Everyone hurriedly moved forward, and sure enough, they saw that there were dozens of young men in strong clothes guarding the official road to Fuzhou and Shuikou Nanping and the mouth of the Minjiang River, and Kong He took the scribes of the Hou Mansion to wear official robes, and set up a shed on the side of the road, with tables, chairs, cabinets and other utensils, several scribes held hard pens, and the caps of ink bottles were opened, and everyone spread out the account books in front of them, ready to record.

Due to the short time period, no one has paid the money. The more businessmen gathered, the more lively the town became, and more than 1,000 people gathered in a short period of time.

Most of the merchants were Semu merchants, they brought generals and bodyguards, there were also dart masters hired in the territory of the Great Wei, and of course, the footmen who walked on the foot, either pushing carts or driving carts, and the goods were generally foreign gold and silver ware, Persian blankets, spices and other items that were more popular with the Great Wei.

This is also the reason why they want to go to Fuzhou, other state capitals, county seats, it is more difficult to get rid of these valuables in a short time, if it is copper and other goods, they will basically negotiate when they dock, and the merchants of the Great Wei will be responsible for transporting them.

In addition, they have to go to Fuzhou to do goods, whether it is raw silk or ironware, or cloth, tea, and brown sugar, these are all good goods that are sold tightly, and they can only be prepared completely by getting big houses like Quanzhou and Fuzhou.

Generally speaking, a ship from overseas will be berthed in Zhangzhou or Quanzhou, or it may be at the port of Fuzhou for about ten days to about a month.

In the meantime, these merchants would look for business opportunities in Junzhou on the Fujian Road, and eventually gather in Fuzhou or Quanzhou, and finally complete the order, and when the goods were on board, the work of repairing the ships, replenishing food and fresh water, and then setting sail for the sea.

There will also be some ships to Penghu or Dongfan Island to replenish fresh water, and at the same time buy some deerskin tea, there are more than 10,000 residents on Dongfan Island, dried fish, deer skin plus a small amount of tea and brown sugar are the goods they want to sell, there will be many ships left empty, to Dongfan Island to completely replenish the draft water goods, and then go to the Japanese country or the Oriental islands, or directly from the South Ocean to the direction of the Tianfang Peninsula to turn back.

The flow and routes of these trades have been quite mature, and the various routes and trade routes are like the blood vessels of different thicknesses on the body of Dawei, which are extremely smooth, and now, on the official road from Nan'an Town to Fuzhou, several tax cards have stuck a few blood vessels that are not thick, making these merchants seem to have high blood lipids, and they are all red.

"In accordance with the edict of the pacification envoy of Fujian Road, and the edict of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion," Li Yi was wearing an official robe from the seventh grade, and his expression was a little uneasy, but more solemn and solemn. He said to the noisy businessmen: "No matter what the previous rules were, our rules now are to levy group practice donations from merchants, and the localities in the Great Wei can pay taxes according to the situation, this is a common practice, if you often come to the Great Wei to trade, you should know that this is the practice of the Great Wei!" ”

Jin Baoyi and Wu Weisan stood with two teeth, one left and one right, pressing the barrier knife, and there were more than a dozen teenagers wearing strong military uniforms around them, either pressing the barrier knife, holding a shield, or holding a hard bow, and the quiver was on the left and right sides, most of the teenagers were holding a long sword with a flickering cold light, and there were more than 30 people here on the road to Fuzhou because there were the most merchants, blocking the official road far away.

There were a few merchants who wanted to take a detour from the fields on both sides of the official road, Xu Zixian immediately ordered archery on the side, and a few arrows passed, and the small merchants immediately became honest and ran back from the field in embarrassment.

This move gave the Semu merchant some deterrence, and also made everyone understand that the Hou Mansion's move was serious, and it was a bit of a farce just now, and now it is a tragedy for many people.

After Li Yi's announcement, a large number of Semu merchants still issued angry protests, nothing more than that they came from overseas and deserved to be courteous and respected by the Great Wei, and the Great Wei court also did the same, and as a result, they were illegally blackmailed here, and they had to report to the pacification envoys, patrol envoys, and the Dadu Governor's Mansion in Fuzhou.

If necessary, of course, it must be reported to the Imperial Historical Observatory of the Kyoshi Division, and then to the political affairs hall.

"Report it, feel free!" Xu Zi first pressed the barrier knife and walked to the middle of the crowd, and the crowd spontaneously got out of the way.

Pu Shouchen and the others, who ran over out of breath, also silently looked at Xu Zixian, who exuded high morale, and stopped, and Pu Shouchen gave up the plan to question at the first time.

"Qishan thieves are coming, I think you all know." Xu Zixian looked around and said loudly: "I led my troops to fight bloodily, killed many of my subordinates, and protected the safety of one party." Qishan thieves will come to retaliate, the imperial court gave me the post of military training, the marshal minister and the metropolitan governor's office gave me the post of regimental training envoy, and I recruited troops in the local area to protect the safety of many people in the Houfu Annex, under this premise, the collection of food and salary for the recruitment of military funds, who dares to object? ”

There was a commotion all around, this truth was obvious, and the people and merchants in the town, as well as the Han people's merchants, all nodded.

Most of the coastal areas on the Fujian Road were harassed by pirates, and the forbidden army on the Fujian Road had only five armies, and the main focus of protection was Fuzhou City and Quanzhou City, and the protection of the outer coasts, even the Zhangzhou and Xinghua armies, was insufficient.

