A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 966 Who provoked Wu Huaiyu again?
"Go to the Anfu County Government Office."

In Weiqiao, Wu Huaiyu saw off his father-in-law and the others, returned to the tea shop and refilled a bowl of Fu tea for free, and asked Shitou to give the shopkeeper another twenty cents when he left.

"Tang Xian's family?" Shitou asked.

"Um,"

"Aye, this Tang Maoyi is not simple." When Shitou heard the name, he quickly reminded Wu Huaiyu,
"I know,"

The group of people rode back to Chang'an, and after entering the city went straight to the Anfu County Duke's Mansion.

Tang Xian, the Duke of Anfu County, was Tang Jian's brother. This man was truly extraordinary. During the Sui Dynasty, he served as the Zuoxun Guard of the East Palace. Prince Yang Yong was deposed and Tang Xian was dismissed and returned home.

This person likes to hunt, make friends, and hide his life.

The people he befriends are all gamblers and people who value life over justice but have the courage to put others in trouble. To put it bluntly, he is a gangster. When Li Yuan stayed in Taiyuan at the end of the Sui Dynasty, brothers Tang Xian and Tang Jian were all favored by Li Yuan. When Taiyuan raised troops, the Tang family also tried their best to help.

Tang Xian was always by Li Yuan's side and relied heavily on him. After entering Chang'an, he was granted the title of Duke of Anfu County, and thereafter he was given the title of Duke of County.

"Hurry up and find out who has enough eyesight to provoke this murderous god."

He had some conflicts with the Wu family before. When Wu Huaiyu single-handedly destroyed the capital of Liang in Shuofang, he later became the governor and guarded Shuofang. Wu Huaiyu built fields and opened border markets there, and also recruited miscellaneous Hus and Turks, etc., which was very impressive, especially in the case of Shuofang. Selling cattle and sheep from the Turks in the north to the south,

Tang Xian asked someone to open the middle door to greet him, and he himself quickly changed his clothes.

Today, Tang Xian is General Yunhui, serving as a sinecure in Beijing.

After this incident,

Wu Huaiyu suddenly visited,
Tang Xian was also very surprised.

Later, Wu Huaiyu was impeached through Wei Zheng and Ma Zhou, and even Tang Jian was implicated and dismissed from office, and Tang Xian was also dismissed.

Later, Wu Huaiyu was promoted to the imperial court.
Tang Xian went to Turks to sell sheep and also farmed sheep in Yanzhou. Later, there were too many sheep. Tang Xian used his connections with the Tang family to find a relative who was the governor of Yanzhou and asked him to buy his own sheep. Later, he also purchased sheep from the court. The officials colluded with each other and gave them priority to purchase the Tang family’s sheep.

"Why don't you tell Lord Wu that you are not at home, Alang, and visit him another day?"

"Wu Qingyang is here?"

"Since they are all here, there is no way to hide, so let's meet them."

Tang Xian also knew that Wu Huaiyu was not easy to mess with, and even later Tang Jian took the initiative to befriend Wu Huaiyu.
Now when Tang Xian heard that Wu Huaiyu came directly to the door without any prior notice or notice, his first reaction was that the Tang family might have accidentally provoked the Wu family again.

but,

This man is very prestigious in the Chang'an market, and he is secretly in charge of many of the Tang family's money-making industries. He has a hand in everything that makes money, and he even does border smuggling, hunting and trafficking of barbarian people.

A huge sheep market was opened in Yanxia, ​​and the money earned was enviable.

"This is strange. Why did you suddenly come to the door? Which of your men has crossed the line and provoked the Wu family?" Tang Xian was only in his fifties. Although he no longer liked fighting bravely and fiercely in rivers and lakes as he did in the past. , but there are still strong stocks.

If the emperor hadn't been a loyal minister to their Tang family, the Tang family might have been in danger that time. Later, Tang Jian asked his eldest son to follow Sun De and use Sun Wuji's relationship to make peace with Wu Huaiyu in private, paying money and apologizing. This was the end of the matter. .

