"Empty-handed?"

"But I didn't have anything for him......

Zhu'an looked in the tent and pulled out a bottle of medicinal wine that had not been brewed for a long time, "Why don't you take this?"

Mu Feibai stretched out his hand and looked at it, "I think it's good." ”

Said to go to Wanbang to visit, it would be rude to drag it out for too long, after the second day of the Winter Festival, they were ready to go, but the first visit to visit empty-handed was a little inappropriate, before coming to do not think of going to such a trip, and did not know Wanbang's preferences, he and Zhu'an got up early in the morning to discuss in the tent what to take as a meeting gift.

"This thing is practical, and it comes from you, it must be a good thing!"

Zhu'an didn't hesitate to give it to Mu Feibai directly, "It's not a valuable thing, but it's better than empty-handed." ”

"Mu Feibai, are you ready?"

Weaving Dream called outside the tent, and Mu Feibai hurriedly responded, "It's coming!"

Wanbang yesterday and Zhu'an named Weaving Dream to go over together, but he didn't mention it, so he naturally wanted to accompany the two of them to go together, and Weaving Dream still had something to say to Wanbang.

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Zhimeng has been pondering the topic of half of the last time he talked to Wanbang, thought about it carefully, and asked Shuhua Mu Feibai some related things, and perfected his thoughts.

Wan Bang mentioned to her the problem of food supply in the army, and what she said at the time was that she would plough and fight, but it was true that farming could not be done overnight, although it could relieve distant sorrows, but it could not take into account immediate worries.

Moreover, there are other flows of this people's grain, and since she knows that it has flowed into the hands of the major families, she thinks that she can also use the same method to get it back from the hands of the families.

Of course, it must not be purchased at a high price like the family sect, and the money is bound to be in short supply, so you have to change to a different method.

However, in the final analysis, this matter is for the consideration of the tens of thousands of soldiers in the northwest battalion, and she can't shirk it, so she really thought of a way after thinking about it.

As far as she learned from Mu Feibai, the annual taxes paid by merchants to the imperial court are not low, not only do they need to pay taxes when they do business in the local area, but they also have a lot of taxes when they do business in other places, not to mention that they need to pay transit gate taxes for outbound transactions, that is, many transportation arteries between the city-states also set up cards to collect taxes, and there are many government decrees that strictly control foreign merchants.

In short, the tax of businessmen is very heavy, and she also thinks about it from this aspect.

Wan Bang is a general of a country, so his position is to represent the imperial court, and the merchants of the family are doing business for profit, if the two can be properly adjusted, they can achieve the effect she wants.

So, what she thinks is, cooperation.

That is to say, the imperial court and the family with the grain in their hands form an alliance and cooperate, and supply the grain purchased by the family to the army at the lowest price acceptable to both parties, and even do not need to spend money every time, only need to be properly liquidated in installments, such as half a year or a year, so as to ensure that the supply of grain in the army will not be interrupted...... That is, to give a part of the profit to the merchants.

This kind of compensation method is very different from the free requisition of grain from the hands of merchants, so that merchants can get profits, and they are more willing to take out the grain in their hands, and the imperial court solves the problem of insufficient food supply in the army, although the tax is reduced, but the enthusiasm of tax to promote business development is reduced, and the income is increased, and the tax income will not be much lost.

In this way, the peasants will be willing to sell their surplus grain, which can increase the peasants' income; the merchants' business costs will be reduced, which will increase commercial exchanges between various localities and promote the social and economic development of the whole country; and the imperial court will also be able to obtain grain from the hands of the major families, reduce the flow of grain, and solve the difficulty of supplying grain to the army.

In this way, alliance cooperation is a good way to do it at this time.

Of course, in order to prevent some merchants from raising grain prices for profit, it is necessary to formulate criteria for forming alliances, such as depending on the amount of grain stored by the family, try to choose a stable source of grain stock, and cooperate with the family with a base number, and give strict punishment to those who try to fish in troubled waters.

Of course, it is not limited to cooperating with only one, but first try it out with one that meets the requirements in all aspects, and see the results, and if the results are significant, then promote this policy in the world and encourage more families to join voluntarily.

