'What? ’

'It's 100,000 taels!' ’

Yang Lin's words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the hearts of Shen Yourong and He Qiaoyuan.

After a long time, Shen Yourong asked, "Wouldn't your people suffer a big loss in this way?" ”

Doesn't he think that with the government's tax amount of less than 30,000 taels, the Australians can squeeze out more, and then wouldn't they be fishing with all their might? They shouldn't be unaware of such a truth, not to mention that the tax matter still has to be done in Yuegang and other places after all, and they have to rely on those land-sitting households. Even though the people below the overseer must have more than this input, but it is all meat in other people's mouths that cannot be moved, and no matter how you look at it, you can't understand how the Australians can get back the extra 70,000 taels, let alone earn more.

And if it is aimed at private ports in the name of inspecting smuggling, and no matter that those maritime merchants have local clans behind them, even if they can really control it, the cost will not be much less than the silver received, so Shen Yourong is not optimistic about this.

Yang Lin ignored it and continued: "My senate remembers the hard work of the people of Fujian Province, and the extra part can be regarded as the salary given for them. ”

The amount of Liao's salary, which began to be levied in the 46th year of Wanli, was 46,978.27 cents and 5 cents and 2 cents. In addition, the commercial tax of this province will not exceed 80,000 taels a year at most, and 100,000 taels is indeed enough to impress a local official. And in this way, the Liao Salary Plus faction can come out of this money, and there is no need to exploit the small people, Shen Yourong was obviously quite moved when this remark came out.

Of course, with the urine nature of the local officials of the Ming Dynasty, after receiving this tax package silver, it is probably the norm to increase the party as it should be, but at least Shen Yourong saw the sincerity and attitude of the Australians.

However, in the deduction of the Senate, Bao Shui I had a deeper strategic consideration.

The silver was of no use in the vaults of the Senate, and the procurement of raw materials from all over Japan and the Ming Dynasty was subject to many restrictions and made it impossible to collect large quantities. Although it seems to outsiders to be a huge transaction, it is still a stuff between the teeth of the industrial machinery under the rule of the Senate.

Merchants who went to Nanyang and Taiwan to trade in ports under the rule of the Song Dynasty in Australia had to exchange the Great Song Dynasty treasure banknotes before they could buy goods according to the customs requirements.

As a result, even with the need to mint silver coins, the central bank's silver reserves obtained through various sources in the past two years are millions of taels, and it is better to use this kind of thing than to let the silver accumulate in the vaults.

Yang Lin once made a special analysis in the Third Division, and believed that it was really worth spending such a small price in exchange for economic control of Fujian.

Moreover, once the local authorities really agree to this plan, it will undoubtedly provide a more convenient reason for the Fubo Army to directly attack the smuggling ports along the coast of Daming, as well as intelligence support on the mainland. Although the current combat power of the navy is not afraid of any maritime power, the key is that the population of the Ming Dynasty is too large, and it is difficult to digest it for a while through military occupation and it is easy to contain its own strength.

Shen Yourong saw that Australians had to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver every year to be a big wrongdoer, but he didn't know that Yang Lin's plan was to promote the expansion of the use of banknotes from the Central Bank of the Great Song Dynasty. Commercial tax', which means that before the military occupation, the Song Dynasty had completed the financial occupation of Fujian, and even if it paid an extra 100,000 taels a year, it would not be a loss, because the silver would eventually return to the hands of the Senate through the merchants, and the payment was only some extremely low-cost industrial products, and incidentally consumed production capacity and formed a monopoly.

I believe that the officials of the Ming Dynasty will never be able to calculate this layer, at least they will not see such a long-term layout in the short term.

And this subtle invasion is obviously less costly and less damaging, which is also the focus of debate in the Senate about the grand strategic direction.

Since at the moment, the call for letting go of hands and feet to fight for territory with Western colonists first is higher, and the only way to operate on the Daming side is that the Chinese do not fight the Chinese, leave the affairs within the ethnic group to time, and first compete with non-ethnic groups for limited space.

As for whether the post-metal does not belong to China, there is still a debate in the Senate, but if he can use this to help the Han people in Liaodong a little, Yang Lin's heart is not unwilling.

Shen Yourong was still thinking about Yang Lin's words, "Is this true?" ”

"Nature."

"With all due respect, as a noble outsider, I'm afraid that even if the negotiation is a package, it will be difficult to collect enough money in Fujian."

