Crown Tang emperor

Although the cities in the two capitals are extremely prosperous in business and trade, the tax rate is not high enough, and there are too many means to avoid the transaction tax.Therefore, the tax collected by the imperial court in this area is not high. For example, the eastern capital Luoyang Nanshi collects only tens of thousands of dendrobium a year. Also not taken seriously.

As for the passage of goods, it is mainly collected by the local government, which is directly supplemented into the local finance, and is not controlled by the central centralized accounting of the imperial court.Some were directly invested in the maintenance of local weirs and gates, while others were directly pocketed by the officials who handled them.In short, this is a muddled account.

In view of this situation, the imperial court added a City Trade Department, which was directly attached to the Menxia Province, and was directly managed by the two central provinces, mainly responsible for the distribution of commodities and the integration of taxation.

At present, the tax revenue of the imperial court in commerce and trade is mainly divided into five parts, namely, the Shanze tax for the output of commodity raw materials, the labor tax for the production process of commodities, the customs tax for commodity transportation, the warehouse tax for storage, and the commodity tax. Transaction tax.

These five aspects of taxation together constitute the overall commercial taxation of the current imperial court, and under the five categories, various small taxation items are divided.It is not just dedicated to collection, but to make the entire business environment develop healthily and orderly through the collection of commercial taxes.

For example, the Shanze tax is collected in a relatively high proportion in the customs, which is to suppress the excessive logging and fishing of the people. In Shannan Road, there is almost no Shanze tax, and the people are encouraged to pursue the mountains and rivers. Thereby promoting the local development process.

As for labor tax, it is a supplement to the sharp reduction of regular taxes such as the loss of farming households and rent adjustment.However, although this project has been established, the imperial court has not imposed heavy taxes for the time being, because it is still in the process of encouraging the development of industry and commerce. As for the future, it will be used to adjust the balance between agriculture and industry and commerce.

The customs duty is even more important. Not only can it further strengthen the profit generation in the process of commodity circulation, but it can also allow the court to more directly and effectively control the trend of commodity circulation.For example, if Tongguan goes to the east, the commodity tax is high, and if it goes west, the tax rate will be lowered, which is greatly conducive to the prosperity of Guanzhong's material resources.

The warehouse tax is to control the phenomenon of merchants hoarding for profit from the root. You can store the goods for a long time, but a considerable part of the profits generated during the hoarding process will be directly taken away by the government.

The changes made by the taxation of various markets are not big. The formation of a large number of grass markets has made transactions no longer concentrated in fixed places. If heavy taxes are imposed during the transaction process, it will only make transactions flow out more. , out of control.

Therefore, the imperial court did not make major adjustments in this regard, but only strengthened the collection of commercial taxes on luxury goods, such as jewelry, gold and silverware, spices, brocade and other commodities.

The current business environment in Guanzhong is still in a state of light taxation as a whole.Although the Department of Marketing and Trade was established and drafted numerous tax categories, it only integrated and refined some tax categories that had existed in previous years, telling merchants that the imperial court had established relevant laws and regulations, but the overall tax rate was relatively low. Compared with previous years, the collection has not increased significantly, and some have even been reduced to varying degrees.

Of course, when it will be strengthened in the future, this is not something that merchants need to consider. The imperial court will conduct an overall assessment and adjustment, and gradually strengthen control and taxation while ensuring the overall stability of the business environment.

But even so, since the establishment of the City and Trade Department last year, the imperial court has collected more than 70 yuan in various commercial and trade taxes.Although this part of the tax revenue is still inconspicuous compared to the total amount of commerce and trade last year, it must be known that before this, the court had never seen this sum of money.

Compared with the initial integration of business and taxation, the imperial court's profits in the official market can be described as astonishing.

This includes various official workshops, royal gardens, etc., especially the World Expo that has been held for several sessions, coupled with the daily official market trade, from last year's World Expo to May this year, the imperial court has been here In terms of financial revenue, the gross profit has reached an astonishing [-] million yuan!

Even after deducting various costs such as consumption and management, the net profit is nearly tens of millions.It should be noted that this is extra income in addition to various regular taxes, and it has almost reached the scale of this tax!

In fact, this is not another source of income, but the result of integrating the original productivity and means of production.

For example, many imperial gardens in the two capitals have been operated before, but the efficiency is low, and the harvest is not directly linked to the market, which cannot bring intuitive benefits, and a considerable part of it is consumed in the daily palace life middle.

