After arranging the affairs of the water village, Han Fei rushed back to Nanpi City non-stop. This day is exactly the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and there are three days left to be the New Year.

Liu Bei just received a big gift from Mi Zhu, and his waist bag instantly plumped a lot, which is not why he rewarded the ministers during the New Year. After all, whether it is a civil servant or a military general this year, isn't it all about money?

Han Fei returned to the city lord and did not go home, but came directly to the Taishou Mansion to see Liu Bei. Liu Beigang and Xin Ping finished discussing some matters for the New Year, and when they looked up, they saw Han Fei entering the house, and said happily at the moment: "Zicong, you are finally back!" ”

"Lord, Brother Zhongzhi, I'm back!" Han Fei responded with a smile.

"Zicong has been suffering these days, but the water village has been built?" Xin Ping nodded at Han Fei and asked.

"The framework is all ready, and I will arrange the rest for General Gao Ran. It shouldn't be a big problem, but the Xin family still needs to help find more craftsmen who can build ships or repair ships. ”

"Well, Zicong, don't worry, I'll let people look for it when I go back, and it is estimated that I can send a batch over after the New Year."

"That's really good, the lord can implement the plan of the Liaodong Peninsula after the New Year." Han Fei clapped his hands and said happily.

"Okay, Zicong, sit down and talk. You don't know that a lot of things have happened in this city of Nanpi these days since you left. Liu Bei beckoned Han Fei to sit down, and then continued.

"Could it be that the lord is talking about the Mi family?"

"Yes, it is the Mi family Lang Mi Zhu, he not only bought a lot of shops, but also invited many familiar businessmen to come to Nanpi City to do business. I believe that after the Chinese New Year, more merchants will pour into Nanpi, and the city gate tax alone will increase several times a day, hundreds of times! Liu Bei said excitedly.

"The lord doesn't need to be so excited, the city gate tax is nothing?" Han Fei took a sip of tea and said to Liu Bei with a fan.

"Oh? What does Zicong think? This was the last time Han Fei spoke to Liu Bei like this, and then offered a strategy to recruit businessmen, which made Liu Bei's pockets bulge all of a sudden. Now that Liu Bei looks at him, does he have a new plan! Xin Ping on the side was also curious about what Han Fei was going to say, and he was about to leave, so he simply stayed there.

didn't let Liu Bei and Xin Ping wait for a long time, he said with a smile: "I don't want to collect this city gate tax after the New Year!" ”

"Ridiculous!" Xin Ping stopped doing it as soon as he heard it, now more than 100 times a day doesn't seem to be a lot, and he can't stand the long stream, ten days is a thousand, and a hundred days is 10,000. With such an input, how can it be said to stop. He pointed his finger at Han Fei and said angrily: "Zicong, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are!" ”

Han Fei didn't make a fuss and still looked at Xin Ping with a smile, until Liu Bei spoke: "Zhong Zhi don't get angry first, let Zicong finish his words, I believe he will definitely give a reason." ”

"Good! I'd like to see what his reasons are! After speaking, he sat down angrily and said no more.

Han Feiqing coughed: "Cough! Lord, Brother Zhongzhi, do you think this gate tax is very reasonable? ”

"Isn't that unreasonable? Which city doesn't have to pay taxes when you enter the city? Going to the city to pay taxes is simply a matter of course. Before Liu Bei could speak, Xin Ping spoke first. However, Liu Bei did not object when he heard this, but nodded, yes, that's what happened.

After hearing this, Han Fei laughed, and the more he laughed, the louder he became, and just when Xin Ping was about to have another attack, Han Fei finally spoke. He said, "If I were a merchant and there was an entry tax in this city and not in the other, I would have gone to the one that did not have an entrance tax if the two cities had made about the same amount." There is also a situation where both cities have an entrance tax, but if one city has more merchants and the other has fewer merchants, then I will definitely go to the city with fewer merchants, because there is less competition and I earn more by paying the same amount of entrance fees. In other words, when our merchants reach a certain size, the entry tax will discourage the new merchants from entering the city, because the competition in the city will be low. ”

Speaking of this, Han Fei paused for a moment to make the two of them think about what he said, and then he continued: "Merchants are all here to make money, and where they make more money, they will go. The removal of the entrance fee to the city is sure that more merchants will come here. ”

"No, Zicong, you yourself said that if more businessmen come, the competition will be fierce, and even if there is no entry tax, no one will come. But without the entrance fee, we will lose a lot of money. Xin Ping shook his head and said.

"That's what I'm going to say, we don't charge a city tax, but we do have a transaction tax." Han Fei directly showed his ultimate. After bluffing Liu Bei and Xin Ping, Liu Bei said, "What is Zicong's transaction tax?" ”

"My lord, as the name suggests, the transaction tax is the tax collected at the time of the transaction, but the government takes one out of ten as the tax for the transaction."

"Every transaction has to be taxed, and the merchant will not agree."

"Of course, not every transaction has to be taxed, I will set up a trading platform in the city, where merchants can put their goods on the platform and sell, and if someone buys them, they will have to pay one-tenth of the tax to the government, so there is absolutely no problem in this operation."

"Nakaji, do you think it's feasible?" Liu Bei turned his head and asked Xin Comment.

"This ...... Zicong, what kind of platform do you say apply to the scholars and big merchants, so we don't collect taxes on small merchants? Xin Ping asked with a frown.

"Yes, we can collect business tax! As long as you are in business, you have to pay taxes, of course, this business tax should not be too high. If it is closed, it will scare the merchant away. ”

Liu Bei and Xin Ping were stunned by Han Fei's speech, and Han Fei knew that the two needed time to digest what he said, so they got up and said goodbye and went back to their home. It took Liu Bei a long time to react, and he asked Xin Ping: "Can taxes really be collected like this?" Will I be very rich in the future? ”

"Lord, what I said about it is not unreasonable, but how to collect this tax still needs to be decided by you, Lord." Xin Ping rubbed his swollen head and said.

"Well, let me think again! Let me think again! ”

Two days passed in a flash, and Han Fei had been in a drunken state for the past two days, and there was no way to know the news of his return, Zhang Fei and Zhang Sanye went straight to Han Fei's house with two jars of wine. He drunk Han Fei that day, and the next day, Zhang Fei had to drag him to drink. As a result, Han Fei made an excuse to hide.

knew that he was caught by Guan Yu. So it was another hard pour, if Guangguan Yu really couldn't get drunk Han Fei alone. Han Fei is also a man who can fight with Zhang Sanye. However, when the two of them were halfway drunk, Zhang Fei actually came to find him, and now Han Fei was tragic.

"Fei boy, you don't drink the wine of the Sprinkle family to drink the wine of a certain second brother, do you look down on the Sprinkle family?" Zhang Fei glared and said angrily. As soon as Han Fei saw it, what else could he say, drink. So on this day I got drunk gorgeously again.