Dominate the Country

"Shen Shiming, can you speak? If you can't speak, just keep your mouth shut. No one will treat you as a mute!" Chen Ding looked at his partner next to him angrily. The flames in his heart could make him spit fire, and then he The guy next to him burned to ashes.

He is currently leading a squad to patrol along Guancheng Avenue. The Shen Shiming who was talking next to him was one of the members of his class, but he was one of the people he hated the most in the entire team. Even Chen Zifeng was better than this guy. Chen Zifeng at least had a look. No wonder people say that all the intelligence of the Shen family lies in Shen Shiying. Except for Shen Shiying, the Shen family is already the top family in Zhejiang Province, but it has no successors and no successors. Because of this, Shen Guozhen now wants to filter out all the distant descendants of the Shen family, just to select a few talents.

This is how Shen Shiming got it.

He and Shen Guozhen were only related by blood four generations ago, and they were already on the fifth server. The name was not Shen Shiming at first. It was because Shen Shiming's father saw the sudden change in the Shen family, so he hurriedly gave his son another generation, and the name Shen Shiming came into being.

As a talent selected by Shen Guozhen from many distant brothers, Shen Shiming is very smart. He has never scored more than 95 points in mathematics. He also performs well in physical education. His overall performance is among the best in the entire Sungkyun Public School. However, There's something wrong with this guy's emotional intelligence. Because his vision is too high, he looks down on people with a lower 'family' background than him, and the arrogance and contempt in his words can offend people to death. Chen Ding doubted that even if Shen Shiming had the support of Shen Guozhen in the future, how far would he go in the future?

However, Chen Ding would not force Shen Shiming to apologize to the Tibetan. Although the Tibetan seemed to be a minor noble, who were they? Don't mention anything else, just that they are a boy scout wearing a military uniform, so they can't take the initiative to apologize to a fan. Chen Ding hoped that the foreigner would not understand Shen Shiming's ridicule...

Things passed peacefully. Dunzhu didn't yell, and even had a gleam of surprise in his eyes when he looked at Chen Ding and his party. Dorje Tashi also kept silent. Chen Ding even felt from the change in Dorje Tashi's eyes that he understood, but he didn't speak.

When Chen Ding and his party walked away, Dunzhu showed a self-deprecating smile on his face, "Country bumpkins, are we just bumpkin from Yushu? Dorje Tashi, you want to take me for a good tour, let me It’s a good time for me, a country bumpkin, to broaden my horizons.”

"Young master is wise, those child soldiers are not ordinary child soldiers, they should be noble people from Nanjing." Dundup did not have a young and energetic chat with the opponent. Isn't it a sign of wisdom? For Dorje Tashi .

Anyone who is not blind can see the difference between Chen Ding and the other boy soldiers. It is a difference in temperament. On one side are the masters in the ring, and on the other side are the warriors on the battlefield. Chen Ding and the others are less tough and more polite, and their identities are obvious. Dunzup and the others continued to visit Huangshengguan under the leadership of Dorje Tashi, looking around with curious eyes. Even the old people who had been here couldn't help but take a closer look at the prosperity of Huangshengguan under Chen Han's rule. scene.

Usually this 'hillbilly' appearance will attract ridicule from others. But this time, no one of the surrounding merchants and hawkers laughed at them. The shadow of war had not completely dissipated in Huangshengguan, and there was a faint sense of crisis hidden under the peaceful atmosphere.

The battle in Songfan City was not very long, but the damage to Songfan was severe, especially in the west of the city where the rebels entered. Whether it was the streets or the storage warehouses, they all suffered heavy losses due to the fire. This makes all the merchants and merchants in Huangsheng Pass uneasy. If someone suddenly causes trouble in Huangsheng Pass, they don't need to do anything more, just set a few fires, and it will be very miserable for them.

After being scolded by Chen Ding, Shen Shiming behaved for a while, but soon his old behavior relapsed. His biggest problem was that he looked down on others.

This may be the norm for Chinese people in this era. Luo Dongni once summarized a paragraph about the citizens of Nanjing, which was published in foreign newspapers. Even many Chinese themselves have heard of it:

"This is a proud nation. They are powerful and wealthy. Nanjing is the capital of this country. The quality of life of the people here is far better than that of citizens in Paris and London. Every holiday, beautiful parks, theaters, and hotels will be overcrowded. , even the most ordinary lower-class civilians are willing to pay the price of a Spanish eagle to buy meat and wine just to spend their leisure time.”

