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"Shopkeeper Liu, these people wearing short clothes and shorts and wearing a bib are people from the Jinguang Empire, and these people in long shirts and trousers are our merchants from Xia Yuancheng......" A man dressed as an official introduced Liu Zhibang beside him as he walked.

Liu Zhibang nodded, and looked curiously at those merchants of the Golden Light Empire, the clothes on their bodies were more suitable for work, and the ornaments on their clothes were more gorgeous. During Liu Zhibang's gaze patrol, there were people in the dark who were silently paying attention to him, and when Liu Zhibang's eyes turned to their side, they all chose to look away.

Liu Zhibang turned around and said to an official beside him: "What is the current situation of the turnover and tax revenue of the Oriental Trade Center?" ”

The official bowed slightly and replied: "Back to Shopkeeper Liu, there are currently thirty-two independent shops, of which twenty-three are from Xia Yuancheng, nine are from the Jinguang Empire, and there are one hundred and thirty-one stalls in greenhouses. All kinds of standard shops and greenhouse stalls are charged corresponding rents in accordance with the regulations of the Xia Yuan City Lord's Mansion, and the stalls do not charge rent according to the regulations, but only charge a symbolic management fee. At present, the daily turnover of the Oriental Trade Center is about 13,000 gold coins, the tax is calculated at 10 percent, there are 1,300 gold coins, all the entry and exit have accounts, according to the regulations, 20 percent is used for the construction and management costs of the Oriental Trade Center, 30 percent is used for the border defense and military expenses of Hukou Pass, and the remaining 50 percent is handed over to the Xia Yuan City Lord's Mansion. Since the opening of the Oriental Trade Center for two months, the development momentum has been good, and new merchants have entered every day, even merchants from as far away as the Sinar Mas Empire Xingning City, and I believe that it will not be long before most of the well-known businesses of the Sinar Mas Empire will gather here......"

Liu Zhibang asked again: "What is the public security situation?" ”

The official replied: "Since the opening of the market, there have been dozens of brawls and disputes, but they have all been resolved under the pressure of the Trade Square Police Station, and as the management of the police station has become more and more perfect, the vendors here can trade fairly, and very few people dare to fight and seek trouble......

As soon as the official's voice fell, he heard a noise and quarrel in the greenhouse.

"You profiteer, I bought eight catties, but you only gave me seven catties and two taels, bullying me and not admitting it, no, return the money!"

Another person with a Xia Yuancheng accent replied: "You saw it clearly when you weighed, it was obviously eight catties, and now you came back after half an hour and told me that it was seven catties and two taels, who knows if you hid those eight taels and left my counter, that is two clear money and goods, don't you understand the rules?" ”

The previous man said: "When I bought it, I weighed it here, and I went to my fellow countryman to weigh it again and found that it was missing eight taels, you have to compensate me, otherwise, I will smash your stall......"

Liu Zhibang frowned, the official trembled in fright, turned around and ran over.

The officer greeted him and asked, "What happened?" ”

The stall owner with the accent of Xia Yuancheng saw that the official was coming, and hurriedly said: "The manager is here, let him evaluate the theory!" ”

The manager listened to the two sides say it again, and then took the buyer's goods and weighed them on the scale of the seller's stall owner, and found that it was still eight catties. The buyer is not relenting, and he must get back eight taels.

During the dispute, Liu Zhibang slowly walked up to him and said, "What is your dispute?" ”

When the manager saw Liu Zhibang coming, he hurriedly said, "Liu ...... The shopkeeper, the two of them had a dispute because of the disparity between the two catties, and I am in mediation......"

After listening to the ins and outs, Liu Zhibang also tried to weigh it with two scales, and indeed found that there was a problem, and then Liu Zhibang asked people to take the scales of the merchants in Xia Yuancheng and compare them with the scales of the Jinguang Empire, and found that the same product was weighed on different scales, and the values were indeed different, not that the buyer was deliberately looking for trouble.

When Liu Zhibang was thinking, everyone's eyes were looking at him, except for the manager of the Trade Square, no one knew Liu Zhibang's identity, Liu Zhibang thought for a while, and said: "You two don't have to argue, from now on, all the traders' scales must be verified and calibrated by the Trade Square before they can be used in the market. This is the jurisdiction of the Han nationality, all standards must be implemented with reference to the standards of the Han nationality, the currency used in the trade must be exchanged at the currency exchange center of the trade square, other currencies are not allowed to be traded, and the pricing is also carried out according to the standards of the Han nationality. ”

"Who is he, why does the boss of the Trade Square have to be respectful in front of him?"

"Could it be the big shopkeeper of the Hengchang Chamber of Commerce, but it's not like it, it doesn't seem to be under the control of the Hengchang Chamber of Commerce here......" There was a discussion in the crowd.

A few men in the crowd bowed their heads and talked for a while, and one man gave up his stall and hurriedly walked out of the market, all of which fell into the eyes of the guards beside Liu Zhibang, and after Liu Zhibang turned around and left, the guards gave Lu Er what they saw.

Lu Er whispered beside Liu Zhibang: "Commander, the people below have discovered the fine work of the Golden Light Empire, do we want to ......?"

Liu Zhibang shook his head and said: "It's okay, before we figure out our reality and reality, General Gu Song didn't dare to make a move, but we don't know his layout and thoughts too well, let's come here this time, the main thing is to communicate face-to-face with Gu Song, at present, we are weak, and it is good to have one less enemy......

After explaining some things, Liu Zhibang took people to continue to Dushan City, and walked for two days before Liu Zhibang and his party arrived at Dushan City, which is a large city in the southernmost part of the Jinguang Empire, with a small population, and almost most of the residents are concentrated in Dushan City, with only scattered villages scattered in the jungle of the plain.

Liu Zhibang stopped outside the huge Dushan City, carefully observing this Xiongcheng, Dushan City is located on a lonely hill in a plain, condescending, overlooking the entire Ulu River Plain, the city wall of Dushan City extends along the foot of the mountain in an irregular shape, the circumference of the city wall is more than thirty miles, the houses in the city are stacked on top of each other, the roof exudes a faint golden yellow in the setting sun, and at the highest point of the city is a temple, the curved upturned three-story eaves finally converge into a spire that reaches straight to the sky, as if like a TV tower in the human world, But even more gorgeous, each tile is coated with a layer of glittering gold paint, which emits a thousand rays of light in the sunlight, which is very sacred.

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