"What?!" Cao Cao's face was rarely so surprised, and his eyes kept changing as he looked at the music in his hand. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The tax revenue of the new city accounts for 10% of our total tax revenue, how can a small town of 10,000 people have so much? Didn't the old man remember that they didn't produce food? ”

Xun Yu sat on the left side of the study, and when he heard the lord Cao Cao ask, he just bowed his hand slightly, and then replied: "I also think it's incredible, so I went to look through all the account books of Xincheng, and found that although they are not engaged in farming, they will buy a lot of grain from other places, and this is how the taxes and grain paid by Xincheng come from."

And these taxes and grain are not worth talking about for the new city at all, now both sides of the river are under our control, Yuan Shao shrank back to Jizhou Yecheng, Guandu area under the capital of the new city, built a huge wharf, the north and south of the grain goods will gather here, there has become a north-south market, and we let the new city itself fund the construction of this wharf, promised them thirty years of tax rights, if the wharf tax into the imperial court books, I am afraid to account for three percent of our total taxes.

This wharf has become a huge treasure trove, the tax collected is recorded according to the account books of the new city, and the tax can be lower than ten years of the new city in a year, after all, the lord let the new city tax according to the land area, the new city is only more than a thousand acres of land, in this ratio, they have paid more than ten times more grain tax than other places, but compared with the total income of the new city, they handed over to the imperial court, it is really a drop in the bucket. ”

Cao Cao threw the account book in his hand very angrily, then stood up and paced back and forth in front of his desk, his brows furrowed, and his mouth kept scolding: "Little bastard, little bastard, what a big bastard!" ”

After drinking and scolding, Cao Cao reluctantly sat back in his seat, then smiled bitterly and said to several subordinates: "What should I do?" We were all deceived by this little bastard, who would have thought that such a big shit new city could have such a high profit. ”

Guo Jia smiled, stood up from Xun Yu's starting position, and said: "Lord, don't just stare at the dock of Guandu, now the trade road of Xincheng is almost to Jiaozhi to the south, and to the west I heard that it passed through Hanzhong occupied by Zhang Lu, and then extended to the Western Regions, and reached Yangzhou by sea to the southeast, and directly to Liaodong occupied by Gongsun Du to the east, almost connecting the entire world in series, how can there be a reason to make money in this way to be underdeveloped?"

And the things produced by Xincheng, many of the raw materials are obtained from Xuzhou at low prices, even if the raw materials provided by other regions are also cheap, but as long as Xincheng processes it and turns it into various goods, the price can be increased tenfold, or even dozens of times, and then sold to the whole world through these business routes. ”

"This big bastard! Cao Zhuang, Cao Zhuang, arrest this bastard to the old man, the old man wants to whip him up! Cao Cao is already out of anger, he doesn't need to look at any account books now, he knows how much less taxes Xincheng pays every year, so much money slips through his fingers, how can he not be angry?

After drinking, Cao Cao suddenly calmed down, then squinted his eyes slightly, and waved to Cao Zhuang who rushed in: "It's okay, you go down." ”

After Cao Zhuang quietly retreated, Cao Cao asked his subordinates with a smile: "Do you know why it caused the embarrassment now?" ”

All the subordinates remained silent, because they knew that the lord Cao Cao still had followers.

Sure enough, Cao Cao laughed and said: "Because we only let Xincheng pay grain tax, this is a mistake at all, even if all the land in Xincheng is planted with grain, it can't pay so much grain tax, so we should reconsider and add some craftsman tax, Xincheng is a workshop, this is the heavy tax." ”

Xun Yu smiled bitterly again when he heard this, and said: "Before I came, I went to Yuan Hou's house for a turn, and he didn't seem to be surprised at all that I went to talk to him about taxes, and said that I went late, and the taxes of Xincheng were reported after the autumn harvest and could not be changed, which made Xincheng make a lot of money."

Later, I discussed with Yuan Hou about the possibility of increasing the artisan tax, and Yuan Hou just laughed and said that it was great, if the grain was replaced with only the artisan tax, I would go to him again this time next year. ”

Xun Yu paused when he said this, looking at the confused expressions of the crowd, he sighed in his heart, sure enough, as the rumors said, Yuan Yun always laughed at them and these staff were all turtles.

