Chapter 75 Protection Fees
50,000 times!
How much did the emperor reward Ashina Simo? Just to appease the remnants of the Raiders? Hey, this kind of good thing can be done by a mad dog.
Cheng Chubi squinted at Li Yi, then smiled and said in a low voice: "Wulang, Hengzhi, can you take out 50,000 yuan?" This is not a small amount, and the harvest of the county in a year is only this number. ”
"Third brother, don't worry, the younger brother doesn't dare to say anything else, the money is still there."
Straightening his chest, Li Yi was very proud, and then nodded at Zhang De, "But this is all my brother's benevolence and righteousness, and I will give my face to eat." ”
"Huh?"
Cheng Saburo was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart What did his brother give, but he didn't frown at 50,000 yuan?
"Can you tell me?"
Lowering his voice, Cheng Chubi was full of curiosity.
"This ......"
Li Yi was a little unsure, and glanced at Zhang De, which was regarded as asking for advice. Zhang De nodded, and Li Yicai said to Cheng Chubi, "The third brother comes here with his ears." ”
Then seeing what Li Yi said in Cheng Chubi's ear, Cheng Saburo jumped up and shouted, "What?!" It's a whole ...... Entering the mother, there are really any! ”
Cheng Chubi jumped over and grabbed Zhang De's arm: "Brother, why doesn't my brother love me anymore?" ”
What the hell are you talking about?! You have to say it again!
"Why did Saburo say that?"
"Then why can the Wulang family fall into a huge benefit, no wonder, no wonder the prince of the county has a lot of money to build a big mansion, which is bigger than the Hejian Palace! The Mansion of Qi is incomparable, and only 200,000 square bricks have built a few rooms. ”
"Tsk, the king of the county wants to guard the river loop for His Majesty, you know a lot. A little profit, not worth it. ”
Zhang De waved his hand, but Cheng Chubi held on to it, with a look of resentment: "Brother, good brother, why don't you distinguish between inside and outside?" Yeye and Uncle Shi have been friends for decades, and we are even more friends than brothers. No matter how great the source of wealth is, some of them will come over. ”
"Triumph white sugar, your family is not missing, right? The whole of Shandong is divided between your family and the Kong family, not to mention that you haven't contributed to the Suzhou City envoy, and it is our Zhang family who makes money. Alas, what are I telling you all this? Okay, okay, don't worry too much about it, it's just how much. Have you ever treated you badly for your brother? Remember, take a long-term view. ”
Then Zhang De patted Li Yi, who was worried on the side, "When Wulang came to Chang'an for the first time, he was not familiar with the place, except for us and other Zhongyi Society who are willing to accept it, how many powerful people in Chang'an can afford him?" Kujie Shapu Nasha is vast in the Gobi, and you have to cross the river to the north, and Jiuyuan is not just a way for anyone to walk. This money is the hard-earned money that the Gorou brothers gave us to take care of the financial road in the north. Presumably Gorou, they won't take the money and do nothing, right? ”
Li Yi suddenly shouted: "Brother is relieved, the younger brother has suffered a lot in Chang'an, who is good to our brother and who looks down on our brother, the younger brother knows it." My father repeatedly told our brothers to repay our kindness. ”
Zhang De smiled and said to Li Yi: "The coming day is long, we are in our youth, and we still have decades of romance." ”
"The elder brother is free and easy, and the younger brother admires it."
patting the horses, Li Yi felt no pressure. When Jieli was captured, his father was loyal to Jieli, and it can be said that he was ready to die with him. But Jieli didn't say anything about it, he didn't even have the courage to commit suicide, where was there still the strength and courage that the Turkic Khan should have.
Later, Li Dong sincerely asked Simo to return to obedience, and promised that he would never kill Jieli, and also settled the remnants of Jieli. This made Simo convinced, and he had to admit that on the grassland, there was no hero who forgave his opponent at all. After Simo returned to obedience, the children were also considered to have survived, and they were simply inferior people in the grassland.
Now, although the magnates of Chang'an look down on their Turks, since Zhang De came to Huaiyuan City with his manpower, and Zhang Gongjin served as the governor of Dingxiang Prefecture, those high-ranking celebrities in Lingzhou Xiazhou actually had a friendship with Li Simo.
Such changes in human feelings have too great an impact on the twelve-year-old Li Yi. So since he met Zhang De, he has studied Chinese diligently, practiced calligraphy, demeanor and appearance, and threw Chang'an, who can say that he is not a noble son of a family, the kind who reads poetry and books?
Pearl Honghu watched them show affection from the side, and said with pantothenic acid in his stomach: "Isn't it happy, Zhang Dalang, let's set a time, can we make an appointment?" ”
About, why not? Lao Tzu's function has developed to 70%, and it is absolutely no problem to get a shot!
Lao Tzu promises to let you know what it means to have a dream left on the grassland!
"When is the princess free?"
"Heh, you are a southerner, you are very good at boating, I will believe it. How dare you compare with us Turks on horseback? Don't you know that we were even born on horseback? ”
Yes, you're all horse-, right? You're the one who runs the boat, and your whole family is the boat!
