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Chapter 872
When Emperor Chongzhen and his party went out, it was already a bit late.At this time, in Nanxun Town, people came and went outside the houses, and it was very lively on the streets.

Chen Youming was just two steps ahead of Emperor Chongzhen and Concubine Tian, ​​leaning sideways to introduce the situation in Nanxun Town, acting very conscientious.

"My lord, we have more than 300 households in Nanxun Town, and the town is just like what you saw..." Chen Youming said while pointing to the shops on both sides, "Maybe they do some lake silk or something related to it." business. Most of the row of shops in front of this are Husi tooth stores, which are full of samples, and Husi also has warehouses.”

When talking about this, he said proudly: "The raw silk of our Ming Dynasty is the most important, and at least [-]% of the business of lake silk is done in our Nanxun town. The customers who come here to buy lake silk every year , are all generous, a single transaction can easily cost tens of thousands of gold..."

Hearing what he said, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but move in his heart.Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory who left the capital first, told him that based on the clues he has so far, those who intend to destroy Daming Kaihai are likely to be some people who privately sell goods overseas.Because the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, at least the goods are not allowed to go out on the surface, which can maximize the profits of those people's ships that go out to sea.Once the sea is opened, a large number of merchants will go out, which will inevitably cause prices to fall, which will damage their interests.

Thinking of this, he asked Chen Youming, "Where are the people from Nanxun Town buying so many lake silk?"

As for these things, Chen Youming, a local, naturally understood, and immediately replied: "There are all over the country, some from the capital, and some from Nanjing, but more of them are from Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. Fujian and Guangdong are the best places. You don’t know, those visitors from Fujian and Guangdong are really doing big business, as long as the quality of Husi is good, they will hardly negotiate the price, they are very generous!”

After finishing speaking, he suddenly pointed to the group of people in front of him, and there were seven or eight people guarding each of them to go into a dental clinic, and said at the same time: "Young master, this must be from Fujian and Guangdong."

After finishing speaking, Chen Youming smiled and said, "If it weren't for the young master and his party all speaking with a northern accent, others would think you are wealthy businessmen from Fujian and Guangdong!"

When Liu Xingzuo, who was following Emperor Chongzhen, heard it, his heart moved. Looking at the emperor's back, he suddenly thought.

Sure enough, I saw Emperor Chongzhen walking slowly, watching the group of people enter and leave, and then asked with great interest: "Why are they buying so much?"

When Chen Youming heard this, he hesitated for a while, and quickly replied: "What else can you do? Lake silk is the same as cotton cloth, silk, and ceramics. You can only make a lot of money by selling it overseas. See, my lord..."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the people coming and going on the street and said: "Last year, the imperial court announced the opening of the sea. No, there are many more people coming to Nanxun Town this year than before, and many of them came early. , I’m afraid that if you come late, you won’t receive enough quantity.”

"Oh, before last year, it seems that the imperial court did not allow maritime trade, right? The business in Nanxun Town should not be very good, right?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with a smile on his face, unable to tell what was going on in his heart, as if chatting.

After hearing this, Chen Youming had already started anyway, so he didn't care anymore, so he replied: "The imperial court won't let it go, but it can't stand the profit!"

Speaking of this, he remembered that there were still questions unanswered, so he immediately added: "Although it was like this year before, the scale was not small. Otherwise, how could our Nanxun Town be so big!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was about to say something more when he heard Concubine Tian Gui's surprised voice: "There is a silk shop here. It looks okay from the front, let's go in and have a look?"

When I came here just now, Concubine Tian Guifei was not interested in one after another Husi dental shop, but when she suddenly saw a silk shop, she felt itchy.

When Emperor Chongzhen was in later generations, he also went shopping with women. Knowing that this was a woman's nature, he nodded casually and said, "Okay, let's go in and have a look!"

Although the silk shop they were going to enter was relatively large, it couldn't hold them all in, so there were only five or six plainclothes guards who followed the shop.

The guys in the shop are all busy, and when they saw someone coming in, and they brought their entourage, they immediately came to wait on them, but they apologized and said: "There are people in the private rooms of the shop now, if the guest officer doesn't mind, here's It is also possible to see the goods, and it is guaranteed that there will not be much impact."

The positioning of this store is obviously relatively high-end. There are a lot of goods, and the quality is very good at first glance. Silks and satins of various colors and patterns are arranged regularly, which can be seen by people who enter the store at a glance.There are grids on both sides of the counter, so customers who look at the samples do not interfere with each other, and many even have curtains, so they can't see who is inside.

"Even the private room is full, it seems that the business is good!" Standing in the lobby, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and then said to Concubine Tian Gui: "If you are interested, you can take a look here."

He is not used to it, so he insisted on making a private room for the shopkeeper.

Concubine Tian Gui naturally did not dare to disobey Emperor Chongzhen's words.And at this time, her eyes were already full of those silks and satins, so she agreed and went to the cubicle to look at the samples.

Xiao Er served tea, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't want it, not because he wanted to put on airs of the emperor, but because of the habits of later generations, it didn't make him feel too uncomfortable.Just standing in the corner of the lobby, looking around the store, paying attention to the movement at the counter.

He found that it seemed that the customers in this store were not stingy people, and almost everyone would buy some, no matter how much.Seeing that the waiters were busy fetching silk and satin, and coming and going, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help saying: "It's really making money every day!"

"My lord, these are actually nothing. Those in the private room are the big customers." Chen Youming knew about it, so he introduced it.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and asked casually, "Should these shops have to pay a lot of taxes?"

"Our Ming Dynasty's rule is one tax for thirty!" Chen Youming replied immediately, "But there is no government in our countryside, and it's mostly just a symbolic payment from the head of the court."

Hearing what he said, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and asked, "Then, do you know how much the commercial tax in Nanxun Town is for a year?"

"I don't know!" Chen Youming shook his head bluntly, "Who would care about that. But guess, it's about 1000 taels!"

"..." Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being speechless when he heard this.Nanxun Town is the largest Husi trading center in Ming Dynasty, and the annual business tax is only about 1000 taels, which is really amazing!

He suddenly remembered that Wen Tiren mentioned before that the tea tax is 17 taels in Yunnan and only 6 taels in Zhejiang.Compared with this, the tax in Nanxun Town is still too much!

　I have to work overtime tomorrow night, and try to write another chapter tonight, or the debt will accumulate more and more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)