"I appreciate your kindness..." Just after Liu Zhang finished speaking, he saw Lu Su coming up from behind holding two clay pots, and said calmly: "Then it is better to obey your orders than to be respectful."
Liu Zhang walked in under the guidance of Fatty Jin. Lu Su came over with two clay pots. Liu Zhang happened to enter the side door. Now the Sichuan Navy Commander Wei Wen was attacking Chaisang. Although he did not actually attack, he often went ashore to plunder.
, Jiangdong's losses are not small. If we can talk one day earlier, we will save one day of losses.
Moreover, Lu Su was afraid of long nights and many dreams. If it was delayed for a long time, there would be some changes in the main war faction, and it was even possible that Wei Wen really took Chai Sang.
So Lu Su wanted to seize the opportunity in front of him. When he saw Liu Zhang entering, he also wanted to follow him, but was stopped by the gatekeeper at the door.
"Pay the money," a gatekeeper said.
Lu Su was stunned: "Brother, I haven't gone in yet, what should I pay?"
"This is a high-end place. Do you think anyone can come? Pay the admission fee of two hundred yuan or get out."
Lu Su sighed. It was unheard of that there were shops in Chengdu where you had to pay before entering. He had an idea and thought that he would promote it to the Jiangdong clan when he went back. He might make some money by putting some beauties on display.
But he immediately shook his head. The place in Jiangdong does not encourage commerce at all. Apart from traditional products, it rarely accepts new styles. If you do that, not only will you not be accepted by the Jiangdong family, but you will also be regarded as an alternative by them.
Lu Su gave up the idea, held two clay pots, and took out the money with difficulty.
Liu Zhang walked into the store, which was very well-furnished. There was a high booth on the right, and just two-thirds of it could be seen outside the door. The rows of chairs on the left were already filled with wealthy businessmen and nobles.
There was a woman playing the pipa and singing on the booth. She played the pipa like weeping, her voice was clear, and she was crying while singing, with unspeakable sadness.
All the wealthy businessmen and nobles were attracted by the woman on the booth. Liu Zhang didn't even notice when he walked in. Only people at a table next to the side door saw it. Four people were playing mahjong when a big man stood up and was about to bow to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang hurriedly signaled to stop him.
This big man is Yin Bai.
"Mr. Yin, why don't you watch it with the others? You play pretty well." Liu Zhang said with a smile.
"Hey, we are here to help Fatty Jin. This time Fatty Jin has spent a lot of money. He has given away almost all his belongings. He bought prisoners' family members from all over the country and selected hundreds of them who are both good at sex and art, hoping to sell them.
It was a good price, but if he couldn't sell it, he would go bankrupt.
But we have seen them all, and I picked two that are pretty good. I will show them to you later, if you like them..."
"No need." Liu Zhang waved his hand and said to Yin Bai, "Master Yin, do me a favor."
"Oh, sir. Now you're trying to trick me, tell me who it is, and I'll peel off his skin." Yin Bai said viciously.
"That's not necessary." Liu Zhang said: "When you see a man coming in with two clay pots later, help me hold him down. That is the Commander-in-Chief of the Jiangdong Navy. I don't want to see him now, but you can't hurt him.
.”
"Yes, yes, yes, sir, don't worry." Yin Bai said to Liu Zhang as if you can rest assured when I do something.
"Yaoji."
"What a fool, Dark Seven Pairs, hahaha."
Suddenly a childish voice came over. Liu Zhang looked and saw that it was Zhou Buyi. He saw a huge pile of money in front of Zhou Buyi. Liu Zhang said that he never gave Zhou Buyi money. Where did he get the money and feelings?
That's how it came about.
"Sir, come here and play a few games?" Zhou Buji said to Liu Zhang, waving the string of copper coins in his hand.
Liu Zhang glanced at Zhou Buji, waved to the soldiers, and with Fatty Jin leading the way, he quietly walked out of the back door. Just as he was about to leave, he looked at the booth from the door frame, frowned, and said to Fatty Jin, who was smiling:
"Boss Jin, I have a suggestion that may affect your money."
Fatty Jin looked at Liu Zhang nervously. These women had all their property. If Liu Zhang didn't allow him to sell it, he would be dead.
"I know that in addition to selling beauties, you also buy and sell people. You have sold a lot of Qiang and Di barbarians, but try not to sell people from Shu to other places."
After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he left. Fatty Jin was stunned. He walked to the lobby and gave a few instructions to a boy. The boy immediately ran up to the high platform and said loudly: "Good news, buyers from Jingyi and Yizhou are attentive. We, Boss Jin,
Today, in order to repay the emperor's kindness for his benevolent governance, the price will be halved for buyers from the two states."
