Chapter 559: Jade Gate Pass with Intestinal Obstruction
When Yunchu came to Yumen Pass, he was in a bad mood. Wen Wenwen was a person who didn't know whether to live or die. He was full of curiosity about the desert outside Yumen Pass.
"Can you make a poem?"
Wen Wen looked through the dark city gate of Yumenguan at the endless Gobi desert and wanted to write a poem. When she saw Yun Chu standing in front, she begged Yun Chu to write a poem to mobilize everyone for this trip to the west.
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He didn't see any emotions brewing in Yunchu, so he recited straightforwardly: "Yellow sand is far up among the white clouds, an isolated city is Wanren Mountain. Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows? The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass."
Wen Wenwen was no longer surprised that Yun Chu could do famous things anytime and anywhere. She sat on the horse and jotted down notes and finally asked Yun Chu, "What's your name?"
Yunchu said indifferently "Liangzhou Ci"
Wen Wen wrote the poet's name, the circumstances and consequences of the poem, and the reason for writing it in the notebook.
After finishing copying, he handed the book to the magistrate of Jiuquan County who came to see him off and said, "Let the prostitutes sing all the way to Chang'an."
The Jiuquan County Magistrate bowed to accept the order. He was a small county magistrate from the eighth grade and had no room to refuse in front of Yun Chu and Wen Rou.
"The last time I entered Yumen Pass, I had a delicious rice cake here. That meal made me eat with great joy, and it also instantly awakened my stomach that belongs to the Tang Dynasty."
The Jiuquan County Magistrate bowed and said, "Nowadays, there is no steamer cake seller at Yumenguan Pass. Instead, there is a shop selling oatmeal noodles. The taste is not good."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "Since the Cheng family left Yumen Pass, the rice cakes produced by the Cheng family, the dates from the Li family, and the dried fruits from the Yuchi family have naturally disappeared.
Now that someone from the Li family is appointed as the guard of Yumen Pass, it is natural to replace the steamed rice cake with the oatmeal noodles related to the Li family.
It’s just human nature, I just don’t know whether it’s the rice cakes that are more expensive, or the oatmeal noodles that are more expensive?”
The county magistrate looked around and whispered, "The oatmeal noodles are 50% more expensive than the steamed cakes. The border troops in the Western Regions all complained about eating them."
Yun Chu sighed and said, "My meal of steamed rice cakes cost me five hundred gold back then. It seems that a meal of oatmeal noodles cost me eight hundred gold no matter what."
Gentle and puzzled, "Tax?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "If I had paid taxes at that time, it would have been more than twice as much. The Yumen Duwei Mansion made a fortune from this."
Having said this, Yun Chu looked around again and said dissatisfiedly, "Are all the people in Yumen Duwei's Mansion dead? There is no one to say goodbye. Write it down for me. When we return to Chang'an,
Calculate it carefully"
The Jiuquan County Magistrate whispered, "They are the Longxi royal family."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "Your Majesty has almost killed all the members of the Longxi royal family. Don't they know how to restrain themselves?"
He said softly and disdainfully, "In a remote place like Yumen, you can still use it to scare people."
Seeing the warm sun rising from the horizon, Yunchu waved his hand and said, "No wait, let's leave the customs!"
Following Yunchu's order, the leading veteran from the Western Regions, acting as a scout, took the lead in riding out of the city gate.
In Yunchu's memory, there used to be a large temporary town outside Yumen Pass consisting of merchants waiting to enter the city gate. But this time it disappeared, and only some piles of rubble and some ruins could be seen.
Occasionally, some camel caravans from the Western Regions lay silently among these ruins. Only the leader stood at the front tremblingly, waiting for the unknown fate to come.
"Datang welcomes you" Yunchu waved to the old leader.
The old leader caressed his chest and saluted and said in Huihe, "Dear Sir, it is the greatest honor for the old Habib to receive your blessing."
Yunchu also replied in Uighur dialect, "In the distant Chang'an, there are countless people waiting for your goods. I believe you will sell your goods at a good price there."
The old Habi saluted again and said, "You are a noble man, and your words must be very credible. However, even if a bird has wings, it cannot fly over this majestic city gate."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "That door is open. You can go in and out freely without growing wings."
Old Habi glanced at Yumenguan in front of him and shook his head and said, "They want more than half of my goods as entrance fee."
Yunchu smiled and said, "You can go to the door and find a stall selling food. You don't have to pay so much there."
After Yunchu finished speaking, he waved his hands to say goodbye to the caravan.
Wen Wen frowned and said, "Are you teaching them to evade taxes?"
Yun Chu said, "Only if there are enough missing taxes, will someone take action to deal with these worms."
Wen Rou thought for a moment and said, "What if someone is very restrained?"
Yun Chu looked at Wenwen strangely and said, "How many borers have you and Di Renjie dealt with over the years? Have you ever seen a measured borer?"
As soon as they start to be corrupt, they become gluttons. Their desires are insatiable and they will only become more greedy. What kind of restraint can there be?