After all, although the Tang family has passed it down for several generations, there is really no one who is so detailed that he would like to open a vegetable garden in his bedroom Nuange.When Li Tong became greedy, he didn't even let his outsiders go. To have such an increase in financial resources, he could never forget it, and there must be echoes.

Regarding the imperial court's policy of promoting business and abolishing agriculture in Guanzhong, there are also many officials in the court who disagree.Second, after all, the imperial court needs to be dignified and majestic, but in the end it competes with the poor for a few cents. This is really not a glorious thing.

But it also has to be said that money really has power, especially such an amazing amount of money.With such a result, in front of anyone, few people can sit still.

Many courtiers have experienced the situation when the Wu Zhou Dynasty was poor and financially distressed. In the few years when the Xiang Wang was in power, it was also a mess inside and outside, and counting warehouses for rice has almost become the norm.

Now in the era of Kaiyuan, in just a few years, the imperial court's finances have improved so amazingly, it can't help but make people feel that the poor are suddenly rich and elated.There are naturally fewer and fewer people who disagree with this.

This change in the atmosphere of the court can be best reflected in the situation specification of the Department of Marketing and Trade.Initially, the Municipal Trade Department was established, and it was attached to Taifu as the upper-level organization of the various municipal administrations.But after a while, he was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, with a higher level of authority.

However, after the accounting of this year's financial report was completed, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs first jumped out and said that the Department of Marketing and Trade was in charge of such a large amount of financial schemes, and that it must be allocated to its subordinates, the Ministry of Finance, to directly control it, so as to ensure sufficient supervision.

The dispute between the ministers has not yet come to a conclusion, Shang Shu also rolled up his sleeves and said that the two little brothers don't need to fight, this kind of thing should be done by the province.

But Shangshu Dusheng hadn't warmed up this golden lump in his arms, and the Zhengshitang went straight away. The prime ministers were kind-hearted and couldn't bear to add another burden to the ministers.In the end, after many days of court discussion, the court finally made a decision to assign the Department of City and Trade to Menxia Province.

The reason why the important departments of the DPRK and China compete so much for the Department of Trade and Economics is of course not just because they want money, or because they want to get money from the middle.Simply considering the structure of power, if Cao Si suddenly mastered such a financial source of tens of millions, and it will continue to grow in the future, the increase in the right to speak in the political structure of the government is simply immeasurable.

The status of the City Trade Department is becoming more and more important, and its official City Trade Order is naturally rising.At the beginning of the establishment of the Municipal Trade Department, Li Tong was temporarily in charge of the department under Chang'an County Captain Liu Yu, and his rank was only the sixth rank, only slightly higher than the city supervisors.

However, as the Municipal Trade Department was promoted to the household department, Liu Yu, the municipal trade order, became a fifth-rank household doctor.When he was in Shangshudu Province, he was promoted to Yousi Langzhong.After going to Menxia Province, he was directly promoted to Menxia Gishizhong.

In just one year, he was promoted from a Qipin county captain to a southern provincial governor. Even in the Yasukuni period, there were many officials who were super-relocated and awarded, but the promotion speed similar to Liu Yu's is really astonishing.What's even more exaggerated is that the promotion of other officials was their own official promotion, while Liu Yu brought the entire Yasi, or the entire Yasi took him to the current prominent position.

Of course, such an example is just an accident and cannot be replicated.After all, as a newly established Yasi, the City and Trade Department has complicated affairs, and rashly changing the chief officer will inevitably cause confusion in the handover of affairs. That's why Liu Yu was able to catch this express train, interrupt the upward momentum, and jump from a lower-level official to a senior official. An important member of the Southern Province.

Chapter 0883 fair trading, mutual exchange

At the Linde Hall banquet, the sage personally agreed to allow the Gal family in Qinghai to participate in the market trade with Datang, which naturally surprised Zampo.Regardless of the difficult challenges the Gar family will face in the future, at least if they can join Datang's business network right now, it will definitely improve Haixi's predicament.

So Zan Po swept away the melancholy accumulated in her heart before, and cheered up to finalize this matter as soon as possible.Worried that nights would be long and dreams would never wait, the day after the Linde Palace banquet, he came to the imperial city early, staring at a pair of bloodshot eyes that hadn't slept all night, looking for the person who approached him.

And Liu Yu, whose promotion history in the past year has made the entire imperial court envious, also received the relevant notice as early as last night, and waited for Zam Po's arrival outside the provincial government hall.

