Chapter 308: It's better to act than to move

The workshops in Ningyuan City are like 'spring' bamboo shoots after the rain, one by one, and during Li Huaitang's expedition to Xijian City, more than a dozen new workshops were opened, including the brewery and glaze workshop that Li Huaitang was most concerned about, as well as Wu's paper workshop.

As early as the early Tang Dynasty, the Hu people in the Western Regions had already mastered the technique of steaming wine, using local grapes and other wild fruits to make mellow wine. In addition to brewing and drinking, a considerable part of the function of the brewery is to produce spirits for the treatment of wounds, and all the spirits produced are purchased by small chestnuts and stored in warehouses as wartime reserves.

And the role of the glaze workshop can not be ignored, the Hu people in the Western Regions do not know how to make ceramics, there are no bowls and cups, taking the Tubo people as an example, their most famous tsampa is to make a bowl shape with barley noodles, which is put in ghee chacha tea, when eating, together with the "bowl" into the stomach. The glass cup is particularly expensive because the finished product is very low, unless the aristocracy is rich and businessmen, ordinary people cannot afford to use it. To this end, Li Huaitang ordered Wu 'Meng' to recruit craftsmen everywhere and open a glass workshop, preparing to concentrate on overcoming the problem of low success rate while making it. Once the glass can be mass-produced, then the glass bowl and cup can largely replace the expensive ceramics of the Tang Dynasty and become the main commodity of Ningyuan City, and the financial resources will roll in.

Wu's paper made of the bark of the tree is "fine" and smooth, has been produced in large quantities, won the love of the Hu businessmen have rushed to buy, Luoyang paper is expensive for a while, and has earned countless profits for Li Huaitang.

On the second day after returning to Ningyuan City, Li Huaitang took Su Xiaoniang and Liu Shangyue to the Beishi Workshop District with great interest, and at the same time found a suitable place for the two ladies to prepare for the opening of the clothing workshop. When Li Huaitang told Su Xiaoniang about the idea of opening a clothing workshop, Su Xiaoniang was so excited that he almost gnawed off his lips. Designing all kinds of fancy clothes is Su Xiaoniang's hobby, but she has not been able to find a way for her hobby to play her hobby, Li Huaitang's suggestion undoubtedly brought a touch of light and joy to her dull mood.

The two beauties were enthusiastic and did what they said, especially Su Xiaoniang, pestering Li Huaitang to open immediately. Their excitement was provoked by Li Huaitang, and of course he would not frustrate them.

The workshop area is located in the northernmost part of the city, and there are only about 30 workshops built, and there are large areas of reserved vacant land waiting to be developed.

Li Huaitang and his entourage failed to inspect the opened workshop first, and were stunned by Su Xiaoniang, Liu Meiren and 'Bo' Sishan to find a suitable location to build a workshop.

"Back to Mrs. Zizi, if you want to build a workshop of this scale here, I'm afraid it will take at least half a year." Su Xiaoniang's interest alarmed Master Lu, and he was also invited to solve the 'puzzle'. After a rough estimate of the drawings drawn by Su Zizi, Master Lu gave an answer that made the two beauties very dissatisfied.

"Huh? So long? Can you hurry up any longer? Is it okay for three months? Su Xiaoniang's heart was red and hot, and she couldn't wait to hold up her little world immediately.

Master Lu seriously counted the difficulties: "It's a cold winter, and it's not easy to start construction; materials are scarce; There is not enough allocable manpower......"

Su Xiaoniang's pleading gaze turned to Li Huaitang: "One of you is a general, and the other is a 'female' king, what manpower problems and material problems are not problems, right?" ”

"That's right! As long as the beauty says it's not a problem, then it's not a problem. Master Lu has great wisdom, he can handle it. Li Huaitang nodded and smiled.

"This, this ......" Master Lu stammered in embarrassment.

Su Xiaoniang said disappointedly: "Forget it, don't embarrass Master Lu." "Having said that, the 'color' of frustration is still distressing to people, and even Master Lu can't bear to see it.

"There it is! If Madame is interested, why not set up a workshop with the Kang family? It's just, it's just," Master Lu glanced at Li Huaitang with a smile, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Li Huaitang said: "Does the Kang family have a redundant workshop? ”

Most of the planning in the city is the masterpiece of Master Lu, and the leading wealthy merchant Kang Jiajia in Ningyuan City naturally has to ask Master Lu to give guidance, so Master Lu knows very well how many workshops the Kang family has.

"Scalping!" Li Huaitang understood the key, Kang Shalai is the real estate pioneer of this era, and he took a fancy to the huge potential appreciation space of Ningyuan City and the imbalance between supply and demand in the future, taking advantage of the lack of manpower in the workshop area, relying on his wealth, to occupy more workshops first, and then resell them to those who need them at a high price. However, what he did was not illegal.

Wu Meng, who came with him, stepped forward and said: "The Ministry of Civil Affairs has noticed this issue and is discussing how to come up with a more fair and reasonable provision to prevent such behavior from damaging the long-term interests of Ningyuan City. ”

"This Conssalai is really a good hand in the business world, and if we don't pay attention, he will give us problems. Go, this time, we embarrassed him to go. ”

Li Huaitang said as he stretched out his hand to invite Su Xiaoniang, 'wanting' to help her into the carriage and kill Benkang's family.

The Kang family can be described as "spring" during this period of time, Kang Shalai began to enter the artistic conception of "spring" when a hundred "flowers" bloom together, when Li Huaitang said this to him, he was longing, but now it is a real experience. With the conquest of Xijian City, a large number of local merchants poured into Ningyuan City, and the shop workshop was expensive in Luoyang for a while, and the supply exceeded demand. Today, Kangjia has opened a new brewing workshop, and the dignitaries who came to congratulate him gathered, and it was very lively.

