"The things of Dunlun are also the normal feelings of people." Moham shook his head, and his smile became more and more obscene: "If Hou Ye is willing to give Xiao Wang face, it is Xiao Wang's honor, Xiao Wang can wait for Hou Ye at any time to be free, and arrange for Hou Ye clearly and cleanly." ”

It's clean, and the four words are used very cleverly. Li Mu glanced at Moham again, he had already heard this person's actions, and concluded that this person was definitely not a person who was a wine bag and a rice bag, and coveted women. But he's behaving like that now, and it's clear that he's feeling a sense of crisis about his place. Trying to get away with it is perfunctory.

Li Mu didn't care about it, Moham is a person, he can naturally have his own ideas, Li Mu also has his own ideas, what he wants to do, as long as it doesn't delay his affairs, he doesn't care much about what Moham thinks.

"Do the merchants of Qiuzi collect taxes for buying and selling?" Li Mu suddenly asked.

Moham thought for a moment and said, "Naturally, taxes are collected, according to the value of the goods sold by the caravan, each caravan must be registered with the city guards when it enters the city, estimate the value of the goods, and collect taxes according to the rule of ten taxes and one tax." ”

"Ten taxes and one," Li Mu said secretly in his heart, this is not low: "Are the businessmen willing to give?" ”

Moham smiled bitterly: "Which businessman is willing to spend money?" In order to collect this tax, it is often unpleasant. But this is also a helpless thing, if you don't collect taxes, how can you have the money to build the city wall? If it weren't for this wall, the Turks would have fallen long ago, and the merchants would have been left with no shelter. None of them are stupid, so even if they don't want to pay, most of them end up paying. ”

"The caravan pays taxes in Qiuci to do business, and goes all the way east to Dingxiang to enter the Tang Dynasty to trade, which of the two is more cost-effective?"

"It depends on the temperament of the merchants in the caravan, some merchants are naturally adventurous, and even gamble their lives in order to make money, and would rather go all the way east to risk being robbed by the trade road bandits, rather than pay the tax of Qiuzi, but most of the merchants are not too bold after all, and they can't afford to take risks, so they choose to trade in Qiuzi Town, although the tax is a bit high, but at least the money earned is really into the pocket."

Li Mu understood that the information provided by Moham filled the last information gap in his heart, and a plan gradually took shape in his heart.

"Moham, write a notice tonight, and tomorrow the city will post it, and the notice will be written...... Qiuzi received funding from the Tang Dynasty, will expand the city and the bazaar, encourage the business of the business, now to the merchants of all countries to collect funds, if there are businessmen willing to offer crowdfunding funds more than 100 taels, you can give priority to the new bazaar to choose a shop, and enjoy the tax concession of 20 taxes within three years. ”

"Of course, shops only have the right of first choice, not for free, shops buy and sell or rent, how much should be spent or have to be spent, they just have the right to choose the location of the shop, the more donations, the priority. The one with the highest donation, Ben Hou privately funded, and gave them a warehouse. ”

When Moham heard this, Mi's eyes widened, as if his own flesh had been dug out, and he said, "Second ...... Twenty tax one? Master Hou, that's too polite, isn't it? Half of the tax was exempted for them, and there has never been such a precedent in the hundreds of years since the founding of the country......"

Li Mu said with a smile: "This battle has greatly hurt the vitality of Qiuci, and in a short period of time, the trading volume of Qiuci will plummet, but if this decree is issued, do you think businessmen are willing to come?" ”

Clever people are always good at empathy, Moham was stunned when he heard this, and immediately regarded himself as a merchant, thought about it for a while, his eyes lit up, and said: "If it is a merchant, then of course it is willing, and they are exempted from half of the tax, as well as the newly built bazaar and storehouse, so the fool will not come." Qiuci is a hub transit place connecting the eastern and western countries, and it is close to the trade routes of the Western Regions, if Qiuci has low taxes and a large number of merchants from various countries gather to trade, who wants to go so far and take risks to do business? ”

"In that case, let's decide so, go and write a notice immediately, and let the scribes who can write copy a few more copies, so that they don't have to write very well, just know it, and paste it all over the city tomorrow."

Li Muzhi is not worried about being illiterate, the merchants who can come to Qiuzi with a caravan are not likely to be illiterate, in fact, the merchants who come and go on the Silk Road are basically language masters, and they know more than one language.