When the two sides met on the street in front of the government office, there was a bit of astonishment on each other's faces.

Liu Yu's astonishment is easy to understand. The mother-in-law herself is a little unattractive. After a night of tossing and turning, she was eager to discuss things early in the morning. She didn't take care of her beard and hair seriously. She even looked a bit sloppy, and she didn't look like a big shot.

As for Zan Po, after entering the Tang Dynasty, all the high-ranking officials in the court were handsome and well-dressed.And he also learned about the prominent and important position of the City Trade Department in the court before, so he naturally had some imagination about the head of the City Trade Department.

But now, the man standing in front of him, although he was wearing a majestic red official robe, the robe was wrinkled as if it hadn't been washed for many days, there was still some ink on the lapel, and a look of exhaustion appeared in his pale face. , looks a little dull, it really doesn't look like an important official in the southern province, and is no different from an old farmer working in the field.

So although the two sides saw each other at the same time, they were not in a hurry to speak, and a thought flashed in their minds at the same time: Why does this guy look like this?Can't be a liar?

It wasn't until the respective entourages of the two parties came forward again to confirm their identities that the doubts in their hearts dissipated slightly, but neither of them paid too much attention to the formality. After a dry greeting, Liu Yu raised his hand and pointed behind him. Said: "Then go to the Yatang to talk?"

After Zan Po heard the words, she nodded her head repeatedly, he was only concerned about this at the moment, and didn't care about anything else.

The Municipal Trade Office is not located in the provincial hall, but an independent cross-court in the southwest.After walking into it, Grandma Zan couldn't help but raised her hand to cover her nose, the thick smell of ink wafting in the air was really offensive.

The position of the Department of Marketing and Trade is important, and correspondingly, there are many affairs.A box is more than enough for the correspondence between the department and the department, but the department of marketing and trade frequently comes and goes in and out of the car.With such a huge amount of official documents processed, the large vats of water used to wash pens and inkstones on one side of the yamen hall were all black, like ink.

The officials in the yamen hall were also extremely busy. Those who bowed their heads and wrote books were surrounded by high stacks of official documents, and those who walked to and fro were like wind and waves, so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground.

A large number of public and private business affairs have been summarized so far, all of which need to be dealt with in a timely and effective manner, and there is almost no time for leisure.

Although Liu Yu now appears to be a fifth-rank official, but he was born in Kusano, all relying on the ability to handle general affairs honed when he was a subordinate. He is such a haggard honor.

After stepping into the ya hall, Liu Yu returned to his seat and sat down first, and then realized that when he sat down, the desk documents directly blocked his sight, and he couldn't see Zampo at all, so he stood up again, feeling a little embarrassed The clerk removed a part of the official document on the front of the case, and then raised his hand and said to Po Zan: "Please take a seat, the foreigner. The office is busy, and the layout is not clear. I am rude."

After Zan Po heard the words, she quickly waved her hands and said: "Both of us have busy bodies and are deeply entangled in the world. There is no need to be polite to things. Since a certain person is here, it is appropriate."

When Liu Yu heard this, he didn't say any more. He raised his hand to signal the official to hand a copy of the book to Zan Po, and explained: "This book is the charter of trade, and public and private are different. Please read it carefully, and if you have any questions, I will answer them in detail later.”

After finishing speaking, he sat down again, picked up a document and continued to read and process it.This is not because of his deliberate arrogance, but because of the normality of his daily work.

In fact, with the current scope of powers of the Department of Marketing and Trade, the subordinates should also separate out various cases to handle affairs concurrently, instead of pouring all affairs into the department's desk.However, in the past period of time, the Department of City and Trade has moved around in many places in the court and lived in no fixed place, so the personnel structure has not been perfected so far.

If it is only to discuss business matters with a foreign tribe, Liu Yu does not need to receive it in person, just dispatch one or two clerks in the department.It's just that the business with Haixi is not only limited to business affairs, but also related to the court's military and political plans. The saint also personally ordered Liu Yu to follow the whole process and report in time, so Liu Yu took the time to see Zanpo.

"That's right, if the foreigner doesn't know my Tang scriptures, then the officials..."

After sitting down for a while, Liu Yu thought of this verse again. He raised his head while talking, but saw that Grandma Zan had already read the book carefully.

