The eldest daughter of the emperor, she began to build a city wildly

Chapter 46
"You two are lucky. Since there are too many people stealing potatoes recently, the prefect decided to interrogate them personally. Come with me. If you are really wronged, you may be able to go out today." The yamen servant said.

Su Tang thought that Wu Chong should have told Lin Qing about the matter last night.

When he came to the interrogation room, Lin Qing reprimanded the people next to him, and hurriedly saluted, "How is the master there, nothing happened?"

"Everything is fine. What's the matter with stealing potatoes recently?" Su Tang found a place to sit down and motioned for Lin Qing to sit down too.

"Before the common people heard that potatoes could produce thirty stones per mu, they spread the praises to each other. Many people in the surrounding area knew about it. When the result came out, they came to check it out one after another. Seeing that what they said was true, they decided to steal it back and grow some by themselves. As a result, all kinds of people watching the fun and stealing potatoes have been repeatedly banned." Lin Qing was also very troubled by this matter.

"It's not a big problem. The main reason is that they are curious. After this season's harvest, the potatoes will be sold and spread, which will slow down the situation." Su Tang is happy to let more people plant these high-yielding seeds, This way more people can be fed.

"Also, the potatoes can no longer be watered before they are harvested. They are already suffering from diseases. Fortunately, the problem is not serious. Just let the people get some lime and sprinkle them on the fields." Su Tang said.

"Yes." Lin Qing was very guilty. He didn't even know that something as important as potatoes was sick, so he let the master sit in the cell for one night.

"Also, in the future, I will lead people to do business in Yanyang City. The name is Fufeng Trading Company. In the future, you will ask people to cooperate actively. If it develops well, Yanyang City will also benefit a lot."

"Business?" Isn't it to fight bandits?How do you start a business now?

"Yes, to make Yanyang City rich, doing business is the fastest way." Su Tang explained.

"Wouldn't it cost a lot of money in the early stage? I will transfer all the commercial taxes collected during this period from the accountant for the master's use."

Since Su Tang came to change the commercial tax and land tax to [-]%, although the income is not as much as before, but because he no longer needs to pay tribute to the court, the accountant has more or less saved some money.

"Suddenly I have a sum of money that will easily arouse suspicion. I have my own way of dealing with money. You don't have to worry, just take good care of Yanyang City."

Coming out of the yamen and meeting Wu Chong who was waiting outside, Su Tang decided to go directly to Linqi City. Linqi City is the most affluent in this area, and it is very suitable to go there for auction.

Wu Chong considered that he couldn't continue walking, so he found a store to hire a carriage, which was a lot of bargaining.

The money on Wu Chong's body is still the money from hunting and selling animal skins these days. Apart from buying salt and giving some villagers some medicine, he didn't save a few taels. Fortunately, they will not have to live in such embarrassment soon up.

Linqi City is still as lively as ever. As the most prosperous city along the border, merchants from the surrounding areas like to gather here, even merchants from other countries can often see it.

Before Su Tang went to the auction house, several people bought veils and hats to cover their faces. She didn't want to be missed before the glass and colored porcelain were officially sold.

Tianxing Auction House is the only auction house in Linqi City. It is the same as Tianxing Pawn Shop next to it. They will not only auction some things that no one in their own pawn shop has redeemed, but also accept others to sell them here. Of course, they will charge associated costs.

On the upper left corner of the plaque on the door was engraved the words Tiansheng Commercial Firm. Su Tang had heard of this firm in the capital. He heard that their business was spread all over the world, and even this borderland could be seen. It really lived up to its reputation.

Su Tang pondered for a while, Tiansheng Commercial Bank should be similar to the general name of this enterprise, and Tianxing Auction House is a special name of the branch, but it will engrave the name of Tiansheng Commercial Bank on it to show that it is under Tiansheng Commercial Bank part.

Otherwise, if every store uses the name Tiansheng, a situation may arise, that is, a street walks past, and the signs are all, Tiansheng Tea Shop, Tiansheng Restaurant, Tiansheng Auction House, Tiansheng Pawnshop. , this is too monotonous and too ostentatious.

Therefore, Fufeng Trading Co., Ltd. after Su Tang will adopt a similar method, and will choose a branch name for each store.

It seemed that there was no auction in the auction house today, and it seemed extremely deserted. As soon as Su Tang entered, a man came up to greet him very politely, "Are you planning to reserve seats for tomorrow, or are you auctioning things?"

"Consignment." Su Tang said.

"Okay, follow me." The man led them to the third floor.

Su Tang walked on the stairs to look at the scene of the auction house. The interior is extremely spacious. There is a large round platform in the middle of the first floor, surrounded by rows of seats. The top of the round platform is connected to the second floor, surrounded by gauze curtains In the private room, you can overlook the scene on the round platform from top to bottom.

The man took them up to the third floor. There was a corridor in the middle of the third floor. There were separate compartments on both sides. It should be the place where the final transaction was carried out. Come here to trade with money.

The man pushed open one of the doors, invited several people in, then closed the door and left.

The room is decorated in an antique style, and there is an old man with a white beard sitting in the middle, who seems to be the appraiser here, who can decide whether your things can be consigned here, and how much the price will be.

"Sit down." The treasure appraiser old god was pointing at the opposite chair, acting very casually, probably because he saw the coarse linen clothes on Su Tang and the others, and felt that such a person would not be able to produce anything of value.

Su Tang asked Wu Chong to put the box he was carrying on the table in front of him, and didn't say much, lest he would lose his words if he said too much.

The first thing the appraiser opened was the box containing the glass sword. For fear of breaking it, the entire sword was wrapped in a thick layer of coarse cloth. The appraiser was quite disgusted when he saw this situation. If it was a treasure, who would be willing to wrap it in such a dark rag?

As the layers were opened, the appraiser's eyes became wider and wider, and his mouth opened wider and wider. Su Tang could see the old man's white beard trembling happily and frequently through the veiled hat.

"This..." the appraiser was so excited that he couldn't speak, and quickly took out the whole sword, reflecting the dancing candlelight in the room and the shining sunset by the window, at this moment, it seemed that this sword was the most brilliant existence in the world .

The treasure appraiser leaned on it and looked it over carefully. There was no blemish or variegation. It was carved like the purest ice in winter. It was cold to start with. Most importantly, he didn't see any gaps in the connection, which meant that the sword was used It is made of rough stone with a length of one meter.

It feels like colored glaze, but the sound of knocking is not as crisp as colored glaze, and colored glaze is translucent, or mixed with various colors, which looks colorful and bright, but the one in front of me has no color and is completely transparent, even if it is crystal It is impossible to do this with stones and the like.

Even though he has appraised treasures for many years, he has never seen or heard of such things.

(End of this chapter)