Chapter 13 The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada
It is no longer a secret that the establishment of the Gao Ye Chamber of Commerce is no longer a secret, and those foreign businessmen who did not participate in the Gao Ye Chamber of Commerce have already told this matter, but they don't know what the Chamber of Commerce is, and besides, Gao Ye will ask for five hundred yuan as soon as he opens his mouth, which is really difficult for them to accept. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info businessmen, all for the sake of profit, for this kind of inexplicable thing, spending 500 yuan, really not a good decision.
It's just that many businessmen don't think like them, according to Gao Ye's reputation, it is already a miracle to be able to let him personally open a banquet, and now there is a chamber of commerce that everyone doesn't know what it is, and it is still very possible to make money through such things. Moreover, Gao Ye's Yingchuan's economic policy is good, which is recognized by every businessman, such a person who knows how to do business, he said that the possibility of making money is naturally great. Besides, if you can't even take out 500 guan, how can you be considered a successful businessman? Didn't you see Xuzhou Elk Zhong, did you pay for it without saying a word?
It's just that the next thing is really beyond the expectations of these businessmen, and in their eyes, the Chamber of Commerce in the high night is no longer a question of whether to make money, but how much money can be made. Those businessmen who did not join the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the local families who were excluded from Gao Ye, did not feel anything when the Chamber of Commerce was first established, but the next situation surprised them.
The first to feel this were the merchants who did not participate, because they found that the merchants who did not leave at that time were now so close that they were like a family, and sometimes there were some goods that they could not buy at all, because as soon as they asked, they would answer that the goods had already been bought.
The next to feel this change was the family, and they found that no matter how much they interfered with prices, those merchants were no longer like the original, chaotic and undisciplined, but purposefully confronted them. Today they have raised the price of grain, and these merchants have sold it together; Tomorrow they lowered the price of salt, and these merchants bought salt together, and no matter how much they disturbed the price, they were the ones who suffered in the end, and as for those merchants and ordinary people, they made a lot of money in this turmoil.
The most terrible thing is that these merchants' goods can always be bought cheaper than themselves, according to this price, the families can't even earn back, but those merchants have no intention of losing money at all, if they follow them to a low price, they have to lose, if their price is lower than them, want to squeeze them, they actually buy directly! What are they going to do?
After another two months, many businessmen found that many of the members of these chambers of commerce actually shipped goods on the same day and shipped them away on the same day, and their goods were not even sold in Yingyin, but were transported to other places by others. Moreover, the abundance of goods in the entire Yingyin is breathtaking, and even those families have never seen such a complete range of goods in any place.
Especially listening to Guo Yu, Yingyin's commercial tax last month was 1 million yuan, which was the result of lowering the commercial tax and increasing the progressive tax system at night. Gao Ye has ordered that the original commercial tax level of 10 taxes will be restored from next month, but the progressive tax system has not changed. Those families only found out after the business tax was replied that the money they received every month was really pitiful, especially after spending these months with Gao Ye, it was simply a broken bone, but the merchants of those chambers of commerce smiled and said to each other Wishing you prosperity. At this time, it was discovered that their bulk goods transactions, because of the progressive tax system, were almost still in the state of 20 taxes.
With Guo Yu's intuitive understanding of the current Yingyin business, the hearts of the various families have already felt panicked, and even Guo Yi has sent countless people to inquire about what is going on in this chamber of commerce. But those businessmen are tight-lipped one by one, as long as they ask about the Chamber of Commerce, they will be vague, and they can't ask if they want to be rude, Taishou Lord protects these people very well, they come to Yingyin, and even have a special place to stay, as long as they look at the big four Yan characters on the door "Yingchuan Chamber of Commerce", they know how much attention Taishou attaches to here.
This courtyard was also repaired recently, Gao Ye's yellow scarves, except for 15,000 people in Tuntian, the rest of the people who have a little craftsmanship, are all working, not only built this compound in the city, but also built a mansion for Gao Ye outside the city, as for the land, it is naturally an ownerless wasteland, if in normal times, he will occupy it privately, and everyone has nothing to say. What is the purpose of being an official? Isn't that what makes it convenient? But Gao Ye personally paid for the grain according to the land price he gave in front of the officials, which is embarrassing, doesn't this mean that under Gao Ye's hands, this kind of dirty thing in the future will be difficult to do? Even Taishou bought land at the price, and you still dare to take it by skill?
As for commercial taxes, Gao Ye's Piaoxiang Building began to pay taxes from the day it opened, and he even told everyone with great fanfare that this is my Gao Ye's territory. Especially now, this is a heart, in the past, you can rely on those children who are officials in the county government to avoid paying taxes at home, but now these children have abandoned their officials at the beginning of the game, and as soon as Gao Ye's manpower comes up, they have nothing to take advantage of.