This time, a Jiangfang battalion was transferred to the side of Nan'an Town, and at most it would have to go back downstream after being stationed for a few more days, and the area around the Jiangkou and the seaside was even more urgent, if there was no garrison, it would be easy for pirates to take advantage of the gap, and the losses would be great.

The recruitment and retraining of the box army requires the consent of the two governments and the permission of the emperor, and the annual expenditure of a battalion is nearly 100,000 yuan, which is also a shyness for the center of the Great Wei, and if it is not necessary, it will not agree to this expenditure.

If this situation continues, it is likely that the imperial court will let go of the post of regimental training envoys in various places, as it did at the beginning of the country, and at the same time allow the local government to open up the problem of military salaries.

Of course, this will also bring a lot of negative troubles and problems, if it is not to the point where it is difficult to clean up, the imperial court will not let go of the reins of local self-organized group training, and Xu Zixian can be awarded group training, first of all, it shows that the high-level of the imperial court and local military and political officials have begun to consider trying to do this.

"Since you don't say anything, it means that everyone thinks it's reasonable to collect group practice donations." Xu Zixian smiled for a moment, and then said: "The group training needs more than 1,000 people to ensure the safety of one party, and the annual fee is about more than 100,000 yuan. Think about it, the local commercial bank apportioned this money, and the merchants passing by were also protected, but nothing was paid, is this fair and reasonable? ”

This is, of course, a sophistry to pass on the direction, in fact, whether it is a merchant in the town or a merchant in the past, they have already paid taxes, and the Great Wei court and local garrisons should protect their safety, of course, this "reason" cannot be said at all, and there is no place to redress grievances, if Xu Zixian can really protect the safety of this radius of dozens of miles, it is also a good thing for the merchants or merchants.

The stopped crowd and bystanders buzzed and talked to each other.

Shizi's words are very coherent, the reason is very solid, and what he says is reasonable, even if he wants to refute it, at most there is a problem with the direction of fundraising, and the merchants are all outsiders, it is difficult to imagine that he will get support by climbing to the local seat, which may anger the locals and cause a group fight.

"The local merchants and people, I will report to the marshal and the governor's office, and transfer the forty days of forced labor to the town to serve, mainly to help build the military camp and build the road, and some military camp miscellaneous service, maybe more than forty days, of course you also have to contribute. Those who don't contribute will pay, which is fair and reasonable. Xu Zi first swept the people in the town, and saw that the residents and merchants in the town did not object, and he was secretly relieved.

In any case, in the towns of Fangyuan, Xu Zi first planned to slowly control them, the group training was just the beginning, and there were many ways to infiltrate, control, and finally completely control them.

If you provoke public anger in the first place, it is not a good choice, and it is better to avoid it.

The foreign merchants were a little depressed, and they gradually understood that the emergency in front of them was not a temporary absurdity of the Hou Prince, and it would be canceled after they were dissatisfied and resisted.

Even some big businessmen have already realized that this matter is estimated to be in Fuzhou, and even to the two prefectures, and in the end, Xu Zixian will get support.

There are many kinds of taxes in the Great Wei, whether it is industrial and commercial trade or land, including the body, there are two forms of payment of taxes such as service and money, in addition to tea, wine, vinegar, salt, iron monopoly and other systems, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes are unimaginable, the burden of farmers is the heaviest, and the merchants have accumulated a certain amount of wealth because of the developed trade, Xu Zixian's method is a kind of creation in the Great Wei, which is regarded as opening Pandora's box, in later generations this is called a donation, quite an effective method, Xu Zi first studied history, he is in line, I have been planning for a long time.

Nan'an Town is close to the ferry, close to Fucheng, there are many commercial houses, and there are more merchants.

There will be blind spots in people's way of thinking, such as the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, such as the pacification envoy, such as King Zhao, they all thought that Xu Zi would first engage in apportionment among the local businessmen, and make the local people angry, and then they cleaned up the mess, drove Xu Zi to walk first, and completely killed this junior who suddenly appeared.

The result is very different, Xu Zixian found his own way, there will be no opinions in the local area, of course there is no commotion, as for the businessmen, they can't hold a group at all, and there is no reason to go to control.

"Collecting donations from merchants will not be messed around." Xu Zixian's expression became more indifferent, and he continued in a cold voice: "The more goods you bring, the more valuable they are, and the higher the degree of protection you need." I know that some merchants had to hire bodyguards when they passed by, because they were afraid of being robbed by Qishan in this area of the Minjiang River, and now I tell you that once the regimental training is successful, we will be responsible for the defense on both sides of the Minjiang River, and your envoy expenses will also be reduced. Less than 50 goods, small business, we do not levy money. Fifty to one hundred, five hundred wen, more than 100 per cent are levied in proportion, 100 per cent is consistent, 100 per 100 per cent, 10 per 100 per cent, according to your profit ratio, this money is not much. ”

At this time, many small and medium-sized businessmen from Jianzhou and Xinghua Army and Shao Wujun were relieved, they came and went more often, but the goods were very few, and they were not very valuable, and if the levy amount was too large, it would be difficult for them to bear.

A small businessman who had just been forced back by the arrow was still angry before, and now he also patted his leg and said: "It would be good if the prince said it earlier, and I wouldn't want to run from the side." ”

There was laughter all around, Xu Zixian also smiled slightly, and said: "If you don't recollect taxes within a month, it means that you have drawn taxes this month and will be exempted from taxes this month." ”

"Okay, great."

At this time, more than seventy percent of businessmen are relieved, they generally bring dozens of hundreds of goods, a month will not be more than two times, levy one not two, which shows that the amount of money levied in their profits only accounts for a small share, the impact is really not big.