I’m Marquis in Great Tang

Time goes by day by day.

March has passed, and by June, the weather is extremely hot. It’s just that under such scorching heat, Guazhou is still very prosperous. Although the opening of Guazhou is due to Du Qi, Guazhou has really benefited. Because countless businessmen gather here, countless businesses complete transactions here, and the daily turnover is incomparable gigantic.

This is the benefit of tax exemption.

Countless merchants have obtained a lot of benefits through tax exemption.

At the same time, many products of Xia Country have been sold to Great Tang, and many products of Great Tang are also sold to Xia Country, making the circulation of goods between Great Tang and Great Xia continuous and promoting The economy of the two countries.

On the whole, Xia Country takes the initiative. Because Xia Country’s perfumes, wines, glasses, and other Cements are sold in countless quantities, every industry is extremely profitable. The rest of Xia Country merchants have also made countless money through Guazhou policies.

In terms of mirrors, there is more than the original Small Mirror, there are full-length mirrors, and various mirrors.

In terms of perfume, perfume has entered Great Tang, especially the development of glass has further breakthroughs, and glass bottles are already available. Such a glass bottle is more transparent, and the perfume inside looks even more high-end and magnificent. Therefore, perfume became popular in a short period of time and was used by countless women. There are even more elegant perfumes specially designed for men.

These things are spreading rapidly among the people.

Li Shimin never took care of private business matters. What he is doing now is one thing, developing national power, and contacting Tibet, Goguryeo, etc., to prepare to deal with Du Qi.

With Li Shimin’s arrogance, it’s the past, and I won’t contact foreigners like this. But today’s Li Shimin, his mentality has changed, he is willing to choose to unite all parties.

It’s just that this thing progresses very slowly.

Not easy to succeed.

On this day, when Li Shimin was handling government affairs in the palace, Zhangsun Wuji hurried in. And Zhangsun Wuji’s face was quite serious. When he saw Li Shimin, he bowed and saluted: “His Majesty!”

Li Shimin waved his hand to let Zhangsun Wuji sit down, and immediately said, “Fuji, you look rather solemn, what’s the matter? “

Zhangsun Wuji said: “Reporting back to His Majesty is the latest news from Western Regions. All the spies, including Lu Jinsheng, and the rest of the spies that were inserted, have been removed. Because these eyeliners were suddenly pulled out, so that for a long time, we had no news to return.”

“There was no news before that it was Xia Country calming down. Only now I know that it is Du Qi focused on our people, and then adopted the thunderous method to directly destroy our people.”

Zhangsun Wuji said: “It happened around March. Now in early June, After two or three months, the news came back. This is a major blow to our intelligence network.”

Li Shimin’s complexion also became more solemn, and said: “Du Qi, this youngster It’s really not simple! We arranged so many people, but they were removed one after another. The paralysis of the Western Regions intelligence system made it more difficult to penetrate again.”

Zhangsun Wuji said:” What His Majesty said is quite true.”

Li Shimin said: “Fuji, has the Small Official arranged to lobby in various countries so far there is no news?”

Zhangsun Wuji said: “For the time being No.”

Li Shimin said: “Du Qi’s wolf ambition, he actually claimed the emperor in Xia Country. I want to see how long he can support. Once we succeed, we will attack again. Time to cut Du Qi.”

Zhangsun Wuji said: “Please rest assured His Majesty, we will definitely win.”

Li Shimin said: “I also believe it firmly.”

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paused, Li Shimin suddenly said: “Du Qi killed many of our eyeliners in Xia Country, and Du Qi is also in Great Tang, and there are many eyeliners. These people are bad people. Ever found it?”

“Never!”

Zhangsun Wuji Shaking his head to answer.

