After Zhao Wuxian and Zigong said that Cao Bo was "not taxed and the country is sufficient", Cao Boyang immediately agreed to encourage extravagance in Taoyi, and Zhao Wuxian's people operated it specially.

Zigong predicted that the treasury of Cao Guo could increase the city tax several times every year, which could be a long-term benefit, compared to what was the bribe of Qi and Zheng Shangjia? Even, under the temptation of interests, Cao Bo's fear of the forces behind them is completely gone, and from today onwards, he has to find a way to leave all the money earned by these stupid worms on the Taoshi territory!

Cao Bo was a little uneasy at first, but after Zhao Wuxian summoned two teams of soldiers and performed a juju confrontation on a wide field in the palace, he had enough confidence in this business.

"Although it is not as interesting as field hunting, it can also attract a lot of merchants, as well as peddlers and women, as well as wealthy Chinese people to spend money to watch."

Subsequently, under the witness of Cao Guo's servants and Wu Zhu, Cao Bo, Zhao Wuxian, and Zigong swore a blood oath on the high platform on the bank of the Jishui River.

Cao Guo guaranteed that Zhao Wuxian's extravagant business in Taoyi would be taxed and would never be increased, and the price of this "high tax" was that Zhao Wuxian's merchants and soldiers could travel freely within Cao's territory. If other merchants also try to enter the business, the starting point for taxation is five taxes and one tax.

In this way, Zhao Wuxian was given diplomatic access to Cao, and at the same time, he was prepared to nip in the bud rivals who might follow their example.

Cao Bo also signed an order that the craftsmen under the management of the Sicheng Bureau, as well as Chu Shi and the city officials, should not obstruct the activities of Zhao Wuxian and others, and did his best to help. It is necessary to strive to put up a shelf within five days the "extravagant karma" described by Wuxian and Zigong.

After that, Wuxian returned to the barracks stationed in Waiguo to select people, after all, this place is different from Shangqiu, when there was Le's help, everything had to be started from scratch, and the civil engineering work in the next few days had to be done by the military soldiers. He also wrote to several of his subordinates and merchants who stayed behind in Shangqiu, asking them to send some of the people who "forgot to return" to the wine shop to Taoyi and open a branch.

"If possible, we will also recruit some Cao Guoren to work for us. The criss-crossing market of this pottery town is still familiar to locals. ”

Zigong and Feng Rin returned to the pavilion, and they were responsible for negotiating with Gongzheng and Chu Shi, who rushed to serve after receiving Cao Bo's order. Under the will of Uncle Cao, Gongzheng and Master Chu did not dare to slack off. They quickly negotiated the next few days, and chose two locations for the opening of this "extravagant business" in the inner city and outer Guo, as well as the craftsmen who needed to be transferred.

The two of them sent them out of the building satisfied, and were about to go back to continue their research on what kind of industry to open, when they saw a person suddenly walk out of the side. pinched Zigong's wrist and scolded:

"How daring! The people of Taoyi are profit-seeking and treacherous, Cao Bo is obsessed with field hunting, but you and the Zhao gentleman are not enough, and they offer extravagant schemes. In the name of making the country sufficient, in fact, it is to collect wealth for himself, and by the way, Qi and Zheng businessmen have no choice but to wait. I am afraid that in the future, Taoyi will become more and more extravagant, and the people of the country will be intoxicated, how can they still wear armor and guard the country, and what will they do if they don't die? Such calculations of your generation have to be concealed from Uncle Cao. But they can't hide it from me! ”

This sentence made Feng Rin's soul scatter, thinking that the plan had been revealed.

