Before I knew it, it was noon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhang Jian took Yun Xi to a place located in the east of Beishi. Before Yun Xi approached, he smelled the aroma of the food and said to Zhang Jian: "This is, where the restaurant in Beishi is located?" ”

"Yes, my lord," Zhang Jian said, "The merchants in the North City are forbidden to leave the North and South Cities, and some of the merchants don't cook, so they can't be starved, so Zhang Tiju set aside such a place in the North City to allow merchants from all over the world to open restaurants and serve the merchants to eat." At first, it was just people from the Ming Dynasty who opened restaurants here, and later people from Fanguo also came to open them. ”

"The minister has also been an official in several places before, Bashu, Huguang, and Guangdong, but most of the dishes here have never been seen."

Hearing him say this, Yun Xi also became greedy. There are so many exotic foods that I have never tasted or even heard of! It's a boon for foodies.

Yun Xi ate a lot of things here, and countless delicacies that he had never heard of in his two lives made Yun Xi feast his mouth. Of course, he still attaches great importance to cleanliness and hygiene, and chooses the cleaner restaurants that Zhang Jian said.

During the meal, Zhang Jian was very excited. 'I'm dining with Your Majesty!' Many officials of the fifth grade and below have seen the emperor once in their lives - when the title of the gold list or the selection of officials from the national supervision, there are still some officials who have never seen the emperor, and I am blessed to accompany the emperor to eat! Zhang Jian thought to himself.

In the afternoon, Yunxi left Beishi and went to Nanshi.

There is no difference between the southern city and the northern market, except that it is mainly composed of Han people and the other is dominated by merchants. Moreover, the merchants who came to Daming to do business also tried their best to behave like the Han people, and there was basically no difference.

It's just that the goods in Nanshi have basically been seen: they are all domestically produced, even if there are one or two surprises, there is nothing strange about it.

When he walked to the place where the silk was sold, Yun Xi pointed to a relatively large courtyard and said, "Which merchant's yard is this?" Does his family occupy so many shops? ”

"Your Majesty, this is a partnership between several merchants based on the Li family in Suzhou and the Zhao family in Huzhou. Their family accounted for sixteen of the thirty silk shops in total, so they could build such a large yard in the middle of the southern market. Zhang Jian glanced at it and knew which one it was.

The Li family in Suzhou, the Zhao family in Huzhou and the Su family in Hangzhou are the three largest merchants in the Daming silk industry that Yunxi knows. It is not surprising that two of the families have joined forces to account for more than half of the shops.

Yun Xi personally walked in to take a look, there were still a lot of guests inside, and after a while, hundreds of silk horses were ordered.

Suddenly, a strong man came over and saluted Zhang Jian first: "The grass people have seen Zhang Tiju. ”

Zhang Jian said: "Get up, don't be polite." Shopkeeper Xiao, why did he come out from the back? ”

"I heard that the guys said that Zhang Tiju came over, so naturally I want to come to see him." Xiao Zhuo smiled and said to Yun Xi: "I don't know who this adult is? ”

Yun Xi said: "I am a scholar from His Majesty's side, and I came to inspect the City Ship Division on behalf of Your Majesty. ”

"I've seen Lord Zhongshu." Xiao Zhuo saluted again.

"No courtesy." Yun Xi said.

Xiao Zhuo was a little puzzled: How can this seventh-grade official be more official than Zhang Jian's sixth-grade official? But then he was relieved: the emperor's side was naturally different.

Yun Xi then asked some questions, and Xiao Zhuo answered half-truthfully. After a while, Li Taiyuan and others also came over one after another to meet Zhang Jian and Yunxi.

Yun Xi imitated the national leaders of later generations and said: "Every time you sell some goods, the country can receive some customs duties, so you merchants in the market are also contributing to the country." Guan Zi said back then: ......"

Yun Xi said a lot of words, and finally said: "If you have any questions, you can talk to the officials of the City Shipping Division, or you can talk to the officials now." ”

Several people present were very excited by what Yun Xi said. Since the turmoil of the Warring States period, all dynasties have regarded merchants as one of the five beetles and despised them, especially officials. Now there is an official who has affirmed their contribution, albeit a small one, and it has also thrilled them.

Li Taiyuan listened to Yun Xi's last words, and couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the minister is from the Li clan in Suzhou, and my Li family is mainly engaged in silk. Since silk is the main industry, it is necessary to plant mulberry trees in many inferior fields to obtain mulberry leaves. ”

"But now only grain is taxed on the fields of the imperial court, so mulberry farmers can only use money to buy grain, which leads to a higher tax on them than ordinary grain farmers."

"Lord Zhongshu, can you advise Your Majesty that in the future, farmers who plant mulberry trees will pay taxes directly according to the area of the land?"

However, although Li Taiyuan had the courage to say this question, he regretted it after he finished speaking: the official was just polite, and he took it seriously! He prayed in his heart that this official would not hold a grudge against the Li family because of this.

Yun Xi's initial answer was unexpected: "It's better to pay taxes on grain." There was also a lot of food at the court. ”

"But," Yun Xi's words after that greatly surprised them: "To buy grain, you don't have to be limited to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you can sell grain from overseas!" ”

"Buying food from overseas?" Several people said suspiciously.

"It's buying food from overseas. The land of Nanyang is extremely rich, and I heard that in some places the grain is ripe three times a year. There are few people in the area, and the price of food is extremely cheap; Counting the road fare, it is also cheaper than the grain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Why don't you Li family try it and buy grain from Nanyang to pay taxes? Yun Xi said.

He had long wanted to talk to the big merchants about it, but when he was in Suzhou, the head of the Li family and the monk family didn't mention it, and he didn't want Yang Zirong to mention it; It happened that when he encountered this problem in Shanghai, Yun Xi said his thoughts.

After listening to Yun Xi's words, the first thing that came to mind was: Is this what His Majesty the Emperor said before, wanting a certain big businessman to buy some grain from Nanyang and come back to test it, so this Chinese Sheren mentioned this method?

Since it is the intention of His Majesty the Emperor, even if the grain in Nanyang is more expensive than that in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you must try it.

The eyes of several people looked at Xiao Zhuo, and Xiao Zhuo also understood what they meant: only he had been on the sea and had connections with maritime merchants, so he could try to buy grain from Nanyang.

Xiao Zhuo bowed down and said, "Lord Zhongshu, the grass people must buy some grain from Nanyang and come back. ”

Yun Xi knew that he had misunderstood when he saw Xiao Zhuo's reaction, but he didn't explain either. Their misunderstanding of this matter is not harmful to his plan, so it is better for them to misunderstand.

Yun Xi said a few more words in a plausible way, which made them even more misunderstood.

After Yun Xi left their shop, Li Taiyuan immediately said to Xiao Zhuo: "Brother Xiao, only you have a doorway to the sea, contact you to buy grain from Nanyang." ”

Xiao Zhuo also took the lead: "Wrap it up on me." It's just that my old relationships are in Ningbo, and I need to go to Ningbo. The business here is a few more troubles. ”

A few people discussed a few more words, Xiao Zhuo is a temperament that does what he says, and he went to the back to pick someone who went to Ningbo with him.