Among them, you have to choose the first alliance.

In this regard, Weaving Dream also thought about it carefully, and she thought that there were three people who were the most suitable, Rong Lian, Mu Feibai, and Shuhua, which were the three major families they represented.

Martial arts family, in addition to martial arts attainments, want to become a sect, are indispensable to have financial support, in addition to their own family of real estate, business is the most important source of wealth, most of the scale of the family are in business.

Just like when they first met Mu Feibai and Rong Lian, both of them went out for business in the clan. Regarding the purchase of grain, she also confirmed with Shuhua Mu Feibai that it is true that the Muliu family is stockpiling grain, so it is impossible for the Rong family not to participate.

Therefore, first take the family history of the three of them, the Qingcheng Rong family, the Jinan Mu family, and the Jiangnan Liu family are all the three major families in the rivers and lakes, in the entire rivers and lakes, no matter the prestige, status, or influence, no one can stand out, if one of them can take the lead in forming an alliance, it will naturally make other families more assured, and it can also affect more families to participate.

Of course, among the three, Weaving Dream felt that the most suitable was Rong Pian.

After coming out of the Phantom Flower Palace, she has learned some things about Qingcheng, if it is said that among the three major families, the largest family business is the Liu family, after all, Jiangnan is rich in products and is the richest place, however, the richest financial resources among the three families are not the Liu family, it is the Qingcheng Rong family.

In the rivers and lakes, Rong Lian is the person who can be called a legend. In addition to his appearance and martial arts, Rong Lian is most talked about by the world for his wealth. It is rumored that the Rong family in Qingcheng is rich and rivals the country, and many merchants around the country are not only offering to the God of Wealth, but also some people secretly offering mercy.

Of course, this is an exaggeration, but the Rong family's industry covers the widest range, and it is almost related to most of the cities in the Central Plains.

Therefore, regardless of the Rong family, just by allowing mercy on this person, the influence can be imagined, and Weaving Dreams considers him as the first candidate.

Then there is Mu Feibai, that is, Jinan Mujia, the reason is the same as the Rong family, although it has not reached the wealth of the Rong family, but Jinan has convenient transportation, whether it is a dry road or a waterway is extremely convenient, and many major official roads pass through Jinan.

Then there is the sparse flower, Jiangnan Liujia.

For Shuhua, Weaving Dream is actually a little selfish, although Rong Lian is the most suitable candidate, but she still wants to recommend Shuhua first.

At the martial arts conference, Liu Changyuan died, which did have some impact on the power of the Liu family, although there was no problem after Shuhua took over, but she asked Shuhua last time, Shuhua had no intention of the big family, but the younger brother Liu Fuyue was still young and couldn't bear such a huge family business.

However, she has other plans - to take care of it first, and when Fuyue has the ability to take on this great responsibility and be the head of the family, she will retire to Fuyue as the head of the house.

Shuhua wants to stabilize the family business for Fuyue, this is a good opportunity, if you can form an alliance with the imperial court, and make a profit from doing business, it is a good thing for the Liu family.

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conceived like this, but Weaving Dream didn't know much about the specifics of business, so I wanted to ask through the letter, but now that Shuhua and Mu Feibai came, they said it in person.

Mu Feibai was the first to stand up for it when he heard it, he felt that the idea of weaving dreams was very good, and he also hoped that Shuhua could form an alliance.

When Zhu'an listened to it, he always felt that Mu Feibai had other purposes, probably ...... If Shuhua marries in Jinan, she must leave something for the Liu family.

Shuhua had no objections, and after the four of them discussed, they were ready to ask Mu Feibai to help and bargain.

It is said that the management of the family business is full of deterrence, but there are shortcomings in business or something.

Although she has never made a mistake in taking care of the family's accounts, there is a very important process in business activities, that is, she needs to contact people.

Shuhua has few words, which is inevitably embarrassing, so this kind of thing, she has always handed it over to the housekeeper Liu Ming to deal with, or when it is really important to send the housekeeper to come forward, she asks her mother, Mrs. Liu, to come forward, and she listens from the sidelines.

So this errand, Mu Feibai is duty-bound, he patted his chest and promised that he would definitely bargain with Wanbang.