Xia Hongsheng gave the first draft to Yang Xiancheng and Shen Zhushu, and asked them to read it before the end of this month, and then spend another month to read it thoroughly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

For Yang Xiancheng and Shen Zhushu, this was a dangerous gamble. If you succeed, you will rise to the top in one fell swoop, and if you lose, you will fall into the abyss. Obviously, from the moment they received the first draft of the new commercial law and the new tax system handed over by Xia Hongsheng, they had already made the choice to join this gamble.

And Xia Hongsheng, after a day of preparation, stood in front of the businessmen of Jingyang County.

"Guys, meet again." Xia Hongsheng smiled and said to everyone in the hall: "I can't say again, there are many of you who have never seen this county, and they still don't know this county." ”

"Lord County Commander, you are building roads and schools, and you have promised to let all the children of the people's families enter the school to study, and the people are grateful to you, who can not recognize you!" A merchant stood up and said.

As soon as this person's words fell, another person stood up, first glanced around very proudly, and then said to Xia Hongsheng: "Lord County Commander, just say, this time let us donate to build a son, you say a word, the grass people are not stingy!" ”

"Exactly!" The other rich man also looked at the others with a look of pride, and then walked out with a big belly, stretched out a slap, and said: "Lord County Order, as long as you say a word, the number of grass people!" Don't be stingy! It's true! ”

Xia Hongsheng grinned, the statues of these two people have been erected in front of several schools, and the stone seat under the statue is engraved with the inscription of the merit of sending samples to them to donate to build the school, or Xia Hongsheng asked the gentleman of the academy to write it personally, what is written is called an atmosphere, it is not good to give these two people beauty, and they have to stand in front of it every day and look at it for a while. Moreover, because of the erection of the statue, the people of Jingyang County all know that they donated to build a school for the children of the common people to go to school, and when they mention their names, they all give a thumbs up and applaud, their reputation is good, and they even have more business and great benefits. That's why it's so positive this time.

Xia Hongsheng smiled, shook his head, and said, "Xia, thank you for the support of the two shopkeepers!" However, this time, Xia didn't ask you to donate things and let you spend them. ”

"Oh?" The people below were a little surprised, and it seemed that they all thought that Xia Hongsheng wanted them to donate things.

"The businessmen of Jingyang County are righteous businessmen, and they do more righteous deeds, which are well-known around Chang'an. Donate to build a school, so that the children of the people have something to learn, as long as it is the people around Chang'an, when it comes to our merchants in Jingyang, there is no one who is not good. The county is also very grateful. I am also grateful to you for the people of Jingyang. I thought about it in my heart, you are so helpful to this county, and this county must always come up with something, which means something, otherwise, it will be too unrighteous. Xia Hongsheng smiled and said to the businessmen below: "The people invited here today are all merchants with a good face in our Jingyang County. I invite you here today to prepare to bring you to your fortune together. ”

"Get rich together?" Everyone was stunned, and they all looked at each other, not knowing what Xia Hongsheng meant.

But listening to Xia Hongsheng smiled again: "Xia is in Chang'an, I don't dare to say anything else, just talk about this business, and ask myself not to lose to you." In the first year of Zhenguan, Xia was thirteen years old and arrived in Chang'an. Until now, Zhenguan has been eight years. In eight years, the county has gone from a poor child who can't even afford to eat a piece of meat to this point. Now, this county dares to say that among the businessmen in Chang'an, the assets can surpass Xia's, and they can't be used up with a single slap, so they can be counted. Moreover, Xia dared to say that Xia never violated the law in business, and never took advantage of his status. These words are not to show off Xia himself, but to make you believe that Xia has the ability to make a fortune with you. ”

Everyone was even more confused, and couldn't help asking, "Dare to ask the county magistrate how to take us to make a fortune together?" ”

"Open the mine!" Xia Hongsheng gently spit out two words.

"Open a mine?!" The businessmen below were stunned.

Mines are not something that anyone can open. Sometimes the mine is there, and it is so easy to dig it out with a hoe, and not everyone can do it. It's easy to break the law, but it's a serious sin.

Moreover, the businessmen were more concerned about a question: "Lord County Commander, do we have a mine in Jingyang?" ”

"Naturally." Xia Hongsheng nodded and said to everyone: "There are a large number of limestone mines in Jingyang, and I called you here today to prepare to hand over the right to mine limestone mines to you." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar below.

Xia Hongsheng continued: "Not only will the right to mine limestone ore be handed over to you, but this county will also help you open up a market, so that after you have mined limestone mines, you can have a place to sell." ”

"This ......" The merchant who spoke at the beginning thought for a while, and then asked: "The grass people are brave, can the county magistrate talk to the grass people and others, how to make the mined limestone mine have a place to sell?" As far as the grass people know, limestone doesn't seem to sell very well, right?! ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded with a smile and said, "Originally, limestone was indeed not very easy to sell. Nowadays, however, the county says that limestone mines are going to be extremely easy to sell. You don't even need to sell it, just sit in Jingyang and wait, and someone will come to collect it. ”

Seeing that everyone was still looking at each other, Xia Hongsheng continued: "Let Xia explain to you." But you don't know. Limestone is the most important raw material for making cement and one of the important materials required for firing glass. Nowadays, the trade routes on the sea are unimpeded, and the sales of glass outside the Tang Dynasty are huge. Therefore, the glass mill needs to continuously purchase a large amount of limestone, and this is one of them. Nowadays, the construction of cement roads has become the trend of the times, and all new official roads in Datang have become cement roads. In addition, the existing official roads, the imperial court has also planned to gradually turn them into concrete roads. Also, now that private construction has begun to use cement, how much market there is, think for yourself. This is also the second. In addition, the imperial court intended to develop Gangnam Province and Lingnan Province, which had a large amount of sour soil that could not be cultivated for grain. And to improve these lands so that they can grow food, this limestone mine, with a little processing, is to improve the raw materials of these lands. Jiangnan Province and Lingnan Province are so large that you can calculate how much limestone ore the imperial court needs to process and improve. This method of processing will naturally be taught to you by this county. This is also the third. Xia had persuaded the glass mill and the cement factory to buy only the limestone they needed from Jingyang for the next five years, and after five years, the limestone merchants in Jingyang had the right of first refusal. With these four things, do you still think that limestone mines cannot be sold? (To be continued.) )