The occupation of the islands of Penang, Ling Ka Wai and others met with little decent resistance.

Zhang Xiaohu was very excited to mark the names of these three places on the chart, and arranged for the fleet members to make a patrol duty schedule, and from the day of occupation, gunboats were to patrol in these three places, and the cruising ships should have overlapping sea areas in groups of two or two. Fortunately, there are those who have studied mathematics, although they have not learned permutations and combinations, but after some deduction, they still have a cruising plan for the three places.

In addition to cruising and using the opportunity to train sailors and gunners, the main task of the sailors is to understand the hydrology, currents, wind direction, wind speed, reefs, and shoals in the sea area, and to understand, collect, and summarize these conditions. The second task is to maintain peace and tranquility in the Manchurian Strait region. In other words, the fight against piracy.

"Anyone who has not registered in Ling Jiawei and Banda Aceh and cannot exceed the waters of Ling Jiawei Island at the latest, all ships are suspected of being pirate ships! All of them will come forward to investigate, and those who dare to refuse will be fired immediately! ”

At the celebration meeting in Penang, Zhang Xiaohu issued an order to his subordinate crew members with a somewhat murderous spirit.

Of course, in order to complete the safety of the Manchurian shipping route connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, Commander Zhang Da also had to apply to Li Shouhan, commander of the Southern Chinese Army, for at least 10 gunboats, build more than 10 large and small forts at several key points, and place at least 300 artillery pieces, so as to complete the patrol and control of the entire Manchurian region.

And Ye Qi, as the commander-in-chief. The task is not as simple as Zhang Xiaohu!

"According to our statistics, after the announcement of the exemption of the poll tax for the Chinese, and the granting of a reward of one yuan per person to the residents who came to register for the Chinese household registration and receiving the household registration post, a total of 113,745 people in the coastal areas (within two days' trip), children born to the Chinese, children of the Chinese, and people who claimed to be of Chinese blood were registered, and 113,745 silver dollars were consumed. Some of them should have come in search of rewards and solatium. Ye Qi was a little embarrassed to write such things in a post about the population registration situation.

"It doesn't matter, as long as he claims to be it, Xu Chong is not allowed to rely on it! He pretends to make some superficial phenomena, as long as he is willing to do it, over time, the fake will become true! ”

"The children of the Chinese and the natives. It is even more important to be comforted. There can be no discrimination. ”

In the reply to Ye Qi, Shouhan was very shocking and commented like this.

Another thing that makes Ye Qi scratch her head is the tax rate here.

After sending the Portuguese Restoration Army, which had taken prisoners of the Manraka garrison, to the island of Ceylon, the Sultan and Kapitan flocked to the city before they could secure their seats in the city. The Sultans are okay to say. It's nothing more than thinking the same thing as the people of the Portuguese Restoration Army. I plan to use my real money to buy artillery for the South Central Army. to ensure the safety of their family property. And those Kapitans are much more realistic and complicated to consider!

"My lord! On that day, it was announced that the Chinese poll tax would be exempted. And the commercial tax should also be reconsidered, now that the chaos has subsided, my Ming land has been recovered, I don't know how to collect this commercial tax? ”

These Kapitans are people who have been rolling in the malls and the sea for many years, and they know the power of collecting taxes, and many of them have made their fortunes because of the tax package, which is responsible for the collection of a certain area or a certain type of tax for the Portuguese.

For this army, which claimed to be the Great Ming Dynasty, they had become calm from the initial shock and joy, and they knew all kinds of information about the Nanzhong Army through various channels, although it was trivial and messy, but under the aggregation and analysis of everyone, the appearance of the Nanzhong Army gradually became clear in their minds.

"I see!"

Many people can't help but let out such an exclamation. It's just an armed force that is free from the Ming system, and for the sake of its legal identity, it raises the banner of the Ming Dynasty higher than anyone else.

I had the intention to ignore the Nanzhong army, but in the face of the gunboats at sea, the artillery fire at the head of the city, especially the military might that broke through Manraka in one and a half days, people still chose to cooperate.

"After consulting the general, the lord means that here," Ye Qigao sat on a section of the long table left by the Portuguese, leaned his body close to the back of the chair, and blurred in the air with his hand, "Manraka territory, no longer enforce the Portuguese taxes. ”

"This is nature, this is the general's benevolent and virtuous government!" The first purpose of the people was achieved, and the Portuguese tax was abolished, and naturally no more taxes were collected.