There was an uproar in the whole place. The buyers from Jingyi and Yizhou were very happy, while the businessmen from other places were indignant.
Liu Zhang smiled as he walked outside. Fatty Jin did not say that prices were increased outside Jingyi Prefecture, but only that prices were reduced in Jingyi Prefecture. Each of these merchants was more cunning than the last.
Now the population of Jingyi Prefecture has been greatly reduced. Liu Zhang just didn't want the population to flow out, but now a bigger worry was reflected.
It may not be obvious now, as it is still the early days of business development, but as Zhou Buyi said at the beginning, it is very likely that business will backfire on morality and politics. Now businessmen are trying their best to make money within the scope of morality.
If it is difficult to make money in the future, they will abandon morality and do everything for money.
In the end, not only will morality be abandoned, but the law will also be abandoned. Although everything seems to be healthy now, we must be careful.
Liu Zhang hoped to minimize the problems caused by business from the beginning, instead of starting to solve them after they were already rotten. When the business was established, it would not be so easy to reform, and the resistance might be greater than that of traditional families today.
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As soon as Liu Zhang left the mahjong table, Lu Su came in with a clay pot in his arms. Just as he was looking left and right, Yin Bai suddenly stood up, looked at Lu Su up and down, and said in shock.
"Oh, is this the Governor of Jiangdong, Lu Su, Lu Zijing? Oh, it's better to meet him than to be famous. He has an extraordinary aura and a dignified appearance."
"Yes, yes." The other two young men playing mahjong also praised him.
"Nice to meet you." Lu Su casually bowed his hand to Yin Bai and continued to search for Liu Zhang.
"Come on, Mr. Lu, let's play two games. It's our honor to play two games with the governor."
Yin Bai pulled Lu Su to the table. Lu Su wanted to break away, but Yin Bai was too strong and pulled him over. Yin Bai gave up his position and pushed Lu Su down. Lu Su sat on the seat
, looking at the mahjongs in front of him, he said to Yin Bai:
"I still have something to do, let's do it another day."
"Aren't you going to give us Sichuan people face?"
Just as Lu Su was about to leave, Yin Bai put on his Sichuan hat and covered Lu Su back.
"But I can't do it either." Lu Su took a whiteboard in his hand and looked at it, not knowing what it was.
"This is not easy." Zhou Buyi said from the side: "I will teach you the formula to learn how to play mahjong in an instant. You will win if you multiply n times aaa plus m times abc+dd, and mn can be equal to 0."
Lu Su: "...instantly..."
Lu Su was instantly confused.
"Looking at how honest you are, let me tell you in detail." Zhou Buyi took out the exercise book on his body and opened dozens of pages, which were filled with dense drafts. He opened a white page and asked Lu
Su explained: "First of all, n represents the Sanmiao numbers. abc is the Sanmiao letter algebra..."
Lu Su: "..."
…………
Lu Su visited Chengdu for a day and was frightened. On this day, he wrote an article about his experiences in the post house.
"Today, I walked around the streets of Chengdu and saw many things that I had never seen before. I didn't know what these things meant, but they made me very uneasy.
Chengdu has cheap paper, low-priced books, and ink that does not need to be polished. You can see young people studying everywhere. They say that as long as you can read and write, and know how to manage politics and handle official documents, you can become an official.
In addition to the history books of the Spring and Autumn Period, they also read various official document samples. Under each sample document, there were many questions, including fill-in-the-blanks, answers, choices, and judgments. It was not just about writing a policy essay.
There is no privileged class here. The people here are not like the ordinary people in Jiangdong who always keep their heads down. On the contrary, they all have a longing for life. They know that what they do now can make them live a better life in the future.
Like the people in Jiangdong, they always repeat last year.
There are many products here that I have never seen before. Chairs have been introduced to Jiangdong for a long time, and Jiangdong has also been imitating them. However, there are far more types in Chengdu than in Jiangdong. I also saw white porcelain that is rare in the world. According to the boss,
White porcelain will be as popular as celadon, which will definitely bring wealth to Sichuan and Shu, but it is a pity that we in Jiangdong will not do it yet.
In addition to these, the slave trade here is far more novel than other places. Merchants can make more money, not only from the slave trade, but also from other places. They are very business-savvy. Under the rule of Liu Zhang, the Shu people are trying every means to create wealth.
What's even more amazing is that I saw a nine-year-old child in a shop. I felt that my knowledge was far behind his. This scared me. He was talking about three letters, three numbers, and geometric series.
, I don’t understand anything about the substitution method and have never heard of it, but it sounds very reasonable.
