"The innkeeper of Qianjiang Inn, come here to pay homage to the young master..." Han Laoshan walked into the east courtyard and reported.
He couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw the young master Han Qian sitting in the shade, writing something on a simple slip. Xi Rong and Zhao Ting'er were holding a semi-circular pole and gesticulating in the corner of the yard.
eyebrow.
He had no idea what the young master Han Qian was doing. He only knew that if the young master was tossing about something, he would waste a lot of money and materials. He also didn’t know whether the money and materials collected by the young master could still be used to provide for him.
How long has he been struggling?
"Qianjiang Inn?" Han Qian raised his head and looked at Han Laoshan doubtfully and asked.
Yuanshui or Yuanjiang refers to the section of the river from Langzhou to Qianyang, and the section of the river that twists and turns from Qianyang to the southwest is called Qingshui River. The main stream is more than a thousand miles long and goes deep into the old county of eastern Guizhou.
In the hinterland, streams and rivers originating from the large and small mountains in eastern Guizhou and southwestern Hunan merge into each other, connecting the prefectures, counties, cities, and villages in these areas with Qianyang.
Although Qianyang City is not large, with only a thousand residents in the city, as the gateway to the old county of eastern Guizhou, business and travel have always been developed, and there are only one to two hundred large and small shops in the city.
Han Qian was not very familiar with the name Qianjiang Inn, so it must not have been a business he mainly visited during this period.
"This is a guest house with only one bunk. If the young master feels that he is disturbing me, I will send him away." Han Laoshan said with a sneer on his face.
Even if the head of the family said he was no longer the governor, when he was in Jinling, Han Laoshan would just send these little characters away if they had no special business to visit him. How could he just come and go to report cats and dogs when they came to the door? He wouldn't
If you find it annoying, can the head of the house still calm down to read and write articles?
However, when the young master came to Xuzhou, he would eat all kinds of meat and vegetables, and he would not refuse anyone who came to the door with a shameless face. Han Laoshan felt embarrassed, but when he was about to go out and met him, he still had to hold on.
Come over and report the scalp.
"No, since all the guests are here, how can there be any reason to turn them away? Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, you accompany Han Laoshan to bring the people in." Han Qian stopped Han Laoshan and asked Gao Shao and Tian Cheng to accompany him to bring the people in.
Please come to the east courtyard.
At that time, only Tongqu Dayi had relatively high-end inns. Business travel in Qianyang City was very developed, but except for the pleasure-seeking prostitutes and official stations with better food and accommodation conditions, the ordinary inns in the city mainly provided Datongpu.
Or even worse, the earth platform is covered with dry rice and wheat straw, and the overnight stay ranges from a few dollars to more than ten dollars, and a simple meal or hot soup is also provided.
The conditions of this inn in Qianyang City, which even Han Qian was not very familiar with until now, were obviously simpler and more inconspicuous.
But in such an inconspicuous inn, the owner came to visit him, how could Han Qian turn him away?
When Gao Shao and Tian Cheng saw Young Master Han Qian looking over him, they felt sweaty in their hearts. Qianyang City was so big, and it was enough for them to clear it out in the past month. They didn't see anything wrong with the Qianjiang Inn.
Han Qian waved to Xi Rong, and Zhao Ting'er put down what he was holding.
Xi Rong was still feeling awkward, so she walked over and knelt down beside Han Qian. While relaxing his neck and shoulders submissively, she imagined how she would reach out and strangle Han Qian's throat; while Zhao Ting'er waited on him.
She stood to one side to show that she wanted to monitor Xi Rong, but she glanced at Xi Rong sitting on her knees, with her underskirt and tube top revealing a large and voluptuous piece of breast flesh, and she couldn't help but want to help her pull off the tube top.
Lala high.
Han Laoshan did not come again, so Tian Cheng and Gao Shao walked in accompanied by two men, an old man and a young man.
The older man is about forty years old, with dark skin. Time has left deep traces on his face. At first glance, he would be thought of as a hard-working commoner who has worked too hard for survival. Some cloudy eyes also show from time to time.
