As in the past, Shen Wen and other elders served Li Sheng in Xiaoyu County to eat and drink, and travel to the mountains and rivers for several days, until this noble monk was satisfied. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At the farewell banquet on the last day before Li Sheng's departure, Shen Wen once again gave Li Sheng a big gift that he had to refuse according to the old rules, including three one-hit demon crystals of good quality. Seeing these gifts, Li Sheng immediately smiled and accepted them unceremoniously. However, next, Shen Wen made another request that surprised him.

"What, you say, you want to open a fang market in the whole of Li County?" asked Li Sheng with a strange expression.

Shen Wen said cautiously, "Yes, Lord Li. We hope that you can apply for the noble presbyterian council, so that our Xiaoyu County can open a fang city in the counties of Li County, and slightly reduce the tariffs for us to enter the counties. If Xiaoyu County can profit from this, it will naturally not forget the kindness of adults. ”

Shen Wen suddenly made such a request to Li Sheng, which was naturally the idea of Grant and Linda and others. Over the years, although the city of Lanxingfang opened by the Blue Star Autonomous Group has achieved great success, it has incorporated nearly one million people from more than ten towns under the rule of Xiaoyu County into its huge market. But no matter how much Lanxingfang City develops, it is limited to one area of Xiaoyu County, and when they want to develop and expand externally, they encounter a huge obstacle.

It turned out that, as the autonomous group said before, the degree of social development of the Terran continent was indeed the same as that of the feudal era of the earth, which was reflected in all aspects of the social situation, including the huge tariffs between cities. In order to restrict the people from doing business, but to focus on farming, the eighteen counties of Lijun have their own set of laws and regulations, and impose heavy taxes on commodity trading and merchants, which is a very common practice in the era of earth's farming, but it has greatly hindered the development of the Blue Star Autonomous Group.

If the autonomous group wants to achieve greater achievements, only by breaking the barriers between the counties and letting the products of Xiaoyu County enter the counties without hindrance, otherwise, no matter how hard the autonomous group works, their business can only remain within the small range of Xiaoyu County.

"As you can see these days, our Xiaoyu County has undergone amazing changes compared to the past, and this is all due to the credit of the two new elders who joined Grant and Linda and their clansmen, who set up factories and engaged in trade in our Xiaoyu County, so we Xiaoyu have today's scene. But after all, Xiaoyu County has limited space, and if we want to make this business bigger, we have to do business in other counties. But how troublesome it is to break through the barrier between prefectures, not to mention the high tariffs that each city has to pay, even the nobles behind each city will not easily agree to this time. Therefore, we really hope that Lord Li can come forward for us and dredge up the relationship, you can rest assured, if it is done, Xiaoyu County will not only give the adults a satisfactory gift, but we also promise to give the Presbyterian Church a transaction of the income of the city. ”

Seeing that Li Sheng was silent, Shen Wen continued to persuade, and finally even said his hole cards.

After listening to Shen Wen's request, Li Sheng groaned expressionlessly, and then said slowly: "Brother Shen's request, I'm afraid it's a bit troublesome... It's not that Benjue doesn't want to help you, but you should also know the rules of our Gui Kingdom. Although the royal family and our nobles do not usually manage your mortal affairs, the heads of large families like you are also the county magistrates of the counties, and they manage all the affairs of the county by themselves, except for the conscripted service and the various conscriptions of the royal nobles, as long as you can pay the tribute on time every year, and everything else is handled by you. ”

He paused slightly, and then said: "Especially in the aristocratic fiefdom like our Li County, we can't interfere in the internal affairs of your counties, especially not let the mortals in the family go to the counties as officials and obtain fiefs, otherwise there is such a good errand that can accommodate the clansmen, how can it be your turn to do it, this is all to avoid suspicion! After all, this Gui country is the world of the Gui family, and our Li family, as a nobleman with a different surname, will never dare to do anything that violates the magic power of the royal family." Now that Brother Shen has asked me to apply to the Council of Elders, it is really a bit dangerous for us to intervene in the specific affairs of this kind of county. ”

Shen Wen naturally had such a rule in his heart that the nobles could not interfere in the affairs of the counties in the fiefdoms. This is precisely the Gui royal family's measures to restrict the development of the four nobles with different surnames, limiting the power of the four nobles to the county government, and letting them be responsible for the defense of the entire county government area and various royal servants, but most of the annual tribute taxes have to be handed over to the royal family, and they can only share a small part of it, and they cannot participate in the specific things of the mortal county town in the fief, so as to prevent the nobles from profiting from it.

This kind of decree, which was obviously unfavorable to themselves, the nobles naturally complained about it. Therefore, they also ignored the counties in the fiefdom, as long as these counties could pay enough tribute taxes every year, they were left to fend for themselves. This is why when Xiaoyu County was invaded by pirates, there was neither a royal family nor an aristocratic army to assist in the defense.

Li Sheng would talk about the contradictions between these royal families and nobles in front of their mortals, and it was also because he had accepted too many benefits from Xiaoyu Town, and he unconsciously revealed some complaints. But in fact, he is not very sure of Xiaoyu County's request.

After listening to Li Sheng's words, Shen Wen was suddenly a little disappointed, and asked again: "My lord, is this really not possible?"

