New commodities mean new sources of goods.

Zhang Hongwen did not sit still and work during this time, but he cleaned up all the account books, sent the fraudulent shopkeeper to the government, and filled in all the bad debts. Immediately, he opened the way with gold and silver, and took the Tongzhou Zhizhou, which was actually the way of the Zhizhou family steward, and got a certain amount of protection.

In fact, everyone knows that the ultimate beneficiary is Li Yueming, the governor of the same state, but no one will disclose this secret.

With Zhizhou as a cover, Zhang Hongwen officially told Zhang Hongbin that the goods could be wholesaled, and at the same time asked if there were any other goods.

This news is a great good thing for Zhang Hongbin. Shipping without worrying about others is the ideal situation for businessmen in this era.

Not much to say, the exquisite quality of the Four Books and Five Classics far exceeds that of contemporary times; All kinds of coarsely processed food, including sausages, smoked meat, dried fish, mustard and so on, greatly satisfy the appetite of Shaanxi state capitals; The number of rice and noodles shipped doubled, and the name of tribute rice and tribute noodles resounded throughout Shaanxi.

The perfume made the noble lady want to stop, so the Qin family ordered this perfume to the maximum, and at the same time, the shampoo and shower gel made Princess Qin regain her self-confidence, at least the number of times that King Qin stayed with her increased.

Originally, the amount of this kind of thing is so large, and if it is rare, I am afraid that King Qin will be tempted. However, the price of this thing has not been high, or it is much lower than the ideal price in their hearts. This thing is worthless, at least not to make a lot of money, so there is no need to get involved.

In fact, this is Zhang Hongwen's wisdom, and only in this way can we ensure the stability and safety of these businesses.

Businessmen, in this day and age, will always be the weakest party. Even if they have raised the Donglin Party, on the surface, the Donglin Party has nothing to do with them, and the members of the Donglin Party are all scholars, if they say that they are dogs raised by the gentry and wealthy businessmen, I am afraid that they will deny it if they are desperate.

Consumption is enough, Zhang Hongbin didn't say a word, and opened the two most critical areas of weapons and books.

However, books are very basic things, and there is nothing high-tech involved. Some of them are useful, such as textbooks on how to raise poultry and livestock on a large scale, some popular science books on health diseases, and even "Barefoot Doctors", which claims to train any ordinary person to become a doctor.

Even if these things are rudimentary and not high-tech, they are very urgently needed for Zhang Hongbin.

Not to mention the crossbow arrows in the weapon, even if it is not a strong crossbow, it can also give his family an extra guarantee when facing officers and soldiers. Besides, whether it is a gun head, a simple knife or something, the quality is far better than this era. This makes it so that if the two sides really fight, the weapons of the officers and soldiers are likely to be cut off by the weapons of the anti-thieves, and then the people who use this weapon will also be beheaded.

Zhang Hongbin specially bought a large batch of weapons and sent them to the secret base for storage, and at the same time, sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, which are treasures in the drought-stricken area, were also sent there for trial planting. He just wants to develop the secret base into the foundation of his career, a powerful backup that can work forward.

The days are busy, and before you know it, it is the day of the autumn harvest in August.

With great hope, everyone is harvesting the wheat and paddy that have been harvested somewhat, and this year they are exempt from taxes, which means they can leave more food behind.

But with the arrival of August 12th, everything changed.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse died, saying that he accidentally fell into the pond used for viewing in the palace earlier and suffered from the wind cold, and the next day he became seriously ill after taking the pill offered by his courtiers, and then died that night.

The death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is actually really strange, but the scholars have been guiding public opinion up and down, making this death a matter of course.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse died, so he naturally wanted to support a new emperor, so Zhu Youxiao's younger brother Zhu Youzhen, that is, His Royal Highness King Xin, was elected as the new emperor.

After simply taking care of the aftermath for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youzhen became the emperor, changed to Yuan Chongzhen, and became the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty (Nanming is not counted). And the demise of the Ming Dynasty has also entered the countdown.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the first thing he did was naturally to get rid of Wei Zhongxian to the end, and Wei Zhongxian finally abandoned his official position and fled, but he still died halfway. Emperor Chongzhen took advantage of the situation to carry out the census of the eunuch party, and even canceled all the decrees issued during Wei Zhongxian's reign.

These include building water conservancy, leaning heavily on merchants, reducing taxes on peasants, and, of course, exempting Shaanxi from taxes this year and last year.

Chongzhen is just a prince, and he has not undergone systematic emperor training, which means that in order for him to become a qualified emperor, he must go through a painful growth process. At the beginning of this journey, he was a scapegoat in the hands of a group of courtiers. No, Wei Zhongxian's original policy of making his courtiers, especially the dog-legged Donglin Party raised by merchants, hate, have now been canceled.

Long live the emperor, long live it! The emperor is wise, and there is no more wise in history!

Everyone was cheering, and under the guidance of public opinion, the people also cheered stupidly, seeing that Chongzhen was happy, thinking that he was a generation of saints.

Then, he soon came into contact with a sensitive question, that is, what to do if the treasury has no money?

The people below said that in the past few years, those untouchables, especially those peasants, have been bewitched by the eunuch party, and they have paid a lot less taxes, and now that the eunuch party is gone, you might as well raise the tax rate a little? In fact, the talents of the Donglin Party don't care where the taxes come from, anyway, they don't come from shipping and commerce. As for the fields, they don't have to worry, their masters are all ancestors and belong to the tax-exempt class.

Chongzhen thought about it and felt that Wei Zhongxian was indeed too hateful, and he actually let those untouchables pay so many less taxes, didn't they know that Daming still needed to live? Without taxes, what will everyone eat?!

I don't know how other provinces are, but Shaanxi has cancelled the tax exemption in the previous two years, and at the same time increased the tax rate of 50%, which must be recovered when the autumn tax is paid.

Well, an ordinary autumn fu, everyone can grit their teeth and support it. If it is handed over together with the spring endowment, it can also be handed over if the family is bankrupt. If it is also paid together with last year's, and at the same time it will be increased by 50%, perhaps you should consider whether you want to rebel, which is more cost-effective.

For a time, the Shaanxi territory was full of mourning, the people were in turmoil, and the government had no idea, after all, this was related to their assessment, and they had to be investigated!

"A young scapegoat, a bunch of moths who only want to suck the blood from the sick body of Daming...... Thank you so much! Zhang Hongbin smiled.

Li Dingguo, Liu Ruoqi and Wang Er were in front of him at the moment.

At this moment, in their eyes, Zhang Hongbin has changed from a knowledgeable third young master to a mysterious being who is wise and close to demons...... No, this TMD has become a demon, otherwise how could you have predicted what would happen in eight months?