“Every day, merchant ships come from all over the country and the world to bring a steady stream of goods and materials to this city to satisfy the happy and prosperous life of the people here. The consumption tax paid by the people here every year is Up to millions of pounds and this number is growing rapidly!”

“In the eyes of Nanjing citizens, the world is composed of Nanjing, Lushan, several oceans, continents, and hundreds of thousands or millions of towns and villages. Except for them and Lushan, no one in any place can They are all country bumpkins. Even Guangzhou!”

"From Europe to Asia, there are hundreds of cities and millions of people serving this city directly or indirectly. Here is the best rice and wheat in the world, here is the most exquisite silk and porcelain in the world, and the best things are always sent to this city by the Chinese. Jingdezhen's high-end white porcelain, which is regarded as a treasure by the king in Europe, can be seen everywhere here, and there are also more precious thin-bodied porcelain and exquisite porcelain. As the capital of China, the wealth of residents in any community here may be higher than the treasury income of a small European country..."

This is a passage from Rodoni's own diary. With his understanding of the East and the West, he knows that the average living standard of Nanjing citizens is really much higher than that of London and Paris in Europe, but he understands more about the pride of Nanjing people.

There is a sentence in this passage that best summarizes Shen Shiming's mentality-in the eyes of Nanjing citizens, the world is made up of Nanjing, several oceans, continents, and hundreds of thousands or millions of towns and villages. Except for them, people from any place are country bumpkins. Even Guangzhou!

If it were Shen Shiming, it would be - in his eyes, except for the Shen family and the families whose status was higher than the Shen family, all other people in the world were not worthy of being treated seriously. This idea has long penetrated into his bones.

In today's China, those foreigners who did not live in Nanjing and suddenly became Nanjing natives after Chen Han established Nanjing as the capital for some reason, the mentality of boasting that they were superior to others seemed to be stronger than the few old residents in Nanjing. This phenomenon is not so similar to the Great Demon City in Chen Ming's previous life!

Shen Shiming is one of the representatives of this "ideology". He moved to Nanjing with his family two years ago, and then entered Chengjun Public School. With his excellent academic performance, he successfully obtained the recognition of Shen Guozhen. The arrogance that expanded as sharply as his identity change made him bow his head and be docile to Chen Ding, and he looked down on ordinary soldiers in the Boy Camp and country bumpkins like Dunzhu who had just left their hometown for the first time.

Chen Ding looked at Shen Shiming, who was proud of picking open a wooden box with a bayonet, and he had already made a big X on him in his heart. Shen Shiming's emotional intelligence is really a bit worrying. Although he is only fourteen years old, you can tell a person's future at the age of three and his character at the age of seven. Shen Shiming's emotional intelligence is not ordinary low.

That is to say, the horse caravans that come here to trade are all teams with no background or support - there is no backer in Nanjing City, and Huangshengguan is still shrouded in the shadow of war. The shock of dozens of heads outside the pass is not in vain, so the horse caravans will temporarily endure it. If it were another time, Chen Ding would dare to bet that something would definitely break out.

"Knowledge of worldly affairs is knowledge, and understanding of human nature is writing." This is really true. Some people are so weird. Chen Ding himself is always friendly, and Shen Shiming has seen it, but he always can't help but be arrogant when facing the horse caravan. He is no longer a child, and it's not that no one has advised him. He can still act like this. It can only be said that it is a personal reason.

Chen Ding would rather win over Chen Zifeng than recruit Shen Shiming, a top student of Chengjun Public School.

Dunzhu followed Doji Zhaxi and finally entered the trade office. It was a small building. Although it was three stories high, the public office was only on the first floor.

Doji Zhaxi called several servants to carry the boxes full of gold and silver into the hall. He took Dunzhu and exchanged the gold and silver they brought into piles of banknotes. These gold and silver belonged not only to Dunzhu's family, but also to several other families. The latter entrusted these gold and silver to the horse caravan of Dunzhu's family. Part of it belonged to the income of the horse caravan. After they transported the goods to Yushu, they would collect another part of the balance according to the agreement.

Some people from these families also followed the horse caravan.