As for the fundamentals of her family's finances, Po Zan naturally took them very seriously. He himself was in charge of internal affairs in Qinghai, so he knew all the relevant matters and operations by heart.After reading through the full volume of regulations, I can't help but feel that Datang is cautious and meticulous in formulating regulations, and there are almost no loopholes to take advantage of.

Although compared with the official trade with Datang, the various regulations of private trade are looser, but in terms of transaction volume and transaction frequency, there is no guarantee.Their Gar family wanted to join in, of course not to make money by sitting on the ground, but to replenish and accumulate strength as soon as possible to cope with the changes that will happen next.

Therefore, although the official trading conditions are somewhat harsh, Zanpo decided to choose Datang official as the main business partner after weighing it.In addition to specific commercial considerations, there is also a political consideration.

Of course, he also understood in his heart that the reason why His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty agreed to let the Gar family join in the trade was not purely for the purpose.Even if the Gar family chooses private merchants as their main transaction partners, they will inevitably face various regulatory inspections.

That being the case, it would be better to take the initiative to choose from the beginning, and also appear more honest.

After deciding on this point, Zan Po first glanced at the official product names provided by Datang.Naturally, there will be no military-prohibited commodities, and most of them are related to daily life, such as ceramics, silk, tea, lacquer hemp, vehicles and boats, etc.

These commodities cannot directly enhance the strength of the Qinghai Navy, but many of them are also urgently needed in Qinghai today.In particular, after these goods were traded to Hercynian, they could continue to be transported westward in exchange for more needed goods from those Far West tribes.

Of course, there are also certain commercial affairs in the land of Hercynian. After all, the reason why Tuyuhun was able to become a prosperous state of Hercynian in the early years and lasted for hundreds of years is also an important transit point for commercial routes on the Hexi Corridor.Otherwise, it would be difficult to maintain such a long-term national fortune based on Qinghai's own output.

It's just that Datang is exporting too much to the outside world at the moment, and Haixi has no advantage in this area at all. Even if some commercial activities are carried out, the profits are really limited, and sometimes they even operate at a loss.

Although the types of goods officially provided by Datang are not many, the advantage lies in the large quantity.As for the goods and raw materials they purchased, there were many kinds, hundreds of them, including common products such as fur, bones, minerals, and fine war horses like Qinghai Cong.

Especially if you want the trading volume to reach a certain scale, there are rigid regulations on some of the goods used for trading, such as the number of collars for wild horse crotch fur, how many Qinghai horses, how many catties of gold, silver and iron ore, etc.

This kind of transaction mode is of course unequal. You, Datang, search and search during the transaction, and don’t provide any important commodities. But when it’s my turn to provide the goods, I wish I could dig out the dead bones from the graves of my ancestors and give them to you.

Of course, in this regard, Datang did not insist.That's my rule, if you don't accept it, don't do business.

However, although the types of goods traded are quite unequal, the price is still relatively fair, at least much more generous than the prices offered by merchants traveling in Longyou.

After some thought, Zan Po began to draw up a pen to write the scale and quantity of this first transaction.Haixi still has a lot of items and raw materials that Datang needs.

Good horses like Qinghai Cong, although related to the military and the country, are also flooded in Haixi, and they will consume feed if they are kept dry. It is better to bring them out to exchange for some goods that they cannot produce.The Tuyuhun people's skills in raising and taming horses are not uncommon, and this is one of the reasons why they, an Donghu tribe, were able to cross Monan and migrate to Hexi to survive and build a country.

As for various minerals, Bailan Mountain in the southeast of Qinghai also has a lot of output.Although the forging technology of the Tibetan people is good, but the productivity and the supporting material supply are far from enough, so there is also a considerable surplus, and the accumulation is useless.

Since it was the first transaction, Zan Po didn't dare to let go too much, but the scale of the finally drawn up cargo list was quite considerable.After all, they have been blocked and the materials have been in distress for too long, and now they are in urgent need of replenishment.

"It's already fixed?"

When Zan Po's manifest was handed over, Liu Yu listened to the pen in his hand, and raised his head in surprise and asked: "It seems that the foreigner has no doubts about the matter? Then according to the manifest, you can enter the workshop for inspection in the afternoon The goods. If the confirmation is correct, your goods will be transported to Shanzhou, and the two parties will verify and deliver them."

Chapter 0884 is full of talented people and can be restored

Liu Yu was amazed by the quickness of Zam Po's decision, and Zan Po was also surprised by the high efficiency of the Department of Marketing and Trade, so he asked a little hesitantly: "The matter is settled now?"

