"In the past few days, the official has been very embarrassed, I don't know where to hand over the right to sell to you, you have a lot of silver tickets and letters that people can't put down in the information to the official, so that the official feels your sincerity, and it really makes the official very embarrassed! are so sincere, who should they give it to? Although Fan Jinyan has already made a decision, he still wants to play tricks on these guys so that they can restrain themselves in the future. After all, it is himself who bribes this time, and if he bribes his officials in the future, then his power will be rapidly corrupted, and it will not be possible to last long.

The merchants were startled at first, and then felt their faces burn. What is surprising is that he is not the only one who bribes, and the embarrassing thing is that Lord Zhizhou actually said this kind of thing to his face.

Seeing that it was almost over, Fan Jinyan kept a straight face, stared at the businessmen in front of him, and said in a stern tone: "This official knows that businessmen are difficult to do, especially in Qiongzhou. But this is a thing of the past, and in the future your business will get better and better, and you will make more and more money. Today you can bribe your own officials, tomorrow you will bribe other officials. ”

After speaking, the businessmen who began to panic with their eyes brushed their eyes and continued: "Today's incident, this official is not to blame in the past, and if anyone else bribes an official in the future, this official will definitely punish him for the same crime as the official who took bribes." You should know the law of the Ming Dynasty! If you embezzle 60 taels, you will have to peel off your skin, and this official will add one article today, giving a bribe of 60 taels, the same crime. ”

Ignoring the sweat on the foreheads of the businessmen, he continued, "This official wants you to supervise each other, report the officials who ask for bribes from you, as long as the evidence is conclusive, the official will not only reward you, but also give you more business opportunities." ”

This is a simple slap in the face, giving a date to eat. The merchants also understood that Lord Zhizhou was just a warning this time, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, on today's topic, the issue of dumping trade.

"Okay, you can just pay attention to yourself in the future, and now let's get down to business." Fan Jinyan raised his hand to signal silence and said: "As the governor of Yazhou, no matter what good things he does, the first thing he thinks of is the people of Yazhou. First, new crops to solve the problem of feeding the common people, and then to build factories, to solve the problems of the local economy. But how to sell the goods depends on your ability. At first, the official wanted to draw the land and set up power, but just before he came in, a person made the official change his attention. If everything has to be done by the officials themselves, Yazhou will never be rich. Therefore, the official has decided to hand over all the sales rights to you, regardless of region. At the same time, we will also give you an arduous task, use Yazhou's commodities and your wisdom to defeat other people's economy and put all other people's money into our own pockets. “

When the words fell, the whole room was as quiet as death, no one interjected, waiting for his next words, which were also the most important words.

"Ahem." Fan Jinyan was a little embarrassed, and after coughing twice, he continued: "Before doing this, what this official doesn't want to see is a plate of loose sand for each to sell. Instead, we want to set up the Yazhou Chamber of Commerce to unite you and advance and retreat together. And our first target is the nearest country of Annam. The official's request is that they only recognize the goods of Yazhou, only buy the goods of Yazhou, and want all the silver of Annan to become our silver. ”

It stands to reason that this time, if not a warm applause, should be joyful.

But just like before, it was still a dead silence.

Fan Jinyan couldn't hang up at all, and said angrily: "What are you doing? Is there anything wrong with what the official said? Why is there no response? ”

At this time, there was finally a person who came up, "Lord Hui, the grass people are Deng Guang, the shopkeeper of Fuwei Commercial Bank, it's not that I don't know the benefits, it's just that Qiongzhou has been banned from the sea for many years, isn't this against the prefect?" We're afraid."

As soon as Deng Guang said, Fan Jinyan reacted violently, and he really forgot about this stubble, so he interrupted Deng Guang's words and said: "It was the negligence of this official that I almost forgot about it." A few days ago, the Japanese officials had already gone to Fucheng and Fuzun to complain about the power, and the prefect had already made it clear that the Yazhou port would be opened for sea trials. ”

When the words fell, the whole hall was shocked, and then there was great joy, which formed a sharp contrast with the silence just now.

"Is that true?" Although Deng Guang was pleasantly surprised, he still wanted to confirm again.

"Nonsense." Fan Jinyan pretended to be unhappy, and also burst out foul language, "How dare this official lie in this matter?" ”

"In that case, we all support your lordship, but at your command." Deng Guang was not frightened by these words, but was even more happy, and after glancing at the people left and right, he clenched his fists and said.

"But at the command of your lordship." The others also reacted, bent down and clenched their fists and said.

In this way, according to Fan Jinyan's meaning, these more than 30 businessmen of all sizes formally formed the Yazhou Chamber of Commerce, and Deng Guang, who has been rising, was directly named by Fan Jinyan as the first president of the Chamber of Commerce, mainly responsible for managing the Chamber of Commerce and mediating internal conflicts. At the same time, Sophie was also officially invited to serve as a temporary advisor to the Chamber of Commerce to help them establish a sound Chamber of Commerce system and the allocation of quotas in the early stage.

Dumping goods in the South Seas, the most important thing is the ship, Qiongzhou has been banned from the sea for many years, and the people have no boats in their hands, even the ship board is not a piece. And the shipyard has just laid the keel of the new ship, and it will not be able to count on it for a while.

According to the number of commodities in the current factory, Fan Jinyan transferred 20 warships from the navy, 10 of which were loaded, and 10 of which were escorted. After all, an alliance with pirates can't be known to the whole world, and escort ships can give merchants some confidence.

The goods of ten ships are not a small amount, and these merchants can't come up with so much money even if they sell all their property, Fan Jinyan is a rare creditor this time, and all the goods are given to the merchants, and they will settle the settlement when they come back from Nanyang.

In the area of commercial tax, Zhu Yuanzhang set a 60 tax of 1, and in the past two hundred years, it has also changed back and forth, and now it is basically about 50 tax 1. But Qiongzhou is different, because of He Yi's relationship, the tax burden in Qiongzhou has reached twenty taxes and one, which has caught up with the tax burden of later generations. In order to rapidly develop Yazhou's business, Fan Jinyan reduced the tax burden to 40 taxes. We have also taken this opportunity to reduce the tax burden of the people by a large margin. After all, the fields are in the hands of Li Tongcheng and the others, and no matter how high the tax burden is, the common people don't even have to eat, so they can afford to pay the tax.

In the early morning of this day, as soon as the sun rose over the sea, Yazhou Port was busy, and truckloads of packaged goods were carried onto the ship by workers. It is only the first sea trial, and it is also the first prosperous era in Yazhou in the past 100 years. Hundreds of people rushed to the beach to gather, wanting to see a rare wonder in a century.

Fan Jinyan didn't say too much nonsense, but just told the captain of the team to protect these merchants, as for the dumping of goods, he didn't pay attention to it at all, he believed that the merchants with the ship would deal with it.

After the fleet left, Fan Jinyan turned around and really bumped into Li Tongwang's eyes, he knew that Li Tong was envious, jealous and hateful.

Also, if it was before, how could this kind of good thing be without him, it was really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi.