Linqing.

"What do you want to do?"

A transport officer looked angrily at the banknote officers on the dock who were about to board the ship.

"Sorry, we need to board the ship for inspection." A small official said.

"Boarding the ship?"

The Cao Yun official couldn't help but be furious, "This is a Cao Yun ship, why do you check it, and who gave you the authority?" ”

"It's me."

I saw an official in his thirties, with a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a straight waist, step forward.

"Head, this person seems to be the top Tang literature in the previous subject."

A person next to the Cao Yun official whispered in his ear.

When the Caoyun official heard this, his expression suddenly narrowed a little, he clasped his fists and saluted, and then asked: "Tang Yuanwailang, how come I don't know that Caoyun also has to pay tariffs?" ”

That Wang Jiaping believes that the scale of this reform is not small, involving many state capitals, and it is difficult to monitor in place in various places, but fortunately, tariffs are mobile, and Linqing is a transportation hub, and there must be a trustworthy person here, Tang Wenwen is highly recommended by him.

Because Tang Wenwen is not only talented, the key is that this person regards fame and honor as more than life, and he can't rub sand in his eyes.

So Tang Wenwen was promoted to a member of the household department, and he was in charge of the Linqing banknote customs.

Tang Wenwen saluted in return and said with a smile: "Don't be angry with this military master, it's not that you want to levy tariffs on grain, and you don't have the courage to do so." ”

"Then why did you send someone to board the ship to inspect it?" Cao Yun officials questioned.

Tang Wenwen said: "Here's the thing, recently there are many businessmen, who are bold, in the name of Cao Yun, smuggling goods into Beijing, last time we also found three merchant ships under the guise of Cao Yun, in order to avoid the reputation of Cao Yun being humiliated, so I decided to check some Cao Yun ships every day, so as not to let someone cheat." ”

The Caoyun official was stunned for a while, hugged his fists and said: "It is worthy of being the champion, admire, admire." Then he ordered his men to get out of the way and let them board the ship to inspect it.

Tang Wenwen arched his hand again and again: "Where you offend, I hope that the military master will have a lot of Haihan." ”

He knows that Cao Yun is very greasy, similar to Ma Zheng and military politics, and it is so corrupt that he wants to take advantage of this new tariff to strictly investigate Cao Yun, of course, he also talked to Wang Jiaping in advance, if you want me to go, then I will strictly investigate, and I am not afraid of offending people.

That's what Wang Jiaping wants.

However, Caoyun had received the news in advance, but he didn't dare to commit the crime against the wind, because the DPRK and China are now united, even if it is the pain of peeling off the skin, Guo Dan must be destroyed first.

Therefore, this Caoyun official did not resist much, but then again, when encountering a brave, resourceful, and upright official like Tang Wenwen, even if he resisted, he might not be able to change anything.

In addition to Tang literature, there are also rising stars such as Yang Daobin and Shu Hongzhi.

They are all fellow scholars, and they have long been deeply dissatisfied with the corruption of the imperial court, especially those magnates, eunuchs, and even emperors, they have no hostility towards Guo Dan, of course they don't look down on businessmen, but they don't think that what businessmen do is wrong, this wrong is wrong, right is right, and they can't judge things by people.

This time, it can be regarded as letting them seize the opportunity, and they pick the hard stubble to investigate.

If you don't count Weihui Mansion, then the whole implementation process is actually bursting with positive energy.

Whether it is the common people or small businessmen, they are very supportive.

Having said that, the people who pay taxes will feel unhappy, no one is willing to pay taxes, but they also know that this must be paid, in fact, the most unpleasant thing is that I pay taxes, they don't pay, if they all pay taxes, there may be no complaints.

Of course, for Wei Huifu, the new tariff law is simply a sharp knife in their chest.

The market sought by Weihui Mansion is eager to open up, tariffs are nothing, what is the purpose of key tariffs, if the purpose of tariffs is to promote openness, then of course they are willing to pay, but the problem is the territorial protection of the purpose of tariffs.

This made Wei Huifu uncomfortable.

Guo Dan didn't dare to be careless, he has been inspecting various workshops in the past few days, and listening to their adjustment plans.

Today, he visited the textile workshop.

"Nephew, in the past, our goods were mainly sold to Mongolia, the capital and Jiangnan, but now I plan to reduce the goods shipped to Jiangnan by seventy percent, and sell these seventy percent to the Liaodong region, because some of the armaments there are also produced by us, and we can send them by the way. Merely... Alas, in the past, the goods sold to Jiangnan were all good goods, and the prices were not cheap, but if you sold Liaodong, you might have to produce some worse ones, after all, they were relatively poor. Qin Zhuang sighed.

threw away the rich Jiangnan and went to Liaodong to mix, this heart doesn't hurt ordinarily!

