In the Han Palace, Zhao Yao was eating hot pot with He Lianfang, Liang Run, Wen Daoji, Zheng Cheng and Zheng Qian.

The hot pot I ate today is a mushroom pot, which tastes very delicious, and Zhao Yao and they don't have a mouth to talk and chat.

"Your Highness, you will still eat." Wen Daoji gave Zhao Yao a thumbs up, his face full of admiration, "I didn't expect these mushrooms to be so delicious to make hot pot, you are really talented." ”

The two brothers, Zheng Cheng and Zheng Qian, nodded desperately in agreement: "It's really delicious!" ”

Zhao Yao said proudly: "In terms of food, no one can compare to me." ”

Liang Run smiled and said, "In terms of food, His Royal Highness is an expert. ”

"Yes, I'm a well-known gourmet, and I don't know how many wine shops and restaurants in the capital beg me for reviews." Zhao Yao's face was full of sneer, "If you can get me [good], the business of this wine shop will definitely be hot." ”

He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao's tail was about to reach the sky, and couldn't help but splash him with cold water: "Don't do your job." ”

"Second uncle, why am I not doing my job, I am doing an extremely serious thing." Zhao Yao put down his chopsticks and began to talk eloquently, "People take food as the sky, eating is a big thing, and eating well is the top priority." Besides, second uncle, don't you like to eat food? If you don't like it, I won't call it the delicious food I make in the future. ”

When He Lianfang heard this, she immediately frowned, and said with a cold face: "You dare!" ”

"Second uncle, you see that you also like to eat food, so don't say that food is not a proper business in the future." In terms of food, Zhao Yao does not allow anyone to slander, "Also, food is not only delicious, it is also culture." This gastronomic culture is representative of a country. ”

Speaking of food culture, Zhao Yao said that the head is the Tao, and they were stunned when they heard He Lianfang.

He Lianfang hurriedly interrupted Zhao Yao's words, otherwise he would have said endlessly.

"The wine you promised me."

Hearing the word "winemaking", Wen Daoji and Liang Run's eyes lit up, and then they stared at Zhao Yao one after another.

"Yaoyao, you can also make wine, why haven't I heard you say it before?"

"Your Highness, what wine will you make?" Wen Daoji felt that Zhao Yao could make so many delicious foods, so the wine he brewed must be very delicious.

The brothers Zheng Cheng and Zheng Qian were not interested in wine, but they still looked at Zhao Yao.

Facing He Lianfang's condemning eyes, Zhao Yao smiled weakly: "Second uncle, aren't I busy, I'm going to wait for a while to be busy and start making wine." ”

He Lianfang felt that Zhao Yao had forgotten about it, but she didn't demolish him.

"You're not busy these days, you can make wine."

"Okay, tomorrow I'll ask Tongxi to find some masters who can make wine."

He Lianfang was very satisfied with Zhao Yao's attitude and didn't say anything more.

"Second uncle, even if I start looking for someone to make wine tomorrow, you won't be able to drink it this year or next year."

The corners of He Lianfang's mouth that had just been raised immediately went down: "You can't make wine until next year?" ”

"No, the wine can be brewed quickly, but if you drink this wine as soon as it is brewed, the taste will be much worse, and it should be stored for at least a year." Zhao Yao said seriously, "Second uncle, you also know that wine needs to be fermented, and the longer it is stored, the better it tastes." If you want to drink good wine, you have to wait at least a year. ”

That's the reason, but He Lianfang is hungry for wine, and she can't wait for a year.

"You let me taste your liquor first, didn't you say you could make spirits?"

"Okay, when it's ready, you can drink it, and I'll let you taste what spirits are."

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, Wen Daoji and Liang Run looked forward to it even more.

