The wharf of Panyu is not on the seaside, but on the south bank of Qinshui, Wei Feng and the others have not yet approached, they saw hundreds of boats lined up along the riverside for nearly ten miles, busy and noisy, Wei Feng glanced at the Roman merchants who had gradually walked away from him, turned his head and asked: "Justice, Panyu is no less than Jiankang when it comes to water transportation, the whole city is more than 200,000 Dingkou and a few nearby cities can digest such a prosperous trade?" What other kingdoms are there besides Rome? ”

Xie Gongyi secretly said that it was a fluke, Wei Feng was mainly by boat because of the long journey, so he deliberately put some effort into the sea, and learned about the trade situation in Panyu from a special person, at this time, he happened to have food in his hands, and he was not panicked!

Xie Gongyi said unhurriedly: "General Hui, because silk is extremely sought-after overseas, the land of Panyu and its surrounding cities is not all planted with rice, but planted with patches of mulberry forests, and even some scholars' mulberry fields are endless, which causes a shortage of grain production, and it is necessary to exchange grain through overseas trade, just like those Roman merchants, who bought grain from poison and brought it to our dynasty to exchange silk, and there are also some such as glaze, rhinoceros, tortoiseshell, pearls, ivory, coral, white cloth, peacock, diamond, Treasures such as gold and silver treasures are loved by scholars and wealthy merchants, and they also need to be transported to various parts of our dynasty through transshipment in Panyu, and even smuggled to the countries of the Northern Dynasties, so you can see the busy scene of Panyu.

As for the travel to and from the country, justice understands that in addition to Rome, which is far west of the land, there are also the countries of Shenyao, Sasansan, Shizi (now Sri Lanka), and Funan (now Cambodia), as well as the small countries of Dandan, Panpan, and Boli near Shenzhi. There are also many countries such as Kharo (Indonesia) and the golden neighbor located in the south of Funan. ”

This is somewhat unexpected by Wei Feng, according to this momentum, in addition to traditional trade objects such as Rome and Sasanian, there are trade contacts with Panyu, including the entire Southeast Asia and South Asia, it is simply a rolling source of money, Huan Xuanzhen has fucking eyes, if you understand the truth of Panyu, will your intestines be repentant?

Wei Feng shook his head secretly, lined up this strange thought, and asked, "Can states and counties tax onward trade?" ”

"This" Xie Gongyi hesitated, "sometimes. Sometimes not. Most of the trade is in the form of barter, and some things that are difficult to value are inconvenient to be taxed, and overseas merchants are often in private contact with powerful tycoons, and it is not easy to collect taxes. ”

Wei Feng waved his hand and said, "There is nothing in the world that cannot be done. It only depends on whether you want to do it and whether you have the ability to do it. The court set up tax offices in Stone Town and Pogangdi. I have always levied taxes on merchants, and my annual income is nearly 10 million and worth five baht, so why can't I tax overseas merchants? I understand. This will move the interests of a few people, but you see, even if Panyu talks about the prosperity of trade, it is not far from Jiankang, and it is mostly luxury, how can such a huge income be given up in vain?

And taxation comes with management, you see, the whole riverside is in chaos, how to deal with something wrong? There are hundreds of ships here, according to the average of fifty Ding Zhuang per ship, there must be at least one or two hundred thousand people, and with weapons is elite soldiers, take Julia as an example, she can fight a tie with Chen Maiden alone, do you dare to despise the force of the Romans?

If they join forces to plunder Panyu, you say, won't the people of the whole city die without a place to be buried? Don't think I'm alarmist, the South Sea countries are barbaric and ignorant, the Western countries are predatory, everything must be prevented, if something really happens, you and I can't afford it! ”

Xie Gongyi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, for the court, the biggest taboo is the uncontrollable power, the tens of thousands of people on the riverside are not controlled, it is already a hidden danger, he doesn't think that Wei Feng is alarmist, there may be no problems in normal times, but if Panyu is besieged by a large army, Ding Zhuang on these hundreds of boats is enough to decide the fate of the whole city!

But as if he had thought of something, Xie Gongyi hurriedly reminded: "General, now that you have Li Xun Yu Gao Liang eyeing you and you want to go on an expedition to Linyi, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to be in a hurry?" ”

Wei Feng nodded and said: "Righteousness, you are right, and the levy does not mean that the levy is levied, it must be prepared in advance, so let's provide a few ideas, one is to set up a city shipping department, which is responsible for inspecting the entry and exit of ships and goods, levy, extraction, and trade, and the chief and deputy of the city shipping department are temporarily appointed by me, and will be directly dispatched by the court in the future, and have no affiliation with the local officials!"

Second, imported goods should be treated differently, such as grain, white cloth and diamond and other items related to people's livelihood, can be less or even no tax, in order to encourage imports, and luxury goods such as glass, ivory, gems and other luxury goods must be heavily taxed, especially glass is the top priority, luxury goods are only to cater to the preferences of the powerful, and have nothing to do with livelihood, must be levied heavy taxes to suppress extravagance!

The third is to manage the personnel on board, the Panyu River is only used for loading and unloading, and the end is gone, where for some reason temporarily do not leave, shall not dock at the riverside, you can find a few desert islands along the coast and renovate a little as a temporary berthing for foreign merchant ships, which can greatly reduce the foreign armed personnel in Panyu, and minimize the unpredictable risk!

Fourth, because barter is difficult to value, and it is easy to bypass the market and trade on your own, in the future, we must vigorously promote gold and silver coins as trade intermediaries, gradually abolish barter, and collect all taxes on gold and silver coins, and no direct levy!

Fifth, the Romans sexual immorality is worse than the Yan people, easy to get dirty diseases, in order to prevent infection, for the Qinglou fireworks place to strictly control, temporarily the wind and dust women who often receive foreign businessmen and sailors are concentrated, dedicated to receiving the above people, etc., since then, no longer receive my Jin people, the same reason, the screened dust women are only allowed to receive Jin people in the future, this article should be implemented as soon as possible, this will be the future will be plundered Linyi women on the island to set up a special brothel, will not allow outsiders to set foot in any fireworks place in Panyu! ”

Don't drive's status is equivalent to half of the history of thorns, Wei Feng ignores political affairs, the burden on Xie Gongyi's shoulders is already extremely heavy, at this time, when he hears Wei Feng's endless one, two, three, four, five, he suddenly feels that his head is going to explode, and it is already an extremely cumbersome errand to set up a special city department, and there are so many things at hand, this is simply not to use people!

It was only at this time that Xie Gongyi truly understood Xie Daoyun's praise for Wei Feng, and he was really unique in dealing with political affairs and employing people!

Even Miss Chen and the Dominatrixes all gave Xie Gongyi sympathetic glances!

Xie Gongyi said with a bitter face: "Gongyi understands, the fifth point will be handed over to Wang Taishou to do it as soon as possible, and the remaining four points will seize the time and strive to come up with a set of practical plans during your expedition to the forest." ”

Wei Feng smiled slightly: "Justice, there are some things that you don't have to do yourself, just leave them to a trustworthy person to do, I think that Wang Birthday is good, you can find a suitable opportunity to give him a thoroughfare, if he is interested, he will be the first city envoy in the future, he can be in charge of three thousand sailors, and the jurisdiction is the riverside wharf and those small islands along the coast, by the way, the auxiliary officials of Zhu Cao in the state capital can see which people are occupying the pit and not, you can let go and replace it with someone who is willing to really do things, just report the list to me." ”

Xie Gongyi immediately breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand: "Justice understands." (To be continued......)