When Emperor Chongzhen and his entourage went out, it was already a little late. At this time, Nanxun Town, out of the houses, to the streets, people come and go, so lively.

Chen Youming was two steps in front of Emperor Chongzhen and Concubine Tian, and introduced the situation in Nanxun Town sideways, acting very conscientious.

"Childe, there are more than 11,300 households in our Nanxun Town, and the town is just like what Childe saw......" Chen Youming said while pointing to the shops on both sides, "Most of them are doing some lake silk or related business." Most of the shops in front of this row are Husi tooth shops, which are all samples, and Husi is stored in another warehouse. ”

When he said this, he said proudly: "Our Ming Dynasty's raw silk is the most important in the lake silk, and at least seventy percent of the lake silk business is traded in our Nanxun Town." Every year, the guests who come here to buy the lake silk are all generous, and a single transaction can cost tens of thousands of dollars at every turn......"

Hearing him say this, Emperor Chongzhen's heart couldn't help but move. Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang, who left Beijing first, told him that according to the clues currently available, those who intended to sabotage the opening of the Ming Dynasty were probably some people who secretly sold goods overseas. Because the Ming Dynasty forbids the sea, at least the goods are not allowed to go out on the surface, which can make those people's profits maximize every ship that goes to sea. And once the sea is opened, a large number of merchants go out, which will inevitably cause prices to fall, which will damage their interests.

Thinking so, he asked Chen Youming: "Where did the people buy so many lakes and silk in Nanxun Town?" ”

As a local, Chen Youming naturally understood these things, so he immediately replied: "There are all over the country, there are those from Beijing, and there are also those from Nanjing, but there are more places in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, among which Fujian and Guangdong are the most. Childe doesn't know, those Fujian and Guangdong visitors are really doing big business, as long as the quality of the lake silk is good, they will hardly negotiate the price, very bold! ”

After finishing speaking, he suddenly pointed to a group of people in front of him, and there were also seven or eight people guarding one person to a tooth shop, and at the same time said, "Childe, this must be from Fujian and Guangdong." ”

After finishing speaking, Chen Youming smiled and said: "If it weren't for the fact that Gongzi and his party all have northern accents, others would have thought that you are also a wealthy businessman from Fujian and Guangdong!" ”

Liu Xingzuo, who was following behind Emperor Chongzhen, heard this, his heart moved, and looking at the emperor's back, he suddenly thought about it.

Sure enough, I saw Emperor Chongzhen walking slowly, watching the group of people enter the door, and then asked with great interest, "What are they buying so much for?" ”

When Chen Youming heard this, he hesitated a little, and quickly replied: "What else can you do, Husi is the same as cotton, silk, and ceramics, and you can only make a lot of money by selling it overseas." Childe, look ......"

Speaking of this, he pointed to the people coming and going on the street and said: "Last year, the imperial court announced the opening of the sea, no, this year, there are a lot more people in Nanxun Town than before, and many of them came early, I am afraid that I will not receive enough if I come late." ”

"Oh, before last year, it seems that the imperial court didn't allow sea trade, right? Business in Nanxun Town shouldn't be good, right? Emperor Chongzhen asked with a smile on his face, unable to see what was going on in his heart, as if chatting.

Chen Youming listened, anyway, it had already started, and he didn't care about it, so he replied again: "If the court doesn't let it, it won't let it, but it can't hold the profits!" ”

Speaking of this, he remembered that there were still questions that had not been answered, so he immediately added: "Although it was like this year before, the scale is not small, otherwise, how could our Nanxun Town be so big!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen heard this, and was about to say something more, when he heard Tian Guifei's voice in surprise: "There is a silk shop here, it's okay to look at the façade, let's go in and have a look?" ”

When I came over just now, there was one lake silk shop after another, and Tian Guifei was not interested, and suddenly saw a company selling silk, and her heart was itchy.

When Emperor Chongzhen was in later generations, he also accompanied women shopping, and knew that this was a woman's nature, so he nodded and said casually: "Okay, let's go in and have a look!" ”

Although the silk shop to enter was relatively large, it could not hold all of them in, so there were only five or six brocade clothes and plainclothes who followed the shop.

The guys in the store were busy, and when they saw that someone came in again, and it was with an entourage, someone immediately came to serve, but he apologized and informed: "The private room of the shop is now full of people, if the guest officer doesn't dislike it, you can also look at the goods here, and I guarantee that there will not be much impact." “

The positioning of this store is obviously relatively high-end, there are many colors, and the quality is very good at a glance, and the satin of various colors and patterns is placed in a regular manner, so that people who enter the store can see it at a glance. There are compartments on the counter, and customers who look at the samples do not interfere with each other, and many of them even have curtains so that they can't see who is inside.

"Even the private room is full, it seems that business is good!" Emperor Chongzhen stood in the lobby and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and then said to Tian Guifei: "If you are interested, just take a look here." “

He was not used to it, and insisted that the store vacate a private room.

Tian Guifei naturally did not dare to disobey Emperor Chongzhen's words. And her eyes were already full of those satins at this time, so she agreed, and went to the lattice to see the sample.

Xiao Er served tea, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't ask for it, not that he wanted to put the emperor on the shelf, but the habits from later generations did not make him feel very uncomfortable. Just stand in the corner of the lobby, look around the store, and pay attention to the movement at the counter.

He found that it seemed that the customers in this store were not stingy, and almost everyone would buy some, just as much. Seeing that the guys were busy taking silk and satin, coming and going, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but say: "It's really a day of gold!" ”

"Childe, these are actually nothing, those who are in the private room are the big customers." Chen Youming knew it, so he introduced.

Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded, and asked casually: "These shops should have to pay a lot of taxes, right?" ”

"Our Ming regulations, thirty taxes one!" Chen Youming immediately replied, "But we don't have an official government in the countryside, and it's just a symbolic gift from the chief." ”

Hearing him say this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and asked, "Do you know how much the annual business tax in Nanxun Town is?" ”

"I don't know!" Chen Youming shook his head very dryly and said, "Who cares about that." But it's estimated that it's about 1,000 taels! ”

"......" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless. Nanxun Town is the largest lake silk trading center in Daming, and the annual commercial tax is only about 1,000 taels, which is really hehe!

He suddenly remembered that Wen Tiren had mentioned before that the tea tax was only 17 taels in Yunnan and about 6 taels in Zhejiang. In this comparison, the tax of Nanxun Town is still a lot more!