Chapter 189: Expedition to Hulao (4)
Immediately, news spread in Liangzhou that Liu Shan was going to marry a wife. This kind of news was very popular. Moreover, Liu Shan was the largest official in Liangzhou at this time, and he wanted to let others know that he would not be able to marry a wife. As a result, Liu Shan returned to Liangzhou in the morning, but it was not yet arrived at noon. All kinds of officials and merchants came to Liu Shan's mansion to congratulate him. He was familiar with the people in the previous General's Mansion, and the congratulations almost cut the threshold of the General's Mansion.
The result was that Liu Shan was overwhelmed by the crowd who came to congratulate him, so he was almost arranged to arrange dozens of guards to come here to receive these famous figures in Liangzhou. Fortunately, Liu Shan did not arrange for the guards to welcome these people with colorful flags, otherwise he would have crushed the hall of the general's mansion, which was not originally spacious.
However, in terms of receiving gifts, Liu Shan had to arrange more than a dozen people. He had a big wedding, but he had no habit of not accepting gifts. Moreover, Liu Shan knew who the gifts were all, so the money of these people should not be used. At this time, it was not that Liu Shan wanted to take away any gifts. However, after he came back this time, Liu Shan had already discovered that the grain in Liangzhou was almost eaten when he left. Thinking about it, Liangzhou was not a place to produce grain. When he left, although there was a lot of grain, the army had to expand and eat grain. The people of Liangzhou had to temporarily help the people when they returned to the army. Then, it was the heavy snow last year, and the Hexi area was hit by disasters. The road was very difficult, and the food in Guanzhong could not be transported.
Liangzhou is short of food, but this is not the most important thing at this time. After all, shortage of food is not without food. But when the army is about to go to the Central Plains, military food will be a big problem. When marching and fighting, food and grass are the first priority. The prefectures and counties along the way may provide some food and grass, but with the consumption of Liushan's army, the food and grass provided along the way are not enough. So this time Liu Shan had to make a big fuss. Last time he came to Liangzhou, he took the prince's men to open white slips. This time Liu Shan had to buy grain for his army with real money and silver.
Just as these people were giving gifts, an unexpected news came out from Liu Shan’s mansion. The news was not very big, but it was different when it heard those who were prepared, interested, and had plans in this regard.
The news that came from Liushan Mansion was that the border between Liangzhou was about to open, and the Han and Turks were about to start doing business on the border. For some people, this news was undoubtedly like a bomb and fell into their hearts. Those merchants who had secret economic exchanges with the Turks and exchange goods seemed to have obtained a priceless piece of jewelry.
These people originally just wanted to get close to the Liangzhou guardian at this time by Liu Shan getting married. But it was different at this time. Liangzhou wanted to open the border, and the real benefits were placed in front of them. Moreover, this news was released when they were about to send gifts. Even the dullest people understood what to do at this time. What's more, those here can be said to be elites from all walks of life in Liangzhou. Why can't they smell the special smell in the air?
Immediately, the person who gave the gifts measured the gifts they brought at this time. Some people had already consciously walked out of the general's mansion, while more people had already asked Xinma to start running back and forth to convey information.
Outside the General's Mansion, various horses conveying information kept coming and going, and the sound of horse hooves filled the streets in front of the General's Mansion.
After a brief panic, these well-known figures in Liangzhou, especially those merchants who wanted to make a fortune in border trade, increased their investment in Liu Shan's marriage. At this time, the people responsible for receiving the gifts were very aware of the current situation and quoted sky-high gift lists. These gift lists made Liu Shan, who was mentally prepared, couldn't help but open his mouth. The wealthy businessmen in Liangzhou were really rich, giving houses, gold and silver, and treasures and antiques. They were all big moves.
At this moment, Liu Shan appeared. It was Liu Shan's play. Liu Shan didn't know him very much at all. He only knew that he was a businessman who ran a wool business and started to talk enthusiastically. The business was moved as if the national leader met with citizens from small local areas.
"I heard that you are running a wool business. After the borders open, you should make more contributions to the prosperity of border trade!"
"Thank you, Master Guan, for your cultivation. Wang Er, Wang Er, I made the wrong gift just now. It's not ten thousand taels of silver, but twenty thousand taels of silver."
With this realistic example, the people who gave Liu Shan gifts suddenly formed an amazing trend of comparison. They could see from Liu Shan's performance just now that the greater their sincerity they showed, the more benefits they could get. It is hard to say that at that time they can still get the exclusive buyout rights and exclusive operations for a certain product, which is a huge profitable deal.
In order to gain greater benefits in border business in the future, wealthy businessmen have increased the weight of their gifts.
And outside, Xinma ran even more happily at this time. Some businessmen who had not yet received the news received the news and rushed over, fearing that they would come too late and that the business on the border of Liangzhou would be snatched away by others.
Lin Meng, who came here, was amazed by Liu Shan's shameless and despicable behavior of publicly trading Liangzhou's border trade. Through the marriage, Liu Shan was doing a very open and upright job. Only Liu Shan's family was able to do some illegal business openly in Liangzhou.
Anyway, Liangzhou was under Liu Shan's jurisdiction. Who dared to say that his business was not, or that he was openly trading border trade rights, or that he publicly bought and sold official positions in Liangzhou, who dared to say that Liu Shan was not a word? Seeing Liu Shan making a lot of money at this time, Lin Meng was so envious. It was a waste of money, and there was absolutely no falsification. Who dared to give the guards a gift list to the ward unless he didn't want to live. However, Liu Shan understood at this time that the head of the family realized that the firewood and rice were expensive. When he left Liangzhou, there were about 40,000 troops here. Later, the recruits were recruited. The Liangzhou garrison had reached 50,000, and Lin Meng brought 20,000 troops. He wanted to use Lin Meng's army, so the military rations were naturally paid by himself. The cost of the army was definitely not a small amount.
"Fifty thousand taels of silver, yes, it's fifty thousand taels."
"General Liu, look at my horse business. Can you please make some peace with me? Don't worry, I will never do illegal business. I will also offer one-tenth of my income to you according to the rules." The Liangzhou horse dealer who had just handed over a huge gift ran to Liu Shan happily, nodded and said to the guardian.
"Don't worry about this. Opening the border is to do business for everyone. Your horses can definitely be sold at a good price."
"The guardian makes a fortune."
"Everyone is making a fortune!"
The gifts sent from morning to evening, and the merchants from nearby counties and counties also received news. They drove big and small cars to Liangzhou and opened the border. The borders in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty were very well controlled. At this time, Liangzhou opened the border, which was like a bottomless mouse hole appeared in a reservoir, and water flowed towards this side. The merchants were driving the horses, afraid that they would be too late to go there, and they would not even get a piece of the pie. The surrounding counties and counties around Liangzhou, and even in the remote suburbs of Liangzhou, merchants rushed towards Liangzhou as if they were going to market.
Chapter completed!