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Seeing that General Zhao Jun lowered his attitude, Guo's caravan looked better. You must know that these generals never take merchants like them seriously. To prepare generous gifts, seeing the appearance of Que Yu's guard now, everyone is secretly happy.

Gong Ao asked some members of the Guo clan about their attitudes, and everyone agreed.

After discussing for a while, Gong Ao said: "General, since you said to follow our rules, if I don't agree, it will appear that I deliberately make it difficult for you. After all, we are a caravan, and the interest is just like your guards. General, please don't take offense."

The guard snorted coldly.

Gong Ao said disapprovingly: "You know, the general, what is the cost and benefit of my forty truckloads of goods!"

The guard knew that Gong Ao was going to talk about the price, "I don't know, what price do you say, I can't even discount your price."

Gong Ao said: "The goods in 48 carts cost [-] gold."

"What? Eight hundred gold!" The guard turned pale with shock. His annual military salary in the city was only two hundred yi, four thousand jin.

The guard looked at the man in official attire, who nodded, "Based on the market price in Handan, it's about the same."

Although eight hundred catties is too much, it is still acceptable for the guard.

Gong Ao said: "You know, the general, how much is the profit of my goods?"

The guard continued to look at the officer, and the official said: "Cotton and linen items, the profit is 960%. I bought these materials at [-] catties, so I don't take advantage of you."

The official thought that the price he quoted must be appropriate, but as soon as the words were heard, the expressions of each Guo's caravan turned extremely ugly.

Gong Ao sneered, and then the Guo clan took out a business letter and unfolded it for the official to have a look.

The guards and officials could not help but almost scold their mothers. The business letter wrote: "The merchants in Chu want to buy a large amount of cotton and linen brocade, and the gifts are twice as much as those in Zhao!"

It means that if you sell it to me, I will give you twice the profit of Zhao Di.

Gong Ao sneered and said, "If it wasn't for great profits, how could we have searched the whole city for supplies and came to Queyu?"

Chapter 127 'The Trojan Horse'!fire!

After Gong Ao and a group of Guo clan members showed the business letter, the guard's face changed suddenly.

960 catties of gold, for them, has already hurt their muscles and bones, but they may be able to hold on if they grit their teeth. However, Guo's present is [-]% profit.

The guard immediately blushed with anger, and cursed in his heart, "A merchant's thief! If I knew this, I might as well conscript it directly!"

Seeing the guard's face, Gong Ao frowned, and the Guo clan couldn't help becoming vigilant.

Even the soldiers of Zhao Jun behind him had ugly faces.

The guard was furious and said: "When the country is in crisis, you seek personal gain. You and other merchants just abandon Zhao's land and ignore it. Forty percent of the profit, you should be easy to deceive."

Gong Ao said: "The general is such a big hat. We are doing business and obeying the law. How can we call it seeking personal gain? Forty percent of the profit, one of which is the country's taxation. Do business according to the system and pay taxes according to the rate. You say we are seeking Self-interest, where does self-interest come from, do you mean that Guo Bushi is seeking self-interest? Or is it that my Guo family spent [-] catties of gold and will give it to you Queyu for nothing?"

The guard was suddenly speechless and could only glare at Gong Ao.

Gong Ao looked at it, but he was not afraid, and said: "Could it be that the general wants to forcefully confiscate my Guo's goods? General, Shicai was the one who proposed to buy our goods with military pay. Could it be that you want us to wait for the merchants to refuse?" Pursuing profit? According to your thinking, what city are you still guarding?"

"General, if you want to go back on your word and get fat, I have nothing to say, but I can guarantee that you and the clan behind you will pay a huge price just because you say that Guo Bushi seeks personal gain. Moreover, you The Que and the general already have the reputation of being unrighteous, if you continue to do unrighteous things, how can you have a foothold in this Que and the city? I hope the general will act and think twice."

Gong Ao's words blocked the defender's escape route.

Obviously, if you dare to renege on your word and get rich, I will spread your deeds to the ears of the people in the whole city. Who would trust an unjust army to protect them?

Originally, if it was Jinyang and other cities of Zhao, Gong Ao’s words would not excite him, but here is Queyu. Once Gong Ao really did this, the unrest among the people that they had managed to calm down in the past few days would be gone again. In vain.

But would the general dare to attack Guo?

Guo Kai has a hundred ways to kill you, and the clan behind you will be implicated.

The guard wished to kill Gong Ao with a single blow, but he couldn't. He said sternly and restrainedly: "You dare to threaten this general, it's the general who made a slip of the tongue, but when did the general say that he would renege on his word and lose weight! [-]%, [-]% profit, according to The legal system of Zhao State, this is compared to my lack of business, and it will be used for military supplies, which can be exempted from tax, and you will get [-]% of the profit, and there will be no loss."

What the guard means is that I will let you earn [-]% of the profit, but you will not pay taxes, and the materials used will be reported as military supplies.