Zhangsun Wuji said: “His Majesty, Du Qi used to be in charge of bad people. He lets bad people know, bad people know. He doesn’t let people know, bad people don’t know. So Du Qi’s We don’t know this line for the time being. We need to investigate and we can’t find out. After all, Du Qi’s people rarely operate. If they are abnormal and operate, then we have the opportunity to find these people, but they have no action at the moment. , It’s very difficult.”

Li Shimin said: “Take your time to figure it out, and be sure to find people out.”

“Yes!”

Zhangsun Wuji Open your mouth to answer.

“Report!”

At this moment, an attendant entered to report: “His Majesty, High Official Dai Zhou of the Ministry of Household, please see you.”

Dai Zhou is in charge of the household department.

In charge of Li Shimin’s pocketbook, the former household department was named Minbu, because Li Shimin’s name was taboo, so it was renamed the household department. Dai Zhou is nearly sixty years old and quite old.

Because he is in charge of the household department, he has been working so hard, so his hair is already gray, and his face is covered with folds, and the gullies are left, making him look very old.

Dai Zhou arched his back slightly, stepped into the great hall, and saluted: “Chen Dai Zhou, meet His Majesty.”

Li Shimin instructed: “Gift your seat!”

The waiter immediately brought it to the table.

When Dai Zhou is seated, Li Shimin said: “Dai Qing came into the palace today, but what’s the matter?”

Dai Zhou said: “His Majesty, the minister is here to report Good news.”

Li Shimin showed a bright smile on his face and said: “It’s rare to have good news, what good news does Dai Qing have?”

Dai Zhou said: “Today According to the Minister Statistics, the taxes collected across the country in May are another 20% higher than the taxes in April. Compared to March, it has increased by 50%. The increase in business taxes in these months has been very obvious.”

Li Shimin said: “The increase in business tax has made our State Treasury more abundant. This is a good thing.”

Zhangsun Wuji suddenly said: “Dai High Official, these three Within months, the business tax, which had always been relatively stable, suddenly began to rise, and the increase was so rapid. Have you ever understood the reason for this?”

Li Shimin also looked towards Dai Zhou, Looks curious.

Dai Zhou stroked the gray beard under his jaw, slowly said: “This matter has indeed been carefully verified by the minister. The reason for such a rapid rise is that the first is that Cement’s presence throughout the country With the increase in sales, more and more people use Cement; second, there are various mirrors that can clearly reflect the appearance of people, and countless people buy them; third, the appearance of perfume, which is the most important “The original commercial tax increase, although it has been increasing, but each time the increase is not too much compared to the previous month. But the emergence of the perfume item has swept the country. There are too many people. There are countless people. It is precisely the sales of perfumes. There are countless people selling, so the taxes paid by the merchants have been greatly increased.”

Dai Zhou said: “Of course, in addition to There are many other industries that have achieved breakthroughs in sales, and the Attending the Imperial court policy is also good. So there is today’s leap, but the main thing is perfume.”

Li Shimin is a little strange, Even more confused, he asked: “Dai Qing, what is perfume?”

Zhangsun Wuji also said: “Yes, I have never heard of it.”

Dai Zhou Explained: “Perfume is used by women. If you apply a little bit of it on your body, you will be full of fragrance, as if you are in a sea of ​​flowers. Especially the fragrance is extremely pure and makes people smell very comfortable. Nowadays, Cháng’ān is expensive. Women, as well as in many places in Great Tang, perfumes have become popular. However, perfumes are quite expensive, a tiny amount of money. It is precisely this way that taxes will be raised so much.”

Li Shimin was even more puzzled when he heard it, and asked: “Where did the perfume appear?”

Dai Zhou said: “It’s from Western Regions.”

Li Shimin After hearing it, there was a moment of loss in my mind. Without even thinking about it, he knew that this was made by Du Qi, so he asked: “Is this perfume made by Du Qi?”

At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly felt jealous. . Du Qi, the youngster, is really good at making money. It started from the earliest tea shop, and now there are too many industries to make money easily.

But he wants to make money, but it is extremely difficult.