"By the way, second uncle, what fruits are there in Lingnan now." Lingnan is good, there are a lot of fruits to eat, and there is no inland meat. "When the time comes, I will make some fruit wine and sell it to women, and it will definitely be very popular." As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered red wine again, in Zhao Yao's world in his dream, red wine was very popular. "Second uncle, there are a lot of grapes in the Western Regions, you can arrange for someone to collect more grapes from the Western Regions next year, and I want to make red wine."

"Red wine?" Liang Run heard of the wine "red wine" for the first time, "Your Highness, what kind of wine is red wine?" Liang Run felt that Zhao Yao was now crowned king, and it was not good to call him "Yao Yao" again.

"It's wine, but it's not like wine." Zhao Yao glanced at Liang Run and He Lianfang, and smiled mysteriously, "Let me tell you, red wine is very delicious, and it has a lot of stamina. ”

He Lianfang listened, but she didn't care: "Isn't the wine made from grapes just fruit wine, what's so delicious." ”

Zhao Yao shook his index finger and said, "Second uncle, you don't understand, when you drink it, you will understand my words." ”

"I'm not interested in your red wine, you better hurry up and brew the spirits." He Lianfang waited to drink.

"Don't drink it then." After Zhao Yao finished talking about the red wine, he thought of the medicinal wine again, "By the way, second uncle, you will send someone to collect some medicinal materials tomorrow, and I will make medicinal wine." ”

"Your Highness, there are many people here in Lingnan who brew medicinal wine, basically every household has it, and there are many types of medicinal wine in Lingnan, which can cure all kinds of diseases." Liang Run said again, "You forgot, I bought a lot of medicinal wine and brought it back to your grandmother, and her old man's cold hands and feet have improved a lot." ”

Zhao Yao remembered this incident, "That's better, we can collect the medicinal wine made by the people and sell it inland." As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows ambiguously, "Especially to collect more aphrodisiac medicinal wine." ”

Everyone present understood what Zhao Yao meant, and they all laughed very "obscenely", only Zheng Qian looked indifferent.

He Lianfang joked to Zhao Yao: "You, a kid who doesn't even have a princess, still understand the benefits of aphrodisiac wine." ”

Zhao Yao felt that he was despised, and said very unconvinced: "Second uncle, what you said, I haven't eaten pork and never seen a pig run." ”

Liang couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to collect the medicine and wine tomorrow." ”

"If someone else's medicinal wine is the best, we can ask them to help us make medicinal wine, and it is best to brew some medicinal wine for beauty and beauty, so that we can sell it to those noble ladies in the capital, as well as the ladies in the palace." Speaking of this, Zhao Yao suddenly smiled very cunningly, "The ladies in the palace are very willing to spend money in order to stay young forever. "Wait, can he get out the cosmetics of Zhao Yao's world in his dream.

"The noble ladies of Yangzhou also like it, no, the whole Zhou, and even the noble ladies of foreign countries love it." Liang Run heard Zhao Yao say this, and his brain quickly turned, "As long as women can be made beautiful, women are willing to spend money." ”

"Men are also willing to spend money when it comes to strengthening themselves." Zhao Yao deliberately accentuated the word "strong", and Wen Daoji and Liang Run laughed ambiguously again. "By the way, second uncle, our business is about to start."

"Your Highness, what do you mean?" Liang Run didn't quite understand what kind of serious business Zhao Yao was referring to, after all, they did too much business.

"Restaurant, didn't I tell you before, when I get to the swamp mansion, I will build a big restaurant by the dock." Marsh Province would soon become the busiest wharf in the Great Zhou, and there would be more and more ships and merchants from the Gentiles or from the interior. If you build a restaurant by the pier, business will definitely be hot. "You'll have to arrange for someone to build a restaurant."

Liang Run has also been thinking about this matter, "Your Highness, now the people in the Swamp Mansion are busy building roads, and there are no extra people to help us build a restaurant." "Even if he wants to build a restaurant now, there is no one.