At the same time, the original tax package system was abolished. Dear folks, fathers and elders, the position of Jiabidan is naturally gone. ”

Ye Qi's handsome face also showed an expression very similar to Zhang Xiaohu. Suddenly, the leading figure in this group of Chinese couldn't help but shudder in his heart, and some people secretly said that it might not be good.

"According to the tax rate tax law formulated by the Wanli Emperor and the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and in accordance with the law of our Nanzhong Army, the lord has decided to collect such a tax in the Manraka region! Levy according to such standards! ”

Smack! A thin pamphlet was thrown in front of the gentry.

"VAT, personal income tax, uniform progressive tax? Why, isn't it the implementation of Taizu Hongwuye's law of thirty taxes and one tax? A gentleman screamed from the bottom of his heart!

"I have always been in Nanzhong, and I have always been determined by the amount of taxes paid, and the level is divided! Rank, I can tell you how much tax the Shogun paid not long ago? ”

People began to look at Ye Qi with eager eyes, "One thousand taels? ”

"Three thousand?"

Ye Qi shook his head.

"Seven thousand?"

"Ten thousand?"

In exchange, it was still Ye Qi's smile and shook his head.

"One hundred thousand!?" A gentleman was ruthless and gritted his teeth to quote a sky-high figure.

"Absolutely impossible!"

"That's it! How could the Shogun pay so much tax? It's not that the Shogun is a ......."

As soon as this number came out, it immediately attracted a rebuttal from the people around him. People are afraid to go any further. In these years, the official is willing to say that he pays more taxes? First, he has no face, and second, doesn't he mean that he is a corrupt official?

"One million two thousand yuan!" Ye Qi's words were not loud, but they were like the sound of dragon cannons and mortar cannons exploding in everyone's ears.

"In the area under the jurisdiction of the Southern Central Military Region, the level of taxation is set by the amount of taxes. Even if the daughter is old enough to get married, she also has to look at the tax stamps issued by the man. "Huang Lei is quite right, adding another fire to the psychological defense line that everyone is already facing collapse.

"Why?"

"It's very simple, the more taxes he pays, the more property he has, which is the first. The tax payment record is complete and there is no tax evasion record. It shows that the person's moral character is better. ”

And there is such a statement?!

Rao is a place of cultural exchange that has lived for decades. I've never heard of such an unbelievable way, but when I think about it, it seems to make some sense.

But. It's about how you make money. It's still going to be a bit of a fight.

"Mr. Lie. The general said that the poll tax should be exempted from the Chinese, and for this reason, I talked to all the nearby sultans and kings. They also very much supported the general's virtuous policy and expressed their willingness to cooperate. (Nonsense!) In the face of the power of Kron cannons, mortar cannons, and rockets, where do those sultans with only a few hundred troops in their hands dare to say a word? ）

Ye Qi continued to communicate patiently with the group of previous Jiabidans.

"The Rank Gentlemen are all seniors, all of them are connoisseurs, and they are all experts in the west to Penang, Banda Aceh, and Mangara and Lijiapo in the east. It has been marked on the chart. ”

"In the area of Penang and Banda Aceh in the west, and Manraka and Lijiapo in the east, I have been doing business and collecting taxes for many years, so I am naturally very clear about the situation of passing ships. The lord planned to set up maritime customs in Lingjiawei Island and Banda Aceh in the west, and Manraka and Lijiapo in the east, referred to as customs. It is responsible for inspecting passing ships and goods and collecting customs duties. ”

Tax!? Collect taxes on passing vessels? Everyone immediately smelled the gold keenly, and heard the crisp and pleasant sound of the silver coins colliding with each other.

"Your Excellency wants to set up a customs office here, I wonder if we can serve the Lord?" Xu Meizhen's clan uncle Xu Chongshan asked on behalf of this group of people.

Hearing that the young and virtuous Xu Chongshan quietly changed his name to Li Shouhan, Ye Qi's heart was bright, now is the time to talk about catties and prices!

He threw out two conditions full of temptation!

"First! The taxes of the natives of the Sultan and the King's territory are collected by the Rank Gentlemen on their behalf! It is still a tax package system. The tax system of the Chinese is collected into the treasury in accordance with the rules and regulations of our Southern Chinese Army, and is not handed over to the Sultan or the king. ”

This one sounds good, although we don't accept the same clan and clan, but we can still accept those natives, even if the benefits are not as many as before, but they are better than not.

