In fact, Caoyun has always been against the new tariff law, and they were not happy at first, but there was no way, and now they have lost, and they should pay the price.

However, neither Wanli nor the cabinet blamed Caoyun, at most, the officials disgusted the Caoyun ships and made them less presumptuous.

This is inevitable, and in order to control a certain amount of power, it must be stronger.

But it didn't say that some adjustments were made within the Cao Yun, or that some Cao Yun officials were replaced, but only a few small characters were punished, but they didn't dig deeper, and those people must have been instructed.

This is all because Cao Yun is very, very important, if Cao Yun stops, the entire Ming Dynasty will immediately fall into a huge crisis.

Since you can't get rid of it, you have to offer it.

Guo Dan will not compete with Caoyun for the interests on the river, he just wants to ensure that merchant ships can flow unhindered under the rules.

But it's not up to him to have the final say, after all, the Tang literature is not a vegetarian.

This has to be discussed with Wang Xijue.

When Wang Xijue heard that Guo Dan was going to give up his interests to Cao Yun, he couldn't help but look at Guo Dan in surprise, and after a while, he smiled and said, "It's really rare!" You are really different from ordinary businessmen, and it is no wonder that you are where you are today. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "My lord has won the award." ”

Wang Xijue sighed for a while, and sighed: "Actually, this corruption is not a matter of one or two days, it is difficult to stop it at all, let them take some private work, I don't object to this, but aren't you afraid that they will blackmail businessmen?" ”

Guo Dan said: "As far as I know, there are also many factions in Caoyun, if the cooperation is not pleasant, then change, if there is competition, they naturally do not dare to be unscrupulous, how much can this blackmail make, I believe that this account, he can calculate clearly." Moreover, they were old friends with many merchants. ”

Wang Xijue said worriedly: "But this is not a long-term solution!" Caoyun was heavily enslaved, making the people miserable. ”

Guo Dan said: "The adults don't want me to solve this problem, right?" ”

Wang Xijue glanced at him and said, "This official wants to hear your opinion." ”

His reform this time also wants to rectify Caoyun, which is also a stubborn disease, but unfortunately he failed to succeed, and now he has no strength to attack Caoyun again, anyway, he is also cooperating with Guo Dan now, so why not cooperate to solve these problems.

Guo Dan said: "My opinion is that I want to use power to solve this problem, which is impossible, and adults should know more than me." ”

Of course, Wang Xijue understands that all dynasties and dynasties have had problems with corruption in Caoyun, and it is not that he has not thought of a way, but he has never solved it, and the problem is still the same old problem. sighed: "Doesn't that mean that this problem can never be solved?" ”

Guo Dan asked rhetorically: "I don't know if your lord has ever thought about why the imperial court does not hire a fleet to transport grain like us merchants. ”

Wang Xijue said: "That will cost a lot of money!" ”

"That's the problem."

Guo Dan spread his hands and said: "The imperial court always wants to spend the least amount of money and do the most things, which is actually no different from the corruption of Caoyun officials. ”

The words are not rough.

The court is always eager not to pay money, or to give very little money, so that the people can bear the luck, then the officials will definitely do the same, if you take a penny, I will break half of it, you have the face to take such a little money out, then I still have to do this face.

Wang Xijue frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly stroked his beard and smiled: "Your unique insight has really benefited the old man a lot!" Is it fair to say that when the court is like a merchant, these problems will no longer exist. ”

Guo Dan nodded.

Wang Xijue suddenly asked: "This luck is the lifeblood of my Ming Dynasty, do you think it should be controlled by a group of merchants?" ”

This old man reacts really fast! Guo Dan muttered to himself, "There is no perfection in this world, every system has its flaws, it depends on how to choose." ”

Wang Xijue smiled and said: "Although some things are unavoidable, they can't be completely ignored, this country has national laws, families have family rules, and the money must become a sharp sword hanging over Cao Yun's head, otherwise, they will only get worse." ”

Guo Dan pondered a little and said, "Your Excellency can transfer any accounts related to Cao Yun from Xinxing and Qianzhuang. ”

Are you perfunctory to me? Wang Xijue felt that this was far from enough, and said: "You can't take advantage of all the benefits, but you don't take responsibility." ”

Guo Dan smiled bitterly: "My lord, I am just a businessman, there are some things I really can't help, but I can influence Cao Yun in private and use contracts to restrain them." ”

Wang Xijue nodded slightly, thought for a while, and felt that Guo Dan's identity was indeed more difficult to deal with Cao Yun, and said: "That's okay, there are still ......!" ”

"Do you know how we merchants work together?" Guo Dan asked suddenly.

Wang Xijue was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head, he didn't even understand why Guo Dan asked this question.

Guo Dan explained seriously: "Although we merchants rely on contracts, trust is also very important, and I prefer to choose a businessman who has long-term cooperation with me to cooperate, which is why there are many merchants in the capital in Weihui Mansion."

But I also slowly built trust with them, at the beginning, I just had a cooperation by chance, I felt that we were both good, and then we cooperated, and over time, trust was established.

This is very important, if people don't trust and just rely on the contract, then if something goes wrong, they will definitely come and terminate the contract immediately, but if there is a long-term partner, they will not come immediately, because they know that I can get through this difficult time. ”

Wang Xijue was confused at first, is he teaching me to do business? But soon, he understood, and stroked his beard and laughed.

Guo Dan's meaning is very simple, we have just started to cooperate, and we still don't trust each other, so it is not recommended to carry out too in-depth cooperation.

......

