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Zhao Nanyan hugged Li Ke's waist tightly the moment the bicycle was moving forward, and then his body stabilized.

However, she immediately felt that the bicycle was still very stable, and she didn't look like she was about to fall.

Moreover, compared to the carriage, it seems to be much more stable, without the bumpy feeling of the carriage!

"A car with two wheels can actually run and carry people!"

She turned her head to look at Wu Meiniang, Xie Wan'er and the others, and found that they were getting farther and farther away in her sight.

It shows that this car can not only carry people, but also is quite fast.

After taking her around for a while, she became more courageous now, not worried about falling down.

"Try it? I'll teach you."

Li Ke suddenly thought of letting Zhao Nanyan learn to ride.

"Husband, I still don't want to learn. If I fall down and scratch my skin, it will be bad."

However, Zhao Nanyan shook her head. She was afraid that she would hit the ground on her face when she fell, and she would regret it to death if she scratched her skin and disfigured her face.

Even if the skin is scratched elsewhere, the scars are ugly.

"What about you? Learn?"

Hearing this, Li Ke smiled, and looked at Wu Meiniang and Xie Wan'er again.

"We don't learn either."

Wu Meiniang and Xie Wan'er also shook their heads in unison.

They are also extremely beautiful, and they are also worried about falling and disfiguring, which is too bad.

In case I leave scars, which are not good-looking, and are disliked by Li Ke, I will really cry to death.

Li Ke looked at the women with five surnames again, but he had the same reaction.

"That's it."

Li Ke was speechless when he saw this scene.

He still underestimated how much everyone loves beauty, but he can understand it.

After all, the level of medicine in this era is not so developed, if any scars are left, it is really difficult to deal with them.

Immediately, Li Ke called some soldiers and asked them to learn how to ride a bicycle.

Anyway, these soldiers are all elite, none of them have any scars from the battlefield.

In the eyes of soldiers, scars are the glory of soldiers, and they are not afraid of leaving scars.

"One person is behind to support, first familiarize yourself with the law of stepping on the foot, and then slowly release it."

Li Ke explained to the soldiers.

The reason why he let the soldiers learn to ride was for the promotion of bicycles later.

At that time, bicycles will be mass-produced, and they will always be sold, right?

But with your two-wheeled bicycle, how do you make everyone feel that the bicycle can be ridden without falling over?

It is natural to ride on the street several times, and let everyone see this scene with their own eyes, so that everyone will believe that this bicycle can really be ridden.

But it is obviously impossible for him to do this job. How can he ride a bicycle and demonstrate to the common people on the street all day long?

So, he thought about teaching some soldiers, and then let them go to the street as human-shaped billboards, telling everyone that bicycles can indeed be ridden.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The soldiers also witnessed the scene of Li Ke riding with their own eyes just now, and they have long been looking forward to it.

Now that I can ride a bicycle myself, I am naturally very excited.

However, they still haven't been beaten by bicycles.

"boom!"

"what!"

"boom!"

"what!"

Next, in the large open space in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, there were constant sounds of bicycles falling to the ground, as well as the cries of pain from the soldiers after they fell.

When Zhao Nanyan, Wu Meiniang, Xie Wan'er and others saw this scene, their eyes were filled with joy.

Fortunately, I and others didn't learn to ride a bicycle before, otherwise they would be the ones who fell badly now.

Thinking of this, Zhao Nanyan and others couldn't help but give Li Ke a blank look.

Li Ke was not surprised when he saw this scene, after all, this scene had already been expected by him.

It is impossible to learn to bike without falling.

Anyway, learn slowly, and it will come naturally after falling a few more times.

Li Ke asked them to continue studying here, while he returned to the study with his secretary team.

"Your Highness, this is last month's business tax data, which was just calculated today."

Li Qingqi sent the business tax data just sent by the Commerce Bureau to Li Ke.

Li Qingqi was born in the Li family of Longxi. Speaking of which, the Li family of Longxi and the Li family of the royal family belong to the same lineage.

It's just that the Li family in Longxi felt that the Li family of the royal family had Xianbei blood, and disdained to be of the same family as the Li family, so they directly separated the Li family's bloodline.

It's a pity that in the 30 years of Hedong and the 30 years of Hexi, it is estimated that the Li family in Longxi never thought that they would be subdued by Li Ke.

"Oh?"

Li Ke picked up the business tax data of last month, took a quick look, and then nodded in satisfaction.

Two months have passed since the first commercial tax was collected.

This is already the third batch of commercial taxes and the second full month of commercial taxes.

As expected, the business tax for the first full month exceeded 2 guan in one fell swoop, reaching 2.1 guan.

And the business tax for this second full month actually increased again on the basis of last month.

It reached 2.3 in one fell swoop!

This growth rate is still very fast, which shows that the commercial development of Yangzhou and Suzhou is becoming more and more prosperous.

Moreover, he noticed that the report given by the Bureau of Commerce mentioned that many businessmen from other places recently settled in Yangzhou and Suzhou.

And I applied for business licenses in the commercial bureaus of Yangzhou and Suzhou, obviously deciding to do business here in the future.