Surrendering his hand again, Xun Yu continued: "I asked Yuan Hou why I will come to the door for taxes next year, and he only said that the craftsman tax may be more than the grain tax, but it is a symptom rather than a cure, and the most profitable thing in Xincheng, we still haven't figured out what it is." ”

Cao Cao finally couldn't bear it anymore, frowned, and said, "Mr. Wen Ruo, it's better to say it bluntly, what kind of tax should we levy in the new city?" ”

Xun Yu said with a smile: "Yuan Hou suggested that we increase the collection of commercial taxes, but it must also be collected at a fixed time like grain tax and craftsman tax, and it must be collected quantitatively. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, in this social system where businessmen are lowly, no one has ever paid attention to businessmen.

There has never been a standard for the tax of businessmen, no matter whether you have earned more or lost money this year, you must pay in full, and then it is collected at a fixed time on weekdays, once the country feels that there is a shortage of money, the first person to go under the knife is also a businessman, if you do not pay, it is a catastrophe of raiding the family and exterminating the family.

Now to equal the tax and grain tax of merchants, that is, to raise the social status of merchants, this is definitely a problem that needs to be pondered, a bad is likely to cause a huge backlash, after all, merchants have always been defined as an unearned ethnic group, improve their status, is likely to be scolded by the world as a wayless.

Xun Yu looked at everyone's embarrassed expressions, and sighed again in his heart, Yuan Yun was really a smart person, and he even guessed everyone's reaction.

Arching his hand again, Xun Yu said: "Yuan Hou suggested that the new city be a special zone, and the new commercial tax will be limited to the implementation of the new city, if the policy is good, it will be promoted, if it is not good, it can be banned immediately, and it will not cause much impact, I think this law is very reliable." ”

Guo Jia also bowed his hand when he heard this: "This method is very safe, and the lord can adopt it." ”

Cheng Yu seemed worried, and said worriedly: "This can't be another trap for Yuan Hou, right?" ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Although Yuan Yun always gives the old man a headache, he has never deceived him in such a big matter, so it is also the basis for the old man to trust him. ”

A group of advisers made promises, and then began to exit the study one by one, leaving Cao Cao alone to sit there with a happy face.

Clapping his hands, Cao Cao smiled and said, "You have heard, our son-in-law is a first-class talent, and it is interesting to be so young that he can give us old guys a headache." ”

Bian slowly walked out of the back hall, his face was cloudy, and he knelt down in front of Cao Cao's table, and then said carefully: "The concubine is worried about Pi'er's future, if our son-in-law doesn't give her a way out, Pi'er will inevitably have a big disaster." ”

Cao Cao squinted at Bian's family, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone is on a boat, the old man will be worried, Pi'er now chooses to find another way, I think a little more of him, Cao Ang is the eldest son, the old man has never doubted his ability, no accident, he is a suitable heir, Pi'er has no chance at all, but now it is different, Pi'er has embarked on the opposite side of Cao Ang, the old man feels that he has created some opportunities for himself, raising a son is like a sheep, it is better to raise a son like a wolf, my Cao Cao's child does not pass the fight, How can I grow?

As for Cao Ren's thoughts, how can the old man not know the truth, and see what he can toss? However, the gentleman he invited to Pi'er is good, Sima Fang's son, he should have some skills, Pi'er has the support of Cao Ren and the Sima family behind him, and Cao Ang is really not an opponent. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Cao paused slightly, looked at Bian's somewhat sad expression, and finally sighed, and said: "Yuan Yun will not be wiped out, although he is cruel to foreign enemies, but you can also see that he is always very tolerant of his family, Pi'er is Cao Ang's younger brother after all, there is such a brother and such a brother-in-law, even if he makes a slight mistake, it will not cause a tragedy, you can rest assured." ”

Bian pondered for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "They are all their own children, this is called care, and the concubine doesn't know that Yuan Yun's son-in-law is soft-hearted, but she can't help worrying, now it's okay, if you have it, the concubine is much more at ease." ”

Cao Cao shook his head with a wry smile and quipped: "Yuan Yun, this little monkey is not pinched in your hands, if you are still worried, just go and toss him." ”

Bian's eyes rolled, and finally turned into a smiling face, and said: "That's definitely going to toss him well, the concubine has been bored in the mansion recently, and I just went to their Yuan Mansion to live for a while, but I want to beat this little monkey well." ”

After saying this, Bian's face suddenly sank, and he shouted in the direction of the bookshelf: "If you don't get out of here for me, what kind of system is it to hide there and eavesdrop every day?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I only heard a sound from behind the bookshelf, and after a while, I saw Cao Jie walking in obediently with his head down.