"I don't know what the amount is for this tax system?" A gentleman stood up from his seat and asked.

"This gentleman, this is the time for you and His Majesty the Sultan to negotiate for yourself, to see if you will set a total amount, and the excess will go to you, or after completing a certain amount, you will follow the standard that has been agreed."

"Second, if you are willing, you can become a member of the customs and taxation committee of our South China Army, and as the tax officer of our South China Army, you can declare and pay customs duties for ships coming and going. The special approval of the lord and the public can be worth two out of 100 tariffs paid. ”

"That is to say, if you collect a hundred taels of silver, two taels will be yours!"

In fact, Shouhan's power to Ye Qi is worth five out of a hundred, but Ye Qi, Zhang Xiaohu and others are well aware of the virtues of this group of people, and taking out all the chips at once is easy for this group of guys to continue to blackmail, and maybe they will get more ideas, which is what we often say.

Therefore, Lord Ye only said that it was worth two out of a hundred.

Although this number is a lot, compared with the appetite of the predecessors of Kapitan, it is still a little dissatisfied, and in the idiom left by our ancestors, it is not satisfied.

"Two taels is a bit less! Not to mention that the boats passing here every day are like carp crossing the river, they are also coming and going, and we have to collect so many taxes on the ships, so just give us this little silver, which is really a little less! Four taels is about the same! ”

"According to me, four taels is a bit less! Five taels is OK! ”

The crowd began to erupt in bursts of bargaining like a vegetable market. Excitedly, he simply left his seat and gathered around a few more authoritative people, and began to have a heated discussion on the question of the standard of the head, or the backwater.

Small circles were quickly formed.

Ye Qi glanced at a few people who looked very inconspicuous standing in the corner of the hall with his eyes, although they were wearing the armor and clothing of the guard battalion, but Ye Qi knew very well that these people were either from the business room or from the statistics room. This small circle represents the various clans, business groups, and factions among the Chinese here.

After a long time, people unified their opinions within the group. And then. The bigwigs of each mountain were concentrating again, and finally, they reported a price that they thought was more suitable in front of Ye Qi.

"What?! Three, two, five?! You guys are too ......" Ye Qi's face was very uncertain, "How can I get on the same bus with the master?!" ”

"We can make sure we don't miss a boat!" Xu Chongshan answered Ye Qi's question categorically.

"Yes. According to what the adults said, what is the standard of value-added tax, personal income tax, and unified progressive tax. The villain roughly calculated. In a year, the lord can add customs here and collect no less than 10 million taels! We got it. It's just a drop in the bucket! ”

Ye Qi couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart, but although he was happy in his heart, he still had a sad expression on his face, "In this way, the matter is big, I need to make it clear to the lord." However, there is one thing that can make you rich, and I can reveal it to you here. ”

The way that Ye Qi pointed out to these people to make money is actually very simple, that is, let them use the connections they have accumulated in this area for decades or even hundreds of generations to cross the Manraka Strait and go to India across the sea to buy cotton, horses and other materials needed by the South China Army.

"Telugu (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India) is known as a fertile field, and the cotton produced is extremely abundant, so you might as well go there and negotiate with the Sultan."

Andhra Pradesh at this time, or Kutb? The Shahi sultans ruled, but faced with the double blow of the Mughal Empire, which claims to be the descendants of the Golden Family, and the Maratha Alliance, Zili? Kutb? Shahi's descendants are in danger of losing their country.

Andhra Pradesh has two big rivers, the Godavari River and the Krishna River. They originate in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and employ eastward into the Bay of Bengal, irrigating hundreds of thousands of acres of land along the way, forming the largest area of perennial arable land in the state. In addition to these two large rivers, there are the Tunga Badera, the Penna River, and numerous small rivers and streams. The land along these rivers was extremely fertile, which is why Andhra Pradesh was later known as the rice silo of India.

Historically, however, it was famous for its cotton production. The most notorious East India Company was to plunder cotton raw materials from Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and other places, and then sell large quantities of cotton textiles to the world.

In addition to the fertile agriculture along the coast, the highlands here have developed animal husbandry despite low rainfall, poor soil, and sparse population. At the same time, copper is also produced here.

How can such an area escape the greedy eyes of Shouhan?

