If you want to talk from Guo Ziyi, these Longyou generals are destined to be disappointed.

It involves a development path of a force, and it is definitely impossible to tell others the inside story, but because the other party is a friendly army with a lot of help, Guo Ziyi will not turn against him and will directly attack these people...

Therefore, he used the old method of pretending to be reckless and ended the topic of the source of money for the city construction in a confused manner.

This is actually a kind of gentle and generous attitude!

I won't answer, but I won't stop you from discovering it yourself. Lanling City is here. Everything in the city is not hidden. You can investigate or imitate it. As for whether you can find it and learn it, it can only depend on your ability...

In a word, I don’t stop it, but I don’t give any advice. I want to get the answer directly from me. Sorry, Guo is not that stupid yet.

...

Although Guo Ziyi bypassed the topic of money for building the city, causing the Longyou generals to be unable to continue asking further, it does not mean that this group of people have not gained anything.

The entire Lanling New City is too big.

The prosperity in the city is really amazing.

There is a wide road in the center, with shops and various buildings on both sides of the road, making people involuntarily feel like they were suddenly in Chang'an...

Chang'an!

That is the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty.

When the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that the imperial capital was known as the world's number one city, prosperous and beautiful, majestic and majestic. Even people who were far away in Liaodong or the Western Regions would yearn for the Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty in their hearts.

Chang'an is so majestic that Lanling New City can actually compare with Chang'an, because if it cannot be compared, it will never make people feel illusioned in Chang'an.

The Longyou generals felt that they were not good enough.

Suddenly, their faces were surprised and shocked, and subconsciously chased Guo Ziyi behind him, pointed to a group of merchants not far away, and asked, "Gen. Guo... General Guo, are those merchants from the Western Regions?"

Guo Ziyi didn't even raise her eyes, and nodded directly and said with a smile: "It should be from the Western Regions, but Guo didn't care. Foreign merchants come here every day, so Guo doesn't have the energy to ask them one by one."

As he said that, he smashed his lips, deliberately pretended to be proud and said, "Unless it is a large merchant who transports thousands or tens of thousands of sheep at one time, then Guo will come forward and treat them reluctantly."

hiss!

The Longyou generals took a breath and stammered: "Thousands... tens of thousands and tens of thousands of sheep? Only such merchants are qualified to be entertained by you?"

Guo Ziyi shouted and said, "It's almost the same, but not absolutely. Sometimes even if the caravan is very huge, it happens that Guo has something to do and needs to be busy, so I don't have time to receive it. I usually give it to my subordinates..."

As he stopped, he pointed to the county magistrate Wang Yue not far away and smiled: "Did you see that it is our county magistrate in Lanling? Hahaha, he does the dirty and tiring work."

"To be honest, I feel a little sorry for him. When Lanling was a county, this county magistrate was already a county magistrate.

Now Lanling has built a giant city, and its size and specifications exceed that of the county government. However, the county magistrate under my command is still a seventh-rank county magistrate."

The Longyou generals flashed their eyes and asked with a tentative voice: "Is it because you encountered an obstacle in the court that some people are unwilling to promote the officials under your command?"

Guo Ziyi snorted, as if she suddenly became angry, and said viciously: "I don't hide this from you. I do have an opponent in the court. That old treacherous minister, Guo will kill him one day."

The Longyou generals understood it and couldn't help but say, "Is the person General Guo said that Li Linfu, known as the sweet-mouthed sword? His Majesty's humeral prime minister."

"The humerus!" Guo Ziyi glared at her eyes, as if she was extremely angry, and cursed: "If this old thief is a minister of the humerus, wouldn't Guo be the pillar of the sky? I'll make a fuss, and I'll say... "

Suddenly, a person rushed over from behind, Wang Yue, the county magistrate of Lanling, rushed to persuade: "General, don't be angry. We don't have the same knowledge as that person. Don't get angry, so as not to let the Longyou friendly troops laugh at it."

More than a dozen Longyou generals also spoke quickly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, general, don't be as knowledgeable as that old thief. This person is treacherous and insulted by the country. One day, God will be taken away by God. In fact, my general often scolds him, and he will scold him every time he finishes drinking..."

