That afternoon, Yuan Feng led his people from Lanzhou to Hekou Town. As soon as they got on the road, they encountered someone killing people in broad daylight. A dozen knights chased a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman on horseback. Seeing that the knight was about to open his bow and release an arrow.
Shooting the man to death, Yuan Feng quickly hit the target with his arrows and the feathered arrows hit the target almost simultaneously. The knight immediately fell off his horse, and the middle-aged man also fell to the ground with an arrow.
Seeing the boss take action, the teenagers also drew their swords and rushed forward. Seeing that they were outnumbered and powerful, the other party did not dare to fight, so they turned their horses and left.
This matter is strange. Those knights wearing leather armor and holding bows, arrows and swords are somewhat similar to the Baoding of Shibali Fort. They dare to openly kill people in the suburbs of Lanzhou, which shows that they have a good background. Yuan Feng did not dare to stay for a long time and ordered the businessman to be taken away.
Rescued and quickly evacuated the scene, taking a detour to Hekou Town.
Yuan Feng rescued people simply because he saw an injustice on the road and drew his sword to help. The businessman was hit by an arrow in the back. When he fell, the sun was hit. It looked like he was seriously injured. He had passed out and there was no trace of anything on his body.
I had to put him in the carriage first if he could find something that could identify him.
After a bumpy journey, we finally arrived at Hekou Town. This time we came to Hekou Town to support the secondary sale of Guangming Salt. Yesterday, led by Chu Muzu, the first batch of Guangming Salt under the name of Shibalibao arrived in Hekou Town.
I heard that all the officials from the patrol branch went to congratulate me, and the government officials helped maintain order. The private salt business was unprecedented in this level. Even the Li family in Lanzhou was not so arrogant in the past. However,
People in Shibalibao are very honest in their work and never bully others. The price of private salt is fair enough and they pay a lot of tribute to the government as before. In short, no one is unhappy when they take over the private salt business.
As the business grew, many problems came one after another. There were many goods, many customers, and a lot of money coming and going. The private salt business was different from horse trading. The accounts of both wholesale and retail operations were complicated. This involved money issues, and I was reluctant to use outsiders.
, I had to find a few notebooks to note them down, and then make plans when Yuan Feng and the others arrived.
The businessman received medical treatment on the road, the arrow was dug out, and gold sore medicine was applied. However, when he woke up, he could not tell his name. When asked who he was ambushed, he couldn't even tell. It seemed that he couldn't tell.
He hit his head that time. There were many merchants in Hekou Town, and this man was dressed as a businessman. Someone must know him, so Yuan Feng asked someone to lead him along the street, but no one knew him. Yuan Feng was helpless.
We had no choice but to temporarily take this man in. Since he didn’t have a name, everyone called him “Old Li”.
Lao Li's brain was severely damaged, and no one allowed him to do any strenuous work. He stayed in the shop sweeping the floor, tidying up tables and chairs, boiling tea and pouring water, etc. He would do this for now, and then he would have the opportunity to go to Liangzhou, Chang'an, etc.
When you find a place where the Semu people gather, help him find out his identity.
In the eyes of everyone in Shibalibao, Yuan Feng is synonymous with child prodigy. As long as he makes the decision on everything, he will be right. Now that the private salt business is getting bigger, rules must be established for everything, otherwise anyone can set the price.
Anyone could pay from the counter, so it would be a mess, so Chu Muzu invited Yuan Feng from Lanzhou to come up with a charter.
But Yuan Feng doesn't understand this either. If you ask him about marching, fighting, building cities and camps, or about swordsmanship and archery, he can tell you a lot, but he has never learned anything about this business.
Facing the thick account book, Yuan Feng was confused. Why did he feel something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he had to say: "Just remember it like this for now, and we will figure out a solution later."
"How can this be possible?" Suddenly someone next to him exclaimed. When everyone saw it, it was Lao Li who was talking. He caught a glimpse of the account book while helping Yuan Feng pour tea, and couldn't help expressing his opinion, but after he finished speaking,
I regretted it, probably because I felt that I, a servant, could not be so unruly.
Lao Li is a very loyal person, he usually doesn't talk much, and he works neatly and diligently. Everyone likes him. At this time, he suddenly expressed his opinion on the ledger. Could it be that the ledger stirred up some memories in him?
Yuan Feng asked with great interest: "Old Li, tell me what's wrong with this account book?"
Lao Li said: "First of all, it is not this kind of notation. It should be separated by grids. The date, account, and amount should be filled in by the person in charge. The same account should be recorded in more than two books, and they should be compared with each other to prevent errors and omissions, and then summarized.
Go to the general ledger for easy search. In addition, this number cannot be changed at will. Whoever changes it will have his or her name stamped to show responsibility. The ledger cannot be torn up casually. Even if ink is spilled on it, it must be kept."
Yuan Feng's eyes lit up: "Old Li, you used to be a cashier, right?"
"Well...it's hard to say. I only know a little bit about the accounting rules. As for where I learned them before, I really can't remember them." Lao Li said, tapping his head in annoyance.
"It doesn't matter, even if you know a little bit about it, you're better than us dabblers. Why don't you just become the accountant of the salt shop?"
"Is this okay?" Lao Li hesitated and did not dare to agree.
"Of course, we don't understand this. It would be better if you take up the burden first and bring a few apprentices. Our business is getting bigger and bigger, and we are short of talents."
Lao Li hesitated and finally agreed, which made Chu Muzu very happy. He believed that Lao Li was an old expert, and he must not only be able to keep accounts, but also know how to collect inventory, so he took Lao Li to the warehouse for guidance.
