Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 236: Sit on the ground and divide the spoils

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The case of the water ghost is solved, making Qin Mubai and Li Ke become famous and majestic in the land of Jingxiang!

The gang of water ghosts left over from the Sui Dynasty that has been a disaster for the Han River for decades was completely destroyed. Du Chengyuan and Wei Xiaochen, the two land tyrants, collapsed overnight, and Duan Rongji and Ouyang Jun, the two local giants. Being taken down by a trick, it all seemed to happen overnight.

When the news came out, Jing Xiang was shocked and gave feedback!

As far as ordinary people are concerned, Baojia and Lizheng in a rural area are both "big men", and a casual sentence may change the fate of a family. As for county magistrates and military officers, they are all like people who eat imperial food. They can only be used to look up. For many years, Wei Xiaochen, Du Chengyuan and others have been uncrowned emperors in the eyes of Jingxiang people. Many people actually only know Weidu but not the emperor.

Just when they didn't remember the names of Li Ke and Qin Mubai, all the people like Wei Du were taken away by the two!

The speed and decisiveness of this kind is like cutting through the flames with a sharp knife, under the thunder and thunder, it is unexpected to be shocking!

Overnight, the names of Li Ke and Qin Mubai resounded through Jingxiang.

The gossip soul of the Chinese people seems to come from the ancestors. At this moment, the gossip soul of the people of Jingxiang is burning. From the day of development, many versions of the story began to spread word of mouth among the people. Under the influence of some talented gossip kings, the story of Li Ke and Qin Mubaizhi fighting against water ghosts was spread widely. In different versions of legends, Li Ke and Qin Mubai were either transformed into Zhuge Liang’s "multi-wisdom almost demon" gods, or transformed into one who beats a hundred, chopped down ten streets without changing his face and breathing. The enhanced version of Li Kui, in short, is extremely exaggerated, and it is almost impossible to make the two of them virtual like gods and demons.

In a leisure place like the Qufang of a wine shop, there are also various tunes used to sing the deeds and merits of the two, telling stories that they have exaggerated more than a hundred times. There are also some idle young ladies or official royal literati. Starting from various mentalities, they wrote countless verses that sing praises and chants, or spread them in the form of calligraphy, or directly inscribe them in scenic spots, The walls in the famous stores are for people to circulate and observe.

The power of the soul of gossip is powerful, and the efficiency of gossip's word of mouth is not much worse than that of modern high-tech media. Before long, Li Ke and Qin Mubai, two mortal figures, seemed to be deified by the people of Jingxiang and turned into a glorious "legend", reaching a height that can only be looked up to.

It is worth mentioning that the amorous Jingxiang woman has since added two spring boudoir dreamers to miss. Wu Wang Li Ke, who is so handsome and confused, of descent and very noble birth; also the young hero Qin Mubai, who is also chic, intelligent and courageous...I don't know how many young women and girls who are trembling after hearing the name of the two; , I feel even more lonely.

At this moment, Qin Mubai, one of the legends, is living the same as usual. After the hustle and bustle, he enjoys the current peace. After spending several days in the barracks, I have been busy cleaning up the barracks and doing military affairs.

The case of the water ghost was solved, and there were many people implicated in the Xiangzhou Military Mansion. More than a dozen officers and generals were dismissed and guilty. The Zuoying navy was abolished by more than half, and the whole camp was up and down. Panic.

Qin Mubai knew that this is the best time to rectify the military palace and establish Enwei. Breaking and then standing is equivalent to starting everything from scratch. It is most beneficial to him to completely break the old revolutionary situation.

So, Qin Mubai issued a military order, and he was off the list to recruit soldiers. A major personnel reform was carried out across the entire government, which actually subverted the entire personnel organization of the military government, and brought about a radical reconstruction. Although the batch of Baiqi brought from Chang'an had a black sheep, it did not affect their status and abilities, nor did it affect Qin Mubai's trust in them. Among the remaining 30 people, with the exception of Pang Fei, who had already served as Captain Guoyi, more than half of them were appointed to direct basic-level officers such as team leader, brigade commander, and captain, or in charge of cao cao, liang cao, and cao cao. The authority of these core and confidential departments.

Even Du Chengyuan and Zhao Chong were uprooted. Who has the ability to challenge Qin Mubai in the army? Therefore, Qin Mubai is almost dictatorial doing all these things. With a swipe of a pen or a lip, the matter is settled, and no one raises any doubts.