And Li Tong over there also went very smoothly.

Because from beginning to end, Guo Dan and Cao Yun did not have any contradictions, and at first the imperial court wanted to deal with Guo Dan, and Cao Yun was not very reluctant, because Wei Hui Mansion brought a lot of business to Cao Yun.

Caoyun is in favor of the repeal of the new tariff law, which, on the surface, is actually beneficial to Guo Dan.

However, during this period recently, Cao Yun began to guard against Guo Dan, because Guo Dan's transport fleet developed too rapidly and basically monopolized private trade.

This worries Caoyun very much.

This cake is impossible to give up.

At this time, Li Tong suddenly came to the door and said that he would go back to the past, what the price is, we will be unified, there will be no change, although there are more tariffs, but it is also a businessman to pay, and it has nothing to do with us.

Those Caoyun officials really breathed a sigh of relief, after all, now that Guo Dan is in power, it is also a very headache to deal with Guo Dan for the time being, and they also invited Li Tong to eat and drink there.

During this period, Guo Dan was also carrying out the final finishing work, first of all, of course, to arrange for the money bank and Xinxing to intervene in the banknote customs, and the Xinxing was to intervene in the warehouse, and in the future, the banknotes were all in charge of the banknote customs.

If you want to ship the goods, you must transport the goods to the designated warehouse, and the warehouse in Yangzigou is only one of them.

The money bank is the cashier to intervene, with the ticket to the cashier, the ticket is how much is how much, and this ticket is issued by the letter bank, and the official tooth is responsible for stamping.

The end point is the same, you have to go to the bank to pay the tax money, take the bank's bills, and hand them over to the officials of the banknotes, and the officials will let them go. However, you can deposit money directly at the starting point and pay taxes at the end of the bank with the money ticket.

They are all supervising each other.

This is what Guo Dan wants, as long as he can set the rules to death, then he is not afraid of anything.

In addition, Guo Dan also operated the acquired money bank.

At the beginning, he bought debts, and by the way, he also bought those small money banks, which all had one characteristic, that is, they were all newly opened, and most of the debts were lent to merchants to open workshops.

Guo Dan did not intend to give the money bank the function of borrowing, but only remittance and deposit, and these small money banks were specifically responsible for the purchase of silk.

.....

A no-tooth line.

"We're going back to Weihui Mansion soon, but it's rare to come to Jiangnan once, if the two of you are interested, we can go out for a few days."

Guo Dan sat on the chair and said to Aunt Xu and Yang Feixu.

Aunt Xu said: "If you stay here for one more day, Wang Yiyu and them will have trouble sleeping and eating." ”

Guo Dan frowned slightly, and said, "Then if I leave, will they let me go?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "Then it depends on whether they think you really threaten their status, if they feel threatened, then they will not give up." But in my opinion, you and them can avoid conflict, because what you want is not in conflict, you don't need to sit in Nanjing, and you don't need to improve your reputation in Nanjing, after all, that's not what you want. ”

What does Guo Dan want, it is the raw materials of Jiangnan, silk, tea, porcelain, and so on.

It's just that he wants a relatively large amount, and it is continuous, so he must establish friendly relations with the big landlords in Jiangnan.

This does not conflict with Wang Yiyu's interests.

Aunt Xu's meaning is very simple, since there is no conflict, there is no need to arouse the worries of the Nanjing government, it is better to keep a low profile, or to keep a low profile.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Listen to the layman, I'll arrange it tomorrow, and we'll set off back the day after tomorrow." However, we still have to bother the laymen to go to Wang Yiyu and them to say goodbye, hoping that they will know that we have no intention of being their enemy. ”

Aunt Xu nodded.

On the second day, Aunt Xu went to Wang Yihe to say goodbye to them, in fact, this is just a face-saving effort, after all, Wang Yihe and Tian Yi are not stupid, just based on your words, it doesn't mean anything, it depends on how you do it.

But when Sun Hetian and the others heard that Guo Dan was suddenly going back, they were so frightened that they hurriedly ran over and asked if something had happened again.

They didn't want Guo Dan to go back so early, after all, everything here had just begun.

Guo Dan also explained to them that there were still many things waiting for him to deal with in Kaifeng Mansion and Weihui Mansion, and he had already explained it to Kou Yi, and he would fulfill his promise.

In this way, Sun Hetian and the others were relieved.

However, Guo Dan did not rush to Kaifeng Mansion non-stop, he also stayed in Yangzigou for a day to say goodbye to his father and fellow villagers.

All the people of Yangzigou came to see off Guo Dan, and the scene was really tearful!

Although Guo Dan did not come back for a long time, he brought a lot of wealth to the people of Yangzigou, and all of them can be sustainably developed, and those warehouses alone basically provide jobs for all the villagers in Yangzigou.

At this moment, everyone no longer cares about whether the township is going to be a jinshi.

Don't be a jinshi, we want merchants.

There are two or three Jinshi from the next township, but there is one egg, that is, his family is glorious and glorious, and Guo Dan easily made Yangzigou the richest village in the neighborhood.

This is the real homecoming.

After saying goodbye to the villagers, Guo Dan immediately embarked on the return journey, in fact, he really has a lot of things to do, needless to say, Weihui Mansion suddenly canceled subsidies and established a new tariff system, whether the businessmen can adapt to it, he is not clear.

The key Kaifeng Mansion academies have also opened, and he originally planned to pass the school as soon as the school started, but his plan was suddenly triggered, resulting in this time being unable to be arranged, so he had to hurry over and take a look.