"Right outside the door."

But Tang Xian didn't want to provoke Wu Huaiyu.

This thing went too far, and even many of the sheep orders purchased by the imperial court were from the Wu family, but Tang Xian and the others insisted on buying sheep from the Tang family instead, regardless of whether they were good or bad, and the price was high. In turn, He also suppressed the price of Wu family sheep.

In the Tang family, Tang Jian was in the officialdom, while Tang Xian was in charge of running the family business.

When Tang Xian hurriedly changed his clothes and rushed to the living room, he saw Wu Huaiyu drinking tea with a smile and not looking like he was going to accuse him.

"The arrival of Prime Minister Wu really makes the walls of this humble abode shine. I apologize if I missed you from afar."

Tang Xian smiled as he greeted the man and looked at Qingyangzi. He looked like he had just come back from outside the city.

"I took the liberty of visiting you, and it was too abrupt."

"I don't know if someone in my family has offended the Wu family. If I ask Prime Minister Wu to speak out, I will punish him severely and give Prime Minister Wu an explanation."

Although it had been several years since the incident was discussed, now that I think about it, the Tang family brothers were still a little timid and almost overthrew the Tang family.

After all, their brothers were confidants of the Supreme Emperor at the beginning, and they were walking on thin ice in the Zhenguan Dynasty. They offended Wu Huaiyu, a favorite of the Zhenguan Emperor, and who knew whether the emperor would take the opportunity to cleanse their Tang family.

"Tang Gong misunderstood," Wu Huaiyu smiled, "Actually, I just came back from seeing off guests at Weiqiao, namely Li Junxian, Liu Lancheng, my father-in-law, and the others." Tang Xian nodded, saying that he had also heard that these four people were considered to be friends this time. Demoted to Jiannan.

Fan Xing was demoted from the governor of Lizhou to the governor of Lizhou, Li Junxian was moved from the governor of Lanzhou to the governor of Maozhou, Liu Lancheng was moved from the governor of Xiazhou to the governor of Songzhou, and Niu Jinda was demoted from the governor of Songzhou to the governor of Jingzhou.

"Your brother, Lord Ju, is now the governor of Yizhou. They are going to be neighbors with your brother. Recently, the west of Jiannan is not peaceful. Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Tubo and other tribes are in chaos. The situation in Jiannan It’s also very complicated,”

Tang Xian thought rapidly in his heart, what Wu Huaiyu meant, it seemed to be related to the four generals, and also to his brother.

"Prime Minister Wu, you might as well say what you have to say. If you need help from our Tang family, just ask."

Wu Huaiyu smiled,
"The tea from Mr. Anfu's house is pretty good,"

"Jiannan Mengding Stone Flower, this tea was sent back from Jiannan by my brother, but it was produced in Duke Wu's tea garden. This tea is indeed very good."

"Mengding Shihua is indeed good tea, but it is mainly sold domestically. Our border market on the border of Jiannan in the Tang Dynasty trades tea with Dangxiang and other barbarian tea horses, but the main sales are black tea bricks, tea bricks from Shannan, Jiannan, and Jiangnanxi. , the sales are very good among the Qiang people, and even in Tubo, the demand has been increasing in recent years, and more and more are being bought..."

Tang Xian didn't know why Wu Huaiyu suddenly talked about tea again, especially about the tea-horse trade with the Qiang people.

He vaguely seemed to touch the edge,
The Wu family's tea is very famous. The Tang family has many industries, including making tea. However, the Tang family has very few tea gardens, and their own teahouses also produce very little tea. They mainly sell tea, and many of the teas are sold directly from the Wu family.
The Tang family sells tea both domestically and domestically, so they can make money wherever they go.
They sold tea from Huainan, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Lingnan to Guangzhou, sold tea from Shannan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan to the western Sichuan city to trade with Tuyuhun party members, Tubo women from the east, etc., and also sold tea from Jingyang to Hexi, Shuofang, and even Saibei and Liaoxi.
The profit from selling tea is still very good.
Tang Xian sold tea and also liked to smuggle tea, which made the profit even greater.

