After a rebellion has passed, Datang has entered the late spring and early summer.Hou Junji was sent to the barren land of the Northeast to deal with the Hu people, this is everyone's opinion, and since then there has been no such person as General Hou Shangshu in the court.At the same time, according to the agreement, the leaders of the three tribes in the Northeast set off at the beginning of spring and came to Chang'an City to surrender.Li Er let people receive each other ceremoniously, but he didn't expect that the leaders of the three clans would go wrong here, and after meeting, they did not surrender like bowing their heads, but complaining.They complained in front of the Tang Emperor and named Du Shaoqing and Du He brothers.After some inquiry, Li Er knew why, it turned out that the Du Family Chamber of Commerce had made a contract to hire the three clans to fight in the war, and the later period also covered the war damage, according to the head, for every person killed in the battle, the corresponding Tang Dynasty soldiers would be given equal pension treatment.But now it's good, because of the surrender of the three clans, the Du Family Chamber of Commerce actually repented and was unwilling to pay the pension for the soldiers who died in the war.If the three clans had soldiers and generals in the past, they would definitely not complain here, and directly raise troops to take revenge, but now it doesn't work, the three clans have lost almost all their combat power and become toothless tigers, but the Tang Dynasty has not been damaged at all, they can only swallow their anger and run to Chang'an to sue as courtiers.Li Er, who was originally in high spirits and was very happy, was like being poured a basin of cold water by someone, and his mood was extremely bad in an instant.It's a bastard, when has my Datang been scolded by a group of barbarians pointing at their noses like this?
But this time, even he, the emperor, felt shameless.Let people appease the leaders of the three clans and suppress the matter of receiving the reward, Li Er sent someone to urgently summon Du Shaoqing."
Are you Du Shaoqing the one who is short of money?
Because of a little money, you don't even want a reputation, everyone in the world looks at it, that's the pension of the martyrs who died in battle, and you can earn this kind of money?
”split his head and covered his face, Li Er scolded Du Shaoqing, and Du Shaoqing was directly stunned."
Where does this begin?
When did I make money?
I've been paying for it everywhere, Your Majesty, what do you have to say clearly!
”Du Shaoqing said wrongly.Li Er flicked his sleeves and motioned to the waiter Lao Gao, "I'm ashamed to deal with this profiteer, you come and tell him." ”The chamberlain Lao Gao walked up to Du Shaoqing and whispered the matter, Du Shaoqing exclaimed: "Impossible, I have specially explained, no matter whether the matter of surrendering the three northern tribes is successful or not, the bereavement supply promised before the war cannot be less." ”"Are you saying that those three leaders want to be capricious and deliberately excused, not to surrender, but to ask for trouble?"
Li Er asked.This won't be.Du Shaoqing groaned: "Just past winter, did they recuperate and swell?"
If it weren't for our Datang to support them with clothes and food, I'm afraid they would have to die a lot of people this winter, they are stupid, is it someone in the Chamber of Commerce who is making a ghost?
”Speaking of this, Du Shaoqing was shocked."
The big shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce is your wife, you go back and ask her."
Li Er glanced at his son-in-law and said."
No, no, Xiao Wu is pregnant, and has been raising a baby at home for a long time, and the daily business of the Chamber of Commerce has been handed over to the two tigers who came back from the northeast to take care of, and the two tigers in the northeast have been handed over to the scalpers who have made meritorious contributions in Goguryeo, it is Your Majesty, let me find out the truth and give you an explanation."
Li Er pointed in the direction of Honglu Temple, "It's not for me to give an explanation, the leaders of the three clans of the family want to see you Du Shaoqing by name, I'm afraid you have to give them an explanation, go, your subordinates can't be too lenient, although you are the shopkeeper, but you must also strictly restrain the unconscious behavior of your subordinates."
This is not just your personal face, the Du Family Chamber of Commerce is now the golden sign of Datang, and it is Datang's face that is hit when something happens. ”After being criticized, Du Shaoqing left the palace and came to the Du Family Chamber of Commerce, and Erhu was called over."
How much do you know about the distribution of memorial pensions in the Northeast?"
From the tone, Erhu heard that the shopkeeper was in a bad mood, "It was arranged by the second lady after the end of the war, and before I came back, I explained to the scalpers who stayed in Fuyu City in the Northeast, and then I didn't ask, the scalpers have been mixed in the Northeast for more than three years, they are very familiar with the situation, and their ability is enough, so they should be able to do it well."
What's wrong with the shopkeeper?
Is there something wrong with the Northeast?
