: Debut (8,000 words)

After Bu Zhi successfully took over Haixi, he made no special moves.

Everything is still the same as when Deng Ji was in Haixi, farming, pioneering, and boiling the sea to make salt... After Quyang and Yilu were successively included under the rule of Haixi, a situation of Daxi has been formed. Today, the entire Daxi

It has a population of more than 200,000, scattered in Haixi County, Quyang County, Yilu County and other areas, forming an extremely prosperous area that even Xu Qiu admired.

At the beginning of the year, at the invitation of Xu Qiu, nine major guilds in Haixi settled in Xiapi to further promote the influence of Haixi.

After Bu Zhi took over Haixi, he received the support of many old officials. For example, Wang Mai Pan Zhang, Zhou Cang Feng Chao and others all expressed their support for Bu Zhi. Although Deng Zhi, the leader of Yilu, was a little reluctant, he faced

Bu Zhi came so powerfully that he could only bow his head in recognition.

Subsequently, the nine major guilds in Haixi expressed their support for Bu Zhi, which quickly calmed down the change of power in Haixi.

The problem of Bu Zhi is related to the nine major Haixi guilds.

"After four years, the nine major guilds have entered a period of rapid expansion.

They not only stabilized the commercial markets in the three counties of Haixi, but also gradually included Huaiyin, Sheyang, Hailing and Yandu.

At the beginning of the year, the guilds were established in Xiapi, making the nine major guilds the largest commercial organizations in Huainan and Huaibei.

They started cooperating with Luoyang last year, taking advantage of Luoyang's convenience to make greater profits... However, as business between the two places became more and more frequent, the throughput of goods and the flow of currency also increased.

Last year, the transaction volume between Haixi and Luoyang reached more than 74 million yuan. After the beginning of the year, the transaction volume increased a lot. Although Liu Bei had launched an uprising in Donghai County before, he had no control over the nine major guilds.

The impact is too great. After the increase in tradable volume, many problems have arisen, which are imminent.”

"for example?"

Cao Peng took a sip of wine and asked.

"For example... baht money."

"Baht money? What happened to the baht money?"

Deng Ji smiled bitterly, "Did you know that at the beginning of the year, Huang Zheng, the head of the gold market, had intended to purchase a batch of goods from Luoyang... The transaction amount was nearly ten million yuan. But just to transport these copper coins, it was enough.

There are more than a dozen vehicles and nearly fifty horses. Huang Zheng said that when the salt market opens this year, the transaction value of the salt market alone will exceed 100 million. This long-distance transportation is really too dangerous."

There are roughly two roads from Haixi to Luoyang.

One is to go through Pengcheng County in Taishan Mountain, enter Yanzhou and connect with Chenliu, and then cross Guandu to reach Luoyang; the other is to go through Xu County, pass through Chenjun in Liang County in Runan, connect to Yingchuan, and arrive at Luoyang from Yique Pass.

No matter which road you take, the journey is long and difficult...

Although the banditry problem has been reduced a lot under Cao Cao's rule, there are still many bandits on the road.

These bandits come out of the mountains as bandits and enter the mountains as thieves. Their whereabouts are strange and difficult to eradicate. For this reason, hundreds or even thousands of guards must be dispatched to accompany each long-distance transportation. But this expenditure alone is enough.

This causes headaches for many merchants.

For this reason, many merchants know that the Hai-Luo trade route is hugely profitable, but they stop doing so.

After Bu Zhao took over the leadership of Haixi, he immediately faced such a trouble. It was extremely painful for the heads of the nine major banks in Haixi to sit on the golden mountain but not get it. Therefore, after discussion, the nine leaders came together to find him.

Bu Zhao. Although they are now based in Xiapi, theoretically speaking, if there is any problem, they can discuss it with Xu Qiu. But Xu is instinctive, and the heads of the nine major delegations are still willing to negotiate through Haixi.

Bu Zhao also has a headache about this problem.

Speaking of which, the situation he faced after taking office was not much different from that of Deng Ji.

Deng Ji went from having nothing to finally dominating Haixi; but what about Bu Zhao? After taking office, Liu Bei's rebellion first happened, and then he had to face such a problem. His trouble was that Deng Ji had done too well before, and he failed to do so.

The * is raised too high. If Bu Zhi cannot solve this problem or alleviate this problem, it will have an impact on his reputation and there will be more difficulties in the future.

Bu Zhi was recommended by Cao Peng.

To a certain extent, he was Cao Peng's retainer.

Every move he makes represents Cao Peng's interests.

Don’t people like Xu Qiu and Chen Deng have any desire for Haixi? Xu Qiu is a native of Haixi, and his desire for Haixi is even greater than that of Chen Deng.

