To tell the truth, Liu Yunzhang, Ma Haoxuan, Gao Chibang, Qian Shiqu and others still do not understand that Li Rupei attaches so much importance to commerce and trade, and this cannot force them, in this society dominated by agriculture, the biggest role played by commerce and trade is to let some people who the government thinks are not doing their jobs properly become rich through business and opportunism, and this situation will inevitably lead to many people who farm and hope to get rich through business.

The best way for the government to attach importance to agriculture is to wait for everyone to farm, to guard their own one-third of an acre, and not to do other things, although the Tang Dynasty did not divide the so-called Shinong industrial and commercial grades, but the officials look down on businessmen in their bones, and even the vast majority of farmers, unless they are forced to do business, will not choose to do business.

For example, Huang Chao is regarded as a businessman, that is, a smuggler of salt who is prevalent in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, no matter what Li Rupei says and attaches importance to, there are still doubts in the hearts of many officials.

Li Rupei also knows this, he didn't force it, what he chose was to let the facts speak, once the huge role of commerce and trade was played, many officials naturally understood the truth.

This situation came quickly, and Li Rupei, who was fast, did not expect it.

A large number of merchants began to come to Liangzhou, the land in Liangzhou began to appreciate, and the prices of houses and shops rose step by step.

Then came the beginning of the construction project.

The busy farming season has just passed, and most of the arable land has been planted. The peasants didn't have much to do, and at this time Liangzhou City began to build a large number of buildings. Many merchants began to build houses and shops on the land they bought, and some merchants carried out large-scale renovations of the houses they bought. This allowed many farmers to enter Liangzhou City, find things to do, and earn some copper plates to support their families by the way.

Businessmen's sense of smell is very keen, and the places they fancy are not only Liangzhou, especially big businessmen like Zou Shiming and He Yugui, who have carefully researched and decided to build shops in Bazhou, Lizhou, Quanzhou and other places, which are all places where the Iron Blood Army is stationed. The general idea of businessmen is that if they follow the places that the government values them, there will definitely be no mistakes, and as long as they do it well, they will definitely be able to earn money.

The construction of large-scale construction soon spread out in many places.

According to the government's requirements, every transaction was subject to taxes, and in this case, a steady stream of taxes began to enter the government treasury.

It should be said that the shop is still in the process of construction. The merchant has not yet earned the silver taels, and the tax payment at this time can only be taken out of the old capital and exchanged for other places. Shang Jia has long been bitter, but in Shannan West Road, there is no such situation. Because many businessmen found that they were doing business here very safely. As long as they do what the government asks, no one dares to blackmail them. There are no scoundrels in the market who dare to disturb them, such a good environment makes them feel that it is a dream, there is no such situation in other places, they cannot bribe officials with a large amount of silver, and they do not want to do business locally at all.

Compared with the two, the cost of paying taxes according to the requirements of the government is much smaller.

But there is a typical difference here, that is, all the taxes paid by the merchants go into the government treasury and become the income of the government.

It is only natural that these merchants accept the protection of the government and pay taxes.

Liu Yunzhang is responsible for the livelihood of Shannan West Road, and commerce is also a part of it, so after the busy agricultural season, he began to pay close attention to business matters, and together with Ma Haoxuan, carefully study the mystery, at this time, many places began to build a large number of buildings, tax and silver began to enter the treasury, looking at the figures reported by Fuzhou County, the two of them were overjoyed, and they finally understood the mystery a little.

I have to say that Li Rupei is too powerful, he has seen through all the mysteries of commerce and trade, and people have caught the bull's nose and levied taxes in every circulation link, so that the income of the government is a lot, and after the merchants start to operate, more taxes will enter the treasury, and at that time, the government will definitely be able to get rich first.

The two of them are not stupid, and soon found out that the problem is that there are risks in doing business, and there are always losses and gains, such a policy is quite unbearable for those small businessmen, as long as the business is not good, it is very likely to lose money.

But the two don't care, they think that the prince always has a way to solve the problem.

