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Chapter 18 Profits are great, the time is right

The exquisite appearance, carpet-style publicity, hunger marketing, and a series of methods directly brought out the reputation of Taozhou stone inkstone.

Not just that!

At the end of the year, in accordance with the rules and practices, at the end of each year, local governors must hand over tribute to the central government to express their feelings. The tribute does not need to be very precious, but must be a specialty of the local area.

On this day, Li Longji received tribute from Taozhou. It was the rumored Tao inkstone, or the square treasure inkstone carved and made by Zheng Yongtai and Feng Wei. It was the best quality among the first batch of Tao inkstones.

Li Longji is not a person who likes inkstones, but he likes calligraphy. His calligraphy is beautiful and beautiful, with a plump structure and thick brushwork. He is a master. The Tao ink ink utensils prepared by Pei Min is first-class, and it is paired with Zheng Yongtai's knife skills and the unique emerald green of Tao inkstones, which is beautiful and generous. Compared with the common black inkstones, his appearance is much higher, which makes him very happy and exclaimed: "Feng Yi divides Taozhou green, hard as bronze and moist as jade." Then he personally ordered: After the three-year tax exemption period expires, Taozhou will be allowed to use inkstones instead of taxes.

The king's love and the praise of the scholar-in-law literary masters invisibly raised the style of Tao inkstone to a higher level, better than She inkstone, which is as famous as Duan inkstone. You should know that Duan inkstone has a history of a hundred years, but Tao inkstone has only been more than a month.

Except for the Tao inkstone in Li Longji's hand, the remaining nine Tao inkstones were sold at a high price within one day, and the transaction price was far above the Duan inkstone.

Tao inkstone is produced, with insufficient inventory and limited output, which is far from enough to meet the demand. Taoshui Stone Store sells it in a pre-order manner and does not order it first, so there is no possibility of buying Tao inkstones, which makes Tao inkstones worthless.

Human nature has been a shame since ancient times. The more difficult things are to obtain, the more people are pursuing them. Taoyan orders have accumulated thousands of ways.

Pei Min was somewhat unexpected about the popularity of Taoyan, but he had already prepared to deal with it. As Qiao Feng's identity, he recruited many workers and expanded the staff of quarry workshops, inkstone making workshops, and stone carving workshops. At the same time, he arranged smart apprentices to be responsible for learning inkstone making and stone carving to cultivate his own talents.

In response to market needs, Pei Min divides Taoyan into three levels:

One of the Tao inkstones is based on the strange stone excavated from the Taoshui old pit, and then carved by Zheng Yongtai or his disciples, and polished by experienced craftsmen like Feng Wei. It is a luxury product, and a inkstone is worth a thousand gold;

The second-most-known Tao inkstone is expensive. It is made of excellent inkstone materials and carved by Zheng Yongtai. It is designed to be beautiful. As for polishing, it is a master with skilled methods, aimed at the group of customers who give gifts and collect them.

Another thing is the ordinary Tao inkstone, mainly based on normal scholars in the world. The materials, polishing, etc. will naturally be inferior to those of the Duan inkstones on the market, but the quality is a little better than the Duan inkstones on the market.

Pei Min is well aware of the brand effect, and no matter what, he has to suppress Duan Inkstone to achieve greater convenience for Tao Inkstone.

It is not only Tao inkstone that emerged with Tao inkstone, but Taoshui strange stones were also influenced by the prosperity of Tao inkstones and became known to the world.

The colorful Taoshui stones have become the new favorites of wealthy families in Chang'an. They paved roads with Taoshui stones, repaired ponds with Taoshui stones, and carved rockery with Taoshui stones, which is particularly popular.

In order to meet the needs of the market, the quarry workshop and the carving stone workshop recruited a thousand workers in one go.

The three major workshops of quarry workshop, inkstone making workshop and carving stone workshop solved the livelihood problems of nearly 6,000 people in Taozhou, and their families have no longer worried about food and clothing. You should know that the total population of Taozhou is only 33,000...

Not only that, Pei Min directly gave up Taozhou's agriculture, and Taozhou's food was transported from the surrounding areas, which led to the development of the rice and grain industry.

Quarrying, making inkstones, and carving stones are a hard-earned technical job. Pei Min had the intention of driving the whole family to make money together and gave him a lot of salary. With the remaining money on the people, the catering industry and clothing also emerged, and half of the people in Taozhou were able to support themselves.

Faced with such a situation, Pei Min fully launched a plan for labor-for-relief, and did not help the people free of charge, so as not to cultivate their laziness: if you want to eat, you must pay some labor and gain something, which is a reasonable and effective policy.

The SFE escort agency in Pei Min also officially opened its sign. Mu Cong and Mu Lin, the two successors of Kongtong Death Sect, are quite famous in Kongtong Mountain and invited three experts from Kongtong Mountain to join. Together with their respective disciples, the SFE escort agency started with more than 60 escorts, and is quite powerful.

The escort has the rules of the escort. Pei Min has never killed a pig, but has seen the escort run: as the founder of the escort agency, he personally set the rules for the escort agency. First, the six precepts of escorts: one is to stay in a new store; two is to stay in a store where the owner changes; three is to stay in a prostitute's store; four is to leave weapons; five is to leave people with escorts; six is ​​to ignore suspicion.

