Chapter 15: Good luck in opening (5)

"Old Guo, why are you doing so hurrying?"

"The Liaodong Woodworks Factory has released a batch of new sofas. I have to hurry up and make one. Damn, we didn't catch up with the first batch. As a result, Mr. Yang, the opposite door, is so show off. What about you, don't make one."

"Twenty taels of silver are a set. If you don't feel sorry for me, I'm still feeling sorry for you. Forget it, but the stove that moved home yesterday was so good. My concubine was so hot that she didn't wear clothes in the house, which was so comfortable."

"Yes, yes, my concubine was wearing that fox fur coat in her body for two days and didn't want to take it off. The stove was so hot that she was so hot, haha."

"Isn't that true? By the way, an official from Lao Guo took away the "Fair Trade Order" comment form from my store yesterday. What about you?"

"That's what I did. Have you made any suggestions?"

"Take it down. The King of Liao loves people as much as his son. Asking for advice is just to give us businessmen some face. We can't be able to put our face on our noses."

"Old Guo, you're wrong. People said it on the statement. If you ask for your opinions, you have to mention it. If the law is not mentioned in the future, everyone has to do things according to the law, otherwise they will be punished. I'll mention it."

"Oh, what did you mention?"

"I suggest whether the government can compensate for the grain and rice property that is forcibly collected in extraordinary times, such as war disasters and disasters."

"My Li Damou, why are you so ignorant? You will naturally do extraordinary things at extraordinary times. How could the government compensate you? Besides, it would be good for the government to save our lives at that time. What kind of compensation do you expect?

OK, you can say less in the future.”

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Throughout the winter, several transactions were made, and for Liaodong, there are many people who have made a fortune by operating Liaodong specialties, but the folk customs in Liaodong are still simple and do not have the habit of large-scale consumption.

But when King Liao came, several things invented became tributes to the palace.

Moreover, these tributes can be purchased on the market. This advertising effect has made the products of these factories very popular quickly. Fur coats and stoves are not the most suitable products for the Liaodong climate.

All the wealthy men and wives from Liaodong took pride in wearing a fur coat of novel styles.

The transactions gradually spread outward, Liaoyang and Kaiping. Even merchants who came to Peking came to Guangning to purchase goods. When several merchants saw that it was profitable, they naturally made the transactions bigger and bigger. In the beginning of spring, Zhao Zhengxiong's first semicolon had already been opened to Peking.

At the same time, with Zhu Zhi's encouragement, several wealthy businessmen organized caravans to transport the salt produced in Liaodong, tea transported from Jiangnan, coats, sweaters, stoves and other luxury goods to the grassland. The desert, between the white mountains and black waters.

With the diversified products and the reformed tax policies, Liaodong commercial tax has actually increased compared with last year, from November 26 to February 27, Hongwu.

The commercial tax collected in four months reached 20,000 taels of silver bills, which was equal to 2/3 of the total amount of Liaodong's varied tax collected in 26 years. Such achievements made Qu Yuan, who was in charge of taxation, smiled.

In contrast, Liaodong's land tax is much inferior. After winter, it is counted that the land tax collected throughout the season is only 140,000 stones. This is after Zhao Yu and Qu Yuan measured it and increased some of the land acres.

It started in January 27, Hongwu.

Through the three-month consultation period, the "Fair Trade Order" was officially announced and implemented, which was very inconspicuous during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty when the world was peaceful. Even if the memorial was placed on the desk of Zhu Yuanzhang of Da Nei a month later, he just glanced at it and put it down with a smile.

The winter in Liaodong is indeed much colder than modern times. Although there is no thermometer, Zhu Zhi feels that even in Guangning (now Jinzhou), the temperature during the day is around minus ten degrees Celsius.

In such a crazy climate, Zhu Zhi had to stay in the tent every day to accompany her pregnant Xiu'er. As a southerner, this cold is unbearable.

Yang Rong's tribute team finally returned to Liaodong before the beginning of spring. He brought two good news and one bad news. One was that the gift of the birthday celebration was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, who believed that Zhu Zhi had good ideas and knew how to use local specialties.

As for the ministers who received the gifts, they were even happier. The ladies and wives were put on and walked out of the house. The fur coats and various sweaters produced in the capital Liaodong became popular.

Another good news is that the appointment of the Liaodong Navy Admiral and the deputy admiral was approved in the Ministry of War. Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously quite satisfied with this arrangement, and Tie Xuan was an official he was optimistic about.

It is also in line with the customs of civil servants leading troops. Of course, it is not a must for a pirate who surrenders in the position of deputy. The key is that the Liaodong Navy is still weak and does not attract his eyes.

The bad news is that transportation is too inconvenient, and it is a waste of time to transport these goods on land, and the freight is high. The merchants have calculated that if they do business in this way, the profits will be consumed by taxes on the road and the travel expenses.

In addition to selling leather jackets and sweaters, others have given up the idea of ​​starting a business in Beijing. Obviously, if the matter of communicating the distribution channels of goods seems particularly urgent, and if you want to get rich, it will be the truth in any era.

The cheapest road is of course the sea route, but Japanese pirates are rampant in the East China Sea, and walking on the sea route will take a lot of risks.

Zhu Zhi couldn't help but sigh. It seems that it is not easy to develop, and the industrial chain is linked one by one. It is very likely that small things that are not a problem in modern times will cause difficulties in the development of career in the Ming Dynasty.