Liangzhou, Bazhou, Lizhou and Quanzhou, the first to get benefits, the life of the government is easier, according to the requirements of the Yamen, the government can take out one percent of the tax for daily expenses, the more income of the government, the better the small life must be, the income of the officials is naturally higher, which makes other places a little envious, Pengzhou assassin Yu Chenghui directly found Li Rupei, asked the businessman to also go to Pengzhou to develop.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Yunzhang and Ma Haoxuan began to publicize the importance of businessmen, and asked Fuzhou County, to which Shannan West Road belongs, to attach great importance to businessmen.

Everyone should pay attention to the interests of reality, after all, it is related to the income of officials, many assassins, and county decrees are abnormal, and they begin to seriously study the documents related to commerce and trade issued by the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy, and begin to contact a large number of merchants, and strive to let as many merchants as possible to do business in the places under their jurisdiction.

Without much propaganda and no forced orders, local governments soon began to attach great importance to commerce and trade.

From March to May, local governments have made attracting investment one of their most important tasks.

After all, the location of Shannan West Road is a little remote, many places here are sparsely populated by Shannan people, and the demand is not too great, and all the businessmen are concentrated in this place, and they may not be able to do business very well, but Li Rupei is not in a hurry at all, because he knows very well that he is facing the entire Tang Dynasty, and the main businesses such as flowers, fruits, vegetables, tea, silk, mulberry and hemp, and timber are all rushing towards Shannan West Road, and here can be in the shortest possible time. It has become the business center of the entire lobby, radiating the entire Datang, so the problem is not big in a short period of time, it is nothing more than other places suffering some losses.

As for the future, it will be enough to adjust the policy.

Li Rupei is also very clear that this situation can be maintained for a long time, and the governments in other places, including the imperial court, will never pay special attention to merchants, nor will they give so many preferential conditions for commerce, because they cannot realize the importance of commerce and trade, as far as the distribution of commerce and trade in the Tang Dynasty is concerned, it is obviously abnormal, Henan and Luoyang and other places in the north are the most developed places for commerce and trade, and the climate is mild in the south, and commerce and trade can not develop well. The slaughter of merchants led to the death and injury of the merchants in Guangzhou, the rapid shrinkage of commerce and trade, and the almost complete stagnation of foreign trade.

There are also some advantages of Shannan West Road, that is, it can directly face the Tibetans, Hui and Turks to do business.

This kind of business is huge profits, the Tibetans, Hui and Turks are most lacking in grain and other living materials, the inland grain, vegetables, tea, silk and other materials are transported there, the price can be dozens of times or even a hundred times that of the mainland, but this kind of business, it is also very difficult to do, the feudal towns in various places have plucked their feathers, and they will never look at the large caravans passing through their own territory without blushing.

But Li Rupei has a way, and he also takes a fancy to the location of Shannan West Road.

The Tibetans, Turks and Hui can enter the Shannan West Road through Longyou Road, which is now a place where ethnic minorities are entrenched, as long as the iron-blooded army deters the ethnic minorities here, a channel can be opened for merchants to do business along this channel, so that a large number of transactions can be generated, and the taxes obtained by the government will be greatly increased.

Li Rupei's idea was quickly realized, and after Liu Yunzhang, Ma Haoxuan, Gao Chibang, Huang Biao and others discussed, they thought that the Iron Blood Army could take advantage of this time to get training, and even escort the caravan when the trade channel was opened.

In May, the first batch of caravans set out, escorting silk products and tea from Zou Shiming and others, and transported them to the territory of Tibet, escorted by 2,000 iron-blooded soldiers.

After more than ten battles in Longyou Dao, the prestige of the Iron Blood Army soon spread in Longyou Dao.

The caravan successfully arrived in Tibet, and the transaction with the Tibetan merchants was successfully completed.

This time, the transaction seems very simple, the materials traded are not very much, and the money is not much, but the significance is by no means ordinary, many businessmen are looking at this transaction, they can't believe that the transaction can be successful, and they are worried that people will die and lose their goods, but the transaction is actually completed, and the transaction road of Longyou Road has also been opened.

This greatly increased the confidence of many businessmen, and also made the rumor that Shannan West Road was the best place to do business spread.

In a few months, Shannan West Road ushered in a golden period of commercial development.

Liu Yunzhang and Ma Haoxuan and others were happy, and Li Rupei was even more happy, he finally found a feasible way, he could gather a large amount of money, and he could invest in the construction of the iron-blooded army. (To be continued......)