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King Qin released an empty hook on the Yao River and caught a thousand-year-old giant turtle.

The news spread quickly throughout Ningbo City like the wind, and at first some people doubted the authenticity of the rumors.

"Huh! Don't believe it, Liu Jiaerlang was fishing on the other side of the river, and he saw King Qin catch a giant turtle with his own eyes, if you doubt it, you can go and see it yourself, King Qin is asking the guards to carry the giant turtle back to the city. ”

So, thousands of good deeds ran to the west gate and crowded on the side of the road to watch, but when they saw the king of Qin's carriage coming, there were four guards carrying a door panel, and a giant turtle was tied to the door panel, and he was afraid that it weighed one or two hundred catties.

As the saying goes, the thousand-year-old king is eighty-thousand-year-old turtles. This turtle is so big, I'm afraid it must have been thousands of years, and after living for so long, it must have become a sperm.

People were talking a lot, all kinds of speculations were endless, and suddenly someone exclaimed: "Ah, everyone, look, there seems to be a word on the back of this turtle." ”

"But no, I saw it too, there was a word on the back."

"How can there be words on the back of this giant turtle?"

"Who knows, this giant turtle has become refined over time, not to mention that there is a word on its back, even if it calls for wind and rain, I can see it."

"Yes, yes, yes, listen to the old man, after this thing becomes a essence, it can still turn into a human form."

"Oh, Li Yuanwai, you can read and write, but tell everyone, what is the word on the back of this giant turtle?"

"The old man's eyes are not good, but he vaguely looks like the word 'Zheng'."

"Yes, yes, I look like a Zheng character"

Everyone is working hard, there is a word 'Zheng' on the back of this old and refined turtle, what does this mean, people can't help but think about it.

There was an old man in the crowd, holding a fortune-telling banner in his hand, he stroked his long beard, and said in a chattering voice: "Folks, the poor road pinch your hands." This giant turtle was originally the gatekeeper of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, and when the Dragon King was sleeping, he came to the world to make waves. ”

People were skeptical, and some people asked curiously: "Dao Chief, haven't you heard that there have been monsters making waves in the past few years?" ”

The old man replied confidently: "Have you seen the Zheng character on the back of this giant turtle?" That Zheng Yiguan was possessed by its spirit, so he ran rampant in the East China Sea for many years. ”

"Ah, I see."

"Yes, yes, what the old chief said must be right, the Zheng character on the back of this giant turtle must refer to Zheng Yiguan."

"Then the king of Qin captured him"

"King Qin is the Purple Micro Star Monarch. Haven't you heard of it? I heard that King Qin can also summon the god of thunder and lightning splitting. ”

"yes, yes, I've heard of it too."

Qin Mu sat in the carriage, listening intently to the discussion of the people on the side of the road, and secretly laughed in his heart.

Li Xiangjun's eyes were half-narrowed, looking at him and he didn't know what to say, the word 'Zheng' on the back of the giant turtle was made by Qin Mu, she couldn't understand at first, what Qin Mu was doing with the word 'Zheng' on the back of the giant turtle. After listening to the discussion of the people on the roadside, she quietly realized.

Qin Mu did not take troops to Fujian this time, but he seemed to be leisurely fishing for turtles by the Yao River, but it was enough for 100,000 soldiers.

Zheng Zhilong had just been defeated. The king of Qin fished a giant turtle on the Yao River, and there was a word 'Zheng' on the back of the giant turtle.

"King Qin. The slave obviously saw that you didn't put the bait. Li Xiangjun couldn't help but ask the question in his heart.

She was present during the whole process, if the word 'Zheng' on the back of the giant turtle Qin Mu was fake, then how to explain the process of catching the giant turtle? She could see it clearly. Qin Mu didn't move the bait at all after getting on the boat, and threw the hook into the river casually, which can also catch giant turtles, which is an unbelievable thing in itself.

Qin Mu hugged her petite and delicate body, and said with a smile: "Xiangjun, are you doubting your eyes?" ”

"No, the slave can see it clearly."

"That's it, to tell you the truth, this king didn't expect that he could catch a giant turtle by throwing an empty hook into the river, which is probably a coincidence." Qin Mu said this very honestly, even he didn't expect how to catch this big guy, after fishing, he had an idea, and only then did he have the vague word 'Zheng' on the back of the giant turtle.

"The slave doesn't believe it, how can there be such a coincidental thing in this world?"

"Uh, that can probably only be explained that this king is Ziweixingjun descended to earth, hahaha" Qin Mu laughed happily, it seemed that even he was beginning to believe that he was Ziweixing.

