Du Zhongxiao sat under a big tree in the yard and looked through a booklet in his hand. It was a story about entering the army from Hequ Road, starting from Tanglong Town, winning battles and winning streaks, defeating several powerful enemies, and expanding thousands of miles of land.

A long time ago, Du Zhongxiao wanted to print such book according to the little man's book in his memory. He had no technology before, and he solved technical problems in Suizhou, but there were no qualified painters. When he arrived at Hequ Road, he recruited a group of painters because of printing money. They learned appropriate techniques and put this idea into reality. The first book was chosen for this story because it was the most popular, so he would not have to worry about not being able to sell it when printed.

The magistrate Chen Xiliang came over and bowed, "Jie Shuai, just now the official came to report that it was a foreign merchant from the Western Regions who sent people to the yamen to inquire about how to submit a letter and obtain the qualification of a local merchant. By the way, the person they sent was originally a leader of the Tibetan Fan tribe named Wang Pu. Now a restaurant in the city was opened, saying that he knew Jie Shuai. The official did not know the truth, so he came to report to me."

Du Zhongxiao put down the booklet in his hand and said, "Yes, this Wang Pu has a chance to meet me several times. But with his temperament, how could he inquire about these things for others? Fan Shang is a major event in Shengzhou, so don't be careless. If you call Wang Pu, I will talk to him."

Chen Xiliang said no and turned around and left. It took Wang Pu to come for a long time.

He bowed to Du Zhongxiao and sang a promise, Wang Pu said: "I don't know what instructions does the coach call the young man?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "You and Jin San from the Western Regions are just neighbors, why did you go to the yamen to ask about things?"

Wang Pu felt a little embarrassed and said, "Jin San is always with another merchant Ren Ze. When he was in Tanglong Town, he was hired by me at home and knew each other well. These people were not familiar with the yamen, so I asked me to do things for them and make some money."

Du Zhongxiao heard this, looked at Wang Pu, and smiled and said, "Then how much money did you make this time?"

Wang Pudao: "To be honest, they came to my store to drink. I heard that you were the first customer in the store, so I immediately changed my face. I asked my husband's reputation and gave me ten taels of silver. This is not a small amount of money. I have to work hard for many days in the store to make money."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Then I wish you good luck. What do they ask you? Tell me."

Wang Pu thought for a while and said, "What the two people want to ask the most is the first thing they want to ask is money. Is this money induced? It can be used in Hequ Road, and buy whatever they want. Their business is most worried that they can't buy money."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is normal for businessmen to think this way. You can tell them that if you don’t charge money to sell goods on Hequ Road, you can report to the official. Money quotation is used just like money. You can buy whatever you want in the mall. That is opened by Changpingsi, and you like to ask for money quotation the most."

Wang Pu nodded: "I have written it down. - By the way, my husband, I would like to ask if my store will also charge money to attract people in the future? If you don't charge money to attract people, will the yamen really be able to catch people?"

"Of course you will catch people! If you open a store, the people don't need it. What should you do if the money is printed out?"

Wang Pu said helplessly: "This is something printed on paper after all. If the small ones are afraid, no one will accept it in the future. So what should I do? In the past, I used iron coins on Hedong Road, and then used iron coins to cast large coins. I don't know how many people suffered a loss."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Now you have a savings bank, why do you put so much money in your hands? If you have money in your hands, you can save it in the savings bank, and there is still interest. The savings bank can exchange money for copper coins at any time, what are you afraid of!"

Du Zhongxiao certainly knew what Wang Pu was afraid of. The savings office was opened by the government, but it was closed suddenly if it couldn't be opened. So what if there was evidence? It's not difficult for you to exchange money. Can you still rebel? After all, the official trust was not high in the past, and the people didn't believe it very much.

But Du Zhongxiao knew this, and Wang Pu naturally knew it. But Wang Pu didn't dare to say it, and Du Zhongxiao couldn't say it.

Seeing Wang Pu's speech, Du Zhongxiao said, "What else do they want to know?"

Wang Pu thought for a while and said, "Then the yamen set up a duty-free area where foreign merchants trade, and no tax collection is calculated. They want to know if there are any foreign merchants from other places except merchants from the Western Regions? If they are all from the Western Regions, the goods sold by everyone are almost the same, so it is meaningless. If there are other merchants, it will be different."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Of course there are merchants from other places. Recently, there are merchants from Dangxiang who can go into the business. Because there is no peace talks, the future will not be discussed. You can tell them that Shengzhou is the only way to facilitate business in the world, regardless of where the merchants come from. As long as the rules are followed, everything will be easy to say and give them convenience."

Wang Pu said again: "They also want to know that as long as they can be bought in Shengzhou City, any goods can be sold?"

"Of course not! The court has prohibited items that are not allowed to leave the country! Gold, silver, copper coins are only allowed to enter and not leave. There are also flames, nitrates, sulfur, etc., which cannot be trafficked abroad. They do not need to worry too much about this matter. Soon the yamen will issue a list of prohibited items that are not allowed to leave the country."

Wang Pu whispered: "Yes, those are Fan Hu after all, how can you buy whatever you want?"

This is actually wrong. Not to mention Wang Pu’s own identity, the foreign merchants can buy whatever they want in Shengzhou, but they are not allowed to leave the country.

After thinking about it, Wang Pu said: "Other things are trivial matters, nothing more. They just want to know how to submit a letter and how to get the qualification to do business. The list only says letters of submission, but these people don't know how to write a letter."

Du Zhongxiao said: "On the other side of your store, next to the shopping mall is the book shop. If you can't write a book letter, just go to the book shop to find someone to write it."

"Yes, why did I forget the book shop?" Wang Pu actually had never been to the book shop, so he didn't know what the book shop could do.

Bookstores are semi-official institutions, and they need to be approved by the government office and supervised by the government office. They are not places such as writing letters. There are many functions in it. For example, if you make a contract, you should go to the bookstore, but you should not write a piece of paper and press a handprint by yourself. At this time, the bookstore has the function of notarization, and the contracts established there are recognized by the government and have complete legal effect. Of course, the paper used is bought from the government, which is equivalent to stamp duty. Many types of contracts that are notarized by the bookstore are not recognized by the government, which is similar to the notarization offices in later generations.

Other functions, such as lawsuits and writing paper, are also handled by the bookstore. Various official documents can be written by the bookstore. As long as it involves private documents, there is no format that the bookstore does not know. Without this place, the people and the government do not know which door to go.

After asking clearly, Du Zhongxiao said, "You are adjacent to Jin San, and I have a saying to you. It's nothing to do to make some money for them. Don't get too close to them, so as not to violate the ban on government regulations. These people are foreign Hu merchants, and many things cannot be done, so beware."

Wang Pudao: "The young man understands. Who knows what other identities are there besides doing business? One is not good, but the little man walks with them frequently, wouldn't he violate the court's laws?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "It's good that you understand it in your heart. If you don't make money, you won't make money in vain, but you must grasp the right measure. Okay, go back."

Wang Pu bowed and bowed: "The young man said goodbye. My husband was idle and went to the small shop to drink. I hired a new supervisor. He was originally cooking in the military camp, which was very good. Recently, he ate a scent of drunken shrimps he made, saying that it was common in Xiangyang and very delicious."

Shengzhou is surrounded by the Yellow River and is often flooded. There are Xu Lakes and ponds, which produce many fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs, and there are many aquatic products. In the past, people here didn’t know how to eat these things. The Yingtianxiang Army came and brought the practice in Xiangyang, which was very popular.
Chapter completed!