Chapter 345: Open up Chang'an Road
Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty had two Taicangs: one was located in Dongwei Bridge Warehouse on the Changle Slope in the east of Chang'an City, also known as South Taicang, and the other was located in the Chang'an Forbidden Garden, west of Daming Palace, on the Dragon Head Plain.
South Taicang mainly absorbs the grain and salary from the Guangyun Canal, and its location is also at the starting point of the East Maritime Silk Road, so the geographical location is unique. The taxes paid by the towns below the world are generally transported to Dongweiqiaocang.
North Taicang, on the other hand, focused on supplying the Son of Heaven with six meals, serving as a hundred officials and servants, as well as hundreds of guards and armies. In times of food shortage, it will also provide the rations needed by the people of the capital.
For a long time, the south warehouse is large, and the north warehouse is small, which is the consensus of the world.
However, in the era of Dezong, there was a mutiny in Jingyuan Bingdao, and Jingyuan Jiedu made Yao Lingyan accept the edict to quell the chaos, but he was dissatisfied with the reward of the imperial court, rebelled at Dongwei Bridge, and entered Chang'an to support Zhu Zhu, the chief lieutenant, as the emperor of Great Qin, which made a big fuss.
Later, Changlepo and Shilipu were silted up by the Guangyuntan River, and it was inconvenient to sail, and finally gradually declined.
At the same time, North Taicang, which is connected to the Cao Canal, gradually rose and became a large warehouse on a par with South Taicang.
At present, all the annual grain and wages that are transported to Chang'an are still transported to the Dongweiqiao warehouse for inventory according to the old system. However, Qiu Shiliang would transfer the grain from the Dongweiqiao warehouse to the North Taicang for safekeeping.
When the Huainan Incident happened, Xuan Jianhong died, and the food and salary of the eight towns in the southeast were no longer there. The contents of the Dongwei Bridge warehouse were almost emptied. Even Taicang Ling resigned and went home to recuperate.
Everyone knows that Qiu Shiliang emptied the Dongwei Bridge Warehouse and hoarded materials in North Taicang, just to personally take care of the world's money and food in the Forbidden Garden. As a eunuch's nature, his fancy for money is deeply rooted in the bone marrow.
Once Lei Changye arrived in Chang'an with the salary of the eight towns in the southeast operated by the Flying Fish Lady, it stands to reason that the safest plan was to unload the money and grain at the Dongweiqiao warehouse outside Chang'an, which would be counted and stored in the warehouse by the Taicang order, and then handed over to the household department for inventory. From beginning to end, Lei Changye and his treasure ship did not need to enter Chang'an City.
Qiu Shiliang can later transfer the things from Dongwei Bridge Warehouse to North Taicang.
Although Lei Changye's ship is very big and can't drive into Guangyuntan at all, it can fly, and it's over when you fly over.
If the money and grain of the Flying Fish Lady ship were stored in the Dongwei Bridge Warehouse, then Lei Changye and Yu Xuanji's attempt to plot against Shiliang would have completely failed.
This is also the reason why Lei Changye sent Yu Xuanji and her elite of the arrangement bureau to Chang'an in advance. In the past few months when Huainan Jiedu made Xuanjin accept the grain and salary of the eight towns in the southeast, she had to make arrangements so that Dongwei Qiaocang was no longer the first choice for storing New Year's allowances.
After clearing the customs with the official public inspection that Xuanjin personally handled for them, Yu Xuanji entered Chang'an City with the elite of the Arrangement Bureau. Ye Luoting immediately connected with a secret stronghold of the Demon God Sect in Chang'an City.
The Demon God Sect has intended to replace the human kingdom with the demon kingdom for a hundred years, and has operated strongholds in the major cities of the Tang Dynasty. The stronghold in Chang'an City is the most famous green building in Chang'an City-Zangjiao Building.
Ye Luoting and the old bustard of Zangjiaolou quickly exchanged identities and became the old bustard Luo Niang of Zangjiaolou. Su Daji led a group of big players to become familiar with it, and started their journey of selling jokes in Qinglou again. Yu Xuanji and others temporarily lived in the workshop near the Tibetan Jiaolou, hiding among the young prostitutes, the Qinglou guys, and the Qinglou teaching.
As soon as he settled down, Yu Xuanji gathered everyone in the underground secret room of Zangjiao Building to discuss the strategy of letting the Flying Fish Lady ship pay in North Taicang.
Everyone already knows the advantages and disadvantages of Taicang in the north and south, and they have made suggestions at this time.
Bai Kui was the first to speak: "North Taicang is rising, South Taicang is on the verge of decline, and North and South are neck and neck." It stands to reason that there is no difference between the Flying Fish Lady ship to Chang'an, to North Taicang or South Taicang. However, it was a common practice for the imperial court to receive grain and salaries in South Taicang. Without any motives, it is more difficult to get the bureaucrats of the imperial court to change the constitution than to ascend to the sky. ”
Ye Luoting sneered slightly: "Hmph, and Qiu Shiliang was assassinated once, that was when he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope." Let the Alliance's great ship dock near his lair, unless he is suddenly not afraid of death. On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore. ”
"Isn't this an eight-grade product?" asked Bao Xi suddenly interjected.
"The more capable people are, the more afraid they are of death. The pharmacist suddenly spoke, "Qiu Shiliang stole the body of the Eight Grades, relying on the great killing karma. There are so many people killed, and the most feared thing is to enter the underworld. ”
Everyone sneered. The realm of the eight grades is only the realm of skill, and if you want to make this group of unruly people sincerely admire, you still have to rely on your achievements and skills. Qiu Shiliang has neither, although he has monstrous magic skills, no one is in awe.
