Iron Dynasty

Yes, Your Highness.

Pang Yukun looked solemn.

He is the head of the cabinet to lead the government affairs of the feudal country, and it is his primary task to find money for the treasury from where.

Now if there is any need to spend money, Xiao Ming will go to him first. Because of this, he always remembers the time for the restoration of the agricultural wealth, and Xiao Ming's mention of this official is not without purpose.

In fact, the taxation in the Great Yu Kingdom is quite chaotic, and the collection of agricultural taxes by local governments in the country three years ago was also a lot of chaos, and some daring officials overcharged, causing the people to be outraged.

This time, he is just as worried as Xiao Ming that he will take advantage of the opportunity to cheat for personal gain. After all, this agricultural tax was handed over to the local government, and according to his experience in the officialdom for so many years, there will definitely be officials who are wasting Make a fuss about it.

This loss has always been very popular in the Great Yu Kingdom. To put it simply, a bucket is used for weighing when the people hand in the grain. During the weighing, it is inevitable that some grain will be spilled on the ground. The government does not allow people to pick up these grains. back, so it is called loss.

What's more, some officials will come to the door to lift a foot and let the grain on the bucket fall to the ground. As a result, the people need to make up for the insufficient jin, which means that the people pay more grain.

And these losses have become officials' own pockets.

Xiao Ming mentions this now to remind him that the ills in the officialdom of the Great Yu country cannot be repeated in the officialdom of the Fengguo, otherwise what is the difference between the corrupt officialdom of the Great Yu country.

Having accepted this matter, Pang Yukun was about to go back, when Li Kaiyuan arrived at the government office under the guidance of the servant.

Seeing Pang Yukun, Li Kaiyuan said: Pang Shoufu, Xiaguan is looking for you. Can the raw silk, porcelain, and tea sent from Pengzhou this time be handed over to the Chamber of Commerce? Xiaguan will do a business with the Dutch right now. these goods.

It's okay to leave it to you, but you have to replace it with silver and put it into the treasury.

Hahaha, Pang Changshi's peace of mind, this is for sure, no matter how much money you earn, won't the lower officials be handed over to you in the end? Li Kaiyuan said with a smile.

Pang Yukun shook his head, this Li Kaiyuan has always been glib, he said: I will arrange this when I go back now.

Li Kaiyuan bowed his hands when he heard the words.

Pang Yukun turned to leave, when Li Kaiyuan turned to Xiao Ming and said, Your Highness, the Dutch merchant ship has arrived at Dengzhou port. I came here to ask your Highness.

You go and tell the Dutchman that we only want half the silver, and let him exchange the other half for goods.

For Xiao Ming, the actual goods are more practical than silver, but with the prosperity of fief business, the hard currency of silver cannot be less, so under the measure, he takes half of it.

Then what kind of goods does Your Highness need? Li Kaiyuan asked.

Saltpeter, sulfur, iron ore, replace the rest of the silver with these. Xiao Ming said, now this is the strategic material he needs most.

Li Kaiyuan nodded and continued to say to Xiao Ming: His Royal Highness, in addition to this, the lower official is going to send a merchant ship to Chu land to sell the goods from Qingzhou to Chu land. Sugar and pendulum clocks.

Oh? Will the pendulum clock also be sold? Xiao Ming asked.

Yes, Your Highness, now the clock workshop has produced 100 pendulum clocks. The merchants in Chu are very fond of these goods and ask us to transport them to Chu, and pay all the money.

Xiao Ming asked, How much money did you sell this pendulum clock for?

Sighing, Li Kaiyuan said: If Xiaguan used to be able to buy 50,000 taels, but now the world is in dispute, even if the pendulum clock is ingenious, it will sell this silver, and Xiaguan now only sells 30,000 taels. One.

It's not bad. If that's the case, you should walk more and make more money. Xiao Ming said.

Li Kaiyuan nodded, Yes, Your Highness, this time, there are buyers for 100 units, which accounted for half of the amount, and the rest were bought by the locals in Qingzhou.

When did Qingzhou have so many wealthy people? Xiao Ming wondered.

His Royal Highness, this is not surprising. First, most of Chang'an's dignitaries have fled to Qingzhou, and secondly, merchants from all over the Great Yu Kingdom have settled in Qingzhou these days. Naturally, there are more people who have some spare money. Li Kaiyuan smiled. He said, It's just that this Wei family restaurant is full of customers every day, and the number of businessmen joining the chamber of commerce is several times more than before.

The situation described by Li Kaiyuan made Xiao Ming very satisfied. Now that the Great Yu Kingdom is in chaos, businessmen are all looking for a stable place to settle down. There is no doubt that Qingzhou is now the place they most yearn for.

It is precisely for this reason that merchants gather in large numbers for a while, and because of Qingzhou's comfortable living environment and prosperous trade, some powerful people are also keen to come here.

And the arrival of these people naturally brought a lot of wealth, but now these wealth are in the hands of these people, he has to find a way to make these people consume a lot in Qingzhou.

Thinking of this, countless modern ways to make money immediately appeared in Xiao Ming's mind. In fact, these people settled in Qingzhou and the contemporary rich immigrants immigrated to the same reason.

In contemporary times, every country likes the rich to settle in their own country, because it means the arrival of wealth, and now he naturally cannot waste this opportunity.

Well, that's very good. Since this is the case, the Chamber of Commerce must recruit members as soon as possible during this period of time, and also create some more luxury goods to sell to them. Xiao Ming said with a wicked smile.

His Royal Highness, this is a subordinate's specialty. Li Kaiyuan said happily.

The two chatted for a while before Li Kaiyuan left.

The main thing Li Kaiyuan came to find him this time was the trade with the Dutch. The latter thing was just a passing mention. After all, the maritime trade with the Dutch was the focus.

And just as he thought, the main goods the Dutch now want are raw silk, porcelain and tea, and Qingzhou is in short supply, but Weidi is rich in these things.

Thinking of this, his determination to take Wei land has become firmer. As long as Wei land is taken, the financial source of the feudal country will be stabilized, which will provide him with a solid foundation for seizing the north.

The king of Zhao is now in the same mind to win the land of Shu, and he all wants to have a stable food supply.

In recent years, the north has become more and more bitter and cold, and the food has become less and less. Although they do not understand what the Little Ice Age is, they are clear about the actual food production.

From Xiao Ming's point of view, King Zhao's decision to act at this time must have felt this.