Wang Rende said: "Three brothers, we have also read the charter of this city. www.biquge.info In my opinion, it is impossible for us to cover the goods of the maritime merchants, and we can only think about the goods that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty will take. ”

"Our Ming raw silk is easy to sell. As long as you can take a large part of this, you will not be able to enjoy it in the future. ”

The charter of the city division set by Yun Xi and Qi Tai and others is not complicated, mainly has the following articles:

First, even between the merchants and foreign merchants in Shanghu County, they can not sell goods casually, and can only sell in the designated area, that is, the trading area specially established by the city, and the offender will confiscate all the goods, which is mainly to facilitate taxation;

Second, the sale of goods by domestic merchants to foreign merchants and the sale of goods by foreign merchants to domestic merchants are divided into two separate places, and they are not allowed to be mixed, and it is not possible to have both goods exported by domestic merchants to foreign merchants and goods sold by foreign merchants to domestic merchants in one place, which is also for the convenience of taxation;

Third, the tax rate is set at one-tenth, and the buyer and seller need to fill in the delivery voucher for buying and selling, and the total price needs to be written on the voucher, and the buyer can take the goods out of the trading area after paying the tax according to the price; And if there is a delivery certificate, the buyer finds that the goods are fake, and he can take the goods and the certificate to the Yamen of the City Shipping Division to file a lawsuit, and the fake one will pay ten.

However, this article is mainly useful for unfamiliar and distrustful stores and customers, who can receive taxes in full; When the customer and the store have a tacit understanding, they can write the price lower and make up the price secretly; After all, money is easy to give, and goods are not easy to move. But Yunxi couldn't think of a better way. In later generations, the method of letting the personnel of the tax authorities check the accounts can only create a group of big corrupt criminals in this era.

Fourth, only those who sell goods are allowed to set up shops, and those who buy goods are not allowed to set up stalls for purchases, which is also to facilitate the collection of taxes.

There are several others, in short, basically to prevent merchants from evading taxes.

The last one is to stipulate that the location of the store in the trading area is not for sale, and it will always belong to the state, and the rent can be changed every five years. This article is also for the state to collect more money.

Therefore, the idea that they want to occupy a large share of raw silk is, of course, to take advantage of the geographical advantage to occupy more stores. There are restrictions on the shops of each type of goods in the trading area, and now there are few officials in Songjiang Mansion except for the Wang family, and there are three people on the sea, Xiao, Lu, and Duan, who are not afraid.

However, Xiao Zhuo listened to Wang Rende's words, read the articles of association of the city division again, and said: "Although we have strong dragons and earth snakes, we have not bought raw silk. ”

"Although raw silk is planted by people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now the imperial court is also suppressing silk merchants who cover the sky with one hand, there are still these silk merchants."

"Brother Wang's idea is good, but it's just a little more thoughtful."

"According to me, if you want to take the lion's share of raw silk, there are two that you can't bypass."

"The Zhao family in Huzhou Mansion, and the Shen family in Suzhou Mansion. Huzhou and Suzhou are both big places that produce silk, and the Zhao family and the Shen family have also been buying and selling raw silk for generations. Emperor Taizu had attacked them several times during his reign, but they were also poisonous insects that died but did not stiffen. ”

"If you want to take advantage of the trade of this raw silk, you have to negotiate with them and give up your share. This time, the Zhao family and the Shen family should also come to discuss with them. ”

Wang Rende pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that I think it is simple. Brother Xiao is right. But I didn't have a relationship with either of them. Brother Xiao, Brother Lu and Brother Duan, have you dealt with these two? ”

Duan He said: "I have dealt with the Zhao family in Huzhou and bought raw silk from them; The Li family in Suzhou has never dealt with them at all. ”

Xiao Zhuo said: "That's it, the Zhao family and the Li family must have had a relationship, and if they find the Zhao family, the Li family will also find it." ”

Then he said to Duan He: "It's late today, tomorrow you go to the place where the merchants are placed in the city, find the people of the Zhao family, and let's discuss it together." Ask someone to see if you can find someone from the Li family. ”

Duan He said, "Okay, Brother Xiao. ”

Xiao Zhuo said to Wang Rende: "Brother Wang, you go and arrange to prepare to occupy the shop, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you should rent out all the shops." ”

Then he laughed and said: "I don't know who came up with it, the court didn't sell it but rented it, and it was really good to collect money every five years in the future." ”

Wang Rende also agreed. But after agreeing, Wang Rende suddenly found that he wanted to dominate the situation, why didn't he feel that Xiao Zhuo had dominated the situation?

Wang Rende, who realized this, couldn't help but smile bitterly. But it's a bit vexatious to stand up now, and it's just that.

Xiao Zhuo probably hadn't noticed this yet, he was used to giving orders on his own one-third of an acre on weekdays, and then said to Lu Yu, the second of the three: "Second brother, the two of us will go separately tomorrow to meet the businessmen from overseas." ”

"But they came from overseas, but in fact, most of them were people from the Ming Dynasty, looking for a few locals from Fusang, Ryukyu, and Luzon, and then pretending to be businessmen from Fanguo."

"Although we don't go to sea, we also know the cuts at sea, and we will make cuts with them to see if we can set the goods in advance. It is also necessary to do the collection of overseas goods, and it is better to take care of both sides. ”

"But it's hard. It's not that they don't know Chinese characters, and the charter of the city is not hidden, which is obviously a charter that is beneficial to the people who sell goods, and they won't fail to see it, so let's see how many points they can occupy. ”

After the order, there is nothing to discuss today. Xiao Zhuo and the three of them said, "Brother Wang, let's go back first." I'll talk about other things tomorrow. ”

Wang Rende immediately said: "A few brothers are not cold to me when they go this way!" Although our Songjiang Mansion is a small place, it is not as good as your Jiaxing, and there are many ways to enjoy it at night. Let the three brothers have fun tonight. ”

Wang Rende immediately stood up and said loudly: "Wang Fu! ”

The housekeeper waiting outside was called Wang Fu, and when he heard Wang Rende's shout, he hurriedly walked in and said, "What did the master call me?" ”

Wang Rende instructed: "Go to the drunken immortal residence in the city and ask them to send two pots of good wine; Send someone to Jinlou again and ask them to bring a table of food to us. ”

"And the friends brought by the three brothers outside, you also entertain them well, if you let me know which one is not satisfied, I will only ask!"

Wang Fu bowed down and said, "Yes, master." Then he withdrew and commanded.

Xiao Zhuo and the three of them knew that since Wang Rende had already ordered him like this, it would be too shameless to insist that he wanted to leave. Xiao Zhuo smiled: "Then we will bother Brother Wang tonight." ”