"Pay taxes?"

Liu Che plucked out his ears and suspected that he had misheard.

The dignified Marquis of Stability, the Great Agricultural Order, ran into the palace at night to see the Son of Heaven and pay taxes?

There are too many slots, and Liu Che doesn't know where to start.

Let's not talk about when the officials of the Han Dynasty will have to pay taxes, even if they pay taxes, why do they come to him?

What about the bureaucratic system of the Han Dynasty, do they all eat dry food!

But since they were all here, Liu Che still called people in.

Liu Che is also very concerned about the situation on the first day of the opening of "Dahan Department Store".

It is estimated that Mr. Tang is not good at publicly reporting business to the Son of Heaven, so he casually found an excuse.

It's just this excuse, and it's not casual!

Liu Che smiled helplessly, and said in his heart that Mr. Tang was uninformal, so he could do such a thing.

But I saw a chaotic noise outside the door, as if it was the sound of carrying something.

Tang Qi walked in in in casual clothes, with his head held high, and bowed down: "The minister has seen Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Che casually waved his hand to signal him to get up, and his attention was all attracted by the movement behind Tang Qi.

I saw two attendants following behind Tang Qi, struggling to carry a large wooden box, and put it on the ground with a "bang".

It's not light.

"Mr. Tang, what is this?"

Liu Che stared at the wooden box, and already had a guess in his heart.

It's just that Tang Qi doesn't say it, and he doesn't dare to be sure.

"My Han is a merchant who calculates that the minister borrows His Majesty's light to do some small business, and naturally he also has to pay taxes." Tang Qi smiled and said, "In this box, is the tax paid by the minister today!" ”

"Bang!"

In front of everyone's eyes, Tang Qi suddenly lifted the lid of the box.

Inside is a box full of yellow, orange, orange, shiny official minted five-baht coins!

was pressed so tightly that it was so shaking that people couldn't open their eyes!

Liu Che even narrowed his eyes, of course, not because the copper coin was too dazzling, but because he was too surprised!

"Here, here'......"

"Your Majesty, Dahan Department Store opened today, and until the West Market closed, it sold a total of 212,400 yuan for five baht. There are 21,240 dollars here, which is the tax paid by the minister today! ”

"More than 20,000 dollars?!" Liu Che stood up suddenly, his breathing becoming more and more rapid, "What Mr. Tang said is true?!" ”

Tang Qi smiled: "It's true, Your Majesty can send someone to count it." ”

"Chuntuo, bring someone some money, just order it here!"

Of course, Liu Che trusted Tang Qi, but being able to hand over more than 20,000 yuan in just one day was still too much for him to understand.

However, just by visual inspection, everyone also knew that Tang Qi should not be lying.

Chuntuo took a group of chamberlains to finish the counting, and sure enough, it was 21,240 money.

No less than a penny!

"Yes, yes!" Liu Che was overjoyed, and grabbed Tang Qi's hand, "Mr. is really the backbone of my big man and the important minister of the country!" ”

Although Chuntuo and the other chamberlains lowered their heads, their eyes were also shocked.

They are all confidants of the Son of Heaven, and of course Chun Tuo knows about Tang Qi's suggestion to establish Dahan Department Store.

But in one day, you can actually hand over more than 20,000 yuan?

With such a big stroke, it is impossible for any imperial merchant or imperial village in the world to do it!

"Your Majesty has won the prize." Tang Qi said modestly, "If it weren't for His Majesty's approval and Princess Pingyang's support, Dahan Department Store would not have gone so smoothly." ”

There is no falsehood in this statement.

Don't look at Tang Qi as soon as he came to Chang'an, he was a feudal marquis and an official in Jiuqing, but in the eyes of those real ministers and nobles, he was still an outsider with no foundation.

If there is no endorsement from the Son of Heaven and the imperial family, it is impossible to do business in Chang'an safely!

