Seeing that everyone was shocked and still had some doubts, Cao Bin didn't talk nonsense, and gestured to Li Qingzhao:

"Mrs. Li, it's up to you to report in detail to the Queen Mother and the ministers about the tax revenue of the city."

When Kou Zhun, Bao Zheng and others heard this, they immediately understood the reason why Cao Bin called a "female subordinate" to follow, and couldn't help but roll their eyes secretly.

Successive three envoys, which one is not a master who is well-informed and proficient in numbers? 、

Even when Cai Jing was in charge of the Third Division, as long as the first emperor asked, he could accurately report most of the figures.

Only Cao Bin, who is wonderful, actually asked his subordinates to turn over the account book in public.

I'm afraid that he, the third envoy, is the most brain-saving person.

But with Li Qingzhao's report, the belly and fibula in their hearts gradually disappeared, because Li Qingzhao's report was too detailed.

"From the beginning of the year to May 31, two ships of spices landed at Mingzhou Port, totaling 600 materials, extracting 90 materials, and obtaining 13,500 ......yuan of money."

"15,000 ...... of pig iron"

"950,000 stone ...... of rice"

"Pearls, agate, glass, ivory, gold and silver, ......"

There are all kinds of goods, a total of hundreds of commodities, and the records are extremely clear, and Kou Zhun and others have been following the mental arithmetic.

After Li Qingzhao finished reading, everyone's eyes bulged, and Kou Zhun exclaimed:

"There are really as many as 2 million, I didn't expect that there is such a big potential in sea trade? It's unbelievable! ”

Cao Bin glanced at him with disgust and said:

"Kou Zhiyuan shouldn't be so unproductive, but it's only more than two million."

"This is just the beginning, if Haimao develops for a year or two, the income can be doubled!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and Kou Zhun raised his voice and said:

"What? Double again? ”

"Marquis Zhongjing, above the court, you can't joke!"

It's no wonder that everyone lost their temper.

You must know that in addition to taxes in kind, since Taizu, the Great Song Dynasty has the largest annual income, and the national tax income is only more than 40 million yuan.

This seems like a lot of money, but it includes the profits of the imperial court monopoly on salt, iron, tea, wine, etc., as well as the taxes paid by farmers and merchants all over the country, as well as the silver income added up to various miscellaneous taxes.

Why have rebels arisen one after another in the past two years?

It is caused by the fact that the imperial court spent too much money on troops, and it was difficult to maintain, in order to levy millions more taxes.

If the tax revenue of sea trade can reach 8 million, it will be an extra 20% of the annual income.

It is completely possible to rely on these taxes to completely erase the losses caused by the Great War the year before in just a few years, and even make the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty exceed that of the Emperor before the Great War, so that the imperial court will no longer have the pressure of money.

Thinking of surpassing the first emperor, Empress Dowager Pan almost couldn't control her emotions, her eyes were full of excitement, she stared at Cao Bin tightly, no matter how she looked at it, she felt that he was very cute.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Pan and the ministers were amazed by Cao Bin's talent, Concubine Pang's face was also full of smiles, which was very useful.

She has long regarded Cao Bin as her closest family member, and the better Cao Bin is, the happier she is.

Bao Zheng was also very happy at this time, and at the same time a little afraid, thanks to the fact that Cao Bin was not killed on a whim back then, otherwise wouldn't it be a loss of a great talent for the imperial court?

Just as everyone asked Cao Bin about the next sea trade plan, He Jianzhang suddenly asked in an inquiring tone:

"Marquis Zhongjing, the old man is ignorant, and he still wants to teach him if he has some incomprehensions."

"My Great Song Haimao's extraction has always been one out of ten goods for tax, why did you just report, spices. Gold and other goods are three out of twenty? ”

"Grain and iron ore are one out of twenty? This...... It seems to be inconsistent with the amount of tax set by the imperial court. ”

Hearing this, the ministers immediately calmed down, and they also found the problem, and looked at Cao Bin one after another.

Seeing this, Concubine Pang's heart tightened slightly, and she stared at He Jianzhang fiercely, feeling extremely unhappy.

He Jianzhang was stared at by her and his scalp was numb, and he was depressed, he just "asked" for advice, and he didn't expose it too much, why was he so sensitive?

"I didn't get so excited about my son's death."

Thinking so in his heart, he hurriedly shrank and hid behind Wang Yanling.

At this time, Empress Dowager Pan pondered for a while, and Zhengse asked:

"Cao Qing, this palace also has a lot of confusion about its original situation, could it be that you have ulterior motives?"

Cao Bin glanced at He Jianzhang and bowed his hand to Empress Dowager Pan:

"Queen Mother, this is not a change in the tax system by the ministers, but the right of the first emperor to allow our city to be autonomous."

As he spoke, he arched his hand to Wang Yanling again:

"Prime Minister Wang, you have read the holy decree of the first emperor, you should know the content of it."

After Wang Yanling thought about it, Fang nodded and said:

"This city was initiated by the Marquis of Zhongjing, although the first emperor did not specifically mention the tax system, but allowed you to experiment with the system independently, and it is not considered to change the tax system without authorization."

When the decree was issued last year, he was busy supporting the new king, and he had no time to care, so it would be good to remember the content of the decree, so why care about too many details?

After getting the answer she wanted, Empress Dowager Pan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and Cao Bin continued:

"As for raising tariffs on high-luxury goods such as spices and gold, it is to restrict the entry of these goods into the market, and it can also increase the tax revenue of the imperial court."

When Kou Zhun and the others heard this, their faces couldn't help but become ugly, and they questioned:

"Marquis Zhongjing, are you fishing with all your might?"

Cao Bin ignored them and continued:

"According to Cao's plan, these goods will continue to increase taxes......"

Although he also knows little about maritime trade, he still knows the basic principles.

Although the price of high-end goods such as gold, silver and spices is high, they do not have much practical value and are not beneficial to people's livelihood.

What he wanted was to use silk, fine porcelain, perfume, soap and other high-end goods unique to the Great Song Dynasty to earn overseas basic resources such as grain, copper and iron.

At that time, the people of the Great Song Dynasty could weave a silk horse in a few days, and they could exchange it for grain and minerals dug up from several months or even a year's labor in other countries.

This is tantamount to using the method of sea trade to kidnap all countries to work for the Great Song Dynasty.

This is the same reason that later developed countries used high-precision products to kidnap the world's labor and resources.

"When the minister was in Jiangnan, he used to set up weaving workshops, porcelain kilns and other workshops to settle the people and pay more wages."

"In this way, the people have money in their hands and their purchasing power has increased greatly, which can reverse the stimulation of maritime trade, make the people prosperous, and increase the commercial tax!"

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned, this completely opened up a new world for them, and "buying and selling" could still be played like this?

For a while, everyone looked at Cao Bin and didn't know what to say.

The means are too ruthless, the scheming is too yin, and the mind is too poisonous.

What kind of heart did he come up with such a strategy to damage yin and lose morality?

However, how can there be a feeling of imminent movement in my heart?

You don't have to fight, you don't have to fight hard, you can rob the whole world with just sea trade, which is so cool!

Even an upright person like Bao Zheng couldn't think of a reason to refute it, Cao Bin This is for the benefit of all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, although it has suffered a little bit from the people of Fanbang, but it is not a violation of Confucian benevolence, right?

Who told you that you don't have technology?