Bian shook his head with a wry smile, this Cao Jie is a person who remembers eating and not fighting, she always likes to mix in and eavesdrop in the study, and I don't know why she is keen on this kind of thing every day.

Cao Cao seemed to love this daughter very much, reached out and hugged Cao Jie into his arms, and then patted her head and said: "It's upset to make you Aunt Bian, be careful that she hits you, and apologize quickly." ”

How could Cao Jie suffer such a loss in front of him, he was reminded by his father, and immediately smiled sweetly at Bian's sweetly: "Jie'er knows that she is wrong, Aunt Bian should not be angry, it is not good to be angry." ”

Bian Shi looked at Cao Jie's scoundrel look, like Yuan Yun's stinky boy, and was stunned for a moment, he really learned from whoever he wanted, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "If you tell Yuan Yun what you say here, be careful to come back and beat you board, such a big girl, you should know the severity." ”

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, and said, "What does that little bastard know, how dare he?" How does the old man knead him, he doesn't want to be honest, our family's Cao Jie doesn't care about so much, he should eat, he should be happy, he can say whatever he wants, but he doesn't care about this. ”

Bian snorted, and stopped talking, his husband's study can be sneaked in casually, naturally it was his husband's instructions, Cao Jie can sneak in every time, the puppy hole in the back hall of the study has been discovered a long time ago, and it has not been blocked until now, so it is naturally deliberately left by the husband.

With another sigh, Bian said to Cao Jie: "Your small vault can still fit now, do you want Aunt Bian to send some people to expand it for you?" ”

Cao Jie immediately nodded his head and said: "If you want it, Aunt Bian is the best, I'm worried about what to do, now a lot of silver cakes are piled up in my house, and if it goes on like this, it will be placed in the yard." ”

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and asked with some doubts: "My little girl, how much money do you have, and you are about to pile up in the yard?" ”

Cao Jie was startled, and then he reacted that he was in the big hands of Aunt Bian, but his father had already inquired, and he didn't dare to lie, so he could only pout: "Jie'er's small treasury has been saved 60,000 yuan, and the silver cakes exchanged with Brother Cao Ang have been piled up under the bed, and some other glassware and jewelry are all Zhang Xiang's shopkeeper of my brother-in-law's family who is afraid that the child will have too much copper, so he used to change it, and that's it." ”

Some, that's it? The corners of Cao Cao's mouth twitched constantly, he never thought that his good daughter had saved so much money, 60,000 yuan, and I don't know how many other treasures there are? With such a large amount of money in his back house, he Cao Cao didn't know it at all, which was really shocking.

"You just mixed a 10% dividend from your brother-in-law, and you have such a big income?" Cao Cao was indeed quite surprised.

Cao nodded and said: "Jie'er also has input, some time ago I overheard my brother-in-law say that the shipping in Beihai and Xuzhou is good, Jie'er took Guo Yi to get some sea boats, I didn't expect it to be really profitable, and I can earn back three or four times the capital when I go to sea, and then Jie'er begged my brother-in-law to ask for a business, and now my brother-in-law's second sister Qiaoya is in Zhangluo, and Jie'er has also invested some money into it, I believe that there will be profits soon, so my father has to prepare a larger vault for Jie'er, otherwise it really can't be loaded." ”

Cao Cao is no longer twitching the corners of his mouth, but his whole face is shaking, thinking that Yuan Yun, this kid must be rich now, he is very angry, he hates him for being a dignified Cao Cao, sometimes in order to save money, even fine grains are reluctant to eat more.

"Cao Zhuang, Cao Zhuang, arrest Yuan Yun's little bastard, the old man wants to beat him, he will definitely not change his mind this time!" Cao Cao shouted!