"Ah, it's the general's horse team, hurry, get ready to meet it!" From a distance, Kang Shalai saw Li Huaitang and his party approaching, he was flattered, he didn't expect that the newly opened small workshop would actually alarm the general who had just returned to the city not long ago.

When Kang Shalai saw Li Huaitang, he was shocked that Shuda would inevitably attract wind, and the best workshop that he covered and did not sell was targeted by Li Huaitang.

"Lao Kang, you see, I'm also very embarrassed, I have patted my chest and promised Mrs. Zizi on this matter, if I can't do what she wants today, I'm afraid this will ......."

Kang Shalai didn't know the reason, and said with a generous smile: "It's just a workshop, isn't the general's words to make Lao Kang and me die of shame?" Thanks to the care of the general, my Kang family has today's wealth, what if I don't say it, what if I send this workshop to the general? ”

Li Huaitang said: "In this case, I am disrespectful. However, the rules cannot be broken, I still pay as much as I want, and the money you should earn still falls into your pocket. No refusal. ”

"This?" Konsarai looked a little embarrassed.

After some speculation, in the end, Kangshalai transferred the sought-after workshop to Li Huaitang at a price lower than 10% of the market.

The workshop that has just been completed is located in the northeast corner of the North City, close to the northernmost end of Luoyang Avenue, only a hundred steps away from the north 'gate', and the 'traffic' is very convenient.

Su Xiaoniang and Liu Shangyue couldn't wait to come to the workshop that Li Huaitang bought for them, and in the spacious workshop, the two beauties couldn't suppress the excitement in their hearts.

"It's huge!"

"It's so beautiful!"

"This house is the brightest and could be used as a design room."

"Great! This is the fitting room, and we try on the beautiful clothes one by one. ”

"Oh, it's spacious enough here, and all the beautiful clothes are displayed here, and the merchants will visit and choose, and they will definitely sell well!"

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The three 'women' were in a pot of porridge, and Li Huaitang didn't even have the right to 'interject', until Su Xiaoniang found that Li Huaitang, who was left out in the cold, looked at them with a happy smile.

"Husband, what do we think? Pretty good, right? Su Xiaoniang walked up to Li Huaitang, took his arm and asked proudly.

Li Huaitang said with a smile: "Well, yes, it's all good, but there are still a little inconsequential omissions." ”

"Omission?"

"Well, it doesn't matter, it's just a minor problem, it's just that the workshop and warehouse are missing."

"Huh?!" The most promising workshop in Ningyuan City erupted into a crisp silver bell laughter. Beauty is beauty, and after discussing it for a long time, the most essential part was forgotten.

Reminded of this, the three beauties happily reassigned the house in the workshop.

At this time, Li Huaitang really couldn't stand it, and interrupted their enthusiasm: "I said that you beauties, why don't you care about costs and transactions at all, what taxes and fees are there, be careful not to turn my husband and me into a poor egg." ”

"That's your business, husband, who told you to send someone to collect our taxes?" Su Xiaoniang's answer made Li Huaitang dumbfounded.

Wu Meng, who had been watching his heart and his eyes, finally spoke: "Madame doesn't have to worry about taxes. So far, we in Ningyuan City only collect goods out of the city tax, all goods to be transported out of Ningyuan City, first need to pay taxes to the tax officials here, and then the tax officials will issue a voucher to the caravan, they transport goods out of the city to the city guard and the city 'gate' tax officer to show the receipt, if the inspection is no different, you can go out of the city smoothly. ”

Li Huaitang pondered and asked, "What is the tax rate?" ”

"The goods are worth a hundred dirhams, and we only take three. It is more than twice as low as the eleventh tax of the Great Cannibal. ”

"But what if someone breaks it up and smuggles goods out of town?"

In the matter of taxation, Li Huaitang has always let go of the management of Wu'meng', he is not very familiar with it, but as the city lord, he cannot always ignore this important matter related to the survival of Ningyuan City.

Wu 'Meng' said: "The tax policy is the result of many discussions in the House of Representatives of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. First of all, the tax rate is very favorable, which is conducive to the long-term interests of our Ningyuan City. As for the "holes" in the actual "operation" mentioned by the general, the representatives of the Ministry of Civil Affairs have more or less thought that the reason why we have set up a tax collection point in Beishi is not only to facilitate the various caravans, but also to play the role of supervision, and that each business house has a record of the number of goods sold and the objects of sale, and must report it to the tax collector every day, and once it is found that there is a discrepancy between the records they provide and the caravan that pays taxes, they will report it immediately, and the caravan will not go fast with the goods, and our cavalry can quickly catch up. Moreover, anyone found guilty of tax evasion is subject to punishment, ranging from a fine to a slave or a closed shop. I believe that no one is willing to take this risk for the sake of a tax burden that is not very heavy. ”

Wu Meng's explanation was very detailed, and Li Huaitang nodded with satisfaction.

"In my opinion, this tax evasion behavior is suitable for heavy regulations, and the House of Representatives of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will appropriately revise and revise it."

Tax evasion is tantamount to snatching money from Li Huaitang's pocket, Ningyuan City wants to raise such a huge army, and it must continue to improve the construction, without money and things, Ningyuan City will fall apart. Rushing can save the emergency for a while, but it cannot sustain long-term needs, and in order to maintain military strength, it must be supported by sustainable financial resources. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon