"General Fan, I have made preparations. In the past few days, my subordinates have learned about the military's finances in detail. I think it is not appropriate for us to directly pay the money to those barbarians. We should leave these things to the merchants."
Do."
Fan Hong glanced at Tian Yuanyi and said coldly: "The army is short of fire oil. What else can we do if we don't do this? Leave it to the merchants. Do we still have to pay the merchants profits?"
"General, please calm down. What I am talking about here is the local practice, which is naturally different from the way things are done in the army. You may have forgotten that all people in the world have to pay taxes, how can merchants be an exception?
We got the fierce fire oil directly from the Hu people. It did not help the local finance. Even if we had to collect taxes, we could only collect them once. If we asked the merchants to do these things, not only would we lose a penny.
You can get the fire oil needed by the army without spending any money, and maybe you can make a lot of money.
Not only us, but also the government in Guanzhong can benefit from it. We are the origin of fierce fire oil. It is natural to collect summer taxes and autumn taxes. The court allows people to pay in kind, so we can naturally convert these things into fierce fire oil.
In this way, the fierce fire oil needed for the army will no longer be a problem.
You must not know how expensive a barrel of lamp oil is in Chang'an, right? This is a very fat commodity. There are many people in the entire Western Region who rely on it for food. Everyone rushes to refine the oil. This is inappropriate and needs to be carried out by the court.
Control and strengthen management. Several tribes have already fought over the oil spring. I heard that some people died.
What we need now in Beiting is peace. Isn't this the purpose of the general's great efforts to suppress bandits everywhere? Since they can't coexist peacefully on their own, our officials need to mediate and calm down the local public security. This is what any government government wants.
The most important thing that needs to be done, so we need to nationalize all the oil springs, and then sell them to the powerful tribes and let the tribes who are not powerful to work for others. In this way, everyone will be happy. Everyone will have food to eat.
Merchants can also buy oil springs and hire idle Hu people to work for them. All we have to do is collect taxes, sell oil springs, and prepare barrels for oil. The rest has nothing to do with us, merchants, tribes, and people.
, they will automatically form a balance, which has been the case since ancient times. General Fan, do you think this will work?"
Fan Hongyi glanced at Tian Yuanyi again and said: "No wonder the commander-in-chief favors you, but he doesn't want to get too close to you. Old Fan, I was still puzzled, but now I know, dealing with people like you will shorten my life."
, we who serve as soldiers and eat food really shouldn't get too close to you. You do the things you need. I will send you the troops if you need them. If you can get the money spent by the army on your account as soon as possible, I will pretend to be indifferent.
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Tian Yuanyi's smiling face was full of wrinkles. How could he not know about this little dirty thing in the place? He was a government official, and he had been studying how to maximize the power of the government for decades. These are just trivial matters.
As soon as Fan Hong left his room, a large group of people poured in. The flattering look on Tian Yuanyi's face immediately disappeared. He coughed and said to the people in the room: "Since all the famous people in Tingzhou are here, let's take care of things."
To make it clear, Sima Wuli just came, preparing to expand the production area of fierce fire oil again. The army lacks this thing. The general is even planning to order the withdrawal of fierce fire oil from Yumen. Think about it. Once Beiting is full of fire oil,
It’s fierce fire oil, but you still plan to make a fortune?
Once the general classifies fierce fire oil as military supplies, who dares to transport a pound of fierce fire oil from Beiting into the customs? We all know what kind of official Wuli Sima is. Once the decision is made, it is more difficult to change it than to climb to the sky.
It was my repeated pleas and guarantees in front of Sima that made Sima give up the idea of expanding oil refining. By the way, the army's money doesn't feel hot when you hold it in your hands? "
"Fan Canjun, if you have anything to say, just say it. In view of your righteousness today, we will never dare to forget your great kindness. As long as you can help my tribe keep the five oil springs, everything will be easy to discuss."
A bearded barbarian man covered in jewels and jade spoke first, and others responded one after another.
Tian Yuanyi nodded solemnly and said: "The army needs three thousand cans of fierce fire oil every month. This is a dead end. There is no mercy and no reason to explain it. If there is something wrong with these oils, I estimate that many people will die."
Including myself, I beg you all to make sure nothing goes wrong. As for the rest, the general didn’t say, and Wuli Sima didn’t ask. That means it’s up to us. If everyone wants to live a good life, it’s the rest.
The oil that was poured out came out.
Haha, I, Lao Tian, don’t have the guts to ask the general for gas money. I wonder if you have such courage?”
Tian Yuanyi looked at the sad faces of the Hu people and the Tang people, and said with a smile: "Three thousand cans of fire oil are converted into land tax and commercial tax. I wonder if you still have any opinions?"
A merchant from the Tang Dynasty raised his hand and said: "Tian joins the army, I dare to ask, will the tax payment receipt here be valid when I enter Yumen Pass?"
