After the banquet in Changchun Garden, the people knew that Yang Che had come to Hangzhou, and the people were full of voices for a while, and the whole city was full of words.

Two days later, Li Can and Yang Che went to Fengyu Teahouse. The teahouse has always been a place where people gather and information meet. Fengyu Tea House is located by the West Lake, is a famous elegant place in the city, the literati and the gentry gather and feast a lot, the Suhu officialdom changes, a group of high-ranking officials are newcomers, the two also want to hear the scholars and literati, the dawn of the people's views on current affairs.

The teahouse sits in the north and faces south, there are two floors, the first floor is a group of square tables, the northernmost has a high platform of about one meter high, which is the place for storytelling and music, and the second floor is a private room.

Li Can had already asked people to go and take care of it, and chose a special box, facing the lake on one side, and the next box can be seen and heard with a cat's eye, and the situation on the first floor is also unobstructed.

The two of them dressed lightly, dressed as ordinary merchants, and each brought only one attendant. When he entered the box, the shopkeeper had already waited in person, soaked a pot of good dragon wells with his own hands, prepared hot water with a kettle, and then served a few small plates of dried fruits, freshly cut fruits and freshly made snacks, so he no longer bothered, and withdrew with Xiao Er.

After a while, people came in the left and right boxes, and on the left side of the box there was a literati-looking person pouring himself a drink, as if waiting for someone, and on the right was a group of wealthy merchants feasting merchants from other places, and the hall was also full of people one after another.

There are four people sitting in the box on the right, and the attendant has long heard and understood, sitting in the main seat is a rich businessman, about forty years old, with a very pointed head, and he looks quite rich, with a sparse mustache, very shrewd, looking like a fat mouse, this person Yang Che and Li Can have seen in the banquet, this person's surname is Zhu Mingwan, although he is not a giant, but he is also a big businessman, mainly engaged in the tea business, this time he is doing the East Banquet.

Sitting on Zhu Wan's left hand is Su Xi, a merchant from Fujian, a local tycoon, about thirty years old, with dark skin, it seems that he is also running around in the wind and rain, he is very capable and spiritual, and his clothes are not very gorgeous, but people who really understand the goods know the value.

Sitting on Zhu Wan's right hand is a wealthy businessman Jin Youcai wearing a glittering brocade shirt, this person is tall and thin, about thirty years old, with a gold bracelet the thickness of a little finger on his wrist, and a few gold rings and gem rings on his hand.

The merchant who sat down was younger, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and he looked a little handsome, called Li Liang.

"Brother Su, you came from afar, taste this snack, it's all freshly made. This tea is the best premium Longjing. And this slices, that is, raw fish fillets, were all transported directly from the sea this morning, and they were made into pieces with the refined thin blades, and they could only be eaten while they were the freshest, and they could not be eaten in ordinary places. Zhu Wan served Su Xi vegetables while persuading him to eat more.

Su Xi said while eating: "Thank you Brother Zhu, sure enough, there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, everything is available, which opened my eyes." When I came, I saw people coming and going, so it was not lively, and it seemed that everything was calm. Everyone was worried some time ago, but now you can relax. ”

"Brother Su doesn't know, the businessmen in this city get to know each other, and business is also in contact with each other. Before, the Li family had tens of millions of assets, and the business was all over the province, and our family was nothing compared to his family. ”

"When the Li family rebels, the whole family is investigated, and their financial transactions are investigated, how can they not involve one or two, which was a big crime to kill the head in the past. It was too late for us to save our lives, and the family cried all day long, with our heads on the waistband of our trousers. Later, for those of us who were not Li family shops and had no extraordinarily large business dealings, we suddenly stopped checking, and we didn't know what was going on, and we didn't dare to let go of this heart. ”

"This time, the Hou of Zhenbei patrolled the sky, invited the rich businessmen in the city, and gave a speech at the banquet in Changchun Garden, which meant that this was the end of the matter, and no longer investigated, so that everyone could settle down. I was fortunate to be invited, and some people who were bigger than my business were also invited, and they had more business dealings with the Li family, they were all fine, what else could I do. Besides, Donggong sent his confidant brother Li Can over to be the governor, what else do we can't let go. ”

Zhu Wan stroked his two-petaled sparse mustache with his fat hand, and said with a happy face.

"What Brother Zhu said is that businessmen are all over the place, how can we not interact with each other, even if there is no business interaction, this gathering is always a common thing, if the court really wants to investigate, even the crime that you want to add is not excused, not to mention that we are still implicated, these days my Jin family is really at ease." Jin Youcai also had palpitations when he thought of this period.

"I see, no wonder I have found that the lives of these people have not changed much from before, and they are still full of flowers and singing and dancing. In this way, the Suhu area has finally settled down. Brother Zhu, Brother Jin, Brother Li, I borrow flowers to offer Buddha, replace wine with tea, and suppress the shock to you. Su Xi raised the teacup and stood up to salute.

Several people hurriedly got up to salute in return, and then sat down.

At this time, Li Liang, the youngest of them, said: "Several benevolent brothers have experienced more than me, and they must understand the intentions of the sage. Su Lake is ripe, the world is full, this reflects the benevolence of His Majesty and the East Palace, and the second is also the foundation of the world! I heard rumors that it was Zhenbei Hou who investigated the case this time, and he must have his idea, so we are really lucky. This time, the high-ranking officials of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were escorted to the capital, and I don't know how Dali Temple will be tried, so they don't have our good luck! ”

Several other people also showed the rest of their lives after the catastrophe and nodded in agreement.