Then he delivered another internal public speech. Facing the first batch of rookies who entered the industry, Pei Min told them verbally: "Our escorts should have a martial, upright and helpful spirit. At any time, we should take protecting the life of our employers' goods as the first priority. Let your employers feel that you are always the people who make them feel safe, their backs, and their amulets. As long as you are by their side, their lives and property will be safe, and their business will be prosperous. Remember, when we walk in the world, we should smile three points, let three points of reason, and not use force to suppress others. But we must abide by the principles and put the protection of the employer's personal property first. When the person is in the escort, even if we meet a strong man, we must bravely draw the sword and fight for life and death."

"Okay!" One by one, the stuntman responded greatly to Pei Min's speech.

It's not because of Pei Min's eloquence, but his strength.

Mu Cong and Mu Lin were already convinced, but the three people he called were different.

Pei Min also had the heart to establish his authority, and used one to fight three, and won the victory with his gorgeous sword skills and sword techniques.

People in the martial arts world respect martial arts, and Pei Min wins light and beautiful things with one against three, which makes people convinced.

In fact, the most shocking thing was Mu Cong and Mu Lin. They recognized Pei Min's strength. But they still lost to the two of them, and they felt a little unwilling to join forces. The brothers grew up together and were of the kind of dissatisfaction. After the battle, they gathered together privately and studied the methods of offense and defense, intending to regain their initial tacit understanding, save some face, and fight for the Kongtong Death Sect.

It can be seen that Pei Min competed with one against three, and the martial arts he showed were even more important than their competition. In just a few months, he made considerable progress, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

The reputation of SF Express escort agency has not yet been established. It only operates Taozhou Shi's business, but this business alone is completely sufficient for the expenses of the escort agency.

People in the martial arts world have no stable income and are taboo by the court, so their lives are not as happy as expected. Especially now that the world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace, and the world is even more difficult to survive.

The SF Express escort agency was born and its reputation was not obvious, but it was unexpectedly noticed by those who were interested.

That day Pei Min listened to Feng Changqing's report at the governor's office.

The governor is in power of military and political affairs, and Pei Min has been busy dealing with government affairs and has not asked much about military issues. This does not mean that he does not pay attention to military affairs, but because he is relieved.

Needless to say, Feng Changqing's military level was decisive and had extraordinary military management skills. He had a very good attitude towards training soldiers. In this regard, Pei Min was somewhat inferior to that. With Feng Changqing leading the training of soldiers, coupled with the ability of Li Yide and Jiang Yue, he was enough to deal with all problems.

All Pei Min had to do was to ask routinely and understand the progress.

"In the past six months, the Shence Army has been conducting corresponding training, especially the Shence Cavalry, whose abilities in raid have been greatly improved. Beizhi feels it is time to take action." Feng Changqing said confidently. Unlike his former indomitableness, he now has a spirited look. Pei Min's valuation allows him to show his strengths and use his military talents.

The Shence Army is also a regular army, not a former military force, and has various situations. When the permanent army is not a war, it is not a training or a training, and there is no other thing to interfere with. From the crow of the rooster to the sunset, there is enough time to squander. Feng Changqing is rigorous and serious, and he ruthlessly squeezes every little remaining physical strength of the Shence Army every day. In half a year, the Shence soldiers, who were originally military talents, have significantly improved their strength.

"Chang Qing said yes, but I think the time is ripe. After half a year of holding on, it's time to take action!" Pei Min thought that Taozhou's government affairs gradually got on the right track and his military strength gradually improved, and knew that it was time to deal with the Tubo issue.

If the problem of Tubo is not solved, it will always be a thorn in the hearts of the people of Taozhou. From time to time, they will worry that Tubo will attack and destroy everything they have again, and will not be able to truly feel at ease.

A hint of excitement flashed in Feng Changqing's eyes and said, "If you continue to arrange this, how to lure Tubo to attack depends on the method of the governor."

Pei Min smiled and said, "Tubo wolf ambitions have been constantly putting in spies in my Tang Dynasty and buying traitors. In the past six months, I have also arranged a few detailed works based on the same way as the other person. It is not very useful, and it is still OK to fan the flames."

Feng Changqing's eyes lit up, and to understand Pei Min's intention, he bowed and said, "Governor Gao Ming!"

Thinking of the little arrangements that Pei Min revealed to him, Feng Changqing felt aroused. Seeing that the matter was accomplished bit by bit, he respected his boss even more.

A few days later, the heroic deeds of Pei Min, a young general of the Tang Dynasty, were circulating in the market of the capital of Tubo. A young general of only 20 or so, defended Jincheng with only 5,000 soldiers, defeated the general Di Dayan and killed Kuogele. Natutuo made Tubo soldiers frightened.

Tubo plundered Taozhou and achieved extraordinary results. When Pei Min came to Taozhou, the leader of the thousand-man Ga Ningbu and Marba hurried like a turtle, not daring to move rashly...

The rumors became more and more popular, and even blew Pei Min as talented and capable as the military god Garqinling. In the hearts of the Tubo people, Garqinling was the most powerful commander and the pride of all Tubos.
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