Gong Ao smiled and said: "Covenants are signed between countries, and there are legal treaties. Naturally, we also have business transactions. The general said that there is no evidence. If you wait to go back on your word, what evidence do I have?"

Guo Shi also nodded at Gong Ao's words.

Because if this batch of goods was handed over to the defenders in the city, what if the defenders repented and refused to admit it?

"How are you going?"

Gong Ao said: "It's very simple. Since this batch of goods is used as military supplies, you must report to the land tax officer to fill out the tax register. With the tax register, I won't be afraid of your failure and regret."

The guard's eyes widened, and he said fiercely, "Businessmen are shrewd!"

What does Gong Ao's words mean? If this batch of goods is to be used as military supplies, you have to go to the land tax official and register with the land tax official, and you will have a certificate.

The voucher will state how much the military paid and how much supplies were purchased. After everything is completed, the field tax officer will put the goods into the warehouse, then make a list, and finally transfer them to the army as luggage.

Moreover, this tax booklet will be kept in the first book of the Tianbu government decree, which is Guo Kai, the one book of Que and City will be kept here by local officials, and the other certificate will be in the hands of Guo Shi. If it can't be blamed, the Guo family will not be afraid of the defenders' repentance.

If you dare not give it, I will take the tax book to Handan, and hand it over to Guo Kai. Guo Kai is the boss of the Tianbu official, are you too lazy to drop it?

Gong Ao continued: "If the general agrees, I will order people to send this batch of goods to the tax warehouse. After the tax books are made, the general will order people to pick them up from the tax warehouse. The links here cannot be reduced. Please forgive me, general. After all, the general has nothing to prove, and I don't trust you, the general."

What does the so-called irreducible link mean, that is, I promise to sell it to you, but I have to follow the law. After entering the tax warehouse, it is a matter between your army and the tax warehouse.

Otherwise, in order to avoid trouble, you say that I have already bought it anyway, and ask you to drag the goods directly to the military camp, and then let us go to the tax warehouse to do the registration. In this way, there will be mistakes in the middle, and there is no such trust relationship between us.

As for why they don't accept gold, because they can't get out of the city.

The guard said: "Since I have agreed, I will follow the rules. I will give you an hour at most. After an hour, I will lead people to collect the baggage."

After the guard left, forty carts of cotton and linen goods were pushed to the tax warehouse in the city with the cooperation of hundreds of people.

During the Warring States period, most of the tax warehouses stored grain, and the people usually paid grain tax.

Of course, there are also cloth coins, knife coins, yuan coins and ant nose coins. These coins are mainly aimed at the aristocratic clan, and the coins don't take up any space.

Therefore, in the tax warehouse, the main storage is grain. During the Warring States period, the grain will be paid to the king's treasury, and there are also local tax warehouses.

But Gong Ao and others went to the treasury tax warehouse.

Soon, they met the tax officer Tian, ​​and someone from Ran Jin probably had already informed the tax officer Tian of making the book.

Therefore, as soon as Gong Ao and others arrived, the tax official had already been waiting for some time.

When he saw Gong Ao and other Guo family, his expression was quite enthusiastic.

Who is the immediate boss who is the field tax official, Guo Kai, and who is the clan in front of him? On the contrary, the Tian tax official is on Gong Ao's side.

The tax official said: "Mr. Gong, the booklet has been made, and we just wait for both parties to sign it."

Gong Ao was also very surprised by the speed of Tian Tax Official, but he soon understood.

After the two parties sign and seal, they will be kept, and a copy will be kept in Guo Kai's hands.

Gong Ao said: "The tax envoy has a heart."

The Tian tax officer smiled, lowered his voice and said: "The envoy knows the whole story, please rest assured, Mr. Gong, the envoy will deal with it fairly."

Gong Ao said with a smile: "The tax envoy acts fairly and strictly. When I return to Handan, I will definitely mention to Mr. Guo what the tax envoy said today and the help he has given to the Guo family."

The Tian tax officer was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "This is a matter of classification by the envoy, and it is to act according to the system. Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it. Mr. Gong, hurry up and enter the warehouse!"

As soon as Gong Ao heard it: "Don't you count the quantity of the goods?"

As soon as the tax officer heard: "It has been counted, it is the number on the book!"

For the field tax officials, counting is a waste of time. After all, no matter how cunning the merchants are, especially if they are listed on the tax books, it is impossible for them to be short of luggage. enough.

Of course, the main reason for this is naturally because of Guo Kai!

Soon, the baggage of 48 carts was pushed into the tax warehouse. As soon as Gong Ang entered, he looked at the tax warehouse, and there were bags of grain piled up two people high.

Soon, members of the Guo clan came out of the warehouse, and the warehouse was closed by the guards.

It took only half an hour from the cart to the tax warehouse, and Gong Ao agreed with them for an hour, and for the remaining half hour, Gong Ao and the tax envoy chatted eagerly.