A look of humility and fear.
The young man was less than twenty years old. He was strong and strong, but other than that, he had no other distinctive features. He was carrying a bulging and rather worn sash.
It's no wonder that Gao Shao, Tian Cheng and others missed the Qianyang Inn. The Ma family has been running Tanzhou for three generations and has a deep foundation. This can be seen from these two hidden piles with almost no flaws.
"Sit down, let's not play riddles anymore, let me see what you brought first." Han Qian stretched his waist and said.
The elder motioned to the young man to place the bulging sack on the simple table in front of Han Qian, opened it and rolled out a series of shiny golden cakes.
At that time, bartering mainly relied on copper coins. Although private coinage was strictly prohibited after the founding of the Chu State, in order to ensure the smooth conduct of private trade, coins minted by the previous dynasty were not prohibited.
Like the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the previous dynasty, it was still most popular in the states in the west of the Yangtze River and was of sufficient weight. However, the only inconvenience was that copper coins were too bulky when trading bulk goods.
In addition to copper coins, gold is also a natural hard currency. At that time, there was no custom of casting ingots. They were usually circulated in the form of small gold cakes worth two weights. One cake worth two gold can be exchanged for almost 12,000 yuan. And if you will
One cake contained two gold coins, all of which were converted into copper coins, which weighed almost seventy-seven kilograms.
Gold is really a good thing in any era!
Han Qian poured out all the gold cakes in his bag. There were ten or fifty stacks of gold and he spread out the simple sandalwood table in front of him. He picked a few pieces and bit them, looking at the clear tooth marks.
, his eyes couldn't help but smile.
Five hundred cakes of gold, six million yuan, it is indeed Tanzhou's handiwork. Secret Cao Zuosi spent a little sparingly, and it can last for almost a year.
Han Qian took a piece of gold cake and rubbed it in his hand, smiled and said to the visitor: "What do you want?"
"We also heard that Mr. Han can release the land loan, so we thought that as the river slowly recedes, Wufeng Mountain will be connected to the land, and eight or nine thousand acres of land can be reclaimed," the middle-aged man said.
"I'm sorry, you are late in asking for the price of Wufeng Mountain. Yangtan Water Village was destroyed by Zhong Yanhu in Jiangzhou. The people from the water village escorted my father and son to Xuzhou to take up their posts. I have promised to give them Wufeng Mountain to rebuild Yangtan Water Village. You can find another place.
Come on." Han Qian said.
The visitors seemed to have expected this. After all, Yang Qin led his men to train on the Yuanshui River, based on Wufeng Mountain in the middle of the river. Anyone with better eyesight could see it standing on the river beach.
"The beach and silt land outside Yingyu Village should be uncultivated, right?" the visitor asked.
Han Qian has thought about it. Qianjiang Inn and Yingyu Village should be the forces that were not eliminated when Ma Yuanheng was expelled by the Four Surnames. Because they have been rooted in Xuzhou for too long, they have been completely integrated into the Xuzhou guest list. Qianjiang Inn is just ordinary.
An inn, and Yingyu Village is only a small village with only 20 or 30 households. As long as you don't expose your own traces, it is impossible for others to detect any problems.
"Okay, as long as the land is limited to 5,000 acres, the state government will not interfere!" Han Qian said.
"These five hundred loaves of gold can buy a thousand acres of fertile land in Jinling!" the visitor said.
"The price of land in Jinling is not that low. If you can buy 500 acres of paddy field, it will be as high as the sky." Han Qian said.
"I don't know how much food will be invested in building embankments and siltation. The land limit is only 5,000 acres, which is too small!" The visitor said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Mr. Han to meet customers like us in the future, right?"
"How many do you want?" Han Qian asked.
"To house four to five hundred families, each family will need twenty acres of land to barely survive," the visitor said. "If this sale is successful, Master Han will definitely be asked to pay for it in the future."
"The low-lying land in the north of Qianyang City can only encircle 14,000 to 5,000 acres at most. You want to encircle two-thirds of it at once. Aren't you afraid that the four surnames will jump up?" Han Qian looked at the visitor with a sharp look.
