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After getting the letter from Huan Zhen, Huan Qian and Bian Fanzhi did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to the Joint Logistics Department to pay money and get the papers.

If there are no accidents, after a few days, they can go to the ordnance superintendent to pick up the goods with the relevant documents.

It wasn't until they carried the thin pile of paperwork into their arms that Huan Qian and Bian Fanzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them were busy for most of the day, and they were hungry, so they turned a corner and entered a restaurant on the side of the road.

The restaurant occupies an extremely large area and is five storeys high.

As soon as the two of them entered, a guy took the initiative to greet them.

Walking upstairs, Huan Qian and Bian Fanzhi found a window position and sat down, and casually ordered wine and food, then threw off their arms and stuffed the sea.

When their stomachs were seven or eight points full, Huan Qian and Bian Fanzhi took the initiative to put down the dishes and chopsticks and began to chat.

Unexpectedly, while the two were talking, suddenly there was a shouting sound next to them.

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the freshly baked "Hexi Xun Bao"

"Celebrity anecdotes, current political news, and people's daily life are all in "Hexi Xunbao"

Although the newspaper has only been born for more than a year, it has already deeply affected the life of Hexi people, and relevant reports can be found in the newspaper no matter how big or small.

In the past year, at least a dozen officials have been taken down and convicted by the Supervision Department and Dali Temple for their crimes exposed by newspapers.

In Hexi, up to the officials and nobles, down to the common people, almost everyone pays attention to the newspaper.

Some people learn about hidden business opportunities, some people follow current affairs through newspapers, and some people use newspapers as a pastime.

Although Huan Qian and Bian Fanzhi are newcomers, they have also heard the name of the newspaper, and they know that the editor-in-chief of "Hexi Xunbao" is Tao Qian, the descendant of Changsha County.

This person is famous for his sharp pen, jealousy and hatred, and uprightness, and is deeply liked by ordinary people.

The sensational Zhangye corruption case was also said to have been secretly investigated by Tao Qian.

It is precisely because of this that the "Hexi Xunbao" written by him quickly became the largest newspaper in Hexi, and its influence is expanding day by day.

"Whoever sells newspapers, give me two copies."

"Okay, a total of six cents!"

After paying, Huan Qian threw one of them to Bian Fanzhi opposite, and he himself couldn't wait to open the newspaper in his hand.

I saw that the "Hexi Xunbao" was printed on the top of the head, and below was a slightly smaller line: the second issue of October in the 19th year of Taiyuan Dynasty.

Huan Qian looked at it carefully with a different heart, and saw that the first edition began with an article, and the title was "Celebrating the Dadu Protector's Army to Regain the Merge State".

This article is sprinkled with thousands of words, which takes up a page.

The whole process of the Hexi Army's capture of the state and the destruction of Xiyan is described in detail.

In addition to singing praises to the Dadu Guardian Shuo himself, even some outstanding generals were also praised.

To Huan Qian's surprise, his nephew Huan Zhen was also on the list, and he was still a key target.

In the article, Huan Zhen's beheading operation was highly praised, and he was praised as the rising star of the Hexi Army along with Tan Daoji and Kuaien.

When Huan Qian saw this, in addition to being proud of his nephew, he always felt a little regretful that Huan Zhen could not be used by the Huan family.

After browsing the headlines on the front page, the next content is mostly about the economy and people's livelihood.

For example, Mo reclaimed thousands of acres of barren land, harvested tens of thousands of catties of new grain in the autumn, produced tens of thousands of cotton cloths, hundreds of thousands of catties of steel and coal, and so on

Looking at the staggering figures, Huan Qian and Bian Fanzhi couldn't help but be secretly surprised, these were just the tip of the iceberg of Hexi's huge strength.

In the past, they only had a hazy impression of Hexi, but now they can deeply feel that under the glitz and glitz on the surface, there is a huge amount of energy.

"Yiyang Hou, River...... Kasai Shin...... It was so unexpected. ”

Huan Qian smiled bitterly and said: "Frightened~ Actually, it's not an accident, if most of the capital guards don't have three points of strength, how can they crisscross the north?" ”

"Not to mention, Dadu Hu also pressed Hu Lu, who had been arrogant for nearly a hundred years, under his body."

After the two sighed a few times, they buried their heads in reading again, and the newspaper next focused on the cement straight road from Guzang to Shangtai that was being built.

The straight road belongs to a part of the east-west artery, which is divided into three sections, namely Guzang to Jincheng section, Jincheng to Didao section, Didao to Shangqi section,

A third of the road has already been completed, and the rest will be completed within the next two years.

