It was none other than the representative of the small and medium-sized businessmen in Jiangnan that Guo Dan temporarily decided to invite yesterday, this person's name is Liu Wei, a native of Nanjing, who specializes in dry dye trading.

According to Cao Xiaodong's investigation, they have no intention of returning to Jiangnan at present.

And he took the initiative to raise this question.

Guo Dan understands him very well, and it is precisely because he doesn't want to leave that he needs more reasons to stay here.

To his question, many businessmen nodded slightly.

In fact, this new tariff was born from the protection of local workshops, you do business locally, then you do not need to pay any tariffs, only need to pay the city tax, and there are more rules than before, for the time being, there will definitely be no arbitrary charges.

So why do you want to transport the raw materials to Weihui Mansion for production, and then ship them back for sale?

This in itself is to stifle the development of Weihui Mansion.

Liu Zongcheng never concealed this, and he clearly told the imperial court that the reason why Weihui Mansion developed so quickly was because he had sucked up all the money from other state capitals, resulting in weak commerce in other state capitals, and the finances were stretched.

This is not good for the development of the country.

"That's for you."

Guo smiled lightly: "Some of you came from the capital with me, and some of you came by yourself, but no matter what the reason, you all came here voluntarily, not because I forced you to come." Why are you here in the first place? ”

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't say anything.

Guo Dan continued: "I think it's because there is a sense of security here, where businessmen are no longer discriminated against, and there is no government, every businessman is an equal relationship, you only need to concentrate on trading and making money, unlike in other places, where you face a lot of troubles other than trading." ”

Everyone smiled and nodded.

What you're saying is really lofty, and the main thing is that there's money to be made here.

In other places, they all pay attention to seniority, ability is only the second second, there is a lot of money, just on the edge of your pocket, but as long as you are not enough status, seniority is not enough, your identity is not enough, then you can only look at the money, waiting for others to take it.

But Weihui Mansion is different, on the basis of the law, you can do everything you can to make money.

Liu Wei said: "But now we are also facing problems other than trading, and many businessmen want to go back to do business, because they think that the new tariff law is aimed at our Weihui Mansion, and it is difficult for Weihui Mansion to deal with it." ”

Hu Du nodded and said: "Brother Liu is right, although Captain Guo is right, we should improve technology to reduce costs, but this can't be done overnight, what should we do now?" ”

Wang Dafu, who was facing a fine, said pitifully: "I like Weihui Mansion very much, but if we can't make money, we have to leave here." ”

Xu Han frowned, and said: "And as far as I know, Nanjing seems to hope to take advantage of the new tariff this time to let more businessmen go to Nanjing to set up workshops, after all, Nanjing has a unique geographical advantage." ”

When Zhou Feng heard this, he couldn't help but remind Guo Dan: "Virtuous nephew, we should really be careful, there are really a lot of rumors about this in Weihui Mansion now, and many rich businessmen have returned to Nanjing." ”

Qin Zhuang said: "I have only been here for a few days, and some of my old friends are persuading me to go to Nanjing to open a textile workshop. ”

Speaking of this, everyone immediately began to talk about it.

Many people think that this is more threatening than tariffs, and that they are fighting you with a more powerful state capital.

This is also a fact, not a rumor.

Nowadays, the Nanjing government and the scholar class are very supportive of the new tariff law, and on the one hand, they publicize that the Weihui Mansion has caused a very bad influence on Nanzhili, and on the other hand, they hope that merchants will go there to open workshops.

At this point, Nanjing's bureaucracy and the gentry class had common interests, and the Nanjing government also saw the benefits of commercial taxes to Weihui Mansion, and they were also very jealous, because their Nanzhili originally had a very developed commodity economy, which can be said to be the commercial center of the Ming Dynasty.

This time it was surpassed by Wei Hui Mansion, which made it difficult for them to accept.

There are also many big landlords and gentry who are reluctant to leave Nanjing, because if they go to Weihui Mansion, they will lose a lot of advantages, without those advantages, they will not be able to make money, and of course they hope that Nanjing will continue to become a commercial center.

Then they will be able to earn more.

Behind it, there is actually a competition of interests.

Guo smiled lightly: "I have also heard a little about this, but I will just say a word, you can sit here now and talk to me on an equal footing, and at the same time, I must also humbly listen to your difficulties." Can you talk to the prefect of Nanjing like that? Will he listen to you again? ”

The merchants couldn't help but look at each other.

This is of course impossible.

Duan Changcun said: "Virtuous nephew, you may have some misunderstandings, we don't want to threaten you with this matter, but we are worried that it will cause a lot of damage to our Weihui Mansion. ”

"I know, and I'll figure it out."

Guo Dan nodded, and said in a sincere tone: "We know your difficulties now, but as I said yesterday, this requires us to unite as one, and I will not let this go."

