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Qin Qiong personally greeted him before closing the door.

"I knew you were going to be here today, so I've been waiting here for a long time."

"It's good that my father-in-law is waiting in the gate, and I'm going to visit before I get to the meeting."

"Anyway, it's okay to stay in the pass, since you recovered Shuofang, this Xiaoguan has changed from a border country to a mainland gate, except for collecting taxes all day long, there is really nothing to do here, idle all day long." Qin Qiong said with a smile.

"That's just right, my father-in-law has been fighting for half his life, and he has a lot of pain, so he is just right to recuperate."

"I'm recuperating, but I've fought more than 200 battles in my life, I've been wounded in more than 100 places, and I have to have a hundred fights of blood. I'm really idle, and I'm not idle. I had to train those boys in the pass every day, but I complained about their drills and complained bitterly. You're here today, so we must have two drinks. ”

"Of course, I'll have a good drink with you."

The two of them entered the city with a smile.

Xiao Pass, as the northwest gateway of Guanzhong, was greatly strengthened after Qin Qiong, a general, guarded and renovated here. The city walls were reinforced, the ditches were deepened, and even the water gates were set up on the water.

Outside the city, there are many beacon forts, and the soldiers and horses are trained day and night, so that the defense of Xiaoguan is now greatly strengthened.

"When I go back this time, I'm going to be a father, how do you feel?"

"I'm excited."

"If the Cui family gives birth to a boy, according to the agreement between you and Your Majesty, it will be engaged to Princess Changle?"

"That's true, but it's not necessarily a matter of having a boy."

Qin Qiong nodded, he walked side by side with Li Chao, and said in a low voice, "I heard a message from your stepmother. It is said that His Majesty and the Empress intended that if the Cui family gave birth to a daughter, they would marry her to the crown prince. ”

"Prince?"

This Li Chao is really a bit unexpected.

Cheng Qian is only seven years old, and Cui Yingying is seven years old if she gives birth to a daughter. But seven years old is not a problem, the key is what Li Shimin meant before, it seems that he wants to ration Li Tai.

"Why, you don't want to?"

"Not really, it's just that my surname is Li."

"That's your surname."

"My family is not a famous family."

"Your family is indeed a little thin, but you are famous all over the world, the upstart of this dynasty, three generations later, the Li family is also famous. Besides, His Majesty also has something he has to consider. Choose the crown princess, that is the prince's main room, and the prince will succeed to the throne in the future, and the princess will be the queen of the world. Of course, the crown princess's background must be good, but it does not necessarily have to be a top-level gatekeeper. The relatives are too strong, but it may not be a good thing. ”

"The crown princess?" Li Chao thought that Li Shimin wanted to make his daughter a side room of the prince or something.

"With your identity, Your Majesty will either not be your daughter, or how can it be a side room, naturally it is the crown princess."

"Then let's wait until Thirteen Niang gives birth to children."

Someone else might have been happy to hear that the emperor was going to make his daughter the crown princess. But Li Chao didn't, the crown princess is certainly very beautiful, but Li Chengqian has not been an emperor in history. Second, if her daughter becomes the crown princess, she is actually a little too much.

When people closed the door, Li Chao found that there was a long queue before closing the door. It's just like the toll gates of the highway in later generations, and the queue is long.

Qin Qiong took Li Chao through a green channel.

The road was empty, but there was no one lined up for the merchants. This was a passage for officials and stagecoaches.

"There are a lot of merchants."

Qin Qiong smiled, "It's all because you made a big noise in Ningyuan, Lingzhou, and now even Lanzhou Liangzhou is lively, plus the imperial court is also friendly with Tuyuhun and the Western Turks, and now there are more businessmen going over there." ”

"How do you collect taxes here?"

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, tariffs were abolished. Now the tariffs collected by Li Chao in Ningyuan and other places are mainly border tariffs. The checkpoint tax in the interior of the Central Plains was originally non-existent. But now Li Shimin is very short of money, he wants to fight the Turks, Tuguhun, and Goguryeo, so Li Shimin thinks that the law should be open source.

The tariff has been renamed and is now changed to a tax.

Li Shimin has officially issued an edict that all the important places in the capital will be placed as officials, read the goods of merchants, and calculate the tax of 20 wen per yuan. The tax of Guanjin is 2 percent.

This is to set up cards at important passes to levy taxes, such as Xiao Pass, such as Tongguan, Wuguan, and Sanguan in the four stops of Guanzhong, as well as the Yellow River Ferry, Fenglingdu, Hejin, etc. Basically, these taxes are all stipulated by the imperial court, and the number is limited, and the local government cannot arbitrarily set up cards to collect taxes.

And some small pieces are also not taxed.

The tax of Guanjin is also known as the tax of passing, and another important tax is the residence tax. The residential tax is the tax on the sale of residential goods, and the tax rate is 3%.

In addition, the imperial court also stipulated that the transactions of slaves, cattle and horses, and farm houses must be deed, and the imperial court must levy a deed tax of 4%, which is equivalent to the scattered estimation during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Housing tax, passing tax, and deed tax are the main commercial taxes, while in the border markets at the border gates, the taxes are heavier, such as the tariffs charged when entering the market, which is equivalent to the market entry tax, and a share of money is charged when entering the market. Transactions in the city are subject to transaction tax, which is 5%. Merchants in the city also have to collect taxes.

The new court of the Tang Dynasty is gradually improving the types of commercial taxes.

In addition to these basic commercial taxes, there are also monopoly taxes, such as salt, tea, sugar, wine and mines, which must be taxed separately. Salt tea is subject to a 10% tax.

For some other types of goods, although they are not monopolized, they also have special additional classes, such as bamboo, charcoal, fish fry, lacquer, leather, wool, etc.

waited until he got closer to the pass, Li Chao found out.