As far as Tang Qi's subordinates found, when they came to the door of Dahan Department Store today, there were no less than 100 people who wanted to make trouble.

If it weren't for Princess Pingyang, who knew the virtues of these nobles in Chang'an, she would have let her mouth go early.

Just because Tang Qi dared to push the oil price so low, some people with ulterior motives directly sent thugs to smash the shop, which is considered light!

Liu Che is naturally very aware of this.

But it is clear that it does not mean that as long as you have the support of the Son of Heaven, you can make so much money casually!

If it is really so easy to make money, will the imperial court still be financially tight?

Now Tang Qi doesn't make a move, and when he makes a move, it's such a big move, and Liu Che can't be excited!

In addition to excitement, I am also very emotional.

"According to what Mr. Tang said, wouldn't you pay taxes to me according to ten taxes?"

The commercial tax in the Western Han Dynasty was very complicated and cumbersome, and the policies changed every year, but to put it simply, the thirty taxes were about the same.

After all, commerce is not so developed now, and the imperial court emphasizes agriculture over commerce, which is mainly reflected in the restriction of the status of merchants.

The commercial tax is not very heavy.

Tang Qi smiled again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, what do you earn." ”

Not to mention ten taxes and one, even if it is five taxes and one, Tang Qi still makes a lot of money!

Liu Che sighed and said: "There are dozens of important ministers in the imperial court, but none of them are like Mr. Tang, who thinks about me wholeheartedly!" ”

If you change someone, even if you can make so much money, you will never really be able to make one of them to the imperial court!

If you earn more than 200,000 yuan, and finally you can hand it over to the national treasury, it would be good to have 10,000!

It's still a year!

Tang Qi arched his hand: "In the future, every day will be like this, the ministers will send people to the hands of Your Majesty every day, and please appoint someone to receive it!" ”

Well, the protection fee, Tang Qi paid no pressure at all.

"Sir!" Liu Che choked up, grabbed Tang Qi's hand tightly, and couldn't pull it out, "Sir, do you know that the money you brought has solved my urgent need!" ”

Tang Qi was surprised.

Then I learned that there was another big flood in Henan, flooding countless farmland and houses, millions of victims, and the local officials' pleas for help had been piled up on the table!

However, the imperial court has been fighting for many years, where will the money come from to relieve the disaster?

Asked about Prime Minister Gongsun Hong, Gongsun Hong could only sigh and suggest that Liu Che order the local government to raise its own money, grain and grass, but the imperial court really couldn't take out so much money and grain.

Although there are many sweet potatoes, corn, and rice brought from the island, it is not enough to supply the victims of the entire county.

The wealthy merchants have a lot of food in stock, but if they don't hoard Juqi, even if they have a conscience, how can they take the initiative to give it to the imperial court?

But if Tang Qi can really pay 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a day, the imperial court will have enough money to buy food from the merchants and gentry for disaster relief!

"Sir, thank you for the people affected by the disaster in Henan!"

……

On the other side, Princess Binh Duong's Mansion.

Several sons of honorable people gathered together and had a lively discussion about what they had seen and heard today.

They were all contacted by Princess Pingyang, and the elders of the family were very interested in the so-called business that could make money lying down, so they sent their sons to see what was going on.

For example, Gongsun He's eldest son, Gongsun Jingsheng, shared with great interest at this time.

"It's called a cold rabbit, it's so delicious!"

Su Jian's eldest son, Su Jia, also joined in the fun: "There is also the one called spicy strips, which is better than the delicacies of the mountains and seas made by the chef in my house!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, and that black coke, it's terrible to look at, not to mention how refreshing it is to drink!"

A group of noble children are all young people, and when they get together, what they are most willing to say is naturally eating and drinking.

Li Yu, the son of the imperial historian Li Cai, poured cold water on him.

"What's the use of eating and drinking, with such a cheap price, I'm afraid I'm going to lose so much that I don't have any underwear left, right? This business can't be done! ”