Chapter 332: All the heroes (Nine)

Rejecting Zhao Jiu's affection, Liu Jiangqing and two minor officials wandered around the street aimlessly along the street. They turned to a bell tower. Liu Jiangqing carefully looked at the big words "Dragon Flying Phoenix Dance" on the bell tower, and then carefully observed the surrounding houses for a while, and then confirmed that Jiang Si's family lived nearby.

Like many cities in Dazhou, the names of the streets like to use the most distinctive architectural features. The most conspicuous building on this street is naturally this bell tower with a bit ancient flavor but still tall and tall. Therefore, the name of this street is named after the bell tower, called Bell Tower Street.

In addition to the famous bell tower, Zhonglou Street has always been famous in the Dazhou for its fur street. When Liu Jiangqing was in Shishan, he heard about the reputation of Cizhou Fur Street. At this time, he arrived at the bell tower and did not see any fur shops.

Liu Jiangqing always felt that there were eyes staring at him behind him, so he followed the merchant's stance and wandered around several fur shops, while looking for a shopkeeper with a few white spots on his face. The shopkeeper with white spots was Jiang Si's father's friend. This time, when the thief blossomed, he was also imprisoned. However, he was very lucky. He had just paid the money to leave the cell, and the situation changed suddenly in the cell.

Soon, the white-spotted shopkeeper surnamed Liu was found. Liu Jiangqing entered the shop and said that he was looking at fur goods. The shopkeeper Liu took out several styles of fur goods. Liu Jiangqing looked left and looked again, and his eyes stopped on a woman's fur coat.

When he and Xiaoshu were on Shamen Island, the straw shed they lived in was so simple that it was difficult to shelter from the wind and rain. The two had to lean tightly against each other to warm each other to survive the long and severe cold. When he was in the straw shed, what Xiaoshu wanted most was a thick fur coat.

Manager Liu had vicious eyes. From Liu Jiangqing's expression, he could see that he liked this female leather jacket very much, and said, "I am Liu Er. This manager must have come from luck. If I guess correctly, he came from Daliang."

Liu Jiangqing took his eyes back from the fur coat, and his fingers were still placed on the soft fur of the fur coat, gently stroked it, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Li Li, how did you know that Liu is from Daliang?"

Manager Liu shook his head and said, "Where is Daliang? It is the imperial capital. Generally speaking, the shopkeeper of the imperial capital, even if he wears a most ordinary long gown, his every move is different from that of people in other places, and his body is full of official spirit."

"Where does a person who runs around have any official spirit?" Liu Jiangqing suddenly picked up the fur coat and looked at the sky. "This fur coat is a fur coat north of Yinshan."

The shopkeeper's original expression was casual, and as soon as Liu Jiangqing said this, his expression became solemn, and he said, "It turns out that he is really an expert. He is really disrespectful. This is the authentic Beiyin goat skin. After passing Yinshan, the snow is as heavy as a millstone in winter, and the weather is even colder. The sheep skin is naturally different, with small holes and a little soft skin. Look."

"Price."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It depends on how many things are there. If there are more than a hundred pieces, each piece is 200 pieces, each piece is 260 pieces."

"A piece of fine silk is only 400 yuan. Your fur coat is too expensive. I will pay 2,000 yuan. If you order ten men's fur coats and another 200 yuan, you will need this women's style. And, all the goods need leather from the north of Yinshan."

The two bargained for a while, but in the end they made a deal at the price of Liujiang clearance. While asking the waiter to carry fur for him, the shopkeeper said heartbrokenly: "This is the first time I'm doing business with Manager Liu. I just treat it as a friend. I haven't made any money."

At this time, two yamen runners walked out of the house. They were all extremely thin. The one who walked in front had a beard with a horoscope, with rich content on his face. The beards, wrinkles, dark spots, and large and small acne were squeezed into a ball on his face. He said as he walked: "Shopkeeper Liu, there is a customer coming, why don't you let the friend come and spread it? Do you want to slip away from my hand?"

When Manager Liu saw the two of them entering the door, his face became extremely ugly, but soon smiled again and said, "Two masters, I'm just about to come to you."

The thin yamen runner stood beside the shopkeeper and Liu Jiangqing, patted a bunch of fur goods with his hands and said, "How much are these goods worth?" He pointed at the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, don't say it, let him say it."

Liu Jiangqing had done business and served as the Nanwei of Daliang City. He knew the meaning of the yamen runner. He saw that Manager Liu smiled bitterly and said, "These goods are worth 1,100 yuan." Seeing that Liu Jiangqing was extremely smart, the shopkeeper slowly calmed down.

But the thin yamen runner suddenly changed color and said, "Don't be careless here. These goods are worth at least 5,000 yuan. According to Cizhou's rules, you must pay for money. Five thousand yuan will be charged for 500 yuan. Storekeeper Liu will pay 200 yuan." He pointed to Liu Jiangqing and said, "You pay 300 yuan."

Excluding money is a kind of miscellaneous tax.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, miscellaneous taxes refer to all taxes from land, including salt, wine, tea, and gates as four major sources of wealth. In addition, there are also purchases, payments, household taxes, green acres, cash, taxes, and expelling money.

The money for the Mo is essentially a transaction tax. According to the law of the Great Zhou, if the public and private transactions exceed 1,000 yuan, the public collects twenty yuan. If there is any hidden retribution, two thousand yuan will be confiscated and sixty yuan will be confiscated for every hundred yuan hidden.