Zigong was also taken aback, he turned to look at the man, but saw him with a big face, a cloth crown on his head, and a soapy robe of a city official, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Who should I be, it turned out to be Tao Gu, why are you here?" ”

Before Tao Gu answered. Zigong carefully looked at his clothes and the mulberry wood sign on his waist and suddenly realized: "No wonder you don't do businessmen anymore, it turned out that you came to Taoyi to be a city official, from a businessman who looks up to people to an official who collects money and taxes, how do you feel?" ”

Tao Gu laughed: "It's not like you have to serve the chief. Every day, with Qi and Zheng Jujia with smiling faces, relying on the poor rice grain, it is better to be free and happy when we do business together! ”

Feng Rin was stunned, it seems that the two know each other. As soon as he asked, he learned that this Tao Gu was Cao Ren, who had partnered with Zigong to do business before. Now that he is a small official in the city, he can know the "extravagant industry" that Cao Bo is about to encourage.

It turned out to scare us, Feng Rin was relieved, who knew that Tao Gu was still holding Zigong's hand, and said viciously after getting closer: "Zigong, after all, I am also a Cao person, and now I am still eating Cao Bo's Lu rice, so the interests of this state are also related to me." If I asked you just now, I can only let you go if you explain it clearly, otherwise you will know that Cao Guo is not unpopular! ”

Zigong smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand to invite him into the pavilion, and the three of them sat down on the couch, and after the person who called the erector brought the slurry water and left, Zigong said the reason.

"Cao Nai is a small country, the north is Wei, the west and the south are the hostile Song, the east is the Lu State and the Sishang princes, sandwiched between Ji and Huai, the crops are not rich, and the country can only be established by the city. It would be good if Cao Bo had no ambition, if he had the intention of mixing with the Jin Dynasty, fighting for hegemony, and even competing with the Song State, and trained the countrymen to fight every day, then he dared to predict that the day of destruction would only be more than ten years. But if Cao Bo concentrates on field hunting and encourages extravagance, even if he ignores political affairs, he will not get involved in trouble, and Cao Guo can at least maintain its national fortune for a hundred years. ”

Speaking of this, Tao Gu on the opposite side groaned, and Zigong also took the opportunity to withdraw his red hand.

He rubbed his wrist and said, "The pipe has said that the rich are beautiful, and the poor are good." By expanding their consumption through extravagance and increasing the demand for goods, the rich will have jobs to do for the poor craftsmen and countrymen, and they will not be ashamed to commit rebellion and defect to the thieves of Onozawa. In a country, too rich and too poor are not conducive to governance, and extravagance is a good way to make the rich consume their financial resources, so that the financial resources of Qi, Zheng Shangjia and the great clans of goods and colonies will not swell to the extent that they compete with Cao Bo. ”

He spread his hands and smiled: "So instead of being a lobbyist who harmed Cao Guo, I am a great contributor to helping Cao Guo continue his life, Cao Shuzhen should be grateful to me, what reason do you have to accuse me?" ”

"You...... I haven't seen Zigong for two years, and Zigong's argument has become sharper, although I know that what you say is not all the truth, but I have nothing to say. ”

Tao Gu was speechless, and if Feng Rin didn't know Zhao Wuxian's true intentions, he almost believed it. As far as he knew, how could the gentleman of the Zhao family be bent on thinking about Cao Guo, but more to earn money and food for the soldiers, and by the way, let the power gain a foothold in Taoyi. However, he still listened to it sweating profusely, and secretly said that his eloquence was far worse than Zigong.

However, next, Zigong really let Feng Rin see what it means to have a wonderful tongue.

Under the persuasion of Zigong. Fang Cai also wanted to take Zigong to find Master Chu to expose the guilt of Tao Gu, and even agreed to join Zhao Wuxian's camp and help him run Tao Yi's extravagant business!

"I see, we need to set up a place for racing, juju, horse racing, cockfighting, and horn fighting. After the place is completed, the spectator will charge a certain amount of money, and the inside can set up a gambling game, and you will charge a certain percentage of the ...... as the banker."

