"Surrounded by golden sand, not frozen or silted, this place is really a good port in the north!"

Facing the sea breeze, Zhen Yao stood on the wharf of Longkou Port, looking around at the unique terrain around him, and couldn't help nodding and commenting. And Lin Fei, who was behind him, also stood with his hands behind his back and praised loudly.

"Connecting Sanhan in the north and Wuyue in the south, this port is actually the main road of the North-South Sea Road."

Regarding the praise of Zhen Yao and Lin Fei, Cai Ji seemed quite calm. After all, Longkou Port was China's largest export trade port to Africa in later generations, and the fact that it is a good port cannot be denied. Therefore, at this time, Cai Ji did not talk more about the benefits of Longkou Port to Zhen Yao and the others, but directly raised his hand to the still barren bay and asked, "The goods have been handed over for inspection, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Good goods!" The three people present nodded in unison.

Now that the goods have been verified, the next negotiation has entered the stage of substantive discussion. But seeing that Zhen Yao, who was the most powerful among the three and was the most proficient in shipping, took the lead in asking, "Cai Fujun, I don't know how much we need to invest to get this good port?" ”

"Don't hide it from you, this government plans to set up five wharves in Longkou Commercial Port in the future. You can contribute to the ownership of one of the wharves, that is, this wharf only carries your goods. Cai Ji stretched out five fingers and shook them at everyone, "As for the price, it depends on how many years you have wanted to buy this ownership." ”

"Sell on an annual basis?" Zhen Yao frowned and said.

"Goodness is to sell on an annual basis. After all, if there is chaos today and there is constant war, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future, don't you skip words. Cai Ji asked with a leisurely smile.

Zhen Yao listened to Cai Ji's explanation, and thought to himself that it was indeed the case. The reason why he and Wang Han came all the way to Donglai with a fourteen-year-old boy to blow the sea breeze here was to take advantage of the troubled times to make a big profit. There is a way to seek wealth and danger, and since it is to seek wealth in troubled times, it is natural to take risks. As Cai Ji said, no one knows what will happen in the future. Therefore, the move of making an appointment once a year seems to be acceptable to Zhen Yao at this time. So he immediately laughed aloud and said, "Okay, just buy it on an annual basis." But what is the use of the rest of the dock lords? ”

"The rest of the terminals, of course, are also used for transporting goods. Of course, if Zhen Langjun intends to buy the monopoly of other docks. It may also designate that the remaining terminals shall not traffic in a particular cargo. However, the government hereby states in advance that salt, iron, and grain shall not be monopolized. Cai Ji solemnly announced.

"We must seek monopoly and climb it, and look left and right to make profits in the online market." After Zhen Yao whispered Mencius's words, he turned back and gave Cai Ji a thumbs up and said, "What a monopoly!" Let's talk about the price. ”

However, at this time, Cai Ji smiled and shook his head, "This mansion doesn't understand the way of businessmen. This matter is still due, Cao Peng will discuss it with you in detail later. ”

As soon as Duan Rong heard that Cai Ji had handed over the discussion of the price to Lai, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to receive the order. ”

Seeing this situation, Zhen Yao thought that this Xiao Cai Fujun was really interesting, he could come up with the idea of selling the wharf on an annual basis and monopolizing the goods, and he even claimed that he didn't understand the way of businessmen. If she doesn't understand business, then there are few businessmen in the world. However, since the other party has arranged it this way, the guest is as he pleases, and he can't say more.

But I heard Zhen Yao take advantage of the situation to joke to Cai Ji that the Taoist gentleman was reasonable, and buying and selling the wharf was a small profit. In the future, when the commercial port is completed, the collection of taxes is the most important. ”

After hearing what Zhen Yao said, Cai Ji shook his head again and again and said, "No, no, Longkou Commercial Port, except for salt, iron, and grain, there is no tax on the rest of the goods passing through the port." ”

"No taxes!"

As soon as Cai Ji's words came out, everyone was stunned and exclaimed. Tai Shici, who was standing beside her, was even more anxious and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade her, "Think twice!" ”

Seeing that everyone looked stunned, Cai Ji calmly took out the folding fan on his waist and pointed to the sea in front of him, proudly saying that Longkou would become a neutral port in the future. Merchant ships from anywhere can dock here to do business. Merchants from all over the world gather here, and there is nothing to worry about in taxes. ”

Cai Ji originally wanted to follow the name of later generations and call Longkou Commercial Port a free port. But after some consideration, she finally decided to use "neutral", a word that can be better understood by the Eastern Han Dynasty, to describe the future Longkou commercial port.