Datang, a country of great military, has never worried about the source of troops. Within two days of the announcement, under Qin Mubai's prestigious call, it was immediately overwhelmed. Because there were too many people who had joined the army, I had to choose and choose and choose, and to choose the elite from the strong. At the same time, the soldiers from the military mansion were sent away, and there was a big exchange of blood.

The Xiangzhou Military Mansion, which was reborn and reborn, instantly became full of vitality. Qin Mubai ordered that because it was a big mix-up, the whole battalion, whether it was veterans or recruits, recruits from the more cavalry or ordinary soldiers, all began to drill again. The subjects to be practiced were naturally completely new and approved by Qin Mubai himself. The elite hundred cavalry soldiers have penetrated into all the details of the military mansion, will maximize their technical and military advantages, and drive the entire military mansion to flourish.

Qin Mubai worked hard to rectify the military house. Because he knows that his job is a general. If you don't make any achievements in the military, and other tricks are too good, it is impossible to justify. He did not expect to train these ordinary civilians in Xiangzhou Military Mansion to be like a hundred horses. But at least, they must be made "the elite of the army."

Don't seek to climb to the top to make the ancient shinning gold, but doing everything is a little bit harder and better than others. This has always been Qin Mubai's habit.

Several days later, Qin Mubai, who had been busy for a long time, was finally able to sneak out for a while under the premise that the military was stable and everything was on the right track.

Yesterday, King Wu sent a letter saying that Zheng Anshun has not been seen since he was rescued, and he stayed in Jingzhou for a long time. With the help of the local military mansion and Yamen, he was responsible for cooking the water ghosts. One of the "catastrophes" in China has finally been exhausted recently, so I came to Xiangzhou. In any case, you have to see him.

Moreover, this "great disaster" really surprised Qin Mubai. That is, the water ghost party has stored a huge amount of official food and official salt over the past few years. Li Ke invited Qin Mubai to meet, and he also meant to discuss how to deal with this pile of things.

Qin Mubai handed over the military affairs to Pang Fei, and simply cleaned up, leaving the barracks and heading to the governor's house. On the way, he thought for a while, thinking that although Pang Fei is loyal and obedient, and can handle the things he confessed, he always feels that he is not competent enough at the moment, and he always feels a little worried to stand alone. It would be nice if there was another strong right arm around him. Think of a way to see if Xue Rengui can be "borrowed" to the military mansion for use. Anyway, he is also an officer in the royal palace, and the military registration and official position are the same as those of the official system. It is also common for them to be transferred to each other. At the local level, as long as I, the captain and Li Ke, the provincial governor, nod their heads, and sign up to the Ministry of War, it will be done.

When I arrived at the backyard of the Cishi Mansion, I heard Li Ke's hearty laugh from a distance. He and Zheng Anshun were sitting in the hall, not knowing what they were talking about, they were extremely speculative and happy.

"Look, Great Hero Qin is here, haha!" The two stood up to greet each other.

Qin Mubai hurried forward and said with a smile: "An dare to trouble His Royal Highness King Wu and Young Master Zheng to greet you? Zhe Sha Zhe Sha!"

"Heh! Jingxiang's most famous hero is here, who would dare not welcome him?" Li Ke laughed, "I am so brilliant!"

"Okay, don't ridicule me." Qin Mubai smiled, turned his head and arched his hand at Zheng Anshun, and said, "Brother Zheng, you have suffered a period of imprisonment. Ashamed!"

"It's okay." Zheng Anshun smiled and waved his hand. "Even though he was imprisoned, he didn't suffer any extraordinary abuse. The food is delicious and the drink is served by someone, but there is no such thing as your Highness and brother Qin to raise a glass together. Drinking freely, I was very depressed for a while."

"Haha, then I must not be drunk or return today!" Li Ke laughed, and walked into the hall on the shoulders of the two of them left and right, and said, "By the way, I am looking forward to some time today. Water. After the ghost case was solved, I was busy taking care of government affairs and reorganizing the government office. Mu Bai returned to the camp to reorganize the military camp. Brother Zheng was also cleaning up the aftermath in Jingzhou. This is more than half my hope! Today, the three of us are finally gathered together. I didn’t say anything, put together a table, use a big coot!"