"Do you have any questions?"

Liu Yu was a little strange when he heard this, and looked at Zan Po and asked back.

"I, I can go directly to the warehouse to pick up the goods with this manifest, so I don't need to bother to do anything?"

Zan Po hurriedly asked again, such an important transaction of money and goods, but reaching the intention so rashly, always made him feel uneasy in his heart, and it seemed a bit inappropriate to say it directly.

Seeing the entanglement in Zanpo's expression, Liu Yu realized what the other party was hesitating after pondering for a while, so he said patiently: "The official market is not much different from the private market. They are nothing more than buying and selling. Since you have no doubts about the regulations, you will sign a contract as proof. As for the inspection and delivery of the goods, it is not in the charge of the Department of Marketing. Residuals, discounts, and other matters are also handled separately. An officer is following up."

Speaking of this, he was silent for a while, and then continued: "The Department of Marketing and Trade has a general plan. As for the specific business contacts, it is not on the desk of this department. It is just because the foreigner has a good background, and the sage supervises it. , otherwise there is no need to discuss this in the hall. Saying this is not intended to be disrespectful. It’s just that the Department of Marketing and Trade handles money and material matters, and there are countless things every day. Free time can be entangled in one thing."

Hearing Liu Yu's words, Po Zan couldn't help but feel ashamed for a while.Although Liu Yu's tone was quite polite, of course he could understand the meaning.

He thought that this extremely important business was nothing more than a transaction of three melons and two dates in the Department of Marketing and Trade, and it did not deserve too much attention. If it wasn't for the sage's instruction and care, it wouldn't even have the right to place it on the market. Discussion in the Department of City and Trade.

Of course, Zan Po is not a high-spirited young man after all, and she will not feel resentful that others look down on him because of this.Moreover, after entering the Department of Marketing and Trade, he did find that he was busy with official duties, and even Liu Yu, the head of the department, was not free, so naturally he had nothing to complain about.

However, although there was no resentment, there was still strong envy in Zan Po's heart.This time, although Po Zan still has concerns about the trade, she is going to try it first, and the scale has not been completely relaxed, but for them Qinghai, this trade volume is by no means small.

But even so, it is still not very regarded by the yamen in charge of commercial affairs of the Datang court, which shows that the overall commercial scale of the Datang is large.

Although the current Gar family has been rejected and isolated by the Tubo kingdom, the strength of one family is certainly not enough to rival a powerful empire like the Tang Dynasty, and the scale of business and financial status cannot completely determine the strength of the military.But such a huge disparity between each other still makes Zanpo feel quite sad in her heart.

In addition to the gap in business volume, Zan Po also noticed that Datang's talent is abundant, which is far from what Qinghai can match.Although the Department of Marketing and Trade is busy, there are hundreds of people coming in and out, and there are 30 or [-] people who are at their desks.

Especially the city trade order in the hall, Zanpo still remembers that when she first entered the hall, she saw a lot of paperwork on her desk, but now, just over an hour later, the paperwork has been reduced by more than half, and the efficiency of handling these paperwork matters is also low. It is very fast.

Tubo has its own script and regulations, especially during the years when his father Dongzan was in power, he established a complete set of systems from the central to the local, but the process of implementation was not smooth, and the powers were still unified in Zhuhao. In the hands of the chieftains.

Zanpu just felt that the Gar family had monopolized power and prevented his monarchy from being stretched, so he hated the Gar family to the extreme.But in fact, the so-called power of the Gar family is also very weak, otherwise Zanpu would not have been excluded from the country so simply.

Although there is a system, it cannot be fully implemented, so that today's Tubo is still in a state of a state-ministerial alliance, and it is not a unified centralized country.In addition to the fact that the old forces are still extremely tenacious and huge, it is also because Tubo simply does not have enough talents to implement the decree.

Even if their father and son are all talented and can be used as ten, Tubo is also a regime with an area of ​​thousands of miles and more than one million households. It is impossible for one family to manage it.

Not enough talents are available, which also hinders Tubo in many affairs.In the early years, his elder brother Qinling intended to imitate the Tang system, and set up similar branches in the three provinces and six departments. However, as he got busy, he became busier and more chaotic. Not only could he not become more efficient, but even worse than the old one.