"Yes - only at Yumen Pass." Tian Yuanyi answered decisively. The merchant also had a smile on his face. He didn't need to transport the fire oil to Chang'an. He only needed to transport it to Dunhuang to complete the transaction. As long as he could enter Yumen Pass, that is to say
All his taxes have been paid.
"In that case, that's a great thing. I can identify five hundred jars out of these three thousand jars of fire oil."
As soon as there was a claim, countless people wanted to claim it. Those who were slow did not receive it, so they had to pay high taxes. After receiving the promise that their property would not be threatened, the Hu people were very generous.
, the money flowing out from Yun Ye is slowly flowing back, and Fan Hongyi is very satisfied with this.
"The north wind blows the ground and the white grass folds, and the sky is full of snow in August. Suddenly, like a spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom." Yun Ye stood at the window and recited a poem, with beautiful words, and even Tian Yuanyi showed an intoxicated look.
Yuan Shoucheng, who was lying on the bed, also stopped moaning. White snow was flying outside the window, with snowflakes covering the world.
"Boy, I'm back alive. I also brought you one of the snow maggots. Although I was blocked by the savages and couldn't see the true appearance of Tianchi, I believe that this trip was not in vain. You must accompany me next spring.
I will go again."
Yuan Shoucheng coughed. He was hit hard on the arm by the monkey on the snow mountain and still didn't get better. Snow maggot Yun Ye saw it for himself. Ye Tuo really didn't lie, but he was not more than one foot long. This one was relatively
Xiao, Yun Ye opened the mouthparts of the snow maggot and found that there were rings of teeth inside. Being bitten by such a thing would definitely bring disaster.
Liu Jinbao held a dagger in his mouth and was digging open the snow maggots. It was strange that there were no remains of any beasts in the snow maggots' stomachs, only some green moss. Could it be said that this thing ate grass?
After peeling off the red fleshy skin on the outside, the ring-shaped muscles inside were as white as snow. Yun Ye asked Liu Jinbao to cut off a piece and feed it to a dog. After observing it for a while, he determined that the thing was not poisonous.
Since it is not poisonous, it means that people can eat it. Yun Ye took a bite of the stir-fried plate and immediately fell in love with the taste. It was a bit like brittle bones and tasted very chewy. He waited until he finished eating the whole plate.
After finishing, I realized that everyone was looking at me with awe.
After the crispy bones are cooked, stir-fry red peppers and add a lot of Sichuan peppercorns to stir-fry until fragrant. You don’t have to eat it, but the strong aroma of the bones will tell you that it is an unparalleled delicacy. That day, Higurashi always ate whatever her husband ate. From then on, she
He was not particular about it. After eating a little, he started to grab it. Liu Jinbao did the same. Tian Yuanyi hesitated and picked up a little. After eating, the chopsticks never stopped.
Mr. Wu Tongue stopped after a brief taste, nodded and went to the backyard to do his own business. Yuan Shoucheng and the remaining four disciples looked sadly at a group of people feasting there, unable to say a word. It was this insect that killed an old Taoist.
He was hanged alive, with almost all the bones in his body broken. When he was rescued, his whole body was like a sack of flesh, his internal organs kept flowing out of his mouth, and he almost spit out all the blood.
Of the fifty barbarians, only three came back alive. The cries of the barbarians triggered an avalanche. Just as everyone was running for their lives in a hurry, barbarians were picked up and thrown to the bottom of the cliff by those barbarian-like things. If it weren't for Yun
Ye prepared ropes and hooks for Yuan Shoucheng and the others, and they might be wiped out. His own efforts only brought Yun Ye a plate of good food.
"This thing can no longer be called snow maggots from now on. We need to give it a nice name. Why not call it snow dragon? Things like maggots are unappetizing. Spring has begun. Let's catch some and send them back."
Return to Chang'an and present it as a souvenir to His Majesty. The Yun family has to pay tribute every year on His Majesty's birthday. It's too expensive, so just give me this thing. Snow dragon, it tastes good, Your Majesty will definitely like it."
As soon as Yun Ye opened his chatterbox, everyone started talking nonsense. Everyone was contented to wait until spring to catch bugs and savages in the snow-capped mountains, and then go to Tianchi to enjoy the scenery.
"Higurashi will also go there. There are a lot of butterflies there in April and May. The largest butterfly is bigger than a palm. They are colorful and look very beautiful."
Yun Ye smiled and patted Na Rimu on the head while he was looking for meat on the plate, smiling very happily.
"Marquis Yun, aren't you worried about meeting these monsters? They really can eat people." Yuan Shoucheng felt that Yun Ye was too trusting.
"No, old sir, as long as we don't go to the snowy mountains when these bugs are in estrus, there will be no problem. I just saw the reproductive organs of this bug exposed. This thing is similar to a snake. It only happens when it is in estrus.
Expose this thing. Haha, no wonder it's red, it turns out it's in heat. You're disturbing other people's family lineage. Who else are they looking for if they don't look for you? "