"If we create a motive force Qiu Shiliang to change the storage area from South Taicang to North Taicang, what do you think?" Bai Yao said suddenly.
"Haha. Bai Lao'er, isn't your addiction to stealing again?" Qian Mi hehehe, Zhile. She thought of this solution, too.
"Mrs. Qian, don't make fun of me. I can see that your hands are itching terribly, too. Bai Yao also laughed. Since he was cured of his addiction to stealing his heart by Lei Changye, his life is like a living immortal, and he is free every day. When he came to Chang'an this time, he had already made up his mind that he must strive for performance and repay Lei Changye for his life.
The conversation between Qian Mi and Bai Yao has invisibly exposed their plan: they want to steal South Taicang.
As long as South Taicang is stolen, Qiu Shiliang will naturally regard North Taicang as the only safe storage point.
"But South Taicang is already empty. Wang Sui said abruptly.
Qian Mi and Bai Yao stopped laughing awkwardly at the same time. They forgot about it.
"It's true that South Taicang hasn't stored enough annual payments for a long time, so you can't steal an empty warehouse. Yu Xuanji pressed his forehead and sighed.
In recent years, due to the silting up of the river, South Taicang is no longer suitable for grain Taicang. However, because of the supply cut off in the eight towns in the southeast, the problem of South Taicang has not been exposed. Naturally, the imperial court will not solve a problem that is not a problem.
"I have a proposal. The medicine man pondered for a moment and spoke.
"Mr. Yao, please speak. Yu Xuanji's eyes lit up.
"Qiu Shiliang was born as a eunuch and was insatiable, as can be seen from his emptying of South Taicang, he is not only greedy, but also stingy. If we can't corrupt Nantaicang, can we start with his nature. The pharmacist asked in a deep voice.
"What do you mean......" Yu Xuanji quickly realized, "You want him to take the alliance master's ship?"
"With such a magic weapon for painting, making money every day, and sharing the immortal flying treasure ship, I ask the lord of the world, which one doesn't want it?"
"Is Qiu Shiliang so bold?" everyone shouted in unison, and then they all laughed. In Jiangnan, Lei Changye's force and methods shocked Su Yang and intimidated all forces into obedience. But in Chang'an, the ears and eyes are closed, Qiu Shiliang doesn't know how powerful Lei Changye is, so he naturally has the courage to calculate.
"Qiu Shiliang is greedy by nature, how can he miss the business of immortality and daily gold. What's more, there are also taxes from the eight towns in the southeast on the ship. The pharmacist said coldly.
"But once he seizes the ship, it will be a bad relationship with Xuanjin, the lord of the eight towns in the southeast, isn't this a self-cutting financial resource?" Bai Kui couldn't help but say.
"With the Flying Fish Ladyship, he can send a ship to raise troops to collect food in all directions, and he will never be choked by the town under the world again. Even if Xuan Jieshuai wanted to catch him, he couldn't catch him. The pharmacist said in a deep voice.
"Ouch, then you can't let Qiu Shiliang take the ship. Wang Sui listened anxiously. He is an old man who has followed Lei Changye since Bashu, and has watched Lei Changye grow from a long night card club to today's domination of the financial resources of Jiangnan and Bashu. He didn't want this dedicated Lord to be calculated.
"Don't worry, with our arrangement bureau escort, and his good skills, Qiu Shiliang wants to seize the ship, that is, to find death. "The fish mystery is full of light. The pharmacist's plan really worked.
"Of course, Qiu Shiliang is used to being cautious, and this matter needs to be considered in the long run. The pharmacist spoke again, "Moreover, in order to be foolproof, if the problem of South Taicang can be exposed, and Qiu Shiliang can have a reason to change the location of grain payment, then it will be foolproof." ”
Everyone nodded. The pharmacist is really stable, compared with Lei Changye.
That night, the crowd made a detailed plan for the pharmacist's plan. The next day, Yu Xuanji used the eyeliner of the Demon God Sect in the Zangjiao Building to release the news of the immortality rights sold by Lei Changye in the Lei Gong play.
Lei Changye sold the right to immortality in Jiangnan for only a few months. The big families and wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan who knew about it subconsciously suppressed the matter after buying the painting chips, and did not dare to spread it in the north. Because although they know that Lei Changye's power is big in the south, in the minds of the indigenous people of the Tang Dynasty, the strongest soldiers and horses are still in the north.
They were all worried that Lei Changye's business of immortality power would spread to the northern towns, especially Chang'an, and would be cut off by arrogant warlords such as Qiu Shiliang, the first person in the world, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, the envoy of Xuanwu Army, and the envoy of Wei Bojiedu. When the time comes, their dream of immortality will be in vain.
So during these months, except for the sporadic footmen who brought the news to Chang'an, Chang'an's dignitaries and wealthy people were still in the dark. Qiu Shiliang lives in the palace, even if he occasionally knows that there is a legend of immortality in Jiangnan, he regards it as a fallacy and does not care about it.
Before setting off, Yu Xuanji had asked Lei Changye if he needed to keep the sale of immortality rights to the north a secret. Lei Changye naturally thought that there was no need. Because at least the Hedong Jiedu envoys, Xuanwu Jiedu envoys and Weibo Jiedu envoys in the north already know about this, and there is no need to hide it.
And he also wants to spread the news widely, so that the whole world knows, welcome to buy, welcome to move crooked thoughts. He wished that the northern heroes would no longer play the game of fighting for the world, but all came to him to snatch the right to immortality. Unfortunately, he knew it was impossible. The main line supported by the big players is definitely the people who want immortality and the world.
Yu Xuanji was authorized by Lei Changye, so he naturally spread the news as soon as possible, and spread the news of Lei Gong's drama and entering the painting box to Chang'an.