Sure enough, as soon as Cai Ji's words fell, Zhen Yao, who is filial piety, took the opportunity to quote the allusion in "The Book of Rites: The Mean" and nodded, "Neutral and not leaning." Wonderful, wonderful. ”

It was the first time for Wang Han, who was from Bingzhou, to hear such a novel remark. In his image, the government has always seemed to have no other ability than to collect taxes. In particular, the government in the border areas such as Bingzhou is even more plucked, and they can't wait to set up pipe cards on every inch of land in the territory to sweep the merchants who come and go. Now I have met a government monarch who claims not to collect taxes, which is really strange every year, especially this year. As for the salt, iron, and grain are not exempt from tax, Wang Han is not surprised. Besides, the current time is also troubled, and many state capitals have even collected salt, iron, and grain for official sale, and it is only natural for Donglai County to take a heavy tax. Most importantly, according to Cai Ji, the horses sold by Wang Han are also within the scope of tax exemption. So, in addition to being pleasantly surprised, Wang Han hurriedly asked Cai Ji for confirmation, "Now there is still a yamen that does not collect taxes." Xiao Cai Fujun, the gentleman is quick to say a horse and a whip, I will sell horses in Donglai later, you can't take taxes. ”

"Nine words!" Cai Ji agreed categorically.

Tai Shi Ci saw that Cai Ji really took the tax exemption seriously, and hurriedly glanced at Duan Rong on the side, hoping that he could come forward together to persuade the prince to take back his life. However, at this moment, Duan Rong was lowering his head, as if he was thinking about something important. In fact, it's not just Duan Rong. Just when Wang Han was secretly happy that he would not have to pay taxes for selling horses in the future, Zhen Yao was also thinking about it. And Lin Fei, who claimed to be watching the excitement, stood aside with his hands and arms and looked at Cai Ji fixedly, as if he wanted to see the way from Cai Ji.

Such a strange atmosphere was finally broken by Zhen Yao. I saw him raise his head suddenly, stretched out his hand and pointed to a wasteland behind Cai Ji, and said, "Cai Fujun, Zhen wants to buy that wasteland." I don't know what the price is? ”

Cai Ji saw that Zhen Yao intended to acquire the wasteland near the port as soon as he opened his mouth, and he couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart that the third young master of the Zhen family did have two brushes, and he could see the key to the problem at a glance. No, the key to the prosperity of the free port is to promote the tertiary industry in the area around the port, rather than directly relying on the collection of commodity taxes to accumulate wealth. The location of the wasteland that Zhen Yao fancied was adjacent to the future commercial port, whether it was building a warehouse or repairing an inn or restaurant, he could make a lot of money in the future.

In fact, not only Zhen Yao, but Duan Rong also heard the overtones from Cai Ji's sentence "Merchants from all over the world gather here, so why worry about taxes". Therefore, before Cai Ji could speak, Duan Rong was already busy blurting out, "Fujun, I also want that piece of land." ”

Cai Ji saw that Zhen Yao and Duan Rong had already turned a corner, and he no longer bought Guanzi at the moment, and directly said to everyone, "Forgive me, Donglai is poor and sparsely populated, so I rely on these few acres of thin land to make a living, so this land is only rented and not sold." In fact, the government also plans to build a few warehouses and open a few inns and wine shops here to facilitate the exchange of merchants. If the princes also want to operate this road, they can pay for the repair of houses and buildings, and the profits of the business will be divided between the county government and the county government. ”

As the saying goes, the layman looks at the liveliness, and the connoisseur looks at the doorway. When Zhen Yao heard Cai Ji say this, he knew that his intention was seen through by the other party. In other words, the ratio of five to five points mentioned by Cai Ji is still quite black-hearted. The Donglai County Government is just a piece of land, and the rest has to be funded and built by Zhen Yao and others. However, in the face of such a sure-fire deal, Zhen Yao finally chose to cooperate with Cai Ji. I saw that at this moment, he hugged his fist and bowed to Cai Ji sincerely and said, "Cai Fujun is really the reincarnation of Guanzi, and Zhen is convinced." ”

Zhen Langjun was serious. This government just wants to win with you. But there is no intention of competing with anyone. Cai Ji waved his hand.

"Win-win?" Zhen Yao was slightly stunned.

"Yes, it's a win-win." Cai Ji said that, and Zhen Yao and the others looked at each other and smiled understandingly. Suddenly, the hearty laughter of a group of people echoed on the shore of the Bohai Sea.

Although Cai Ji claimed to have reached a win-win situation with Zhen Yao and others, Tai Shici, who was watching the whole pass, didn't think so. In his view, government taxation was a matter of course. Even if we want to reduce taxes and reduce taxes, we should first reduce or reduce the peasants' taxes. How can there be a peasant's tax here, but the merchant's tax is exempted there?

No, just after Duan Rong sent the three gods of wealth out of Shuizhai, Tai Shici could no longer hold back the incomprehension and worry in his heart, and as soon as he entered the big tent, he unceremoniously expressed his worries to Cai Ji.

