Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 958;

Chapter 910: Harvest Plaza
The autumn of 639 AD.Zhenguan 12 years.

The third round of cultivation has a bumper harvest of grain.

Harvest Plaza, more than 30 miles north of Minzhou City, is crowded with people.

This is the third huge gathering in Datang World, and it is the largest gathering in the world today.

When harvesting for the first time, Li Yu stipulated that it would be busy for 33 days.

At that time, only merchants from all over the world, local residents, and members of the upper and lower eight households of the Li family in Longxi participated in the event. In the second year, when the harvest was bumper, countless merchants flocked, and almost all the tribes on the grassland participated.

You can buy and exchange the goods you want, you can’t think of, here, whether it’s the thousand-year-old ginseng that can bring the dead back to life, or the ten-thousand-year blood ganoderma that can prolong life, or the extraterrestrial meteorites on the bottom of the sea, Minzhou City Harvest Plaza, you can buy and exchange. .

For the third gathering this year, Li Shimin did not dare to relax his nerves. The court was also shocked by the last tax collection. In the spring, Li Shimin arranged for 36 tax collectors, all of whom were not members of the sixth rank.

These people came to Fujian with more than 100 accountants and [-] Nanya forbidden troops.

Harvest Square was enlarged by more than ten times by craftsmen sent by the Ministry of Industry in advance, and all of them are facing south, with rows of houses.

Looking around, Harvest Plaza can be regarded as a county town.

Li Shimin is not stupid, he is counting on the tax this time, plus the tax of Minzhou for one year, he will do something big, once again shocking the world and the whole prairie.

Without money, it is difficult for him to move an inch. The current court is different from before, and Li Shimin has also changed.

The five consecutive years of bumper harvests for common people and farmers in the world have made Li and Tang's two thousand dollars stable as a rock. People's lives are getting better and better, and stimulating consumption is increasing.

The people are willing to spend money, but the imperial court is also used to being extravagant, and the Ministry of War is a bottomless pit.

Li Shimin is also very depressed. The household department comes in and out almost every month, and has never been free for a few days. Recycling, appropriation...

In short, Li Shimin was in pain and happy at the same time. No matter how much Li Tang's court tossed, it was nothing but emptiness.

Although he always kept 500 million guan in place to deal with emergencies, Li Shimin's appetite was no longer satisfied with the 500 million guan, and the court even looked down on such a small amount of money!

Li Shimin has also thought about it, and the court has also thought about it. The ministers who can be arranged always mess up the shopping malls and the business of the court.

Of the four shopping malls in Chang'an City, two of them were shut down by a group of civil servants.

The remaining two, after deducting the expenses, are not enough for Li Shimin to squeeze between his teeth.

An angry Li Shimin yelled at those high-ranking officials, leaving his body a vegetarian meal.

The person in charge of the shopping mall has been replaced four times, and now everyone is afraid of being transferred and forced by the emperor to go home and farm.

Cheng Yaojin proposed to set up a money department, which is equivalent to the six departments.

The civil servants laughed out loud. In fact, Li Shimin agreed with this proposal very much, but the three provinces and six ministries are the biggest nine numbers.

Add another one, it will be very ugly.

Can only set up a separate department in the household department to be responsible for business operations?

In the end, Changsun Wuji was still responsible. He asked the emperor many times not to do the shabby job of the household department, but he was rejected.

The reason was that although Changsun Wuji made a mess of those deals, it would only be worse if he changed someone else, so Li Shimin dared not agree to Changsun Wuji's request.

Changsun Wuji was also extremely helpless, his hair was turning gray again and again, all kinds of business still did not improve, but fortunately, Changsun Wuji tried his best to stop the matter of baijiu, so he didn't ask the court to intervene, there was still Li Yu The subordinates have full authority to deal with it.

Changsun Wuji knew in his heart that if the imperial court intervened in this last big business, those useless wastes would ruin the baijiu business within half a year.

At that time, he will be the stupidest and most useless Hubu Shangshu recorded in the history books.

The extremely distressed eldest grandson Wuji made up his mind to come to Minzhou to learn Li Yu's business ideas. Everyone couldn't figure out why where Li Yu went was the place where money circulated the fastest in the world.

Let’s just talk about the current Minzhou City. Roads are being built everywhere in the world, and they are all thinking about how to quickly connect the same roads in Minzhou.

