My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 267 The Landlord Is Coming

Li Zheng bent down and squatted down, took out a satin-wrapped mirror from the wooden box, and looked through it. He gasped when he saw his clear face in the mirror. I was startled: "It really is a rare treasure. The old man thought that he had seen all the treasures in the world, and only now did he know that there is a heaven beyond the sky."

"Master Huang controls the world, looking down on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, how can a few mirrors get into your eyes, Master Huang." Li Zhengdu squatted down, and Liu Mingzhi naturally did not dare to stand, and also squatted aside to compliment the master of the world host.

Before I know my identity, I can still pretend to be confused. This layer of window paper is pierced, and if I dare to pretend, I will play myself to death sooner or later.

Li Zheng put the thin mirror in his hand on the wooden box: "I have never seen such a treasure in Dalong, where did it come from?"

"Uh, back to Mr. Huang, Hu merchants in the Western Regions bought them from overseas foreign lands, and the younger ones were lucky enough to buy some. Although the land in the south of the Yangtze River is rich, it is still not as good as the capital, so the younger ones brought them. , I didn’t expect that they were all masters of the goods, and the supply almost exceeded the demand.”

Li Zheng glanced at the wooden boxes around him plainly: "Hundreds of mirrors, 500 taels of glass mirrors, should be sold within half an hour, and you can earn 5 taels of silver in half an hour. Ah, the salt and iron tax is not so high."

Liu Mingzhi smiled resentfully: "Master Huang, you don't know something. This glazed mirror still needs a lot of capital. In addition, it is extremely fragile. If it is damaged on the way, the small one will not earn much money."

Li Zheng glanced at the crowd of buyers and narrowed his eyes: "Oh? I don't know how much it cost?"

"Um, 480 taels a side, plus the ups and downs of the carriage on the road broke a lot, a small mirror only earns four or five taels of silver, it's just hard money."

Li Zheng's face was solemn, and an invisible pressure persecuted Liu Mingzhi's body: "En? How much?"

Liu Mingzhi's body trembled, and sweat broke out on his forehead: "450 taels."

"How much?" Li Zheng asked coldly.

Liu Mingzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Three 300 taels."

Only then did Li Zheng nod his head in satisfaction. He clearly understood the character of a businessman who has no profit and can't afford it early. Earning more than ten taels of silver on the side of such a treasure is not in line with the character of a businessman.

But he didn't know that 300 taels of silver was an extremely high amount. If he knew that the cost of these mirrors was only a few tens of pennies, he would probably have the desire to kill Liu Mingzhi and take the mirrors into national ownership.

But even so, it was enough for Li Zheng to be a little jealous. Even with a capital of 300 taels, excluding various costs, he earned tens of thousands of taels in half an hour. How many people can have such ability in the world.

Li Zheng felt more and more that Liu Mingzhi should be assigned to the household department. With this kid's ability, the national treasury would be gradually filled.

Li Zheng glanced at Zhou Fei, the chief internal officer at the side: "Old Zhou, the makeup mirrors of the wives at home should also be changed. Since I have arrived at Mr. Liu's place, I will not bother the two masters. Let's buy some mirrors. It can also be regarded as taking care of Mr. Liu's business, after all, we still have a little friendship."

"It's master, I don't know how many mirrors to buy?"

"Ten or thirty, there are a lot of family members, so you can't favor one person over another."

"Yes."

Zhou Fei looked at Liu Mingzhi indifferently: "Young Master Liu is busy, prepare thirty mirrors."

"Yes, yes, I will prepare it immediately, pig, prepare thirty mirrors for Mr. Huang."

Zhu Tou ran around, but Li Zheng didn't realize that this person was the well-known Guannei Hou in the capital. He never dared to think that the majestic Hou Ye would be beaten like this.

Looking at the neatly arranged mirrors, Li Zheng narrowed his eyes and touched his waist: "Ah, the old man went out in such a hurry that he forgot to bring his purse. Old Zhou, you can put it on for the old man first, and I will return it to you when you go back."

Zhou Fei also touched his waist: "Master, this old servant also forgot to bring his purse, why don't we buy this mirror later."

Seeing the black line on Liu Mingzhi's forehead and the face that Li Zheng and the two glanced at him from time to time, he couldn't understand that this master had no intention of paying at all, he just wanted to buy the Bawang mirror.

You said that you are the lord of the world, but do you feel sorry for this little money?

Liu Mingzhi thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out, and looked at Li Zheng with a licking smile: "It's a blessing for Mr. Huang to look at the mirror of the young one, and the young one dares to collect money. In order to celebrate today's reunion, The little one expressed his gratitude and gave thirty mirrors to the wives and ladies in Mr. Huang's house for use."

Li Zheng's face frowned: "How appropriate is this? As the saying goes, you don't get rewarded without merit. How could this old man accept so many mirrors from you for no reason? It's unreasonable."

Liu Mingzhi was bitter in his heart, he wanted to set up a chastity memorial archway after becoming a clerk, his heart was really dark: "Master Huang has lost sight of others, this is just some kind of wish of the junior, master Huang must not refuse, otherwise the junior will feel uneasy."

Li Zheng pretended to contemplate for a long time before making up his mind: "Well, if you really don't accept it, it will appear that the old man is unreasonable. I will not be polite, Mr. Liu, thank you very much."

"This is a small blessing." Liu Mingzhi felt pain in his heart like he was cutting flesh. Thirty mirrors together equaled 5000 taels of snowflake silver. Alas, they should be fed to dogs.

If Li Zheng knew what was going on in Liu Mingzhi's mind, he would probably turn his face on the spot, and he would treat him like a dog. This sentence alone was enough to kill Young Master Liu.

Li Zheng deliberately didn't look at Liu Mingzhi, who had a painful face: "Liu boy, I don't know how much commercial tax the Municipal Shipbuilding Department has collected from you. It seems that you gave me a small gift. You cut some taxes?"

Liu Mingzhi looked at Li Zheng who was scanning the crowd with his mouth open: "Ah? And taxes?"

Li Zhengyi looked at Liu Mingzhi with serious words: "Of course, how can the imperial court support so many soldiers to guard the land and protect the border without collecting taxes? Of course, you have to pay taxes if you do business in the capital."

What Li Zheng said was correct. Businesses in the capital had to pay taxes, but only large-scale shops, restaurants and inns paid taxes. Peddlers in small stalls like Liu Mingzhi didn't have to pay taxes.

After all, ordinary traveling merchants only earn a living, and if they pay taxes, they really can't afford to support a family, but Liu Mingzhi's stall is different.

Although it was a small stall, half a day's income was more than half a year's income of the previous big restaurant. Of course, Li Zheng would not let Liu Mingzhi go.

Liu Mingzhi sighed bitterly in his heart, the emperor is clearly here to fight the landlord, this is the rhythm of wanting to hit himself hard.

"Master Huang, I don't know how much tax I should pay, I'll pay the little one."

Li Zheng pondered for a while: "Large shops pay [-]% of the tax, so let's charge you [-]% because you gave me a small gift."

"Huh? The tax is 5000 taels."

Li Zheng's expression was a little unnatural, and the tax payment of big shops was only [-]%, and he said that [-]% was already a pretty big pit.

"Hmm, it's all for the sake of the country, you understand, kid Liu, right?"

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)