"Find someone from somewhere else to build it." Zhao Yao's index finger tapped lightly on the table, "There are many villages under the swamp mansion, you go directly to these villages to recruit people to build restaurants." The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and if you recruit workers to pay for their wages, the people in the nearby villages will definitely be willing to do it. Just give money and they will be very positive. ”

Liang Run didn't expect the nearby village, but when he heard Zhao Yao say this, he suddenly came to his senses.

"yes, I'll send someone to recruit tomorrow."

"It's best to build the restaurant before May next year." Zhao Yao said, "Second uncle, after the New Year, you have to take someone to Annan and Siam, and you have to tell those business partners that they will come to the Swamp Mansion to do business in the future, and they don't need to be sneaky like before." ”

"Okay." After Liang Rungang finished speaking, he remembered something very important for his opinion, "Your Highness, those dog officials before smuggled business with the people over there in Annan, but they collected six or seven layers of so-called tariffs, how many tariffs do you plan to charge them?" ”

"According to the regulations of Da Zhou, however, from next year, only one layer of tariffs will be charged to them, and normal tariffs will be restored after half a year."

Wen Daoji and Liang Run were shocked by the first layer of tariffs proposed by Zhao Yao, "Your Highness, is the first layer of tariffs too low?" ”

"The first layer of tariff is a preferential treatment for them, which prevents them from sneaking in and smuggling, and most importantly attracts more foreign merchants to do business in the swamp house." Lingnan now belongs to Zhao Yao's fiefdom, and he has complete management rights, which means that he is now equal to the emperor of Lingnan, and he has the final say on how much tariff is set, and the court will not interfere. "In order to smuggle before, they were opened by these officials in Lingnan. Now that I, the king of Han, have come, I have to let them know that I am the real master of Lingnan, and I have to let them understand that doing business through the official path is not only cheap, but also very safe. In this way, they will definitely not be willing to smuggle anymore in order to be cheap. ”

After Liang Run heard this, a sudden look appeared on his face.

"It's still Your Highness's thoughtfulness."

He Lianfang said in her heart that Xiao Shi, a stinky boy, really knows how to do business.

"In addition, second uncle, tell them again, and the things here in Da Zhou will also give them discounts." Zhao Yao remembered an important thing that he almost overlooked, "You still have to tell them that the good tea and good porcelain that Da Zhou has been selling them all this time are made by me." Nowadays, when I come to Lingnan, I still make new tea and new porcelain every year, and I will give them preferential treatment at that time. ”

Liang Run nodded straightly, but he quickly remembered that the imperial court had been selling tea and porcelain to foreign countries like Luzon. If Zhao Yao sold these two things cheaply to foreign countries, wouldn't he be against the imperial court, his face changed in fright, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, if the imperial court knows that you sell tea and porcelain to foreign countries cheaply, the imperial court will definitely be dissatisfied." ”

"What does it have to do with me that the court is full of dissatisfaction." Zhao Yao didn't care about the imperial court at all, "Besides, I'm only giving them a temporary discount, and it's not cheap forever." ”

"Your Highness, what should I do if the court blames you?" Liang Run knew very well in his heart that he had given preferential treatment to those foreign merchants in Luzon for the time being, and when normal tariffs were restored, foreign merchants would continue to cooperate with them in business, which would definitely affect the imperial court.

"Cold salad, don't worry about the court." Zhao Yao was not so fearless because of the emperor's favor for him, but that he legally did business with foreign countries. Besides, the Marsh House was close to the Gentiles, and it was reasonable for the Gentile merchants to like to do business with them. "Wen Daoji, you sort out all the tariffs and give them to me."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"By the way, we must not only do business with the foreign nations on the other side of the sea, but also with the merchants of the interior." The potential of inland merchants is no less than that of foreign merchants, and "the inland side is also temporarily subject to a layer of tariffs." ”

Wen Daoji was frightened by Zhao Yao's words. He was stunned at first, and then hurriedly said, "Your Highness, this is not very good. If you really charge a layer of tariffs on inland merchants, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction in other places. Moreover, the tariffs are set by the imperial court, and even if Lingnan is your fiefdom, you will not change the tariffs at will. ”

"If I charge five layers of tariffs for inland merchants, but only one tier of tariffs for foreign merchants, I am not only treating them differently, but also deliberately bullying inland merchants, so how can inland merchants be willing to come to Lingnan to invest and do business?" In business, the most taboo is to treat them differently, since you want to give preferential treatment, of course, you will treat everyone equally. "Besides, since I can collect the tariff on the first layer of foreign merchants, I can also collect the tariff on the first layer of inland merchants."

