In this era, riding a carriage is definitely an extremely sour thing. You can imagine a carriage without shock absorption facilities walking on a bumpy road, such as the bumpy roads that are up and down, left and right. People who have not been tested can't hold on for long, and they will feel that their internal organs will move together, and their food will surge up and down, and they are ready to come out to enjoy the scenery outside at any time.

If possible, Li Ze never wanted to ride a carriage. Even if riding a horse is not a comfortable thing, it is always better than a carriage, and he is at least pursuing a speed on his horse.

However, this time when he went to the county town, Li Ze wanted to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, and Xia He was with him, and Xia He couldn't ride a horse, so he had to choose a carriage.

Sometimes Li Ze doesn't understand why the carriage is so uncomfortable, so why has this thing become a symbol of identity to a certain extent. It seems that there is no carriage, and you will feel extremely embarrassed when you go out.

After walking on the road for a long time, Li Ze felt a little clear-headed. Along the way, he saw a ox cart, a donkey cart, and a cart pulled by a mule, but he really didn't see another cart besides him.

Horses are strategic materials, and it is indeed not something that ordinary people can achieve if they can have at home. The carriage that Li Ze was riding in was still led by double horses, which is even rarer in this remote place.

Li Ze and his group of five people were sitting in a carriage with Xia He, Tu Lichun and Chu Sheng rode horses to protect both sides, Twelve acted as grooms, sitting on the shaft of the carriage to catch the carriage. His butt was beaten. Until now, he had not been able to sit on the shaft of the carriage. Every time he moved his butt and touched the wound, he grinned in pain and sucked in a slight sense of cold air.

Li Ze is a person who is unwilling to suffer losses. Since he cannot change this road and he has no ability to improve the overall performance of the carriage, it is still necessary to think about ways to make himself feel a little more comfortable. From the outside, his carriage is not abnormal from most carriages in the world, but the inside is very different. Inside the carriage, except for the floor, other places are made of soft bags and satin bags, filled with cotton inside, and then sewed them with needles and threads to make small squares, and then covered them in all raised places to prevent the carriage from hitting its head when it bumps. On the two seats, two straps made of silk tied him and Xia He firmly to the wall of the carriage. Li Zemei called it a seat belt.

Not to mention, if two straps cross and tie people up, the bumps will be much better. Of course, there is no good way to shake left and right, so I can only bear it.

It was nothing if Li Ze had these two straps tied, but when Xia He was tied by these two straps, the beautiful scenery immediately appeared. After wearing a loose coat, Xia He's figure was basically covered up, but this tie immediately made her look like a mountain. It was really a mountain that looked like a mountain, with different heights and heights. Li Ze, who was sitting opposite him, looked at Xia He with a smile on the ground and up and down the ground.

The so-called beautiful and delicious food, having such a little beauty sitting opposite her for herself to appreciate, finally made this somewhat painful journey more fun.

The closer you get to the county town, the more pedestrians you will be on the road, and the roads will be much better. It is no longer the previous muddy roads that are full of pits and bumps. Some small stones are compacted on the road, and drainage ditches can be seen on both sides, and the carriage will immediately walk smoothly.

Li Ze looked out, driving the carriage, carrying the load, leading donkeys and mules, and pushing wheelbarrows, including men and women, old and young. On the same road, it can be considered a pedestrian. In the Tang Dynasty, women had a higher status. Officials had women, women, and businessmen, women went to the fields to work, and sold wine in barns, which were commonplace, but unlike the imprisonment of women in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which reached an unprecedented level.

This year's annual results are still good, and I have collected three or five dou more, but the price of grain has also fallen accordingly. No matter how thousands of years have passed, the methods of landlords and old financial businessmen to deal with the people have not changed much.

Thinking of this, Li Ze blushed because the county's grain prices were suppressed, which was actually his masterpiece of Yixingtang. In the past two years, Yixingtang has almost monopolized grain transactions in the county. The price of grain is almost the only thing Yixingtang said. Now lower the grain prices, and when it is time to stop tomorrow, sell them up and then make a price increase. This is a business that is stable and profitable.

Food, at this time, is hard currency.

But even though he blushed, he had to do what he should do. If he didn't do it, some people would do it. Li Ze had never had any Virgin in his previous life and in his entire life. He was willing to help them in his sight, within his ability, between the people he knew and was close to. As for those who he didn't know, he didn't feel that he was responsible for them.

That's the government's business.

Since the government has collected taxes, it is of course obliged to care about the lives and death of his people. Li Ze is a person who takes risks in business and certainly will not take on things he shouldn't have to bear.

Because I paid the tax too.

Thinking of this, Li Ze complained a little in his heart. Taxes are not high, and commercial taxes are ten or one, but if you think that only these expenses are the only ones, it would be too naive. The management of the upper and lower levels must be in place. Otherwise, a small official can make you live and die. There are many kinds of unpredictable and countless joys and donations, and they are also the big ones. Officials are clear about their hearts. They can collect the taxes that govern the people, which can be celebrated. Donating things cannot be too much hopeful, or extorting merchants. Yixingtang is naturally the first to be the first to be hit. In this year, it is already a matter of 10 taxes.

It does seem a bit high, but for this era, the profits of doing business are extremely high. The backward transportation and the blockage of information make circulation extremely difficult. The goods and specialties here are only eliminated there and can basically be sold at high prices.

Last month, Yixingtang just donated a sum of money, which the county was preparing to pay for the birthday of Li Anguo, the governor of Chengde, and Li Ze's elder brother.

Li Ze really didn't expect such a thing to be publicly entrusted. Later, I felt relieved when I thought about it. The emperor's birthday was not only celebrated by everyone, but of course he also asked Putian to pay for the emperor. Is his mother different from the emperor on the land of Chengde?

But Li Ze guessed that the officials in this county and state probably also used this matter to get a lot of money.

Not only did Yixingtang pay money, but Li Ze also sent Tu Lichun to send him a special trip and gave him a gift. Even if he was not favored by me, he still had to do what his son should do. However, Li Ze felt very sad and he accepted the gift, but he didn't even say a word, because Tu Lichun had never seen the Jiedushi.

The conversation with Gongsun Changming made Li Ze realize that the world of great struggle might come when. The current peace is just the last tranquility before the outbreak. I don’t know if this tranquility will be two or three years, or four or five years, but no matter what, he wants to make more money during this last tranquil time, and he needs a lot of money to pave the way for himself. When the war breaks out, doing business will become a luxury. Businessmen without strong force will only become the favorite of robbers and soldiers in such an era.
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