”"Go and find out the account books of the Chamber of Commerce going to the Northeast in the last six months, I want to check it.The three clans in the Northeast came to Chang'an to surrender today, and it can be seen that His Majesty's first sentence was to ask the teacher for his guilt, saying that our Du Family Chamber of Commerce had deducted the pensions of their fallen soldiers, and His Majesty was furious. ”Erhu exclaimed: "Really?
That's impossible!
Since the establishment of our Chamber of Commerce, it has always been the first reputation, and the second lady specially told that no matter how many people died in the Northeast War, we promised to go out of the money and grain, and a lot of it must be paid clearly.Could it be that the scalper kept it secret?
He doesn't have the guts. ”"Do you have the courage to check before you know, the second lady can't get away and let you act for a while, it's better for you, just rely on the trust in scalpers and leave it alone, at least you have to check the accounts, right?"
Du Shaoqing reprimanded.Erhu said with some embarrassment: "You don't know that the shopkeeper doesn't know, the Nuoda Chamber of Commerce, from the extreme south to the extreme north, from the extreme east to the extreme west, the business routes of our chamber of commerce have almost traveled all over the world, and the ability of the second tiger is really limited, and it is impossible for the second lady to control the overall situation with ease."
In desperation, I can only take care of some important business. ”Du Shaoqing put down the account book and sighed: "Yes, the Chamber of Commerce is developing too fast, and our manpower is extremely insufficient.This time it was just in time that Madame was pregnant, otherwise she would definitely have noticed the clues. ”"Shopkeeper, Mrs. said that the top level of the Chamber of Commerce is first and foremost loyalty, and among the people who can be trusted, there are even fewer who are suitable for business, do you have a candidate under your subordinates?"
Erhu suggested."
Oh?
Wow, let's hear it, among your brothers, only your second brother is a bit smarter, and they are not suitable for business.The third and fourth elders take care of the pharmacy, and the eldest and fifth take care of the family, and the foundation of our Du family is still too shallow. ”Erhu said: "The subordinates are not talking about our brothers, but the second son of our family, he is the old man you brought out from Luoxia Town, and he is young, and after a few years of training, he will definitely be able to take charge of himself." ”Who?
You mean Shaoming?
Du Shaoqing waved his hand again and again: "No, you probably don't know that kid, I let him study with peace of mind and he doesn't do it, every day I am forced to grind in the study, I let him learn to count and he doesn't do it, if he can like to count, I have already intended to train him."
It's a pity that the kid only loves to practice martial arts, he used to like to fight when he was in the mountains, and now he is in the city, and he is obsessed with dancing guns and sticks, I passed on his Du family's family martial arts, and promised to send him to follow the third brother Du He in the army in the future, and the boy in Shaoming was very happy. ”Erhu was disappointed and said, "Hey, that's a pity. ”"Forget it, let's look for it slowly, it is almost impossible to find a talent who can be in charge of a chamber of commerce in Nuoda, the Du family can have a wife, it is a blessing from heaven, I will often come over to help take care of it in the future, today we will find out the cause of the Northeast first."
The two chatted while looking at the accounts and intelligence in the Northeast, and there seemed to be no problem from the accounts, for the sake of prudence, Du Shaoqing checked it a second time.After all, the northeast is too far away, there is no telegraph and telephone in this era, Chang'an is urgent, and no one can wait for 800 miles to run back and forth for almost a month."
Shopkeeper, you see there's a message here, it seems to be a bit of a problem."
Erhu handed over a piece of information.It reads that the Feng family steward of the Southern Grain Fleet has reported a piece of news, saying that since the end of last year, the Northeast has proposed that the demand for grain be gradually reduced, which is inconsistent with the original agreement between the upper echelons of the two sides.This was an inquiry, but at that time, Wu Zhao had just finished handing over affairs with Erhu, and was ignored by the newly appointed Erhu."
Grain?
Come, take the price list of the Northeast for the past six months. ”Du Shaoqing keenly felt that something was wrong.Sure enough, a moment later, Du Shaoqing scolded at the case: "Damn scalper, shake this kind of wit with me?
”"Shopkeeper, did you find anything?"
The two tigers were puzzled."
You see, the price of goods in the Northeast shows that because it is more difficult to transport goods in winter, the cost of goods is generally higher, including food and clothing."
Du Shaoqing pointed to the price list and said.Erhu still didn't see it, "That's right, everyone is nested at home in winter, and the demand for food and clothing is large, if the supply is not available, it is fatal, but it is extremely difficult to transport everywhere in the ice and snow, and the price increase is normal, which everyone knows." ”Du Shaoqing reminded: "If it is transported from Datang, it is indeed an ordinary thing, and it has been like this for so many years."
