First Zhang Niujiao, and then Chu Feiyan also came to the door, just to buy some goods. He doesn't have a small iron mine to mine there, but he does have copper! And over the years, I have also accumulated a batch of skins, hoping to sell them on my behalf.

In the end, in addition to the solid forces that had fallen apart, several other major forces also came to the door. Either ask Fang Yun to act as an agent to sell these inventories. Either send someone to buy one or two 'shops' and run them themselves.

Fang Yun was also kind, the promised commercial tax was not high, but in the eyes of those guys, this was only a 'protection fee'.

In fact, in this border trade market, Fang Yun also arranged a group of soldiers who were about to retire from the construction corps to patrol. These soldiers suddenly turned into 'chengguan', wearing a tight black tunic with the word 'chengguan' embroidered on the yellow armbands on their arms. Not to mention the border trade market, at this moment, Xinhuang County and its subordinate townships have this kind of urban management activities.

In the same way, there is also a kind of 'policeman' who wears sky blue clothes, and is mainly responsible for the arrest of bandits in the territory, as well as criminal investigations, daily disputes, and other matters. For these two new careers, Xi Zhicai smiled and expressed his support.

At the same time, a letter from home was delivered to Zhen Yi. There is only one sentence on it: From Wu'an to Youhe and the two states, what are the taxes and fees? Today, there is a shortcut to the north, and Fang will escort the whole process, and the price is easy to say!

Because of this sentence, Zhen Yi couldn't sleep that night, and then discussed it with Zhang's for one night. Seriously, he couldn't figure out what Fang Yun's letter meant, but out of trust in him, the line of fire temporarily transferred a caravan that was going to Youzhou to do business to the border trade market for registration.

Yes, the people who originally planned to come here and wait for Fang Yun to lead the way, but didn't want to receive them said that they had to register first.

Why register, register the goods, and pay a 1% protection fee, that's the whole tax. When the caravan leader heard this, he weighed it and registered happily.

That's really going to be said. In fact, it is related to the current tax collection status of Dahan. Now that they have just experienced the war, there is no peace everywhere, and the magistrates are not fools, since the agricultural tax revenue cannot be raised. Naturally, it is necessary to squeeze it from the merchants.

From Wu'an to Youzhou, it passes through three counties and several county seats. In the past, it can be said that there were tax cards set up by these counties everywhere, specifically to collect the toll taxes and fees of these merchants.

Guarding or something, the county will naturally not be responsible. But to get past here, it's not just formal taxes. Even the dots of those petty officials are very troublesome. All the way north, to the destination, if the money you make is not more than 50% of the profit, then you will not make money at all. If you meet a strongman and the goods are robbed, then you don't know where to cry.

Therefore, whenever there is a caravan, there will be an escort, but either or even several caravans will go together, which is the commercial status quo of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Especially the status quo after the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Is a 1% protection fee high? Not at all! Compared to the official fee, it is already ridiculously low! In particular, the steward said that after receiving the money, they would guard the whole process from Jizhou to Youzhou and Bingzhou! This will ensure that at least this trip will not be lost!

Just, is the overhead really that simple? Of course, it is impossible, Fang Yun is a modern person, and he only charges a little security fee. That would be idiot!

After collecting the money, naturally another army will escort them north, taking the Taihang Mountain base area, and will inevitably pass through Xinhuang County. And that's not all. In the future, I will continue to pass by other villages under my command.

The inn is naturally indispensable, and the places to supply along the way are naturally indispensable. If there is any additional need, you can always find a few women who are easy to work and hard, waiting for them to patronize the door ajar.

Really, it's a lot of spending along the way. Because it is a smuggling route, the consumption is 120% of the usual. Considering the safety and weighing the pros and cons of taking the official road, the principal did not complain about anything and accepted it gladly.

What really pleased him was that the road in the Taihang Mountain base area had been widened and leveled again and again, and the convenience was no less than that of the official road, and the speed of travel was not too slow. It's just a coincidence that every night, I just have to settle in the city or the countryside, but sometimes it's not too much of an expense.

From departure to arrival in Youzhou Daijun, it can be arrived in about 12 days before and after, which is about three days less than taking the official road. Although there is no way to Zhuo County or Guangyang County or other places, but when you arrive in Dai County, it is actually similar, where is not doing business?

After some trading, I bought some local souvenirs and started my return journey.

At the entrance of the mountain road into Taihang Mountain, although there is no border market, there are special checkpoints and principals. The caravan's director registered again, paid a 1% protection fee, and began his return journey.

This time, they walked for fifteen days, and because they didn't need to be afraid, they lived a comfortable life.

Back in Jizhou, the director personally came to Wu'an County and reported to Zhen Yi about the trip. Zhen Yi instantly understood that this was a good smuggling channel, and Han Ting couldn't control it!

At this moment, he officially adjusted the business route of the Zhen Chamber of Commerce, and changed the caravans to Bingzhou and Youzhou to go to the Taihang Mountains. Only a few that had to take the official road remained the same. However, in this way, the profit of the merchant suddenly increased by thirty percent, which is a large amount for a chamber of commerce.

The most important thing is that there is no need to look at the faces of those officials, there is no need to be blackmailed by tax collectors, and there is no need to worry about strongmen. This route is so cost-effective! Not to mention his Zhen Chamber of Commerce, even the Zhang family secretly wrote a letter to his mother's family, and suddenly Zhang Shiping, the head of the Zhang family in Zhongshan, also began to try to take this road. It is believed that with the accumulation of word of mouth, this smuggling secret road will be passed on by word of mouth among merchants, and then become a common route in the north to merge with the state and Youzhou.

Of course, those are all afterthoughts, at this moment, Fang Yun had just made this transaction of the Zhen Chamber of Commerce, and he was immediately relieved when he looked at the taxes collected. At least their own territory is no longer just inaccessible. In the past, those Taihang Mountain thieves were short-sighted, how much can they earn at a time of robbery, but now it is a good expense, coupled with the chewing of people and horses.

On the contrary, the security investment in the territory has increased, but compared to the part earned, it is nothing. The most important thing is that this smuggling road has also driven the local economy, and there have been so many small shops opened, all of which were built spontaneously by the residents of the territory, and they have nothing to do with themselves, at most a little bit of guidance.

Since then, through the radar, Fang Yun smiled again.

Just because the commercial value of the territory has reached 150 at the moment, and the development degree has also reached 300.

This means that the main quest has been successfully completed!

"Congratulations to the host for completing the main quest - soothing people's hearts, rewarding 5 free attributes, and a bronze level lottery!"

"New Main Quest Generating ......"

"The main task - to calm the place, there are still a few small forces in the north of Taihang Mountain, please destroy them within three months. Rewards: 5 free attribute points, 3 skill points; Failure Penalty: Domination and Intelligence decreased by 2. (To be continued.) )

PS: Smuggling can also derive a lot of added value, which is really a good deal!

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