This is true for every child, not to mention other people. Jing Yi doesn't know how many talented people are hiding in hiding.
All these folk things make the city of Chengdu look like a pot on a fire that will boil quickly.
As for the Lord of Shu, Liu Zhang, after observation, I found that he was not as cold and cruel as I imagined. I analyzed carefully and found that he should be a principled person, ruthless to the family and rebels, but tolerant to the common people and obedient people, taboo on the outside and lenient on the inside.
, being calm and decisive is actually a threat to me, Jiangdong.
I used to think that Sichuan and Shu would inevitably collapse under Liu Zhang’s willful governance, but now I don’t dare to be so sure at all.”
Lu Su put down his pen and sighed. Suddenly, he felt that coming to negotiate peace was a mistake. Now that Sichuan and Shu were in the early stages of reform, they should take advantage of this most difficult time for Sichuan and Shu. Jiangdong and Cao Cao joined forces with Xiliang to attack in one fell swoop.
Defeat the Sichuan Army.
But immediately Lu Su shook his head and put aside this idea.
Not to mention that this sudden idea of mine is contrary to the thoughts that I have always formed, and it is impossible to convince other civil servant families in Jiangdong. If I fail to negotiate a peace and bring back a lot of reasons for starting a war, the consequences will be very serious.
serious.
Moreover, the new appearance of Shu was covered up by the ruins brought about by the rebellion, just like the new shoots growing under the broken tiles. If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you would not believe it. Likewise, Sun Quan, Cao Cao, and the civil and military ministers from Jiangdong and the north.
Neither would believe it.
At this time, a follower came in and Lu Su asked: "What is the reply from the Yizhou Mufu?"
The attendant shook his head: "They still say Liu Zhang is very busy."
"Alas." Lu Su sighed and thought of Liu Zhang's attitude today, "Does this butcher really want to take action against Jiangdong? This is not completely impossible."
Lu Su's face was full of anxiety.
…
Lu Su stayed in Chengdu, going shopping every day and occasionally playing mahjong. Until the tenth day, Liu Zhang finally ordered Lu Su to come see him.
When Lu Su arrived at the door, the civil and military forces of the Sichuan Army gathered in the hall. Lu Su bowed to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang quickly stood up from his seat and greeted him. He took Lu Su's hand and walked up to the main seat. He said with great enthusiasm: "Oh, Zijing."
Sir, you and I are old acquaintances. Why are you so polite? Come and sit down."
"Old acquaintance... Oh, the emperor's uncle commends you." Lu Su sat next to Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang turned to the civil and military officials and said, "Have you seen it? This is Mr. Lu Zijing, Jiangdong Lu Su, whom I often mention to everyone."
"Hello, Mr. Zijing."
"Hello, Mr. Zijing."
Huang Quan, Wangfu Zhang Song and others all greeted Lu Su one after another. Lu Su was stunned by such a warm scene. He didn't turn around for a long time and awkwardly bowed his hands to the civil and military officers of the Sichuan army.
Liu Zhang said: "Mr. Lu Zijing is the most honest man in Jiangdong. There are two wise men in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu and Lu Su. But in terms of magnanimity, Mr. Zijing is even better than Zhou Gongjin. Mr. Lu Zijing is here today, which is really brilliant."
, come, have a drink.”
"Do it, do it." The civil and military officials raised their glasses. Lu Su's head was swollen and he was confused. He thought he would go crazy if he didn't get to the point, so he drank a glass of wine and said quickly:
"Uncle Liu Huang, I came here specifically to seek peace. We had some misunderstandings at the beginning..."
"What?" Liu Zhang looked at Lu Su and said in surprise: "Seek peace? What did Mr. Zijing say? Didn't we say it when we met? Sichuan people and Wu people are all Han people, Jingyi, Jiangdong,
We are all the territory of the Han Dynasty, has Mr. Zijing forgotten? Since we are all one family, how can we talk about seeking peace?"
"Shocked..." Lu Su's planned words were short in his mouth, and he couldn't finish the words for a while.
Liu Zhang patted Lu Su on the shoulder and said solemnly: "Zijing, as long as you say a word to Wu Hou, we are a family. We must not only live in harmony, but also mutual benefit and common prosperity.
I heard that a piece of blank paper in your place costs more than ten cents. It is too expensive. How can this make it easier for the people in Jiangdong to learn knowledge and benefit the Han people?
I also heard that Jiangdong porcelain and cloth were all of old style. Kan Ze once said: There is no cloth in Dongchu, how can this be done? We are all a family, how can we let the people of Jiangdong live in dire straits? We decided to put our
Shu brocade porcelain is sold to Jiangdong at a cheap price, guaranteed to be cheaper than Jiangdong's own production.
