back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 111
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"You can't turn into a beast, she's just a 16-year-old little lolita!" Lu Chengqi reminded himself repeatedly, so as not to ruin his principles.What's more, the future is long, so why rush?
Lu Chengqi smiled, walked forward, stopped Zhou Zhiruo who was looking at the jewelry, and made Zhou Zhiruo's fair face suddenly turn rosy. , or on the street, playing tricks like this, how can I meet people?"

Lu Chengqi also knew that although Dashun had an open folk style, it was even less guarded than the Ming and Qing Dynasties.But it's not common to be a street kiss.Fortunately, Zhou Zhiruo had already passed the [-]-year-old hairpin, that is to say, she had performed the ceremony of reaching the hairpin. She tied her hair into a bun, then wrapped the bun with a piece of black cloth, and then inserted the hairpin into the bun.Different hairstyles can tell whether a woman is engaged.

This small shop is specialized in selling jewelry, the owner is a middle-aged man, seeing their luxurious clothes, knowing that they are from a wealthy family, and seeing their appearance, they look like a young couple, so naturally he doesn't want to disturb the scenery.

Zhou Zhiruo was so ashamed that she didn't have the face to face others, and didn't ask the price, she picked up the jewelry and ran out.The imperial guards didn't dare to lose track of him, so someone quickly chased after him.But Lu Chengqi was penniless, looked at the owner of the jewelry store with embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, wait a minute, I'll ask someone to pay..."

He knew that Wang Yanchen was outside, and before he walked out of the jewelry store, he shouted loudly: "Wang Yanchen, come in!"

Hearing Lu Chengqi's call, Wang Yanchen hurried into the jewelry store and asked, "My lord, what are your orders?"

Lu Chengqi said awkwardly: "Shopkeeper, how much is that jewelry just now?"

The boss of the jewelry store was a little surprised. Those who could afford to use a knife guard were definitely officials and gentry, and it was not a high-ranking official who dared to make such a publicity.He originally wanted to raise the price a bit to make more money, but now he has no intention of doing so.People who do business have very poisonous eyes, and they can see who can offend and who can't.

I just heard the owner of the jewelry store say honestly: "The hairpin that the little lady took away earlier was made of silver mixed with gold. The gold and silver are worth three guanq. money."

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said to Wang Yanchen: "I gave the shopkeeper five pennies. I think the hairpin is unique, so I specially rewarded the craftsman with one penny. The shopkeeper doesn't mind?"

There's money to be made, who minds that?Originally, the owner of the jewelry store only planned to earn another hundred coins, but unexpectedly Lu Chengqi was so generous, and he rewarded him with money as soon as he opened his mouth, which was really unexpected.He sent Lu Chengqi out of the store respectfully, and smiled and said that he hoped that Lu Chengqi would come again next time.This is a living God of Wealth, how can you not welcome him?

After leaving the shop, Wang Yanchen smiled wryly and said: "My lord, if you don't bring any money, the small salary will not be enough for you. There are still a lot of young people to support, young master, do you think you need to increase your salary?"

Lu Chengqi didn't stop, and scolded with a smile: "You cunning, are you trying to increase your salary? I tell you, there is no door! In the end, I will naturally make up for the money you advanced one by one, so don't shout anymore. poor."

Wang Yanchen's little trick succeeded, and complacently walked around with Lu Chengqi.After walking for a long time, Lu Chengqi realized that his wife had been lost, so he couldn't help but frowned: "Wang Yanchen, did you deliberately take this young master to detour? How come you haven't seen my wife after walking for so long?"

Wang Yanchen immediately shouted for injustice: "Young master, you can't wrong a good person. The little one has absolutely no such intentions. It may be that the lady walked too fast and walked ahead. As long as you catch up a little bit, you will definitely be able to see it."

Lu Chengqi nodded. Seeing that Fangshi was getting closer and more people were getting closer, he was in a good mood.It's a pity that the situation is not stable now, otherwise he might be patrolling the north and south of the river. How could he be confined to a small city of Chang'an?
When Taizu originally planned Chang'an City, he separated the square city from the folk houses, and strictly ordered the square city not to be close to the folk houses, especially Goulan, restaurants, prostitutes, song halls, etc. in Washi.

By the time of the first emperor, commerce gradually developed, and the boundaries of the square and the city were quietly broken. Now no one abides by the rules set by the Taizu period.Lu Chengqi also knew it in his heart, never said it out of his mouth, and acquiesced to this status quo.

In front of the square market are various markets, including the medicine market, flower market, pearl market, rice market, meat market, vegetable market, fresh fish shop, fish shop, pig shop, cloth market, crab shop, flower group (flower market), green fruit group ( Selling fresh fruit), Ganzituan (selling oranges), Study Room (bookstore), etc., are very lively, not much better than the vegetable market in the future.

A little further ahead, there are Washi Goulan, restaurants, brothels, song halls, workshops, etc., and some people who specialize in renting things, that is, people who specialize in renting things, "specialize in catering, entertaining guests and banquets. Anything that is suitable for use, everything Rent it, and spare no effort. Even though the banquet is grand, it can be done aggressively."It is also a way of survival.

The prosperity of these cities is real.Previously, Jingzhao Mansion could collect more than 200 million yuan in one month's business tax. This was when Chang'an City's business was not very prosperous.The commercial tax of Chang'an City accounts for more than half of the Jingzhao Mansion, at least it has to collect more than one million guan.If it is a month now, I am afraid that the commercial tax of Chang'an City will be more than 200 million yuan.

In fact, the tax revenue of the Dashun Dynasty now depends entirely on the commercial tax and the customs duties collected by the Shipping Department. There are seventy-eight million yuan a month, and this number is still increasing.Lu Chengqi believed that even if it was the record of 800 million guan in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Dashun Dynasty could quickly break it.If you convert 6000 million yuan in January into a year, it is close to 800 million yuan.There was such a high tax in the Jiangnan area in the Southern Song Dynasty. There is no reason why the vast territory of the Dashun Dynasty was not as good as that in the Southern Song Dynasty!

Lu Chengqi vigorously supported the development of commerce, introduced commercial taxes, and reduced or exempted agricultural taxes, which to a certain extent eased the contradictions between the peasants and the landlord class.But this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. If you want to really cure it, you have to take out the spare money wasted on the limited land and put it into unlimited business.In this way, the class contradiction between peasants and landlords can be completely resolved, but at the same time a new contradiction will arise, that is, the contradiction between the bourgeoisie and the ruling class...

Lu Chengqi thought a lot for a while, and always felt as if he had caught something, but he seemed to have caught nothing.

The markets in front of me are only the North City, there are also the South City, the East Market, and the West Market... Lu Chengqi was as happy as honey when he saw these phenomena.If he hadn't vigorously advocated commercial taxation and allowed businessmen to pay taxes on time and honestly to take the imperial examination, this business would not have been so prosperous.

Lu Chengqi also knew that this was only Chang'an City, and there were still many places in the Dashun Dynasty, which were still very poor.

Just as Lu Chengqi was thinking wildly, he bumped into someone suddenly. He even said sorry, only to realize that there were people standing in front of him, but he didn't know what happened.Lu Chengqi felt a "thump" in his heart: "Could something happen to Zhiruo?"

He hurriedly separated from the crowd and squeezed in, only to find that there was a small store in front of it, with four golden characters of "Royal Bank" written on the front.Only then did Lu Chengqi suddenly realize that these people were queuing up to exchange for silver coins and gold coins.

(End of this chapter)