Lu Zhongheng and the others looked at each other, as if they had made an appointment, they all looked at Li Cunyi, signaling whether they wanted to do business with Lan Bin, no, whether they wanted to change their position and support commercial taxation.

Lan Bin looked at the reaction of Lu Zhongheng and the others, and realized that their group of people was led by Li Cunyi, but he was not surprised, don't look at Li Cunyi's official position is not high, he is just a servant of the sixth grade. But he can't stand up to having a good brother, Han and Li Shanchang, the heads of the six founding princes.

So much so that his relationship among the nobles is very deep, and no matter who it is, he has to give him some face. Even at some point, he will be seen as the spokesperson for Lee Sun-chang.

Lu Zhongheng and others have this reaction, which is normal.

After Li Cunyi looked at Lu Zhongheng and the others, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Lan Bin's nephew, I have a question, I don't know whether to talk about it or not!"

"Uncle Li, if you have any questions, just ask, my nephew knows everything!" Lan Bin said with a smile.

Li Cunyi stared at Lan Bin and said, "What is a department store?"

"Uncle Li, you can understand the department store as a complex of grain and oil stores, cloth villages and other stores!"

Lan Bin knew that Li Cunyi was measuring the value of department stores and supermarkets, and whether it was worth turning against him and supporting commercial taxes, he couldn't help but exaggerate: "In other words, department stores sell everything on the market!"

Li Cunyi frowned slightly, still a little confused, he didn't know what a department store was, but he didn't think much about it, but asked the question he was most concerned about: "How much money can the department store make in a month?"

"How much you can earn, my nephew is not clear for the time being. However, my nephew estimates that the department store and supermarket are no worse than my nephew's glass business!" Lan Bin thought for a while.

Although the department store is a business that he came up with temporarily, and it is not clear how much money the department store can make, the department store is still a new thing in the current era.

Once it is done, it will definitely make more money than the glass business.

The most important thing is that the core of department stores and supermarkets is not retail, but resource integration.

You must know that in ancient times, the transportation was inconvenient, and all kinds of resources were extremely scattered, if the resources of various regions could be integrated together, not only could you make a lot of money with the help of department stores and supermarkets, but also helped the imperial court to macro-control prices.

Of course, department stores and supermarkets must form a scale before they can achieve macro-control.

Li Cunyi was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Really?"

He had never heard of a department store, so he naturally didn't know how a department store did it, and he didn't know if a department store could make money. But he didn't know much about Lan Bin's glass business.

And because of his red eyes, he also privately checked Lan Bin's glass business.

In the end, it was Lan Bin's glass business that could earn at least 100,000 taels of silver a month.

A hundred thousand taels of silver!

The silver earned by all the merchants under his Li Mansion's name, combined, is less than 30,000 taels of silver. And Lan Bin has a glass business, but he can earn more than 100,000 taels of silver, so how can he not be blushing.

"Lan Bin's nephew, we don't read much, don't lie to us! What kind of department store and supermarket do you think can really be more profitable than your glass business?" Lu Zhongheng and the others were also anxious, and they all gossiped.

Lan Bin smiled lightly: "Uncles and uncles, since my nephew dares to say this, he is naturally sure. If you don't believe me, we can make a note that if the department store and supermarket are opened, it is not as profitable as the glass business, and the nephew will make up for the shortage!"

"It's a deal!"

Li Cunyi just said impatiently, as if he realized that it was inappropriate, and said pretendedly: "Of course, it doesn't matter if I make up for it or not, the main thing is that I, who is an uncle, can't sweep your face."

Lu Zhongheng and the others were originally quite happy, but when they heard Li Cunyi's later words, they realized that Lan Bin could say this, and he was an uncle and uncle, and he was indeed a bit of a bully if he agreed so impatiently.

And the one who was bullied was the son of the old brother, and he was a little embarrassed to twist his head to the side, not daring to look at Lan Bin.

However, Lan Bin ignored Li Cunyi's shameless face and smiled: "Uncle Li takes care of his nephew's face, how can his nephew not know the reason. Something collaborative

That's it!"

Lan Bin was so happy, Li Cunyi was naturally not far behind, and said as if he had returned the favor: "Tomorrow, we will write to the emperor and ask the emperor to adjust the commercial tax rate."

Lan Bin understood in seconds, knowing that the deal had been reached, he couldn't help but say, "Well, my nephew will also come up with a cooperation plan for department stores and supermarkets as soon as possible, and we will discuss specific cooperation at that time."

"Even so, I'll wait for my nephew's plan!"

Li Cunyi raised his eyebrows, said with a smile, and then diverted the topic and exchanged greetings with Lan Yu and Lan Bin's father and son.

It may be because of the department store and supermarket, Li Cunyi, Fei Ju and others praised Lan Bin a lot during the greetings, and praised Lan Bin, Lan Bin was nothing, but Lan Yu was happy enough, and his bragging temperament came up again, and Lan Yu's braggart voice sounded in the entire Lanfu main hall. …………

The next day, Lu Zhongheng, Fei Ju and others, under the instruction of Li Cunyi, in the early dynasties, on the grounds that the imperial court levied commercial taxes were for the benefit of the country and the people, wrote in support of commercial taxes, and also publicly suggested that the imperial court reformulate the tax rate in the song.

This move not only stunned a group of civil officials who opposed commercial taxes, but also made Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao feel that the sun had come out in the west.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is Zhu Yuanzhang, although he doesn't know why Lu Zhongheng and others suddenly defected, wrote a letter to support commercial taxation, and even suggested that the commercial tax rate be reformulated, but he did not let go of this opportunity, first borrowed the recital of Lu Zhongheng and others, and reprimanded a group of civil officials who opposed commercial taxation.

Later, he took advantage of the trend to announce the trial implementation of the commercial tax ladder rate of the new version of the commercial tax ladder tax rate that had already been agreed with the six Shangshu.

In addition, it is required that Yingtianfu, which has tried to implement the commercial tax on a trial basis, will implement the new commercial tax rate at a later date, and abolish the previous commercial tax.

Because Lu Zhongheng and others suddenly wrote a letter to support commercial taxation, and Zhu Yuanzhang quickly cut through the chaos, he did not give the civil officials who opposed commercial taxation the slightest opportunity to oppose it, and directly set the matter of Tianfu experimenting with the new commercial tax rate.

The civil officials who opposed the commercial tax saw that the matter had come to this point, so they could only pinch their noses and admit it.

The new version of the tiered tax rate was passed in the court, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very good, and even the early dynasty went down two quarters of an hour earlier than before.

But Zhu Yuanzhang, who had left the court, remembered the reaction of Lu Zhongheng and others in the court, and was a little more suspicious in his heart, his face was retracted with joy, and he said in a deep voice: "Come on, bring us Jiang Xuan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard!"