"Your Highness, do you mean that the emperor agrees with you to decide the tariff at will?"

"Of course, I can completely decide the tariffs in Lingnan, but I don't have the ability to decide on tariffs in other places." Before Zhao Yao came to Lingnan, he "forced" him Emperor Lao Tzu to promise him a lot of things, first of all, let the emperor promise him, and everything in Lingnan was decided by him, even if he changed some laws and regulations of the imperial court, the emperor promised him. "Didn't I say it before, I can call the shots in everything in Lingnan."

Wen Daoji smiled wryly: "The minister thinks that the tariff cannot be changed at will. ”

"Lingnan's tariffs can be determined however I want, and no one is allowed to say anything."

Wen Daoji was shocked: The emperor actually asked His Royal Highness to decide all the affairs of Lingnan, wouldn't this Lingnan become His Highness's country? Isn't His Highness the Emperor of Lingnan?

According to the law of the Great Zhou, the prince has the right to manage the fief independently, but there are some things that the prince cannot change at will, such as customs duties.

The tariffs were set by the imperial court, and all localities must abide by the regulations of the imperial court and cannot be changed arbitrarily. If tariffs are found to be increased, or reduced, severe penalties will be imposed.

"Of course, I'm only temporarily reducing tariffs. When the preferential period of half a year has passed, the tariffs will return to the same state. "If you don't give some sweetness first, how can those black-hearted merchants be willing to come to Lingnan." As for other places that are dissatisfied, then let them be dissatisfied. ”

"Your Highness, aren't you afraid of being impeached?"

Zhao Yao said indifferently: "Just play, I'm not in the capital anyway." ”

He added: "Tomorrow it will be announced that the people of the swamp province can do business freely, and there will be no more restrictions. Of course, the prerequisite is to abide by the laws of the Great Zhou and not to do illegal business. ”

When Wen Daoji heard the word "freedom", his heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, do you mean that those sinners can also do business?" ”

"Of course not, people whose crimes have not ended cannot do business, but they have no offspring who have broken the law can do it, and those sinners who were exiled to Lingnan in the previous dynasty can do it." Zhao Yao suddenly felt that this matter could be slowed down for a while, and there was one thing that was more urgent. "In this way, this matter will wait for a while, and tomorrow we will start to let the people of the swamp mansion re-register their household registers."

"Re-register your register?"

"Yes, re-register. For the descendants of sinners exiled to Lingnan in the previous dynasty, as long as they did not commit crimes in the Great Zhou, then they were given the status of good citizens. For the sinners who committed crimes and were exiled to Lingnan after the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, their grandchildren gave them the status of good citizens. "Woe to three generations.

Wen Daoji reminded Zhao Yao: "Your Highness, good people can participate in the imperial examination and become officials in the court." ”

"I know, that's why I'm going to give them the status of a good citizen." When Zhao Yao said this, he sighed slightly, "Alas, there are really too few good people in Lingnan. "Of the ten Lingnan people, it is estimated that only two of them are good citizens, and the others are either descendants of criminals or barbarians of the tribe." By the way, the person who does not re-register the household register is a black household. Heihu is not a citizen of the Great Zhou, nor is he a Lingnan person. If it is found to be a black household, it will be driven out of Lingnan and driven out of Dazhou. ”

Wen Daoji understood what Zhao Yao was talking about "black households", "Yes, Your Highness, I will arrange it tomorrow." (End of chapter)