"Listen to Jun's orders!" Qin Mubai and Zheng Anshun both responded with laughter.

Joining tables is not a matter of simply putting together tables to eat. Datang emphasizes etiquette, respect and humbleness. Even if a family eats together, it is an orderly manner, and everyone eats at different tables. Not to mention the royal. Who should sit wherever they are, that is all rules and regulations, no one dared to cross the thunder pond half a step. As a result, there is the most polite and noble way of treating people like "table fight". For example, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, "eating at the same table and sleeping on the same couch", are typical without distinction of respect and inferiority, and are intimate with each other.

The table was put together, and soon the good wine and food were brought up. Qin Mubai grumbled in his stomach and smiled: "Haha, I ate half-months of dried fish and vegetable leaf brown rice in the barracks. Today is a tooth sacrifice. The cook in your house is fine. Your Highness, these are all famous dishes and delicacies only found in the palace!"

"Of course, you don't see who is serving!" Li Ke grinned and said, "We are all from Chang'an. When we come to a foreign land, should we miss Chang'an dishes? Haha, come here. , Move your chopsticks, you must eat and drink today!"

"Please!"

After three rounds of food and wine, all three of them were addicted.

"As the saying goes, there are less than a thousand cups of wine every confidant. I haven't drunk alcohol for some days in the barracks, so I opened my belly today and accompany the two of you to have a good meal." Qin Mubai held a big cup and came to toast. .

"Don't be in a hurry, don't drink too fast. Otherwise, it won't be great." Li Ke waved his hand, and the two knew that he had something to say, so they put down the cup and listened to him.

"Take advantage of Jiuxing today, I also want to discuss something with you." Li Ke said to Qin Mubai, "When you didn't come, I had already discussed an outline with Brother Zheng, and now I want to hear from you. Comments."

"Well, please speak up, my lord."

Li Ke said: "Although the water ghost case was solved, Xiangzhou has actually been hit hard, especially the commercial port. First of all, the two official merchants, Zhengchang Lianghao and Yongye Yanfang It was overwhelmed. There were problems with the transfer and distribution of food and salt. Recently, I have personally sent government officials to temporarily manage them. However, after all, government officials are not merchants and do not have their mature management methods and operating methods, so the effect Not ideal. In addition, Duan Rongji and Ouyang Jun, the two leaders in the business world, were brought down. Many Xiangzhou businessmen related to them were frightened, or closed their doors to avoid the limelight, or moved their families out to make a living. I have repeatedly Sending people to appease, the effect is not very good. If this continues, it is not good. Xiangzhou’s commercial port and wharf have always been the most important source of financial resources. If the commercial port is not restored as soon as possible, the livelihood and taxation of the whole prefecture will definitely fall into one In big trouble."

"For this reason, I just consulted Brother Zheng. Originally, my opinion was that the Zheng family would take over the official grain account and Yanfang in Xiangzhou." Li Ke said, "With the prestige and ability of the Zheng family, It will surely be able to reorganize the business port and restore its vitality in a very short time."

"Yes, there is indeed no more suitable candidate than the Zheng family." Qin Mubai nodded, "Is there anything else to discuss?"

"But, Brother Zheng refused." Li Ke shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Help me persuade him."

Zheng Anshun smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, hasn't it been explained to you clearly? Brother Qin, it is better for you to avoid opening your mouth."

Qin Mubai frowned in confusion: "Brother Zheng, can you tell me the reason for your refusal?"

"Of course." Zheng Anshun nodded readily and said, "In history, merchants have the rules and habits of merchants. Although our Zheng family has done business in 90% of the counties of Datang, we have never involved Xiangzhou. This place. As for the reason, I have explained it to the two before. In a word, the businessman in Xiangzhou has always held an attitude of resistance and disgust towards my Changan Zheng family. Now, although Duan Rongji and Ouyang Jun These two leaders were overthrown, but it was not easy to change the minds of Xiangzhou businessmen. The most important thing to run an official business establishment is channels and contacts. If the local business gentry dislikes us, business will It will be very difficult to do. Making money or not is the next thing. Materials like food and salt are very delayed. If there are delays and blockages in the process of transshipment and distribution, it may mean that tens of thousands of people are facing famine. The battle with salt shortages or the army’s food shortages is terrible. No one can afford this kind of risk."