The word Minzhou has become the place that people in the world most want to go to.

Anyone who is a commoner knows that Minzhou City is as big as Chang'an City, and there are shops in the city that are open all night long.

Today's Minzhou city taxation has become a major income that the imperial court misses day and night.

In addition to the liquor and the taxation of the common people for farming, the imperial court only has the subsidy from Fujian.

The current situation is that the world's tax revenue is not enough to maintain the operation of Li Tang's court, and more than half of the liquor money needs to be put into it. For the rest of the income, Li Shimin has to do this and that, and he can hardly make ends meet!
Therefore, if the imperial court wants to take any action, it has to count on the sound of wheels on the official road in Minzhou.

Today's Minzhou is not what it used to be, where taxes are paid once a year.

After Li Shimin discussed with the ministers, it is now changed to pay the court three times a year.

But this time, the task Li Shimin arranged for Changsun Wuji was to wait until the end of the year to withdraw Minzhou's tax revenue for the past six months at once.

So Li Shimin selected [-] of the most powerful soldiers from the Nanya Forbidden Army, just because he was afraid of mistakes on the road.

As soon as Changsun Wuji led the large team near Harvest Square, he couldn't wait to get off his horse.

"Shangshu? Don't go any further? You can reach Minzhou City by walking more than 30 miles..."

Changsun Wuji waved his hand;

"Don't worry, go and see the grandeur of the Harvest Plaza today, and it won't be too late to go to Minzhou tomorrow."

"Shang Shu, there are still seven or eight days before the time to worship the God of Grains. I'm afraid there are not many businesses in the square at this moment!"

As the officials got off their horses and came over, they kindly reminded their boss.

Changsun Wuji smiled;

"That's how we can find out the number of paths inside. Remember, we are officials of the imperial court, not Li Da's retainers."

"If anyone is like those bastards before, he will eat, drink and have fun every day, get drunk, miscalculate accounts, and don't know the difference between east, west, north, south, and east. Don't blame my Changsun family for being ruthless."

A group of people laughed in agreement, but seven or eight middle-aged people among them lowered their heads, did not dare to say anything, and even blushed.

"Don't worry, Shangshu, as an official of the court, I naturally know the priorities."

"That's right, Shangshu, I've already thought about it before I came down as an official. I stay in the market every day to do errands, and I don't go to eat, drink and have fun when I invite anyone. It's a matter of being loyal to the king."

"Me too."

"I think the same way. Even if Li Xiangong comes to invite me, I have to hold back my heart."

Hearing that the officials under his command were all swearing, Changsun Wuji nodded and eased his face!
It's not that Changsun Wuji wants to make a bad face, it's that these people are no match for Li Yu at all, no matter how strict the tax officials are, they will follow Li Yu in a pair of pants within ten days!

"It's best like this. Let's go. Let's go to Harvest Plaza first to find out the basics. Those who have been here before will lead the way."

"only!"

As he walked, Changsun Wuji explained to dozens of officials under his command that they all had a snack. Taking advantage of the fact that the Harvest Plaza had not started a party, he recorded all the shops clearly, how many rooms, how big and how deep was the one, and how the business was done. , must be carefully recorded.

A group of people were talking, and before they got close to Harvest Plaza, they heard voices.

Changsun Wuji turned his head and asked the officials who had come;

"Liu Yuanwai, Wang Yuanwai."

"The next official is here, please give orders from Shangshu."

"But I remember the wrong date? The God of Five Grains has already been worshiped in Harvest Square?"

"No?"

"Shang Shu, don't worry, the rules set by Li County Duke will always be the same day. This is not a department of the imperial court... It will never be changed day by day."

Changsun Wuji gave the two subordinates a blank look;
"You guys really know how to speak. The yamen of the imperial court can easily change what they say? If this word is passed back, it will cause a lot of trouble."

The two officials also knew that they had slipped their tongues, so they hurried to explain;
"Forgive me, Shangshu, I'm about to miss the point... I don't have any other intentions..."

"That's right, Shangshu, I was tired from being an official, so my mind was not clear, and Shangshu farted as an official. Don't take it seriously."

"Okay, okay, let's go in and have a look."

Changsun Wuji led a large group of people quickly to the east gate of Harvest Square, and was about to enter the market when he was stopped by guarding soldiers.

"slower."

