Chapter five hundred and seventy-two, saving expenses and patrolling the trade routes
Li Siye looked up at the expressionless Dai Wang who was hiding under the mask, and refused with a smile: "We don't need to spend this money for the time being. Listen to what you said, right now we just don't have the warehouses and transportation on Congling. I'm responsible for this."
The first section is about Congling Shouchu and Shiniguo Ruosuluo. Shiniguo people like to herd argali sheep. This kind of sheep is large in size and good at crossing mountains and ridges. Although the load is not as heavy as that of yaks, it is better because of its large number and can be divided into
Zero load. Load each sheep with a small amount of pepper. As long as the goods can be delivered to Congling for capture, it doesn’t matter how.”
Dai Wang was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "At Yangguan, which is located at the terminal, we need to build a trading house to accept and inspect goods. This cannot be omitted."
"This can be saved. I am now the interview envoy of Longyou Dao, the pastoral envoy of Longyou Dao, and the recruiting envoy of Longyou Dao. I don't know if these three official positions are easy to use, but it doesn't matter. I will follow you to Yang in person.
I will go to Guan to see which branch of the Hexi Army is stationed at Yangguan and who their general is. As long as he is in the examination textbook submitted to me by Shazhou, I will be able to figure it out."
Dai Liulang stood aside in silence. He had spent half his life at the bottom of the officialdom in Chang'an City. Of course he knew that Li Siye's behavior was called using power for personal gain, but now he could accept it. After knowing the nature of the world, he no longer worried about what the process would be like, but
Go chase the goals you want and achieve the final result.
Li Siye asked Dai Wang again: "When will you pick pepper in your fiefdom in Tianzhu, and when will you start transporting the first batch?"
Dai Wang's tone seemed very glorious: "Since last year, I have been rewarded by the King of Qunu City. In addition to being granted the status of a Kshatriya, I also received a thousand slaves and hundreds of hectares of fiefdom. My fiefdom has been increasing since last year.
I started harvesting peppers and put them into storage after picking and drying, so until this year, the warehouses of the entire manor were full of peppers. When I returned to Congling from Tianzhu, I had already made a decision in advance, and decided that no matter what the conditions were next March,
They will start loading and transporting goods with the first batch of tracking numbers. Regardless of the result, we must put all the stations into operation before March next year."
He originally thought that Li Siye would be excited, or praise and encourage, but the other party's attitude was very calm and said directly: "The progress in March next year is a bit slow. Since the new order number starts with the year of Tianbao 8th year Yi Chou, then
Increase the time schedule by three months. Send someone immediately to tell them that delivery will begin on the third day after Yuanzheng."
Dai Wang asked in surprise: "It is already November, and there are still two months before Yuanzheng of the second year. From Tianzhu to Xiaobolu, Xiaobolu to Congling, and then to the desert Gobi in southern Khotan."
, eight thousand miles of earth, clouds and moon, there are more than two hundred stations in the middle, as long as there is a problem with one of them, the entire line will be interrupted, don't you think about it carefully? "
Li Siye shook his head resolutely: "The entire Yilu system is a complete domino. The only difference is that it reacts slower than dominoes. We should not overestimate the delay caused by the distance it travels. Maybe on the third day of the Lunar New Year in India
It will be shipped to Qunv City and will be delivered to Yangguan through borrowing in May. Moreover, all first-time shipments have defects and defects. Only during the operation can problems be discovered and improved."
He patted the table and stood up, saying to Dai Wang: "I have decided that we will not only go to Yangguan, but also start from Congling Shouchu and travel eastward through every post station to discover problems that are not easy to find.
Try to resolve potential worries as much as possible.”
Dai Liulang was immediately pleased, thinking that this was when Li Siye really paid attention to the special trade route he designed. Dai Wang was ambitious in this process, although the total investment cost more than 800,000 yuan, which was equivalent to the capital of Anxi.
Although he had a conservative estimate in his mind, he believed that this trade route could bring Li Siye and the entire Qixi an income equivalent to one-fifth of the total fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty in the future, that is,
A windfall of more than two million yuan is made every year.
