The Strongest Overlord of the Three Kingdoms

For example, open the sea merchants!

In this era, it is impossible to trade with overseas countries.

Because the rulers of many islands are tribes who drink blood.

It is easier to reason with knives and swords.

However, once the looting starts, there is no sustainability.

Liu Ke didn't want to spend a lot of trouble to snatch the linen coats of the primitive tribes.

Even if the general environment is like this, maritime merchants still have very considerable interests.

Because Liu Ke ruled across most of the sea.

Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou, and Pingzhou are all coastal areas.

Land transportation, after all, is still inferior to sea transportation.

Thanks to the efforts of Liu Ke and the Chishui Army, shipping has become a very stable mode of transportation.

Tao and Liu were the first batch of maritime merchants.They have only been in business for a few years, and they have gone from being poor and white, to being well-known, and then to the top richest man in Yangzhou.

This is a good example of publicity.

However, as soon as Liu Ke raised it in the meeting, Cai Yong expressed his opposition.

This question is commonplace.

"The four peoples of the world, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are the foundation of a country. There is no governance without men, no stability without agriculture, wealth without work, and life without business." Liu Kedao.

"However, now that the government is so poor, is it appropriate for the big merchants to control the wealth of Yangzhou?" Cai Yong said, "Besides, the opening of the sea may make the merchants disagree. The sea is different from the land. A boat is A fief, an island can become a kingdom."

"If the people are rich, the government will be rich, no one will object to this?" Liu Ke said.

The crowd shook their heads.

"About the second question, the Chishui Army will solve all rebels, and the sea will never become a lawless place." Liu Ke said, "As for the kingdom or not, it is even more nonsense. After enjoying the prosperity of Yangzhou, you will still Choose to live in a barren land?"

"My lord, when you are here, of course you can guarantee the stability and development of Yangzhou, but what about future generations?" Xun You said.

"If the children and grandchildren are unfilial, a new order will naturally be born, and I don't have to worry about it." Liu Ke said.

What a new order!

Such an open-minded lord is rare to see in a hundred years!

Everyone stopped persuading, but Mi Zhu stood up and suggested, saying:

"My lord, let the sea merchants levy heavy taxes! For the rest of the gates, some tolls will also be added."

In order to support Liu Ke to fight this time, the Ministry of Households has exhausted its body.Mi Zhu devoted all his energy and energy to supporting the battle until he won the battle.

Even though he knew that raising the tax rate would affect his business, he still raised it without hesitation.

"I'm interested, but let's forget it this time." Liu Ke rejected Mi Zhu's proposal.

"Why?" Mi Zhu asked in puzzlement. No one dared to raise objections when all the major families came forward together to raise taxes!

"Yangzhou needs stable development." Liu Ke said.

The Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce has just contributed money and efforts to fight for Liu Ke. At this time, the tax increase is suspected of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

"It might as well increase the annual fee of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce." Jia Xu suggested.

This proposal is more subtle and easier to implement.

Because of the ability of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, everyone has already experienced it.

Such a powerful chamber of commerce, if you want to join, can't you add money?

"Create a charter, don't go too far," Liu Ke said.

"This subordinate takes orders!" Mi Zhu said.

Now that Chen Qun was gone, Mi Zhu was under great pressure immediately, and had to handle everything by himself.

Opening up the sea merchants, this matter is settled!

In an instant, there was an uproar, and the business community in Yangzhou immediately boiled.

This is definitely a profitable business!

As a result, big businessmen contacted the door one after another to inquire about the details.

In the end, Liu Ke let out the news that ten maritime licenses would be auctioned, allowing small teams to raise funds to bid, but they had to register first.

The mid-level merchants cheered, which meant that they also had the ability to compete, and united one after another.

On the day of the auction, the venue was crowded with people, and there were many spectators.

and onlookers.

The first batch of maritime licenses will definitely be sold at a sky-high price, so they plan to wait a while, if they are suitable, they will bid, and if they are not suitable, they will wait for the next batch.

As it turned out, they guessed right.

The first license was sold for a sky-high price of [-] million gold!