Once they are addicted to corruption, they will only be too little, not too much.
Don’t worry, even if the court doesn’t take action, we will find a way to get rid of these moths when we come back.”
She smiled softly and said, "I understand, the reason why they charge a high city entrance tax is to increase the price of those noodles, right?"
Yun Chu sighed and said, "It's just normal operation."
Wen Wen looked back at the old Hu merchant who had not yet left, and said to Yun Chu, "We are looking forward to it in Chang'an so that more Hu merchants from the Western Regions and even places in the west can come to Chang'an to do business."
Unexpectedly, Yumen Pass tried its best to prevent Hu merchants from entering the pass. Everyone regarded Hu merchants as a piece of fat meat that could be eaten unscrupulously, but they did not know that with the existence of these Hu merchants, the people of Chang'an City could produce goods.
The more goods are transported and sold to distant places, the more people can have enough to eat.
You can also get the best products from the Western Regions
Following you these years, I have discovered that the most important thing about the transactions between the Tang Dynasty and the Hu people is not to make money, but to return to the essence of businessmen, that is, to exchange what they have.
There are more types of food, more materials for making clothes, more medicines, and more tools. In short, as long as trade continues, a goal will eventually be achieved and everyone will have more choices.
As long as we have more things, we can create many things that have never been done before based on the existing things. Open a window for us to see scenery, sounds we can't hear, and taste we can't taste before.
taste
The emergence of every new thing can greatly improve our current life. As long as there are enough new things, Chang'an City will sooner or later become the Chang'an City you want."
Yun Chu stared at Wen Wen's eyes for a long time, and when Wen Wen looked a little uncomfortable, Yun Chu said, "Have I ever praised you before, saying that you are a truly smart person?"
Rouwen thought for a while and shook her head, "No, never."
Yunchu nodded and said seriously to Wen Wen, "You are a truly wise person, with a pair of eyes that can see through the fog and intuitive essence."
What you said is absolutely correct. Another way to describe the great abundance of material things is the great convenience and abundance of life.
Once material abundance is achieved, people's requirements for food, clothing, housing and transportation will be greatly satisfied.
Only after we transcend the basic requirements of life such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, can we in Tang Dynasty have the time and energy to think about some issues that we have never considered before, and to explore things that we were unable to explore before."
Wen Wenwen was not blinded by Yun Chu's misty words, and immediately asked, "What about?"
Yun Chu picked his horse on the ground, and a pebble flew up. Yun Chu held it firmly in his hand and asked Wen Wen, "What is this stone made of?"
Gentle and puzzled, "It's just a stone?"
Yun Chu smiled and said, "How come some people can extract gold from stones, some can extract silver, and some can extract copper and iron?"
"That's because the stone contains gold, silver, copper and iron."
Yun Chu asked again, "What else is left in the stone after refining these things?"
"No more, only stones remain."
Yun Chu sighed and said, "How do you know? Have you ever done such an experiment? Or do you know it yourself?
So, do you know how many years ago this stone was formed? Do you know where the original home of this stone is?"
Wen Wen looked at Yun Chu as if he were a fool. He didn't understand. He was just a stone. Why should he know his age and hometown?
Yun Chu looked at Wen Wen's face and shook his head and said, "I take back those words I just praised you for, you are just a semi-smart person."
Wen Wen gritted her teeth and said, "You mean I'm just a half-fool, right? Does that mean you're a completely smart person?"
Yun Chu nodded and said, "What you said is correct. I am indeed one of the few truly smart people in the Tang Dynasty."
"Why do you think so?"
"Just because I wrote a masterpiece like "Liangzhou Ci" two hours ago without thinking, but you can't even write it even after searching.
In view of this, I am smarter than you. Do you need any other proof?
And poetry, in front of me, is just a little Doyle."
Hearing the words, Rou Wen felt a ball of lava running under her skin in her chest. Once the lava erupts, it will burn all the weeds, trees and Yunchu, and lock them firmly in the ashes of the lava, and they will live as long as the world...
After leaving Yumen Pass, Yunchu didn't look in the direction of the sun. This time, he planned to take the direction of Gaochang. There, there was an old friend waiting for him.
The former Qiuci Grand Pass Commander Fang Zheng has now become the second-ranking figure under the governor of Xizhou - Xizhou Biejia.
This is a sixth-rank official position. In ten years, this eighth-rank Kucha Grand Pass Order, relying on enough Shangguan brothers-in-law, finally became a majestic sixth-rank official in the Tang Dynasty - Xizhou Biel
drive!
This is very, very rare. It can be called a rising star in the officialdom of the Western Regions. In the next ten years, he hopes to covet the noble fifth-rank official of Xizhou Governor.
If this dream comes true, Fang Zheng can return to his hometown in glory, and through the operation of his brother-in-law who is Sinongqing, he can become a bookkeeper in Chang'an County or Wannian County!
This is the highest expectation that the Founder family has for him, and it is also the highest goal that he can achieve in his life.