Guo Ziyi said 'ah' and asked in great surprise: "Is your general the same? It's true that he is a good governor."

More than a dozen Longyou generals were stunned, with a slight strange expression.

As long as you scold Li Linfu like you, then you are a good governor in your eyes? As expected, only you, a famous reckless man in the world, will have such a strange personality.

The Longyou generals thought so in their hearts, but they never dared to express their feelings.

Instead, we should say a sentence tentatively and deliberately show kindness: "Actually, General Guo may not know yet. My general appreciates your rise very much. For example, before we come here this time, the general once sighed to us..."

"Is that true?" Guo Ziyi seemed even more surprised and urged him urgently: "Tell me, how do you praise Guo?"

The generals of Longyou laughed in their hearts, feeling that this reckless general looked like a child, but his face was very serious, and his tone became solemn, and he said solemnly: "My general said that Guo Ziyi is worthy of being the surname Guo. Such a rising star really has a face for the Guo family in the world."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Guo Ziyi laughed loudly and said proudly: "Okay, okay, you are indeed a good governor. When you set off and return, Guo must prepare some good things for you to bring them back to Longyou and give them to you the commander for me."

Suddenly, as if he had reacted, his face suddenly changed, and he said 'very surprised' again: "Wait, your Grand Marshal's surname is Guo? What you said just now clearly means that your Grand Marshal's surname is Guo."

The Longyou generals were collectively confused.

After a while, the group of people spoke blankly and said in disbelief: "General Guo, do you not even know the surnames of the major vassal states in the world?"

How is this possible?

As a general, no matter how reckless his personality is, the situation of major vassal forces in the world must be at least familiar with it.

But Guo Ziyi looked at it for granted and nodded loudly, "What's wrong, can't it be? Guo is a general of the Tang Dynasty and is not under the command of the major vassal states. Why should I remember their surnames? I don't have the time to remember these..."

The generals of Longyou felt their chests blocked.

What a good guy, it's really annoying to compare people.

Since ancient times, the general has to be proficient in the current situation. A qualified leader of a force must know all the major forces in the world.

Needless to mention the leaders of the power, just talk about their level of generals. Which one is not proficient in military tactics? Which one is not familiar with the world pattern?

In addition, you have to fight bravely. After entering the battle, you have real swords and guns, and your head is hung on your belt to fight. With such a desperate effort, you will slowly accumulate merits. This year, you will get a military position as a general.

As a result, when compared with this general, I suddenly felt that there was no fairness in the world.

Look at Guo Ziyi, who became a general at the age of 23, took charge of the five prefectures on the South Shandong Road, and was in charge of a prosperous and majestic city. He was brave and brave, and ten thousand people could fight for a 50,000 army. Those who were officials under his command were also hardworking, such as the county magistrate like a Confucian scholar...

Any leader should work hard to govern such a family and power, but the general was so good that he didn't even care about the minimum current situation... He asked why he didn't know the surnames of the major vassal states, but he actually said he didn't have time to remember them.

My God!

Can such a fool be a general?

I can do it too!

More than a dozen Longyou generals looked sad, as if they were even in a bad mood.

Fortunately, there was another person who was not led by Guo Ziyi this time and kept calm enough from beginning to end. No matter how much Guo Ziyi was, this person always remembered what he wanted to ask just now.

...

"General Guo, the direction of our chat seems to be a little distorted. What I just asked you is obviously a business of the Western Regions merchants..."

This person who has always maintained a calm life is Liu Tianbao, the first person to be fooled by Guo Ziyi not long ago. This person is worthy of being the leader of a group of generals, and his ability and character are superior.

Seeing that Guo Ziyi was getting further and further, he finally couldn't help but stop him, and his tone was a little tempted, and he deliberately pretended to be curious: "Could General Guo not want to answer, or wanted to hide the prosperity of Lanling City? That's why... Hehehe, I'll have a lot of thoughts and ask the general to atone for his sins."

Since someone has said it clearly, it would be boring for Guo Ziyi to continue pretending to be confused.

However, the reckless man can continue to pretend.