For example, relying on his brother Tang Jian, who is now the governor of Yizhou, he smuggled and sold tea in Western Sichuan. He seldom sold and paid taxes formally, but smuggled it secretly.

Trade with wild tea horses, or exchange salt and tea for cattle, horses, sheep, furs, medicinal materials, or even slaves.
Wu Huaiyu was very aware of the Tang family's private dealings.

In fact, the emperor also knew,
But sometimes, the emperor just turned a blind eye and didn't go too far. The rich and powerful people all liked to do this kind of thing, and it was difficult to stop it.

But Wu Huaiyu knew that although Tang Xian engaged in smuggling and even used Tang Jian's connections to do it boldly in western Sichuan, the Tang family did not have much tea after all. He also relied on buying it on the market, and the largest tea supplier in Jiannan was the Wu family. .

Tang Xian smuggled tea, and the goods mainly came from the Wu family.

It was impossible for the Wu family to give Tang Xian too much tea. After all, the Wu family was not only the largest tea producer and processor in Jiannan, but also the largest tea trafficker. It was the Wu family that did the largest tea horse trade with the Yuman.

"An Fugong, a wise man doesn't tell secrets. I know that An Fugong has done a lot of tea business in various places in recent years, but it has also reached a bottleneck, right?"

Tang Xian looked at Wu Huaiyu and said,
For a moment, I was a little confused as to what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.
"Prime Minister Wu, I'm just playing around in a small way. I'm easy to make friends and have many friends. If everyone wants me to help find a way to make ends meet, I'll help too."

He smiled and said, "They are also selling tea from the Wu family tea house honestly, and then earn some hard money, so they shouldn't have any influence on the Wu family. Of course, if Wu Xiang feels it is inappropriate, then I will ask them to stop immediately. "

"An Fugong misunderstood my meaning,"

Wu Huaiyu simply got straight to the point, "Who sells this tea? My Wu family has never been exclusive in this business. I mean if An Fugong wants to make this business bigger, then we can cooperate further."

"How to cooperate?" Tang Xian asked immediately.

"In the future, we can openly supply tea bricks to you, and we will give you as much as you want."

"Where's the price?" Tang Xian was moved. He had been restricted by the supply of tea, and his smuggling business was also restricted.

The benefits here are huge, and of course he wants to go further.

"The price remains the same. If you buy in large quantities, we can give you some discounts."

Tang Xian did not agree immediately. He knew that there was no such thing as a pie in the sky.

After a long while, he asked, "What does the Prime Minister need from me?"

"Hahaha, don't worry. If you have money, let's make it together. But there is some chaos on the Jiannan border now, and the situation is not good. Part of the party Xiang Qiang led by Tuoba, along with many other Qiang tribes and Tubo people, are here. Threaten the security of Jiannan border,

And now the troops stationed on the Jiannan border are limited. If the enemy really comes, we may suffer a big loss at the beginning.

Your brother is now the chief historian of the Governor's Office in Yizhou and is in charge of the affairs of the Governor's Office. My father-in-law, Li Junxian and Liu Lancheng are also newly transferred to the border.
If something happens, no one wants to see it, so I hope that Yizhou Governor's Mansion, Songzhou Governor's Mansion, Maozhou Governor's Mansion and Lizhou Governor's Mansion, the four neighboring countries, can unite to deal with the crisis together, and even Then we will be able to fight back as soon as possible..."

Tang Xian finally figured out what was going on.

Wu Huaiyu gave him a big gift first, and then opened up the supply of tea bricks so that he could make more money from tea smuggling. What Wu Huaiyu wanted was for his elder brother Shi Tangjian, the governor of Yizhou, to join his Jiannan border defense plan. Go in,
Yizhou is the land of abundance, in the southwest center, with abundant money and food, strong soldiers and horses, and a large reserve of weapons, armor, etc.

These are far beyond the reach of Maozhou and Songzhou.

If there really is a border war, Yizhou's support will be absolutely indispensable.

(End of this chapter)