Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 448 The Port of Jingdong Road
Towards evening, the wind on the mountain was freezing cold, Xie Jue didn't stay long, and after clearing away the ashes from the incense sticks and paper money, he took Su Yue down the mountain.

Not long after walking down, the sunset glow dimmed on the back of the mountain.

The mountains and forests are quiet, and the faint moonlight floats, and when reflected by the white snow, it brings a clean light.

Su Yue leaned on Xie Jue's shoulder, her heartbeat was still racing, and the heat on her cheeks could not be subdued even by the cold wind.

She tilted her head slightly, looked at Xie Jue's graceful side face, at his crimson ears, and at the wisps of hair that brushed against his forehead and brows. Another wave of soft spring.

"Yue'er." Her gaze was too hot, fixed on the branches and stones under her feet, Xie Jue's voice was full of softness: "Do you want to sleep for a while?"

It is really gentle torture to be looked at by you like this.

Even with the cold wind, my body couldn't stand the heat. Seeing those huge rocks and giant trees, I thought to let Tang Bing and the others go first, and then...

But Su Yue's body was frozen in Aye City. At that time, after Kong Miao was tempted by him to use medicinal materials to help Su Yue look at it, he once said that Su Yue was in good health, but the cold was still a bit severe that time. For the sake of it, it must not be frozen again.

Su Yue hummed, her eyelids drooped slightly, she moved her head towards his neck, and then pulled down the hood a little to surround his neck.

She walked up the mountain by herself, although Xie Jue carried it on her back not long after, but climbing the mountain in this weather was a bit hard for her.

Coupled with the surging energy and thoughts, Xie Jue felt exhausted when he said this.

It didn't take long before he slowly fell asleep.

Xie Jue heard her breathing gradually stabilized, glanced slightly sideways, moved her body up a bit, winked at Tang Bing, breathed a sigh of relief, and accelerated the speed of plundering down.

At the foot of the mountain, Su Yue opened her eyes when she was put into the carriage by Xie Jue, and was coaxed to sleep by Xie Jue again.

On the second day, when Su Yue woke up, the group stopped at a post on the official road.

The voices of people outside were mixed, talking about adding water and ingredients, Su Yue blinked, and thought for a while before she understood what the people outside said.

Someone outside asked how far it was to Qingzhou.

Qingzhou?

"Let's go to Qingzhou." A low voice sounded from the side.

Su Yue turned her head and saw Xie Jue sitting on the pedals with her back leaning against the wall of the car. Looking at her appearance, she probably sat like this all the way.

Xie Jue smiled softly at her, raised the curtains slightly, and said, "Che Ling bought a piece of land in Qingzhou, and there is a remote bay over there. Although sea boats can't dock there, small boats are fine. We From there, get on the boat and go to Quanzhou."

Su Yue watched him blink his eyes slowly, then sat up all at once, and said, "You, didn't you sleep all night?"

Xie Jue was slightly taken aback, then laughed and said, "I'm fine."

Although he was tired, he really didn't have the willpower to let him lie down next to Su Yue to sleep after both of them worshiped heaven and earth, so he rode a horse outside first, and Tang Bing drove him into the carriage in the early hours of the morning.

However, his Yue'er, he was really the only one on his mind, and he didn't think of what he just said at all.

Su Yue snorted softly, stretched out her hand, dragged him onto the soft couch, and said, "Why is nothing wrong? You forgot what Dr. Kong said? You can't be tired yet!"

I didn't know how tired I was when I carried her up and down the mountain yesterday, and I didn't sleep all night...

Xie Jue laughed, let her take off her coat, and said with a faint smile, "Yue'er, what I just said..."

Su Yue snorted, took off his leather jacket, took a soft cushion and put it behind his waist, let him lie down, and said: "I know, you mean..."

There was a pause, and Su Yue let out an ah.

She knew about Che Ling's purchase of land in Qingzhou, but Xie Jue bought a lot of land on Jingdong Road after he became rich, so she didn't care.

Now that Xie Jue specifically said it, Su Yue suddenly thought of it. Yes, Xie Jue once mentioned that he was going to set up a port on Jingdong Road. Last year, he came to Jingdong Road to have a look. He also said at the time that he liked it. a bay.

He said just now that although seagoing ships cannot dock directly there, small boats are allowed.

In other words, it is possible to load and unload cargo there (but it is a little troublesome).

As for Jingdong Road to the border, if it is by land, it will pass through several states, but by sea, especially to Yanzhou and the two ports outside the customs mentioned by Xie Jue.

That's really sneaky!

At that time, medicinal materials, furs and other things outside the pass will be shipped to the port here, and then transported to the capital, but it will be much closer.

Moreover, it will be much more convenient to ship goods from Jiangnan.

The only problem is that each prefecture and county has its own gateway on the official road of the Song Dynasty, and the goods passing through must have documents, but whether it is from the north or the south, those goods must have no documents.