In fact, many of the horse caravans on this trade route were just a transport team, and the goods belonged to other owners, not the horse caravans themselves. Serving as a transport team and bodyguards for others was the main livelihood of the horse caravan.

The Dunzhu family started their own business because they had some money in their hands.

The horse caravans worked very hard. In order to make a profit from trade, the horse caravans almost risked their lives. The activities of horse caravans are in areas where the commercial society is far from mature. The laws are not only imperfect, but also almost non-existent in many areas. Every business that the horse caravan wants to do has great risks, and the extremely unstable political situation has increased this risk. Some people have made a fortune because of the horse caravan trade, but more people have worked for a lifetime or even several lifetimes and still have nothing. In such places, there are countless bandits and robbers. They are even tribes nearby on the road. They are bandits when they go out and civilians when they come in. The death and loss of goods in the horse caravans happen from time to time. It is unknown how many horse drivers and horse heads have abandoned their bodies in the wilderness and died in a foreign land. Sometimes there is even no one to collect the bodies.

But in the entire southwest, there are still so many people who come to join the horse caravan circle, and it is obvious what they are for.

Just like Doji Zhaxi is unwilling to bring his children into this business, that is because he is one of the people who have made money among the horse heads, so of course he does not want his children to make money like himself.

Also in order to earn more profits, every caravan that operates for a long time must have a trustworthy reputation.

Just like now, these economic people who followed the caravan dispersed immediately after getting the stacks of paper bills exchanged for gold and silver. They had to quickly buy their own goods from the merchants. Only in this way could they relax and have a good rest in the days ahead.

Dunzhu thought that Doji Zhaxi would be like the others, carrying the paper bills issued by Chen Han to buy things, but Doji Zhaxi did not do so. Instead, he took his money bag to another window of the trade office and exchanged it for a small booklet directly.

"Young Master, this is a check introduced by the Han people. Checks can be used to trade just like money. And it is safer!"

"The banknotes do not say who the owner is, but the check must have our signature and seal to cash."

"This can also prevent merchants from evading taxes. My points are just a little short of being promoted to a second-level economic person. I don't want to evade taxes, otherwise I will be disqualified as a first-level economic person if I am caught."

The convenience of a first-level economic person compared to an ordinary economic person is that he can directly hang a sign in the hall of the trading house, and mark the reference price he can accept behind all his goods, and then his address. If anyone is interested in the goods of the Dunzhu family caravan, they can come directly to them to trade.

If he can be promoted to a second-level economic person, he can also mark the goods and prices he needs in the tea-horse trading house, which is even more convenient.

As for the third-level economic person, that is, he has a certain face in front of the government. They can find the official endorsement of the trading house and make a certain amount of credit in the market. This is a major breakthrough in the tea-horse trade. Because of the great risks of the caravan, there is rarely any credit in the tea-horse trade. Especially between unfamiliar trading partners.

And the fourth-level economic person who is at the next level can have a larger amount of credit, and the top-level fifth-level economic person can also enjoy the preferential treatment of a certain amount of tax reduction.

However, in the trading office here in Huang Shengguan, the highest seems to be the second-level broker. The fifth-level economic person is still far away. The most common in the market are ordinary economic people, who have no rights and interests.

The only hard requirement for economic people at all levels is not to evade taxes, otherwise the qualifications of economic people at higher levels will be cancelled at once.

"This thin piece of paper can actually be used as 10,000 yuan?" Dunzhu has heard the word check from his father and Duoji Zhaxi, but he has never seen a check in person. When he found that a check was actually a piece of thin paper, his mind was full of surprise. No wonder Duoji Zhaxi said to him that a check is equivalent to a silver bill in the past, a large silver bill.

"Huangshengguan is not safe either. There won't be any robbers with knives and guns here, but there are countless hateful thieves. It's safer to exchange large sums of money for checks."

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Just when Dunzhu arrived at Huangshengguan, a message was reported to Shen Shiying in Chengdu through a carrier pigeon. As one of the staff officers for the upcoming pincer attack on Burma, Shen Shiying will soon rush to Yunnan through Sichuan. Now is the dry season in Burma. Chen Ming intends to gather a mountain force to attack Burma from the north to cooperate with the Siamese army in the Battle of Rangoon.

But this did not delay Shen Shiying from knowing Shen Shiming's performance in the Boy Camp one step ahead through his connections. "Alas!" His father had misjudged him again.