According to the Chinese tradition, the wine table is the best office space, as long as the end of the wine glass, let you run for half a year, everything is easy to discuss and solve it calmly. Δ┡Ｅ』『．

After the three of them sat down according to their official ranks, it was Sun Chengzong who spoke first, because he was the boss here. Sun Chengzhong raised his glass, first congratulated the emperor on the blessings of the Ming Dynasty, and then the three of them respectfully drank together, and then began to get to the point.

Sun Chengzhong called out the words of Zu Dashou, "Fuyu, your life is getting more and more nourishing." ”。 The word to call a person means that he is cordial to this person, especially in the flower hall is not a yamen, which is much more intimate and casual, and besides, this time Sun Chengzong came mainly to match Zu Dashou and Lu Hanqiang on the issue of checkpoint taxation, so it can be regarded as a real personal friendship.

Zu Dashou laughed: "It's not the blessing of Sun Gebu and Brother Jianxian, there is Sun Gebu in the rear, and Brother Jianxian is in front of Jiannu, my hundreds of thousands of Guan Ning soldiers have a rare year of stable repair, if it is placed in previous years, where can there be such a comfortable meal?" Speaking of this, Zu Dashou stood up and sincerely raised his glass to Sun Chengzong and Lu Hanqiang: "On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of brothers in Guanning, I would like to pay tribute to Sun Gebu and Brother Jianxian." After saying that, he drank it all first, and then took a picture of the empty cup to Sun Chengzhong and Lu Hanqiang, and called to do it first.

Sun Chengzhong and Lu Hanqiang accompanied them, and Zu Dashou personally picked up the wine jug and poured it for Sun Chengzong and Lu Hanqiang, and asked casually: "I don't know if Sun Gebu and Brother Jianxian came to the door in person to instruct the last general?" ”

Sun Chengzong looked at Lu Hanqiang, and Lu Hanqiang bowed and said with a smile: "This time, the little brother came, and there is really something to discuss with your elder brother, and I hope that the elder brother will give it to you." ”

When Zu Dashou heard this, he hit a haha at that time: "As long as I can call the shots, of course I have nothing to say, who are we with whom." ”

Lu Hanqiang said with a smile: "Now Huludao Port has begun to take shape, and countless Central Plains people have begun to flock to Liaoxi, and the market demand is infinitely enlarged, which also drives a large number of merchants in the south to rush to Huludao, so that the trade between Liaoxi and the south has also begun to flourish, so this has brought fresh vitality to our entire Liaoxi, and also stabilized the hearts of the people, however, according to my original regulations, Huludao Port is designed as a free trade zone, and this free trade zone cannot collect taxes. Only in this way can we attract a large number of southern merchants to bring the goods we need. At the same time, a large number of merchants brought us food and other materials, which also reduced the pressure on the imperial court to send materials to us, and reduced the consumption by more than double, so whether it is for the country and the people, maintaining this commercial prosperity has become something we must do. ”

Zu Dashou didn't know anything about the business and trade places that Lu Hanqiang said, he was born in a military family, and it was not good to march and fight, let alone govern the place.

However, at this point, Sun Chengzong is deeply aware that the grain originally supplied to Guanning Tieqi had to be purchased in the south, and then transported to Tongzhou through the canal, and then transferred to No. 6 in Tongzhou, and then transferred to Shanhaiguan with the people. During this period, the recruitment of people by local governments made the people even more restless, and the officials and officials in various places even worked up and down, causing hundreds of people's families to be ruined and killed, causing the people to complain.

And this time, Huludao Port opened, the Ming Dynasty's sea ban was lifted, and the grain merchants in the south shipped the grain directly to the sea, which not only greatly reduced the price of grain, but also the most important thing was that the imperial court supplied the grain to Guanning, and the household department could directly remit money to the bank in Huludao Port in the bank in Beijing, and the bank was directly handed over to the merchants, who immediately transported the grain and military funds to the military camps in various places, which not only saved huge consumption along the way, but more importantly, it also avoided the generals at all levels from putting their hands on the grain money.

This effect is huge and obvious, for example, in the past six months this year, the grain cloth used by Guanning is only one-fifth of that of previous years, what is this feeling? That is to say, in previous years, 500,000 silver could make Guan Ning's soldiers eat and clothe themselves, but this time it only needs 100,000 to do it, and all of a sudden, the original annual Guan Ning envoy fee of 5 million was reduced to just 2 million.

Of course, some people rejoice, and some people are angry. It was Chongzhen and Sun Chengzong who were happy, and it was those corrupt officials in the household department who were angry and those generals in Guanning. But what can those corrupt officials and generals who can no longer be greedy do? They can only watch and be helpless.

"Therefore, safeguarding the interests of businessmen and maintaining the prosperity of commerce and trade is what we have to do and must do." Lu Hanqiang filled Zu Dashou with a glass of wine and patiently persuaded him.

Regarding Lu Hanqiang's method of buying military funds from Shangjia on the spot, at this point, Zu Dashou was not very happy in his heart, and now he can no longer be greedy for public funds, which seriously affects his income. However, since the opening of the port, his family has also made a lot of money here, which can be regarded as making up for the loss of the embankment, and it is better than nothing.

"Recently, the businessmen reported to me that when they left Huludao Port, they collected taxes on the cards along the way, and the attitude of the personnel at the checkpoint was rude, and there were forced robberies and confiscations from time to time. Lu Hanqiang's careful wording just didn't want to stiffen the atmosphere.

As a result, Zu Dashou's face was difficult to look at at the time, feeling that you two are old and young, and they are here for my money, and put down the wine glass at that time, "It has been done since ancient times, this is not a new thing, and at the same time, those profiteers said that they robbed their property at the checkpoint, and these things cannot be blamed on the brothers on the checkpoint, because the profiteers are too stingy, and they are not even willing to pay that little bit of tax, and they should be given a serious blow to such people, and they can't get used to their temper, otherwise once such a thing spreads, It's going to be hard to do in the future. ”

What Zu Dashou said is justifiable, for the lowest class in society, he thinks that it is nothing to exploit and rob some.

Lu Hanqiang shook his head with a smile and said: "My brother's words are wrong, as far as I know, there is no tax on businessmen in our Ming Dynasty. ”

Zu Dashou laughed: "Brother, you are right, in our Daming, there is indeed no tax on businessmen, but in our Daming, we collect donations from businessmen, do you know?" What I collect is not taxes, what I collect is donations, and it is a patriotic donation from the loyal monarch. ”