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Chapter 216 Who is Li Yuanfang?

Li Anran is very clear about the purpose of Li Shimin's continuous rewards. It is nothing more than buying and winning over them for future use.

But in Li Anran's opinion, the other party's means of buying and winning over him are really not powerful enough.

Think about it, whether it is Chunyang or the real person who protects the country, they are just a false reputation. If Li Anran wants to do things under the banner of Taoism, these two titles will be of great use, but he has no intention at all. Moreover, the so-called Taoist sect is actually just like the court in the secular world, and it is a system.

Even though Li Anran has many magical means to prove that he is indeed an alien, it is really elusive that he cannot withstand human thoughts and desires. If he enters this system, not to mention whether he can do anything based on the title of Chunyang Zhenren and the Guguo Zhenren, God knows how much trouble it will be in the future.

What's more, these two titles, especially those of the Real People of the Guardian, should be rewarded with great fanfare. As a result, they just sent an eunuch to give the Taoist imperial edict casually. Even with this imperial edict, the title of the Real People of the Guardian was indeed true, but in terms of influence, they were far inferior to those so-called great people in the world who were entrusted by Li Shimin to the world and had Taoist masters.

In addition to the title, let alone the rewards of Taihang Mountain. As mentioned before, this place is too big. Even if it falls under Li Anran's name, it is not much different from that. As for the silk, silk, satin, gold, silver, jewelry, jade, calligraphy, paintings and antiques that were awarded, it is of limited value.

"Li Er is too stingy. I want me to work hard for him with such a little benefit? Dreaming! However, having is better than not, and it is not a waste of effort. At least those poultry purchased will definitely be profitable." Li Anran, who was holding the fragrant tea and savoring it all. While thinking to himself, he continued to wait for the villain in front of him to continue talking.

"The Enlightenment Academy, cooking training class, traditional Chinese medicine training class, driving training class, and agricultural college, I understand." After repeating these names with quite novel words, Cheng Yaojin said again: "This is the second thing. The emperor wants to ask the real person, how is the commercial tax on this commercial street being piloted?"

"Business Tax?" When Li Anran knew that this tax collection method would definitely be adopted by Li Shimin. After all, this kind of tax was used by all countries on the earth in modern time and space. It is not an exaggeration to say that it has condensed the essence of the commercial field for hundreds or even thousands of years. It is not an exaggeration to say that the other party is not moved.

As for why he asked through Cheng Yaojin's mouth instead of asking directly, Li Anran had some speculation after just pondering. First of all, although Li Shimin was the king of a country, the operation of the entire Tang Dynasty was still closely related to the wealthy and prominent families, and commercial taxation in some aspects violated the vested interests of these people.

It was precisely to avoid causing any trouble. Li Shimin would have an indifferent attitude at the beginning. This time, when he asked privately, the other party asked about this matter through Cheng Yaojin's mouth. In Li Anran's opinion, in addition to not wanting to be too deeply involved, he still had the intention of determining the amount of the commercial tax during the period and where the tax was going.

It’s not that Li Shimin was really short of money to this point, but because the “money prospect” of commercial tax was quite huge. Before, for locust plagues, rumors and other matters were not caring about this. Seeing that locust plagues in various parts of the Guandidao are gradually subsided, and disaster relief and people’s work is also proceeding in an orderly manner, I thought of this matter.

When I proposed the business tax before, I just hoped that this new tax would bring huge changes to the Tang Dynasty. I could get some benefits of traveling through time and mysterious runes from it. I had never thought about any bad ideas about this money, so when I saw this, I said simply:

"The trial of commercial tax is quite smooth, and all tax accounts are very complete. As for taxes, I am currently keeping them here. I originally planned to entrust General Cheng to Chang'an in a few days. Since General Cheng asked about it, I think it is better to choose a date than a day. I will ask the people below to prepare the accounts and taxes, and then General Cheng will take them away directly."

"Since that's the case, I'll have a real person." Cheng Yaojin, who was originally here with this purpose, saw that the other party cooperated so well, all the words he had prepared before were useless. He didn't look like some literati now, saying something stupid and sobbing, and clasped his fists and said.

"You don't have to be polite, General." Li Anran, who waved his hand, said, and asked someone to call Xiangyun to the front hall and ordered: "Yun'er, go and sort out all the accounts that have been piloted for commercial tax and the tax paid by the shops during this period. General Cheng will take it back to Chang'an."

"Yes, young master." Seeing Cheng Yaojin sitting aside, who was still having food and drink, Xiangyun, who could easily guess something, didn't ask anything more. After giving a light gift, he dragged Su Xiaomei, who was waiting outside, to check the accounts, and asked someone to count every tax and load it on a donkey cart.

"General Cheng, let's talk about the third thing." Li Anran, who was too lazy to talk to the other party anymore, said.

Cheng Yaojin, who knew that he was not a popular partner in the other party's eyes, swallowed the last piece of jerky, poured the grape wine in the cup in one bite, and then said: "The third thing is that the emperor asked me to ask the real person what he thinks about Tuli surrendering to the Tang Dynasty and Jie Li's envoys who wanted to exchange Liang Shidu for Khitan."

"Tuli surrendered to Tang and Jie Li's envoy wanted to exchange Liang Shishou for Khitan?" Li Anran, who originally thought that Li Shimin had fallen in love with him again or wanted to ask for some help from him, never expected that the other party would mention these two things. So after a moment of stunnedness, he said, "I'm talking about General Cheng, are you kidding?"

"Why did the real person say this?" Cheng Yaojin asked, who was also stunned for a moment.

"Please, this is a political affairs of the Tang Dynasty. Why did the Master ask me what I think? I am not Li Yuanfang!" Recalling the lines of the TV series that are popular on the modern time and space Internet, Li Anran said angrily.

"Who is Li Yuanfang?" Cheng Yaojin, who was surprised at why the political affairs of the Tang Dynasty were related to this person, asked hurriedly.

"Uh... He is a bad guy who is good at it and often asked 'Yuan Fang, what do you think?'." Li Anran, who knew that he had been talking, quickly changed the topic and said, "General Cheng, I have to ask you to report back to the emperor. I am a person from the upper realm. Even if I enter the world to deal with the disaster, I cannot ask about such major matters. Therefore, I am powerless."

"So that's it. I will definitely report the answer from the real person." Cheng Yaojin, who had expected a similar answer, was not surprised at all, but instead he remembered Li Yuanfang's name in his heart. He turned around and planned to ask someone to check who this person was, why could the person in front of him be kept on his lips, and he looked very familiar.

"Then please General Cheng." Li Anran, who bowed his hand, saw that the other party had no intention of leaving, could only say helplessly: "I wonder if there is anything else for the general to come this time?"

"The real person is really a wise man, and he really has something to ask about." Cheng Yaojin, who was embarrassed at all, smiled.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Li Anran said, waved his hand.

"I heard that the real person has refined a large number of body refining potions?" Cheng Yaojin, who knew that the temper in front of him was not polite, asked directly.

"I said that this is just a substitute, which is fundamentally different from the potion I brought from the upper realm. However, the effect is not bad. Why? General Cheng is interested?" Li Anran asked, who looked at the other party.

"Yes, of course, this is a good thing. Even if it is not as good as the original potion, it is enough as long as it can be as effective as the real person said. I just don't know how many real persons there are?" Cheng Yaojin asked with a smile on his palm.
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