Liu Jiangqing was secretly surprised and said, "The money is not that high, Daliang City only draws twenty or twenty in one thousand, and one thousand draws one hundred. It's too high. How can we make a profit?"

The tall and thin man interrupted without hesitation: "Daliang is Daliang, Cizhou is Cizhou. As long as you come to Cizhou, you have to follow this rule."

Liu Jiangqing immediately responded: "If you do this, you won't be able to finish the fur in Cizhou, and the income from the yamen will naturally be gone." He gestured with his hands twice and said: "It's best not to do the things that kill chickens and get eggs."

The thin yamen runner did not expect that the Daliang merchant was so tricky. He slapped the table and said, "Kill the chicken to get eggs, I insist on killing the chicken to get eggs." Another yamen runner who had not made any noise came forward, picked up the fur and looked at it, and said, "Hey, Jianglang, you've read it wrong. This is a good sheepskin on the Khitan, which is worth at least 8,000 yuan."

The thin yamen runner laughed and said, "That's right, forget about three thousand words. The shopkeeper from Daliang, don't you advise me not to kill the chicken to get eggs, then, these three hundred words are on your head." He stretched out his hand and said, "Six hundred words to get the money from the union, hurry up and get it."

Behind Liu Jiangqing are two minor officials of Kaifeng Prefecture. They have always bullied people. Now they are bullied by the yamen runners in Cizhou. They are all full of anger. Seeing that Liu Jiangqing was shaking his hand behind him gently for a few times, they endured it.

Seeing that Liu Jiangqing was standing still, the thin yamen runner reached out and grabbed Liu Jiangqing's clothes and said, "I have seen you many unruly people like you. Come with me to the yamen."

Liu Jiang Qingge opened the thin yamen runner's arm and said, "Okay, I'll hand you over, it's all right now."

After paying the money, the two yamen runners cursed and left.

The shopkeeper saw Liu Jiangqing paying so much more money for no reason and was a little disgusted, so he said angrily: "Shopkeeper Liu, you are right just now. These yamen runners killed chickens and retrieve eggs, which is tantamount to breaking their own way of wealth. A few years ago, there were dozens of fur shops on Zhonglou Street in Cizhou. There were so many merchants from all over the country, so he didn't have to worry about not having any business. The yamen runners took much more taxes to eliminate the union than they are now. That was a good time." He lowered his voice and said: "In the past two years, the Jin envoy arrived in Cizhou. The fur shop was dead and ran away. Now there are only three or four left. If I can't pass this year, my family will be closed."

Liu Jiangqing sighed and said, "Close the door, and the whole family drinks the northwest wind."

Manager Liu said mysteriously: "Dozens of fur shops in Cizhou have moved to Lingzhou now. However, they first arrived in Lingzhou and are not as famous as fur shops in Clock Tower Street in Cizhou. I also set up a shop in Lingzhou and will open it in a while. When you come, I will give you the lowest price."

"It turns out that they all went to Lingzhou. When I left Daliang, a friend also told me that Lingzhou furry was better than Cizhou, and I didn't believe it." Liu Jiangqing paused and said casually: "In the past, the shopkeeper Jiang had a relationship with Jae-seok, but now he is still Cizhou in Lingzhou."

After the yamen runner incident, Liu Jiangqing showed his professional level, which made Manager Liu have no doubts at all. He believed that he was the shopkeeper from Daliang. He looked around and lowered his voice: "Shopkeeper Jiang's life is too hard. After decades of hard work, all his belongings were given to those officials who were heartbroken."

Manager Liu told Jiang Si everything about Jiang Si, which was basically consistent with Jiang Si's narrative, and Liu Jiangqing had a clear idea.

When Liu Jiangqing turned around, Manager Liu suddenly said, "There is another thing. I want to remind Manager Liu that the tariffs in Cizhou are higher than those in other places. You have to think of a solution."

The taxes in the city have been around for a long time, but when Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty suddenly increased. After hearing Zhao Zan's suggestion, Dezong set up tax collectors in various checkpoints and checkpoints to collect goods taxes from merchants, with a thousand-money tax of twenty, and a one-tenth tax for bamboo, wood, tea paint. After the Houliang, the scope of this tariff was wider and the tax was too excessive. Not only taxes and merchants, but also taxes and pedestrians, not only taxes and goods, but also taxes and non-cargoes. Since the Great Zhou Dynasty, although the tariffs have not been thoroughly identified, they have been greatly reduced. Only merchants are levied and taxes of five thousand-money taxes have been levied.

Thinking of the thin yamen runner's appearance, Liu Jiangqing smiled bitterly: "I just published 600 documents, but I can't say how much I have to pay when I pass the test. It seems that this trip to Cizhou is a loss. I will never dare to buy it again. With these fur goods, I will just go back to Daliang."

After leaving the Liu family shop, Liu Jiangqing and the other two prepared to return to the hotel with fur. Not long after, there were a dozen young men with crooked hats suddenly appeared in front of them. The leader was Liu Jiu who met in the hotel. At this time, he had no smile on his face and became quite sinister.

"I'm really ignorant of being a dog. I'm shameless and beat me hard."

The dozen young people took out the hidden short sticks and rushed towards Liu Jiangqing and others. Liu Jiangqing and the two yamen runners were good at Kaifeng Prefecture. After being hit by a few sticks, they all had a short stick in their hands. Liu Jiangqing saw these scoundrels holding the stick and shouting, and some running figures appeared in the distance, so he shouted: "Beat."
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