Li Xiangjun put a pair of jade arms around his neck, and asked with a pretty face, "King Qin, what are you going to do with this giant turtle?" ”

This is really a problem, this giant turtle has become the incarnation of Zheng Zhilong, at least the people think so, then it has an unusual meaning;

From the perspective of animal protection, it is not easy for such a giant turtle to grow to such a big size, and it should be released. But if it is released, it will definitely make the people feel that this is a release of the tiger back to the mountain, so that Zheng Zhilong will continue to make waves in the future.

Qin Mu thought about it, and said with a smile: "Living on the north shore of the lake, visiting each other is in the last spring, the road is far away from the peaks and rains, and there are many turtle people. At the beginning of the steaming flowers, the fish boat is inferior, and Mo Yu comes here frequently, and Yiyu is also hidden. ”

Li Xiangjun heard this, and said thoughtfully: "What does King Qin mean by this? Are you going to cook this giant turtle and eat it? So how can you do it, this turtle wants to be spiritual, how can you eat it? ”

Qin Mu really wanted to slaughter this giant turtle just now, hold a thousand-year-old turtle banquet, and invite the minister to have a good meal, after Li Xiangjun raised doubts, he also felt that it was not in line with his political intention to recruit the Zheng family now;

"Take it back to the pond in the Autumn Dew Garden and raise it, well, when you return to Jinling, you will take it back to Jinling."

In fact, the royal family of all dynasties has a zoo, but they are all auspicious animals, such as cranes, sika deer, etc., well, let's also collect some rare animals, open a zoo, let the people visit, and collect some tickets or something, I want to see this huge suffocation, and pay the fee, this is a fine, on behalf of Zheng Zhilong.

Qin Mu suddenly felt that he was about to become a profiteer.

However, the word "business" really has to pay attention to it, after the Zheng family is down, it is necessary to pay close attention to the implementation of the setting of Ningbo City.

During this time, due to the war in the East China Sea, Qin Mu had not taken care of the affairs of the listed company. After returning to the Autumn Dew Garden, he threw the giant turtle into the pond in the garden, and Qin Mu thought about the tariff alone.

Through the introduction of Cao Weijun last time, Qin Mu learned that the tariff collection method of the Song Dynasty was rough, but he believed that it was not enough, in later generations, tariffs as one of the three major taxes, and all countries had a relatively complete tariff system.

Qin Mu found a pen and paper, and while recalling, he recorded them one by one, and the tariffs in later generations can be roughly divided into three types: import tax, export tax, and transit tax.

Among them, import tax can not only increase the country's income, but also play a great role in protecting similar goods in China.

On the opposite side, if the tax rate is too high, it will increase the cost of exported goods, which is not conducive to the competitiveness of domestic goods overseas.

However, there are almost no competitors in China's commodities such as silk, porcelain, and tea, which are the largest commodities, which means that it does not matter if the export tax rate is higher.

Merchants will naturally pass on the high tax amount to consumers outside the country, so that more silver will flow into Daqin.

Of course, the tax rate should not be too high, and even if there is no competition, the group of people who can afford to consume will shrink, and the volume of exports will decrease accordingly.

Tea may have a small impact, but it is extremely detrimental to the development of the textile and porcelain industries. Especially in the textile industry, if the number of exports cannot be greatly increased, the merchants will not care about the output, and they will not be enthusiastic about improving production technology, and the industrial revolution will not be able to be talked about.

Well, it is necessary to set a reasonable export tax rate for textiles.

Tariffs are levied according to different commodities and have different collection methods, some are levied according to the price of the commodity, and some are levied according to the quantity of the commodity. Some products have sliding tariffs on the side.

This sliding tariff is a special tax that sets the tariff rate from low to high as the price of imported goods goes from high to low. It can play a role in stabilizing the price of imported goods. This must also be noted.

Qin Mu wrote it down in the same way, and then asked Yang Shen and Cao Weijun and others to discuss;

Regarding the articles listed by Qin Mu, Yang Shen, Cao Weijun and others can be said to be impressed and admired. It can also be seen from this that Qin Mu attaches great importance to this aspect.

Qin Mu said secretly, I don't want to spend all day digging in the ground and raising taxes on those poor people all day long.

In the future, customs revenue will be the largest source of tax revenue for Daqin;

And strive to surpass the Song Dynasty within five years, so that the annual tariff revenue exceeds 100 million taels, for this goal, can you not care?

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