Wu Jieyu knew the purchasing power of the capital's currency, so the price of food rose a little.
There were too many foreigners, more than three million in total.
The price of salt dropped a lot, and Shu County began to produce salt in large quantities.
In order to reduce the impact of the price of salt, Shu County began to produce a large number of pickled mustard and preserved vegetables.
When the mustard was transported to Chang 'an, the price was not low. The mustard in Chang' an was different from that in Shu County, so it was impossible to make the same taste.
Other mustard could be made into pickled vegetables.
The clothes, handicrafts, porcelain, and vegetables produced by the capital's government were not only consumed by the people themselves, but also taken away by the merchants to be sold elsewhere.
The merchants sent the goods to the capital's government and left with the goods or exchange coupons.
The exchange coupons were money. Even if the merchants did not buy the goods back, they could still exchange the coupons for goods elsewhere.
The key was that the exchange coupons did not depreciate, but appreciated. The more remote the area was, the harder it was to receive the exchange coupons.
In the past, the princesses sold their official positions for thirty coins for a small official. Those who did not have a real position were considered officials. They could get a real position and spend some money to get it.
Now, the purchasing power of thirty coins was greater than before, and the people of the capital's government enjoyed the benefits of paper money.
To be precise, they enjoyed the benefits of the Li Family Zhuangzi's technology.
When one could live a good life in the capital's government with a handful of coins, this handful of coins was more valuable outside.
Zhang Jiuling's messenger pigeon could earn the imperial court 100,000 coins.
"Your Majesty, if Bi Zaifu knew, he would be happy." Wu Jieyu thought of so much money and said sincerely.
"Quick, put the bag down and go to sleep." Li Longji took care of his baby first, and the baby fell asleep.
When the bag was put on the cotton mattress, his mouth moved, and his expression looked good.
The cotton mattress was filled with cotton, neither soft nor hard. If it was replaced with duck down or cashmere, it would be too soft.
There was a shed above the crib. When the baby slept, the shed would be put down to block the direct light, and the scattered warm light would pass over.
When the adults went to sleep, the light would be turned off, and a small light would be left in the distance to provide dim light when the baby woke up.
After two hours, they would need to see if the baby wanted to drink milk.
This was the most torturous time, especially for breastfeeding mothers.
In fact, it was also fine to use a milk bottle to fill the breast milk in advance. When the time came, it would be slightly warmed up for the baby to drink while the mother slept.
However, it was written in the newspaper that if the conditions were met, it would be better for the mother to carry and feed the child herself.
Wu Jieyu chose to do it herself. Today was the first day, so she put on an eye mask. Actually, she couldn't sleep because she kept thinking about her child.
Li Longji looked at his son and brought up the issue of taxation. "That sum of money will be directly transferred to road construction. The Ministry of Revenue won't be able to get it."
This tax would be used to build roads from Guangzhou to the east and west. The roads to the north of Guangzhou would be built by the Li Family Zhuangzi and the Imperial Court.
To go to other places in Guangzhou, there had to be a road if one did not take the sea route.
The villagers in Guangzhou and Lu Zhou's hometown should have roads if there were villages.
Zhang Jiuling was responsible for the money. He knew the importance of the road and would not spend money recklessly, let alone embezzlement.
He would definitely keep an eye on where every single cent was spent, giving it to the local people he hired. Based on his personality, he would definitely deal with any official who dared to interfere.
His position did not give him the authority to deal with other officials, but he had the pigeons.
If an official committed a crime, he would write an impeachment letter and send it back. How much would it cost to send a pigeon?
According to Li Yi and her, they would definitely send an imperial edict back or send the Winged Knights over personally to give Zhang Jiuling temporary authority. Who would he kill?
"Your Majesty, is it worth it? Spending so much money to build roads in remote areas? "Wu Jieyu still thought it would be better to take the money back and allocate it to the Imperial Court.
"It's worth it!" Li Longji said confidently.
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"Envoy Zhang, the County Premier of Zhaiyuan County, Yan, helped the Li Family to build the road from Zhaiyuan County to Guangzhou. They offered twice the price of others, but the Zhaiyuan County actually gave it to them."
In the Department of Shipping in Guangzhou, the sky was dark. Zhang Jiuling was eating under a kerosene lamp.
Sitting opposite him was Wei Yuefeng. Wei Yuefeng was helping the Li Family Zhuangzi sell things.
When Wei Yuefeng first came to Chang 'an, he ran to Princess Yongmu and Zhuangzi to sell pepper powder. He put onion seed powder in it.
Li Yi caught him and asked for onion seeds. He brought them over to sell.
The onions had not been planted yet. It was not time yet. They could only be planted next month.
They were planting seeds. After half a year, they would harvest the normal seeds. The bad seeds would be eaten and the good seeds would be kept.
They would be planted in September and there would be onion seeds in June of the following year.
Like carrots and green onions, it would take two years to grow seeds. Without seeds, it would take one year.
Wei Yuefeng sold everything. The person who cheated him was also arrested and compensated with a lot of money. Otherwise, he would be threatened and beheaded.
He did not send the goods back to Li Yi. He was temporarily in charge of intelligence work.
Zhang Jiuling had already collected a lot of taxes, mainly on the goods. The merchants did not have money. If they wanted to sell their goods, they had to pay 10% tax.
Zhang Jiuling took 10% of the goods. If they wanted to buy the goods, there was no tax for now. But the merchants of the Tang dynasty had to pay 10% tax.
This 10% tax would be given to the merchants first. If they wanted to trade something, they would have to pay 20% tax.
When Li Yi's letter came, he would give the merchants an additional 10% tax. The merchants of the Tang dynasty would have to pay 20% tax and the merchants of the Tang dynasty would have to pay 10% tax.
In total, it would be 30% tax. Was 30% tax high? 30% tax should be normal, right?
This kind of tax was directly levied and not based on the price.
Otherwise, with 100% tax, would the goods be confiscated when they were sent over?
The 100% tax would mean that the merchants had brought over 500 grams of spices. Normally, the spices could be exchanged for a bolt of silk.
If the tax was doubled, the spices would be exchanged for a bolt of silk. The spices needed to be sold for more than the price of a bolt of silk to make money.
It depended on what the spices were. Food, zero tax. The Tang dynasty lacked food. Come and sell it.
If it was gold, 30% tax. Why would the people of the Tang dynasty need so much gold?
If it was a necessity and irreplaceable product in the Tang dynasty, the tax could be reduced. Otherwise, the tax would be increased.
This was the reason why the tax on luxury goods was high. Would they die if they did not use luxury goods? No!
What about medicinal herbs? The Tang dynasty did not have them. They also needed to treat illnesses. Zero tax. Would they die if they did not use medicine? Yes!
The Tang dynasty lacked food. Large amounts of food were sent over. The prices were cheap and there was no tax. They could even give some extra allowances.
For example, the berthing fees for ships and other goods were reduced.
There was a lot of food and the prices were low. This was a blow to the local farmers.
At this time, the government could not increase the tax. They could only subsidize the food. The government would buy the food at a fixed price. This would not let the local farmers suffer losses.
But they could not let the farmers stop farming. Otherwise, if the people who sent the food did not send the food, how many people would starve to death?
When people traded with each other, they each took what they needed. But when it came to trading with countries, it was not so simple.
Not only were there losses and profits, but there were also the basics!
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