At the end of the article, the wages of the hired workers given by the government were published one by one, and those hired workers were reminded that if anyone deducted their wages, they could report it to the newspaper at any time.

After reading the first page of the newspaper, Huan Qian was full for a quarter of an hour.

Originally, he thought that the newspaper was just a kind of goods made by some literati under the instructions of Wei Shuo.

Unexpectedly, after reading the whole article, the article in the newspaper not only has something to say, but also has a very clear theme.

It is all about educating the people to abide by the law and encouraging the development of commerce and trade, so that the people can be educated invisibly.

And the articles are all in easy-to-understand vernacular, even if ordinary people are illiterate, they can understand it.

In this way, almost everyone can be informed of every move and achievements of the government at the first time.

Watching the Hexi Army win victory after victory, every Hexi person can't help but be happy and proud of it.

Turning the second edition, the first thing that caught Huan Qian's eyes was the "Draft of the New Commercial Law" promulgated by the Metropolitan Protectorate.

The article specifically points out that people from all walks of life are invited to actively express their opinions, and the opinions can be submitted to the newspaper for publication, or directly to the Metropolitan Protectorate Shang Cao.

In addition, the latest trade tariff rates were published on the last page of the "Kasai Shunbao".

In terms of exports: three times and seven times of grain, three times of copper and iron, seven times of porcelain, six into five of silk, six into five of tea, two into glass and one and a half of cotton cloth.

Imports: porcelain is one and seven times, silk is one and six times, tea is one and five times, paper is forty percent, copper and iron are one and a half, grain is one and a half, cotton is half a percent, gold and silver jewelry, glass, calligraphy and painting and other luxury goods are all more than four times.

Huan Qian watched it for a long time, but he didn't understand the trick, so he had to ask Bian Fanzhi on the other side for advice.

Bian Fanzhi has been a herdsman official such as a county and a taishou, and he knows some people's livelihood and customs, and he probably understands the purpose of the tax rate.

"Yiyang Hou, Hexi can control the inflow and outflow of commodities under its jurisdiction by stipulating the import and export tax rates."

"Taking grain as an example, exporting grain requires paying more than three times the tax, which is the second highest tax rate after imported luxury goods."

"On the other hand, if you import grain, not only do you not have to pay taxes, but the government will subsidize it."

"Dare to ask Yiyang Hou, if you were a businessman, what would you do?"

"Naturally, it is vigorously trafficking grain back to Hexi from the outside world." Huan Qian muttered to himself.

"Exactly!"

"Exporting grain is thankless, and businessmen are the best at seeking profits and avoiding disadvantages, and they will never make a loss-making transaction."

"In this way, Hexi also encourages the import of bronze and iron artifacts and restricts the export."

"Yes, most of them are very shrewd."

"He knows that he can neither eat nor drink luxury goods such as glass, antiques, and jewelry."

"On the contrary, it is food, copper and iron and other materials that are the foundation of a region's strength."

"Therefore, by delineating different tax rates, he unknowingly controlled the flow of goods, how clever is his means?"

"In the past, I couldn't understand why the powerful Dadu Protector would surrender to the imperial court, but today I suddenly realized."

"It turns out that everything that the Dadu Protector does is to obtain grain, copper and iron and other materials from Jiangdong, and at the same time let the luxury goods abundant in Hexi have a good place."

"Yiyang Hou, you said that if the imperial court continues like this regardless of the question, what will be the final result?"

"Jiangdong will get weaker and weaker, and Hexi will get stronger and stronger." Huan Qian said with an embarrassed face.

"Yes! However, knowing that the result would be so, no one in the court would take the initiative to lift the cover. ”

"Because almost all the upper-class people, including the Son of Heaven, are beneficiaries, and in the end it is just ordinary people who are unlucky."

"When the people can't bear it anymore, it will be the time for the Yellow Turban Rebellion to rise again, and then the Nanjun Gong can also take advantage of the situation."

Hearing that Bian Fanzhi actually linked the import and export tax rate with the future plan of the Huan family, Huan Qian couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not unreasonable.

At present, the Eastern Jin Dynasty seems to be singing and dancing, but in fact, there is already a crisis inside.

The gate valve forces that were originally suppressed by Sima Yao have a faint intention of re-emerging.

In addition, the Southeast Heavenly Master Dao, as well as the long-suppressed Hanmen forces, are all ready to move.

Everyone seems to be waiting for Sima Yao to breathe, and if nothing else, a storm is about to sweep across the entire Jiangdong......