"That was two months ago, and the calculated accounts can no longer be counted. But please forgive me, your middle school accounts don't have much money left."
Although the gold, silver, jewelry and solitary paintings and calligraphy brought back by Fu Tinghan have been put into Zhao Hanzhang's warehouse, they cannot be used yet.
Zhao Hanzhang gritted his teeth and went to see what he had brought back with Fu Tinghan. She grabbed a dozen pearls in her hand and sighed: "If this thing were in the prosperous times, it would be worth a lot of money."
But these are troubled times, and these precious pearls are not worth much in the north, but in Liangjiang and Jiangnan, which are still relatively stable now, they are worth a lot of money.
Zhao Hanzhang put down the pearls and said, "Send them to the south of the Yangtze River and return them all in exchange for grain and cloth."
She lacks these two things the most now.
Fu Tinghan asked, "Don't you leave something behind? I think some of the jewelry inside is quite nice."
Zhao Hanzhang looked away with difficulty, shook his head and said, "I don't like these luxurious things."
Fu Tinghan looked at her and smiled. How could she not like it?
No girl would not like these shiny and beautiful jewelry, but it’s just because she is in a special position and cannot afford extravagance.
She wears very few headdresses. Most of the time, she only has a jade crown and a hosta. Sometimes she doesn't even have a hosta, just a hairband to tie her hair up.
Gao Jie brought back very little gold and silver, not even much gold and silver jewelry. No one is willing to use those things, so they keep them until the other things on hand are almost spent, or the other party really requests to use them.
Pay with gold and silver, then someone will use gold and silver.
It was because of the small amount that Zhao Hanzhang did not dare to buy things with Gao Jie. The things were turned around and returned to his hands. Anyone with a sound mind would know that Fu Tinghan gave them to her.
Because he was really short of money, Zhao Hanzhang had to find all the gold and silver jewelry, put them together with the few pieces of gold and silver and said, "Let's melt them."
Fu Tinghan: "The craftsmanship of these gold and silver jewelry is also very expensive. If you sell them again, you will get more than this gold and silver."
"But the cycle is too long," Zhao Hanzhang said: "How many people in Luoyang are interested in buying these jewelry now? Sending them to other places also takes time, and we can't afford to wait."
She waved her hand simply and said, "Let it melt."
Fu Tinghan nodded, "Then I'll go to the iron shop tomorrow."
The iron shop in the workshop can melt gold and silver, and there are molds that can be melted into strips. Fu Tinghan asked the craftsmen to make them after Gao Jie came back last time.
Early the next morning, Zhao Hanzhang asked Tinghe to go to the market to buy sheep. Because he had no money, Tinghe had to carry out a piece of cloth that was used to make clothes for Zhao Erlang and Fu Tinghan.
The quality of the piece of cloth was good. After the two parties bargained, Tinghe fiercely bought eight sheep with a piece of cloth, picked out the fattest two and killed them, and raised the rest in the backyard.
Watching Tinghe leave, the salesman in charge patted his chest with heartfelt feelings, "Miss Tinghe is so fierce. Didn't she come from the governor's mansion? How could she be so..." Stingy.
The guard who had been standing silently aside said nothing. If Gao Langjun hadn't said that for the sake of safety in the North, they couldn't contact the girl openly, in fact, these sheep should have been sent to the girl's house for free.
Alas, he didn't understand anyway, why he insisted on buying and selling something that was clearly his own, and paid so much tax to the county government in vain.
Just as they were thinking about it, the yamen servant came over with a gong, turned over the animal skins on their table, and asked, "Have you paid the stall fee?"
The guy in charge of the sales immediately nodded and bowed and said: "I handed it in, I handed it in, you see, this is the certificate."
The yamen officer looked at it and handed it back to him, but he didn't leave. "Your master is so brave. So many furs must have come from the north. Is there chaos there now?"
The clerk was someone hired by Gao Jie. He was considered a confidant of Gao Jie. He also joined the team, so he also knew about the business. He immediately nodded and said: "It's chaotic. When we entered the Shangdang, the Huns and Huns inside
Both Jie and Hu are fierce. They often fight in the street and steal things. Fortunately, our guards are effective and our husband also has some tricks, so we don't get robbed. But it also costs a lot of money, and we encounter bandits again on the way back. Alas
, Let alone make money after this trip, it will be considered good if you don’t lose money.”
The government officials didn’t believe it. How could they laugh so happily if they were losing money?
Zhao Kuan also noticed this caravan, and after the government officials left, he returned to the county government office to report it.
Zhao Kuan once again took out Gao Jie's road guide and looked at it, frowning, "Sichuan people?"
"Sichuan is much more peaceful than our Luoyang, why didn't he go back to Shu directly instead of selling goods in our Luoyang?" Zhao Kuan frowned, "It was the same last time, and what goods did he buy from Luoyang last time?
"
Sure enough, Wang Siniang glanced at him and silently looked through the records. She first looked through the approved route records to find the time of his departure, and then looked through the tax records for that period.
There is only a brief introduction above, "cloth."
Zhao Kuan: "Only cloth?"
"Yes, and there are only two carts," Wang Siniang showed him, "They are silks and satins from Shu. Now every household in Luoyang observes filial piety. Meat and linen are still marketable, but brocades and silks are difficult to sell, and the prices are high.
Not very high.”
Wang Siniang also frowned, "Judging from what they brought back this time, the two carts of silk and satin exchanged for these sheep, furs and medicinal materials are indeed of about the same value. He has to make some every time he goes in and out, but it can be seen from the file
According to the record, he brought so many people into the city yesterday, and there were even many casualties. He did two cartloads of silk and satin business in one trip. Did he earn enough for the travel expenses?"
Zhao Kuan patted the table and said, "That's why I say they have a problem."
Wang Siniang asked: "What's the problem?"
Zhao Kuan's eyes widened. How did he know what the problem was?
Fan Ying brought two official documents over to convey Zhao Hanzhang's meaning. After listening to a few words, she interrupted: "What other problems can there be? He has other transactions outside the city. Every time he leaves the city, he must have picked up another batch of goods."
Xiangbei, when he comes back, he won't check the goods at the city gate, right?"
In order to encourage business travelers to enter Luo, Zhao Hanzhang waived the policy of collecting taxes at city gates and only collected taxes at the market.
Therefore, if the goods cannot be sold by merchants entering Luo, no tax will be charged.
This allowed merchants who were originally afraid of the city entry tax to enter Luo one after another, and no longer had to worry about losing a lot of money before the goods were sold.
At the same time, Gucheng, Xin'an and other counties also strictly implemented Zhao Hanzhang's orders. As for other counties, Zhao Hanzhang also issued orders, but some complied and some did not.
Precisely because there was no city entry tax, there was no information on the goods entering the city or how much they were. That's why Zhao Kuan sent someone to the horse market to find out.
Zhao Kuan thought a lot for a moment, "You mean, there is someone smuggling in Luoyang?"
Fan Ying said nonchalantly: "Just leave. Now Luoyang is full of waste, so there is no need to be strict about these things. Oh, by the way, except for salt and iron."