After they left, Ye Kai asked: "Brother Feng, this person has an unknown origin. Is it reliable to entrust our accounts to him?"
Yuan Feng said: "You also saw the arrow wound on his body. He almost died. The knock on the head was not fake. If someone said that someone used a trick to infiltrate us, this plan would be too real.
We don’t have many scholars in our house, and we don’t dare to rely on outsiders, so he, who has lost his memory, is the most suitable person.”
So Lao Li settled down at the mouth of the river. At the same time, a shocking news came. The head of the Yuchi family, Yuchi Guang, was assassinated. The Yuchi family's vitality was severely damaged, and they had to shrink their business and devote their energy to the battle for the head of the family.
Yu Chijiong, the leader of Lanzhou, is a popular candidate. In order to raise funds, he actually bowed to Shibali Fort and promised to carry out tea and horse trading strictly in accordance with the quota in the future. In fact, there is nothing he can do about it. Shibali Fort
Behind us is the Commercial Road, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the imperial court. Now is the time when the imperial court is implementing the New Horse Administration. It will be beneficial for everyone to take a step back to broaden the horizon.
Zhou Ziqing finally left Lanzhou, and the ten-mile long pavilion was full of emotions from teachers and students. Fan Liangchen was very proud of his political achievements during this period, and Zhou Ziqing couldn't help but give him a slap in the face.
"Good minister, do you know that Gansu Tea Horse Road has always been filled by local officials, and no officials from other provinces have ever held this position. You have a relatively shallow foundation and are from another province. Why do the staff and government officials obey your orders? Why do the governor's government offices cooperate with you in everything?"
"This is because the students have a mentor behind them, a court and a royal law, so they naturally have to obey orders and cooperate."
"It's a joke, how can I have such ability? Everyone knows that Gansu's officialdom is dark. Governor Wen is nepotistic and cares about people's lives. Do you think the court doesn't know about it and doesn't want to take care of it? It's really weak-minded. This time he is giving face to his teacher.
It’s just for the imperial court to save face.”
Zhou Ziqing spoke so thoroughly and frankly that Fan Liangchen's heart trembled. At that moment, he felt that the teacher seemed to be ten years older. How could the teacher who was so cheerful and cheerful in the past work so hard? A surge of pride could not help but emerge from the bottom of his heart.
Come on, he said firmly: "Teacher, please don't worry, even if the student fights for his life, he will continue to punish Ma Zheng."
Zhou Ziqing nodded approvingly: "Okay, don't worry if you are determined to become a teacher. The reason why they don't move you temporarily is because you have the Qiang horse resources in your hands. You must seize this road. In addition, for
The master will give you another person to point out, and that is Liu Songpo, the magistrate of Luyang County. You have also been an official for many years. The history of this man should be very clear. He is a close friend of the master. You can come to ask for help."
The carriages and horses of Zhou Shangshu gradually went away, and Fan Liangchen still stood in the pavilion for a long time, unwilling to leave. His teacher's words made him deeply moved.
The road has just begun.
Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Shangshu left, Governor Wen changed his face and withdrew the patrol battalion sent to patrol the trade routes. Without the assistance of the local government, the personnel patrolling the trade routes would not be able to detect smuggling.
, but people said they would deploy troops to suppress the bandits, but there was nothing you could do. Fan Liangchen was blocked several times when he went to the governor's office, so he had no choice but to organize his own efforts to suppress the smuggling.
But the Xunshangdao Yamen are all locals from Gansu, and the salary from the imperial court is only that much. They maintain a prosperous life by relying on bribes from smugglers. The imperial government's inspection of smuggling is actually an inspection of their own wallets. The imperial envoy was here some time ago
, it’s okay for everyone to drink for a while, but if it continues like this for a long time, won’t it cost people’s lives? Not to mention them, even Governor Wen is not happy. There are big smugglers, he doesn’t have any
He is a man who rarely works in the stock market. The imperial court implements Ma Zheng to investigate and arrest smuggling. He is missing tens of thousands of taels of silver every month. Therefore, everyone in the yamen obeys and disobeys Master Daotai's orders. They do one thing in front of his face and another behind his back. You are a fourth-grade Taoist.
What about Taiwan? You can't go on errands in person. If you make us anxious, it's not impossible to kill you in the middle of the night.
The Yuchi family's counterattack gradually began. Yuchi Jiong and Han Shihe joined forces to control many branches using the seals left by the family leader, and were elected as the new generation of family leader with an overwhelming majority. The first thing he did after taking office was to thoroughly investigate Yuchi Guang
After many inquiries about the murder, it was learned that the family owner was ambushed and killed by people from Shibalibao, and the remains of his body had been burned. Yu Chijiong swore that he would never give up until this revenge was avenged!
After all, the Yuchi family has a great business. The mobilization of all their power is quite amazing. Even the imperial court can't catch up. Originally, the imperial court said that it would control the brick tea trade and integrate production, supply and marketing into a government exclusive business. However, the rules at the top were well established, but everything went wrong at the bottom.
, official tea could not be collected at all, and private tea was still in power. The Yuchi family wrapped all the brick tea, which created a strange situation. People with the tea horse franchise could not buy brick tea, but those who hoarded large quantities of brick tea could
There are no tea-horse coupons.
The Tiger Guards of the Yuchi family are also marching towards Gansu. After investigation, they confirmed that the previous generation of the family leader was indeed killed at the hands of the people from Shibalibao. If Shibalibao was not leveled, these hot-blooded men would not have the dignity to survive in the world.
Suddenly, the storm was about to come and the wind filled the building.