The tax collection gate that is the same as the highway toll station is not Xiaoguan Guancheng, but the tax customs outside Xiaoguan. The real Xiaoguan City is still several miles away.

"This is also for military defense considerations, so many business travels, the daily tax collection is very complicated, and it is very hidden to block the gate of the city. Moreover, the position of the gate is also narrow, so I deliberately set up a tax gate in this open place a few miles outside the gate. The place here is relatively wide, with nine tax gates, which can be checked and collected at the same time, speeding up the time. ”

Li Chao looked at it, this is really good,

Even near this tax customs, there are many shops, warehouses, restaurants, tea shops, restaurants, it can be seen that merchants are very good at grasping business opportunities. Knowing that there is a queue here every day for customs clearance, I opened these stores.

"These shops were built in the Guannai, and then rented out to merchants to operate, and the rent money collected can be regarded as a subsidy for the Guan."

Li Chao gave Qin Qiong a thumbs up, and he would make extra money.

"Father-in-law is clever!"

"What's so smart, I can't compare to you, the soldiers who followed you to Shuofang are all doing very well, divide the fields and land, I heard that they can also share dividends?"

"The soldiers work so hard for the country, they always have to support their families, they can't let them shed blood, sweat and tears for the court, besides, the border soldiers live better, no worries, this can better guard the frontier."

"What you said is indeed very correct, so ah, I also built these shops here and collected some rent, which can be regarded as a little benefit for the soldiers. However, I have not touched a penny of the taxes for this customs clearance, and all of them are paid to the imperial court. ”

Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft the water.

But relying on the Guancheng, it is not necessary to eat customs duties, repair shops and rent shops, and even Qin Qiong organized the families of many soldiers to build a horse caravan and a boat shop to transport the merchants.

"I also built a dart shop, which is responsible for escorting valuables, and it can be regarded as finding a way out for everyone."

Li Chao nodded, Qin Qiong seemed to have a very active brain, guarding and invigorating the economy in Xiaoguan. In fact, the Li family also has a dart shop, mainly to escort valuables for money and pawnshops.

"San Lang, in fact, these changes are brought about by you. What you did in Taozhou, what you did in Shuofang, to be honest, shocked us old immortals. Before, all we knew about war, that's all we knew. But looking at what you did, we realized that it is not enough to just know how to fight. Fighting wars and fighting for money and food, and guarding towns also rely on money and food. The heart of the army without food is unstable, and if the soldiers and soldiers can't have enough food for their families, how can they have the heart to fight. ”

"The soldiers you lead can always do miracles, and we all feel that you have made the soldiers have no worries, and let the soldiers have rewards and incentives. Only then do we dare to fight, and we can fight and be willing to fight. It's really not enough to just sit and wait for the money and food from the imperial court. The imperial court didn't have so much money and food, and when it was pulled out from above, life was tight, and there was no oil and water in the food. If you don't have energy in training, how can you talk about fighting. ”

"Since I also learned from you, I have done this, Tuntian, breeding, building chariots and horses, building darts and shops, collecting rent, etc., the lives of the soldiers are guaranteed, there is more money and food in the Guannei Treasury, and the rewards are also rich, and everyone's enthusiasm is very high."

Li Chao smiled and nodded.

In fact, it was a bit unprofessional for the generals and soldiers to engage in these economic activities. But this is the case in these years, if you just stay in the pass and wait for the money and food from the imperial court, it will be really bitter.

It is beneficial to take advantage of the local conditions, whether it is tuntian or business.

As long as it is not used as an army to engage in any smuggling and trade, but only allows the families of soldiers to participate in the operation of these, it is completely possible and not illegal.

The families of the soldiers benefited, and of course, the soldiers benefited.

Qin Qiong did a good job in Xiaoguan, letting some soldiers' families come forward to operate, and then other soldiers' families can also share a dividend, which means that all soldiers will have benefits.

Changan.

After Empress Changsun came out of the Zhao State Mansion, she went directly to the Wei State Mansion.

"Did you just go to see your in-laws?" The eldest grandson Wuji was at home today and happily welcomed his sister into the house.

"The doctor said that everything is fine with Cui's, and he will give birth in half a month."

The eldest grandson Wuji made a cup of tea for his sister, "I know you like to drink yellow tea, this is the high-grade yellow tea produced by the Li Family Tea House, Monttop Stone Flower."

Mengding Mountain is in Shuzhong, Mengding Mountain tea leaves are thin and long, light green and oily, before the Li family roasted tea, the tea of Mengding Mountain is already a famous product in tea.

The Li family made yellow tea from Mengding mountain tea, Mengding nectar, Mengding yellow buds, Mengding stone flowers, etc., all of which have become famous tribute teas.

The eldest grandson queen, just like the monttop stone flower, this kind of yellow tea is stronger than green tea, softer than black tea, the tea soup is yellow and slightly green, clear and bright, fragrant chime is refreshing, sweet and sweet.

"I don't know if the doctor said that Cui's will give birth to boys and girls?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked.

There is still a big difference between giving birth to a boy and a girl. If a boy is born, Princess Changle will marry the Li family, and if a daughter is born, the daughter of the Li family will marry into the palace.

In fact, the eldest grandson Wuji likes this three-year-old niece Li Lizhi very much, and he even had the intention of betrothed to Li Liqing for his son. It's just that he didn't expect that the emperor would marry Li Chao behind the Xuanwu Gate, and also pointed out that if Li Chao's wife Cui gave birth to a son, he would marry his daughter Princess Changle to the Li family.

"I think Cui's belly is very round."

gave birth to a daughter with a round belly, and a son from the tip of the belly, the eldest grandson Wuji was suddenly surprised when he heard this. (To be continued.) )