At this time, Jin Youcai shook his golden hand and said: "Before this Zhenbei Marquis Yang Che thought that he was just a minister who relied on the prince's favor, but he didn't expect to have such a ability and such a mind!" ”

Li Liang heard Jin Youcai say this, and retorted with a depressed face: "What Yu Chen's statement is just a rumor, and I don't know what the truth is." Taishi Gong also said that Wei Qinghuo was a minister of Emperor Wu, but he did not reduce the merits of the two. Even if it is a fact, it is not surprising that there are now Meiji** powerful and rich families. Besides, he is now in the Qinglou, so he has not heard such a voice anymore, and it is not surprising that when he was a teenager, he acted absurdly. ”

This Li Liang has a lot of maintenance for Yang Che. It's just that when he heard the evaluation of the ambiguous relationship between Yang Che and the prince, Li Can was sitting on pins and needles, and he didn't dare to look at Yang Che, and others naturally didn't dare to look at it, so he didn't know what Yang Che thought in his heart.

When Su Xi heard this, he smiled freely: "These are just personal private matters, not enough." Yang Che studied under the great Confucian Fangcheng at the age of eight, and later studied under the general Lin Qingcheng, so how could these two be accepted as apprentices. At that time, people judged the Kunpeng that swayed 90,000 miles by the chaffinch, which was not ridiculous. ”

"What Brother Su said is that when I saw Yang Che at the banquet in Changchun Garden, his appearance was naturally as shocking as the rumors, but the momentum of fighting on the battlefield was not something that these people who had been in the world all day long could comment." Zhu Wan was well-informed, remembered what he saw at the banquet, frowned and stroked his mustache and echoed: It seems that he is quite contemptuous of those tongue-in-cheeks.

When Jin Youcai heard what everyone said, his face was embarrassed, and he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Brother Ren, have you heard about it?" The imperial court sent envoys to the West to expand trade with other countries, and also set up a special naval army to exterminate the sea pirates and protect the sea caravans. ”

Su Xi took a sip of tea, nodded and said: "Yes, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, I have opened the sea ban, overseas trade has become more and more prosperous, and the Guangshi Bosi has one million taels in the account every year, and the national tax revenue has exceeded that of the previous dynasty by more than five times, and the degree of wealth cannot be compared with the previous dynasty. ”

Zhu Wan heard this and said: "In the past ten years, there have been almost no disaster years, and we businessmen have also encountered good days, rich in products in various places, and continue to build roads, now the roads are smooth, the carriages and horses are fast, and the exchange of materials in various places is frequent. Let's just say that this fresh fruit, lychees used to be delivered quickly, but now they can be stored with ice, which is the treatment only available to the concubines of the previous dynasty. This is also to be freshly delivered to the sea, and it is stored and transported with ice, otherwise it will not work for a long time. ”

"It was indeed a good time, and this time the imperial court sent envoys to the West to expand commerce and trade, and set up a naval army. Several of us also have a little bit of maritime business, and there must be a better opportunity this time, I heard that Wang Mu is preparing a second sea caravan, and I can't miss such a good thing. Li Liang rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

Jin Youcai hurriedly said, "Oh? The Wang family started as a salt merchant and accumulated a huge fortune. Over the years, the sea fleet has made a lot of money from the goods pulled by the sea fleet, but before the sea bandits were rampant, and the risks of each family were not small, and now there is the protection of the navy, and the arrogance of the sea pirates will always be reduced by one or two, and we can't miss this opportunity. ”

Li Liang released another bombshell news, "I heard that the imperial court is preparing to reduce the commercial tax, from one-twentieth to one-thirtieth. There are also new measures in the tax system, such as the abolition of tooth money, the establishment of designated accounts for taxation, and the reward of officials who have problems with auditing accounts. Although Li Liang is not the oldest, he is very well-informed and quite insightful, so several wealthy businessmen do not despise him because he is young.

The commercial economy of this dynasty is becoming more and more developed, and in the process of doing business, because the business often requires the endorsement of the government, there will be the so-called tooth money or tooth contract money, which is the remuneration given to the relevant officials of the government. There are also repeated tax collection, tax collection without issuing vouchers, arbitrary change of tax objects these have been stubborn problems in all dynasties, merchants have been criticized a lot, although the prescribed tax rate is one-twentieth, but the actual tax burden is far more than that.

The new commercial tax management system mentioned by Li Liang is aimed at the above-mentioned stubborn problems.

In order to prevent officials from committing fraud in the account books, the government has prescribed strict methods of recording account books, such as the handling of blank spaces in the account books, requiring that "no empty words should be written under the eyes, and those with empty paper should be erased with ink".

In order to prevent the behavior of small coffers in the process of local government tax collection, a unified tax revenue channel is stipulated, and all revenue must be paid to a designated account.

The government also attaches great importance to accounting and auditing matters. The rewards of government auditors are closely linked to their performance, which greatly motivates auditors.

Several wealthy businessmen are experts, and you can know the weight of it at once. Of course, there will be a discount for the implementation of the system, but it is also very weighty, and this tax rate reduction is real.

Several people were excited about this and discussed how to cooperate in business.

At this time, the people in the box on the left came in one after another.