As the sunset slants, the afterglow of the Wumen Gate hole is shining. The straight guards stand with their swords, and a carriage pours into the door under the crowds of dozens of knights.
The horse's hooves hit the green floor tiles, making a crisp sound of thumping... dab... and the wheels of the car turned rapidly, making a buzzing sound.
The curtain was pulled open, revealing Queen Zhang's wit. Her eyes swept across the body of the guards beside the door, and she seemed to feel the wind coming in from outside was a little cold, so she lowered the curtain.
"Your Majesty, you're in the palace."
"Ah..." Zhu Youting, who was sitting on the same pedestal as Queen Zhang, came to his senses, and then smiled and said, "So quickly..."
Queen Zhang smiled sweetly. In this carriage, the fragrant pink fenfen was as warm as spring. A hint of warmth was heard from the fur sewing cushion. She gently lifted the soft trouser and put it on the back of Zhu Youting's hand, and a hint of beauty was outlined in the corner of her mouth.
The arc said lightly: "What are your Majesty thinking?"
"Um..." Zhu Youzhang seemed to be thinking about whether to say it. The back of his hand was grabbed by Queen Zhang, with a warm atmosphere. Zhu Youzhang took a deep breath comfortably and unconsciously moved his body closer.
After taking Queen Zhang a little, he said, "I am thinking of Liu Chengfeng."
"Huh?" Queen Zhang smiled and said, "What do you think of Liu Chengfeng?"
Zhu Youting's old face turned red and he coughed desperately, as if he felt that his words had some grammatical problems just now, and hurriedly said, "I am actually thinking about that Jubaolou."
Queen Zhang didn't say anything, but just leaned gently on Zhu Youzhang's arm and listened carefully.
Zhu Youzhang continued: "Does the queen know how much is my annual tax in Ming Dynasty? The silver discount is only a few million taels. If the salt and iron tax collected by the eunuchs in various places..." Zhu Youzhang narrowed
Eyes continued, "It will not exceed five million taels at most. But the annual benefits of a treasure building are probably more than million taels of silver. Does the queen know what this means?"
Queen Zhang bit her lip and smiled slightly, "Please make it clear to you."
Zhu Youzhe said: "This means that my court used these hundreds of taels of silver every year to transfer funds to soldiers, provide relief to disaster victims in various places, clear river channels, and build river embankments. When I first ascended the top, the court was in deficit every year.
The military pay can only be distributed twice a year. As for building rivers, there is no need to say the money spent. Whenever I think of this, I feel very uncomfortable?"
"Your Majesty. Why is this?"
"The Ming Dynasty's taxes mainly come from the farmers in the ridges of the fields, but those merchants who were rich enough to match the country did not pay a single tax. According to my opinion, the biggest disadvantage of the Ming Dynasty is here."
"But why doesn't Your Majesty collect taxes from merchants?"
Zhu Youxiu smiled. In fact, he knew that Queen Zhang might not know the mystery. But he pretended not to know at this time, but he wanted to express his thoughts so that he could feel better.
Zhu Youzang said slowly: "Do you know, what is behind the merchants? Behind the merchants are scholars. Emperor Taizu also established laws on the collection of commercial taxes. The law of the ancestors said that in addition to scholars,
Merchants' taxes are 30 yuan. But now it is beyond recognition. Almost every merchant has placed his business under the name of officials and scholars. He collects taxes from merchants. I am afraid that my decree has not been issued yet, and all the scholars in the world are in charge of the world.
People will oppose me.”
Zhu Youzhang sighed, then smiled. He lifted the curtain and let the cold wind blow his face. He said lightly: "Liu Chengfeng's teahouse has done something for me that I dare not do,
Retrieve money from the merchants to enrich the treasury. What’s more interesting is that even if those scholars want to oppose it, they have no way to start, not to mention that more people may not oppose it. This Liu Chengfeng was originally because of Duoduo.
I still don’t like him, but now I find that he has a lot of cuteness. If this person is left to Hou Zhao in the future, I can be worry-free. But he is too young now.
Sometimes I do things without regard for consequences, I must sharpen him."
Empress Zhang did not object to Zhu Youzhang's evaluation of Liu Chengfeng. She became more fond of Liu Chengfeng and couldn't help but say, "How does Your Majesty plan to sharpen him?"
Zhu Youtui sighed and said, "I have to think about it again. Queen, I am going to Kunning Palace. I will go to read the memorial later. After all, I can't take the political affairs of today for a day.
All are abandoned, so you go to bed first, and I will come after I finish what I have to do."
A helpless look flashed through Queen Zhang's faint eyes. Her husband always had his own persistence. This persistence made her admire but also annoyed. She just held Zhu Youzhe with a little bit of slight support.
The hot hands whispered: "Your Majesty, remember to pay attention to your body..."
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Jubao Building has become the hottest topic in the capital at this time. In just a few days, it is said that even merchants from Beitongzhou and Tianjin harbor have arrived in a crowd and come to apply for membership. The folks in Jubao Building have already heard the news.
Jubaolou received more than 28,000 applications in three days. Even so, there are still thousands of applications delivered every day.
Some of them are full of confidence and great businessmen, who are all competing for gold medal members. Everyone knows what this gold medal member means. This means that as long as you show your identity, no matter whether you ship in Jubaolou, you will be allowed to do so.