Seeing Su Yue blinking and thinking desperately, Xie Jue couldn't help but chuckled, and said, "Silly Yueer, this document was issued by Guancheng in the north, and it's from the south. We not only have Dazhuangzi on Jingdong Road, but also other workshops, and there are also a lot of grain and oil.”

Su Yue let out an ah, and understood.

That's right, with Zhao Hao here, how many documents can't be issued (the two were originally a team)?And those who come from the south are mostly high-priced items such as spices and jewelry. If those things are stuffed into the grain team and then given some benefits to the pass officials, who will investigate.

"The new law proposed by Cai Bing not only raises taxes directly for merchants, but also opens up road taxes for localities." Xie Jue looked at Su Yue, forced the movement in his heart, and said, "Everyone The customs duties at the gates will be raised by the local states and counties. Once this gate is opened, the toll fees will not be the same as before. Those people, if they don’t pull out a few layers of skin, how will they let people pass through the customs?”

Su Yue was taken aback, and said, "Didn't it mean it stopped temporarily?"

In her previous life, she had heard from Kang Wang about this decree, saying that someone had mentioned it, but Cai Bing vetoed it.

how……

Xie Jue sneered and said: "The new law is temporarily suspended. This is a subsidiary decree made by Cai Bing. It is said that it is not easy to maintain the official road. It should also increase some income for the local government to repair the official road. The new law It is too involved, so it is okay to suspend it, but the official road must be repaired. This method can be implemented first. The news sent by Che Ling this morning said that the cabinet has passed it, and the detailed rules are being studied. It is estimated that within a few months , it will be implemented.”

"He's so shameless!" Su Yue said angrily.

That's right, the implementation of this decree will benefit local officials, but if local officials want to reap great benefits, why not give gifts to Cai Bing?It’s just that the entire business tax and agricultural tax were raised in the previous life. Cai Bing didn’t care about this filial piety, but it’s different now. I don’t know when the new law will be implemented. Local officials will naturally join Cai Bing's men!
Xie Jue raised his hand, patted Su Yue's shoulder comfortingly, and let out a cold snort in his heart.

More than shameless...

Cai Bing had figured out what Han Xiang and Qin Yushi were thinking. In the eyes of Han Xiang and Qin Yushi, they might think that this was a concession from Cai Bing, because those two idiots didn't understand common affairs at all. I'm afraid that you think how much the checkpoint tax and fee can be?The impact is not too great, and the new law has been suspended, so it is nothing to implement this decree.

They didn't even think that this was Cai Bing's big move to retreat.

How do those idiots know how big the country of Song is, and how long the official roads of each state and county are?How many levels are there?Moreover, the rate of tax increase is controlled by local officials, so this has become a cash cow for local officials!

At that time, as long as you curry favor with Cai Bing and directly raise the customs tax to sky-high prices, your court will not know anything about it.

And because of this, those officials are bound to join Cai Bing's subordinates, and Cai Bing's control over the local area will immediately increase.

However, short-distance merchants are already profitable. Once the tax is increased at the customs, it will still be uncontrollable. , Cai Bing’s method does not give an upper limit. If you meet a few officials who eat people and don’t spit out their bones, you may be deducted half of the goods directly!
Where will the money be made by then?
It is true to die at a loss.

In this way, merchants will not go to business without convenience, the flow of goods will stagnate, and some goods will be in short supply, causing prices to rise.

Of course, this will not have any impact on ordinary poor people, because those goods are high-priced luxury goods, which have no intersection with the lives of those people at all, no matter how high the price rises, it will not affect them.

Those who are affected are those who need the rare and exotic fruits from all over the spices, jewelry and silk, that is, the rich officials.

So today, Che Ling sent someone to say that it was Mr. Fu Da who asked if the matter should be stopped. His reply was to wait and see what happens.

Let Cai Bing go make a fuss!
Now that there is such a big change in Aye City, the war is about to start, and the supply of medicinal materials and furs from the north may be cut off. Once this decree is implemented, within half a year, the big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River will stop sending to the north. Caravans (he will find a way to stop those who want to send them), then the prices in the capital will rise steadily.

Moreover, the first ones to be affected are probably those Qingliu who can no longer lack luxury items such as spices and silk in their lives, but whose family background is completely inferior to that of Cai Bingzhi.

For example, the Han family and the Qin family!
Zhao Hao cared about the common people, and he was unwilling to warn those two people at the expense of the common people, so it would be good to change the way to make those two immortals suffer.

I just don't know if Cai Bing, who had received a lot of bribes at that time, would extend a hand of friendship to help those two.

Or does the boat of friendship capsize?
Seeing Xie Jue smiling like that, Su Yue blinked and said, "Third Master, this is a good thing for us?"

Coming from Jingdong Road, the distance is much shorter, and the toll is naturally much less, that is to say...

The corners of Xie Jue's lips curled up and he said, "Of course, let's store up goods and play around during the spring and summer, so we can watch the excitement in the second half of the year."

(End of this chapter)