In the backyard of the Shuntai firm, there was a sound of smashing things. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 There were many people standing in the courtyard, but they were all frightened, and they let the shopkeeper Lin in the middle swing around with a big knife in his hand, and no one dared to approach half a minute.

After a long while, Shopkeeper Lin put away the knife in his hand and slammed the long-handled knife to the ground.

"Father, why is Father so angry?" Lin Daoquan's eldest son, Lin Jing, saw him stop, so he hurriedly approached and asked.

Lin Daoquan took a deep breath, frowned and looked around, and then said, "Come into the house and say." ”

With that, he turned around and walked to the back hall. Lin Jing, as well as a few people behind Lin Jing, also hurriedly followed.

"Big brother, but today's bird thorn history is humiliated by big brother?" After Lin Jing followed a few people inside, one of them immediately asked.

Lin Daoquan shook his head and said, "It turns out that the Yiren firm acted so arrogantly, it turned out to be the tacit consent of the assassin!" Na Yiren had already gone to find the assassin and took the initiative to ask for 10% of the profits obtained by his maritime merchants to be handed over to the state capital as a tax every year! ”

"Pay taxes?" Lin Jing was stunned for a moment and asked, "Father, you said that Yiren Firm pays taxes to the state capital?" ”

Several people in the hall were all taken aback when they heard Lin Daoquan say this.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the three dynasties of Gaozu, Taizong, and Gaozong only had Ding tax, and there was no commercial tax. Only land income is included in the scope of taxation, while the direct wealth generated by the merchants' business activities is not taxed and therefore not taxed. Later, during the Wu Zhou period, he wanted to levy customs tax on merchants, but he was dissuaded by the minister, and he really began to collect business taxes such as customs tax during the Xuanzong period, but there were few types. It was not until the tax reform and the emergence of the two tax laws that commercial tax really appeared within the scope of taxation of Datang.

It is precisely because of this that Xia Hongsheng took the initiative to pay taxes under the name of Yiren to achieve several of his goals.

Because there was no such system, the history of Quanzhou Thorn was resolutely not allowed at the beginning, and it was clearly stated that it did not dare. But Xia Hongsheng made a contract early, saying that he wanted to contribute to Quanzhou by paying taxes, which was completely voluntary. Quanzhou Thorn Shi agreed.

"Take out one ......percent of the profits every year," another person behind Lin Jing frowned, and said, "Big brother, the imperial court does not have such a system, so the Quanzhou Thorn Shi dares to collect one percent of his profits?" Aren't you afraid that the defendant will go to the court and say that he is forcibly recruited? ”

"I don't know." Lin Daoquan shook his head: "When I went today, I didn't see the assassin history, I only saw Ouyang Tongju." Greedy villain, how many benefits he received from me before, and now looking at the profits, even the people are gone. Hmph, I'm really afraid that he won't be able to make a stab at him? ”

"Big brother, do you want to get in touch...... the other said in a low voice.

Lin Daoquan's expression froze, and he shook his head: "Don't be in a hurry—no, try not to contact him." This thorn has been raised for so many years......"

"But, big brother, it's time to go to sea when you see the ship of the Yiren Firm." A younger man said.

"Out to sea?" Lin Daoquan suddenly laughed and said, "Fourth, don't forget, there is more than one maritime merchant in Quanzhou. Moreover, this departure from the port, the matter on the sea, is not what he Yiren said. ”

Everyone's expressions froze, but they heard Lin Daoquan say again: "He Yiren has picked up such a big battle, and it has affected more than our Shuntai family. Hehe, let's not do anything for now. There are always people who can't hold back first. I'm looking at it soon. ”

Putting aside this side for the time being, on the side of Yiren Firm, the recruited people have already begun to take up their posts.

Li Xiaogong provided Xia Hongsheng with two other sea boats, which were replaced by ironclad ships, and the weapons on them were not removed, but the firearms were unloaded and replaced with gasoline.

To deal with these pirates, there is enough gasoline. Firearms still need to be kept secret for a little longer.

The sailors and soldiers who accompanied the ship were scattered by Xia Hongsheng and arranged to each ship, secretly protecting the ship and preventing anyone from doing anything.

As usual, before taking up the post, you need to make a "follow me to work hard, eat and drink spicy" style speech to encourage the boatmen.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time you have seen our host!" Shen Rong gathered the shipwrights and said to them on the dock: "This is the owner of our Yiren firm!" ”

As soon as Shen Rong's voice fell, Xia Hongsheng secretly pushed Li Chengqian and pushed him to the front.

Li Chengqian looked back at Xia Hongsheng helplessly, and turned his head to look at the boatmen.

In the end, he was the crown prince, and as soon as he turned his head, the temperament on his body was instantly different.

"Everyone, first of all, Lone...... Ahem, I would like to thank you for joining Yiren ......."

Li Chengqian spoke in front, and Xia Hongsheng observed everyone in the back.

Xia Hongsheng is 100% sure that among these people, there must be other maritime merchants, or pirates.

Li Chengqian's words also sounded quite exciting, but compared to his father, he lacked that kind of incitement. After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Shen Rong dispersed the shipwrights again, watched the shipwrights get on the ship, and then said: "Our movement is so big, I am sure that now the maritime leaders of Quanzhou are already staring at us." As for those pirates, it is estimated that they should also come out to make some noise, and declare to us their right to speak on this sea. Those maritime merchants, in the end, still care about their identities on the surface, and they will not make any out-of-the-ordinary actions for the time being. Those pirates don't care about this, they must be indiscriminate. These days let the crew get off the ship less, strengthen the defense of each ship, loosen the outside and tighten the inside, and wait for the rabbit. ”

"Little one got it!" Shen Rong nodded and said.

Xia Hongsheng nodded, the three of them sat back in the carriage, and Xia Hongsheng asked again: "The three maritime leaders in Quanzhou, how is the situation investigated?" ”

"Hui Gongzi, Shuntai, Tongshun, and Xianghe are the three largest firms, and only these three firms have their own sea vessels. The most sea ships are Tongshun, and the biggest business is Shuntai, these two are sworn enemies, and they have also fought with weapons. On the surface, Shuntai's business is the largest and most prosperous, but in fact, there are many people in Tongshun, and its influence is greater. As for the auspicious firm, it is not very obvious, and the shopkeeper Zhao Yutian is also very low-key, and no one can be offended between Tongshun and Shuntai, although it is also the three heads, but the scale is much smaller than that of Tongshun and Shuntai. Shen Rong said.

"Haha, little Quanzhou, it's also divided into three legs!" Xia Hongsheng listened to Shen Rong's words, and suddenly laughed: "This Tongshun is Wei, Shuntai is Shu, and Xianghe is Wu." ”

"Then we are Sima Yi!" Li Chengqian continued.

"You are Sima Yi!" Xia Hongsheng said to Li Chengqian: "This son is Xia Hongsheng, and he is here to stir up the situation!" (To be continued.) )