If Guo Dan is in their position, he will definitely do the same, because businessmen are very realistic, they always think about protecting their own interests first, few businessmen can do it, the big businessman is for the country and the people.

But the problem is that Guo Dan is not in the same position as them, his current position is both politics and business, at this time he can no longer be approachable, giggling with everyone, he must put himself in the position of a leader.

To frighten them, to rally them around themselves.

If it is a plate of loose sand, and everyone only cares about themselves, then no matter how powerful he is, he can't beat the other party.

.....．

"Guo Dan, you can be regarded as here."

As soon as I came to the suite of King Lu's Mansion, I saw Na Jigui greeted him with an anxious face.

Ji Gui is now one of the top rouge merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and his anxiety is not because he is worried about Guo Dan.

Guo smiled lightly: "Father-in-law, don't worry, the new tariff law is for the court to do business better, not for me." ”

"Guo Dan! You can only deceive others with this, but it is useless in my place. ”

Ji Gui said: "Now Zhao Fengyuan is in charge of Shanxi's banknotes, and Mao Shen is in charge of the Daimyo's Mansion, this is not aimed at you, it is aimed at whom." ”

Also! I am far inferior to him in this respect, and I tell him what I do. Guo Dan shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "Maybe I'm used to being targeted by them, this time they are not under the banner of dealing with me, I already feel very content." ”

Ji Gui hurriedly asked, "Then do you have a way to solve it?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "I don't think we can say that we can find a way to solve it, but we should find a way to adapt." ”

"How do you fit in?"

Ji Gui said: "Let's not talk about this rouge, the five guns in Weihui Mansion are all in the hands of Guan Gongzi, Guan Gongzi is the godgrandson of the Prime Minister, but now he will also face a tax of fifty percent, a tax of fifty percent." ”

It seems that you are used to not paying taxes. Guo Dan muttered to himself, "But the prime minister didn't say anything, did he?" ”

Jigui was speechless.

Guo Dan said: "Father-in-law, I think so, the imperial court cannot never change, there will always be some new policies, any policy, may affect our Weihui Mansion, after all, our Weihui Mansion relies on trade."

In fact, all along, our Weihui Mansion has been constantly adapting to the changes in the outside world, but in the past, they were secretly intriguing, but this time it is placed on the table, and many people can see it, so this heart will feel scared, but there is no difference in essence.

This time, we will definitely be able to adapt to it, this is the spirit of our Weihui Mansion. ”

Ji Gui suddenly glanced at Guo Dan and said tentatively: "If we adapt to it, then how do you still pay taxes?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "If the new tariff law has a lot of benefits for us, then why should I go to the contractor tax, if it is not good for us, then I think it is not good for others, after all, the sale is a two-way deal, then it is doomed to fail, and after the failure, let's talk about it." ”

After a pause, he said: "Of course, at the beginning, I will lead everyone through this adaptation period, and tomorrow I will invite many businessmen to come here to discuss, I have to understand the situation first, and what impact the new tariff law will have on us." ”

Ji Gui is right to think about it, Guo Dan has just arrived here, and he doesn't know anything, if you ask him, he can't answer.

And there are some things that Guo Dan is not very easy to say to him directly, after all, he can't blatantly say that I am cooperating with the emperor this time and asking for contractor taxes.

He chatted with Guo Dan for a few more words, and then took his leave.

"It looks like it's worse than you expected."

Aunt Xu said.

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "It's all expected." This businessman pursues freedom, it used to be very chaotic, and there were charges everywhere, but it also proves that no one cares, which means freedom, and many things can be operated, but now all are given to die, and everything has to be done according to the rules, which will inevitably have a great impact. ”

Aunt Xu shook her head lightly and said: "I don't think that you are free compared to the big rich businessmen, they are powerful and powerful, and they are not afraid of encountering difficulties, but many small businessmen are often blackmailed and blackmailed because no one is in charge of them, and even lead to the destruction of their families.

It's just that in the past, small businessmen were bullied, and they could only swallow their anger, so they couldn't see anything, and those rich businessmen couldn't accept it when they were wronged, which caused this phenomenon of black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it. ”

"The layman is very thorough."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "But I am now representing the rights and interests of a wealthy businessman, so what do you think I should do?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "I think you should find a way to lead them to become better under this system." Of course, if the imperial court, as before, is only to fill the treasury, or only to target you, then you should contract the commercial tax.

It is up to you to formulate and implement, and the court to supervise it, and this system has proven to be very successful. In fact, many of the imperial court's policies failed because they were the formulators, the executors, and the overseers. ”

Guo Dan was curious: "Why don't you support me in trying to destroy the reform of the imperial court, and then the contractor tax." ”

Aunt Xu said, "You should know who controls the City Division of Yuegang, right?" ”

Guo Dan said: "It should be the master of ceremonies and the East Factory." ”

Aunt Xu nodded and said: "Therefore, a lot of goods there are to be transported to the capital, in addition, this trade also involves Dongchang, the celebrant supervisor, the imperial horse supervisor, the Nanjing government, etc., if you really have contractor taxes, then all the time, you have to fight against them."

I don't recommend doing this unless you have to, because it will leave you in a quagmire from which you will not be able to extricate yourself and use your talents. I hope that you can rely on your own advantages to urge the court not to make mistakes, and the cabinet will help you in the front, and I also believe that under the same set of rules, it is impossible for any businessman to beat you. ”

In fact, Aunt Xu has never been helping Guo Dan to do things, the two are not superiors and subordinates, in fact, the staff can't talk about it, Aunt Xu never thinks about Guo Dan's interests, she thinks more about what Guo Dan can bring to the Ming Dynasty.

Aunt Xu will not rack her brains to help Guo Dan find a way to solve many problems, she just provides an idea, or gives Guo Dan a choice she expects.