"Why?" Li Ke wrinkled his brows and said, "Could it be that if you get the official food and official salt in your hand, there will still be a situation where the distribution of the official salt will not be distributed? Merchants from various channels, they don't make money Already?"

"Not so, Your Highness." Qin Mubai said, "Although I'm an outsider in business, but I've been fascinated with Wu Meiniang, and I know some of the doorways. As the saying goes, peers are jealous. Between businessmen. In addition to win-win cooperation, there are also competitions and competitions. If you make a lot of money, people will be jealous and want to make more than you. Maybe it will make some insidious tricks to ruin your business. Earn more for yourself, and they are happy to see that you earn less. Although it is a minority, there is no shortage of such stigmatized people in the world. If the businessmen in Xiangzhou are generally hostile to the Changan Zheng family, the situation is even harder to say. As Brother Zheng said, making money or not is the next thing. If you still bear unanticipated potential risks because of this, it is really worthless. Business, especially those who do big business like the Zheng family, pay the most attention instead. It is not whether the profits are abundant, but whether the risks and costs of the business are commensurate with the profits. Am I right, Brother Zheng?"

"That's true, Brother Qin is really a fellow man." Zheng Anshun nodded and smiled and said, "It's not that Zheng has no confidence in doing business in Xiangzhou, but that he really cannot achieve the effect that His Highness said. . That is to say, I cannot reorganize the Xiangzhou commercial port that is facing paralysis in a very short time. I suggest that your Highness should select a person who has experience, strength and potential, and makes Xiangzhou local businessmen unfamiliar. The lord, to take over from Duan Rongji and Ouyang Jun, as the leader of the Xiangzhou commercial port. It is better for this person to be younger, act vigorously and decisively, and to provide him with strong government support. Is the most effective."

Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, saying in his heart: Zheng Anshun is really a genius businessman. What he said sounds unpretentious, but it contains a business philosophy that is widely known in the 21st century-the catfish effect.

The fisherman transports sardines, but this fish is too delicate and the mortality rate is always high due to lack of oxygen during transportation. Obviously, dead fish are not worth more than live fish, so the fishermen tried every possible way to think about countermeasures, and finally thought of a magic formula-to stock a carnivorous catfish in the fish warehouse where the sardines are transported!

In this way, in the process of transportation, the lazy personality likes quiet sardines, and in order to avoid predation by natural enemies, they have to swim and escape. As a result, the problem of fish death due to lack of oxygen was solved. And "life lies in movement", the sardines that are moving wildly under the stimulation of the survival instinct are more alive than when they were just caught!

Therefore, this catfish effect is widely used in the management of enterprises and personnel. In a lifeless group, introduce a strong competitive figure to stimulate other members to "counter attack", thereby achieving the effect of activating the entire group. Practice has proved that this strategy is far more effective than the internal rectification and institutional reform of raising the soup and stopping boiling.

Qin Mubai brought a group of Hundred Cavaliers from Chang'an, and eliminated the old and recruited new recruits to inject into the military mansion. In fact, he was applying the "catfish effect" to rebuild the military mansion.

Of course, Zheng Anshun has never learned such things, but he has learned this truth from his family nurturing and business experience. Such a concept may be uncommon for us, but for the ancients who advocated the golden mean, it is really very advanced, and it can be said to be beyond the times.

Otherwise, how could the Changan Zheng family become the richest man in Datang? How could it be so if there were some exceptions.

"Mu Bai, what's your opinion?" Li Ke asked Qin Mubai after hearing Zheng Anshun's words.

"Brother Zheng said very well, I raised my hands to express my approval." Qin Mubai nodded in praise, "The experience of the Zheng family is really extraordinary, I admire it!"

"Where, Brother Qin is absurdly praised." Zheng Anshun smiled modestly, "Compared with Brother Qin's great wisdom, bravery and grandeur, this trick of Zheng is really not on the stage."

Li Ke was upset, and muttered: "If you want a businessman with experience, strength, potential, and a young, energetic and courageous, where can I find it?"

Zheng Anshun has a confident smile: "Why do your Highness look for someone, isn't there one in front of you?"

"Me?" Qin Mubai smiled immediately, "Don't make fun, how is it possible!"

"Yes, he is a general, how does a general do business!...Wait!" Li Ke reacted quickly, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he clapped his fists and laughed, "Yes, yes! Unexpectedly!"

Qin Mubai grinned: "How do I smell a trace of conspiracy?"