Moham opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "If you have something in your heart, you can say it to your face, Ben Hou doesn't like unhappy people!" ”

Moham plucked up his courage and said, "Master Hou, may I ask...... Will Xiao Wang still be the king of Qiuzi in the future? ”

Li Mu seemed to smile and said, "Little turtle, it's not enough to make Ben Hou bother. However, after all, Qiuzi is an important town on the Silk Road, and there must be a suitable candidate. If you do well, King Qiuzi will naturally do it, and if you don't do well, it's not impossible to change people. ”

Moham trembled, and his fat trembled three times: "You don't have to! Xiao Wang will definitely be able to do a good job! Everything came according to the Hou Ye's orders! ”

……

Moham's work was still very fast, and at dusk, with the desolate trumpets of the Turkic camp, notices had been plastered all over the city.

It was as if a spoonful of boiling oil had been poured over it, and it boiled instantly.

This is a typical notice to attract investment, and if later historians find it in the ruins, they will be amazed.

For the first time, funds were raised in the form of public offering for the expansion of the city.

Merchants have always been fat, but merchants are also the most realistic type of people, they never spend unnecessary money, if they want to make them willing to pay for the silver, then they must give enough benefits, the benefits are so great that they think they have taken advantage of the money, the money will be paid willingly. Interests are the biggest driving force, and when interests reach a certain level, it is an abyss, and they will jump down without hesitation.

The first time I saw the notice, I couldn't confirm whether it was true or not. There were many merchants gathered outside the palace of the king of Qiuzi, standing timidly from afar, Li Mu had already moved in here at the kind invitation of Moham, and the mighty brocade guards were so imposing that they did not dare to approach.

The crowd was gathering more and more, and the merchants' noses were sharper than Moham had imagined, and the news of the merchants soon spread throughout the city, and within an hour of the notice being posted, hundreds of merchants had gathered outside the palace.

These merchants wore different costumes, half of them were exotic fancy robes of the Western Regions, and half of them were the gorgeous silk clothes of the Tang Dynasty. But the cunning in their eyes did not diminish, and they stood at the head of the diplomatic head for several meters, as if they were pushing each other to choose a person of prestige to come out, and stepped forward to negotiate with Jinyiwei.

There was no result for a long time, but Li Mu and Moham slowly walked out of the palace.

Li Mu is wandering around Qiuzi City today, and wherever he goes, there must be Jinyi guards to protect him. Many businessmen had seen him, some of them were well-informed and knew his identity, and some of them did not know it, and they asked who this young man was.

Li Mu walked up to the merchants, with a warm smile on his face, and Moham next to him loudly introduced Li Mu's identity, and when the merchants heard it, they knelt down in a large area. Especially the businessmen from Datang are even more excited and proud from the bottom of their hearts. is not only a life-saving grace, Li Mu's great achievements in the business world have long been spread throughout Datang, and it is no exaggeration to say that he has long been the idol of all businessmen in Datang.

There was a commotion in the crowd, and then a businessman in his fifties who looked highly respected was elected out, stepped forward to take off his hat, bowed to Li Mu, and said in a relatively blunt Tang Guanzhong dialect: "Old decay Hursong, from the Tocharian Khanate, dare to ask Lord Hou, is the notice posted in Qiuzi Town today true?" ”

Li Mu held his arm with both hands and said with a smile: "Elder courtesy, don't dare to take it." If the notice is true, Benhou can guarantee it. ”

Kuersong's eyes flashed, and he said: "Qiuzi wants to expand the city, and also build a bazaar, and the notice promises that those who invest can give priority to the shops, and the price of the shops can be less?" Does this right of preference depend on the priority of capital contributions, or on the amount of capital contribution? ”

Li Mu secretly praised, although this old man is not of my race, but the way of doing business is very old-fashioned, and he immediately asked the root, and said: "If you invest now, you can give priority to choosing shops, and there is a limit to the number of shop plans, there are so many in total." According to statistics, those who contribute more will be selected first, and those who will be less will be selected later, on a first-come, first-served basis. Everyone is a businessman, and when you know the importance of the geographical location of the shop, giving preference to the shop is the first-mover advantage for the person who invests it. As for the price of the shop, it is the average price, and it is the same when you buy first and then buy, and the difference is only the right to choose. ”

When Li Mu said this, everyone understood. What an average price, or a markup. The location chosen first is good, and the price added is also more.

