In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and his party,

Although the back door of the Yanmen County Government Office is not as arrogant as the front door, it is definitely not stingy. In terms of the size and luxury of the decoration, the back door definitely exceeds the front door of the Marquis's residence.

The place where a seventh-grade county magistrate manages and lives, the front door is comparable to the gate of the prince's palace, and the back door surpasses the gate of the prince's palace?

But this over-the-top back door of the county government was not enough to shock them!

If they had seen this scene when they first arrived, they would have been shocked or even angry, but they are all former labor reform prisoners and have seen the world here.

Ye Qing's level of excess was no longer enough to shock and anger them.

What shocked them was that there were at least a hundred wealthy businessmen sitting in line on small stools in front of them. Even when they were shocked, there were still people lining up.

Judging from the clothing of these people, one is richer than the other. This rich businessman wears brocade clothes with silver embroidery, and that rich businessman wears brocade clothes with gold embroidery.

There were not only Han merchants wearing Ming Dynasty Hanfu, but also many foreign merchants with colorful eyes, high noses, skin as white as if they were sick, and strange costumes.

These foreign boots have raised toes, and even the embroidery patterns on the boots are decorated with gold threads. They also wear such large gold rings. On top of the gold rings are either red and yellow gemstones or large and round pearl accessories.

In addition to those wearing gold rings, there are also those wearing gold necklaces that are comparable to dog chains.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at their outfits, and then looked at his own outfits. Except for the dragon robes, which were the most outstanding ones, he felt that they were a bit shabby.

At the same time, he thought about the scene in the "General Affairs Hall for Foreign Business and Travel" where these people paid taxes with gold and silver coins.

Because of thinking of this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang became greedy again when he looked at these foreign businessmen who were like gold and silver and did not need money.

While he was greedy, he also once again recognized Ye Qing's way of earning foreign gold and silver.

As soon as he thought of this, he made up his mind. He must see Ye Qing today, and must clear his way of earning foreign gold and silver.

This Lord Ye has the armament technology that he covets, and the technology that makes real money that he covets. Even for these technologies, he feels that he should endure it for a little longer.

But the [back door toll booth] in front of him made him want to chop Ye Qing into pieces right now!

"Everyone, don't mess around. Everyone should line up on a first-come, first-served basis. If anyone jumps in the queue, they will be disqualified from using the back door."

"Please be quiet, everyone, I will explain to you the rules of the back door!"

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes,

The doorman who had promised them at the front door in the morning and helped them open the small back door in the afternoon was holding an open cone with a somewhat loudspeaker function and shouting at the top of his lungs.

"The rules for going through the back door are as follows:"

"First: we charge a one-time notification fee for ten people, two hundred taels per person, which is two hundred guan."

"Han merchants from the Ming Dynasty can use all treasure banknotes to pay. Seba merchants from the Ming Dynasty and Mongol Yuan merchants from the Ming Dynasty can use one hundred taels of treasure banknotes plus one hundred taels of equivalent gold and silver to pay. Foreign merchants are not allowed to use treasure banknotes and must

Use two hundred taels of silver coins or fifty taels of gold coins equivalent to two hundred taels of silver coins to pay."

"In addition, when paying, please be sure to submit a statement of your financial resources. The more concise the better, preferably one sentence, such as 'I brought ten thousand taels this time, and I want to do some business with Mr. Ye.'

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"After we collect each batch of notification fees and your financial statement, we will report it to Mr. Ye. After seeing it, Mr. Ye will write it in his own hand on your financial certificate if he is interested in direct cooperation.

Add the word 'interview'."

"Those who receive the reception receipt can follow the second rule of going through the back door!"

"If you haven't received it, don't be frustrated. Go directly to the purchasing market to buy it. Although the price is not that low, you will still make money!"

"The second rule for going through the back door is that those who receive the reception receipt need to pay us a leading fee of three hundred taels, and a maid from the palace will lead you to see Mr. Ye."

"The payment plan for each merchant is consistent with the notification fee payment plan, that is, two hundred taels becomes three hundred taels!"

"Of course, as for whether you can conclude a business deal with Mr. Ye, it depends on you."

"Regardless of whether the business is concluded or not, these fees will not be refunded!"

"Okay, I've said all that needs to be said. Those who accept this rule can continue to line up. Those who don't accept this rule can do whatever they have to do!"

After the doorman finished speaking, he put down the open cone and immediately asked other doormen for a pot of water, looking as if his mouth was dry and his throat hurt.

At this moment, the businessmen and travelers of various nationalities queuing up exploded.

However, none of them expressed resistance to this backdoor rule, and they all regretted that they were not sufficiently prepared.

