Under the guidance of Liu Dan, the people who lost the five parts of the crossbow walked into the Governor's Mansion like Grandma Liu walked into the Grand View Garden, and the Governor's Mansion at this time had completely lost the appearance of the tooth tent of the former Fire Fairy Khan, and became the official yamen that looked solemn and had the characteristics of classical Chinese architecture.

"More than two months ago, I also came to the tooth tent of the Fire Spitting Immortal Khan, it was not like this at the time, I didn't expect it to completely change in less than two months!" Ge Shushan whispered to Ah Sijie Qianquan beside him as he walked.

Ah Sijie Qianquan nodded and replied in a low voice: "This Han architecture is really not comparable to us."

The other three Qi Jin also talked from time to time, and while they were talking, everyone walked into a large hall, a large wooden carved chair facing north and facing the door of the hall was covered with a bamboo mat with exquisite flower carvings, and a picture of a tiger descending from the mountain hung on the wall behind the big chair. Eight chairs are placed on the left and right sides of the hall, all of which are cushioned with bamboo mats, which are soft and cool.

Liu Shan walked into the hall with the men, turned to everyone and said, "Everyone, please take a seat, wait a while, my general will be here soon!" ”

These men did not come to fight this time, so they did not wear armor, and all of them wore brocade made of luxury, and their hats, belts, and even leather boots were inlaid with precious jewels.

After the catties sat down, the maids soon sent tea and snacks one by one, and when the catties saw the exquisite dim sum, they couldn't help but move their index fingers and ate them with their hands.

Oh, this dim sum is really delicious, the Tang people will really enjoy it, why can't we grassland people make this delicious food?

The catties were eating delicious snacks and drinking fragrant tea, all of them were very intoxicated and enjoyed, eating and drinking, and whispering.

Not much. Zhao Ziliang's hearty laughter came over, and the sound arrived before the person arrived, and when they heard this voice, they felt that this person should be a bold and atmospheric person, with the appearance of Zhao Ziliang, they were a little surprised, although Zhao Ziliang's face looked very young, but he gave them the feeling that he was an old and serious person.

Zhao Ziliang smiled and clenched his fists and arched his hand to the people: "Zhao is late, the greeting is not good, he is really busy with business, please don't mind." Zhao is here to make amends! ”

Ah Sijie Lin of the Ashi Bulai City said loudly: "I heard that the Han people are polite, and it is really good to see it today, the tea and snacks sent by the maids just now are the best delicacy, how can it be said that the greetings are not good?" General Zhao is too polite! ”

Liu Shan introduced: "General, this is Ashi Jielin Qijin of the Ashijie Que Division, who is stationed in Ashi Bulai City."

Zhao Ziliang said: "Oh? It turned out to be Axi Jielin Qijin, who has admired the name for a long time! If I like it, Zhao will ask my subordinates to prepare some for me to take back."

Ah Xi Jielin was overjoyed, and hurriedly stroked his chest and bent over and said, "Then thank you General Zhao!" ”

Liu Shan introduced several others to Zhao Ziliang. They were Asekel Qianquan of the Asijie Ni Division, Geshu Mountain of the Geshu Half Division, Geshu Que Division of the Geshu Sect of the Jinge Geshukun, and Basaigan and Donshabo Division of the Fortress Gangye, and the guards they brought were all left to rest in the squad room at the gate of the Governor's Mansion and did not come in.

After the introduction, everyone got to know each other. Zhao Ziliang also knew that Ge Shu Que Qi Jin Ge Shukun was the cousin of the famous Tang Dynasty general Ge Shuhan, and the two were the same grandfather. When Geshuhan's father was still alive, he was the son of Geshu Quebu, and after his father's death, the throne was passed by his brother. That is, Ge Shukun's father took over, and Ge Shuhan was working as a petty official in Chang'an at that time.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Ziliang didn't talk nonsense. Straight to the point, he said: "Zhao also knows that you are busy with your affairs on weekdays, and it is really helpless to invite you this time, I believe you are also clear, since the Spitfire Fairy established himself as a khan and rebelled against my Tang Dynasty, the Silk Road from Broken Leaf City to Hengros City has obviously not been as much as before, since this year, there have been fewer business trips to and from your territory, presumably the business on your territory has also been greatly affected, and the business travel taxes received have also been greatly reduced. Do you really want to see this situation continue to worsen, if we don't think about it, this Silk Road will be cut off, and you may not receive a penny in taxes for a year, what will you do to feed the officials and the army below? Without money, why should the officials and the army listen to you? Ladies and gentlemen, we must hurry up and find a way to recover it, for every day of delay, what we lose is yellow, orange and orange gold! ”