"This matter was originally intended to be done by the Han Yuan firm, but since Ye Qi came here, thanks to the help of all the fathers and sages, he has nothing to repay, so he will inform you of this matter, if you are interested, you may wish to give it a try."

"Your Excellency!"

Xu Meizhen, who was the first to join the South China Army, stood up very eagerly, "If I go to Telugu and buy cotton, horses and other things from the Sultan or someone else there, not to mention the price, how should the import tariffs be calculated?" ”

Get! The problem is back to square one!

The tax rates and tariff rules set by Shouhan are actually quite simple.

For the goods I need, import them at a low tax rate, or even import them without customs duties. I have to pay high tariffs on goods I don't need, or on the import of luxury goods.

"The import of horses, especially some of the best breeds, is basically duty-free, and if you reach a certain number, the lord will give you a certain reward. The import tax on cotton should be within the range of 5 per 100 draws. ”

"Well, those Hongmaoyi people come to trade, and the ships are often full of gold and silver, and there is no cargo, this. How should the tax rate be calculated? ”

The eyes of the future customs officers are already green, and such a number is very important to them.

"Gold and silver are considered luxuries, and they are not very urgently needed, and they are levied at the rate of one-quarter!"

With a "bang", Xu Chongshan clearly heard the sound of the people around him swallowing saliva! He looked at the man with disdain, and then swallowed the secretions from his mouth very sadly. "The Hongmaoyi people probably transported tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver per ship, and calculated at 50,000 taels, according to the standard of one-quarter, it is 12,500 taels. I take three percent out of it. That's three hundred and seventy-five taels! ”

His mental arithmetic is extremely fast, and he calculates his income lightly in an instant.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Under the warning of the Manraka battery, a group of Spanish galleons did not stop for inspection, and allowed the smuggling and tax collectors on board the brigs that were parallel to them. Just hang up the full sails. Take advantage of the favorable westerly wind at this time. He planned to take advantage of this gust of wind and rush straight out of the east entrance of the Manraka Strait, and take care of his South China Army Customs. In front of the Spanish Empire, the officials and generals of the East were a pile of canine excrement.

"Death!"

Zhang Xiaohu, who was standing on the bow deck of the ship, habitually gritted his teeth. The word burst out between the teeth.

"Flag the anti-smuggling boats, order them to open fire, give orders, and the rocket ships on standby will go to the waters of Lijiapo to stand by! If the anti-smuggling ship can't intercept these boats after firing their guns, and when they reach the waters of Lijiapo, the rocket boat will set fire to me! ”

This is the largest fleet of ships seen since the opening of the Manraka Customs, and I think it is because I saw the new customs set up here, and those Hongmaoyi people gradually gathered in the waters of Ceylon, intending to have a large-scale violation of the law and not blaming the public, so there were more than ten large ships, nearly 20 plywood boats on a large scale!

The signalman in the crane at the top of the mast waved the small flag in his hand, conveying the commander's orders and intentions to the anti-smuggling ships that were in hot pursuit from far parallel to the fleet.

"Fire!"

The captain of the anti-smuggling ship was extremely excited and ordered his subordinates, grandma's! This breath of bird gas is really uncomfortable! Not to mention chasing along the way, drinking a lot of salty sea water that was carried up by the sea breeze, the key is that those red hairy people jumped on the boat and laughed and laughed, which person can stand such a gas?

The Cron cannon and mortar are the main weapons of this brig schooner used as a smuggling ship and a revenue ship, and in addition to the two Cron cannons and two mortar cannons, each crew member is equipped with a firebolt.

The shells of the Kroncannon cut a standard trajectory in the air, but in desperation, a huge column of water exploded in the sea, splashing the faces of the people on the deck of a Spanish galleon led by them.

"Damn it! These guys must be complicit in Satan! Startled by the terrible power of the Cron Cannon, the captain hurriedly ordered the first mate and the sailors to speed up, turn the rudder, and stay as far away as the damned creatures as possible.

In the midst of the waves brought up by the huge Spanish galleons and the plywood ships mixed in with them, the small tonnage brigs were carried up and down by wave after wave, and the cannonballs fired soon lost their accuracy and turned into columns of water, which bloomed huge flowers on the surface of the sea.

"Head! No! Our ship is not stable! The cannon can't be aimed at all! The commander of the Cron cannon howled loudly in the waves.

