Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Seeing everyone leaving, Chu Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he turned to look at Cheng Yaojin who looked depressed and said: "Old Cheng, don't be angry. Don't think we are being targeted by all parties now, but I tell you, after a slap in the face for half a month, these people will come to your door today. Please beg us.”

Cheng Yaojin had long been immune to Chu Mo's words. He sighed, then waved his hand and said, "Brother Chu, it's not that I'm worried about being targeted, but that I really can't bear it anymore."

"You see, since we started doing business together, I have invested almost a million taels in it. Even if Lao Cheng and I have a rich family, this is not the way to go."

Chu Mo glanced at Cheng Yaojin, then put his arm around Cheng Yaojin's shoulders and said, "Old Cheng, don't just look at the investment, you should look at the rewards."

"Not to mention the various workshops we have now, let's talk about those five formulas. How much do you think they are worth?"

"Of course, if you think that those wealthy families have obtained the prescriptions and those prescriptions are no longer valuable, then let's discuss it differently."

"In addition, the refined salt in our hands has now begun mass production, and now we are waiting for a critical moment to sell it and make money."

"Don't look at those workshops that consume money every day, but you have to think about it, the things produced are all money."

After being fooled by Chu Mo, Cheng Yaojin gradually regained his confidence again.

He looked at Chu Mo with a slightly suspicious look and said, "Is what you said true?"

Chu Mo nodded: "It's absolutely true, more real than real gold."

Cheng Yaojin sighed, then gritted his teeth and said fiercely to Chu Mo: "Boy Chu, if you dare to deceive me, then I, old Cheng, will spend the rest of my life with you."

Chu Mo chuckled, patted Cheng Yaojin's chest and said, "Old Cheng, don't worry, as long as I, Chu Mo, have something to eat, you will never be hungry."

The two talked for a while, then separated and returned.

At this time, Li Shimin in the palace had already received the report and knew everything about what happened at the city gate.

When Li Shimin heard that Chu Mo was throwing the blame on him again, he just smiled coldly as he had already developed immunity, and then ordered the Ministry of Accounts to go to Datang Bank as soon as possible to audit the accounts and collect taxes.

He also asked Wang Dehai to draft an imperial edict and asked officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to come up with a charter as soon as possible to begin the comprehensive collection of commercial taxes.

After that, he asked Li Junxian to send people to the city to spread the news about the collection of commercial taxes, so that everyone would think that Chu Mo was the instigator of the commercial tax.

On the other side, several family heads with the fifth surname and Qi Wang began to plot after returning home.

As to what they were plotting, no one knew.

But from the smiles on everyone's faces when they left, it was easy to see that the conspiracy went very smoothly.

After Chu Xin learned that the court was going to collect commercial taxes, she immediately came to Shiweitian.

When Chu Mo entered the door, he saw Chu Xin sitting in the lobby at first sight. He was stunned for a moment, and then became confused.

Why did this psychosis come back again?

He hurriedly pretended to be happy and walked over: "Oh, little sister, why are you here? Come here today. Did you bring any gifts for my brother?"

Chu Xin was stunned, looking at the empty side, her face twisted.

Every time I come here, I have never brought a gift.

Besides, Chu Mo didn't know that he was right across the street. What's more, he was his master now. How could any slave ask for something from his master?

He immediately snorted coldly and said, "Chu Mo, don't look at me carelessly. Let me ask you, what's going on with the business tax today?"

Seeing that Chu Xin was not distracted by her words and went straight to the topic, Chu Mo curled his lips and said angrily:

"It's not like that bitch Li Er. He was jealous when he saw us making money, but he couldn't buy shares. He could only come up with the idea of ​​having a son without an asshole."

Chu Xin looked at Chu Mo in confusion and continued to ask: "But how come I heard people outside say that these ideas are basically yours."

"It was you who took the initiative to collect all commercial taxes?"

Seeing that Chu Xin said so confidently, Chu Mo asked doubtfully: "Who did you listen to? This is simply confusing right and wrong and talking nonsense."

"Besides, how can a normal person believe that a person like me, who is nothing, can push forward such a big event?"

"If that guy Li Shimin has no intention of collecting commercial taxes, even if someone puts a sword to his neck, I'm afraid he will be indifferent."

Hearing this, Chu Xin was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Then he looked at Chu Mo in confusion and said, "If that's the case, then why is it that you forced Li Shimin and the officials of the imperial court to promote this reform?"

When Chu Mo heard this, his face changed color instantly, and then he became furious: "Those dogs really dare to throw dirty water on me."

Chu Xin saw Chu Mo's deceptive demeanor and asked again: "Since you didn't do it, why did they slander you?"

Chu Mo shrugged: "For such a big thing, you have to find someone to take the blame, right? And I, being very lucky, became the one who took the blame."

Hearing this, Chu Xin nodded and reluctantly believed Chu Mo's explanation.

Then he asked: "If the court starts to collect business taxes, what do you think we should do?"

Chu Mo shook his head: "Don't do anything now. The most important thing is to put the money in your hands and wait for the opportunity."

Although Chu Xin didn't know what Chu Mo had in mind, she also knew that it was best not to act rashly before the matter was clear.

The two discussed it and decided that the supermarket would continue to operate normally, but would increase the previous product prices to combat the upcoming tax issue.

After Chu Xin left, Chu Mo immediately called shopkeeper Liu and asked him to send someone to dispel the rumors.

It is said that the issue of commercial tax collection proposed by Chu Mo was decided unanimously by the imperial court.

In order to suppress merchants, the imperial court may levy a commercial tax of one from thirty to one for ten.

Because Chu Mo was the first person to oppose the imposition of commercial tax, as a punishment for him, His Majesty decided to change the tax rate of Datang Bank from the original thirty tax to one to an extremely unreasonable ten tax to one.

Moreover, as punishment for Chu Mo, Datang Bank will be the first bank in Datang to be taxed.

As soon as the news came out, it swept the streets and alleys instantly.

Before anyone could confirm whether the news was true or false, officials from the Ministry of Revenue led their troops to pick up the Datang Bank that was in operation, and then began to check the accounts.