"Fujun, do you really want to be tax-free? If this matter spreads, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public! ”

"Why did Brother Ziyi say this?" Cai Ji stopped and asked in confusion.

"Doesn't the prince know that the merchant is a person who does not produce. Now the county government is pumping taxes on agricultural workers, but on the other hand, it is reducing the taxes of such people who do not produce goods. If the people knew about this, how could they not blame the ruler for being unjust. Tai Shi Ci frowned and said.

"And that sort of thing!" Cai Ji was stunned when he heard this, and was stunned on the spot.

In other words, Tai Shici's reason sounded quite foolish at first glance. But when Cai Ji thinks about it carefully, it is precisely this kind of ignorant theory that has its own breeding market at all stages of history. And regardless of ethnicity, regardless of educational background, regardless of age. Even if the Germans were as strict and calm as the Germans, the anti-Jewish movement did not break out. It can be seen from this that human beings often lose their minds and become radical and ignorant under the influence of hatred of the rich.

However, Cai Ji will not give up the painstaking management plan because of the people's hatred of the rich. But she also had to think very seriously about the thoughts of the people. Fortunately, Cai Ji still has more than 1,800 years of knowledge than people in this era. Tai Shici's words made her involuntarily think of the allusions of the two mine owners in later generations.

It is said that two people chartered a gold mine at the same time, each with 10 miners. The first mine owner made a total of 100 yuan at the end of the month. But he paid the miners a salary of 1 yuan each, which was just enough for the miners to maintain their basic livelihood. The miners live on this gold mine, so they dare not speak out. The miners' children grew up and couldn't find anything to do, so they lived like them. The people in this mining area generally have no faith, no ideals, no pursuits, and live like slaves every day for a living. Finally, one day, due to inflation, natural disasters and other reasons, the miners could not even maintain their basic livelihood, and they couldn't bear it anymore, so they got up and resisted, blew up the gold mine, killed the mine owner, and left the country. The second miner also earned 100 yuan at the end of the month. But he paid the miners five dollars each. The workers get 5 yuan, 1 yuan is enough to live, leave a piece for children to go to school, leave a piece for pension, leave another piece for medical treatment, and have a piece for disposal. So the miners used the money to drink a little wine, buy some clothes, and so on. So the second mine owner used the remaining 50 yuan to invest in the construction of stores and entertainment facilities. Over time, more industries have spawned in this mining area, and the children of miners no longer have to work in the gold mines when they grow up, and many new jobs are waiting for them. The whole mining area has seen a particularly prosperous scene, and the second mine has been created by a city.

And what Cai Ji has to do now is to learn from the second mine owner and give some profits to the people of Donglai, so as to drive the prosperity of the entire Donglai area and appease the people. So at this moment, after she lowered her head and thought for a long time, she finally nodded solemnly and said, "Brother Ziyi is reasonable. It is true that this government ignores what the people think. However, tax exemption is imperative. Why don't we donate a donation every year in the name of Longkou Commercial Port to build water conservancy for the people of Donglai? He told the people that it was the money paid by the merchants, and the county government exempted the merchants from taxes. ”

Tai Shi Ci saw that Cai Ji had to be tax-free even if he was "sticking money", so he couldn't help but smile helplessly and said why did Fujun have to be tax-free? What's wrong with more revenue from the county government? ”

Cai Ji at this time, even if he told Tai Shici the allusions of the two mine owners, he might not be able to make the other party understand. After all, there were no similar examples in the Eastern Han Dynasty as a reference. So Cai Ji explained to Tai Shici from a military point of view, "Brother Ziyi doesn't know anything. The reason why the government insists on tax exemption is to attract merchants to come to Donglai to do business. Take Wang Han, a horse merchant brought by Duan Rong today, as an example. If he wanted to sell horses to Wuyue by sea, he had to transport them to Donglai first. If the county government happened to need war horses at this time, wouldn't it be possible to buy horses directly from Wang Han, instead of running all the way to merge with the state. Not only horses, but also grain, copper, iron, cloth and other goods will be transported to Donglai by merchants from all over the world. And due to the abundant supply, the price of Donglai is bound to decrease. In this way, the county government will not only be able to purchase war equipment at a lower price than the surrounding states and counties, but will also be able to save a lot of money on freight. Brother Ziyi, if you calculate that you are in and out, is it worth the tax exemption in this house? . ”

"It's worth it, it's worth it!" Tai Shi Ci listened to Cai Ji's explanation in such a simple way, and suddenly realized, and immediately admired the five-body fist hugging dao, "Ci is completely convinced today!" Zhen Langjun didn't say it, Fu Jun, you are really a female middle pipe! ”

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