Of course, she also knew that Guo Dan might not necessarily listen to her, but at the same time, she believed that her words would still affect Guo Dan, after all, her lips were cold and her teeth were cold.

Guo Dan nodded and said: "Thank you for being able to afford it, but how to say it, I hope the result is perfect, everyone is fine, but once the war starts, many things will be difficult to control, I will be fully prepared for the worst." ”

At this moment, a servant came in to report, Chenchen, Cao Xiaodong, and Li Tong asked to see him.

Aunt Xu stood up: "I'll go back to the house to rest first." ”

As she spoke, she bowed slightly, and then walked out.

She never bothered to eavesdrop on anything, or inquire about any news from the people around Guo Dan, this chess game is in front of her, and she will watch it herself.

What an interesting woman. Guo smiled lightly and ordered the servant to invite Li Tong and them in.

Chenchen, Cao Xiaodong, and Li Tong didn't go to the city gate to greet Guo Dan, because they all knew that Guo Dan liked to read the report very much, and didn't care whether they went to greet them, and even more cared about whether they were fully prepared.

After all, spending so much money to invite them is not to let them saddle up before and after the horse, and it is not worth so much money before and after the saddle.

So when they saw Guo Dan, one of them handed over a report first.

Guo Dan was very satisfied with this, first picked up Li Tong's report, and while looking at it, he asked, "You should have heard of my blood feud with Mao Shen and Zhao Fengyuan." ”

Li Tong nodded and said, "I only heard about it recently. ”

"Then I don't think they will be polite to the caravan of Weihui Mansion." Guo Dan asked again.

Li Daodao: "Although they don't dare to blackmail us, they inspect our goods very carefully, and the number of random inspections is much higher than that of other banknotes." Our Weihui Mansion ships a lot and fast, and most of them go to Shanxi and the Daimyo Mansion, resulting in a large number of merchant ships hoarded there. Oh, yesterday at the Daimyo's Mansion, it was also found that there was a merchant ship that secretly hid jewels and jade in the porcelain.

The facts have been found out, and there are indeed people who want to use this to avoid customs duties, and now the shipload has been seized and must pay three times the fine before it can be released, and they are indeed acting in accordance with the law, so that no one can find any problems, but in fact they are targeting us everywhere. ”

Guo Dan nodded, and asked again: "The new tariff law will inevitably affect our relationship with Caoyun." ”

Li Daodao: "Yes, Caoyun has already sent a message from the other side, because the above has been very strict, and it has clearly told them that they are not allowed to cooperate with us anymore, and we must rely on our own fleet." ”

They have been cooperating with Caoyun before, first of all, of course, because the transportation team has not yet done it at that time, and they must rely on Caoyun, but this is only secondary, the main thing is to pay tribute to Caoyun, and to give Caoyun benefits, your ship can be unimpeded on the river.

This is the freedom that Guo Dan said.

Guo Dan asked again: "How much impact do you think this will have on us?" ”

Li Daodao: "This still depends on the imperial court, if the imperial court prohibits our caravans, then ..... Then I don't know what to do. But if the imperial court only acts according to the law, I think this is a good and bad separation for us, because we have just expanded our transportation team, and we have enough manpower and warehouses, we can take the opportunity to get rid of the luck, which can leave us a lot of money.

But tariff restrictions will also reduce trade, which is also a problem that we may face, and if the transportation of goods is reduced very much, it will be difficult for our transportation team to sustain. ”

Chen Chen immediately said: "Uncle, this month, the deed tax of Weihui Mansion has dropped by about sixty percent, and the transaction volume has dropped by eighty percent, but at the end of last year, because everyone was optimistic that Uncle might contract tariffs, the money remitted from the capital and Nanjing to Qianzhuang increased by about thirty percent." ”

Cao Xiaodong said: "But now everyone's thinking has changed again, especially the merchants in Jiangnan, they want to go back again, because there are rumors that the new tariffs are more conducive to local business than to trade." ”

Guo Dan frowned and said, "Are there many people like this?" ”

Cao Xiaodong said: "There are many, but most of them are some wealthy businessmen, especially the silk merchants who cooperate with the textile workshop, those small businessmen from Jiangnan don't really want to go back, because they think that they will definitely be excluded when they go back, and they still want to stay in Weihui Mansion." ”

Guo Dan nodded and said to Chenchen: "You will also invite one or two such small businessmen tomorrow." ”

"I see." Chenchen nodded in response.

Guo Dan said to Li again: "Li Tong, I will give 100,000 taels to support our transportation team in the near future." ”

"One hundred thousand taels?" Li Tong was frightened, what kind of joke, it didn't cost so much money to build the entire transportation team, and said: "Owner, our transportation team still has a surplus, because the market was very good last year, and we ........" ”

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Guo Dan said: "I have other plans for this money, you take it first and wait for my order." ”

Li Tong nodded, but muttered in his heart, with so much money for us, what does the proprietor want to do?

Guo Dan said to Cao Xiaodong again: "Xiaodong, you immediately arrange someone to count the information of the customs clearance fleet of each banknote, as well as what goods they transported, as for the other data, I think it should be written in this report." ”

He picked up Cao Xiaodong's report.

Cao Xiaodong hurriedly said: "Brother Guo, the data you asked us to collect is all written in it. ”

"Good!"

Guo Dan nodded, and said to Chenchen: "Chenchen, as for your list, I'll look at it later, but I trust your judgment, you can send an invitation now." ”

"Yes."

After the three of them left, Guo Dan suddenly took out a white cloth from his sleeve and handed it to Yang Feixu, "This is our messenger code, you immediately send a message to Nanjing, and let the spies over there report the movements of Nanjing merchants to Weihui Mansion as quickly as possible." ”

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