But don't forget, the three tribes in the Northeast, and even the Goguryeo land that is now included in our territory, ninety percent of the source of food comes from the southern sea, and the Lingnan Navy has taken the entire land of Annam to supply the northeast region of the Tang Dynasty.As long as the sea surface is not frozen, then there is basically no difference in transportation costs, so where does the price increase come from?
”"This has risen in previous years, this is a common practice, and the people are used to it."
Du Shaoqing scolded speechlessly: "You stupid tiger, in previous years, Datang's own winter food was not enough to eat, how much can it be exported to several neighboring countries in the northeast?"
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Is it the same this year?
It's different, the three tribes in the Northeast plus Goguryeo have all been taken down by us, and they have a personnel gap, and they almost need us to supply sixty percent of the food and clothing, and if the price rises at this time, how can they afford it?
”"Oh, I see, shopkeeper, do you mean that this kid from the scalper took the opportunity to make a fortune on his own?
It's dark enough!
”The two tigers were stunned.Du Shaoqing slapped over and scolded: "You understand a fart!"
How many scalpers dare to make money from the Chamber of Commerce?
At best, he started his own small private business.Now he is the governor of the Northeast region, and I think the reason why he dares to do this on his own initiative is that he wants to make a big profit for the Chamber of Commerce in his first time in office, so as to show his loyalty and buy it.If you don't believe it, check it out to see if the Chamber of Commerce's profits in Northeast China have increased a lot in the past six months?
”Sure enough, the two tigers turned over the account books, and the profit of the Chamber of Commerce in the Northeast in the past six months has increased by nearly 50% compared with the past."
This, this, this thing is in charge of the matter, why don't you report it to the headquarters?"
Du Shaoqing said with a smile: "This is the cleverness of scalpers, you don't need to come up to ask for credit, when Chang'an saw that the Northeast was doing well, it naturally recognized his ability, and it was impossible not to praise and promote him."
It's a pity, in the end, it's a little smart, but smart is mistaken by smart, and it almost ruined my big thing.Go and give him back to me, and remember, don't tell him why, just say I'll praise him to his face.This goods is a scourge everywhere I go, when I sent him to the Northeast, it was for him to harm Goguryeo, and now almost all of the Northeast has been taken by us, so I still pull him back and put it next to me to watch it firmly.Otherwise, he might get me into trouble one day. ”"It's the shopkeeper, it's the second tiger who is derelict in his duties, I will immediately replace the scalpers and personally command to make up for the losses."
The second tiger said ashamedly.Du Shaoqing pointed and said: "According to our agreement, for every one of the three northern clans killed in battle, the generous silver money for the beard, and the so-called captives of Goguryeo will be apportioned into war spoils.Therefore, this beard money will be a huge amount, but just like that, we can't be vague, and we can't feel sorry for money, this is a good opportunity to buy people's hearts.The scalper should be reluctant to pay, so he raised the price of grain, so that the Hu people who got the money in turn bought high-priced grain to save their lives, and came and went just like he was in the northeast for disaster relief, and the silver money turned around and was taken back by him, and the grain was also saved a lot.You can't do that after you're gone. ”Erhu patted his chest and said: "Understand, don't worry, shopkeeper, the people there have just died in battle, do we still have a conscience if we exploit people like this again?"
You must do a good job of rectifying the scalpers, and the problem of being greedy and cheap still can't be changed. ”Du Shaoqing scolded with a smile: "Listening to your tone, I know that you still don't understand, I have a plan here, and I need you to implement it by the way, you listen to me and slowly make it clear to you." ”After listening carefully to Du Shaoqing's plan, Erhu was stunned, this, this doesn't seem to be for me to go to disaster relief and compensation, it seems to be for me to go to the second time to harm those Hu people in the Northeast, how can the shopkeeper's hand be the same as a scalper?
Then why do I need to go back to scalpers?
Of course, in order to avoid being beaten, Erhu didn't dare to ask more, Du Shaoqing said that there would be follow-up cooperation, and he would wait for the notice when the time came.As for what plans are there, we will soon find out.And recall the scalper, of course, it is to take this guy back to give the leader of the three clans angry, the Du family Chamber of Commerce has a bad character who is greedy for money, and has been recalled by the Chamber of Commerce to deal with it severely, and the Chamber of Commerce has sent a powerful person to double the compensation for the people in the northeast.With Du Shaoqing's personal assurance, plus a lot of personal benefits to the leaders of the three clans, the leaders of the three clans finally pretended to reluctantly reveal the matter, and accepted the surrender and reward ceremony arranged by the Tang Dynasty.Since then, the leaders of these three clans have never returned to their hometowns in the northeast, and each has received a rich and noble prince in Chang'an for the rest of his life.