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But then, the white-haired old man who started talking—Master Cao immediately said:

"Even the 1600 catties of grain came from the land of the Feng Dynasty. Without the silk trade, it would eventually enter the mouths of the people!

"In the past, we could eat these grains without weaving silk, but now the grain fields have been reduced, and the hard-working weaves are transported overseas and worn by foreigners. But what I ate to the people is still the grain I ate, and I wear them. cloth.

"May I ask how this ocean-going trade will benefit me in the end!

"You know, without the mulberry field, I can produce 400 catties of grain per household, and 100 million pieces of cloth is—"

Having said that, Master Cao paused.

Wen Chi continued with a smile: "That's 4 million catties of grain, worth 000 guan, and there are more than 12 living people."

Master Cao finally showed a triumphant smile: "So, this sea should be banned!"

“非也。”闻弛却依旧摇头道,“4,000万斤粮，值12万贯。百万匹布,值50万贯,若税五取一,则税银10万贯。若进出相衡,则我朝将进口50万贯货，又税五取一,再得税银10万贯。此乃20万贯。

"Silk trade only accounts for a part of seaborne trade, plus porcelain, tea, books and groceries, etc., and there should be another 10 guan in and out.

"That would be a total of 30 guan.

"If Your Majesty takes the 30 guan to buy grain from foreign merchants, Mr. Cao, how much grain can you get?"

Following Wen Chi's words, some people have already been dazed by him, while the other people's faces showed joy after being stunned, and Qian Chengdi's eyes became brighter and brighter.

Tan Yan reacted the fastest, and immediately said: "That's ten million catties of grain, and more than 16 people are alive!"

The people in the court were shocked by this number.

30 guan is really not much compared to the annual tax revenue of 5000 million taels in the Feng Dynasty at this time, but for a tax bank, most of the money is grain and cloth, and the maximum amount of money is several million taels. For the imperial court, that is real gold and silver!

"No!" An unfamiliar young official suddenly retorted, "I get 30% of the import tax and no export tax. Where did the [-] guan come from?"

Now it was Wen Chi's turn to be stunned.

Although the tax rate was his analogy, he really didn't expect that there was no export tax in ancient times, and the import tax was so low!

He turned his head and looked at Qian Chengdi in a daze.

Qian Chengdi smiled at him.

Seeing that everyone finally stopped to look at him, Emperor Qiancheng smiled indifferently and said, "Look at what I'm doing? Can I give you money and food? Since the benefits of sea trade are so great, they didn't accept them before, but now You can put it away too!"

No one expected that Emperor Qian Cheng would make this decision so easily.

The white-haired Mr. Cao hesitated and said: "But your majesty, if such a heavy tax scares away the foreign businessmen, what should we do? And where does this food come from? Even if I want to buy it later, the price of food Lee can't impress the merchants in the East, and we can't buy food even if we have money!"

At this moment, Wen Chi thought in his heart, you have asked for a sea ban, are you afraid of scaring away foreign businessmen?

And it is required that 1/3 of the ships entering the port must carry food, isn't it over?

But seeing Emperor Qiancheng's rash attitude before, Wen Chi didn't dare to speak for a while.

This is a decision that concerns the fate of 2 million people. He hasn't thought much about it himself, so how dare he say it casually?

But at this time Emperor Qian Cheng's eyes were still looking at Wen Chi with burning eyes.

What about the eyes?It was so clear that it seemed to have the innocence of a teenager, and it was hard to refuse.

It's as if he knows that Wen Chi still has a way, as if he doesn't know what to do without Wen Chi.

Seeing such eyes, Wen Chi subconsciously licked his lips for some reason.

Then he looked away, turned to look at Master Cao and said, "Master Cao, you know that in the silk weaving trade, silk is transported to the east, and those who are more profitable can be exchanged for gold of equal weight. If we compare the price of gold with mine, then 10 pennies of silver. In half penetrating out of 10 pennies, the benefits of which are unstoppable?"

In fact, Wen Chi heard about this matter from Wei Yin before.He knew that Wen Chi was interested in strange and weird plants, so he searched for all kinds of plants from overseas businessmen, and often told Wen Chi some novel things.

Seeing the shock of the others again, Wen Chi went on to say: "I once heard that there is one thing that can yield 6000 jin per mu in half a year, and [-] jin per mu in two seasons. Mr. Cao, Do you know what this is?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this data.

Wen Chi looked at the real expressions on the faces of these people in front of him, and couldn't help frowning.

Mr. Cao shook his head in a daze, and asked in disbelief: "What is this thing? There is such a yield, it's a godsend!"

Wen Chi was immediately overwhelmed by the question.

"I -- I heard what others said --" Wen Chi looked at Emperor Qian Cheng in a daze, thinking that at least some of the people present knew it.

Emperor Qian Cheng frowned slightly, thought for a while and said to Chang Ming: "Go find some people from Fujian to come and ask questions."

Things went smoothly after that.

Wen Chi didn't know why Emperor Qian Cheng asked Chang Ming to find people from Fujian.

But a few little eunuchs came, and after Chang Ming recounted the words to them, these little eunuchs immediately said a lot, and they really confirmed what Wen Chi said was called "root potato".

All of a sudden the courtiers were really shocked.

Even Qian Chengdi is no exception.

Wen Chi never imagined that in this ancient place where the transportation was very underdeveloped and the transmission of information was very inconvenient, such a thing would actually happen-even the emperor didn't know what the people of a country were eating.

