Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 386 Xuzhou Commercial Affairs Traveling Merchants
In mid-July of the first year of Ding'an, after nearly a year of innovation by Qi Hou, the war-torn land of Xuzhou was finally rejuvenated, presenting a scene of tranquility.

And the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival just gave the people of Xuzhou a chance to spend. Many tourists who had given up on the Central Plains market before, either heard a little bit of news at this moment, or noticed the Central Plains in advance, especially Xuzhou's economy. recovery.

Through their respective channels, they bought a lot of goods and came to Xuzhou, making a lot of money.

And with the passing of the Mid-Autumn Festival, those traveling businessmen were in a state of uncertainty, and left Xuzhou one after another to find the next place that could bring them profits.

But there are also some businessmen who don't know whether they value the Yuan family's future development space or the orderly stability under Yuan Tan's rule.

Either rented or bought, they settled in various counties and cities in Xuzhou, purchased shops, arranged shopkeepers, clerks and other personnel, and actually wanted to be a land dealer here in Xuzhou.

For such a change, the monarchs and ministers since Yuan Tan were naturally overjoyed.

The gathering of merchants can not only bring new sources of taxation to the local area, but also attract new population.

In addition, it is an affirmation of their hard work in the past year.

The people of the Han Dynasty may not be able to say that the development of commerce can innovate the ideas of local residents and promote the development of local economic culture and even technology.

But more or less can be summed up some similar truth.

However, apart from being overjoyed, Yuan Tan and the others were not overwhelmed by this incident. Instead, they were extraordinarily calm. Under the leadership of their respective officials, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Officials introduced some measures and policies one after another.

Many of these are preferential policies for land dealers who come to Xuzhou, such as tax exemptions or the purchase and sale of goods that Xuzhou is in urgent need of.

For example, cloth, horses, cattle and sheep, etc., can all get certain discounts according to the quantity purchased.

Most of the merchants have the experience of traveling around the world, traveling north and south, seeing a lot of markets, and most of them can guess a little about the mentality of the princes.

Even Cao Cao, who is the most enlightened at the moment, wants to hire businessmen, but is secretly wary of them. After all, this is a troubled world, and no matter how stupid the princes are, they will arrange some people who are specially used to listen to intelligence.

And the existence of such a highly mobile businessman is naturally an excellent candidate for a spy.

Businessmen also know this, so when doing business in various states and counties, they are used to making things difficult for the government.

It would be fine if there were well-known local merchants. These merchants who were born in the local area and had a clean fortune could more or less be protected by the princes above them.

But those traveling businessmen from other places will suffer unspeakably, if they earn less, that's fine.

If you make a lot of money, or show your wealth, or are hated by local merchants, send a letter to the government offices in charge, and those officials will not miss this good opportunity to make a lot of money.

A few officials came to the door, just for any reason, directly sealed up the shop you rented, or sent you all to prison, without spending money to clear it, don't even think about it.

Even after coming out, one's own goods and profits are all taken away by one brain, which is also a common thing, and there is no other way but to admit that it is unlucky.

However, this was all in the last years of Emperor Ling. At that time, the officialdom was dark, and similar things often happened.

What's more, at the time of Emperor Ling, the local law and order was already very chaotic. Merchants on the road might be robbed of their goods by those who occupied the mountain and became kings.

I thought I was safe when I entered the city, but in the end I was extorted by the officials who were in charge. After all the hard work, the interest earned may not be enough to be extorted by the officials.

On the contrary, in this chaotic world, chaos returns to chaos, and from time to time, there will be soldiers fleeing and thieves, and their goods will be robbed, but at least they can do business safely in the city.

In this troubled world, the princes from all walks of life can become the master of one side, no matter how clear their brains are, the officials below are corrupt, and they can't stop, but they will more or less take care of it, not like Emperor Ling. Completely disregarding the style of officials.

Even some enlightened princes, such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Ce, would have some preferential treatment for businessmen.

Therefore, when the merchants started their business, it was actually better than when the Emperor Ling was in his last years. This kind of reasoning sounds unreasonable, but it happened to be the current fact, which made the merchants lament that the morals of the world are incomprehensible.

But even if there is preferential treatment, it is only a matter for a small number of businessmen, and most of them are family members and collateral acquaintances of the princes. The most important thing is that they must be local-born businessmen who have passed down the family business for several generations. to be able to receive this privilege.

As for those businessmen from other places who can safely do business locally, they should burn a few incense sticks and thank the God of Wealth for his blessing.

Therefore, when the policy introduced by Yuan Tan spread in Xuzhou, not only those businessmen who stayed in Xuzhou the first time and valued the stability and stability of Xuzhou sighed, but many traveling businessmen who left Xuzhou heard some rumors, and all of them were Very excited.

After all, after Xuzhou's military system has been reorganized, there are Zhechong military mansions at every key point, and the generals of Zhechong military mansions will bring their soldiers along with them during routine monthly drills.

To clear up the bandits and bandits in the surrounding area, on the one hand, these are military merits, and they are not military merits that can only be exchanged for the soldiers of the government after years of hard work and seniority.

But it's real, as long as the government soldiers can get the bandit's head, they can get a level of merit on the spot, and if they make up a few turns, they may be able to get the quota of the military merit pension system in advance.

So the government soldiers naturally went there enthusiastically, and the strict military system of the government soldiers restricted the courage of the government soldiers to kill the good and take the credit.

For a time, not only the commercial roads in Xuzhou were very safe, but also the commercial roads in the states and counties around Xuzhou in the Central Plains became much safer.

Such a change is originally a great benefit for businessmen.

At present, Yuan Tan, the marquis of Qi, has introduced such a new policy. The preferential treatment is not limited to local businessmen, but to everyone. As long as businessmen who are willing to come to Xuzhou to do business, they can get preferential treatment.

Even traveling merchants can get tax relief as long as they can bring goods that Xuzhou is in urgent need of. Even if the goods cannot be sold and there is a backlog, the government will come forward and purchase them at a relatively reasonable price.

Such a policy, to the merchants, is simply a large piece of fat exuding a sweet and delicious smell, attracting them.

Therefore, as the Mid-Autumn Festival in August approached, more and more businessmen rushed to Xuzhou. Anyway, the preferential policies are the same for tourist businessmen, if they are all playing fishing and law enforcement.

At worst, they would sell this batch of goods, and they would just run away. Anyway, when they come out to do business, they will always lose money for one or another reason. For businessmen, they have long been used to this kind of thing.

(End of this chapter)