When all the ministers heard that money would be deducted from them, they all stopped working. It was just an inn anyway, and grandma didn't care for what uncle didn't care for, let alone oil and water.
And when it comes to oil and water, there are thousands of inns throughout Dasheng Dynasty. If you pay the fees, how much will it cost?
If Yang Xuan were here and knew what they were thinking, he would probably laugh at them for being such country bumpkins.
As a transit point for the circulation of goods, the benefits brought by the inn are definitely not comparable to the fee paid.
This station will have as many benefits as the water transport terminal. The difference is just one for water transport and one for land transport.
As many wealthy families as a water transport terminal can support, this inn is not much different.
Seeing that the courtiers had no objections, His Majesty the Emperor nodded, and then the Crown Prince announced that the matter was settled. The Ministry of Revenue would draw up a charter on the specific matters, and then send an official to negotiate with Shengfa Company.
As a result, Yang Xuan met the person responsible for negotiating the plan in the lobby of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Lu Chenghong, a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs. The two of them would represent the imperial court and Shengfa Company respectively to discuss cooperation matters regarding the inheritance of the post station.
In a room, each person has a chair and a coffee table in front of him. There are preserved fruit snacks and tea on the coffee table.
First, Langzhong Lu took out the articles of association drawn up by the Ministry of Revenue, and then Yang Xuan took out the cooperation plan of Shengfa Company. After the exchange, the two parties began to read it carefully and exchanged opinions on the detailed terms.
After a whole day of negotiation, a plan was finally drawn up and submitted to the Minister of Hubu, who then forwarded it to His Majesty the Emperor.
When His Majesty the Emperor saw the plan, he was not too impatient to read the detailed terms at first. He went straight to see how much money Yang Xuan planned to spend to rent more than a thousand inns in Dasheng Dynasty.
However, when he saw the number one thousand five hundred and sixty-two, he couldn't help but rub his eyes.
That's right, it's one thousand five hundred and sixty-two taels of silver.
And it’s still a one-year fee.
There were 1,562 post stations in the 15 state capitals and 1,562 counties in the Great Sheng Dynasty. The annual rental fee for each post station was one tael of silver?
His Majesty the Emperor was angry. He wanted to curse, but he couldn't think of the right words for a while.
How dare he?
This is obviously teasing me.
And the third child, how dare he join forces with Yang Xuan to tease me.
However, he was His Majesty the Emperor after all, so he quickly calmed down. He could tolerate being pointed at and scolded by his ministers at court meetings, and this trivial matter was nothing.
He quickly thought that Yang Xuan was a calm person and never messed up, so this move must have a deep meaning.
So he opened the agreement, started from the beginning, and read it carefully.
As he watched, His Majesty the Emperor showed a smile on his face, and then the smile gradually widened, and later he even burst into laughter.
Wang Daban, who was standing aside, watched His Majesty the Emperor being startled and startled, and his mood was like a roller coaster, rising and falling.
After reading the plan, His Majesty the Emperor still had a smile on his face and muttered: "This boy has a lot of tricks up his sleeve."
In fact, Yang Xuan's plan is not that unusual. There is only one proposal, which is to cooperate with the imperial court to develop those inns.
According to the prosperity of the county where the inn is located, it is divided into three levels: large, medium and small to open a market.
This market is a place for merchants to do business. It is actually just like a market in a village or town, where vendors set up their stalls.
Shengfa provides the venue and attracts merchants to do business here. Shengfa collects rent and management fees and is responsible for managing public security and daily maintenance.
Yang Xuan's plan came from the wholesale market, which was even simpler than the wholesale market. Just set up a shed and build some large warehouses and that was it.
One tael of silver for a post station is actually a symbolic payment, which means that when the logistics company's fleet arrives at the post station, the food and accommodation provided by the post station are paid.
As for the rental management fees and so on, it is a real income for the post station. The post chief and officials also have something to do, and even more positions can be provided.
Yang Xuan also has a word for this, called employment rate.
How do people live and work in peace and contentment? Having work and food to eat is called living and working in peace and contentment. The higher the employment rate, the more stable the people are. Those who don’t want to work but still want to eat are called blind migration. Serious people are willing to work to earn money.
Take care of your own food and clothing.
This move can also promote the circulation of goods and currency.
If there is circulation, taxes can be collected, and the court can make a fortune.
The above are all relatively high-sounding statements in the plan, which can be summed up in one sentence: this station is equivalent to a public-private partnership project.
Although the shareholders of the previous Shengfa Company were all members of the royal family, it was still nominally a private industry.
This time, private industry, operating in cooperation with imperial institutions, is called the first step in creating an era, and His Majesty the Emperor is the leader in creating a new era.
This is what His Majesty the Emperor is so amazed about. I don’t know how Yang Xuan can always come up with these amazing tricks in his little mind.
This horse was truly made comfortable by His Majesty the Emperor.
Since ancient times, kings have always regarded expansion as their ideal. Although what Yang Xuan said is not expansion of territory, the meaning is almost the same if the word is changed.
The leader of the new era, this sounds very noble.
If you can achieve certain results, you might even be able to go to Mount Tai to receive a Zen ceremony, which would go down in history.
You say an emperor, besides that, what else can he pursue?
Besides, the matter of opening up borders and expanding the territory has already been laid to a certain extent. As long as there is trade and exchange with the grassland, maybe in my lifetime, I can see the people of the grassland being assimilated by the Dasheng Dynasty and gradually becoming a member of the Dasheng Dynasty.
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Thinking of this, His Majesty the Emperor couldn't help but laugh.
When the time comes, all the grassland people will become the people of Dasheng, and won’t the huge grasslands belong to the Dasheng Dynasty?
Thinking of his success, His Majesty the Emperor said loudly: "Wang Daban, bring me a jug of wine. I am happy today and want to drink two glasses."
Wang Daban was stunned and immediately knelt down on the ground: "No, Your Majesty, absolutely not. The imperial doctor said that His Majesty's illness was caused by wine. You can't touch even a drop of this wine."
The Emperor was stunned for a moment, remembering that he still wanted to be enshrined in Mount Tai and conquer the grasslands, so he waved his hand and said: "Forget it, forget it, push me to the Imperial Garden. I have a good time today and go outside to get some fresh air."
Wang Daban hurried forward and pushed His Majesty the Emperor's wheelchair to leave. His Majesty the Emperor suddenly said: "Show this plan to the Prince and see if he can spot any clues."
His Majesty the Emperor then sighed in his heart. Several of his sons were quite talented, but none of them could compare to this boy Yang Xuan.
Otherwise, betroth Princess Jing'an to him?
Although he is not my consort, he is still my son-in-law. According to the folk saying, a son-in-law is half a son.
As Wang Daban pushed the wheelchair out of the Yangxin Hall, His Majesty the Emperor looked at the clouds on the horizon, and his mind suddenly became clear.