Lao Zhang remembered a not-so-good memory three years ago. He still misses Captain Ewing a little.
"Alright, princess, set a time."
"Tomorrow, how about the grassland in Hedong?"
"I have to cross the river."
"There is fertile land in Hexi, and if you disturb the people with horses, you will be reprimanded by His Majesty the Heavenly Khan."
I'm so convinced, you Turks, you've been dried up. Li Dong is not here, who are you loyal to the king!
"Okay, okay, cross the river."
On the Yellow River in the east of Huaiyuan City, there is still a pontoon bridge, and Huaiyuanjin, Jinkou Cheng and Jinkou ambassadors are set up on both sides, all of whom are Huainan Dao people, and they are half of Zhang De's fellow villagers. Originally, the two of them were basically hopeless here, and they were small officials, so they almost didn't enter the stream.
But because Zhang De is engaged in wool weaving here, and the hemp material in Hedong Road has been beaten here, everything is different all of a sudden. What was originally a drudgery suddenly turned into a fat job.
Slow to say that the officials in Lingzhou, even those in Xiazhou, are staring, and the big and small bastards of Guannei Dao don't know the market yet, after all, they haven't seen Zhang Dalang fishing for Kaiyuan Tongbao, so they haven't started yet. After all, what if it's a one-shot deal?
But Zhang Dalang, who is possessed by the God of Wealth, has not returned to Chang'an yet, so what is the point? The bureaucrats are still waiting and watching, and the high-end behavior of serving the people by doing thousands of miles of food and clothing for officials will be spurned by their fellow officialdom. The right not to be an official in vain is the rule of heaven for officials.
"Hmph, wash your black horse!"
Washed and waiting? What the hell do you want to do? Could it be that you are a German reincarnated?
Lao Zhang speculated maliciously, and then scolded silently: The barbarian princess is really unreasonable, but really Lao Tzu can't ride a horse? There are you crying.
After Pearl Hiroshi left, the brothers met in the owner's office at the Great River Workshop. The courtyard walls are one zhang high, all red bricks, with clay and yellow sand as binders, and the outer walls are painted with lime, which is white and beautiful. There is an advertisement on the wall: no work, no wealth, Dahe Workshop, looking for female weavers, daily salary of 40 Wen, skilled workers from 60 Wen, can be paid daily.
"San Lang, why is Shicai so out of shape?"
Li Fengjie entered the house, grabbed a handful of pistachio nuts in the fruit bowl and peeled them, and asked curiously.
"How can you not lose your temper!"
Cheng Chubi shouted, and then pointed at Li Yi, "Do you know what Wulang's family is fishing?" ”
"Gorou, you say it yourself."
Cheng Laosan glared at Li Yi angrily, full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
"Ahem, it's nothing. It was my brother who went to Jiuyuan before, crossed the river to look at Wolf Mountain, and then accidentally discovered a mine. ”
"What mine?"
"Silver Mine."
Li Yi's voice was very low, and the whole room was deadly silent. In these days, silver is more expensive than gold.
"Donkey...... Donkey Day......"
Li Feng, who is so sincere, also burst into a foul language. An Bo's eyes widened, and he trembled with excitement, silver mine! Silver!
Then looked at Zhang De with a calm face. An Bo was even more impressed, and took a few deep breaths before he calmed his mood, and then said in a trembling voice: "Brother, you ...... You're really ...... It's so impressive. ”
Zhang De smiled: "You guys, don't worry about it. Do you really think you can get rid of this silver mine? If you can't get past it, be careful to lose your head. ”
"Why do you say that?"
"San Lang, do you remember that my friends from Simen Elementary School have to give me a regular amount of money every month?"
Zhang De did not answer the rhetorical question.
"Remember, my brother meant ......"
"You ask Gorou how much they can get in their bags every month."
"What do you mean? Goro, there's still something inside here? ”
Li Yi twisted and pinched, and said with a shy face: "Give Chang'an eighty percent of the refined silver every month." ”
Cheng Sanlang's eyes blinked: "Chang'an? Changan?! ”
Li Fengjie licked his lips: "That...... Gorou means that this silver is ...... Is it for that? ”
Li Dalang arched his hand and pointed to the sky.
"Hmm."
it!
The friends were shocked! How did the rich one have the face to collect this kind of money?
Zhang De took a sip of the finch tongue with ginger, which tasted bad but dispelled dampness, and then smacked his lips and said: "So, don't worry about wool trading, there should be someone from Hanhai at the end of the month." This one, let's get enough! ”
The matter of protection money, it depends on how you pay it, Li Simo is not a fool, Tian Khan is? If you want to have fun, of course, you have to pay the boss protection money. Who is the largest dynamic social group at the moment? Of course, he casually summoned 200,000 thugs to sweep away any Tang army led by the Li clan who did not obey the gang.
Therefore, Cheng Saburo and the other little guys still haven't figured out that in the centralized empire, you are willing to pay tribute, and the top is willing to raise your hand and loosen your mouth.
But then again, Lao Zhang's last life, it seems that the market is also like this. Alas, there really hasn't been any evolution in human beings.