"What does it mean to be good or bad?" Guo Dan asked, "Does it refer to workmanship?" ”

Qin Zhuang said: "In the past, there were reasons for this, after all, many people had just started to do it at that time, and they were not familiar with it, but now, there is no such thing as bad workmanship, the key is still in the material and dyes." ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "You go and get two pieces to compare with me." ”

"Wait a minute."

Qin Zhuang hurriedly ordered someone to bring two pieces of clothing of different materials.

Guo Dan touched his hands and said, "It's really a little different." ”

Qin Zhuang said: "Of course, don't be shoddy, but this cloth is very rare, every household weaves cloth, they are all experts, this touch knows the quality of this material." ”

Guo Dan took the two pieces and looked at them for a while, and suddenly said, "Outside, have you ever thought about mixing these two materials together?" ”

Qin Zhuang said with a smile: "This is not an uncommon thing, small workshops often do this, but we can't do this, our goods, everyone can keep an eye on them, if people know that we are shoddy, it will damage our reputation." ”

"You get what you pay for."

Guo said lightly: "If you are cheaper, then it is not a lie!" ”

Qin Zhuang was surprised: "Then what's the problem, if there is no new tariff, the good ones don't have to worry about selling, and the bad ones don't have to worry about selling, and the profits are still so much." ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "I mean, mixing these two together, in the case of cost savings, to improve the comfort of clothing, in fact, there are not many people who pursue comfort and beauty, and most people pursue so-so." ”

Qin Zhuang frowned and said: "But if it is priced according to the truth, the profit still has not changed, those small workshops do this, it is shoddy, and seek more profits." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Outside, you have been doing business for so long, don't you understand, no matter whether the profit has increased or not, this low cost itself is an advantage, you do what I say first, as long as you can do as much as possible in the case of cost savings, and at the same time improve the comfort to the level that your supervisors here can accept." At that time, even if you produce, you will not be able to sell it all mine. ”

Qin Zhuang has been doing silk and satin trading for decades, and he is a big connoisseur, this is just a small skill of carving insects in Mengren, how could it be difficult for him, but Guo Dan's words made his eyes flash, and he said with a trembling mouth: "Virtuous nephew, have you already thought of a countermeasure?" ”

Guo Dan said in a low voice: "You do it first, and cover it in advance, don't say that I said it." ”

Qin Zhuang nodded straight, his mood was good, and he couldn't wait to go to the hot spring pavilion to stretch his muscles.

The two looked around again, and Guo Dan went back to his residence.

When I returned to the house, I saw Aunt Xu sitting at the tea table making tea, in fact, compared to Kou Zhuansha, Aunt Xu was more like a good wife and mother.

"I'm so thirsty."

Guo Dan smelled the fragrance of tea and walked over.

Aunt Xu handed him a cup of freshly brewed tea.

"Thank you!" Guo Dan took it and drank it all.

Yang Feixu said coldly: "Don't drink it so fast, I heard that the price of tea has risen." ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

Guo Dan immediately choked half to death.

Aunt Xu couldn't help but sneer.

Guo Dan, who finally recovered, turned his head and glared at Yang Feixu, and before he could speak, Aunt Xu suddenly asked, "How is the situation?" ”

"I'll settle accounts with you later."

Guo Dan threatened Yang Feixu fiercely, and said to Aunt Xu: "It's not like that." ”

Aunt Xu sighed for a moment and said, "I think they rely on you too much, if it weren't for you, wouldn't they be able to make a deal?" You should still focus on the big picture, and there are things that can be done by others. ”

She felt that Guo Dan should have a commanding demeanor now, instead of being like a technician, and every workshop went to see and personally guided, which should be done by Chenchen and Cao Xiaodong. And Guo Dan runs to the workshop every day these days, listens to their adjustment plans, and gives some advice.

Guo smiled lightly: "I also understand the meaning of the layman, but Chenchen and Xiaodong, the heat is not enough, and they can't see many problems." Don't talk about them, Zhou Feng and they may not be able to understand it, after all, Weihui Mansion is a very new state capital, and when they encounter difficulties, they are also a little difficult to deal with. ”

Aunt Xu frowned slightly, and said curiously: "Have you ever seen a state mansion like Weihui Mansion?" ”

Guo Dan blinked.