Many merchants flocked to it. After all, they are big merchants, and their family assets are here, and no matter what business they have, they will invest a lot.
Some merchants can only compete for silver medal members, and the second most, even some ordinary shop merchants are running around to win an ordinary membership.
The reason for this is that the transaction volume of Jubao Building on the second and third day is conducted. Jubao Building will conduct statistics every night. By the early morning of the second day, the statistics will be released and written on the blackboard of the announcement board.
, On the second day, the transaction volume of silk was as high as 9,700 dan. It is said that a merchant from Shanxi actually ate three thousand dans of silk in Jubaolou in one breath, so that the capital's supply was temporarily
In short supply, and the price of silk soared by 10% in one day.
At this moment, all the merchants understood that whether they wanted to purchase or ship, going to Jubao Building was the best choice; many cargo merchants who sold goods to this capital even sold all the goods in one day.
On the day, he bought a batch of Beijing-Chinese specialties and then returned home.
Three or two days... In just three or two days, a transaction was completed. The speed of this transaction has increased many times compared to the previous one or two months.
Some people ship, some people buy, and the price fluctuations of various goods are clear. Everyone only needs to make some discounts or raise the price around this approximate price, so that even the time-consuming and tedious thing in the past
The bargaining became boring.
In the Ming Dynasty, many places had too slow circulation speeds, so many goods were in short supply. This was inevitable. Merchants were seeking profits, but the business environment of the Ming Dynasty had already restricted this development. Now, as goods accelerated, the speed of the goods
With circulation, the transaction process has been shortened by nearly a month. As a result, some merchants with large shipments have begun to send letters to their families.
Wu Cheng, a businessman in Suzhou, wrote very clearly in the letter that silk is in short supply in the capital, Xi'an, Shanxi, Liaodong and other places, with a huge daily shipment volume, and it still has insufficient income, and the raw silk has also changed.
It is becoming more and more expensive, and now the shipment volume is getting bigger and bigger. Next year, I will escort raw silk to the capital at least four times. In order to prevent problems, I can immediately purchase some cocoons in Suzhou. In case of emergency, the silk spinning at home must also be expanded.
We strive to recruit more craftsmen to save the next year when the goods are out of stock and there is no accumulated goods in our hands to sell.
In addition to these silk merchants in Suzhou and ceramic merchants in Jiangxi, even those who run boats in the canal, have also seized the business opportunities.
It is almost conceivable that the accelerated circulation of this product will inevitably increase the closer connection between merchants from all over the country and the capital. Many merchants mostly travel to the capital once or twice a year, but due to the large amount of time remaining and the speed of goods being disposal has increased.
, Then the number of times merchants arrive in the capital next year will inevitably change from one or two to three or four times. If merchants want to custody goods, they have to rent cargo ships. Therefore, many docks immediately received orders from many merchants, naturally for the canal next year.
Prepare for capacity.
Since the emergence of Jubao Building, not only Yingchunfang, but also the entire capital, and even many prefectures and counties have begun to undergo subtle changes. A large number of refugees have begun to be hired, and even the wages have increased a little.
Of course, the biggest change is naturally Yingchunfang. The land price of this Yingchunfang has doubled more than three days ago. A land of standing cone is very popular. Those warehouses and small shops have been sold and bought by large merchants at high prices.
The buildings of the warehouse and small shops were flattened one after another, and they began to build four, five, or even seven and eight-story buildings like the imitation of the pagoda.
This place will become the center of the entire capital and even the whole world. It is almost expected that the land price will continue to rise sharply. Even if it increases ten times, no one will find it strange. The land purchased at such a large price will naturally be the largest.
It is better to use the land in a refined manner. The higher the building you build, the greater the place to use it in the future.
Because the Zhang brother bought it early, he spent some money to buy several warehouses. In three days, the 700 taels of silver he spent suddenly rose to 3,000 taels due to the surge in land prices. The price is still
The price is not marketable, so the Zhang brothers are naturally not stupid. They happily prepare to build an inn. The two of them are really solid. The inn is just a place where people live. The land is so big. The more guest rooms, the more profitable it is. Anyway, here
They were not afraid of no business, so they found the craftsman who was said to have built the pagoda, just thinking about creating a tall building of more than ten floors.
The craftsmen naturally responded to the requests of the two uncles, but they came up with several solutions. The Zhang brothers were not very satisfied. To put it bluntly, if you want to build a tall tower, it would not be possible to build it with wood.
The construction of bricks and stones, but bricks and stones will increase a lot of costs and will also affect the beauty. In the end, the two of them found Liu Chengfeng to make an idea. Liu Chengfeng looked at them almost with a strange look and said, "Ten
A high level? What are you doing?"
Zhang Heling smiled bitterly and said, "Liu Baihu, this is impossible. Look, we have started early. We just built acre of land. We have to build an inn for such a large land. If we only build two
The third floor is not worth it. Naturally, the more guest rooms, the better our business will be.”
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh. The two brothers' minds were very advanced. In the future, this would be a vicious developer. However, Liu Chengfeng also agreed with their views that the land price was too expensive, if not
Building high-rise buildings is really not worth it. The land price will double in the future. Although the idea of ​​building high-rise buildings is ahead of schedule, it may not be a way to prepare for the future.
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