"Business spies?"

Wanli seems to be a little unfamiliar with this word.

Of course he knew what this meant, and it was too easy to understand, but spies were generally used for military and political purposes, and they were never said to be tied to business, but there were often spies pretending to be businessmen.

On the merits, with the commercial scale of the Ming Dynasty, the appearance of commercial espionage is somewhat exaggerated.

For now, it's still on the defensive.

However, once foreign trade is launched, the scale of this will expand rapidly, and commercial espionage will be able to play a role.

Guo Dan put forward this concept, in fact, it is also for the future layout.

"Yes."

Guo Dan nodded and said: "I think that the reason why Jiang Feng happened is mainly because we don't know Jiang Fengde's existence, and we don't know about his dealings with Li Shouji, if we can detect it in advance, then this thing can't happen." The business spy is dedicated to collecting all the information about business, so that this kind of thing can be prevented from happening again, and it can also share the pressure on the shoulders of the lowly position, which is now that the lowly position is not afraid to leave the capital. ”

Wanli nodded again and again when he heard this: "Actually, this should have been done a long time ago, I have allowed this matter, you can do it." ”

He regretted it a little when he heard it, complaining that he hadn't thought it through, although this Guo Dan had the ability to make money, but he didn't have the ability to protect the money, so he had to find a group of people to protect the money.

Guo Dan looked at Wanli in astonishment.

Wanli was curious: "What?" Isn't it appropriate? ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed a bit inappropriate, he is just a businessman, he can't do this, if he is discovered, he may be charged with the crime of rebellion." ”

Wanli frowned, and also felt that something was wrong, although he had granted it, but the problem was that this matter could not be exposed, under this premise, if Guo Dan established this kind of organization, once he was caught, Wanli could not admit that it was his license.

That's a big deal.

"And what do you say you should do?" Wanli asked.

Guo Dan pondered for a moment, and said: "The lowly position thinks that your majesty is personally responsible for this matter, and the lowly position is responsible for assisting from the side, such as telling those people how to collect information about business." ”

Wanli said angrily: "If I want to be able to come forward, then it is better for me to allow you to arrange it, I just can't come forward." ”

"That's just as well."

Guo Dan nodded slightly, thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the ranch over there is about to be built, and the horses purchased from outside the customs should be here this year. His Majesty can set up a special guard there, and then select some brocade guards to go over, and the Taifu Temple and the horse farm will jointly take care of their salaries. ”

Wanli thought for a moment and said, "That's okay, I'll set up a thousand households over there." However, where there is still money in the racecourse, it will be all in charge of the Taifu Temple, and then add this article to your cooperation contract, so that the Taifu Temple will allocate the funds to the racecourse with the expenditure of the thousand households, and then the racecourse will allocate it to the thousand households. ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

This person is very simple, whoever pays, I will listen to whomever will pay, Guo Dan asked that Taifu Temple and Racecourse be responsible, the meaning is obvious, that is, to break away from the original institution, naturally it will not be controlled by Dongchang.

Of course, Wanli knew in his heart that in fact, even if Guo Dan didn't say so, he would do it.

Because at present, he doesn't know how many people in the court want to deal with Guo Dan, although he trusts Zhang Whale very much, but he doesn't dare to guarantee that Zhang Whale will not deal with Guo Dan, so this thousand households must be completely independent, and he and Guo Dan are directly responsible, but the money in the racecourse is his money, and after losing so much money, he is not willing to pay this money again, he has to find a big wrongdoer.

Taifu Temple naturally took on this role.

Xu Mengxi, the man who carried the blame, has been forgotten for a long time.

He asked the Taifu Temple to allocate funds to the horse farm first, and then the horse farm to allocate funds to the thousand households, which shows that the thousand households are not under the control of the Taifu Temple.

"I'll arrange this right away."

Wanli suddenly remembered something again, and said: "By the way, about the cotton armor, you have that hand to hide, is it related to King Lu?" ”

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty already knows." ”

Wanli said: "King Lu has already told me two days ago. ”

In fact, King Lu didn't know what the specific purpose of Guo Dan's borrowing was, but now King Lu has completely understood.

Guo Dan hurriedly explained: "The lowly position is just to hide people's eyes, so the lowly position does not dare to let his own people do it, so he can only borrow someone from King Lu." ”

"I don't blame you, you have thought about this very carefully, if you can't hand over the cotton armor by then, I will be very troublesome."

Speaking of this, Wanli suddenly asked: "But I don't understand one thing, making cotton armor requires very exquisite craftsmanship, can those village women do it well?" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Please rest assured Your Majesty at this point, in fact, those village women are only doing part of it, for example, one village is responsible for beating cotton, and another village is responsible for thick threads." And the most difficult of them are the iron pieces and copper nails in the cotton armor, which are still made in Tianjin Wei, and they are all very well protected, and only the cotton is burned.

Therefore, as long as all these parts are transported to Weihui Mansion to assemble them, in fact, the original lowly job was intended to be transported to Tianjin Wei to do, but I didn't expect that there would be an extra Weihui Mansion in the middle, with the current scale of Weihui Mansion, it will not take a few days to complete. After this incident, the lowly official had ordered them to be transported to Weihui Mansion quickly, and now they should almost arrive at Weihui Mansion. ”

"I see, wonderful, wonderful!"