Although the imperial court's expenditure on border military expenditures has been increasing every year, it has only just reached a total of two million dollars. If this post road is fully mature, it will bring him countless wealth every year. With such a wealthy country,
The wealth is more than enough to support the Second Army of Anbeiting. Even if the 70,000 children from Hexi are included, there will easily be a large surplus. If the ability to exploit India can be increased, the annual wealth will increase to four to five hundred
Wan Guan is not a problem at all.
With such financial and tax income, can an ambitious person still take the emperor and the court under his eyes?
Dai Wang was very fortunate that the next person in charge of Qixi was Li Siye, and not An Lushan, a feudal envoy with rebellious ambitions.
Therefore, he also paid great attention to the rigor of the entire organization. He personally contacted the messengers at each of the more than 200 stations. If some people were really unusable, he would use Li Siye's connections to replace these messengers.
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In just two years, Dai Wang had gathered a bunch of accounting staff, desert swordsmen and heroes under him to ensure the perfect operation of the trade route. He believed that in the near future, this trade route would be greatly improved due to its
Your own value is protected by countless people, and you no longer need any gray means.
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Li Siye and Dai Wang started from Shule City, marched along the inn towards Congling, and arrived near Congling Shouchou City. Dai Wang whispered to an attendant behind him, ordering him to personally go from Congling Shouchou to Tianzhu.
, re-check each station along the way, and then arrive at Qunv City to change the delivery time again.
They patrolled from Congling to the west, stopping to check every time they passed a post station. Although Li Siye had moved left to Longyou to interview envoys, and had the title of deputy governor of Anxi, he really had no control over these inns.
Fortunately, the envoys of Shule Town were Zhao Chongxun and the envoys of Yutian Town were Feng Changqing. Whether they were reminiscing about old friendships or cunning rabbits, they opened many doors for Dai Wang and sent their subordinates to follow them along the way.
Patrol and inspect along the road to the inn.
Facts have proved that Li Siye did not need followers. He really underestimated his influence. More than a hundred post stations on the entire post road in Khotan Town were built under his care. The local post envoys and people were grateful to him.
This is currently the best way to reduce costs, and it is also a management method that relies on personal charm in an era when people are most unfamiliar with systems and regulations. If we continue to talk about this topic, we can even explore the sadness of people governing society. This
If a trade route wants to operate for a long time, it must get rid of the characteristics of personal influence. Even if Dai Wang can quickly take over from him and change it into his own influence, what will happen to Dai Wang in the future.
We shouldn't worry about such long-term matters now. The purpose of building this trade route is entirely to satisfy Li Siye's expansion of power and deal with the military and political crisis in the late Tianbao period.
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Yangguan is located seventy miles southwest of Dunhuang. It is a city pass built on the Gobi Desert. In the long yellow sand, there are only thorn willows and poplars along with the yellowed and cracked rammed earth city walls.
This Guancheng was built during the Yuanding reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. As the gateway to the Western Regions, it was an important pass on the southern route of the Silk Road and a strategic location that military strategists must compete for. It was built in the early Han Dynasty to defend against the Xiongnu.
, now it seems to be of little use as a military pass, but it has a certain economic role.
The route from Hexi to the Western Regions must pass through two checkpoints, Yumen Pass or Yangguan. In addition to checking the passing merchants, the troops stationed at Yangguan also collect a part of the commercial tax. These commercial taxes account for a large portion of Hexi's fiscal revenue.
A large share was used to support the Doulu Army and the Yumen Army in Suzhou stationed nearby.
Everyone rode camels and horses to the outside of the pass, only to find that they were surrounded by bare Gobi hard rocks. Only a solitary city gate stood on the Gobi Desert. There were rivers crossing it to the east and valleys blocking it to the west. There was enough for one man to guard the gate and ten thousand people to move there.
Open momentum.
There are no ready-made buildings nearby, which has caused certain difficulties for them to plan the terminal's trading house and warehouse. In Dai Wang's expectation, it would cost 10,000 yuan to build a trading house near Yangguan, but if the trading company was moved to
In Yangguan, you need to pay a lot of taxes for the goods that arrive next. Even if you want to avoid taxes, you still have to make some operating expenses.
It's a pity that he is not the Hexi Jiedu envoy yet. Even if he is now the Longyou envoy, there are still some rules that must be followed.
Guarding the pass is a 500-man battalion under the Doulu Army, and a Zhonglang general is stationed here.
After they looked up from the high slope, Li Siye waved his hand: "We enter the customs."