"Break down! Lao Tzu is not chasing them anymore! Fight right here! ”

The two-masted schooners in hot pursuit dropped their anchors and turned themselves into a relatively fixed battery on the sea, and the gunners began to calmly turn the cargo ship trying to escape from it into a target.

"Boom!"

A cannonball struck a plywood in the waist, the shell pierced the deck along the waterline, and the clairvoyant could clearly see the huge head of sea water entering the cargo hold of the plywood ship along the hole.

The Smuggling Ship's Cron Cannon is a fitting tool to deal with these cargo ships. Heavy artillery fire forced the fleet trying to cross the Manraka Strait to make a series of evasive maneuvers in the face of artillery fire, dodging the cannons that might send them to meet the Dragon King of the South Sea.

However, if you do too much evasive action, it will inevitably lengthen the voyage, and soon, the huge fleet will be cut into two sections!

The Spanish galleon in front had already washed into the waters of Lijiapo, and it was about to rush out of this narrow water area and into the vast and vast South China Sea. Most of the ships behind were still on the water of Manraka.

"These idiots!" A noble-looking man on the Spanish galleon at the head straightened out his somewhat disheveled wig that was blown by the sea breeze, and sneered proudly in the direction of the rumbling of cannons behind him, not knowing whether he was laughing at his companions or the people at the customs of the South Central Army.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Several strange noises came from the air.

The first rocket landed on the stern of the Spanish galleon, the second on the water at the bow, and after landing on the water at the bow, a huge fireball was immediately formed on the water surface of the bow with an explosion, as if the sea water in front of the bow had turned into oil. However, the third rocket appropriately carried out its mission. Turned the mainmast of the Spanish galleon into a huge torch. An example was set for the ships that followed.

From the harbor of Lijiapo, five rocket boats poured out murderously, forming a row, blocking the narrow waterway with rockets.

"One more shot! Sue them and don't want to become a roast pig. obediently set sail for Lao Tzu and stop the boat! ”

"This is the South China Army Manraka Customs! Order you to stop the ship! Get checked! If there is any more resistance. Sink them all! ”

The people on board the rocket ship repeated the announcement twice in stiff Spanish and Chinese. In fact, even if these ships are allowed to escape at this moment, they may not be able to escape. The main mast of the galleon turned into a torch. Flames flew everywhere on the ship, causing almost all the sails to become sacrifices to the dragon king, and it is no wonder that according to the Chinese theory of the five elements, the south belongs to fire, and these ships arrived on the territory of the dragon king of the South China Sea, and did not listen to the greeting, and naturally the dragon king wanted to use fire to greet them.

The people on board were already frightened by the power of the rocket.

This thing is much more terrifying than artillery! Although the shells of the artillery were fierce, the ships could evade them, and even if they hit, the losses would not be so large. But this thing is not! The fire that ignited after the explosion was a fireball on the ship, and to extinguish it with water would set it on fire, and the flames would extend and spread on the water.

"Break down! Drop the sails! ”

From the first galleon, to the last plywood, as if suffering from the Black Death, one by one bowed their heads in dejection, waiting for this group of Orientals, who wield weapons from Satan of Hell, to decide their fate.

The tax collectors in the distance saw this scene that made them feel a mixture of excitement and horror.

"Those brigs are good, they run very fast, and if it weren't for the captain's command error, they should have been able to catch up with the galleons at the head."

"What were those rocket ships firing? Why does it still burn when it enters water? ”

"Whatever! If there are any people who don't pay taxes in the future, they will tell them, there are such sharp weapons and rules, if you are not afraid, you just don't pay them, and see if you can get through! ”

"Heha! When we see gold and silver, we will receive a quarter, and three or five out of every hundred taels in a quarter are ours! ”

"Look at your pig brother, if you have that kung fu, why don't you go to India for a spin, sell something to the Sultan, and then buy some cotton, horses, and horses to sell back! One trip will earn him tens of thousands of silver! ”

These people are talking about their own turf.

"Dismount! All down! ”

Boarding the cargo ships that tried to break through, the soldiers and the crew of the anti-smuggling ships of the customs waved their knives and guns one by one, and if it were not for the uniform and armor, and the rocket ships that used rocket racks to intimidate the owners and sailors, the people on board were in a trance and thought that they were pirates.

