"It's finally finished!" Ma Du put down the pen and paper and asked Liao Yongan to use the seal, so he handed the chapter to Yuan Sheng, "Let my father-in-law wait for a long time, please ask my father-in-law to help me play the emperor." ”

"What's the point of worrying about some trivial things, our family will leave, and the Hou Ye is busy with official business and doesn't have to send each other." Yuan Sheng arched his hand and was about to get on the boat.

Ma Du leaned over and asked in a low voice: "I have something I want to ask my father-in-law, the person who stabbed us in the back, has the emperor dealt with it." ”

Yuan Sheng smiled, "Uncle Guo, you really asked the wrong person, the emperor sent out the slaves and maids less than a day after receiving the war report, but the emperor is really angry, even the dragon case has been lifted, as long as you can come up with real evidence, maybe you will end up with a family and extermination." ”

"The emperor has Gong Weisi in hand, if he can't find evidence, where will I get it. When you go to the academy to see your son, send me a message and say that I will go back in a few months at most. ”

"The slave maid thinks it's better not to say it, Niangniang and the Hou Mansion don't know that something happened to you, and they are plainly worried."

Ma Du smiled: "The emperor's mouth is quite strict, so there is no need to say it, my father-in-law has a good way!" ”

Sending Yuan Sheng away, he turned his head to look at Shen Wansan, "Why did you come here from afar, did you come here for a vacation?" ”

Shen Wansan smiled bitterly and said: "Who came to such a deserted place for vacation, he was not entrusted to find Hou Ye, he came to the island in a hurry but heard that something happened to you, but Shen was frightened, and seeing that Hou Ye was safe and sound, Shen finally put his heart in his stomach." ”

"Since you're here to do business, let's go to the house and talk about it, don't be stunned here, Ben Hou also has something to do for you."

The small fort left on the island by the Japanese was the only decent house on the island, so it became the temporary official office of Madu, and Madu took a futon and put it on the ground, "Tell me, what is the big thing worth your coming all the way here." ”

Shen Wansan said with a relaxed expression: "It's not a big deal, in fact, it's just asking you about it." ”

In the battle with the Japanese invaders, there were about nearly 10,000 Japanese invaders who fled in small boats, except for the part that Jin Zilong collected, most of the rest fled to the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty because of the wind and rain, and were captured by the Ming army.

The news of the death of Murashiqing in the fiasco of the Japanese invaders also spread quickly throughout the southeast coast, and the people rejoiced, but the maritime merchants were shocked three times a day, and the Ming army was dominant, and no one knew what the rules of the sea would be after that, and they heard that some maritime merchants were fined ten years by the navy for taxes, and they were even more at a loss.

All the maritime merchants got together, and then they found Shen Wansan to explore the tone, as a strategic partner of the Ming Navy, it was very suitable to find him.

"Lao Shen, I remember talking to you about this matter before, what I want is for the maritime merchants to pay taxes honestly, as long as there is a receipt issued by the city, the navy will naturally not embarrass them, and will protect them."

"It's as simple as that? I have heard that there are people in Mingzhou, Taizhou, and Zhangzhou who have been fined ten years of taxes, to be honest, Hou Ye is a little ruthless, although the big guys usually earn a lot, but most of them buy houses and land, and pay ten years of taxes almost to empty their money and cash, and they will inevitably sell houses and land by doing business. ”

Ma Du snorted coldly: "That's what they deserve, they dare to rob Lao Tzu, and I am already soft-hearted if I don't let him raid the family and destroy the clan." ”

Listening to Ma Du explain the matter roughly, Shen Wansan smiled and said, "They actually robbed the Hou Ye, it's really not long-sighted." ”

"I have just handed over the sea trade tax system and regulations to the emperor, and it will be approved in ten and a half months at most. Here's a draft of my list for you to see. ”

Ma Du took two chapters of paper and handed them to Shen Wansan, who read them carefully word by word, and looked up from time to time to ask a question.

"If you are attacked at sea, you can ask the navy for help, don't you want money?"

"The navy will do its best to ensure the safety of the lives and property of all maritime merchants, and the ocean is no longer a place outside the law, as long as the traitor will let him taste the taste of artillery. Of course, you don't collect money, are you robbed, go to the yamen to sue the official and still collect money? ”

Shen Wansan said with a smile: "Of course, the yamen lawsuit requires money, and the top and bottom must not be dealt with, otherwise eighty percent of the lawsuit will be lost." ”

Hearing Shen Wansan say this, Ma Du felt that Lao Zhu waved the butcher's knife at the corrupt officials and had some reason.

"What! Can the tax on goods transiting in Penghu be reduced by 10% within five years? ”

"That's right, I want to build Penghu, just like it is now in the Ryukyus. It's just that the supporting facilities here are not perfect now, and who will come if there is no benefit. ”

"You don't plan to contract all the supporting facilities in Penghu alone, right? Can I also throw some money in, whether it's a store, a restaurant, or a Qinglou Chu Pavilion. Don't look at the three kingdoms of the Ryukyus, which are only a little bigger, but they are so rich that they are very rich, this is a sure way to buy *** and don't put your head on your waistband to run the sea much stronger. ”

Shen Wansan is really a profiteer, and Ma Du replied: "I don't have such a big appetite, and I don't dare to have such a big appetite. ”

Shen Wansan read the drafts that Ma Du gave him one by one, but finally sighed, "This is too unfair." ”

Ma Du kicked him, "What nonsense are you profiteers talking about, didn't you just say it vigorously?" ”

"Hou Yeli's rules are naturally good" Shen Wansan said with a little dissatisfaction: "I mean it's too unfair to me, I think I, Shen Wansan, have honestly paid taxes to the city since the first year of Wu, but I haven't enjoyed the benefits at all, and those bastards have followed the light as soon as they came up, my heart is really unbalanced, and I have to let them have some blood." ”

"Oh, how are you going to make them bleed?"

"Hey...... Don't worry about this Hou Ye, I guarantee your satisfaction. ”

"You don't have to say that you are so wronged, with your character of being unprofitable and can't afford to be early, this time you rushed so far to see me, it shouldn't be a kindness."

Shen Wansan said with a wry smile: "Hou Ye still understands Shen, and he came to see Hou Ye in a hurry this time, first, I want to ask when I can go to sea, after all, if I delay for a day, I will earn less money for one day." In addition, because the maritime merchants in Fujian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang were preparing to set up a chamber of commerce, they elected Shen as the president and had to come. ”

Seeing Ma Du's abnormal complexion, Shen Wansan hurriedly explained: "In the past, although the maritime merchants knew each other and usually communicated, they still did their own business in their own way, and they might not have to draw their swords to each other when they got to sea. If there is a chamber of commerce that can not only communicate with each other, but also supervise and mediate fewer disputes, it will also save the court and the navy trouble, doesn't Hou Ye think there is anything wrong? ”

Madu shook his head, "There's nothing wrong with that, that's what I want you to do." ”