What he meant was clear, in terms of the strength of the ship and the artillery, although I, Shen Yourong, have not seen the power of your firearms in person, but I know that it is not bad just by looking at the big iron ship. However, if you go to the mainland to collect taxes, that's another matter.

However, Yang Lin's answer surprised Shen Yourong, "Why do you want to collect enough in Fujian?" ”

"Aren't you going to collect enough tax money in Fujian?"

"We didn't plan to collect taxes in Fujian, these 100,000 taels should be paid on behalf of Fujian maritime merchants, and it is a case of tax exemption for maritime merchants in Guizhou Province to go to sea, and we only verify and levy taxes in the ports under our rule."

He Qiaoyuan couldn't bear it, "This is a solution, but once the merchant ships go to sea, they may not come to your ports to trade, and I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to receive water salaries." ”

Yang Lin smiled secretly in his heart, this is naturally because the two of them don't know the current 'territory' of the Senate, and most of the current navigation is along the coast, and the few shipping lanes that need to cross the ocean are also fixed, as long as they control one or two key nodes, they will control the shipping lanes. At this point, the layout of the Senate has already begun, from Fujian to the sea, the route to Japan is nothing more than a transit through the Ryukyus or Korea, and now the strategy of the Ryukyus and Jeju has been put on the agenda, and there will be a result before the latest year, and the East China Sea and the South Seas, Taiwan, Luzon and Borneo have all been cysted in the Senate, the shipping route to Annam has Sanya, the Hongji Coal Mine has also established a fortress and wharf, and the sea cruise will be established within the year at the latest.

As for the short-sighted Fujian merchant ships who want to find a few private ports in these places, once they are caught by the patrol ships of the Fubo Army, they can do whatever they want.

In this way, there is no vacuum within the 'first island chain', whether it is Fujian or Zhejiang's maritime merchants, as long as they go overseas, they will inevitably deal with Australia and Song, and once there is a package tax, then all the Fujian merchant ships in this sea area can directly collect taxes, and the taxes are not paid to the ports of Australia and Song Dynasty to berth and trade, let alone say, this is Yang Lin's idea.

At this point, Yang Lin really doesn't have to worry about not being able to collect taxes, not to mention that taxes are not the fundamental purpose of the Senate, but the same means are good to use, but that will inevitably cause hostility between maritime merchants and the Ming government.

As for the means of anti-smuggling, there is no need to explain it to Shen Yourong, I am afraid that even a person like Shen who is old in coastal defense does not have much specific concept of the Fubo Army's ocean-going projection capability, although the big iron ship has enough shock to it, but the appearance of the ship's strong artillery is only the tip of the iceberg.

Without waiting for the two of them to digest their words, Yang Lin continued: "Naturally, since we have already talked about it here, we might as well talk about it a little more, if Shen Junmen has the intention to promote this matter, we can also supply this silver with some irreplaceable physical goods." ”

"Irreplaceable...... Is it physical? The old man didn't quite understand. ”

"To put it simply, irreplaceable physical objects include all kinds of daily necessities, equipment, boats and ...... of Australian and Song specialties Ammunition. ”

Shen Yourong said solemnly when he heard this: "Your Excellency means that you are willing to sell Australian firearms to Daming?" ”

Yang Lin nodded in acquiescence, but Xuan added: "It's not for Daming, but for the Dengzhou Sailor of the Military Gate." ”

Shen Yourong hesitated this time, but still opened his mouth, "I wonder if the old man is lucky enough to be able to take a look at your firearms test-firing?" ”

Along the way, he has heard too many words about the sharp firearms of Australians, and he has also seen the 'giant cannons' on the big iron ships, but in the end, he still wants to see is believing, which is not only his personal insistence, but also his concern for Fujian coastal defense.

"It's okay, I've ordered someone to prepare a light meal, the two of you can use some casually first, the afternoon visit Chang Jingluo has been arranged, and he will be waiting in Zuoying."

…………

When he came out of the mall, it was just past the first moment, and in addition to eating, He Qiaoyuan and several members of the Shen family could be said to have returned with a full load.

Some of the family members bought Australian sweets, some bought unopened Australian steel knives, and some thought the deerskin boots and belts made in Kaohsiung were good, and they also bought a few sets.

But He Qiaoyuan loves Australian books and paper, not only some Australian books that Daming does not have, but even the books that Daming has, Australians are also more beautifully printed, he also bought several sets of interest, together with the purchase of paper and fountain pens produced by Australians.

