In December, the twelfth lunar month, which is the last month of the year, the east wind in Longyou gradually picks up, and the weather becomes colder and colder.
December is also a slack time for farming. The autumn harvest has just passed, and there are no winter crops this year. The labor force in the rural areas near Guazhou is idle.
On this day, an order was also issued from the military headquarters of the Moli Army to organize the entire army and civilians of Guazhou to conduct winter exercises together.
This is also Cui Tao's suggestion to Li Yan.
Cui Tao said: "Your Majesty, when the Tang Dynasty still implemented the government army system, the government soldiers would return to the countryside in November and December to train the villagers. On the one hand, it was to train martial arts and cultivate young and strong fighting skills. In addition, it was also
It can improve the fighting capacity of the people and reduce the threat of thieves and bandits."
Cui Tao's suggestion was recognized by Li Yan, who immediately ordered all townships in Guazhou to conduct winter training in the name of the military government.
The second order from the Moli Army Military Mansion was to hold a martial arts conference on the last day of early December.
At that time, the entire Moli Army, King Jianning's tooth soldiers, and local warriors from all over Guazhou can participate in this competition.
The competition is divided into two groups, one group is the wrestling group, and the competition event is wrestling.
The other group is the archery group, and the competition event is archery.
For players, this competition is a game event, and countless players are gearing up and rushing to sign up to participate in the competition.
In addition to the players' contribution point rewards, Li Yan also generously provided monetary rewards, which also made Mo Lijun gear up. Most of the Mo Li soldiers signed up to participate in the competition at the end of the tenth month.
Another player activity, the business competition, has been included in the results.
The ones with the most hope of victory are Zhou's Zhenbao Pavilion, Sun's Woolen Shop and Printing Shop.
These three players’ stores are the most popular in Dongshi.
However, the results still have to wait until the end of the first ten days to be announced, which also whets the appetite of players.
King Jianning once again issued an order to lift the curfew in Guazhou City. People could still move around the city after dark, but there were still patrol sergeants checking for unidentified people.
Another order was to establish the East Market on a permanent basis, changing the East Market, which was only open during the holiday period at the end of the Lunar New Year, to open every day.
More merchants from the Western Regions began to gather in Guazhou, and the trade routes gradually became more lively.
Today is an ordinary day. Li Yan came to Dongshi incognito with a few guards.
Cui Tao wore a set of scholar's clothes, with a sword on his waist and a folding fan, looking like a coquettish bastard.
Yu Chixin carried a saber and hid his leather armor in his clothes, but his tall figure and the weapons on his waist were still intimidating.
Li Yan strolled into the East Market. It was now past lunch time, and the entire East Market was starting to become lively.
The air was filled with the smell of spices and sex, and Li Yan couldn't help but cover his nose.
Cui Tao said as he walked: "Now Guazhou has become a trade center where merchants from the Western Regions gather. The number of merchants from the Western Regions who have entered the city recently has doubled!"
Li Yan nodded slightly and asked again: "Are these Western Region merchants opposed to the tax?"
Cui Tao shook his head and said: "How can there be any conflict? That is to say, we in Datang do not have cards to collect taxes. They come to Datang all the way, and they don't know how much tax they will be charged."
Li Yan nodded and collected business taxes from merchants. This was what he had thought of. Datang also had miscellaneous taxes on merchants, but they were all taxed in fixed amounts on fixed merchants.
But it was very tolerant of merchants, and this was how the Tang Dynasty became prosperous.
However, if you don’t impose taxes, others will. And if over-developed trade does not impose taxes, it is also unfair to agricultural practitioners.
Therefore, with the help of several players familiar with finance and taxation, Li Yan set up a tax card in Dongshi to specifically tax merchants.
However, it seems that these Western businessmen are no strangers to this and are happy to pay taxes.
Li Yan continued walking and suddenly heard the sound of an argument.
When he took a closer look, he only saw the tall and tall Sun Jianguo, who was dragging his hands with a businessman from the Western Regions.
"You're a profiteer, you're using fake money! I won't sell my goods to you anymore!"
"I, Arhan, am using Kaiyuan Tongbao, which is guaranteed to be fake! How could it be fake money? You are the merchant who deliberately made things difficult for us!"
As the quarrel between the two parties became louder, it also attracted many onlookers in the market.
Soon, the food merchants gathered around Arhan and began to denounce Sun Jianguo.
Sun Jianguo's face turned red and he was furious.
Soon, the official from Dongshi came over. This official was an old official from the governor's office. He had been in charge of Guazhou Dongshi for several years and was proficient in several languages.
He chatted with these big food merchants for a while, and then asked Sun Jianguo:
"You said he used fake money, do you have any evidence?"
Sun Jianguo took out the money in his hand and said: "This is the fake money he gave me. This is the evidence!"
The clerk of Dongshi said: "But he said that the money is not his, but that you dropped it from the counter."
This time Zisun Jianguo became even more angry. He pointed at the city officials and said, "Are you with them too!? I want to go to His Highness Prince Jianning for justice!"
The city official grabbed Sun Jianguo, dragged him to the side and said:
"Shopkeeper Sun, I'm not looking out for them, I'm thinking about you!"
"Think about me, think about me!"
The city official said with a bitter face: "Shopkeeper Sun, you have just come to Guazhou with His Royal Highness Prince Jianning, and you don't know about these merchants from the Western Regions."
"Among the merchants from the Western Regions, especially the Dashi merchants are the most united. I also know this Alhun, who is the leader among the Dashi merchants."
"The use of fake money is not uncommon as long as it is a place with prosperous trade. You can just use it when you find an opportunity. Why do you need to offend these big food merchants?"
"They also said that if you don't apologize to them, the Dashi merchants will not buy your yarn and sweaters in the future."
At this time, Zisun Jianguo was also stunned. These big food merchants were his main export customers. The woolen clothes knitted by local women would be bought by these big food merchants at twice or twice the price.
If these customers are lost, it will really be a blow to Sun Jianguo's wool shop.
But thinking of the arrogant appearance of that big food businessman, Sun Jianguo felt aggrieved for a while!
Are you so frustrated after playing a good game by yourself?
At this time, I heard a call from the market: "His Royal Highness King Jianning is here!"
Sun Jianguo and the city officials rushed out and saw Li Yan who revealed his identity.
Li Yan raised his head and looked at the big food merchant opposite.
Li Yan said to Yu Chixin: "Go and help these big food merchants to see if they have received counterfeit money. I want to see who is so bold and dares to secretly mint counterfeit money in violation of the "Tang Law"!"
Li Yan turned to Cui Tao and said: "Cui joined the army. According to the "Tang Law", what crime should be committed by anyone who secretly casts counterfeit money?"