Wanli is relieved, this is really a great luck in misfortune, this thing really can't go wrong again, in fact, the killing trick of the whole case, right here, Wanli has been shielded once before, and if you want to cover up the second time, it will really hurt the hearts of the soldiers.

Wanli didn't dare to be so capricious, and said: "Speaking of this Weihui Mansion, I haven't rewarded you well, even Jiang Yinglan's hard bones are full of praise for what you have done in Weihui Mansion, but there is one thing that I still don't understand, that is, about this tax issue." ”

In fact, this incident made Guo Dan's status in his mind have undergone a qualitative change, and the reason is that Guo Dan did not take power, did not respect himself, if he did this, it would be understandable, after all, he was contracted, and the military power was not in his hands, but he didn't even want administrative power, and at the same time he did things well, just ask this kind of person, how can people not feel at ease.

It is worthy of Wanli, only interested in money. Guo Dan muttered to himself, and explained these two taxes to Wanli again.

Wanli nodded slightly, and then asked, "Do you think this deed tax can be used in other states and counties?" ”

He had always wanted to increase the commercial tax, but he could not get support, and this deed tax gave him hope, as for the income tax of that person, it was impossible, and no landlord would be willing to bear the tax of hired farmers.

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't work." ”

"Why?"

"Because other states and counties do not attach much importance to contracts, there are many landlords who break contracts, and tenant farmers have no way, the main reason why they can collect this deed tax in Weihui Mansion is because Weihui Mansion does not have an official government, and everything is based on contracts."

When Wanli heard this, he couldn't help but look depressed.

In fact, Wang Jiaping also told him so, but he still had a glimmer of hope for Guo Dan, maybe he could give a different answer.

Guo Dan thought that the goal had been achieved, but the emperor was always unhappy, and it was not good for him, as if he had only done it, as if he had no merit, he still had to say something to make him happy, hehe smiled: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, in fact, the situation of Weihui Mansion has exceeded the expectations of the lowly position, and the lowly position really did not expect to receive so many orders so soon, according to the budget of the lowly position, the tax revenue of the Weihui Mansion is definitely more than more than 200,000 taels, and it is very likely to double." ”

"Double?"

Wanli said with wide eyes.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "With the current momentum, it is absolutely possible." ”

Wanli took a breath of cold air, exhaled again, and inhaled again, between this breath, the brain was calculating quickly, more than 200,000 taels, doubled, that is, more than 400,000 taels, compared to the loss of 80,000 taels, it is a ball!

Guo Dan asked again: "Your Majesty, how is this extra money calculated?" ”

"I don't need to ask, of course it's counted."

Wanli's face was suddenly hideous, but he soon realized that he was a little out of shape, coughed lightly, and said seriously: "This Weihui Mansion is contracted to you, how much is stipulated in the contract, you give as much as you give, and the extra money is considered to be earned, and naturally it belongs to me." ”

Guo Dan brought the money, all of which belonged to Wanli, and Yaxing did not have a shareholding, but then again, in fact, he was the big boss of every state capital.

"Humble duty understands."

Guo Dan nodded, and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, it's not just that, I haven't let out the transportation of Weihui Mansion, once everyone puts the goods in Weihui Mansion for production, how much does this goods get, and the transportation cost must be terrifyingly high." ”

"Good, good! Ha ha! ”

Wanli couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

Li Gui on the side can be regarded as relieved, Wanli has not been so happy for a long time, even in the harem is depressed, he is really afraid that Wanli will be sick.

It can be seen that this heart disease still needs heart medicine.

"Guo Dan, don't worry, you do your best for me, I will naturally not be disadvantaged, so let's reward you with a hundred silk horses, twenty maidservants, and then give you a mansion." Wanli waved his hand and said boldly.

If you want to calculate commissions, it's more than that.

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, the lowly Yaxing has also made a lot of money with Your Majesty, how dare you ask for a reward for your humble position." ”

"That's what you earned, and that's what I rewarded you."

"But... But forget about this maid, I'm afraid that my wife will have opinions, after all, I'm just a son-in-law. ”

"You're still a son-in-law?"

Wanli was surprised.

"Yes." Guo Dan nodded.

"That's really unusual!" Wanli smiled and said, "That's okay, I'll reward you with some more tributes from all over the world, and then I'll have someone send them to you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Guo Dan saluted and said: "Your Majesty, there is still a trivial matter in the humble position, I hope Your Majesty can agree." ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's about Yang Feixu, she's good, but she's a woman in the end, and it's inconvenient to follow the lowly position, can Your Majesty change a bodyguard for the lowly position."

"At the beginning, I asked her to protect you, just because it was inconvenient at the time, but now, I don't need to worry so much, and I also feel that it is difficult for her to protect you alone, okay, I will send four more guards to protect you."

Wanli agreed.

Now Guo Dan is very important to him, and it is not only wealth, but also involves the court, in order to protect Guo Dan, he is willing to throw out even 80,000 taels, just a few guards, how to worry about it.