If he doesn't even know that there is such a good thing, how can he promote it?

It's no wonder that there are already sweet potatoes, and the group of them are trying to catch up with the food production here.

After confirming this matter, Emperor Qiancheng immediately arranged for the following people to investigate the yield per mu of root potatoes and the problems in planting, and asked the governor of Fujian to hand over all the information on planting root potato plants in recent years for use in Research and then distribute and promote.

The rest of the matter had nothing to do with Wen Chi, so he silently retreated to the side hall.

Although sweet potatoes have high yields, they also have high water content.

In the yield of 3000 jin per mu, the starch contained in it can only be equal to 200 to [-] jin of rice at most.That is much better than the pitiful [-] jin per mu yield now.

Although sweet potato has many pest problems, it does not pick the ground.Where rice and wheat could not be used in the past, they can be used to grow sweet potatoes, which implicitly increases the number of acres of farmland without harming the main grain.

Therefore, even if there is a pest problem, the staple food will not fall, and the damage will not be too great.

After things were arranged like this, Emperor Gan Cheng sent people away happily, and then walked into the side hall.

Wen Chi stood up, but looked at him without saluting.

Emperor Gan Cheng pretended not to see it, and only asked with a smile, "Why did you come to see me?"

Wen Chi took a deep breath before saying, "I want you to let Wei Yin go."

The smile on Emperor Cheng's face remained unchanged, and he answered, "Yes."

Wen Chi was stunned.

Emperor Gan Cheng didn't talk nonsense, and wrote a hand letter to him without saying anything, "You can use this hand letter to go to Huiwu Mine to ask for someone."

Wen Chi took it, and looked at Qian Chengdi with some hesitation.

Emperor Gan Cheng said without changing his face: "Wei Yin has been with me for more than 20 years, and I don't want to put him to death."

Only then did Wen Chi heave a sigh of relief, and then happily planned to take the handbook to save people.

Before going out, Qian Chengdi asked very considerately: "Do you want me to accompany you?"

Wen Chi was taken aback again.

Could he still go by himself?Can he not accompany him?

Although thinking so in his heart, Wen Chi was very sensible and did not make excessive demands, and nodded vigorously with a big smile on his face: "Yes!"

Emperor Gan Cheng laughed again.

After sitting on the dragon chariot, the two looked at each other speechlessly, but Qian Chengdi seemed to be in a good mood.

But Wen Chi was actually not very happy.

Judging from the way Qian Chengdi spoke to him twice, he was 100% sure that the other party knew about his body change.

But now he has something to ask of him, so he can only hold his breath temporarily.

Wen Chi held back all the way, but finally couldn't help but speak first and said, "You should reconsider the matter of raising import and export taxes."

Emperor Gan Cheng smiled: "Does Zi Tong feel that there is any hidden danger in this matter?"

Wen Chi: ...I'm worried because I don't know.

"This matter is of great importance, I think it's better to be more cautious." Wen Chi could only say politely.

Emperor Qian Cheng nodded and said: "Then it's up to you, I will discuss it with the courtiers."

After speaking, he looked at Wen Chi again with bright eyes, expecting what he would say.

Wen Chi pretended not to see it.

He didn't really understand these things at all, he was just better at mathematics.

But he didn't know that Emperor Gancheng was not happy about the benefits that his opinions could bring.

"If Zitong is interested in government affairs, I will take you to the Palace of Lizheng more often in the future, okay?" Emperor Qian Cheng said with a smile.

Wen Chi shook his head, "I'm not interested."

"Is Zi Tong interested in the goods from the ocean? I will ask people to fetch more."

"not interested."

"I heard that there is a magical thing that can see the scenery hundreds of miles away. If Zi Tong is interested-"

"Do not."

"What is Zi Tong interested in? I can arrange it for you."

"The concubine is not interested in anything."

The conversation ended, and Qian Chengdi finally calmed down.

Not long after, the carriage stopped, and Emperor Qian Cheng was so angry that he got off the dragon chariot first, but in the end he still stopped, turned around and helped Wen Chi down.

The two came out in low clothes this time, but Chang Ming cleared the way, and they were welcomed in soon.

Wen Chi walked into the mining area and found that it was an onshore mine. The coal mines were quite rich and easy to mine.

It's just that the air still has the grayness that is unique to coal mines.

A group of people walked all the way in, and Wen Chi saw those miners in ragged clothes who couldn't bend their backs to work, and looked up at them curiously, their faces were so dirty that they couldn't see the original color.

And soon the supervisor next to them whipped them on the back, removing all the curiosity on their faces.

Wen Chi looked away and took a deep breath.

The coolies here are all prisoners, and entering here is equivalent to a death sentence.

This is the rule of this world, he cannot break it.

But even thinking so, his heart is still very heavy.

Many of the condemned prisoners here were probably completely innocent in the world before him.

Because there are even sitting here.

But the laws of any era need to be respected before they are changed.

Otherwise, that era will be chaotic.

When Wen Chi saw Wei Yin again, he found that the other party's condition didn't look very good.

His right hand was slightly bent abnormally, his head was wrapped in a layer of dirty gauze, and he was looking at them nervously

And the other party's intact hand was holding a young boy tightly.

The young man was handsome and hid behind Wei Yin, poking his head out and looking at them curiously.Although he was still wearing shabby clothes, his face was clean and his clothes were not dirty, obviously he was well taken care of.

At this time, the manager on the side was trembling and said: "Wei, Governor Wei, accidentally injured his head when he was out of work, and now I don't remember anything—"