When Deng Ji was about to leave, Xu Qiu and Chen Deng also recommended others.

But in the end, Mr. Cao still agreed with Cao Peng's principle of "promoting the virtuous and not avoiding relatives".

If Bu Zhao does not do well, he will lose face to Cao Peng; more importantly, if he cannot do well, it will inevitably affect Cao Peng's influence in Haixi. This is an extremely huge trouble. Every year in Haixi

After all, 30% of the benefit belongs to Cao Peng.

In desperation, Bu Zhi had no choice but to ask Deng Ji for advice.

After hearing what Deng Ji said, Cao Peng couldn't help but be stunned.

He knew that Haixi's current momentum was very good, but he did not expect that it would be so good.

More than 74 million yuan, nearly 100,000 guan.

It doesn't sound like a particularly large amount, and it's still a transaction amount. But you have to know that four years ago, Haixi was just a small, remote county with a population of only 20,000 to 30,000... According to Deng Ji, Haixi has entered a development stage.

Blowout period. But just from a transaction in the salt market, the imperial court can get more than 20 million in taxes... What a terrible number is this? If other taxes and various overt and covert incomes are added, Haixi will get more than 20 million in taxes this year.

The tax revenue can reach 50 million, or even more...

Cao Peng took a breath!

We also realize that the rapid development of Haixi has caused signs of imbalance.

This transportation problem alone has reached a point where it cannot be solved unless it is solved...

But the question is, what tricks can he have?

"Brother-in-law, I can't think of any good ideas about this matter right now.

However, give me a few days to think about it carefully. If it doesn't work out, I'll try to contact Brother Changwen to see if he can come up with any good ideas.

He has a broad network and a large family, so he may have some ideas."

"Well, I think so too, and I'm going to ask Uncle Juye to go to Luoyang early tomorrow morning to pay a visit to County Magistrate Chen."

Deng Ji knew that Cao Peng was not trying to shirk.

But this kind of thing is really troublesome, and it's impossible to come up with a strategy all at once.

Bu Zhao was no ordinary person, he was troubled by it, what about Cao Peng? Even if Cao Peng could come up with a solution, it would still take some time to think.

Deng Ji filled a glass of wine for Cao Peng and asked softly: "Ah Fu, what do you mean, my lord?"

"Um?"

"I mean, how long will you be detained for?"

When Cao Peng heard this, he scratched his head and smiled bitterly.

"In fact, you and I can guess what my lord is thinking?

The disaster I caused this time is quite serious, and I guess the lord is also in trouble. But I think there should be no danger to his life...otherwise the lord would have spoken long ago. The reason why he is silent now is probably because he is waiting for an opportunity to excuse himself. Brother-in-law, please don't

Worry. If I were sentenced to death, I would not be able to bear it until I was buried. Now, the two of us are like grasshoppers tied to a thread. If I die, he will die too; if he lives, I will live. I want him to be buried in a dignified manner.

Father, I will trade his life without any loss... Hehe, Your Majesty will not just watch Fu Wan be killed, so sooner or later he will make a decision. Now, I am afraid that the Lord is waiting for Your Majesty's idea before taking action."

Deng Ji's face showed a hint of worry.

"I'm just afraid, the nights are long and I have many dreams!"

Raising their glasses, Cao Peng and Deng Ji invited them to drink, and drank them all in one gulp.

Outside the window, the bright moon rises high.

The bright moonlight shines into the cell through the small window.

Outside the cell is a lotus pond. On summer nights, the frogs in the lotus pond are croaking, and the sounds come and go...

"Brother-in-law, do you have any plans when you come back this time?"

"Well, I have already met Xun...Shang Shu. After staying at home for three days, he will go to Meishan and serve as the chief of Meishan."

"Just Mei Shanchang?"

Deng Ji smiled and said, "He also serves as a marching commander."

"Whose Marching Sima?"

"The article is long."

"Brother Wei?"

Deng Ji nodded and said: "Yes, it is Wei Yan.

He is now the captain of Meishan School and leads the army stationed on the bank of Meishan Mountain.

Xun Shangshu said that Wen Chang and I had cooperated before and were old acquaintances, so he asked me to go out to Zhenmeishan with him to protect the safety of the grain road."

Cao Peng thought for a moment and said, "If it's Brother Wei, then there won't be much of a problem."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that Chang Wen would now become the captain of the first battalion."

Wei Yan was a captain with a rank of Qianshi, one rank lower than Cao Peng's Yueqi captain.

A person with a rank of 1,000 shi, has a monthly salary of ninety hu. A person with a rank of 2,000 shi has a monthly salary of 100 hu. There is a difference of 10 hu in salary between the two, so the difference is not too big. But only with a rank of 2,000 shi can one be called a high official in the imperial court.
To be continued...