In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 146
But this is not enough. First of all, there are many small ports on Liangzhe Road, including Suzhou, Songjiang, and Taizhou. If you charge heavy taxes, it is not ruled out that others will secretly steal other ports. You Zhao Yurui are not like this now Many water troops and ships are everywhere to fight against smuggling.

Then Zhao and Rui learned from Zhen Dexiu’s method of promoting the Quanzhou Shipbuilding Department a few years ago. five.

For example, the price of silk is 2-4 strings per piece, the price of cloth is 500-1000 Wen per piece, and so on.

Basically all prices have standards and are updated from time to time according to market fluctuations.

In this era, there are no printers, everything is done by hand, and there is no Internet. It is impossible to update constantly, but basically the market price does not change much.

The merchants who come and go in this way are more at ease. In the past, the officials of the city ship department boarded the ship to inspect the goods, and then set the price and collected taxes.

Now it is directly priced by the government, and the Shipbuilding Department has the function of inspecting and ordering ships on board.

Of course, if the officials and businessmen collude, there may be things that deliberately reduce the amount and share the benefits equally, but if they are randomly checked by the guards of the Zhao and Rui Palaces, they will be beheaded.

The next step is to abolish the function of compulsory acquisition of valuables.

The Bomai of the Song Dynasty stipulated that pearls, tortoiseshell, ivory, rhinoceros horn, coral, agate, frankincense, sandalwood and other valuables should be directly purchased by the government, and then sold to the Yiyuan and then sold to merchants. This is what merchants hate the most. Due to this behavior, Quanzhou Port once plummeted because of this gamble, and no merchant ship dared to go there.

Because the relevant officials count too many things as valuables, no matter what they are, they will forcefully buy them at a low price if they are profitable.

This is not because Zhao and Rui are messing around, because Zhen Dexiu opened the cancellation of Bobuy for the first time in Quanzhou, and the effect is very good, making Quanzhou Port prosperous again.

Zhao Yurui also canceled Bobuy, just to explain that if there are any valuables, the government will buy them at the market price, and the merchants will not be willing or reluctant, and the transaction to the government (Zhao Yurui) can be exempted from taxes and taxes.

Under such a premise, if merchants want to save trouble, they can be exempted from paying taxes and paying taxes. Most merchants are still willing to sell directly to the government at the dock, saving them the trouble and time of going to the market and county towns to sell. .

Zhao Yurui also announced that smuggling is a felony, and if found, they will ransack their homes and be sentenced to death. Don't go to other small ports if you have nothing to do.

Whoever reports that there is smuggling on board a ship, after being seized, the reporter can be divided into half.

The last one is that for those who land on Dinghai side of Mingzhou Port, the tax will be reduced from [-] to [-].

That is to say, one hundred guan had to pay ten guan taxes, but if you go from Dinghai County, you only need to pay [-] guan taxes.

Through Zhao and Rui's series of means, after the re-opening of the shipping department in Liangzhe City, not only did it have little impact on the merchant ships, but also because the tax was reduced by [-]%, a large number of ships going to Lin'an also came in from Dinghai.

Don't underestimate this zero tenth.

A shipment of goods is usually worth tens of thousands of guan, and one tenth of it is hundreds or even thousands of guan.

The reopening of the two Zhejiang shipping markets has made Dinghai County the most important port in the south of the Yangtze River, quickly catching up with the two major ports of Guangzhou and Quanzhou.

In late April, the wharves in Dinghai County and Qingyuan Prefecture were full of people and boats, and it was extremely lively.

The Shibo Department officially opened its doors in May, so many businessmen rushed to make a deal before the end of April, so as to save money.

Japanese businessman Liu Cheng was at the pier at this time, and finally heaved a long sigh of relief after watching the last batch of goods loaded on the ship.

When he came to the Great Song Dynasty this time, Qin Zhuo introduced him to the cooperation of King Wei. Yesterday, King Wei sent someone to send one hundred catties of freshly made snow sugar and two hundred catties of white sand sugar. At that time, Liu Cheng was shocked and couldn't believe it.

It was the first time he had seen such snowflake-like white sugar and sand-like white sugar.

As Qin Zhuo said, this kind of candy will definitely sell well when it arrives in Japan.

The Liu family went to Japan to settle down in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, the imperial court gave them a sum of money to buy [-] catties of sulfur, but their ancestor Liu Kun moved with his family and never returned, swallowing the money from the Song court.

This incident became the dirtiest stain in the history of the Liu family. The Liu family stayed behind for hundreds of years and never dared to come to the Song Dynasty.

After Liu Cheng became the head of the family, the Liu family has been ruined a lot.

Liu Cheng believed that this incident happened hundreds of years ago, and no one in the Song Dynasty should know about it, so he restarted the business route to the Southern Song Dynasty, and made friends with Qin Zhuo during the transaction.

During the period of Han Wubizhou, the two cooperated well. Liu Cheng Song Ting purchased a large amount of sulfur, gained trust, and the business grew bigger and bigger.

But with the death of Han Wuzhou, the Qin family plummeted, and even Liu Cheng's career was also affected.

And now, Qin Zhuo introduced King Wei to him, which may be an opportunity for the Liu family to rise again.

When Qin Zhuo introduced him to him at first, he was still a little hesitant, because it is said that Wei Wang was only 16 years old, not as old as his eldest son. What can this young man do?
But Qin Zhuo strongly recommended it, and now that he saw Xue Tang and Bai Tang, he was immediately full of curiosity and confidence in King Wei.