Basai Ganye's territory is in the middle of this Silk Road, his loss is the most serious, after all, his territory is not a transportation hub, more than one road, the merchants feel that his territory is not safe, the officials are seriously exploited, they will take a detour, if everyone detours, he can't collect a penny of taxes, after listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, he can be said to empathize, immediately got up and stroked his chest and said: "What General Zhao said is very true, our towns are all on the same line, and a single family has set the rules. It is not possible to come up with a good way, we must all work together to formulate a corresponding rule, and everyone must abide by and agree to ensure the smooth flow of the entire Silk Road! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and added: "The rules set cannot be to exhaust the fish, so the tax can not be too high, there must be hotels and warehouses along the way that can allow business travelers to rest and settle down, replenish food and water, and make business travelers feel comfortable and feel at home, so that businessmen will stay and spend money, and business travelers will spend money, and you will have more inputs!" ”

After Zhao Ziliang's beginning and prompt, the other catties also opened their minds, Ge Shukun said: "In order to let the business travelers take this Silk Road, the officials of the towns along our way cannot be exploited wantonly, the taxes that should be collected must not be less, and the taxes that should not be collected must not be more than one son!" ”

Ah Sijie Qianquan also said: "General Zhao and all of you are right, Ben Jin also thinks that in addition, we should also send troops to eliminate the horse bandits and bandits in their respective territories, and must not let them endanger the safety of the merchants on this Silk Road, the existence of horse bandits and bandits is to rob us of business and taxes, so we must eliminate them!" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't expect that he only made a start, these people were like opening the chatterbox, it seems that these people didn't want to maintain the smooth flow of the Silk Road before, but because there were too many reasons to do it, now that the rebellion has subsided, the people of all tribes on the Silk Road have to settle down and live, so the demand for business and trade on the Silk Road is reflected.

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "You are all right, it seems that on the issue of maintaining the smooth flow and security of the Silk Road, I Zhao and you have the same opinion, I summarized your views and opinions, mainly divided into the following points: first, the tax should not be too high; Second, in addition to the taxes stipulated by the local government along the Silk Road, it is strictly forbidden for any individual to set up a card to collect taxes from business travelers; Third, the towns along the route had to increase their own facilities such as hotels and warehouses where business travelers could rest, and they had to prepare adequate supplies of food and water. Fourth, unite to fight horse bandits and bandits on the Silk Road, and any town has the obligation to provide information about horse bandits and bandits to other towns, and if news of bandits and horse bandits is discovered in time, it must be reported to other towns in time! ”

"In addition, I have a few points to add: first, the collection of taxes, Zhao's view is that there are two kinds of taxes, one is the road tax, and the other is the transaction tax. As for the amount of taxes, we have unified a standard for all towns along the way, for example, a cart of goods, no matter what kind of goods, as long as it is a cart, we can collect a consistent amount of money in Broken Leaf City, and we can only collect consistent money in Xincheng, Dunjian City, Ashi Burai City, etc., and we cannot raise taxes alone, otherwise other towns will unite to deal with him."

"Second, how is this tax collected? Zhao believes that the toll tax is collected at the gate of the city, and the individual travelers do not collect taxes, only the caravan tax, how much is each person and each car, and after collecting it, the seal of the local government is stamped on the customs clearance document, indicating that the tax has been collected, and it can be unimpeded inside and outside the city, which is the toll tax. The second is the transaction tax, if the merchant wants to sell the goods, he must go to the local government to receive the transaction bill to be eligible for the transaction, and the private trader who does not take the transaction bill is called the black market transaction, once caught, all the goods are confiscated, and the transaction tax is collected when the merchant receives the transaction bill. When the caravan goes out of the city, it must show the customs clearance documents, and the customs clearance seal is allowed to go out of the city, each town collects once, so each time can not collect more, otherwise the merchant can not afford the high customs clearance tax, don't look at each time each caravan collects less, only a large number of caravans pass through every day, over the years, the number of taxes is very considerable! ”

"Third, the customs clearance documents of merchants of various countries are supervised and issued by each country itself, if some countries do not have the ability to supervise and issue customs clearance documents, they can apply to the relevant official offices of our Datang Yamen, and we can issue customs clearance documents to merchants from various countries, and merchants only need to pay a small amount of work costs, so as to prevent some illegal businessmen from making fraud and damaging your interests."

"Fourth, however, the transaction of crossing the border without paying taxes is called smuggling, which is seriously harmful to everyone's interests, so we must unite to severely crack down on any smuggling merchants and smuggling caravans!"

"Fifthly, as long as the caravan with the customs clearance documents and the caravan with the records of tax payment along the way on the customs clearance documents pass through the territory of any of you, your tribe has the obligation to protect the safety of the caravan, and not to harm the people in the caravan without reason, and not to seize the goods without reason, unless the other party has committed a crime such as murder, and the individual crime has nothing to do with the caravan as a whole, and if the caravan is plundered in the territory of any of you present, you must send an army to destroy the bandits and return the recovered goods to the caravan, and cannot be seized for any reason. Do you agree with any merchant who reports to other towns that he has been unjustly treated in any of your realms, and that everyone else must unite against him, for he is unruly, and it is detrimental to our common interests? ”

Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "Agreed!" (To be continued.) )