Tao Gu gasped and said, "Taoyi merchants gathered, and many of them were full of money and gold after making a lot of money from the goods. But there's not much to do here. If there is such a place, the money of the merchants does have a place to go, and it can flow into your sleeves, and then be extracted by the treasury of Cao Guo, although you know that you have bad intentions, but it is also a good way to collect money. ”

He scratched his head and said, "I can understand everything else, but what's so beautiful about this keju?" What is the difference between a circle and letting everyone play together and Qi Guo's performance outside the city? ”

Zigong laughed and said, "When I first heard about it in Xinjiang Chengxiang a year ago, I had the same idea as you. But Zhao's Keju is different from Qi's Keju, and you will know when the time comes. You said that the city officials should look up to people, and the profits are very small, and they are willing to take refuge in the gentleman. I know that you are extremely familiar with Tao City, although some people can be transferred directly from the wine shops in Shangqiu, but it is more convenient to choose from the local area, especially those who are good at cockfighting and horn fighting in Lilu, please go and find them one by one. ”

Zhao Wuxian did not use the brains of later generations to mess around, after all, people in different eras have different preferences, these selected projects. With the exception of Keju and horse racing, most of them are popular pastimes in various countries in the spring and autumn.

For example, cockfighting, in this era, it was often played by aristocrats, more than ten years ago. Ji Sun's and Lu's cockfights, Ji Sun Yiru put leather armor on the chicken, and the Lu family put metal claws on the chicken, which was really everything, and this incident also caused a civil strife.

Once there are cockfighters in the market, they will be blocked. There are many gamblers, and so are the corners.

After all, Zhao Wuxian had limited time and could only stay in Taoyi for a few days with his soldiers, so the "Forget to Return" wine shop in the inner city, which was positioned as a noble gold grotto, would not be able to open for a while, so he could only build the open-air field shelf of Waiguo first. It is very important to bring these folk masters into the industry first.

Tao Gu made up his mind to continue to make a lot of money with Zigong, but he also had other thoughts, thinking that if he was watching in this industry, he might be able to prevent some unfavorable things for Cao Guo.

He sat for a while and left, saying that he was going to resign from the position of a small official who was called by others, and then help Zigong find people who are good at horn fighting and cockfighting in Taoyi City, as well as young boys who are willing to learn Zhao's juju.

When Zigong let out a sigh and turned his head, he saw Feng Rin behind him bow to the end: "From now on, Rin will no longer dare to be commensurate with Zigong as a colleague, so I can be a teacher, please teach me to argue." ”

……

In late May, the midsummer season became hotter and hotter, and the cicadas resounded throughout the entire Jishui River, and the mood of the scholars, Chinese people, and businessmen in Taoyi was as restless as this hot summer.

First, six or seven hundred people stationed in Waiguo, waving the banner of the Zhao clan of the Jin Kingdom, suddenly drove into a wasteland by the Jishui River, where there were some low dwellings, overgrown with vines and shrubs.

Those Zhao soldiers who had taken off their armor, wore short clothes, and wore sunscreen bamboo hats, carrying the bronze plates provided by the Cao State Treasury, began to bulldoze obstacles, excavate and tamp the land, and the Cao State Division City Administration also sent many craftsmen and subordinates to help.

Five days later, the initial construction of the place was completed, some simple civil structures were erected, and the site was also fenced, so that outsiders could not see what was going on inside, and they were curious and worried.

On the second day, some advocates from the Song Kingdom began to beat gongs and drums all over the city, dancing acrobatics, and calling on everyone to go to the north of the city to observe the "juju", "galloping" and "cockfighting".

The people of the country were very surprised, a few days ago, the hot construction site in Waiguo had already surrounded a circle of people watching without blinking, not to mention that now it has been built and opened, so they have flocked there.

The three merchants who had bribed the monarchs and ministers of Cao Guo and asked to imprison them, the Chen family, the Xian family, and the Yu family, also met on this day. They had already met several times in the past few days, and because Cao Bo had suddenly sent back all the bribes, the monarch who had not been able to take his eyes off the jewels and gold in the past, turned down their requests.

Then came the hustle and bustle of the construction of the outer Guo site, and the news that the "extravagant industry" was about to open.

So the three merchants who stayed in Taoyi decided to send their three young sons to investigate. (To be continued.) )

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