In the queue that was so long, a Han businessman from the Ming Dynasty sat on a small stool and said anxiously: "I didn't bring a pen and paper. What should I do? Does the brother in front of me bring a pen and paper?"

"You don't need to bring paper and pen. They help prepare them and will give out paper and pen when collecting money!"

Somewhere in the queue, a merchant from Ming Dynasty patted his thigh and said: "I have a lot of gold and silver at home, and I heard that you can make a lot of money here, but I don't know this rule, so I didn't bring so much cash."

Silver!"

"Brothers in front of me, we look almost the same. Our ancestors were probably fellow villagers a hundred years ago. Please help me exchange it!"

The foreign semu merchant in front said in broken Chinese: "Okay, okay, I have a lot of gold and silver coins, and there are several boxes in the hotel. My ancestors a hundred years ago were my fellow Semu brothers from the Ming Dynasty. I can exchange them at will."

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Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these various business travelers who were willing to be slaughtered as pigs, and the shock deep in his heart had already overshadowed his anger.

He really couldn't figure it out!

This kind of rule is simply unreasonable and tantamount to a clear robbery of money, but no one resists?

Not only are you not resisting, but you are just regretting that you were not prepared enough?

He, Zhu Yuanzhang, was also a master at controlling people, but he could only do 'sell him and ask someone to help him count the money'!

Of course, his skill was not used in business, but in politics.

But he can't do this to the extent of "selling people, and others still regret that they were sold not quickly enough"!

Zhu Yuanzhang would catch anyone at random and ask: "What are you doing this for?"

"The notification fee is 200 taels, and the toll fee is 300 taels. There is no guarantee that it will be done. Why is this?"

The Han businessman from the Ming Dynasty who was sitting not far away just rolled his eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang who had not started queuing up yet and said: "If you ask this question, it shows that you don't know enough about Yanmen County."

"The products in Yanmen County are much better than those in other places, and they are produced in limited quantities. Each commodity has a quota in each place. Once it is sold out, it will be gone. The supply is absolutely in short supply!"

"As long as we can get a batch of goods, we can definitely make money with our eyes closed, and the money we make from purchasing goods from other places is half as high."

"This is still the money I earn from buying goods at Yanmen Purchasing Market. If I get the goods directly from Mr. Ye, I have to send a car to the industrial park to pick up the goods myself. That is the ex-factory price!"

"Compared with the money you can earn from purchasing goods from other places, it's twice as much!"

"If you are lucky, it will be more than doubled!"

"Think about it, the money I originally earned by traveling across mountains and rivers twice can be earned in one trip here. Not to mention going through the back door, I can even kneel down and call daddy!"

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Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the businessman a look of disdain. As expected, the businessman would do anything for profit.

But as soon as he finished scorning the businessman, his eyes started to roll.

“The products produced in Yanmen County are so good and so popular?”

"It's a pity that when we were prisoners of labor reform, we never went to the industrial park!"

Thinking of this, he immediately looked at Queen Ma behind him, and then he remembered that his sister went to the industrial park!

He hurriedly walked to Queen Ma and asked, "Sister, are the things produced in the industrial park really so good?"

After Empress Ma heard such a question, she realized that during the night during their labor camp, all they talked about was Zhu Yuanzhang's experiences, and very little about her experiences.

There is no other reason,

Just because compared with the arsenal, the industrial park is definitely not as eye-catching as the arsenal.

Furthermore, Zhu Yuanzhang was causing trouble every day. Not only did she not cause trouble, she was also treated as a guest of honor among reform-through-labor prisoners.

After Queen Ma quickly explained it in concise words, Zhu Yuanzhang understood it immediately.

To put it simply, Ye Qing, with his reputation as "Made in Yanmen", has the qualifications to treat people like pigs but others are still afraid that he will not be slaughtered.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang once again glanced at these business travelers of various nationalities who were actively queuing up, with extremely complicated eyes.

But it is also obvious that there is not much anger in his eyes now, but more admiration and envy.

I have to say that this is also Ye Qing's ability, and it is something that Zhu Yuanzhang does not have.

But he still couldn't figure it out!

What about treating everyone equally?

It’s the same two hundred taels, so why are the payment methods different for Han merchants from the Ming Dynasty, Seba merchants from the Ming Dynasty, Mongolian and Yuan merchants from the Ming Dynasty, and foreign merchants?

In fact, he basically agrees with the fact that foreign businessmen can only pay real money.

It's nothing more than relying on his advantages to earn real money from others!

Although in his opinion, this violated their principle of "equal treatment", he still thought it was okay.

But Han merchants from the Ming Dynasty, Seba merchants from the Ming Dynasty, and Mongol and Yuan merchants from the Ming Dynasty all had different payment methods, which he absolutely did not approve of.

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To be continued...