Early the next morning, after going through the process of taking up his new job, Zhu Wenqi did not rush to his business department to familiarize himself with the work, but found Chen Tianzheng and told him the doubts caused by what he saw last night.

"Dongying has always been a big trade country in my Ming Dynasty, and the cash silver that has entered the trade before and after these years is hundreds of millions, why do I see the local people treating Dongying people like this."

Chen Tianzheng was making tea at this time, and when he heard this, he smiled sideways, and did not rush to explain Zhu Wenqi's doubts, but waited for the two cups of tea to be brewed, brought them back to the table, and put his hand on the shoulder of Zhu Wenqi, who got up to thank him, and motioned for the latter to sit down.

"You are the secretary of commerce, of course you are worried about the hidden danger of disrupting trade that this beating of Dongying people may cause."

Chen Tianzheng smiled, took out two copies from the stack of recitals on his case, and put them in front of Zhu Wenqi.

"Open it and see, your doubts are in it."

Zhu Wenqi's eyes fell on the cover, and his eyebrows were raised, this is a text under the Logistics Department of the General Staff Office.

It requires in detail the quantity and route of some materials to be transported by Quanzhou.

"Since last year, Quanzhou has sent a large number of supplies to the south of the sea, with the purpose of providing logistical support for the navy of the Marquis of Yongcheng and supporting the founding of the country by Liang Daoyi, the king of Nanhua.

After the founding of the South China Republic was completed, the navy waved its division north to conquer the east!

Zhu Wenqi suddenly realized that when the two countries were at war, the first unlucky ones were of course the compatriots in the enemy country.

It is not difficult to understand why there is a situation in Quanzhou City where the people of the Ming Dynasty beat up the merchants of Dongying, but the Yamen of Quanzhou chose to ignore it.

"A few years ago, when these Dongying merchants were at their peak in trade, they recorded a trade volume of more than 50 million a year, and were regarded as guests by the previous Quanzhou prefect Yamen.

Chen Tianzheng snorted coldly and expressed his dissatisfaction: "In some small and unruly cases, there are also a lot of biases towards some Arabs and Dongying people, and the first thing this official did after taking office was to issue the "Regulations on the Norms of Foreign Merchants and Non-Ming Nationals".

To put it mildly, we Ming people can beat them, and they don't even dare to fight back, otherwise they will be vigorously punished and judged! The government is not afraid of the loss of this group of foreign businessmen, it is a big deal not to do this business to make less money, the domestic demand market is so big, without them, it is just two more years to walk. ”

Zhu Wenqi wanted to laugh a little, but he didn't see that Chen Tianzheng, who always had a warm smile on his face, was so rigid in his bones.

As for the official document "Regulations on the Norms of Foreign Merchants and Non-Ming Nationals" mentioned by Chen Tianzheng, Zhu Wenqi still heard a little, and heard that it is very unfriendly to foreigners, which also caused more and more foreign businessmen to start transferring their property and going to Guangzhou for development.

"By the way, you are the director of the Department of Commerce, if you think there is anything wrong, you can bring it up, it can't affect your work."

Chen Tianzheng looked at Zhu Wenqi with a smile, and said gently: "When the government made this regulation, there was also a lot of resistance, if you are worried about this, go back to the government to gather the big guys, let's discuss the change together?" ”

Regarding this proposal, Zhu Wenqi immediately expressed his attitude: "No, the lower officials also think that this is very good, come to our Ming Dynasty to abide by our Ming rules, there is nothing wrong with the government to act, and the lower officials are also very supportive of the regulations." ”

The two chatted a few more words, Zhu Wenqi got up and was about to say goodbye, when he heard Chen Tianzheng behind him say: "It's okay to communicate more with Ma Qiliang, his father was the prefect of Quanzhou when he was in the Hongwu Dynasty, and now he is the same governor of Quanzhou, and the hard work of both generations of father and son is in the development of Quanzhou."

If you have anything you don't understand and can't make up your mind, discuss it with Ma Qiliang, although it is important to make drastic reforms, you should also pay attention not to affect the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of the big guys. ”

Zhu Wenqi's body paused, and then turned around and bowed: "Thank you Chen Fuzun for your reminder, the lower official is awake." ”

After speaking, he turned around and hurriedly left Chen Tianzheng's office, and went straight into a room with the door number of 'Commercial Division', which belonged to his office location, a power unit involved in countless business activities up and down Quanzhou.