"Father, it's time." Just when Liu Cheng was thinking, his eldest son Liu Xin called him in Japanese behind him.

Liu Cheng looked back at his son. The Liu family had traveled east to Japan for hundreds of years, and their surname had always been Liu.

"How many times have I told you that when you arrive in Song Dynasty, you must speak Song dialect." Liu Cheng said in a deep voice, "When I see King Wei later, don't speak Japanese."

"Understood father." Liu Xinnian was about twenty, and looked much more mature than Guo Chengzhang and Zhong You.

"Let's go, take the gift, and go to see King Wei."

The two father and son took two servants and gifts to Zhizhi Yamen.

Today King Wei invited them to lunch, Liu Cheng was flattered and chose two gifts from the boat.

A piece of gold jewelry and a piece of silver jewelry are both beautifully crafted handicrafts and are of great value.

When he arrived at the office of Zhizhi, Liu Cheng reported his name, and the guard immediately invited him in.

One of them also helped lead the way, and it was really big inside, after all, Zhao Yurui had opened up the system and the government office.

After finally walking to a courtyard gate, the guard said that they can't go in behind, you can go in by yourself, turned around and left.

Liu Cheng pushed open the courtyard door and went in. It was a small garden with a Taoist gate at the innermost, and there were four guards standing at the gate.

Because the ones guarding the outside were the sailors brought by Feng Deshan, while the inner courtyard was Zhao Yurui's own guards.

The navy officers and soldiers outside are not standing or sitting, and their discipline is loose, and they have little combat power at first glance.

The four guards of Zhao and Rui's country, like four statues, stood motionless on both sides.

After the two approached, someone asked who they were.

Except for the questioner, the other three remained motionless. If they hadn't blinked, Liu Cheng almost thought it was a statue.

"Shopkeeper Liu, wait a moment, the younger one will go in and report."

One of them turned around and walked into another courtyard. After a while, when he came back, Qin Zhuo followed.

"Hurry up, King Wei has been waiting for you for a long time, hahaha." Qin Zhuo clasped his hand and laughed kindly.

Liu Cheng came early, before it was time for dinner, King Wei summoned their father and son in a garden.

He said it was a garden. When he came in, he found that the flowers and plants in the garden were almost wiped out, and there was a pavilion in the middle. King Wei was in the pavilion, surrounded by flat ground, and there were many training equipment, like a martial arts training place.

There were two guards at the gates at both ends of the garden, and King Wei was the only one in the pavilion. The distance between the two was about [-] steps, and the gates were separated, so the privacy was relatively good.

Liu Cheng found that many courtyards had new gates on King Wei's side, which was something ordinary people had never seen before.

King Wei is very careful and pays attention to privacy?He thought silently in his heart.

"Grassman Liu Cheng."

"Liu Xin"

"Meet King Wei."

"Shopkeeper Liu is too polite, come and sit down." Zhao Yurui laughed and waved for them to sit in the pavilion.

Qin Zhuo also sat down, and the four of them happened to sit at the same table. There were fruits, pastries, and herbal tea on the table.

It's almost May, and Dinghai is still relatively hot, so it's good to drink some herbal tea.

Liu Cheng didn't expect King Wei to be so unassuming, and even though King Wei looked immature, his behavior was relatively stable, which gave people an inexplicable pressure.

King Wei seems to be able to see through everything, yes, Liu Chengcheng feels that King Wei has the confidence to see through everything and grasp everything.

"When will shopkeeper Liu leave for Japan?" Zhao Yurui asked kindly.

"Go back to King Wei, Caomin father and son, and leave the day after tomorrow."

"Uncle Zhuo said that Japanese raw copper is priced at 120 renminbi, and the export price is [-] renminbi?"

Liu Cheng said calmly, "It would be more cost-effective if King Wei sent someone to follow us to the various mines to purchase."

"We pick up the goods at the dock, which saves time and effort. The price is very good for me."

Liu Cheng was stunned for a moment, thinking that King Wei said it was expensive.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yurui said again: "If shopkeeper Liu sends it directly, how much is it per catty?"

Zhao Yurui had thought about it, if Liu Cheng could deliver the goods, it would not only save ships and manpower, but also save time.

His shop is a bit big now, and he needs to use people and boats everywhere. If he can run in the early stage, he still doesn't have to.

"Delivery?" Liu Cheng had a strange expression on his face. Raw copper was heavy, heavy and worthless. If he brought a ship of copper, he might as well bring a ship of other goods. It would be more profitable to sell it to Da Song.

At this moment, Zhao Yurui dipped his fingers in the tea and lightly drew on the table.

"This is the Hakata port of Chikuzen Shojishi, Japan, and the place where Shopkeeper Liu lives. This is called Jeju Island. It is very close to your Hakata port. If there is a favorable wind, you can get there in two or three days."

"I want to start in June. Shopkeeper Liu will send me 50 catties of raw copper to Jeju Island, and the price will be 150 Wen per catty."

"After 50 catties, we will have our own ship to go to Chikuzen to purchase."

In the early stage, Zhao Yurui hoped that Liu Cheng could send a few waves. In the later stage, after he started to operate and bought the ship, he organized sailors and did it himself.

(End of this chapter)