"Dang, dang, dang..."

The clock on the clock tower rang at the right time. Li Fang, who had just got off the car, habitually took out his pocket watch and turned the minute hand to the right time. Seeing several old acquaintances in the restaurant coming up, he put away his pocket watch and bowed with a smile:

"Everyone, Mr. Li is late, forgive me, forgive me!"

"If there is someone else in Mr. Li, I have just arrived, I have just arrived."

Several middle-aged people flattered him with a smile, surrounding Li Fang like stars arched on the moon. The group turned into the restaurant's private room, and the seats in the private room were naturally waiting for Li Fang.

"What's wrong with this? Why are everyone so restrained? Li is still the original Li, why are everyone being restrained? That's not!"

Li Fang said with a smile. The middle-aged people couldn't hear the pride in the other party's tone, so they naturally made a gesture, with an attitude of following the other party's head.

Although everyone knows that Li Fang deliberately set up a meeting to ask everyone to wait, no one dares to have any objection because the other party's identity is very different and he is qualified to act like this.

Not to mention that Li Fang has strong financial resources, he is a wealthy businessman among the wealthy businessmen. Just say that there is a difference between officials and the people. Li Fang is now an official, and several old acquaintances are still people, so naturally they have to distinguish between superiors and inferiors.

Everyone respectfully calls him "Li Yuanwai", but it is not without wind and waves. Now Li Fang has been granted the position of "Left Yuanwai Shishou" with three destiny, and the ranks are like ordinary county magistrates, and the sixth destiny is the provincial government, and the county magistrate is at the level of county officials.

With this official position, the parents and officials of the prefectures and counties held banquets and poetry meetings. Li Fang was qualified to attend with all the wise men of the world, and there were great scholars who talked and laughed, rather than a group of "white clothes".

This kind of opportunity can't be bought no matter how much you spend.

In the eyes of the merchants of the Huangzhou Chamber of Commerce, the old acquaintance of Li Fang has now turned into a phoenix.

Li Fang was already an "official" rather than a "shang". There were ribbon seals given by the court. If the plaque was put on, everyone else would have to call himself "school people".

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Moreover, the abbreviation of "Shiwai Shilang" should be "Shiwai Shilang", but this is easy to misunderstand as a real official, which makes many officials quite complain, so it is abbreviated as "Shiwai", that is, "officials other than official officials" to show the difference.

Although officials who are granted the title of "State Minister" generally have official positions, it is unprecedented that a single official who is a merchant can obtain this official position and it is impossible to have a real position.

Even so, becoming a "outsider" has become a "businessman" and has become a complete change for the "business" among "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce".

Even though the merchants are rich, they are considered to be inferior to ordinary people, and are similar to dogs.

Li Fang, who was originally a businessman, has now become an official, which means he has changed from a dog to a human being or a "people" who surpasses the "grassy people". When he meets ordinary officials, he can be inferior without intuition and has more confidence.

Although Li Fang's eldest son has become the county magistrate and no one dares to mock him in person as "white clothes", Li Fang's own identity is "Shanghai", which is always a heart-wrenching problem.

Now that this heart disease has disappeared, the "Li Dongjia" has become "Li Yuanwai", as if he has suddenly become twenty years younger, and he always smiles when he sees people.

Not only Li Fang, but several wealthy merchants among the wealthy merchants have become "Left Minister of the Outsiders" and "Right Minister of the Outsiders", and several major bosses of the escort business have also become "Shi Outsiders" or "Shi Outsiders".

Sima, the official position, was also a scattered official. The person who obtained this position was also called "a certain official position".

The reason why the court gave such an honor was of course not to sell official positions, but to commend Li Fang and other "taxpayers". After all, the wealthy merchants in Jingxiang, Shannan made a lot of efforts to support the royal family to regain the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Taxpayers, especially those who have paid a large amount of taxes to the government for a long time, must be registered and accumulated over years before they are eligible for "nomination".

In other words, if you want to become a "someone" you cannot buy it with money.

Only after paying taxes for at least five consecutive years and the amount of tax payment has accumulated to a certain value can the local officials be qualified to report to the court, and then based on various performances, see if there are any bad deeds, then consider whether to grant any official positions as rewards.

In order to prevent the mis-taught and dismissal of officials from causing "outsiders" to leave the ground, the accumulated tax payment rating is very high.

