"Yes, Your Highness. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Pang Yukun's expression was solemn.

He, the head of the cabinet, was in charge of the affairs of the feudal state, and it was his first task to find money for the treasury from somewhere.

Now if there is a place where money is needed, Xiao Ming will go to him first, because of this, he always remembers the time when this agricultural endowment will be restored, and Xiao Ming's mention of this official is not untargeted.

In fact, the taxation of the Great Chongqing State was quite chaotic, and there were also a lot of chaos in the collection of agricultural taxes by the local government offices of the feudal country three years ago, and some bold officials overcharged them, which aroused the anger of the people.

This time to restore the agricultural endowment, he and Xiao Ming are also worried that they will take the opportunity to cheat for personal gain, after all, this agricultural endowment is handed over to the local government, and according to his experience in officialdom for so many years, there will definitely be officials who make a fuss about the "loss" matter.

In the country of Chongqing, this loss has always been extremely popular, simply put, when the people pay the grain, they will use a bucket to weigh, and it is inevitable that some grain will be spilled on the ground when weighing, and the government of these grains is not allowed to pick up the people, so it is called loss.

What's more, some officials will come to the door to lift a kick and let the grain on the bucket fall to the ground, so that the people need to make up for the insufficient catties, which is equivalent to the people paying more food.

And these "losses" have become the pockets of the officials themselves.

Xiao Ming is mentioning this matter now, which is also to remind him of this matter, the ills of the officialdom of the Great Chongqing State cannot be repeated in the officialdom of the closed country, otherwise what difference will there be in the corrupt officialdom of the Great Chongqing State.

After accepting this matter, Pang Yukun was about to go back, and at this time, Li Kaiyuan arrived at the mansion under the guidance of the servants.

Seeing Pang Yukun, Li Kaiyuan said: "Pang Shoufu, Xiaguan is looking for you, can the raw silk, porcelain, and tea sent from Pengzhou this time be handed over to the Chamber of Commerce, Xiaguan will immediately do a business with the Dutch, and now these goods are in urgent need." ”

"I'll give it to you, but you can exchange it for silver and put it in the treasury." The muscles on Pang Yukun's face trembled, and he looked unbearable.

"Hahaha, Pang Changshi is at ease, that's for sure, no matter how much silver you make, won't the lower official finally hand it over to you?" Li Kaiyuan said with a grin.

Pang Yukun shook his head, this Li Kaiyuan has always been flamboyant, he said: "I'll arrange this matter when I go back now." ”

Li Kaiyuan arched his hand when he heard this.

Pang Yukun turned to leave, and at this time Li Kaiyuan turned to Xiao Ming and said: "Your Highness, the merchant ship of the Dutch has arrived at the port of Dengzhou, and the envoy sent by the Dutch told the lower official that this transaction was only made of silver, and the lower official couldn't make up his mind, so he came to ask His Highness." ”

"You go and tell the Dutch that we only need half of the silver, and let him exchange the remaining half for goods."

For Xiao Ming, the actual goods are now more practical than silver, but with the prosperity of fiefdom commerce, the hard currency of silver cannot be less, so under the measurement, he will go to half.

"So what goods does Your Highness need?" Li Kaiyuan asked.

"Saltpeter, sulfur, iron ore, and the rest of the silver will be exchanged for these." Xiao Ming said that now this is the strategic material he needs most.

Li Kaiyuan nodded and continued to say to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, in addition, the lower official is going to send merchant ships to Chu to sell the goods from Qingzhou to Chudi. ”

"Oh? Will the pendulum clock be sold too? Xiao Ming asked.

"Yes, Your Highness, now the clock workshop has produced a hundred pendulum clocks, and the merchants of Chu are very fond of these goods, and ask us to transport them to Chu Di, and all the silver will be paid."

Xiao Ming asked, "How much silver did you sell each of these pendulum clocks?" ”

Sighing, Li Kaiyuan said: "If it was in the past, Xia Guan would definitely be able to buy 50,000 taels, but if there is a dispute today, this pendulum clock will be sold for this silver even if it is ingenious, and Xia Guan will only sell 30,000 taels now." ”

"It's already good, in that case, you should go more, so that you can also earn more silver." Xiao Ming said.

Li Kaiyuan nodded, "Yes, Your Highness, this time there are buyers for a hundred units, this Chu land accounts for half of the volume, and the rest is bought by the locals in Qingzhou." ”

"When did there be so many wealthy people in Qingzhou." Xiao Ming wondered.

"Your Highness, this is not surprising, firstly, most of the magnates in Chang'an have fled to Qingzhou, and secondly, businessmen from all over the country of Dayu have settled in Qingzhou these days, and there are naturally more people with some idle silver in their hands." Li Kaiyuan said with a smile: "It's just that this Wei family restaurant is full of customers every day, and the number of businessmen who have joined the chamber of commerce is several times more than before." ”

The situation described by Li Kaiyuan made Xiao Ming very satisfied, now that the Great Chongqing Kingdom is in turmoil, businessmen want to find a stable place to settle down, there is no doubt that Qingzhou is the place they yearn for the most.

It is precisely for this reason that a large number of merchants gathered for a time, and because of Qingzhou's comfortable living environment and prosperous trade, some powerful people are also keen to come here.

And the arrival of these people naturally brought a lot of wealth, but now that this wealth is in the hands of these people, he has to find a way to let these people spend a lot in Qingzhou.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming's mind immediately appeared countless modern means of making money, in fact, these people settled in Qingzhou and the contemporary rich emigrated is a truth.

In contemporary times, every country likes the rich to go to their own country to settle down, because it means the arrival of wealth, and now he naturally cannot waste this opportunity.

"Well, that's very good, in that case, the Chamber of Commerce should absorb members as soon as possible during this time, and make more luxury goods to sell to them." Xiao Ming smiled evilly.

"Your Highness, this is the strength of the lower officials." Li Kaiyuan said happily.

The two chatted for a while, and then Li Kaiyuan left.

The main thing that Li Kaiyuan came to him this time was to trade with the Dutch, and the rest of the matter was just mentioned by the way, after all, the maritime trade with the Dutch was the focus.

And just as he thought, the main goods that the Dutch wanted now were raw silk, porcelain and tea, and these three things were in short supply in Qingzhou, but Weidi was rich in these things.

Thinking of this, his determination to take the Wei land was a little stronger, as long as he took the Wei land, the financial source of the feudal state would be stabilized, which would provide a solid foundation for him to seize the northern rivers and mountains.

King Zhao is now bent on taking Shu with the same thoughts, and he wants to have a stable food supply.

In recent years, the north has become more and more bitter and cold, and the grain is getting less and less, although they do not understand what the Xiaoice era is, but the actual grain production is clear to them.

In Xiao Ming's opinion, King Zhao's decision to make a move at this time must have also felt this.