Also, in these years, two generations of Wu Hous have governed Jiangdong well. The people have enough food and clothing, but there is endless food. You know, we have just suffered from floods and rebellions in Sichuan, and the people are living in poverty.
It’s me, the state shepherd, who is incompetent.”
Liu Zhang wiped his eyes as he spoke: "I also hope that Mr. Zijing can give Wu Hou a few kind words and help us. Don't worry, we will never ask for it in vain. We will pay for it. Zijing, what do you think?" Liu Zhang looked at it
Said Lu Sudao.
Lu Su now understood what Liu Zhang meant, and he refined it into saying that if he wanted peace, he had to agree to two conditions. First, he had to sell goods to Jiangdong, and second, he had to buy Jiangdong's grain.
Lu Su thought to himself, isn't buying and selling a private matter? So what if he agreed? He immediately said to Liu Zhang, "What the emperor said is true. The two families should be mutually beneficial and prosperous. Jiangdong is in need of goods from Shu.
If we have surplus grain, we are also willing to sell it to Shuzhong."
"Zijing is indeed an honest man." Liu Zhang sighed: "Well, let's do that. Mr. Zijing will go back and ask the Marquis of Wu to summon the civil and military forces to inform him that all the goods of Jingyi are allowed to enter Jiangdong, and only in accordance with the regulations.
Koto Level collects store tax.
In addition, we must ensure the safety of our merchants in Shu. If merchants in Shu break the law, we will severely punish them. If people from Jiangdong deliberately make things difficult for merchants in Shu, then... there must be some legal restrictions."
"How can this be done?" Although Liu Zhang said something cryptic, Lu Su understood it all at once. Nowadays, cross-border business taxation is very complicated and has not yet been regulated. After all, the Han Dynasty has not been divided for a long time, but it is undeniable that cross-border business taxation is very complicated.
Businessmen will be exploited.
Liu Zhang's rule completely prevented Shu merchants from being exploited and allowed them to enjoy the treatment of local merchants.
The most critical thing is the sentence: "If merchants in Shu break the law, we will punish them severely." Liu Zhang directly took away the right to punish Shu merchants. On the contrary, if the Jiangdong people harmed Shu merchants, they would have express restrictions. This is completely
unfair.
Lu Su suddenly stood up and looked at Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang looked at him in surprise and said, "Mr. Zijing, the conversation was going well. Why are you suddenly angry? We all think that Mr. Zijing is sincere, so we are willing to talk to him. Mr. like this
If you scare us, it will be difficult for us to carry out negotiations."
"You..." Lu Sugang showed anger, but suddenly he thought of Jiangdong's plight. If Liu Zhang attacked regardless of himself, and Jiangdong was not destroyed but also crippled, the consequences would be unbearable.
Liu Zhang said it politely, but it was already a threat, so Lu Su could only sit down again.
Liu Zhang looked at Zijing with a smile, poured a glass of wine for Lu Su himself, and said: "That's good. Our products from Shu are sold to Jiangdong for the sake of the people of Jiangdong. We don't want to force others to buy."
Selling, if the people of Jiangdong feel that it is not affordable, they can just not buy it, right? This will only benefit Jiangdong and not harm it, right, Mr. Zijing?"
"Yes, yes." Lu Su took a deep breath and said.
"Since we in Shuzhong have sold things to Jiangdong, don't say that we only make money without paying back. I think Wu Hou will sell us 50,000 shi of grain this time. We are willing to pay 1 million yuan."
"What?" Lu Sugu just drank half a mouthful of the wine Liu Zhang poured and almost spit it out. Fifty thousand shi of grain, according to the lowest official purchase price, is at least 30,000 guan, more than 30 million taels. Liu Zhang paid 1 million taels, which is enough
It's thirty times lower. Is this buying Chinese cabbage? No, it's dung balls.
"Forgive me Lord Shu, we don't have any extra food in Jiangdong." Lu Su said in a deep voice.
"Really?" Liu Zhang asked.
"real."
Liu Zhang suddenly became inexplicably angry and slammed the case: "How unreasonable, Fan Lixiang dared to lie to me, saying that there was a lot of grain in Jiangdong and could help the Jiangling refugees, and that Jingzhou and Jiangdong were both Chu people and had the same spirit.
If we don't get relief from Jiangdong's surplus grain, we won't be able to restrain the refugees and may invade Jiangdong. It's really unreasonable, come on."
ps: #tyrantliuzhang# It’s so sad that no one rewards me.