

It was from that time on, not a single good news came, first the ministers of Zhenla and the Bi State met, and then formed a so-called military alliance to jointly resist the infiltration of the Northern Tang Dynasty.

Cao Lian felt at that time that their life might become more and more difficult, and before they could react, the Wacheng Mansion had already begun to take action, and proposed a number of restriction agreements for them.

Originally, they didn't dare to do this, because they didn't think about turning their faces with Datang, after all, compared to Datang, their country's strength was too weak, and once these powerful measures angered Datang, they would not have a good life at that time.

However, the court of the country has already decided that they want to cooperate with the court of Zhenla to fight against the Tang Dynasty together, so these Tang halls in their territory must be eliminated first.

Although a policy has been formulated, they don't dare to offend Datang too hard, after all, Datang's use of troops against them has not yet been determined, just got some news, and it has not been confirmed yet, if your actions are too big, in case Datang is not ready to fight you at that time, but because your actions are too much, then you have to fight.

So after thinking about it for a long time, they just made some restrictions, and today is the time when these restrictions should be implemented, and the Wacheng Mansion has already arrived at the Tang Hall with people, hoping to settle this matter with Cao Lian.

In this small half a month, Cao Lian shirked vigorously, either today or tomorrow, or hoped to push the time a little longer, but today the Wacheng Mansion sent someone to block it, and he came directly with people, so Cao Lian couldn't shirk it.

"Lord Cao, you really make it easy to find this official, in this small half a month, I haven't been able to see you once, I happened to meet today, the official document of the court has been here for half a month, and I can't push it, and I hope that Lord Cao can take care of my little brother and do all these things early."

The prefect of Wacheng was holding the content of an official document in his hand, Cao Lian had already known it, and the reason why he wanted to hide from the magistrate in front of him was also because he couldn't execute this official document, if it was executed according to the above terms, then their Datang Hall would not be effective at all.

The first thing is to guess their armed personnel, at present, there are nearly 300 armed personnel in the name of the Datang Guild Hall, according to the provisions of these articles, only 50 people can be reserved for them, and the Wacheng Mansion will send 50 armed personnel to ensure the safety of the Datang Guild Hall.

If that's the case, it's tantamount to being watched.

Since the establishment of the Datang Guild Hall to the present, it has sent a lot of confidential information to the country, and it has also made the eldest grandson brother make some very correct choices, if it is surrounded by fifty armed personnel sent by the prefect of Wacheng, then don't expect to send out any news.

The second is about personnel registration, since the establishment of the Datang Hall, some people on the surface and some people in the secret, everyone is performing their own duties and jointly seeking news for Datang.

Now the court of the Bi Kingdom is unwilling, they want to register all the Datang Guild Hall, how many foreign-related personnel you have here, you must have to file with us, if there is no record, then these people will not be able to enter and leave the Datang Guild Hall.

At that time, Cao Lian was reluctant when he heard it, how could this work? Can an intelligence agent still contribute his true identity? If that's the case, then they don't think about running around in the territory of the country, and if they are targeted, they may go to prison at any time.

Another issue is the tax rate, which has been discussed before, and the tax rate between the two countries will be reduced, and only one-twentieth of the tax will be charged for each other's goods entering the country.

This is extremely beneficial for Datang, because Datang has more types of goods, and the added value is relatively high, and the lower the tax rate, the greater their profits.

But for Zhenla and Biguo, this is an extremely unfriendly tax rate, when the tax rate is reduced, even if the goods of Datang are added with freight, they are cheaper than their own goods, and the most important thing is that the quality is good, which will make their domestic goods unsellable, and even not much competitiveness in the local area.

During this period of time, because of the dumping of Datang goods, some businessmen in their country have suffered huge losses, and they did not dare to offend Datang in the past, even if they let their own businessmen lose these two imperial courts did not dare to promulgate some laws to protect the interests of their businessmen.

Now they can't manage so much, they want to triple the tax revenue, although the goods of Datang can still be sold, but they are not as big as before, and this is also a situation in the two courts, if Datang does not have any objection, then they will further increase the tax rate.

"Then I'll take a look at these terms first, my brother is a foreign official, and he doesn't have so much power, everything has to wait for the consent of our court, if I make the decision without permission, then I will lose my head after I go back, and I hope the prefect can understand."

Cao Lian's face was smiling, and the movements in his hands were not fast, as if he had never known these terms.

"Lord Cao, don't talk about these useless things, it's been half a month since I got this clause in my hands, if Lord Cao really doesn't know, wouldn't it be too funny? I know how many people in my yamen eat Master Cao's wine. ”

The prefect said with a smile, after the establishment of the Tang Hall, his subordinates were infiltrated so much, and he ate a few dishes at night, and it was easy for this Lord Cao to want to know, and now you say that you don't know these terms, isn't this a joke?

"There is absolutely no matter, we just drink together and talk about Fengyue, but specific things are not involved."

If you don't have evidence, Lao Tzu won't admit it, this is the basic cultivation of personnel stationed abroad.