I asked you to improve your skills so that you can face these problems calmly in the future, and the policy of the imperial court cannot remain unchanged all the time, and it is impossible for the imperial court to change slightly every time, so we panicked.

And at the moment, I need you all to make some adjustments, don't sit still, don't deal with it negatively, but should face it positively, I always believe that the crisis is also a turning point, and at the same time I will find a way to help you, I am here mainly for the purpose, not just to motivate you, these are secondary, I will give you real help.

But I need to understand every detail and how you're doing, and I'll be visiting your workshop these days and then making a detailed plan.

I think Weihui Mansion is worth our efforts for. Isn't it? ”

He made it clear that he would help them, and his tone was very sincere, and the merchants were more pleased.

They were dissatisfied before, just because Guo Dan just said to let them adjust and let them improve their skills, so what do you want to do? As a contractor, you are equivalent to the boss of Weihui Mansion, of course you have to help us!

Qin Zhuang immediately said: "The virtuous nephew said that Wei Hui Mansion has allowed us to earn returns that we couldn't even imagine before, and we can't abandon Wei Hui Mansion because of a little trouble." ”

Zhou Feng nodded and said, "Yes, this is just the beginning, and we haven't figured out a way to solve it yet, how can we admit defeat?" ”

Merchants in the capital have expressed their positions.

But then Jin merchants also expressed their willingness to support Guo Dan and were willing to work hard for it.

They are the two most powerful forces in Weihui Mansion, and the Jiangnan forces are not as good as them in Weihui Mansion at present.

For example, Zhou Feng and his businessmen in the capital, most of them are shareholders of Yinuoyaxing, and they want to defend the stock price of Yinuoyaxing, which is the big head, so they will definitely stick to it.

And the Jin merchants got it, mainly because of their tea estates, they have moved what can be called the primitive financial system to Weihui Mansion in the past year, because it is still relatively safe and the business is very developed.

If there is no tea house, then they will definitely leave, because they are not very engaged in industry, they like to sell long distances, buy and sell, and even lend usury.

After these two forces expressed their positions, people's hearts stabilized.

Although no specific response measures have been introduced, there is an idea, which is to strive for self-improvement.

Since the policy of the imperial court will not change, then I can only change it myself.

After they went back, they all hurriedly held a meeting to discuss how to adjust the plan, and the clothes were sold to Nanjing, and a lot of taxes would be levied, so don't sell Nanjing, let's sell Mongolia and Liaodong.

Although the cost of freight may be higher, you don't have to pay too much tax, and you don't even have to pay taxes when you go to Liaodong, because it is the border and there is an army guarding it, and if the merchants don't transport the goods over, the court itself has to transport it, and the court can't wait for you to sell the materials there.

At the beginning, Wang Xijue wanted to use this idea to reform the salt tax, and use taxes and costs to induce salt to be sold there, but unfortunately it was stopped.

At the same time, they also instructed to quickly improve the technology, and use the technology to improve to save costs, so that their products will have more advantages in price.

This is actually what Guo Dan is very eager to see.

From this point of view, this is precisely the biggest opportunity for Weihui Mansion, the pressure of tariffs, forcing them to strengthen agriculture and industry and technology, even if they survive this time, what about the next time?

The policies of the imperial court change frequently, and you can't stop that.

Iron also needs to be hard.

......

If it is only from the perspective of Weihui Mansion, it seems that the black clouds are crushing the city and wants to destroy it, but the vast majority of state governments do not pay much attention to it, that is, the officials are a little depressed, this oil and water has nothing to fish, the people do not feel anything, and many people do not know about it.

Because the scale of their production is so small, they can not export many goods, so they either do not export, and the export must be what the other side needs, but they pay a lot less harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

Unlike Weihui Mansion, it covers almost all industries.

Because the goods of Weihui Mansion are extremely competitive there, they are competing for the market everywhere.

But the impact on the daimyo was also very large.

The Daimyo Mansion is the state capital that has benefited the most from the rise of Weihui Mansion, and even if some conflicts broke out between Guo Dan and Shen Shixing later, the Daimyo Mansion did not take any action.

It is because Cheng Guishi has tasted the sweetness, the tax revenue of the Daimyo Mansion is increasing year by year, the big landlords are making a lot of money, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment, and the harmony is a mess, Cheng Guishi also told Shen Shixing about this, if I target Weihui Mansion, the landlord class of the Daimyo Mansion will turn against me.

These two state capitals are like brothers.

This time, it's good.

The checkpoint of Weihui Mansion is directly located at the junction of the Daimyo Mansion and the Weihui Mansion, that is, Dexiahe Village in Huaxian County.

Although they are a stone's throw away, the tariffs seem to separate the two state capitals by 108,000 miles.

This blood dissolves in profit!

When the landlords and merchants of the Daimyo Mansion all went to Cheng Hui, we paid so many taxes every year, and the finances of the Daimyo Mansion may be second only to the Weihui Mansion, you can't just take money and not work, we can't make money, and we can't pay so many taxes.