On the surface, although Zan Po is not as obsessed with the culture and atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty as his elder brother Qin Ling, in fact, his admiration for the laws of the Tang people even exceeds his Qin Ling.

It's not that their brothers are all Xiangyi people who live in the Tibetan camp and their hearts are in the Tang Dynasty, but they are deeply influenced by their father Dongzan, and they believe that the Tang family's laws and culture are the real style of a great country.

A man was born in the world, since he has the power to stretch, how can he be willing to be the queen?Of course, we must imitate and surpass the best in the world. As for the others, only mediocre people will worry about and work hard for it.

It is precisely because of such ambition or madness that it seems that their Gar family is out of tune with the dignitaries in the country, and this is one of the reasons why they are rejected by the country.

Now that Liu Yu had made his words so clear, Po Zan no longer stayed here to continue pestering her, and got up to leave directly.

Liu Yu saw that there were not many affairs on the desk, so he stood up again and said: "After all, it is a matter ordered by the sage, and it is time for dinner. If you are not in a hurry, you might as well leave it here and use it for dine-in."

Seeing how dedicated this city trade order is to his work, and suddenly receiving this invitation, Zan Po felt a little flattered in her heart, and said with a smile: "If you don't disturb the business too much with bad customers, it's my fault." an honor."

"Then please wait for a moment."

Liu Yu first raised his hand to let Zan Po be led out, and then summoned the officials and gave a few quick instructions to seal up the unfinished affairs for the time being, and when he walked out of the hall, it happened to be the time for dinner in the government office.

Zanpo followed Liu Yu into the cafeteria. After sitting down, she thought there would be some conversations, but when the food was delivered, Liu Yu just buried her head in the meal and had no intention of talking to him at all.

Seeing this scene, Zan Po couldn't help but burst out laughing again. It seemed that she was thinking too much. When the other party said that she was staying for a meal, it was just a simple meal, and it was because it happened to be in time for the meal.Looking at this posture, if the time is earlier or later, I am afraid that I will go wherever I came from, and I will not be detained at all.

Although the city trade commissioner is not good at communication, the food in the canteen of the city trade department is quite good.Although it was probably not specially prepared for Zampo, but a reward given by the Department of Marketing and Trade, but with delicious food, Zampo had a pleasant meal.

After the meal, Po Zan originally planned to stay and drink two cups of hot tea to digest food, but Liu Yu had already left the table, and handed Po Po Zam a written warrant and said: With the guidance of an official, with this handwriting under your feet, you can travel unimpeded in various official warehouses."

After saying this, Liu Yu went straight away, and Po Zan didn't stay any longer after seeing this, she picked up some hot tea that the servant had just brought, and drank it all in one gulp, grinning and letting out a little breath , then nodded to the official in charge of guiding and said: "It's time to work, so let's do it."

There are many official warehouses around Chang'an City, which are used to store goods and materials. It is not easy to go shopping in one day.But right now, Grandma Zan is no longer in a hurry to leave, and the relevant situation can be explained to her confidantes to return quickly, while he stays in Chang'an City, while handling business affairs, while waiting to participate in the ceremony of Queen Xikang's entry into the palace.

At the first stop in the afternoon, Po Zan planned to go to the official warehouse of Shaolingyuan in the south of Jing to take a look.

The original official warehouses of Shaoling were also managed by Wannian County. There were nearly a hundred warehouses inside and outside the city, and the warehouse supervisor office was located in Tongdafang in the south of the city.Tongdafang is the original Tongjifang, which was changed to the current name to avoid the taboo of today's saints.

When Zan Po and his party came outside Tongda Square, they saw that there were so many people and carriages waiting in line in front of the gate, almost completely blocking the streets outside the square.Even with official escorts, it took more than half an hour for Zanpo and her party to squeeze into the workshop.

Tongdafang was originally a gathering point for water transportation in the south of Beijing. Now, with the prosperity of Guanzhong business, it has become a more complete commercial workshop.In addition to some government offices and warehouses established here by the government, there are many commercial companies and shops.

Different from the shops in the eastern and western cities that sell goods on the street, the shops in Tongdafang do not directly sell goods, but mainly serve as a gathering place for personnel in central Beijing. It is natural for them to communicate with the court officials in charge of commerce. Also convenient.At the same time, setting up a shop here is also a way for merchants to promote their financial resources. Naturally, it is not ordinary merchants who can set up businesses here. Only large commercial companies like Baoli Xingshe have the financial resources to set up businesses here.