"Guo Dan! Guo Dan! ”

I saw Ji Gui running in in a hurry, "Oh no, revenge is coming, revenge is coming." ”

Guo Dan was stunned and said, "What revenge? ”

Ji Gui gasped slightly: "There is news from the Daimyo Mansion at the banknote gate, saying that the entry and exit of our merchant ships is disorderly and disorderly, resulting in congestion in Xiahe Village, so we are required to report to them before we go out of the ship, and the merchant ships they have approved can only enter the Daimyo's Mansion." ”

"What?" Guo Dan couldn't help frowning and said, "He's really too deceitful!" ”

Ji Gui was also angry and said: "But isn't it, that Mao Shen is playing tricks, and other banknotes are all used in the way of spot checks, and that guy wants to check one by one, and now he is kicking his nose in the face, let's agree to come down, then we have to do it, he batches a boat a day, then let's not do this business." ”

Aunt Xu suddenly said, "I think this is good news. ”

Guo Dan and Ji Gui turned their heads at the same time, looked at Aunt Xu, and said in unison: "How do you say this?" ”

With that, the two looked at each other awkwardly.

Aunt Xu said: "This no rules are not a circle, there has been a pass, if it is still like before, there will be congestion, just like the original Weihui Mansion, the city gate is also congested, the previous rules do not apply at all, and there are often quarrels and brawls, and then the rules are set, although there are more convoys, but they are orderly, but faster." ”

Ji Gui sighed: "He is determined to make things difficult for us, and there is no excuse for this crime." ”

Guo Dan also nodded.

If you have been reasonable, this will not be the case.

Aunt Xu smiled: "He is a little official, how dare he make things difficult for your father-in-law." ”

"...... make things difficult for me?" Ji Gui was stunned and said: "This is also a foreign matter, it doesn't matter if I go on a trip, but the problem is that I can't scare him, if I want to have this power, then my rouge ......." ”

Aunt Xu smiled and said, "If my father-in-law is willing to go, then this thing will definitely come true." ”

Ji Gui hurriedly asked, "What can you do?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "After my father-in-law went, when he saw Mao Shen, he didn't care if he could scare him, but first gave him a dismount, accusing him of the congestion, all because they were slack or directly said that they deliberately made things difficult." ”

Ji Gui said: "He will definitely not admit it!" ”

Aunt Xu said: "Of course he won't admit it, so father-in-law, you have to ask him to come up with evidence to prove that he didn't do anything from it, so as to force him to demonstrate it to you." ”

Ji Gui asked, "And then?" ”

Guo Dan suddenly smiled: "Then don't believe it, accuse him of not telling the truth, and finally force him to give the inspection rules to death, if he doesn't follow the rules in the future, then we will go to the cabinet to sue him." ”

Aunt Xu nodded and smiled: "That's right." ”

Ji Gui suddenly realized, and said: "I understand, in this way, he will not be able to do anything in the future, and everything must be done in a proper manner." ”

Aunt Xu said: "Actually, if Guo Dan has a better inspection method, he can also teach them how to check by the way." ”

Guo Dan was curious: "How does this work?" ”

Aunt Xu smiled: "It's very simple, you just ask your father-in-law to point out their shortcomings, and insist that they are deliberately delaying time, why not use better." ”

Guo Dan's eyes lit up, and he said to Ji Gui: "Father-in-law, don't be in a hurry to go first, we have to think about it in the long run." ”

At this time, a servant walked in and said, "Uncle, then Xu Xiucai brought a Francois to ask to see him." ”

"Furlan?"

Guo Dan was slightly stunned.

Ji Gui said: "Didn't you invite it?" That Franji man came to our Weihui Mansion with His Majesty's handwritten message, saying that you asked him to come. ”

"Oh... I remember. Hurry up and invite them in. Guo Dan suddenly remembered that this missionary was introduced by the nun named Catherine, and muttered: "How did this Francosis get together with Xu Guangqi." ”

After a while, I saw Xu Guangqi walk in with a thirty or forty-year-old Francophone, who was dressed in a Confucian shirt and a cross necklace, looking nondescript.

"Captain Guo."

Xu Guangqi bowed.

Guo smiled lightly: "Xu Xiucai, don't come unharmed." ”

Xu Guangqi nodded with a smile, and then introduced to the Francophone man: "Mr. Li, this is the Guo Dan you are looking for." ”

The Fran machine looked at Guo Dan in a little surprise, and then bowed his hand in a good way, and said in broken Chinese: "I have seen Captain Guo in Lower Matteo Ricci." ”

Guo Dan smiled in Latin: "Mr. Li, you speak Chinese as well as I speak Franco!" ”