In the tax warehouse, 48 huge carriages were piled up with silk and other goods. After about a stick of incense, suddenly, [-] carriages began to shake, and even the goods piled on the carriages seemed to be pushed by people. For a moment, the goods tumbled and fell to the ground.

Soon, two to three figures appeared in each vehicle, and there were nearly a hundred people in total.

Some of them quickly dug out some things from the inside of the carriage, and after a while of fiddling, a trace of fire was ignited. Only then did they see each other's faces, each with expressions of shock and ecstasy.

"We're coming in, this is Que Yu's granary!"

They looked around. They were all food, all kinds of food, and they were all food taxes paid by the people.

Gong Ao's plan had already been prepared as early as when he entered the city, and even the retreat was already prepared. Why did they have to come to the treasury tax warehouse? Because Gong Ao's footsteps are here, and not far from here, there is a burrow.

The burrow has been dug long ago. However, there are generally thousands of granary defenders. They can sneak into the area of ​​the tax warehouse through the burrow, but they cannot enter it. But if they find a way to enter it, once it is done, There is chaos everywhere, but they can escape through the hole.

Everything was in Gong Ao's plan, or in other words, it was in Su Jie's plan. Su Jie had already thought of the Trojan horse's plan when he broke Jinyang.

At this time, the thirty thousand Qin soldiers stared at the figure of Zhao Jun on the tower with sharp eyes. Their expressions were full of fighting spirit and determination to win. As long as Wang Lu gave an order, they could risk their lives and rush to the city without fear of life and death.

Wei Jing said: "General, our army's morale is at its peak, this is our opportunity to attack the city!"

Wang Yan shook his head and said: "Although our army is strong, if we rush to the city at this time, we will surely lose half and half. Live without death!"

Wei Jing sighed: "General Su is doing this for the lives of my soldiers in Great Qin. With General Su in Great Qin, why not sweep the world, and how can the soldiers not love you!"

Wang Yan looked at Wei Jing: "General Su also said, kill all Que and Zhao Jun, and leave no one behind."

Jinyang, the mansion where Su Jie lived temporarily!

There was only one dim candle lamp in the room, flickering slowly, illuminating Su Jie's figure.

Su Jie was standing on the table, holding a brush in his hand!

He looked at the writing brush, and murmured with a smile: "I wonder if Meng Tian has worked out this thing."

In the past few days, Su Jie had nothing to do, made one out of horsehair, and held it in his hand, with a special emotion in his heart, something familiar and unfamiliar.

In front of Su Jie, a piece of silk had already been placed,

Afterwards, he started to write vigorously on the silk with a pen.

The font written is not Xiaozhuan.

"Volcano should be hotter in June, and pedestrians at the Chiting Crossing will never be seen"

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"At sunrise, the river flowers are more red than the fire, and in spring, the river water is as green as the south"

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"Thousands of hammers chisel out the deep mountains, and the fire burns like nothing"

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"New fire and new smoke in the coming dynasty, the lake is full of spring and the passenger boat is clean"

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Su Jie murmured: "This big fire is just for you to watch!"

Chapter 128 The majesty and fire are fierce, splashing water into smoke

When the guards in the que and the city are stroked, a thousand people are usually sent out as inspection guards, and there is one station every three hundred steps, and five sergeants are set up to patrol the fire danger. In the high places in the city, there are usually watchtowers, and there are special personnel for night watch patrols. , Rain or shine, if you find a fire, you can report it to the rescue in time.

Therefore, the fire under normal circumstances will "be extinguished in an instant" and "do not bother the people".

However, this is under normal circumstances. Now, the Qin army is about to attack the city, and almost all the defenses in the city are gathered in the west.

There are only more than a thousand people in the tax warehouse!

In order to prevent these thousands of people from being rescued in time, it is necessary to go all out to form a fire that spreads. Therefore, it is necessary to use combustion-supporting objects. Naturally, these combustion-supporting objects were hidden in the car early.

Once the rescue is not urgent, the fire can take advantage of the wind to spread throughout the city.

In fact, this action was to burn food, and in many places in the city, Gong Ao and others had secretly prepared fire.

As long as the food is burned, the Zhao army will be unable to control it. Once the fire breaks out in the city at this time, there will be no one to rescue it. As for the people, there is no organization how to put out the monstrous fire.

After about a stick of incense, Gong Ao borrowed the name of Gong and fled first.

At this time, the patrolling guards happened to be in a rotation, because every three hundred steps was a rotation, and a team of people walked around according to the routine inspection.

As soon as he turned around, he suddenly felt a heat wave hit.

There was also the sound of neighing in my ears, and at the same time I could smell a burning smell.

All of a sudden, the souls of the dead all came out, and before they had time to think about it, the huge heat wave and the soaring flames seemed to tear the sky apart.

When the soldiers on the watchtower saw the direction of the granary, they were so frightened that they picked up the horn in a panic and blew it.