They are desperate to be exempted from customs duties on both sides.

Cheng Guishi is the first two big, "There is no way for the official to do this, now the money is not under the control of the official, they are all directly under the household department, and now the cabinet is personally managing this matter." ”

Zheng Jin rolled his eyes, and suddenly said: "But they can't come nonsense, my lord, you go to my Xiahe Village to see in person, the merchant ships are so blocked that you can't even see the river, and there is a miasma of smoke over there, and the people are also complaining about this, this is the boundary of our Daimyo's Mansion, not his official teeth." ”

Cheng Guishi glanced at the master book on the side.

The chief bookkeeper immediately said: "This is a problem, the banknote customs is only responsible for collecting taxes and issuing tax invoices, and it should not affect the lives of the local people." ”

Cheng Guishi nodded and said, "You immediately order someone to call that Mao Shen." ”

"Yes."

He actually doesn't want to care, because he is on the side of the cabinet, and he can't hinder the cabinet from changing the law, but he has to make a little show and show these big landlords, and I can still help you.

Moreover, there are so many merchant ships blocking there, and there are indeed potential safety hazards.

Two days later, Mao Shen hurried from Huaxian County to the Daimyo's Mansion.

The magistrate of Huaxian County didn't dare to move at all, this was an order personally issued by the cabinet, and all localities must cooperate, and only Cheng Guishi dared to say a few words.

"The grass people are hairy, see the prefect."

A middle-aged man with a natural smiling face knelt down in the hall and bowed, he used to be very fat, a bit like the Maitreya Buddha, but now he is like a thin monkey, it can be seen how much he has suffered in the past two years, and he really hates Guo Dan unforgettable.

Cheng Guishi said: "No courtesy." ”

Mao Shen stood up and looked at the big landlords on the left and right, the big gentry, with an indifferent face and no fear.

Cheng Guishi asked: "I have heard many people say that since you went to Xiahe Village to open a banknote customs, it has caused the congestion of merchant ships there for several miles, which has seriously affected the lives of the local people. ”

Mao Shen arched his hand and said: "Lord Hui, this is indeed the case." ”

Cheng Guishi said: "Since it was an order issued by the imperial court, of course the official cooperated, but you can't affect the lives of the people, you are just collecting taxes." ”

Mao Shen hurriedly said: "What the adults taught is that the grass people are guilty, which is all blamed on the grass people who didn't think that the merchant ships of Weihui Mansion are transporting goods outside day and night, which makes us a little tired of coping, but my lord, please rest assured, the grass people have planned to send someone to notify Weihui Mansion, so that they must report in advance, and we will make unified arrangements, so that there will be no congestion." ”

When Zheng Jin heard this, he almost didn't vomit blood, and it was arranged by you, wouldn't it be slower, and said: "You are really bloody, before you came, we have been peaceful, don't think that I don't know the grievances between you and that Guo Dan, but that is a matter between the two of you, this is the Daimyo's Mansion." ”

"Presumptuous!"

Cheng Guishi angrily reprimanded Zheng Jin and said: "Zheng Jin, if you make a loud noise here again, this official will severely punish you." ”

"Don't worry, adults, in fact, it is reasonable for Zheng Daguan to say this, because there are many rumors about Caomin and Guo Dan."

Mao Shen stood up to help Zheng Jin speak, only to hear him explain: "The grass people do have some grievances with Guo Dan Guo Dan, but the grass people are absolutely impartial in law enforcement, and have never declared personal vendettas, but the grass people now wonder if Guo Dan is deliberately rectifying the grass people, because the grass people are still guilty now, and if they are a little careless, they issued the wrong tax stamp, so that Guo Dan can seize the handle, and the grass people's whole family may suffer a catastrophe."

The grass people must be cautious and check everything clearly, so that everyone has nothing to say. The grass people have no intention of targeting Guo Dan, the reason why they plan to let Weihui Mansion report first is first for the sake of the people of Xiahe Village, and secondly, to avoid Guo Dan's rashness. ”

Zheng Jin listened to this reversal of black and white, and gasped with anger.

It's really worthy of being born in an official tooth, but it's really an iron tooth and a copper tooth! In a few words, it became Guo Dan's conspiracy. Although Cheng Guishi knew the truth, he was helpless, and said: "That's fine, in short, this official doesn't want you to affect the lives of the people of my Daimyo Mansion." ”

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, after the grass people go back, they will make adjustments immediately."

"Very well, you can go back first."

"The grass people are retiring."

As soon as Mao Shen went out, Zheng Jin jumped up, "My lord, this ......!" ”

"There's no way for this official."

Cheng Guishi said with a heavy brow.

Zheng Jin looked depressed, he knew this, so don't call him here, as a result, Wei Hui's side will be even more affected.