So he laughed directly, as if he was used to it, "Is it so? Have you ever had a wrong chat? Haha, this is Guo's old problem. Wherever you think and say, sometimes because of the joy of chatting, I can even talk to people about the emperor's wife..."

This was a bit taboo, and the generals of Longyou regarded it as if they had not heard it.

Liu Tianbao was even more straightforward and pointed to the merchants on the street and said, "General, you just said that there are foreign merchants in Lanling City every day. Only those who transport thousands of cattle and sheep are qualified to be entertained by you, right?"

Seeing that he had been staring at this matter, Guo Ziyi knew that he could no longer talk, so he nodded and smiled and said, "That's right, that's true."

After the answer, he even took the initiative to speak and deliberately leaked some secrets: "But the hospitality is hospitality, the tax will definitely not be reduced. Everything is easy to discuss here, and no concessions will be given to the money."

"For example, a group of merchants from the Western Regions transported the goods were cattle and sheep. Whenever they transported a bull, Guo would collect the commercial tax of two stale money for them. Whenever a sheep was transported, Guo would charge their commercial tax of four hundred stale money. And no matter whether they were sold or not, they would have to pay tax as long as they were transported..."

The Longyou generals silently remembered it in their hearts and began to quietly speculate on the income of Lanling City.

Liu Tianbao spoke directly and deliberately pretended to be shocked: "A cow needs to charge a tax of two jin of money? The price of a cow in the Western Regions is only five jin of money at most. The price of sheep is always the same, but you directly charge 400 jin. My God, this is a heavy tax of 40%. General Guo, are you so cruel?"

Guo Ziyi laughed and said proudly: "You are right. My commercial tax is indeed ruthless. But so what if I am ruthless? Those merchants rushed to me to make a living. The reason is very simple. They earn a lot of money by selling cattle and sheep here..."

"For example, the Western Regions oxen are not domesticated and are not suitable for plowing fields in a short period of time. Its value is much worse than that of our Tang Dynasty oxen."

"But I provide a service here, which is a special industry created by my wife. We hired hundreds or thousands of farmers to set up a team that specializes in the domestication of bulls. The Western Regions merchants only need to transport the bulls to Lanling, and they don't have to do all the troubles next..."

"They just need to throw the cattle to the farmers, and they can harvest domesticated oxen in a month or two. The value will be different at that time. A bullock that can plow the fields can be sold for twenty cents. The price has increased by four times, and the merchants are smiling."

"The most important thing is that my farmers are domesticating oxen for free for merchants, but I don't suffer any losses because I took advantage of the domestication process."

"What are you taking advantage? Hehe, you can use the pills of oxen plowing land from Western Regions merchants for free. Although the pills are very slow at the beginning, the more they are domesticated, the more skilled they become. Even if they are slower, it is much better than using humans to pull plows. Moreover, after being skilled in domestication, every pill is a good animal."

"Haha, this is called a win-win, the word invented by my wife!"

When Guo Ziyi said this, he deliberately looked at the Longyou general with pride and said, "The Western Regions bull, which was originally worth only five stakes, has become a plowing bull worth twenty stakes after being domesticated, and it is extremely popular when it is sold... Tell me, are the merchants in the Western Regions happy?"

"It's not just happiness, I'm just rushing to beg me. After all, this business is too comfortable and it's too easy to make money by selling it."

"Since my city was founded, caravans have come from all over Shandong, even Henan Road, Hebei Road, Jianghuai Road, Yangzhou... Caravans from all over the country gathered and they would definitely grab the plowing ox when they saw it. Therefore, no matter how many oxes the merchants in the Western Regions transported, they could easily sell them out in the end."

"And it's sold out with a quadrupled price."

"They sell a cow, and the price is 20 guan. I charge two guan. It's only 10% of the tax. Do you still feel it's high now? Do you really think those merchants are fools?"

The Longyou generals stood on the spot.

One percent of the tax revenue is indeed not high, but it is not just low. It is simply one of the few light taxes in the world.

Compared with other parts of the Tang Dynasty, Lanling is simply a blessed place for merchants.
To be continued...