"Will the maritime business do the work of customs? Customs clearance of import and export goods, collection of customs duties, detection of smuggling? ”

"Hiss~" Qi Ke put down the spoon, rolled his eyes thoughtfully, "In this way, it really tastes so good." ”

"If they have that ambition, it's even more complicated." Teruin kind of wanted to laugh.

"Over there in Dong'an Mansion, are they actually a private customs?"

"It's possible, looking at the Ocean Ship, without their hands, it is estimated that in their eyes, it is equivalent to smuggling."

"Smuggling fart, the imperial court's taxes are a lot, it's nothing more than a lack of their commissions, crooked, dare to deduct this hat and slap their mouths." Qi Ke's eyes widened, super fierce.

"We also have to take into account the attitude of Dong'an Mansion, the maritime guild can become bigger and stronger, it must have opened up the way of the local government, the two sides are one in terms of interests, the guild has done the work of the customs, and the money earned must be shared by the court officials, from this point of view, it is easy to understand why they care so much about commissions." The transaction price of our lint is low, and the commission is only a few hundred taels of silver, but if it is an expensive luxury item that they are used to, the transaction price is high, the tax is high, and the commission is high, if those merchant ships do not come to Qingshui Port and transfer to Liangshui Town, the lost commission will make them suffer from heart disease. ”

"Good thing, we're sure we'll be able to attract merchant ships that sell luxury goods to come to Cool Water to do business with us." Qi Ke narrowed his eyes slightly, imagining that he would become a leading industrialist in the future. 17

"If you make up your mind, you have to start as soon as possible, and write to Bai Qing tomorrow, telling him that you are seriously opposed to the maritime merchant guild extending your hand to Liangshui Town, you have the exclusive right to operate there for thirty years, and you are the second-in-command under the Bai family's army, and if the guild comes, it will definitely fight for power, and it is impossible to be willing to be under your position. You can't have too many people in charge of a territory, you have to convince Bai Qing to agree to you to lobby the generals above, and leave all the negotiations with the guild to you, all to prevent them from entering. ”

Qi Ke picked up the bowl and swallowed the last bit of white fungus soup first, so as to organize his thoughts well, and he also made a decision when he wiped his mouth with a tissue.

"Just use this reason for the private customs to persuade Bai Qing, Bai Jiajun's territory, why do you want outsiders to perform their customs duties for them, we do it ourselves, summarize experience from practice, write a lesson plan to train our own customs officers in the army, as long as Bai Jiajun is still a border army here, the taxes in Liangshui Town can only be collected by Bai Jiajun."

"You can try."

Zhaolin knew that this was just Qi Ke's idea, and the Bai family army might not accept it all, but fortunately, the military household was his own person to the army, and the maritime merchant guild was not.

The two agreed, the deputy housekeeper also finished moving the materials, Qi Ke immediately returned to the workshop to write a letter overnight, and asked Xiao Diao'er to deliver it to Bai Qing early the next morning.

In the letter, Qi Ke emphasized the problem of the cost price of goods, the imperial court was supposed to take fifty percent of the tax, which increased the cost price of the goods, if you pay a commission to the guild, this extra money will inevitably be evenly distributed to the goods and add a cost, they buy cotton and grain and other agricultural materials, these goods have always been based on small profits and quick turnover, the cost soaring directly affects their selling price, and the merchants are too expensive and do not want to buy what to do.