Datang: My Peerless Talent Has Been Exposed

"Brother, you said that if the merchant tax is collected, our great cause will not be affected much. The big deal is to pay more money every year, but will those farmers suffer in the end?"

"After all, apart from their own use and tax payment, their hard earned income for a year is usually sold to merchants!"

Zhang Nuo looked at Li Shimin strangely, as if he had known him for the first day,

"Okay, Lao Li, I didn't expect you to be concerned about the country and the people. I thought you would jump up when you heard about the business tax!"

"But you're wrong. As long as there are more and more workshops like ours, the farmers will only benefit and not suffer!"

Zhang Nuo picked up a glass of wine with a smile, drank it down and continued,

"Take our distillery as an example. We need a lot of grain, so if there is less grain on the market, do we have to increase the price to buy it? Then, can farmers earn more money every year?"

"After all, there is only so much grain on the market. We want it, and the grain merchants want it too. It depends on who pays the highest price!"

"At the same time, because we are a workshop, both brewing and selling require a lot of manpower, so as long as the farmers are diligent, can they earn more income during slack?"

"This is the wonderful function of business tax. If the state government collects my tax, it will naturally ensure the smooth progress of my business. Then I can also recruit people and produce in large quantities. If he doesn't charge me tax, I still worry about it. The dynasty sold the wine business to a monopoly!"

Li Shimin nodded approvingly. Indeed, in many dynasties, the court monopolized salt and iron wine.

"Brother Zhang, do you think the imperial court will take over the wine business because they are greedy for our profit from selling wine?"

Zhang Nuo shook his head and said firmly,

"I don't know about the other emperors. As far as the current emperor is concerned, he will never break his promise and get fat. He will not accept it if he says he won't accept it. What's more, if the people are encouraged to sell wine, if the country only collects commercial taxes, it will be even more advantageous. Why should the country want to monopolize it? ?”

"You are not an official of the imperial court, let alone the current sage. Naturally, you can only see our own business, but if you are the current sage, who can see the whole country and rule the people, it will be different."

Li Shimin actually wanted to slap the table very much at this moment, and shouted that I am the emperor, but after thinking about it, he held back.

In the future, he still expects to continue to do business in partnership with shopkeeper Xiao Zhang to earn money, eat delicious food, and drink fine wine. How can he have a showdown at this moment? He must endure it.

So Li Shimin approached Zhang Nuo with a smile and said,

"Brother, you know that I am a businessman, so my vision is naturally not as good as yours, but tell me, let me gradually follow your footsteps!"

Zhang Nuo looked at Li Shimin with satisfaction and nodded. Old Li has made progress. He can not only see his own advantages, but also work hard to improve himself. It seems that he will teach Lao Li more in the future, and he does not want to be as good as himself. , but more or less can get some edification is not.

Empress Changsun also looked at all this with a smile. She didn't care about the closeness of the two in front of her. What she cared about was that His Majesty seemed to be extremely relaxed at the moment. Even in the Lizheng Palace where she lived, she had never seen such a relaxed and comfortable Majesty.

Hongyu stared at the two with dumbfounded eyes. Zhang Nuo didn't know, but she knew. The one who came up to Zhang Nuo to pour wine with a flattering expression was not a small businessman in Chang'an. Ninety-five supreme ah.

My future husband just laughed and played with His Majesty, and His Majesty was not only not angry, but even laughed happily?

Hongyu knew that since she agreed to come and take a look, she had already been Mrs. Zhang Nuo's favorite wife.

How can you allow others to violate the golden words?

It was already a fluke to be brought by the emperor and empress to talk about matchmaking. Unless there was a serious problem, otherwise, this matter was a certainty, and there was no room for her to pick and choose.

It's just that looking at it now, it seems that this future husband is a top choice except for his knowledge of people, which is a bit ridiculous.

Maybe I have to thank His Majesty and the Queen for giving her a good marriage?

Zhang Nuo's taste was enough, and he finally said,

"Actually, in the eyes of the Holy Majesty and the officials of the imperial court, it is not the gains and losses of one city or one place that are considered."

"The liquor monopoly seems to have been made by the court, but in fact, because no one dares to compete, the monopoly business naturally does not want to make progress, and the wine will naturally become worse and worse."

"Anyway, ordinary people have no other place to buy it. They have to drink both the good and the bad. But if things go on like this, will some people secretly brew their own wine and drink it? Will they just stop drinking it?"

"But if it is open for everyone to operate, and your family has good wine and I don't have it, then I have to rush to develop one?"

"In this way, there will be more and more types of wine, and the quality will get better and better, so more and more food will be used, more people will be invited, and the commercial tax of the court will also increase. The more, is it better than selling wine yourself?"

Zhang Nuo looked proudly at Lao Li's stunned expression. It seemed that what he just said was perfect!

Chapter 39

Li Shimin's heart is full of shame at this moment, it turns out that from another perspective, there are so many benefits.I was a generation of emperors in vain, but I didn't realize the intricacies of it, and I was still staring at the little money for selling wine.

It seems that I really have to learn from shopkeeper Xiao Zhang in the future.

At the same time, he also began to extend to the policies he promulgated on weekdays. The shopkeeper Zhang's move is actually not seeking the gains and losses of one city or one place, looking at the world, accepting all rivers, and treating the entire country as a game of chess.

And the most wonderful thing is, take one step and see three steps, interlocking and step by step.

Li Shimin was thinking about it now, if the imperial court advocated the private wine business, it would be represented by his own business with Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper, and when this fine wine was released, it would naturally attract people to loot it.

But aren't other businessmen jealous?

With their own members, some pickling methods can't be used naturally, but they can follow suit. Even if they don't have the magic skills like Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper, they can probably sell some ordinary wine with high quality and low price.

At that time, it is not necessary to purchase a large amount of grain?Why don't you hire a lot of people?Wouldn't the national treasury be able to collect a lot of business taxes?

Zhang Nuo saw that Li Shimin's face was full of smiles, and added leisurely,

"There is another benefit of commercial taxation. I can't say it clearly, but it is very useful for His Majesty's imperial power!"

"That is, the rich and famous families are now exempt from agricultural tax by relying on the official status of the sons and daughters of the clan. If things go on like this, these wealthy and famous families will definitely annex a large number of farmers or even seize land from farmers."

"Over time, a large number of farmers had no land to grow, so they could only sell themselves into slavery and even revolted."

"But the commercial tax is different. This is a new tax. The Holy Majesty can issue a decree from the very beginning stating that even the royal relatives are not exempt from tax. In this way, as the commercial tax increases in the future, these wealthy families can only Pay your taxes slowly."

Li Shimin almost jumped at the table, tall, really tall!