Of course, he also saw the very comfortable Australian paper in the mall, which was unexpectedly cheap, so he simply bought several boxes to use it slowly after returning to Quanzhou, and temporarily exchanged a lot of silver for this purpose.

When you get out, it's the hottest time of the day, but the small square outside the mall is still bustling with people.

Shen Yourong noticed that there were many wooden signs along the road at the northern edge of the square, on which various place names were written in large characters in vulgar characters. Under each sign, there are a lot of Han villagers gathered at this time, and there are piles of baskets on the ground next to them, which are full of bundled poultry and packed daily use, and these people are mixed with some short hair, according to Akashi, they are all naturalized people, and their status in this place is transcendent, different from the ordinary Han people.

The crowd was watching amusemently, when suddenly there was a whistle sound from a row of houses on the other side of the road, and a cart led by four bulls in pairs and two by two slowly appeared on the road. Unlike the horse-drawn carriage, the bullock carriage was rounded in shape, like a long flat box, and was taller than the horse-drawn carriage, with six wheels that extended beyond the shoulders of a person. Two drivers sat in front of the car, and a sign reading 'Fengshan' also hung on the front of the car.

'Attention, attention, the shuttle bus to Fengshan is about to enter the station, and they all queue up to get on the bus after retreating to the security line. ’

A short-haired man in a gray cloth coat walked out, standing outside a white line on the side of the road, the iron 'funnel' urn in his hand was loud, but the sound was very loud, and Fang Cai's words came from this funnel, Shen Yourong felt that if this thing was used in naval battles, it would be better than the flag language. From time to time, the short-haired man blew the whistle hanging on his chest, as if to remind him.

The ox cart slowly leaned against the sign with the word Fengshan written on it and stopped, and the waiting crowd was in a commotion, rushing forward and pushing towards the ox cart.

The man with the tin funnel kept shouting: "Don't squeeze! Don't squeeze! ”

However, it was clear that the man's shouting had no effect, and the men continued to squeeze forward. What do you do by squeezing to the front? Could it be that this oxcart is similar to the porridge shed of the Ming Dynasty, and the things on it are not to be almsgiving? can see that the people under the sign are all big bags and small bags, and they don't look like people who are destitute, Shen Yourong thought of the man's words again, could it be that these people are all going to take the car?

At this time, on the side of the road in the square, there were several people wearing hats and short sticks hanging from their waists, and they saw these people in dark coats waving the sticks in their hands and shouting, and the order of the crowd finally began to gradually recover, and the queue was slightly formed, and it could be seen that the people here were quite afraid of the public people with the word 'police' written on these hats.

It was only at this moment that Shi Shiran, the driver of the ox cart, climbed out of the car, lowered the iron footladder stacked on the side of the carriage, and opened the door. The crowd in line finally began to board the train in turn, and after getting on the train, they sat down along both sides of the carriage, while another driver had already entered the carriage, took the cards from those people one by one and checked them, and did not forget to cut off a corner of each card with scissors. When he had done this, the rider put up a simple tarpaulin aco, and the load of goods was fixed with iron rings and ropes hanging on the outer wall of the carriage, and then the footsteps were put away and the door was closed, and then he returned to his seat in front of the car and drove with another driver.

Seeing that Shen Yourong was so concerned, Akashi Daoyou told him about the public ox cart in Kaohsiung, and now all places under the rule of the Senate for more than half a year have this convenient means of transportation. No matter how far or near it is, it starts at two cents, and you can also apply for a monthly pass if you sit often, which is really cheap, which is really doing a good deed.

But Shen Yourong understood the intention of the Australians in a blink of an eye, these short-haired heavy merchants, it seems that the ox cart is trading at a loss, but in this way, the commercial goods from far and near can be circulated, and the benefits generated by this cannot be generalized, but he is not clear about the specific situation, so it is not good to conclude, but he is also impressed by the governance of the Australians, and it is not a small amount of money over time.

The carriage headed north, slowly past a bunker, and after what the illuminated stone had said, it left the seat of the government.

At this moment, Shen Yourong and He Qiaoyuan were surprised to find that there were several corpses hanging on the bunker.

This was the first time he had seen a dead man since he came to Tofan, and it was obvious that it was the Australian's own hand.

Seeing him like this, Akashi didn't think about it and said, "A few traitors who came to hunt for ointment, it's not a pity to die." ”

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