Although it is Zhu Wenqi's office, there are still a few public servants busy inside, this is a partition, these public servants are working outside, and by the way, they undertake some errands for Zhu Wenqi, and the inside is Zhu Wenqi's.

"I've seen Lord Sizheng."

Zhu Wenqi waved his hand to interrupt: "Don't call me Lord, we're all the same, colleagues." ”

After saying hello one by one, Zhu Wenqi did not rush into the room, but found a chair near the table outside at random and sat down, looking through a large number of layers of books on the table.

"Most of them are aggregated data, right?"

Zhu Wenqi rolled his eyes a few times, and was not frightened by the astronomical number on it, but threw these aside: "I don't want to look at the total, I want to look at the detailed accounts, especially the accounts of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce." ”

If you don't look at it, you have to look at the key points.

The faces of several public servants were a little nervous, but it was not easy to say anything, and a young man who looked to be at most ten ** years old ran directly to the corner, took out a large stack of books from a cabinet and put them in front of Zhu Wenqi.

Zhu Wenqi was looking at these accounts, while several public servants were looking at Zhu Wenqi, looking at them secretly, but it was difficult to get any useful information from Zhu Wenqi's face.

As he was watching, there was a knock on the door and a man walked in.

This man Zhu Wenqi had seen it at the above-mentioned conference earlier, and knew that he was the deputy director of the Department of Commerce, if it wasn't for his own airborne, this position should belong to this person named Xu Bin.

Xu Bin is not very old, of course, he is an old man compared to Zhu Wenqi, and as soon as he entered the room, he greeted him with a smile: "Xia Guan heard that when he saw Si Zheng coming out of Fuzun, he hurriedly prepared some work from the Business Department to report to Si Zheng, so I didn't bother you." ”

"Nope."

Zhu Wenqi closed the account of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce in front of him with a smile, and stretched out his hand to ask for a word.

At this time, Xu Bin naturally saw a large pile of accounts in front of Zhu Wenqi, and sat beside Zhu Wenqi with an unchanged face: "Oh? The company is looking at the accounts of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce last year, which is an important taxpayer in Quanzhou. ”

"Whether to pay taxes or not, and how much to pay, should be a matter of concern to the tax department."

Zhu Wenqi smiled slightly: "This official just wants to see what kind of transactions the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce did last year, and have a superficial understanding." ”

Although he was squeezed out, Xu Bin was not annoyed, he still had that smiling face, took out a note from his sleeve robe, spread it out and reported it in an orderly manner.

This said that it was nearly half an hour, during which Xu Bin drank two cups of tea before he moistened his throat.

"That's all for big and small things."

After reciting the book, Xu Bin exhaled and groaned with a smile: "The Department of Commerce does not have too much trouble, the main thing is to supervise the business behavior of Quanzhou, mainly to focus on shipping and foreign trade, fortunately, there has been no chaos for so many years." ”

"Good work."

Zhu Wenqi added a bowl of tea to Xu Bin, and before the latter's words of thanks fell, he said something quietly.

"The difference in the number of ships entering and leaving the port recorded by the shipping department is a bit large, the number of departures is greater than the number of arrivals, and the accounts of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce are the same. If they all sink, how can the accounts of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce be so beautiful, and the revenue will rise year by year? ”

After saying this, when Zhu Wenqi looked at Xu Bin again, the smile on the latter's face froze.

"How much is out, how much is in, how much goods are brought back, how much silver is sold, and finally the total tax is paid, and the silver is escorted to Nanjing.

Seeing that Xu Bin's forehead was already beginning to sweat, Zhu Wenqi suddenly laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Xu Bin's shoulder: "Maybe the shipping department hasn't counted it yet, or maybe the statistics of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce have made an error. ”

This smile also made Xu Bin's whole person relax, wiping the sweat on his forehead and smiling: "Yes, it may be that there is a mistake below, and I have made a few mistakes, so I will notify them now." ”

After saying that, he got up and left, but the footsteps were slightly floating.

Behind him, Zhu Wenqi's eyes suddenly became much colder.

Even the fact that the number of ships entering and leaving the sea is not aligned can only mean one thing.

Someone in Quanzhou is smuggling!