Chapter 1260 Surrounding the Tang Guild Hall

Wacheng, Datang Guild Hall.

Since Li Xiang left, Cao Lian has established a foothold here. Coupled with the support of some Datang businessmen, they have become a major force in the city.

It would have been good for them if things were to develop like this. At least no one would dare to bully the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. However, more than a month ago, some disputes broke out in the border areas.

From that time on, no good news came. First, there were talks between ministers from Chenla and Pyo, and then a so-called military alliance was formed to jointly fight against the infiltration of the Northern Tang Dynasty.

Cao Lian felt at that time that their life might become more and more difficult. Before they could react, Wacheng Mansion had already started to take action and proposed multiple restrictive agreements to them.

They didn't dare to do this at first because they had no intention of falling out with the Tang Dynasty. After all, compared to the Tang Dynasty, their country's strength was too weak. Once these powerful measures angered the Tang Dynasty, By then, these people will not have a good life.

However, the Pyu court has decided that if they want to cooperate with the Chenla court to fight against the Tang Dynasty, the Tang guild halls in their territory must be eliminated first.

Although they have formulated a policy, they do not dare to offend Datang too much. After all, Datang's intention to use troops against them has not yet been determined. They have only received some news and it has not been confirmed yet. If it is your actions If it's too big, even if Datang doesn't plan to hit you then, but because your actions are too excessive, then a fight will still have to happen.

So after thinking for a long time, they just made some restrictions. Today is the time when these restrictions should be implemented. The people from Wacheng Mansion have already arrived at the Tang Guild Hall, hoping to settle this matter with Cao Lian.

In this little half a month, Cao Lian kept trying to shirk, either because he had something to do today or tomorrow, or he just wanted to postpone the time a little longer. But today, Wacheng Mansion sent people to block it, and he directly He came with people, so Cao Lian couldn't shirk it.

"Mr. Cao, you are really easy for me to find. I haven't been able to see you in the past half a month. I happened to meet you today. It's been half a month since the official documents from the imperial court came to me. , I have no choice but to push it aside, and I hope Master Cao can take care of my little brother and take care of all these things as soon as possible."

The governor of Wacheng held the contents of an official document in his hand. Cao Lian had known it for a long time. The reason why he wanted to hide from the magistrate in front of him was because he could not execute the official document. If it were executed according to the above terms, Then their Datang Guild Hall will be of no use at all.

The first thing is to guess their armed personnel. Currently, there are nearly 300 armed personnel in the Datang Guild Hall. According to these provisions, only 50 people can be reserved for them. Wacheng Mansion sends 50 armed personnel. , to ensure the safety of Datang Guild Hall.

If this is the case, it is equivalent to being monitored by others.

Since the establishment of the Tang Guild Hall, it has delivered a lot of confidential information to the country, and it has also allowed the Changsun brothers to make some very correct choices. If they are surrounded by fifty armed men sent by the prefect of Wacheng, what news will they have? Don’t expect to give it away either.

The second thing is about personnel registration. Since the establishment of the Datang Guild Hall, some people openly and some secretly have performed their own duties and worked together to find out information for Datang.

Now the Piao court is unwilling. They want to register all the Tang guild halls. No matter how many foreigners you have here, they must register with us. If there is no registration, then these people will not be able to come in and out. Datang Guild Hall.

At that time, Cao Lian was unwilling when he heard it. How could this be done? Can intelligence officers still contribute their true identities? If this is the case, then they should not even think about running around in the Piao Kingdom. If they are targeted by someone, they may be imprisoned at any time.

Another issue is the tax rate. It has been discussed before. The tax rate between the two countries has been reduced. When the goods of each party enter the other country, only one-twentieth of the tax will be charged.

This is extremely beneficial to Datang, because Datang has more types of goods and higher added value. The lower the tax rate, the greater their profits.

But for Chenla and Piao, this is an extremely unfriendly tax rate. When the tax rate is reduced, Datang's products will be cheaper than their own products even if shipping costs are included. The most important thing is quality. Well, this will make it impossible for their domestic products to be sold, and they will not even be very competitive locally.

During this period, due to the dumping of Datang goods, some merchants in the country have suffered huge losses. Previously, they did not dare to offend the Tang Dynasty. Even if their merchants suffered losses, the two imperial courts did not dare to promulgate some laws to ensure interests of domestic businessmen.

Now they can't control so much and want to triple the tax. Although the Tang Dynasty's products can still be sold, the benefits are not as big as before. Moreover, this is also an incident between the two courts. If the Tang Dynasty does not have any If they object, they will further increase the tax rate.

"Then let me take a look at these terms first. Brother is an official stationed abroad and does not have that much power. Everything has to wait for the approval of our court. If I make the decision without authorization, I will lose my head when I go back. , I hope the prefect can forgive me."

Cao Lian had a smile on his face, and the movements of his hands were not fast, as if he had never known these terms.

"Master Cao, please don't talk nonsense. It's been half a month since I got this clause. If Master Cao really doesn't know, wouldn't it be too funny? I I know very well how many people in that yamen drank Master Cao’s wine."

The prefect said with a smile, after the Tang Guild Hall was established, the people under his command were greatly infiltrated. Mr. Cao could easily know how many dishes he would eat at night. Now you say you don't know these terms. , isn’t this a joke?

"Absolutely nothing. We just drank together and talked about romance. Specific matters are not involved."

If you don't have evidence, I won't admit it. This is the basic training of personnel stationed abroad. (End of chapter)