I don't know if the boss has sent any other confidants. Now that he has confidence in his heart, Wu Chan is much more relaxed in his actions.
It was the enthronement ceremony of the new king, and from time to time passers-by would call him "the king". The land of Huishui obviously had no intention of taking care of the mood of Emperor Zhou.
The situation inside and outside Jiangcheng really opened Wu Chan's eyes.
"It turns out that Jin also secretly proclaimed himself king."
As a frequent horse dealer, Wu Chan came into contact with people who were not qualified to flatter the Marquis of Jin and become the king.
Ordinary people who want to follow the boast can only consider themselves unlucky if they are hacked to death.
While traveling between the internal markets of Dongguo and Jiangcheng, Wu Chan discovered a small problem, that is, the new descendants of the aristocratic families who came to Jiangcheng seemed to have the responsibility of transporting "tribute".
After some inquiring, Wu Chan found out that more than half of the Zongtian and Wangtian that the Jin king used to be away from home had been divided.
Nowadays, the people who work on it are from the scholar class, and their number is quite large. There are many people who roar for the king.
Half of the output of the land cultivated by these scholars entered the Jin capital in the form of "tribute".
The "tribute" is divided into two major categories, one part is "owned by the king" and the other part is "owned by the state".
As for the "state-owned" subdivision, it is too complicated and I didn't understand it.
But the "you have you" part shocked Wu Chan, because this set of operations was somewhat similar to the boss's operation in Huaizhong City.
The Lord does not directly occupy the land, but the land profits can still be obtained.
After some inquiring, Wu Hao found out that in the Jin State, this model was called "the king eats and pays tribute".
It's just that the Jin princes in the past dynasties have had twists and turns in their fight for the throne, and there have been situations where the monarch's power has declined. This has made the "jun's food and tribute" loopholes taken advantage of by the ministers.
For example, the scholar class has undergone a large number of changes, from the original "hundred family surnames" to one dominated by more than ten or twenty wealthy families.
This is tantamount to saying that the Marquis of Jin used his own property to support the "spreading of branches and leaves" of his ministers.
But generally speaking, the king of the Jin Dynasty at this time was still able to maintain good finances and remain strong in power based on the system of "king, food and tribute".
It's just that there is no way to be like King Wu Wei, who specializes in dealing with all kinds of dissatisfaction. There is no need to consider conspiracies at all, because in the face of absolute strength, everything is just a slap in the face.
"My dear friend, there are many "travelers" gathering in Dongguo these days. Why not turn to Dongguo?"
Most of the disciples who followed Wu Chan had a poor background. They were either knights or poor men. It was only because of their aggressiveness and gambling that they stood out in this era of constant strife.
The most important thing is to dare to risk your life and to be passionate.
The main reason Wu Chan spends money to feed these people is to save his life at critical times.
When you go out, you need to prepare all kinds of configurations.
But at Wu Chan's level, expecting anyone to help is just a dream.
Being able to persuade Wu Chan not to spend money carelessly is already quite remarkable.
"Dongguo is a bit run-down. Most of the tourists who come to Dongguo are downtrodden people, and they don't see many talented people."
Several diners looked at each other, thinking that even if they were talented people, they wouldn't look for you. It would be better to just go south and go to Cai State to defect to Cai State's "ruling" Cai Mei. Wouldn't that be great?
The retainers who follow Wu Chan are all directly prostitutes and are classified as "slaves", but they are not as lowly as slaves.
Now I saw that Wu Chan was a bit ambitious and short-handed, and the diners didn't know how to persuade him.
But Wu Yuan also had something in mind, and after some thought, he probably wouldn't look for talented people, especially those from high-ranking families, so he would have to find another way.
In the end, I casually visited the market in Jiangcheng City, and after eating, drinking and having fun, I returned to Dongguo.
On the way, a retainer reminded Wu Hao: "My dear man, there is a swordsman in a linen robe. He has followed him all the way to the bull market. He must have something up his sleeve."
"Um?!"
Wu Chan was shocked. If this was an assassin, how terrible would it be?
"My dear man, don't be alarmed. This man's steps are weak and not very powerful."
"call……"
Wu Chan, who breathed a sigh of relief, said quickly, "It's better to go back to Jiangyin Guild Hall quickly."
Just walking all the way, the linen-robed swordsman followed him all the way, without concealing his intention, and just followed Wu Chan and his group to the Jiangyin Guild Hall.
At this time, the Jiangyin Guild Hall was just a dilapidated guest house renovated, with a plaque hanging on it, which Wu Chan did himself after coming to Jiangcheng.
The linen-robed swordsman was holding his sword in his arms, wearing a thatched coir raincoat, and a pair of reed shoes that were not old. The linen clothes did not look like they could protect against the wind. After the spring, the weather in Jin was still a bit cold, so the swordsman stood on the same spot.
The ground trembled constantly.