According to the data, this number is quite a lot!

And the reason for this phenomenon, Li Ke also understands the reason.

Because the imperial decree of Chang'an City has been spread to many places, including Yangzhou and Suzhou in the east.

The imperial decree has clearly stated that in Yangzhou, Suzhou, Dengzhou, and Quanzhou, the policy of collecting commercial taxes and improving the status of merchants will be piloted.

In other words, in the entire Tang Dynasty, if a businessman wanted to gain a higher status and allow his children to take the imperial examination, he had to go to these four states.

This will naturally cause businessmen around these four states to move towards these four states, so that they can enjoy the policies of these four states.

In this way, there will be more and more businessmen in these four states, and business will become more and more prosperous.

There will be more and more commercial taxes collected!

"In the future, these four states will become the richest state capitals in Datang!"

Li Ke knew very well the benefits brought by this siphon effect.

As long as this policy is in place, the longer these four states are monopolized, the greater the benefits to the development of these four states.

There are so many businessmen from other places in Yangzhou and Suzhou who transferred here, so it must be the same in Dengzhou and Quanzhou.

He remembered the news he received from Li Yin and Li You some time ago, and now the development of Dengzhou and Quanzhou are on the right track.

All are developing rapidly according to his plan.

All kinds of factories and various policies have been implemented smoothly.

Now the salt fields in Dengzhou and Quanzhou have begun to produce a large amount of salt, and the shipyards have also begun to build Galen ships.

As for other ship technologies, they have also been distributed to various local shipyards.

The shipbuilding industries of the two places have begun to gather momentum and will soon enter a period of explosive development.

Banks have also opened up, completely copying the ones in Yangzhou and Suzhou, lending money to fishermen, allowing them to buy big boats and go fishing.

The caught fish are then sent to seafood processing plants before being transported inland.

Moreover, there are also auctions of agency rights for businesses in various states, which are basically the agency rights of the northern and southern state capitals.

All the money was deposited into the accounts of Dengzhou Branch and Li Ke of Quanzhou Branch.

Of course, Li Ke naturally eats meat when he does things, and he will definitely give soup to others.

Of course, he distributed some of the money to Li Yin and Li You.

After all, both Li Yin and Li You are doing things for him, so it can't be good to work for nothing.

In short, both Dengzhou and Quanzhou have embarked on the fast track of development, 1 and are developing rapidly in accordance with the model of Yangzhou and Suzhou.

During this time, there were many businessmen from Dengzhou and Quanzhou in Yangzhou.

When they come to Yangzhou to do business, they don't need to bring a lot of copper coins, they only need to bring some small money for daily expenses such as accommodation and meals.

For large transactions involved in doing business, you can go directly to the bank.

Anyway, before they came from Dengzhou and Quanzhou, they had already taken a large-amount withdrawal form from the bank in advance.

For example, if you come to Yangzhou to do business this time, you may need 5 guan, so you can go directly to the bank to get a withdrawal slip of 5 guan.

This kind of withdrawal slip has a unique anti-counterfeiting technology, which can only be made inside the bank, and bank personnel can also distinguish between genuine and fake.

Just take the 5-pass withdrawal slip, and you can withdraw 5-pass cash at any branch!

Of course, you don’t need to withdraw it, and you can directly use these 5 withdrawal slips to transfer the money to the passbook of the person you need to trade.

At the same time, if you have made money doing business in Yangzhou and Suzhou, you don't need to bring a lot of copper coins back.

For example, I earned 5 strings of cash in Yangzhou.

You only need to deposit these copper coins in the bank at the Yangzhou branch, and the bank will give you a large deposit certificate with a denomination of 5.

After you return to Dengzhou or Quanzhou, you can deposit the 5 pass into your passbook by presenting this certificate of deposit at the local branch.

It can be said that the online operation of Dengzhou Branch and Quanzhou Branch has made the business transactions in these four states countless times more convenient!

It can also greatly promote the prosperity of commerce and trade in these four states, and trade exchanges and so on.

It is also because the commerce and trade in the four states have become more convenient, and a large number of businessmen have settled in Yangzhou and Suzhou.

Naturally, the monthly business tax figures in these two places are increasing rapidly.

Next, the monthly business tax collected in Yangzhou and Suzhou alone may reach 3, 4, or even more.

This year, it will be about 50 Guan, plus the commercial tax of Dengzhou and Quanzhou.

In total, it may reach about 1 per year!

The commercial tax collected by the four states alone in one year reached one-eighth of Datang's annual fiscal revenue!

At that time, this number will probably stun Li Shimin and all the ministers of the court!

PS: The third update! .

Chapter 229 Two Vehicles Launched!Host a bike race!

Afterwards, Li Ke returned to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion on the first bicycle of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Nanyan, Wu Meiniang, Xie Wan'er and the others looked at the bicycle in surprise on a large piece of open space in the courtyard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Just now, they saw with their own eyes that Li Ke was riding this strange vehicle with only two wheels without anyone's support, and he could still keep from falling.

This is really amazing, completely beyond their cognition.

"Husband, slow down, don't fall."