It seems that before clearing the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea, the radiation surface of Liaodong goods can only reach Shandong and Hebei.

When spring was in full bloom, the first phase of the teaching team also graduated. Zhu Zhi rushed to Liaoyang with great enthusiasm to attend the graduation ceremony in person and watched the teaching team's exercises.

The content of this exercise was that the 400 Red Army was responsible for guarding a mountain fortress and the 600 Blue Army was responsible for the attack. This exercise was Zhu Zhi's idea, and he provided some rules and regulations. As for the exercise design, the commander-in-chief Qu Neng was responsible for the responsibility.

Before dawn, Zhu Zhi set out with the Blue Army led by Chu Zhi, and accompanied him was also the exercise referee Qu Neng. No one in the Blue Army had ever been to this fortress, and was only identified through the map.

In the darkness, the cavalrymen marched in two columns on the mountain road. Zhu Zhi, who had not received night combat training, followed the team with difficulty. In order to avoid him being lost, Chu Zhi specially sent a soldier to lead the way for him.

The early morning of early spring was so cold that it made people feel numb. Zhu Zhi put on a fur coat and still felt the wind blowing in, so he couldn't pile it up. The guide in front was wearing heavy armor, but he sat very straight on the horse.

Zhu Zhi was quite satisfied with this combat state. He regretted why he didn't train with the teaching team. At night, he was like a blind man.

As the sky gradually became brighter, Chu Zhi ordered the army to stop and rest for a while. He expanded the map and studied the route with several deputy generals. Zhu Zhi leaned over to see how the situation was. Fortunately, he did not take the wrong path.

The scout sent by Chu Zhi happened to give back, saying that no ambush was found within the five miles before. Chu Zhi thought about it and decided to send a hundred people to move forward tentatively. The brigade was heeling two miles behind to avoid ambushing.

As an outsider, Zhu Zhi looked at Chu Zhi's arrangement with ease, but unfortunately he didn't know the plan of the Little Majesty King. The main general of the Red Army was Little Majesty King, and he had not found any trace of him yet. Could it be that he was staying in the fortress? Waiting for Chu Zhi to attack?

The story is not that simple. After the team walked two miles away, a team of cavalry appeared from the mountain ridge behind. The Blue Army shouted, "Enemy attack!" The team quickly dispersed on the narrow mountain road, and a small team of cavalry climbed up the mountain to drive away the enemy.

The Red Army's cavalry carried out cavalry and shooting attacks on the Blue Army that was advancing in the valley along the ridge. The arrows were all gone, and they wrapped the bars in cotton. Of course, there would be no loss when they shot on their bodies, but the cotton head occupied lime, and white spots would appear on them.

The Red Army was not in love with the battle. After two rounds of shooting, they quickly went down the mountain and evacuated from another mountain road. According to statistics, Chu Zhi suffered more than 30 casualties, and these people had to withdraw from the team.

Chu Zhi was furious and scolded the scout captain, why didn't he release the scouts from behind and behind? In fact, Zhu Zhi saw it and knew that Chu Zhi himself was responsible.

Later I learned that after just a while the Blue Army set out, the Red Army actually sent a small team to launch a rocket attack on the Blue Army's camp. Fortunately, the Blue Army had escaped a disaster long ago.

However, this squad kept falling off the Blue Army's tail and suddenly launched an attack when the Blue Army was about to reach the fortress.

The Blue Army re-emerged, but the morale had already been reduced, so they walked very slowly with caution. When they were three miles away from the Fort Village, the scouts rewarded them. Chu Zhicai accelerated and quickly rushed to the Fort Village.

The fortress was a fortress on a flat ground in the mountains. The Red Army welcomed the attack of the Blue Army with dense rain of arrows. The Blue Army dismounted and protected the shield. Another part of the Fortress was shot around the fortress with bows and arrows to distract the defenders.

As he fought, Chu Zhi felt something was wrong. The number of people in the castle was not right. At this time, a scout came to report, and Chu Zhi immediately ordered one hundred people from the reserve team to prepare for the battle.

But a team of Red Army cavalry had already walked out from behind the mountain and rushed straight to the Blue Army "infantry" who was attacking the fortress...

When the Blues suffered more than half of the casualties, Qu Neng stopped the exercise, and of course the Blues were judged to be defeated. Chu Zhi was very dissatisfied after suffering a defeat in front of Zhu Zhi.

Qu Neng taught him a lesson: "The scouts only know how to move forward but not backward; when they encounter the enemy, they should advance quickly, but they are careful to miss the opportunity to fight. After receiving the enemy, they should slow down and study the weaknesses of the Red Army, but they hurriedly launched an attack.

How can there be a reason to be invincible?”

Chu Zhi was scolded to shame, Zhu Zhi went over and patted his shoulder and asked, "Why is this happening?"

Chu Zhi said aggrievedly: "I didn't expect that the little horse king would still dare to divide his troops when he had such a small amount of troops, because the rules said that if he could guard for a day and a night, he would win, so his subordinates were a little anxious."

When summarizing, the Little Horse King said: "Although Your Highness said that concentrating superior forces on the battlefield is the primary principle, if I defend the fortress with a few troops, I can only wait to be captured by the opponent.
Chapter completed!