Li Shu's words made me laugh: "Okay, good, with you, Mrs., you can do whatever you like, right?" You really can't be idle. By the way, after a while, when you go back, bring this mineral map of Weinan County to Your Majesty for me, and give your father a big surprise. ”

"What's the surprise, what else can there be here besides coal and marble, and the hot springs...... Oh my God, Toshiro, you're not kidding, are you? Li Shu's eyes widened as she stared straight at the drawing I handed her. The green butterfly also stepped forward and couldn't help but gasp.

Li Shu's eyes have been transformed into the appearance of gold ingots, although the current gold ingots in the Tang Dynasty do not have this shape, therefore, I think the shape of the gold ingots is very likely to be cast according to the original shape of my mother-in-law's eyes. "Gold ......" Li Shu's mouth was half open, and his eyes were wide, indicating that he was too greedy, well, the first gold worshipper in the Tang Dynasty was my mother-in-law.

The green butterfly on the side did a little better, and quickly recovered from its surprise and raised its eyes to look at me. "Junlang, this is really good news, there is a gold mine in Weinan, does that mean that the tax in Weinan County can be increased?"

I shook my head: "This has nothing to do with the taxes in Weinan County, after all, such valuable mineral deposits belong to the state, so the benefit is in the country, not Weinan, otherwise, how could the husband be so calm?" ”

Green Butterfly flattened her mouth: "That's not useless. Li Shu put away the mineral map with a smile, and said with a smile: "You can't say that, after all, it is the gold mine discovered by our husband in office, and this credit, no matter what, has to fall on our husband, right, Junlang, this thing of honeycomb coal, you tell me, when will we start doing it?" ”

"This matter, well, for the husband to think about it, wait a minute, this period of time, the merchants of Weinan have been successively posted to worship, for the husband no one has taken care of it, since the profits of honeycomb coal will soon be thinned out, in this case, the husband has an idea, we don't eat alone, directly pull everyone together to make a fortune, but also let them have more trust in this son." I rubbed my chin and made a new suggestion.

------------------------------------------------ "How do you get people hooked?" "When Li Shu heard what I said, he immediately became interested." You also know that after the husband came to Weinan, if he wanted to reform the tax, the first thing was to tax it according to the acres of land or property, right? This kind of taxation method, the common people are too late to be happy, but there are some people, hehe, they can't sit still. I narrowed my eyes and took a sip of my wine.

"What if you can't sit still?" Li Shu's expression when he said this was very arrogant, well, I like it, arrogant, the most important thing is that Her Royal Highness the Lamb Princess has the capital to be arrogant, one of the most favored princesses of His Majesty the Tang Emperor, who dares to mess with it? Even if you don't get into trouble, in case Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't like you one day, it will be you who are unlucky.

"The lamb is not in a hurry, and listen to the husband, my hand, but let them feel very unbalanced in their hearts, after all, the money can be less than usual, there will inevitably be complaints in the heart, the husband knows, they must not be able to move for the husband, however, it can not make people feel that the husband is a person who hates the rich, so the husband will give them some ways to make a fortune, although the tax is more than before, but the money earned, must be more than they used to earn." I raised my head in a hung hanging, chewed on the dried meat and smiled.

The nearest raw coal source from Chang'an is in Weinan, and almost all of the coal used in Chang'an is sold from here, if the honeycomb coal can be sorted out, not to mention anything else, millions of people in Chang'an City, as long as one-tenth of our honeycomb coal, an average of three or five a day, this is not a small amount of money.

At least in the past few years, the mined coal surface has been piled up into a mountain of coal in the mining area, but it can't be sold, after all, everyone only uses coal, and the coal surface is at most used when the fire is used, and the amount is really negligible.

What's more, people from other coal mines want to come to Chang'an to do this business, there is no way to compete with Weinan, the most important thing is the freight, after all, Weinan is too close to Chang'an, and the four-wheeled carriage is only more than an hour to go back and forth.

After listening to my analysis, Li Shu immediately made a decision: "Cheng, listen to Junlang, although it is also important to make money, but it can not only make money, but also allow Junlang to win people's hearts, and it will be easier to do things in the future, this method is no better." Hearing Li Shu's words, I couldn't help but be happy, worthy of being my own mother-in-law, understanding me and supporting me, well, it is necessary to give the lamb girl a certificate of virtue and virtue to reward her. Since I didn't have a certificate on my body, I gave him a kiss to encourage him. Her Royal Highness the princess was bare and coquettish.