The clever man spoke, and when he got the answer he wanted, he stopped dwelling on this matter, he thought for a while, and asked, "After the market is built, can we return the money we have contributed?" ”

"Of course you can pay it back, the so-called fundraising, in fact, is to borrow money from the merchants, the borrowed money is naturally to be repaid, but the interest is gone, your interest is all in the right to give priority to the choice of shops, the future of Qiuzi, will become a link between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty, is a pearl in the desert, its geographical location will become more and more important, its market will become more and more prosperous, can occupy a foothold in advance in this prosperous place, which you weigh yourself."

Hursong turned around and discussed a few words in a low voice with the merchants, and then asked, "May I ask Master Hou, can I give priority to choosing a few more shops with more money?" ”

Li Mu smiled: "You are really shrewd, that's right, you can choose more." The payment is based on 500 yuan, for every 500 yuan, you can give priority to choosing a shop, the more you can choose, the more shops you can choose, if you invest 50,000 yuan in one go, I can call the shots and give you the whole street of the new market. Not only that, after the investors settle in the shops in the new market, no matter what kind of business they buy, they will give you a preferential policy of 20 taxes and 1 tax for three years. ”

Khursson hesitated for a moment, and said, "Can you count your words?" Don't blame the heart of the old and decrepit villain, it is really a pariah who is powerless to compete with each other, if the bazaar is completed, you will return to the Tang Dynasty......" He glanced at Moham and whispered: "The king does not admit it, and I and other merchants will be unlucky." ”

Without waiting for Li Mu to answer, Moham was anxious: "You old man, what did you say?" Hou Ye acted with the sword of the Heavenly Khan, and his words were like a holy decree. Qiuzi has always been dominated by the Central Plains Zhengshuo, and he is even more loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can there be the kind of villain thing you said? ”

Li Mu also said solemnly: "What King Qiuzi said is good, my words can represent the Tang Dynasty, I can swear to you here, the words on the notice will be fulfilled, and there will be no words." If the king of Qiuci dares to deceive the superiors and hide the ......" Li Mu smiled and said, "Benhou will help you change to a king of Qiuci." ”

Moham's face turned pale and he glared fiercely at Khursun. Li Mu smiled: "You are really shrewd, that's right, you can choose more." The payment is based on 500 yuan, for every 500 yuan, you can give priority to choosing a shop, the more you can choose, the more shops you can choose, if you invest 50,000 yuan in one go, I can call the shots and give you the whole street of the new market. Not only that, after the investors settle in the shops in the new market, no matter what kind of business they buy, they will give you a preferential policy of 20 taxes and 1 tax for three years. ”

Khursson hesitated for a moment, and said, "Can you count your words?" Don't blame the heart of the old and decrepit villain, it is really a pariah who is powerless to compete with each other, if the bazaar is completed, you will return to the Tang Dynasty......" He glanced at Moham and whispered: "The king does not admit it, and I and other merchants will be unlucky." ”

Without waiting for Li Mu to answer, Moham was anxious: "You old man, what did you say?" Hou Ye acted with the sword of the Heavenly Khan, and his words were like a holy decree. Qiuzi has always been dominated by the Central Plains Zhengshuo, and he is even more loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can there be the kind of villain thing you said? ”

Li Mu also said solemnly: "What King Qiuzi said is good, my words can represent the Tang Dynasty, I can swear to you here, the words on the notice will be fulfilled, and there will be no words." If the king of Qiuci dares to deceive the superiors and hide the ......" Li Mu smiled and said, "Benhou will help you change to a king of Qiuci." ”

Moham's face turned pale and he glared fiercely at Khursun. Li Mu smiled: "You are really shrewd, that's right, you can choose more." The payment is based on 500 yuan, for every 500 yuan, you can give priority to choosing a shop, the more you can choose, the more shops you can choose, if you invest 50,000 yuan in one go, I can call the shots and give you the whole street of the new market. Not only that, after the investors settle in the shops in the new market, no matter what kind of business they buy, they will give you a preferential policy of 20 taxes and 1 tax for three years. ”

Khursson hesitated for a moment, and said, "Can you count your words?" Don't blame the heart of the old and decrepit villain, it is really a pariah who is powerless to compete with each other, if the bazaar is completed, you will return to the Tang Dynasty......" He glanced at Moham and whispered: "The king does not admit it, and I and other merchants will be unlucky." ”

Without waiting for Li Mu to answer, Moham was anxious: "You old man, what did you say?" Hou Ye acted with the sword of the Heavenly Khan, and his words were like a holy decree. Qiuzi has always been dominated by the Central Plains