"Wu Mei Niang!" Zheng Anshun and Qin Mubai said in unison, and then they laughed together.

"Sure enough..." Qin Mubai shook his head, "I knew, you didn't feel comfortable asking me to come here. Such a mess, I still have to spread it over my head and let me clean it up."

"Don't talk nonsense, it's you." Li Ke rubbed his hands and said with a wicked smile, "Wu Meiniang, has experience, strength, and potential. That's a business that even the old man of the Zheng family can praise. Wizard. More importantly, she is young, courageous, and she has the daring to dare to fight. This is the best. In addition to this place in Xiangzhou, there is the Lord of the government to support her, and you are The majestic and respected general gave her strength, what else can't be done? That's it! Tomorrow, I will send someone to Chang'an to pick up Wu Meiniang!"

Qin Mubai twitched the corners of his mouth a few times, and muttered: "Then what about her Chang'an business? As far as I know, he had just set up the storefront to install the springs a year ago, and he didn't have any money left. How do I return to Xiangzhou to do business?——Don’t count on me, this general has a cool breeze, he is a very poor and upright official!"

"Haha!" Li Ke and Zheng Anshun both laughed. At the end, Li Ke said: "Qin Xiange is just a small wine shop, no matter how good it is, can it be worth the people in the whole prefecture who eat food and salt to help her make money? There are still people in the Wu family, so the wine shop will be handed over to others. Just take care of it! As for the cost of doing business in Xiangzhou-Master Zheng is here, why worry about money?"

"That's not good, right?" Qin Mubai said, "How can I take the Zheng family's money and do my own business?"

"Let’s tell you so, Brother Qin." Zheng Anshun smiled, "His Royal Highness has discussed with Zheng for a long time about how to deal with this large amount of food and salt left by the water ghosts. His Royal Highness also wrote to the emperor before. Follow the holy will. As a result, the holy will was issued, saying that this batch of stolen goods was originally the property of the official family and should be put into the public property and returned to the original owner. Originally, it was supposed to be transported to Chang'an and Luoyang and stored in the court warehouse. However, the quantity is too large to be transported and stored for a while. Therefore, His Majesty decided to keep half of them in Xiangzhou and sell them on the spot in the form of official food and official salt. After returning the capital and making profits, he will continue to pay the grain tax and salt. Taxes. In other words, half of these hundreds of thousands of stone of grain and official salt will now be given on credit to the merchants who will take over the official grain dealers and salt ranks. They will sell them first. The tax is paid. Moreover, for reward and comfort, the emperor ordered a special order that within two years, the government-sponsored grain and salt merchants in Xiangzhou will only charge half of the tax. Brother Qin, this is probably the best business in the world. . To put it bluntly, it is a costless business, and the profits are huge and stable."

Qin Mubai couldn't understand it, and his eyes widened for a moment: "There is such a good thing? I dare to love you two being together for a long time, but it's actually giving me the sweetness!" /

"Haha, you finally understand!" Zheng Anshun laughed, and then said seriously, "Brother Qin made such a great contribution, not only because His Royal Highness is grateful for your help, Zheng is grateful for your life-saving grace, even the emperor Your Majesty also intends to reward. The court reduces taxes. Isn’t that the benefit of His Royal Highness's Governor?"

"Not bad." Li Ke smiled, "Half of the tax of hundreds of thousands of stone, grain and salt is so huge, I dare to swallow it alone? Besides you Qin Mubai, who else is eligible to share it with me?"

"So, to put it bluntly today, is the three of us sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils?" Qin Mubai smiled.

"Haha, about it!" Li Ke also smiled, and said, "Brother Zheng is responsible for transporting half of the grain and salt to Guanzhong, and will be distributed through the Zheng family. Brother Zheng is a kind and honest man who is content and makes money. With this sum, he has no intention of grabbing this piece of money from us. What do you think, Mu Bai. Money is a good thing, why don't you ask your Mei Niang to come and help divide the money?"

"Received!" Qin Mubai snapped his fingers, so happy in his heart!

This trip is not in vain!

Sitting brazenly and sharing the spoils, from today, someone from Qin will become an explosive household! Moreover, it won't be long before Wu Meiniang will become the king of the business world in Xiangzhou, a place with huge wealth.

Such tossing repeatedly, it's really hard not to have a fortune!