The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

A few days later, they arrived at Tianjin Port.

After not seeing each other for several months, Tianjin Port is no longer the same as when Yan Song left.

It becomes more prosperous and richer.

On the pier, ships from all over the world come and go. The pier, which can dock 800 huge ships, is already overcrowded. Yan Song's ship almost couldn't find a berth!

What matches the number of ships is the cargo on the port shore, which is piled up like a mountain.

These goods come from all over the world.Northeast Jurchen, Goryeo, Northern Mongolia, Western Huihui, Uyghur, Central Asian countries, East Japan, Southwest Ryukyu, Annan, Luzon, Mughal Empire and other countries, as well as commercial ships from Western European countries and Arabia, They are all docked here, just like a world ship exposition.And the goods from various countries are also piled up so high that you can't see the end at a glance.

Fur, cotton, cloth, seafood, tortoiseshell, pearls, sugar, cattle and sheep, war horses, minerals, etc., are all available.

On Daming's side, the export of silk, cloth, tea, porcelain, furniture, etc. also piled up like a mountain.

Li Chenggui stared dumbfounded...

He felt bitter in his heart: "This... is developing too fast..."

The prosperity of Ming Dynasty and the strength of its national power completely shocked all crooked nuts.

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Chapter 1028 Terrorist Finance in Tianjin [3]

In this Tianjin, there is a group of unique people. Some of them are uniformly dressed with abacus, long gowns and blue caps. They look like court worshipers of major bank accounts. "Tiantonghui" or "Federal Reserve", with its assistants and apprentices, busily shuttled in front of each transaction counter, seeming to help buyers and sellers to do something.

"Who are they? What are they doing?" Li Xiaoli asked Yan Song curiously.

Yan Song smiled, ~ did not answer.

At this time, Wang Jiaping, two vice-presidents, Shen Lian and Wang Xijue, as well as Peter Payne, Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, etc. - a group of scientists.

Greet Mr. Yan Ge.

But Yan Song turned his head and did not see the new Tianjin prefect_Zhu Xieyuan.

Zhu Xieyuan, who was originally the prefect of Suzhou, succeeded Hai Rui, who was promoted to the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, as the prefect of Tianjin.

The prefect of Suzhou and the prefect of Tianjin are both officials of the fourth rank.Suzhou is still a rich place with heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below, but anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is definitely a promotion!

Because after Tianjin opened the sea, it has risen rapidly, becoming the economic and trade center of the northern part of Daming, and even the whole country, and the only window of Ming Dynasty to the outside world.To be a magistrate here has a bright future and rapid promotion. Just look at the first magistrate Hai Rui, who was promoted to the Yunnan-Guizhou governor in just a few months, and became the third-rank official of the Ming Dynasty. .

But Yan Song didn't know much about Zhu Xieyuan.

I only know that this person is No. 3 in the imperial examination. He has always been famous for his uprightness. His school is in the line of Xinxue, but he seems to have a bad relationship with Xu Jie, the master of Xinxue.Zhu Xieyuan was in Suzhou, and he had a lot of political achievements. Even when he left, he was left behind by more than 2 people in Suzhou.

Zhu Xieyuan is like a late star in the political arena.

But this time, Zhu Xieyuan didn't come to welcome Yan Song as the chief assistant of the cabinet who came back from a big victory?

What does this represent?

You know, Tianjin was built by Yan Song alone. From the magistrate's yamen to the Shibosi's yamen, they are all Yan Song's people.

"Well, the magistrate Zhu Xieyuan may have a personal matter, so he was not able to come to greet him. Don't blame Mr. Yan Ge." Wang Jiaping said anxiously.

Yan Song smiled slightly, and patted the proud student: "Don't worry. This pavilion is open to all kinds of rivers, how can you be that narrow-minded person? As long as you do business for the court sincerely, you will be free from reception and transportation!"

He looked at Peter Payne, Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing and others, all eager to try, and seemed to have something to report, so he pointed at Li Xiaoli and said to Wang Jiaping: "Princess Koryo, I am very interested in the Tianjin transaction procedure, you can answer her question. "

He pulled Peter Payne, Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, Cheng Dawei and others to the side to listen to the report.

What Yan Song is most concerned about is in Tianjin, these scientific research projects.

Wang Jiaping introduced to Li Xiaoli and Li Chenggui: "My lord and princess, please take a look. Our Tianjin Maritime Department provides a full set of financial services to merchant ships from various countries. Of course, we also have to reap a lot of money. At present, the caravans of various countries, In fact, there is a common problem, that is, they all come to Daming to buy and sell. Once in and out, they earn two price differences. But neither side will carry too much gold and silver unless they come to Daming to buy goods. The three of us The big ticket number provides a full set of financial services."

He pointed to a man in a mandarin jacket with a smile on his face and said: "This person is an account manager. He can provide liquidation services for buyers and sellers. The ticket number will give the difference to the other party, and of course the ticket number will also charge a 1% handling fee.”

"10%!" Li Xiaoli is worthy of being a clever princess of Korea. She silently calculated in her heart, and was already taken aback: "This Tianjin Port, how many transactions are there in one day? 10% of the handling fee, calculate the financial profit that the entire port can generate in a day." , it’s very impressive!”

"Yes!" Wang Jiaping glanced at Li Xiaoli appreciatively: "The princess is right. The financial services of the three major banks are meticulous, from this kind of intermediary transaction, to the provision of insurance, loans, and bridge funds, to Mortgage goods, blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.”

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Yan Song said indifferently: "My Tianjin Port, what is the approximate value of the cargo throughput in a day at this time?"

Wang Jiaping smiled gratifiedly: "It's the middle of winter, and the goods in Tianjin Port are still relatively low. The cargo throughput in a day, and the total value of imports and exports can reach 800 million taels of silver."

"One day, 800 million?" Li Chenggui was dumbfounded: "In that month, wouldn't there be more than 2 million silver in and out?"

"How much can the tariff be collected?" Yan Song smiled.

"We have different tariff standards for different goods. For example, goods that are in short supply in Ming Dynasty have very low import tariffs, or even tax-free." Wang Jiaping said: "But for goods that are in short supply in Ming Dynasty, export tariffs are very high. It can even be as high as 50%. .Through the tariff policy, adjust the national goods and guide the price level. Generally speaking, in order to encourage trade, our country’s tariff is at a low level, only the level of [-]% of the [-]th tax.”

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"Thirty tax one! There was 24 taels of silver that day!" Li Chenggui exclaimed: "After a month, the tariff alone will be 700 million taels? In a year, nearly [-] million taels of tax?"

He is a little dizzy.

Yan Song smiled.

In fact, what Wang Jiaping said was still very conservative.It is an account published to the outside world.

This is only winter, because of the ice and snow, the fleets of various countries are considered off-season.It's summer... huh.

800 million taels of throughput?