After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Gu Nanxi cheered up and started to get down to business.

Boss Li's comrades and more than a thousand cavalrymen under Fu Mingyuan have not yet been officially enlisted.

Verifying the identities of these people and registering them is a huge project.

Fortunately, the arrival of a group of students including Song Zhizhou can alleviate a lot of pressure.

After handing the work over to Prefect Song, Gu Nanxi began to inspect the military towns one by one.

This time we went to Huaishuo Town.

The situation in Huaishuo Town is slightly better than that in Woye Town. At least the town is not full of thatched houses. Unfortunately, it is still not as good as Kyoto, or even the suburbs of Beijing.

Yan Tongchu, the county magistrate of Huaishuo Town, was a Jinshi graduate. Because he had no background, he was sent to the border. Later, he was promoted step by step to the position of county magistrate of Huaishuo Town.

Along the way, Gu Nanxi and Yan Tongchu had a great time chatting, and they unknowingly started talking about the policies of various dynasties for attracting investment.

Gu Nanxi's evaluation of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty made Yan Tongchu's eyes light up.

"Emperor Yang of Sui was a bit rough in his work, but he was quite generous. In those days, he not only held a grand banquet in Zhangye, but also encouraged merchants from the Western Regions to do business in the Central Plains and held a grand meeting of all nations in Luoyang. It is said that in those days, all the Hu merchants who went to Luoyang to trade did not have to pay for food and accommodation in Luoyang."

Yan Tongchu was a Jinshi and had stayed at the border for so many years, so he was naturally familiar with the background of many things.

"Back then, trade between the East and the West was almost monopolized by the Turks, and the Hu merchants had already gotten used to doing business with the Turks. As time went by, the Turks became more and more financially powerful, and the threat to the Central Plains became greater. Emperor Yang of Sui's move was very attractive to the Hu merchants, and it was basically cutting off the source of their troubles."

Gu Nanxi: "By the time of the previous dynasty, the trade structure had opened up, and the policy towards Hu had changed."

Yan Tongchu sighed: "The general trend of the world is like this, ups and downs. Compared with the previous dynasty, which dominated other countries in all aspects, our Great Zhou Dynasty is still a little weaker."

Yan Tongchu's words were still tactful. The Great Zhou Dynasty was not weak at all. Its bones were almost soft!

The two of them tacitly avoided the topic.

Gu Nanxi: "Now the Hu merchants can't live in the post station and enjoy the free food and lodging treatment. This gives the border guards an opportunity to make money."

Yan Tongchu suddenly became alert and looked at Gu Nanxi in surprise: "General, do you mean to vigorously develop catering and accommodation in Huaishuo Town?"

Yan Tongchu's mind suddenly opened up. When they first started competing for the caravan, their eyes were on tolls and taxes.

But what the general meant was that he wanted to share the wealth with the people!

Yan Tongchu smiled happily. It was not that they did not want to make the people richer. It was just that as a frontier town, the government was poor and they were unable to improve people's livelihood.

But if that thing succeeds, all government expenses will be taken care of by the general, and he will just have to concentrate on developing people's livelihood!

There is great potential in this matter!

Yan Tongchu thought about it several times, and he admired General Gu Nanxi even more! The general must have predicted that the towns would be merged into states, so he made plans for each town in advance.

What kind of courage and financial resources does one need to take on the responsibility of an entire state by himself!

Yan Tongchu turned his face away and wiped the wet corners of his eyes with his sleeve. Working with such a responsible boss is such a blessing!

Gu Nanxi had no idea what Yan Tongchu was thinking. Seeing him so moved, she quickly gave him a shot in the arm.

"It's not easy to make money from foreign merchants. The coolies at the Kyoto docks all like to carry goods for the merchant ships from the Central Plains because they are generous. But foreign merchants are different. They would rather spend every penny in half."

Yan Tongchu thought that this was a test from Gu Nanxi, and was afraid that the general would give such an opportunity to other towns, so he quickly expressed his loyalty.

"General, rest assured! We in Huaishuo Town will make the Hu merchants spend their money willingly!"

In order to increase the credibility of his words, Yan Tongchu added: "Hu merchants traveled between the Western Regions and the Great Zhou, and they either chose to cross a large desert or bypass the desert and cross the grassland."

"The desert is extremely hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter. There is a lot of wind and sand in early spring. Generally, the Hu merchants choose to cross the desert in late spring, early summer, or autumn."

"As for those who cross the grassland, most of them are related to the Tartars in the northern border! For these merchants, we basically only allow them to trade outside the border and not to enter the border!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Nanxi asked, "Do you have a grudge against money?"

Yan Tongchu was at a loss: "No, who would have a grudge against money?"

"Then why don't you allow the caravans from the north to come in? What's the difference between doing business outside the pass and inside the military town?"

Yan Tongchu: "But what if there are spies among them..."

Gu Nanxi: "Are there no spies now?"

Yan Tongchu's eyes were darting around and people's minds were hard to read. Who could guarantee that he didn't have any spies under his command?

Gu Nanxi didn't say anything else, but continued to stroll around Huaishuo Town.

After the two men returned, Yan Tongchu took the chief clerk to find Song Zhizhou.

It just so happened that Magistrate Song was also surrounded by envoys from other towns, all of whom were vying to divide up these more than 2,000 well-trained soldiers.

"Our Gu family army suffered heavy losses, please give us more."

"Alas, we in Woye Town are short of manpower. If we encounter a major war, we can't let Woye Town become the weakest link!"

A group of people were chattering, and when they saw Yan Tongchu come in with a smile on his face that he couldn't hide, they couldn't help but ask.

"What were you and the general doing? Why are you so happy?"

Yan Tongchu laughed happily: "The general has pointed out a clear path for us in Huaishuo Town."

Yan Tongchu spoke a lot, and finally said in distress: "Song Lang, what do you think the general meant by that?"

Song Zhizhou thought about it, and the smile on his face grew bigger and bigger: "It seems that we really guessed what Godmother was thinking! Godmother is thinking that after we succeed and merge into one state, we will start border trade in the new state!"

Qin Bohuai was dumbfounded: "But aren't we still fighting the Tartars in the north?"

Song Zhizhou tapped the table with his knuckles, his eyes sparkling, "This is how powerful my godmother is! If we want to develop border trade, we must not sell ironware to them."

Qin Bohuai was dissatisfied: "It is obvious that the Tartars will starve to death and freeze to death in just one winter. Why do we have to go to such trouble?"

Song Zhizhou: "My godmother once gave us a lesson in the academy. If I give you one chopstick or ten chopsticks, which one is easier to break?"

"A chopstick, of course!"

"If you and I are equally strong and both have ten chopsticks, and I take five from you, who do you think is more likely to break chopsticks?"

"Of course it's me."

Governor Song sighed, "This is what my godmother wants to do!"

My godmother has lofty ambitions, which is really admirable!