Chapter 1148
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"From today onwards, merchants from the Tang dynasty who sell goods will pay 10% tax. Merchants who sell goods will pay 10% tax. Merchants who buy goods will pay 10% tax."
At Guangzhou's seaside pier, someone read the notice posted there.
The merchants from the Tang dynasty didn't think much of it. It had nothing to do with them. They had also paid 10% tax before.
Moreover, the roads in Guangzhou were being repaired. The people were digging on the narrow roads that shouldn't even be considered roads.
This was the tax they paid. The roads from the pier all the way through Dayu Ridge to the north had all been repaired.
There were also relay stations and one relay station every ten miles.
The transportation of goods didn't rely too much on relay stations. Everyone was armed and protected.
Sending letters was different. If one paid more, the letter would be sent to the destination quickly.
If one was willing to pay one jin of money for a letter, it would be two thousand miles away and would be delivered in five days.
It was too slow compared to the imperial court's emergency reports of six hundred miles and eight hundred miles.
However, it was more than ten times faster than sending letters.
The merchants felt that the people at the relay stations were working hard. It wasn't like one person was making money. A group of people wouldn't get a single jin of money.
There were also merchants who felt that it was okay. It wasn't just one merchant sending letters. Hundreds of merchants had to write letters to each other every day.
Some even bought some samples from merchants and sent them along with the letters in small packages. They would be sent home within five days.
Their families would look at the samples and reply to the letters. They would be sent back within five days.
If one was willing to spend five hundred jin of money, they could send a package of less than ten jin from Guangzhou to Chang 'an in three days.
No matter how they ran, they could guarantee that they would run for five hundred thousand.
If it was faster than eight hundred miles, wouldn't it be close to four thousand miles? One thousand four hundred five hundred miles in a day? How would the horse run?
Of course! So far, no one was willing to spend that money. What was ten jin worth five hundred jin? Rebellion documents?
They still didn't know that the imperial court would send an emergency report from Chang 'an to Hexi Jiedushi in one day.
The process was simple. Sprint. Ride a good military horse and sprint. Immediately change horses at the next relay station and sprint again.
"Spend 10% more money? It will increase. "
"Go to other places? Bypass them? "
"You can't. There's a notice on the side saying that if someone is found to be trading privately, the person who reports will get half of the money."
"Where did all this money come from?"
"Confiscated. Take away everything that belongs to us and the merchants of the Tang dynasty."
"Someone will report it?"
"What do you think?"
"If it were me, I would report it."
"Everyone will report it, as long as it's not someone from the same ship."
The barbarians were depressed. Spending more money meant that their profits would be reduced by 10%.
"Pay it. You can still make a lot of money by paying 50% tax."
"The Tang dynasty doesn't do anything but make money."
"The notice said to fix the pier and the warehouse."
"Many of them are using a coupon called Li Family Zhuangzi. Do you have any?"
"I exchanged them for a few hundred coins. They're all one coin. They're used as money at my place. I guarantee that they're very useful."
"Let me try too."
The foreign businessmen's topic shifted to the exchange coupons. The taxes mentioned by the Tang dynasty were within their means.
Their profits were not just 20%. They could earn at least five times the profit with a single trip. In distant places, they could earn more than ten times the profit.
A group of people stood by the beach with weapons in their hands. Tan Shui sat under a straw umbrella and drank iced water.
Her subordinates were in charge of security. They were also helping to inspect the goods.
The people from the Guangzhou Mansion used to be able to make some profits. When they saw the newcomers competing for business, some of them wanted to cause trouble.
However, when they learned that the newcomer was Tan Shui from Lu Zhou's Tan Family's stronghold, they immediately dismissed the idea.
This was especially true for the goods and manpower. Not all of them belonged to the Tan Family. Every stronghold in Lu Zhou's territory had shares and manpower.
If anyone dared to hurt her, they would send 100,000 soldiers to attack her within a month.
The Tang dynasty's imperial court would not offend so many mountain people for a troublemaker.
If she was caught … No, she should kill herself before she was caught.
"Aren't you afraid of getting sick after drinking so much iced water?" Wei Yuefeng and Zhang Jiuling were there.
Wei Yuefeng looked at Tan Shui drinking iced water. He was worried that something would happen to her.
"I'll stop after this bowl. Our winter doesn't freeze. We can't find a way to store ice. Fortunately, we can use saltpeter to make ice. I haven't enjoyed it before. "
A pitiful expression appeared on Tan Shui's face. Life was tough!
"Dongzhu said that if we don't have ice locally in the future, we can ship it from Deng Province, Lai Province, and other places.
When we ship it here, the ice won't melt too much. There's a dock, and the merchants are rich. We can sell it to them. There are also barbarians. "
The members of the Winged Knights were drinking tea and green tea. They talked about their benefits and the future.
Li Yi had said that it was not easy to preserve fresh water when the ships went out to sea. There were a few methods.
One was to distill seawater and condense it with saltpeter.
Another was to bring along large wine barrels filled with yellow wine. They could drink yellow wine to quench their thirst. If the yellow wine was stored well, it would not spoil.
Another method was to bring along ice. They could eat ice along the way.
Another method was to eat canned fruits in large bottles. It was said that the canned fruits could be eaten by a ship's worth of people.
If the ship was big enough, they could even grow vegetables. They could bring along soil and jars to make fertilizer.
There was no need to raise pigs on the ship. They should raise horses. Dongzhu said that there were no horses in another place.
Tan Shui drank another mouthful of ice water. "We also want to build a big ship. Ah Da said that we want to be part of the Tang dynasty. We can pay a little every year."
"Why?" Zhang Jiuling did not think that the other party needed to pay rent. The Tang dynasty could not control them.
"We're looking for Li Dongzhu. We're from the Tang dynasty. We asked Li Dongzhu how we can live a good life.
Actually, it's not just my Tan family's village and the few villages that are connected by marriage. Other villages that are further away are also willing to help us after knowing that we're in Chang 'an.
They're willing to work for Li Dongzhu. Li Dongzhu actually sent the three prime ministers over to discuss things. No, the three prime ministers were hungry and went over to eat. "
Tan Shui was very proud of this. The prime ministers were such high-ranking officials, and he had met all of them.
Zhang Jiuling rubbed his temples. "Do you think it's good enough that you met the Grand Chancellor? Don't you think the Li Family Zhuangzi and the Grand Chancellor are afraid of people? "
"The three Prime Ministers were chatting casually with Owner Li. Why …" Qin Shui stopped when he reached this point.
She was not stupid. As the 'princess' of such a huge village, the fact that she was sent out to do business proved her intelligence and emotional quotient.
"Is that so? Heavens! We were able to enter the Li Family Zhuangzi because … "Tan Shui's expression changed.
"It's because Li Yi wants to know what's going on here. If he feels wronged in the future, don't be in a hurry to attack the provincial capital. Send someone to look for Li Yi."
Zhang Jiuling took the opportunity to smuggle goods. Lu Zhou's position as the provincial governor was still empty.
Tan Shui laughed. "That's right. The next time someone tries to play tricks on us, we'll look for Li Yi and ask him what we should do. If he doesn't give us any benefits, we'll attack the provincial capital.
However, we won't kill for no reason. We won't kill civilians like us or those who don't resist.
If we want to capture someone, we'll tell Li Yi if a provincial governor is worth a gold or silver mine. "
Zhang Jiuling. "…"
Wei Yuefeng widened his eyes. "Do you think attacking the provincial capital and capturing the provincial governor are child's play?"
"Mhm! I think it's child's play in the Li Family Zhuangzi. It's interesting. "Tan Shui nodded.
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