And you have to pay taxes from industrial work so that the taxes can be accumulated. If you only pay taxes such as tow taxes, you are not qualified to accumulate them.

Li Fang and several other businessmen who mainly operated industries have achieved a transformation from dog to human this time, which has greatly stimulated many merchants and their desire to pay taxes has risen unprecedentedly.

However, the amount of tax payment is not the amount of money paid by merchants who want to pay more. They have to pay the tax based on the "revolution" or "transaction volume". Nowadays, tax collectors are very smart. Merchants want to pay more taxes, but they don't charge them.

Therefore, now the big bosses in Jingxiang, Huangzhou and Hongzhou in Shannan are eager to "pay taxes" and be "outsiders".

Being an official is the long-cherished wish of countless people. Even if it is just a nameless official, it is still an official. From "a certain boss" to "a certain official". The difference between them is the difference between dogs and humans. Who doesn't want it?

Having a half-office is a major event for glorious ancestors. It not only protects the clan and makes those treacherous clerks dare not make any decisions easily, but also makes their status in the genealogy higher than others in the future.

When descendants mention it, they all say, "The ancestors are so-and-so and a minister."

For the appointment of the court and to become a "outsider", many owners are eager to start industries or expand the scale of the industry, and become "big taxpayers". However, if they want to increase transaction volume and turnover, the premise is that the various products produced must have broad sales.

In other words, there must be a market.

Market is a popular word. For merchants in Huangzhou, their markets are all created by the government army.

Specifically, it was made by King Bin.

The kings of the south marched, Jiangzhou (now the Hongzhou General Administration), Ba, Xiang (now the Tanzhou General Administration), Guizhou, and Lingbiao became a vast market.

The King's East Expedition, Henan and Huaibei became a new market; the King's leadership of the Maritime Trade Department and the Sea Trade opened up another vast market for merchants in Huangzhou and even Shannan.

Last year, the great king Pingchen, the prosperous land of the Three Wus, once again became a new market.

Countless people, by opening various workshops and setting up industries, made a lot of profits from the market opened by King Bin, supported their families, supported their clans, and went to Huangzhou Prefecture to study and become officials by taking exams.

Of course, there are still "tax payers" now.

The huge market has benefited countless people. Following King Bin closely, whoever dares to pull his back will be in trouble. But now, there are people who are not sure that they are blocking the way forward. It is simply "unbearable".

Now, people at the party feel that "it's unbearable."

After discussing the current situation, Li Fang took the lead in speaking: "Everyone knows that there are some people in Jiangnan who are not honest and dare to instigate ignorant people to fight against the court and against the king!"

He said this, he was really indignant, and he kept patting the food case with his hands, and his official power was emitting: "Rixingchang Guest House was only starting business in Jiangnan at the beginning of the year, and Qingmiao Loan was released!"

"Everyone here has just set up a semicolon in Guangling, renting a large number of oxen and iron plows from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and negotiated with local bigwigs to acquire silk and hemp, signed a contract, and paid a deposit!"

"Also, as autumn approaches, everyone has to ship the orders from the Maritime Service to Guangling and deliver them to Jingkou. As a result, there are actually a group of traitors in Jiangnan who are causing trouble!"

"The king... the court will never tolerate these traitors. We want to do our part to pacify Jiangnan. Therefore, today Li summoned everyone to gather together to discuss a solution."

"Extraordinary, please give me some instructions if you have anything to do. We are willing to do our best to help the official army pacify Jiangnan!"

Everyone present expressed their opinions that this was not perfunctory, but that he was eager to come up with some effort. King Bin wanted to fight, and that no one was qualified to do his best.

In war, except for warriors, it is always a loss for others. However, King Bin can turn war into a good thing and benefit as much as possible from it.

Therefore, when fighting is good, everyone is looking forward to fighting. Of course, the premise is that the battle is fought by King Bin, or King Bin takes the lead.

There were people in Jiangnan who were causing trouble, but everyone was overjoyed after hearing this, because the king was in charge of Jiangnan. Once the war started, everyone's chance to get rich came.

At this moment, not only a few people in the private room, Huangzhou, and even around the surrounding areas, there were many people ready to go, and everyone was waiting for the "good" news to be heard from Jiangnan.
Chapter completed!