Three days later, all the businessmen in Weinan County who had posted a visit to me finally received an invitation from me, the commander of Weinan Sipin County, inviting these people to go to the Yamen of Weinan County to discuss important matters. These people either have a local industry in Weinan County, or have a business in Chang'an, all in all, these people have a lot of net worth, after all, since the Han Dynasty, they have been clamoring for heavy agriculture and suppressing business, and many people are unwilling to be in the company of businessmen, and there are not many people who do business. In addition, Weinan itself is close to Chang'an, the transportation is convenient, and the goods are sold between Chang'an and Weinan, which is the so-called backing on the mountains to eat the mountains, so although the merchants in Weinan are not much, they are not few, and as for these landlords, they can be regarded as well-known figures in Weinan County.

A dozen or so Weinan merchants and landlords with their bellies upright but their expressions looked uneasy sat on both sides, and Cui Renshi and Wang Fangyi sat on the left side as escorts. Ben Gongzi glanced at everyone, and it could be seen from the expressions of these people that during this period of time, after the announcement of the new tax was released, it changed from the original thirty taxes to ten taxes and one, which really gave these merchants a headache, and most of them ran to Chang'an or other places to do business, and those who stayed were either people with extremely strong local concepts and difficult to leave their homeland, or their industries were concentrated in Weinan, and they could run monks and temples.

So their mood must be very guilty, I have also found out what is going on here, the former county order of Weinan is reported according to thirty taxes, but he draws twenty taxes and one, among them, it also leaves a little more profit for the people in front of them, of course, this does not include other taxes and fees, Datang's miscellaneous expenses are not high, but it is not nothing, the most important thing is to see what the officials below do, how black their hearts are.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official is Fang Jun, the new county magistrate of Weinan County, a few days ago, I said that I had a lot of things, I was too busy, and I didn't have the time to greet you, I'm really sorry, and I hope you Weinan fathers and elders will understand. Today, I invite you to come here, first, to meet with you, and in the future, to make suggestions for the development of Weinan together, and secondly, to invite you to have a light meal. I cleared my throat and said aloud.

------------------------------------------------ "The old decay Du talks about meeting the adults, the name of the adults, we are like thunder, the humanities and martial arts, breaking the iron le, hitting Goguryeo, coming to the Japanese country, the world knows, building academies, regardless of the dignity and humility and cold, all are allowed to enroll, and the world is moved by the name of talent...... Today, I can see the demeanor of adults, which is really comforting for my life, but I don't know anything about the old decay, and I ask for my advice. A rich old gentleman stood up, gave me a long salute, and trembled slightly, and after patting the official's ass, Fang Zi said what was on his mind.

"Sir, please sit down, it's okay to speak out." I raised my hand and motioned for the old gentleman to sit down and speak slowly.

"My lord, a few days ago, you issued an announcement, all the merchants in Weinan County, the tax is ten taxes one, this, we are a little puzzled, it is said that my Weinan is neither a prosperous city like Chang'an, nor a place where businessmen gather, not a rich place, why this tax, to be collected according to the highest? This seems to be a bit inconsistent with the laws of the Tang Dynasty, right? The old man is dull, and I would like to ask the adults to talk about it in detail, so as to solve my confusion about Weinan businessmen. "Du Lun seems to be an old and refined guy, but also, if you don't have a little shrewdness in business, how can you do it? I'm afraid that the capital has already been lost, and I can't even leave a piece of crotch cloth, looking at these in front of me, wearing a silk belt around my waist, at least it is a rich family.

According to the information of the Jinjuan Academy, there are a number of wealthy families in Weinan, this Du Lun, his family is rich, his land is thousands of acres, and his granddaughter is married to a member of the Tang Dynasty. In addition to this Du Lun, there was another big landowner Wu Sheng, whose son Wu Bo served as the governor of Yanzhou. These two are the most prominent figures in Weinan County, and even the former county magistrate of Weinan County is respectful when he sees these two.

(To be continued)