Guo Yu's whole person was so worried that his hair turned gray, a thirty-year-old person looked the same as fifty, he hated Gao Ye so much that the roots of his teeth itched, but there was nothing he could do, couldn't everyone rebel together, right? Now not only those businessmen, but also the Xun family, the Zhong family, the Chen family, as well as the Elk family in Xuzhou, the Su family in Zhongshan, and the Zhen family in Hebei, the participation of these giant businessmen has made the Yingchuan Chamber of Commerce in Gaoye more and more developed. Don't look at the fact that there are less than two hundred members, but those who make money through the Chamber of Commerce are afraid that there are already thousands. Now only their own local families are excluded, and if they continue like this, I am afraid that they can really only cultivate and read heirlooms. They are all people who are used to living a rich life, where can they stand to live a poor life again? It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift!
In July, the situation here is very good, and the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce not only greatly increases Yingyin's taxes, but also allows the idle labor in the city to find a way to make money. The land of Tuntian has basically achieved a bumper harvest, and the army has already had the appearance of elite soldiers under the training of Gao Shun, and even the big mansions outside the city have been built.
For Guo Yu, the better the night is, the more tragic he is, especially after hearing about Guo Jia's matter, the whole person is even worse. In order to buy the position of this county prince, he spent all the money to ask Guo Yi to borrow, not only spent four million yuan, but also dotted up and down, and sent a lot of benefits to the ten permanent servants, which was only done. Now Guo Yi has not only become his own brother's enemy, but his own brother is actually Gao Ye's own brother. After he came to Gao Ye, he went against him everywhere, at the beginning, the families took turns to persecute him, since the purchase of the land, how could Guo Yu not find that he had become the object of suspicion of all the families, so he had to come forward himself and help the families to persecute Gao Ye. Now that it's over, he offended Gao Ye, and his biggest backer Guo Yi offended Guo Jia again. That is, Gao Ye's foothold is not stable now, and when he has a firm foothold, he is afraid that he and the Guo family will be finished.
This is also the reason why Zuo Feng's arrival made Guo Yu happy. When he bought an official, he dotted up and down, and this Zuo Feng was one of them. Now Liu Hong ordered the county superintendent to check the officials who were officials because of the crusade against the Yellow Turbans, also known as the little yellow gate around him, to see Yingchuan. Because the taxes paid by Gao Ye every quarter were really eye-popping to the emperor, the emperor was also very curious about what Gao Ye did in Yingchuan. As for Gao Ye's letter saying that he had revised the taxes and changed the officials, it had been skipped by the emperor. Yingchuan, which is in ruins, pays more taxes in a quarter than Yizhou, which has no war, how can this not make the emperor wonder, as for the commercial tax, change it, change it, officials, change it, you can hand me back the money.
As for Zuo Feng, as soon as he came to Yingyin, he went straight to the county office. Although the emperor sent him to visit secretly, but as soon as Zuo Feng came out of Luoyang, he threw this matter out of the clouds, and he made a lot of fanfare along the way, and he couldn't wait for all the officials of the county to give him filial piety, but when he arrived in Yingchuan, he found that the county orders of these counties passing by were replaced by famous children, not the Zhong family, or the Xun family, they didn't have a good face for themselves, everything was simple, let alone any filial piety. When he arrived at Yingyin, Zuo Feng wanted to know if Gao Ye was like this! One Lu Zhi has been taken down by me, not to mention a little high night for you?
Although Gao Ye was polite to Zuo Feng, it was only polite, and after arranging a post house for Zuo Feng, he casually exchanged a few words with him, and then left the county office for the reason that the harvest was big and he had to go. Only Zuo Feng, who was glaring angrily, and Guo Yu, who was full of flattery, were left.
In fact, Gao Ye had already received the news that Zuo Feng was coming, after all, as soon as he stepped into the Changshe, Zhong Miao told Gao Ye about it, Gao Ye was still thinking about how to deal with this Zuo Feng, the person who pulled Lu Zhi off the horse must not be bribed, if he bribed Zuo Feng, they were known by Huangfu Song, and they had to be picked up and cramped by these people. But if you ignore Lu Zhi like that, you can't do it, maybe Zuo Feng will do the same and blow a few crooked winds in Liu Hong's ears, and his official position may be pushed to the end by Liu Hong, so won't all his hard work here be in vain?
is still Guo Jia's wit, plus he has been trying to find a way to pit Guo Yi, now that Zuo Feng is here, Guo Jia can't help but think about it, he saw that Gao Ye was thinking about how to deal with Zuo Feng, and couldn't help volunteering, saying that it was all handed over to him, if he didn't kill Zuo Feng and Guo Yi this time, he wouldn't be surnamed Guo! Especially after knowing that Guo Yu's official was bought, and he and Zuo Feng had some intersecting speculations, his confidence seemed even stronger.
Therefore, Gao Ye's performance today is Guo Jia's plan, as for Guo Yu, it is the same as Guo Jia expected, after Gao Ye left, he invited Zuo Feng to his house for a banquet.
It's just that the two people with their own thoughts left the county office, and they didn't care at all, and secretly watched their Guo Jia in the gatehouse.