Changsun Wuji stopped, and a fifth-rank official approached quickly;
"Presumptuous, do you know who is the master of my family? How dare you stop him?"

The soldier stood straight, not intimidated by the large crowd in official uniform.

"Shangguan, don't be angry, I waited for Erlang to guard this place."

"Order? Whose order did you take?"

"If you go back to the Shangguan, you have been ordered by the Ministry of Households. Anyone who wants to go in, no matter who they are, and regardless of whether they buy or exchange items, will pay seven big money, entry tax, this is the rule of the court, and we are also court officials. My son, you can't let it go indiscriminately."

Looking at the stubborn soldiers, Changsun Wuji frowned and turned his head to ask;

"This... when was the order? Why didn't I know?"

"This... the lower officials don't know, do they?"

"Shangshu Shangshu?"

A middle-sized little old man squeezed out from the crowd, and ran over to salute;
"Report to Shangshu, the next official will know."

"Oh? Hurry up and explain the coming and going, which makes me confused. What's going on?"

"Responding to the Shangshu, His Majesty's order was shown to you by the lower officials that day, and you immediately made an impression and told me not to disturb you..."

Changsun Wuji slapped his forehead;
"You mean the time last summer? The time I worked in the mall?"

"It was that time, Shang Shu, you were only busy, and after making an impression, you asked me to let it go."

"This... it costs seven big money to enter once, isn't it a bit much?"

While talking, Changsun Wuji looked at the officials under him.

"Chang'an City's entry tax is only two kuai, which is already the highest today. The entrance tax of seven kuai is charged here? Can the merchants be willing?"

Before Changsun Wuji's subordinates could respond, the three soldiers guarding the gate all showed a look, you are really rare and strange, you look like bumpkins in the mountains...

"I'm afraid this senior official has never been to our Fujian province, has he?"

"Huh? Not bad, first time here."

"No wonder, seven big coins still feel like a lot. This is the first time I've heard this?"

Changsun Wuji's calm and clichéd words;
"First time? Don't those businessmen inside come to torment you?"

"toss?"

The soldier guarding the gate scratched his head;
"What's the fuss? Those merchants don't pay attention to seven big money a day. Many people pay for one month at a time, and three months at a time..."

"Three months?"

Changsun Wuji was dumbfounded.

"I heard that your Fengshou Plaza is only open for 33 days a year. How can you say that you have to pay an entry tax for three months at a time? Those businessmen are all good at calculating. Isn't it like this? Insane?"

"Hee hee! Shangguan didn't know, he said 33 days, but that was the first year, let's say last year, when many foreign businessmen heard the news and came to exchange money, it was already the second month , It’s the third month, and when some come here, it’s already the end of the year, we can’t close the four doors of Harvest Plaza, so that merchants from all over the world won’t trade, right?”

This time Changsun Wuji understood, he understood the soldier halfway through what he was saying, and so did the big shots present.

Changsun Wuji shook his head and sighed;

"I see."

"Yes, Shangguan, look at us, we haven't started worshiping the God of Valley yet. The Harvest Square is overcrowded every day. Don't be afraid of your jokes. The rent of the shop has doubled compared to last year..."

Changsun Wuji didn't answer the words, but his eyes widened. The foreheads of many important people began to sweat, and many people began to whisper!
"Oh my God!"

"In the shopping malls in Chang'an City, the rents of shops are constantly falling, for fear that people will run away."

"Isn't it, what kind of business can't stand the double rent?"

"Who said no?"

"Who doesn't have a shop?"

"That is, each of our families has it. There are dozens of businesses in the market, silk shops, liquor shops, grain shops, carriage shops, whitewash shops, rouge powder, gold and silver shops..."

"That's right, that is, the county magistrate has come up with some strange and weird things, so there are more furniture shops, and various cooking restaurants, restaurants, otherwise they will still come and go."

"That's right, at most the prairie people come to sell all kinds of furs, and the Northeast comes to sell ginseng, but these businesses are all managed by capital, dare to double the rent, how much money can those merchants make?"

"That is to say, businessmen are all evil and businessmen. The master who plucked the wild goose, didn't he beat the abacus so loudly? Can you come and be taken advantage of by this?"

In the face of a group of rustic high officials, the three soldiers guarding the gate all looked disdainful. In the words of the Li family grandfather, these are typical bumpkins. Don't look at them as high officials in the court. I have never seen the world.

(End of this chapter)