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Not long after the construction of Panyu New Port started, Xiao Jie immediately reported to the imperial court, asking Emperor Xiao Ji to approve the establishment of a brand-new yamen, Panyu City Shipping Department, and a brand-new official position, City Ship Envoy, from the ninth rank, the lowest rank in the Daning bureaucracy The main duties of the officials are to manage the foreign trade of Panyu Xingang and collect tariffs.

Xiao Ji didn't have any objection, after all, he had already said that as long as Xiao Jie didn't go too far, he could allow Xiao Jie to toss around in Jiaozhou to the maximum extent, but he would not refuse to set up a new small ninth-rank official. .

It’s just that some civil servants can’t get used to it when they know about it. They think that in the barren and impoverished land of Jiaozhou, King Qi, as the governor, should promote the way of sages, persuade farmers and merchants, and reward farming, instead of building a new port in Panyu. It is a waste of people's fat and people's cream, and it runs counter to the established national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business in the past dynasties.

Fortunately, these remarks did not affect Xiao Ji. After all, he still wanted to know in his heart how his son could manage Jiaozhou, and whether he was suitable for inheriting Daning.

Although the Panyu New Port has been completed after a long time of work day and night, there are few ships docking.

And Xiao Jie and the Tao family invested a lot of money and manpower to build a large number of workshops and workshops because of insufficient raw materials. Except for a few, most of them were in a state of shutdown, and a large number of workers and buddies hired had nothing to do every day. Fortunately, The wages are still paid out every month, so no one makes trouble.

However, many officials in Jiaozhou complained in private, thinking that Xiao Jie wasted a lot of people's and financial resources, wasting money and building Panyu Xingang and so many factories and workshops, but in the end it was useless, it was simply nonsense!

Moreover, a few days ago, he entertained businessmen on a large scale, and it is said that he privately promised that he would find a way to go to the court to ask the court to improve the status of the businessmen. Isn't this a waste of money and more business than agriculture?

Many people even affirmed that it was the Tao family, especially the young lady of the Tao family, who was instigating and misleading King Qi, leading him astray again and again.

Once the king of Qi manages Jiaozhou into a mess in the future, the emperor will scold his son a few times, and then transfer him away from Jiaozhou, King Qi can pat his ass and leave, but the mess left is not that they, the local officials of Jiaozhou, came to visit Do you want to clean up?

Tao Han herself also heard some remarks that were unfavorable to her and the Tao family. In fact, even she herself felt that Xiao Jie was too radical, and once persuaded him to slow down his pace, but Xiao Jie just laughed it off, and just wanted Tao Han to Give him some more time to wait and see, but it made Tao Han even more worried.

In fact, it's not that Xiao Jie doesn't want to explain, but he really doesn't know how to explain such complicated knowledge of economics to Tao Han.

After all, he is a time traveler from later generations. He knows very well why the ruling classes of all dynasties emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. Many people thought it was influenced by the Confucian thought of emphasizing righteousness and despising profit, but it was not the case.

Even the ancient sages never discriminated against merchants, and treated scholars, farmers, and businessmen equally. It is just that Confucian scholars of later generations, in order to cater to the needs of the rulers, forcibly formulated the idea of ​​emphasizing agriculture and despising business.

The rulers of the past dynasties did not inherently discriminate against businessmen, but because the rise of commerce would seriously hinder agricultural production and affect the national economy and people's livelihood.

The Central Plains Dynasty has been famous for its large population since ancient times. A large population also means that it needs to consume more food, but the food output is not high, which means that only a large number of people can be invested in agricultural production and produce a large amount of food to feed so many people. population.

However, compared with farming, the profits of doing business are undoubtedly much higher. If the development of commerce is not restrained, a large number of farmers will abandon farming and go to business, which will lead to a sharp drop in the production of grain, and the final result will be chaos in the world.

And now Xiao Jie sent troops to destroy Lin Yiguo by provoking excuses, and obtained high-quality Champa rice, which has begun to be vigorously promoted in Jiaozhou. With the promotion of chemical fertilizers, food production will inevitably double year after year.

The great increase in food production means that more food can be produced with less manpower and land, and it means that people in the world can be fed without suppressing commerce and handicrafts, which can greatly liberate productivity. Promoting industry and commerce, further promoting the development of handicraft industry and the prosperity of commerce, the land of China will definitely have the germination of capitalism earlier, no matter whether it is still the world of Daning in the future, the land of China will step into capitalism earlier than any other country, continue Far ahead of the forest of nations in the world.

But this is an extremely long process. Even if he is a time traveler and has a system, it is impossible for one person to complete such a pioneering feat.

What he can do is to promote and speed up this process, and all the rest can only be realized step by step by the wise Chinese descendants.

What Xiao Jie and Tao Han didn't know was that while they were still talking in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the shipping department of Panyu Xingang was already crazy busy.

As soon as the Jiaozhou Shipbuilding Department was established, many people in Panyu City wanted to enter this new Yamen with all their brains. They just liked the leisurely work. They had nothing else to do after checking the empty wharf every day. How leisurely they wanted to be How leisurely they are, but the monthly salary is still paid, how can they be moved by it.

But today, I don't know what's going on. Dozens of merchant ships docked in the usually empty port. After asking, I found out that they were all merchant ships returning from Funan Kingdom.

The responsibility of the Shipbuilding Department is to manage port trade and collect tariffs. Since so many merchant ships have docked at the wharf, Yang Sheng, the Shipbuilding Envoy, personally brought people to handle the first business order since the establishment of the Shipbuilding Department.

Yang Sheng was in his early thirties and was originally a steward of the Tao family. He was recommended by the Tao family to Xiao Jie. Seeing that he was smart and capable, Xiao Jie appointed him as the first city ship envoy of the Panyu City Ship Department.

Yang Sheng is a businessman and you are an official. Naturally, he is especially grateful for Xiao Jie's kindness. He also held his breath in his heart and wanted to show his strength and do a good job. But who knows that Panyu Xingang is empty every day, and even the shadow of a boat can be seen. No, he is also powerless.

But today, since so many merchant ships docked at once for the first time in history, Yang Sheng was naturally excited, and personally brought people over to check the goods and collect customs duties on the spot.

For the reason of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, according to Daning's tax system, the agricultural tax is one in twenty, while the commercial tax is heavier, one in ten.

Looking at the densely packed merchant ships in front of him, Yang Sheng was also looking forward to how much money he could collect for the court after this trip.