Li Sheng stroked a few mustaches on his chin, lowered his head and paced for a while, and then said helplessly: "It's not that my brother refuses to help, I can't do anything about this, I'm afraid I can't help with this favor." ”

Shen Wen listened, and was immediately disappointed, in the past two years, with the development of the Blue Star Autonomous Group has continued to grow, the Shen family where he is located, as the largest family in Xiaoyu County, has naturally benefited a lot. They followed Lin Da's advice and took a stake in the Blue Star Fang City, and with the development of the Fang City, they got a huge amount of income, and even the pillar of the family, the only monk, Shen Hao, also broke through the realm because of the cultivation materials given by Lin Da and others, and the Shen family also became a medium family. If you can do the current business to the whole county, the future benefits will naturally be not small, however, this good wish was helplessly blocked by the decree of the royal family.

The atmosphere of the entire table was suddenly depressed, and even the geisha who were performing songs and dances in front of the table felt this embarrassment, and everyone did not say a word, and they did not know what to think. At this time, Lin Da suddenly got up and arched his hand to Li Sheng and asked, "May I ask Master Li, can you dare to ask a few questions?"

Seeing that it was Lin Da, Li Sheng smiled slightly and said, "It turned out to be Brother Lin, what do you want to know, but it doesn't hurt to ask." ”

In addition to receiving gifts from the county elders' meeting, Linda had also privately presented him with a generous gift on behalf of the autonomous group, and with this relationship, his attitude towards Linda was much more polite.

Lin Da asked bluntly: "Lord Li, may I ask if the mortals of the nobles are also supported by the taxes of the counties of Lixian?

Shen Wen was shocked when he saw that Lin Da actually inquired about the affairs of the aristocratic clan, and couldn't help but feel secretly worried about him. When Li Sheng heard this, his expression was not unusual, but he glanced at Lin Da strangely and replied, "Of course. As the nobles of the feudal county, everyone in the clan, whether they are cultivators or mortals, rely on the taxes of the county to live. ”

"I wonder if the tax tax paid by the county will be enough to support the nobles, in addition to paying the royal family?"

"Hmm... It is indeed a bit insufficient, after all, there are a lot of mortals in our race, and there is no other means of livelihood except relying on tribute taxes, and many mortals are not rich. However, why do you ask such a question?" Li Sheng saw that Lin Da actually inquired about the family affairs of the nobles, and a trace of displeasure flashed across his face.

Shen Wen and the other elders all secretly sweated for Lin Da, but they didn't expect Lin Da to say casually: "Lord Li, I have a way to increase the income of noble mortals several times and live a more comfortable life, and at the same time not let the nobles do anything against the mana of the royal family, I wonder if the lord can agree?"

"There is such a good thing, if your request is the same as what Shen Laodi said, I can't do this!" Li Sheng shook his head and said suspiciously.

Lin Da smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Li, the method I want to say is not County Magistrate Shen's proposal, we will never dare to let the nobles do anything that violates the royal family's mana." I have also carefully studied the mana of the royal family, although there is a clause prohibiting nobles from being willing to participate in the affairs of various counties, but this article is limited to cultivators, and it is not aimed at noble mortals, right?"

Li Sheng nodded and said: "That's right, the mana of the royal family is indeed specifically aimed at our cultivators, but in fact, there are certain restrictions on the mortals of the nobles, and the inspectors of the royal family often keep an eye on our clans, although the decree is not aimed at mortals, but the mortals in the clan do not dare to mess around." ”

Linda nodded and said, "That's right. But the royal decree did not prohibit other normal activities of nobles and mortals. Since it is difficult for our Xiaoyu County alone to break through the barriers of the counties, but if it is the mortals of the nobility who come forward, I think the counties will never dare to intervene, right?

Hearing Lin Da's words, Li Sheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Well, that's true, what is your solution?"

Lin Da smiled slightly, and then said: "My lord, my suggestion is that we Xiaoyu County can cooperate with aristocratic mortals to set up a trading company, and Xiaoyu County will produce products, and aristocratic mortals will be responsible for doing business in various counties, and the two sides will sign a contract and each occupy a certain amount of shares." We only need to operate in the name of aristocratic mortals, so that we can bypass the onerous tariffs between counties and sell our products to the counties easily! I don't think the counties will dare to impose heavy taxes on the business of the nobles and mortals, right? As long as we can establish a foothold in a few counties and grow our business bigger, those counties that have tasted the sweetness will naturally remove the onerous tariffs, and our income will naturally increase. At that time, they will be divided according to their respective shares, and the mortals of the nobility will have income without doing anything, wouldn't it be better than waiting to eat a limited tribute now?"

After listening to Linda's words, although he didn't understand anything about what was called a company, a contract, a share, a tariff and other concepts, as soon as he heard that he could sit back and enjoy what he didn't do, he was immediately overjoyed and immediately moved.

He stood up, pacing back and forth, thinking, and after a long silence, the fat noble monk stared at Lin Da, with a glimmer of light in his eyes, and said, "Seconds! It's wonderful! Why didn't we think of this method before! Brother Lin, this idea is very good!"

Hearing Li Sheng's words, Lin Da's heart suddenly relaxed, and Shen Wen and the others on the side also showed joy, and immediately echoed and said: "Lord Li, we also think Elder Lin's proposal is good!

"Well, that's true! However, whether this matter will be successful or not is not up to me alone, and in the end, it will only be decided with the consent of the elders of the clan. ”

Li Sheng first nodded, then shook his head, and said lightly. Suddenly, he pointed at Lin Da and said unceremoniously: "This way, you go with me to Lifu and ask the Council of Elders about this matter in person!"