"Ah……"
Standing at the door of the Jiangyin Guild Hall, the swordsman exhaled a stream of white air and looked up at the plaque, his eyes revealing confusion.
The face was covered with a piece of soft linen cloth, which had obviously been used many times. It was already yellowish brown and black, which was far from the original color of the linen material.
Undyed hemp silk is actually brown, but good quality hemp silk can be slightly yellow, similar to the color of wood, but it is often described as "white".
Most of the "Shangbai" barbarian tribes who were killed by the Jin Kingdom generally wore natural linen except for the upper class who could wear white silk.
Therefore, some Jin knights often call themselves "white clothes", which is actually a modest and derogatory name.
"'White Clothes' in Dongguo, please see the landlord."
The slave guest, who was a little nervous at first, saw that the linen-robed swordsman was really rude and came to the door. He was extremely cautious and after returning the courtesy, he asked: "I wonder what the guest is doing?"
"I don't know the Chinese characters for "Luxia", so I came here to ask for advice."
"It's four words 'Jiangyin Guild Hall'."
"I see."
The linen-robed swordsman nodded, as if he suddenly realized something, "No wonder you guys are in the cattle market. I heard that your accent doesn't sound like that of a northerner."
This linen-robed swordsman was quite polite. If it had been someone from another wealthy family, he would have just said, "No wonder you're talking like a bird."
Seeing that he was so polite, the servants at Wu Chan's house were a little disappointed. However, it is rare to be friendly when away from home. At that moment, a guest smiled and said: "It's freezing cold, why don't you sit down for a while? My master is here to come to Jin."
The country came here to find talented people from the Jin Kingdom."
He openly stated the purpose of his trip and had no intention of hiding it.
Before, he acted low-key because he thought this job was easy.
After Wei Cao, the minister of Jin, made a cunning move, Wu Hao realized that it was impossible to bypass the big nobles when doing business in Jin.
It is absolutely impossible to meet top talents just by asking a prostitute on the streets.
Furthermore, there were only two targets that Li Jieqian and Wan had given instructions to, one was Wei Shiyu and the other was Xu Shifei.
On this basis, if you exceed the task limit, you will earn money.
Moreover, the main way to achieve the mission was to bribe Wei Yu and Xu Fei's family members, and then spread various rumors to force these two guys to completely lose their retreat in the process of going south.
Generally speaking, the task is not very difficult, and you can always do it by spending money, but to what extent and how to do it is a matter of knowledge.
If you smash it without thinking, it obviously won't work.
Therefore, what Wu Chang wants to do is to find talented people with familiar skills in the Jin Kingdom. It's too good to not find them, but it can't be too bad.
It's a pity that he got distracted by the situation. The Jin State simply didn't have that kind of room for Wu Chan to choose.
The autistic people were in isolation when they heard a guest come in from outside and report: "My dear, there is a local ranger visiting."
"What's the origin?"
"He doesn't look like a descendant of a noble family, and he doesn't look very tall. He just talks well and is very friendly."
"Being idle is also idle, not as good as meeting."
After saying that, Wu Chan got up and went out to the hall where guests were entertained.
The decoration in the hall is quite simple. After all, it was originally just a dilapidated guest house. The so-called hall was originally a large dining hall, but Wu Chan and the others changed it into a hall and added some furniture.
Even the furniture is refurbished from old items.
At this moment, several slaves have brought wheat rice to the table, as well as some meat. In addition to the whale jerky they brought with them, it is local pork.
The price is not expensive, of course, the price is not expensive, it is for Wu Chan and his party.
When we arrived at the lobby, before we even sat down, we saw a thin guy holding a piece of pork and munching on it.
The pork is boiled in plain water, with salt and some chopped seaweed added, plus a dozen or twenty Chu peppercorns, and ginger slices are also present, but not visible.
"Well!"
I originally wanted to say hello, but I never expected to see this scene when I came out.
It was a very long piece of pork, but the seemingly thin guy actually ate up half of it in three swipes.
The snakeheads didn't even know how they ate it. It was like a bottomless pit, and it was like a big piece of meat that was gone.
Gulu!
There was a loud swallowing sound, and the guest who originally entertained the linen-robed swordsman also looked confused. Apparently he didn't expect that the man who had been standing at the door so politely just now was now the reincarnation of a starving ghost.
"Fuck..."
After all, he was uneducated. After watching it for a long time, Wu Chan could only imitate his boss and express his feelings.
"This meat weighs at least six or seven kilograms..."
Aren't you afraid of death if you eat half of the sixty-seven pounds?
While the doorman was explaining to Wu Chan, he saw the linen-robed swordsman put down half a piece of pork, then picked up the wheat rice, and Xili Hulu began to grill it again.
That pot of wheat rice weighed at least two or three kilograms.
I saw that the wheat rice that could make people choke to death was visibly reduced.
Wu Chan said again with a surprised look on his face: "Fuck..."