With overflowing eyes, he said, "Three thousand acres of land are enough for you in Yingyu Village to the outside. In addition, there are only seven or eight families sparsely cultivating the land at the mouth of Beihupu Creek, but the shallow silt land at the mouth of the creek is sparse.
Maybe we can encircle four to five thousand acres of land, what do you think?"
"Thank you, Mr. Han, for taking care of me." The visitor bowed and agreed with Han Qian's suggestion.
"Don't be in a hurry to build a stronghold. It's better to spread the people out. It's better if you can bring your family with you..." Han Qian babbled and gave instructions. When he saw that the visitor was just staring at the pen and paper placed on the corner of the table,
Then he smiled, took a pen and paper, and asked Xi Lin to study the ink. Before he started writing, he asked, "Haha! What are your requirements for raising your head?"
"As long as Mr. Han signs the payment," the visitor said.
"You don't need me to stamp it with the governor's seal?" Han Qian asked.
"No need." The visitor shook his head and said.
Han Qian wrote the loan receipt and handed it over, then motioned to Gao Shao and Tian Cheng to see them off.
Seeing the two people disappearing at the intersection of the courtyard, Zhao Ting'er sat down lazily and said, "Young Master tested me twice, and this person didn't even hesitate for a moment. He must be a very key figure in Tanzhou."
The two of them entered the east courtyard carrying five hundred cakes of gold. Xi Rong vaguely thought of something, but when Zhao Ting'er said it directly, she still couldn't suppress the shock in her heart. She asked sternly: "They are from Tanzhou. Are you going to indulge Tanzhou?"
The forces of the state have entered Xuzhou in a big way?"
"You haven't understood it these days when I've been around you?" Han Qian saw Xi Rong making a fuss and said, "It seems that you still have a lot to learn from Zhao Ting'er!"
Xi Rong lived and ate in the same room as Zhao Ting'er these days, and almost never left Han Qian's sight. She no longer avoided Han Qian's affairs, what he said to Gao Shao and Tian Cheng, or what orders he gave.
, but Han Qian would not waste his time explaining anything to her if he had any plans in mind.
In fact, Han Qian would not explain too much to Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Zhao Wuji. One was to let them think, and the other was to maintain his own authority.
"You blatantly introduced tigers and wolves into Xuzhou. Aren't you afraid that the magpies will take over the nest and make the situation in Xuzhou difficult to deal with?" Xi Rong will not lose her momentum just because she is not as sharp as Zhao Ting'er. At this time, she is even more afraid of the consequences of attracting wolves into the house.
She agreed to cooperate with Han Qian, hoping that the Xi family could rise again and avenge the death of her father, mother, and genocide, but she also didn't want to see Xuzhou become a sea of blood.
In her opinion, Han Qian just wanted his father to gain a foothold in Syria. In the current situation, Xi and Feng Xuan's secret moves should be enough. After all, Han Daoxun, as the governor, nominally controls Syria.
The highest power in the state, at this time, directly controls the city orders, state prisons, boat gangs, etc., and will most likely control Xuzhou's commerce and trade in the future. I really don't understand what Han Qian's intentions are to completely control them.
Tigers and wolves introduced to Xuzhou?
Is it possible that the two or three thousand people of the Xi clan can really help him establish checks and balances in Xuzhou and Tanzhou?
Even if there is a chance, how many people will die in the end of the Xi clan, or does Han Qian not care about the life and death of the Xi clan at all?
"Even if there are still two thousand members of your Xi clan, they have all been sold as far away as central Guizhou, and they have to be redeemed one by one. Calculate for me, how much money will it cost?" Han Qian saw that Xi Rong actually returned the money.
He lost his temper, glanced at her coldly, and said, "Also, why do you want to lure a wolf into the house? You can't figure out the key to this. Relying on your family's profound knowledge will not be enough after all. You stay with me, or
You should learn more and see more, and don’t think that a pretty face is of any use.”
Xi Rong gritted her teeth angrily, and finally lowered her head as Han Qian stared at her.