"My lord, the capture is as follows, and after a hasty examination by the brothers, there are more than 700 sailors and shipowners on these 30 ships, more than 100 soldiers, more than 20 missionaries, more than 30 women, and 5 children. The main cargo carried was more than 200 pieces of artillery of various sizes, 1,470 barrels of gunpowder, and 2,127 guns of various colors. In addition, there are 3,000 bales of cotton and 3,000 bales of cotton, each with 150 catties. There are 200,000 catties of copper. Gold 40,000 taels. 500,000 taels of silver. Other miscellaneous items amounted to about 500,000 taels. ”

"Wait! What's in the miscellaneous category? ”

"There are two buckets of Ceylon gemstones, and lapis lazuli is about ......"

"That's it!" Zhang Xiaohu and Ye Qi were not very interested in these things, in addition to gold, silver, cotton, copper, etc., what they cared about were those ships and sailors.

"After robbing once, there are so many gains, no wonder the lord said that this is a golden waterway, and it is so!"

Ye Qi slapped Zhang Xiaohu's back hard, "Which one robbed?" Are we tax-collecting, okay? It was they who did not pay the taxes that stopped them and confiscated all their belongings. ”

"Oh! Yeah! It's still Nima's you scholars! ”

"Less! Get down to business! What about those seizures? ”

"What else can I do? Do what you have to do! Are you still planning to embezzle? According to me, the cotton, shipped back, is waiting to be bought for the brothers! The gold, silver, and bronze were handed in, and the official silver number and the mint bureau needed it, and I kept the ships and sailors. Soldier, I'll leave it to Gonzalez, you idiot! Hit a Ceylon, and I haven't taken it down for a long time! ”

"What about the missionaries?"

"It's easy! If you test them, if you know a lot, send them back to Hue and hand them over to the lord, maybe they can come up with something new, if it's just a group of foreign monks, hehe! This Manraka shark is also going to eat! ”

The next day, Zhang Xiaohu led his flagship three-headed tiger and other gunboats to escort these cargo ships north to Hue, and reported the victory in front of Shouhan, presenting the proceeds of this law enforcement. Ye Qi, on the other hand, is nervously urging the construction of forts, berths, and adjustment of deployment in ports everywhere.

Soon, a new rule spread under the deliberate spread of the tax collectors in Mangara: ships coming from India must register their goods, pay taxes, receive tax stamps and special flags when they arrive at Ling Ka Wai and Banda Aceh, and ships in this sea area cannot be guaranteed without the special flag issued by the South China Army. It is almost impossible to safely access this narrow waterway of Guò. After arriving at Lijiapo, the customs will also board the ship to survey and inspect the goods carried to see if the accounts match, if there are discrepancies, not only the owner and the owner of the goods are unlucky, but also the personnel who issued tax stamps in the previous process will also be punished. Similarly, ships coming from the east also have to go through this process in Lijiapo.

However, there is also a more exciting news, that is, if the tax amount is paid more than 15 percent, you can ask the customs to send a boat escort to prevent accidents.

A month later, Gonzalez, supplemented by more than 100 Portuguese soldiers, finally conquered the island of Ceylon and completed the first deal of the agreement with Li Shouhan, selling Ceylon to the South Central Army for 100,000 silver dollars.

After handing over the defense of Manraka and other places with Chu Tianlei of the Navy Division and Lin Dinghou of the Lu Battalion, Ye Qi and Zhang Xiaohu set sail north, and the return ship carried the customs duties of millions of taels of gold and silver collected in the past few months, as well as the gold and silver goods seized from the pirate lairs in various places worth millions of taels.

"It's not seawater! This is an endless stream of gold and silver for generations! ”

Looking at the coast of Lijiapo in the distance, Zhang Xiaohu sang in the tone of Master Guan that he heard from the Kunqu opera team.

"Ye Xianggong, you say, this is Manraka, how much money can we collect in a year?"

"Money is secondary." After all, Ye Qi has been following the Shouhan for a long time, and he knows much more about the thoughts of the Shouhan and the situation of the Nanzhong Army than Zhang Xiaohu, "The key is that we control this waterway, and we will open up the trade channel to India, and in the future, we can import a large amount of cotton, wheat, horses, and export cotton cloth, knives and guns, firearms, armor, gunpowder and other materials from India." ”

However, at this time, Shouhan's attention was not in the south, and his main energy was involved in other aspects. (To be continued......)