Of course the Lu family of Wu County is not afraid of the Xiao family of Lanling, but he is just a dog under the Lu family, not even a servant, so how dare he jump in front of Xiao Ming's house.
The status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was extremely low. Although they owned property, they were not as good as farmers in the eyes of wealthy families and did not get a trace of respect. The laws of the Tang Dynasty even explicitly stipulated that merchants were not allowed to eat with gentlemen and were not allowed to join the army.
, not allowed to enter officialdom, not allowed to ride a horse, not allowed to wear brocade.
If the peasants are in trouble, or are oppressed by the powerful, the scholars can help them regardless of their own safety, and they can plausibly say that they are just trying to bring peace to the world and justice to the peasants. Nine times out of ten, they can win without fear.
The good reputation of the powerful is of endless use.
But there would never be any scholar who would say a word to the merchants, let alone help them. Not stepping on the merchants in trouble would be the kindness of the scholars.
Li Shimin would provide protection to the Hu merchants who lived and did business in Chang'an. Under the basic policy of integrating Hu and Han, the life of Hu merchants was not too difficult. This also made Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty an international trade center and promoted economic prosperity.
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In return, when Hu Shang was operating around the world, he spread the culture of the Tang Dynasty everywhere and strengthened the world's recognition of the Tang Dynasty. This led to the grand occasion of all nations coming to the DPRK.
But for the local merchants of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin was extremely contemptuous. He regarded business as a lowly industry and believed that merchants did not engage in production, but only bought and sold, opportunistically, and stole the fruits of farmers, which was shameful.
It was clear that in the later years of Li Shimin's reign, he was severely short of money. In order to subsidize the funds consumed by successive wars, he even organized all levels of government offices to borrow money from the court and set up a "money-grabbing order". Each money-grabbing order had to borrow money from the court.
50,000 Wen, and the annual interest paid to the court is 48,000 Wen, with an annual interest rate of 96%.
In the later period, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty made the usury business so high-sounding, but he never thought that there would be no business tax on the merchants' wool! Isn't this just looking down on people!
To sum up, Lu Daxiong dare not not pay attention to Lin Wanwan's words.
An ordinary ranger and a ranger with a powerful family behind them are completely different concepts.
It would be fine if Lu Daxiong was just a person without heels or feet, but he is not. His whole family is in Luan County! The county magistrate is their parent official!
Ever since he heard the words "Xiao Zifang", Lu Daxiong unknowingly sat upright, his voice and momentum getting weaker and weaker: "I'm going to think of a way, it's hard to find ready-made ships."
Lin Wanwan gave him the rest of the pepper on the coffee table and said casually: "Use these to open the way. There is no ship that cannot be bought with pepper and gold. If there is, add more. Don't be afraid of spending money. Snakes have their own way.
Rats follow their own path, I believe in you."
Lu Daxiong's eyes flashed, and the hand he held under the coffee table loosened and tightened, then tightened and loosened. Finally, he couldn't help but said, "Aren't you afraid that I will run away after taking the pepper?"
Lin Wanwan smiled lowly, casually took the fruits from the fruit basket, opened the saw knife inside the multi-functional axe, inserted fragrant pears and fed them to the little elephant, without even looking at him, she lazily asked, "Do you dare?"
"I...I don't dare." Lu Daxiong lowered his thick head. It must be said that Lin Wanwan's calm demeanor and spendthrift attitude really calmed him down.
Although the other party cannot be a well-behaved aristocratic young lady at first glance, the Hufu is not like the Hufu, the Hanfu is not like the Hanfu, and the clothes are not what a good aristocratic young lady would wear. But based on her
With that ax and hammer of incredibly exquisite workmanship, he knew that the other party was not easy to mess with.
This kind of thing must have been produced by places like the Armory Supervisor and Weiwei Temple. It is impossible for ordinary people to have axes and hammers of this kind of craftsmanship.
Anyway, as long as the other party gives enough money, what if he just runs errands for her? Buying and selling is doing business, and running errands for noble people is also doing business.
After the negotiation was settled, Lin Wanwan opened the curtain and left in a hurry. She didn't even take the tea and left a handful of peppercorns on the counter.
Lu Daxiong glanced at the tea prepared by the shopkeeper reluctantly. When he was leaving, he raised his glass and poured a few cups into his mouth. He swallowed it in one gulp before following. This is top-quality tea! There are also the usual basic ingredients in it.
All kinds of spices that I can’t afford!
"Ms. Zhen, why don't you have some tea after you ordered it?"
Lin Wanwan said coldly: "Don't call me Madam Zhen. You can call me Madam or Young Master Zhen. You can't hear me being called Madam."
"Yes, ma'am." Lu Daxiong's mouth twitched, and he didn't understand why the word "lady" offended her.
After having a translator with her, Lin Wanwan could finally let go. In order to deal with this captain, she put all her acting skills into use. Even at this moment, she was still worried about it. She held it in her hand without taking it back.
The rising ax and hammer is the best proof.
If someone wants to kill people and steal goods, then she doesn't mind letting her ax and hammer see some blood. Fortunately, Lu Daxiong is not a desperado. They both eat from the sea, but one is fishing and the other is doing business and buying and selling.
The more money you have, the more you cherish your life, which is different from the group of fishermen in Linjiazhuang who live on the sea.
People in Linjiazhuang could pick up harpoons and fight to the death with people in other villages for a piece of money or even a sip of water during drought, but Lu Daxiong obviously didn't dare.
He followed Lin Wanwan and acted as her translator dutifully. He watched her order a shipload of huanghuali wood without blinking an eye, and what she took out to pay for was a complete set of glass tea sets and...
A whole bottle of peppercorns in a tea tin!
After buying the huanghuali wood, the two separated and made an appointment to meet at the warehouse at the dock tomorrow.
Because the Lu family's ship was there, Lin Wanwan was not afraid that the other party would leave. Even when buying and selling huanghuali wood, she directly asked Lu Daxiong to sign the contract with the wood merchant on her behalf.
After this incident, Lu Daxiong no longer doubted the identity of Lin Wanwan's family surnamed Gao. How could ordinary people have such financial resources and courage?
You know, they had just met today, so why did the other party think they could control him?
However, the more Lin Wanwan acted nonchalantly, as if she would not frown even if all these things were wasted, the more Lu Daxiong did not dare to act rashly. He even thought that the other party might be a member of the Xiao family and said something deliberately.
The surname is Zhen.
In addition to spending money like a wealthy family, Lin Wanwan also looked confident when she directly approached the group of old beggars who controlled the little beggar.
At that time, Lu Daxiong secretly wanted to see Lin Wanwan's jokes. After all, no matter how rich he was, he was still a prostitute with only a helpless little elephant by his side. She thought that an old beggar wandering the streets would have a family and a family like him.
Do serious businessmen with real money follow such rules?