"Lord Zhao came to Guangzhou this time for business or private affairs." Zhao Shijie, who ended his trip to Fuzhou, shirked Zheng Zhilong's retention, left Fuzhou, and entered Guangzhou directly through Hong Kong.

Shen Youlong toasted a glass of wine and asked about Zhao Shijie's intention, but he knew that Zhao Shijie was a senior official in the Australian government, and it was said that his position was higher than Zhang Tianwen.

"Well, if I said that I came to see Lord Shen, I'm afraid my lord wouldn't believe it, but this time it's really for business."

"Oh, that's so, but it has something to do with my two Guangzhou," Shen Youlong was keenly aware that Zhao Shijie must have something to negotiate with him, otherwise he wouldn't have come to Guangzhou.

The finances of Liangguang and Guangxi have been a little tight recently, and business has not fully recovered not long after the end of the war, so many businessmen are waiting and seeing, for fear that Zhang Xianzhong will come back soon.

In addition to the money borrowed by Shen Youlong like Australia, although the taxes on entry and exit of customs trade are mortgaged, the business does not develop and does not circulate, and even if it is mortgaged, it is useless, so Zhao Shijie came to solve this problem this time.

"Your Excellency must have been struggling financially lately. Zhao Shijie drank a glass of wine and asked without being salty. These words made Lao Shen a little embarrassed, and it was true, "The finances of Liangguang have indeed fallen into a difficult situation.

If nothing changes, maybe even all the officials will not be able to pay their salaries, which is a very serious matter.

Although he can continue to borrow from Australians, he always has to repay what he borrows, and he doesn't want to borrow from Australians all the time.

"My lord has never thought of any way to change the current situation, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that if Zhang Xianzhong comes, the hearts of the officials in these two provinces will be unstable."

Zhao Shijie's words are right. If there is no money to make money and no money to buy food for disaster relief, then Liangguang will indeed fall into a turmoil.

But now I can't go to collect donations, but I have already raised donations from those rich businessmen and gentry many times, and the back of these people is not simple.

"Lord Zhao doesn't know, the old man is powerless about this. Even if I have the heart to change, there is no good way, and I ask Minister Zhao to teach me a good strategy. Shen Youlong stood up and arched his hands as he spoke, saluting Zhao Shijie.

This etiquette is a big number, and it is true that Zhao Shijie is a teacher to ask for advice.

"Lord Shen is very polite," Zhao Shijie hurriedly helped the other party to sit on the chair from the new: "Zhao came here this time to discuss with adults how to change the current situation. ”

Before Zhao Shijie came, he had discussed with the congressmen a feasible way, so that the two Guangxi could put forward a set of commercial laws on their own, so as to ensure that the interests of businessmen were not infringed, but this depends on whether Shen Youlong has the courage to do so, and the businessmen of the other two Guangxi provinces will probably support it as long as they can understand the content of this.

As for whether Chongzhen will agree. The Australian Parliament has also made an analysis, and now he is busy dealing with Li Zicheng, I am afraid that he does not have much time to take care of these things, and even the matter that has been rumored to transfer Shen Youlong to Beijing has cooled down, which shows that the officials in the capital really do not care much about the affairs of the two Guangzhous and Guangzhou.

Li Zicheng heard that he had hit the territory of Hebei, which seemed to be not far from the day when Chongzhen hanged himself in history, and Jin and Wu Sangui were watching after that.

At this time, there are indeed not many people who pay attention to Liangguang, and the focus of attention of people from all walks of life is not here. In fact, it is most suitable for Shen Yulong to change.

"Lord Shen, do you know why my Australia is so strong? The government treasury of the country has inexhaustible money, which has a lot to do with the establishment of a country with industry and commerce. ”

Zhao Shijie began to introduce the politics of Australia, Australia is a country with the theme of industry and commerce, the products produced by the country's development industry are sold to various places by merchants, and the government provides shelter and help to these businessmen, and then collects different kinds of taxes according to different items.

Daming does not charge commercial tax. The imbalance between the two tax burdens can be seen by comparing 75 percent of the state's fiscal revenue, i.e., the peasants, and only 10 percent on the commercial tax.

Although the status of the merchant is one level lower than that of the peasant, the reality is that he is a superior peasant. They often became tenants in merchants' homes.

Therefore, it is necessary to formulate a commercial tax, thoroughly levy taxes on the merchant class, pay taxes according to different grades of goods, and reduce the income from agricultural taxes with the income of commercial taxes is the fundamental future of the future.

Shen Youlong is the supreme governor of Liangguang, and it is still possible for him to implement it in Liangguang, and this will be strongly supported by the merchant class.

Once the commercial tax was established, the government became the umbrella of the merchants, and as for what else to eat and take, it would not happen, and more importantly, the merchants were not attached to the gentry.

However, when this bill is introduced, the gentry class will inevitably oppose it, and these profit shares that should have been taken by them are now gone, and they must be opposed.

Shen Youlong thought of this method of collecting taxes from merchants as soon as Zhao Shijie opened his mouth, to be honest, he didn't think about it, but he was afraid that the resistance would be too great, and the gentry class would inevitably stand up against it, and it was not so easy to implement it in Liangguang.

"The adults are afraid of the opposition of the gentry class, in fact, as long as there is a good guidance, not only can they earn more than before, as long as there are enough benefits, I believe they will definitely support it."

The temptation of interests is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, Shen Yulong doesn't know this truth, but he can't think of any interests that can tempt those gentry.

"Since the merchants put their property in the name of the gentry in order to avoid some trouble, and the gentry act as their protective umbrella in order to obtain a share of the business, then let them focus on the business and participate in the business together, with such an alliance of interests, are they afraid of their opposition?"

This is true, what Zhao Shijie said is true, since they are for a profit sharing, as long as they are allowed to participate in the businessman's business, they will not object, but this needs to take the lead, and it may be difficult to do it without a leader.

The method Zhao Shijie has already given, it depends on what Shen Youlong does, he can do it The governor of Liangguang is quite interested in Australia's new policy, Zhao Shijie estimates that he will do a lot, after all, the finances of Liangguang need to be improved, otherwise it will fall into bankruptcy, and now Chongzhen can say that it is difficult to protect himself, and there is no money to give to Liangguang, so Zhao Shijie is not in a hurry for Shen Youlong's reply, as long as the other party feels more and more that things that cannot be solved because of money, he will definitely remember. (To be continued......)