Next to him, Dong Cheng said with a smile:

"The money is coming, you kid is also used to running Fengyue places, how can you not know the surplus of this restaurant, you don't need to say the detailed number, just say how much more than Qian Shangshu."

Qian Lai didn't dare to speak, and looked at his master.

At this time, Qian Qianyi didn't understand, so he had to look at Qian Lai with a black face, and said angrily:

"Dong Shilang asked, you tell the truth, master, I can still cut you."

Qian Lai looked bitter and said helplessly:

"This matter, he doesn't have much, sir, if you count the winter supplement and summer supplement, it will be a few dozen less."

Qian Qianyi almost pulled his beard down, took a breath of cold air, Qian Qianyi said to Su Lu with a dark face:

"Lord Wang, the minister's salary is already extremely high, supporting a family, these slaves, carriages and horses, food and clothing are safe, I didn't expect this small restaurant to be so profitable."

Su Lu nodded and said to Qian Qianyi:

"The taxation of businessmen must be implemented as soon as possible, in order to raise shipbuilding silver, Li Kun and Wang Si played a lot of autumn wind of the business, although they made a lot of silver, but compared with the silver earned by the merchants, it is really a drop in the bucket."

Qian Qianyi pinched his beard and said with a full temperament:

"Heavy taxation, heavy taxation must be levied, if everyone can make such a lot of money, everyone in the world is a businessman."

The three of them had dinner and discussed again, and decided to set up a new taxation yamen tomorrow proposed by Qian Qianyi to determine taxes and increase the revenue of the imperial court.

On the second day, as soon as Qian Qianyi's new proposal came out, it immediately caused huge waves in the imperial court.

The sound of crusade is endless, what is not to compete with the people for profit, the country should not be too heavy on money, and heavy taxes are not taken by the Ming monarch, and all the brains are words of advice.

Li Qing returned to the harem in a huff and told Su Lu about the matter.

Su Lu put down the brush in his hand and asked Li Qing:

"Have you remembered all the officials who said that the dynasty could not compete with the people for profit and could not levy heavy taxes?"

Li Qing was a little strange:

"Remember what they do? These gang of rotten Confucians, when did I compete with the people for profit, Qian Qianyi just proposed, as if digging their ancestral grave. ”

Su Lu took the booklet he wrote, looked at it carefully, and said casually:

"Either dismiss them from their posts or investigate them, they will surely find a lot of unclean silver."

"It's definitely no problem to build a few big ships, maybe a fleet will have enough money."

Li Qing was skeptical:

"How is it possible, although their official position is not small, but it is not easy to live in the capital, how much silver can they save."

Su Lu handed the booklet in his hand to Li Qing:

"You just go to raid the house, and you cut off your head, and you don't designate that any of them are wronged."

Li Qing was a little stunned for a while, she wanted to believe Su Lu, but those who advised were not low in their official positions, if they were all corrupt officials and corrupt officials, she had been diligent in the government in the past, and it had no effect at all.

"This is the tax collection yamen?"

Li Qing glanced at the booklet in his hand, and asked Su Lu in surprise, the courtiers disagreed, even if it was well written, what could it be.

"I'm afraid this can't be implemented."

Li Qing took the booklet and felt a little sorry, when Qian Qianyi proposed to raise taxes, she thought she had found a new way to increase taxes, but she didn't expect that this was not the case at all, and the opposition of the ministers made this proposal end before it was discussed.

Su Lu waved his hand:

"Who said that you were allowed to implement it in the imperial court, and the courtiers obstructed it, then don't implement it in the court first, and transfer capable personnel from the internal guards and janissaries to form a new guard pro-army, which is solely responsible for the national tax collection and collection."

"The treasury doesn't want this money, then the treasury will laugh at it, and as for the people who collect taxes and Tiao Chen, they are naturally His Majesty's direct subordinates, and they will send loyal officials to create new revenue for the country."

Li Qing's eyebrows and eyes laughed, and it seemed to be quite good to say this.

Su Ge walked quickly into the palace, saluted the two of them, and said:

"Lord Qiyu, Your Majesty, the envoys and envoys of the Mali people have arrived."

Li Qing glanced up at Su Ge, corrected her and said:

"The envoy of the Malis has arrived?"

Su Ge said respectfully:

"Yes, Your Majesty, the envoy of the Mali people has arrived with the envoy."

Su Lu waved his hand, motioned for Su Ge to bring people in, and explained to Li Qing instead:

"It should be the envoy of the southern part of the Mali people, and the envoy of the northern part of the Mali people came together, although the north and the south are Mali, but these two parties are not one envoy."

Not long after, the two Marian envoys entered the temple.

"The foreign minister Shantes has seen Her Majesty the Empress, and she has seen Her Majesty the Prince."

"The foreign minister Nelson has seen Her Majesty the Empress, and has seen the Prince."

Li Qing waved his hand to signal the two of them to be exempt, and asked Shantes and said:

"General Shantes, are you here on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor?"

According to the information of Dingxiangwei, Mali has been completely separated, the younger brother of the former emperor in the south is the emperor, and the north still maintains the original court, but now it is defeated and retreated, and the orthodoxy is about to be unorthodox.

Shantes glared angrily at Nelson next to him when he heard this, and his tone was impulsive:

"The foreign minister represents His Majesty the Great Emperor, although this one came with me, but he is just a chaotic minister and thief, Your Majesty doesn't have to care about him."

Nelson snorted coldly, but this was the palace of the Han Kingdom, and he didn't dare to use force, so he just said:

"We're not here to fight, we're all here for that group of captives, let's use all our skills, don't talk about these idle stories useless."

Shantes turned to Li Qing, suppressed the anger in his voice, and said excitedly:

"Lord, what my Sergeant Mali fell into the hands of your army is 46,000 people, according to your meaning, it is 100 taels of silver per person, and the foreign minister brought 3 million taels this time, and wants to ransom 30,000 people, and ask the prince for permission."

Nelson's voice interjected quickly:

"Lord Qi, the foreign minister also brought a lot of silver taels this time, although it is not three million, but it is enough to redeem a small number of sergeants. This time, the foreign minister was willing to pay the price of two hundred and twenty-one people, in exchange for only the elite of the captured sergeants. ”

Li Qing's eyes lit up when he heard this, the price of one hundred taels was high enough, this Nelson took the initiative to increase the price, it seems that the Mali people really have a lot of money.

Su Lu waved his hand:

"It's okay to make substitutions, but the one with the highest price will be selected first, and this time let General Nelson choose first."

Su Lu said with a smile, how many you can choose, how much you can take away, but it's not that you have money.

"Thank you"

Nelson said excitedly, sure enough, money is everything, Shantes is a poor man, and the silver he brings is limited, and he is definitely not willing to increase the price, and those elites will soon become his own family.

"I don't agree, I'll raise the price."

Shantes blushed, his voice agitated.

Now that the two countries are hostile, if these prisoners cannot be taken away by themselves, they will fall into the hands of the southern rebels, and when the time comes, I will eliminate the enemy, and I will not be able to explain to Your Majesty, and I am afraid that I will not be able to bring back the silver.

It's better to raise the price.