si-mexico Chapter 336 Locking the Sea of Qi
Chapter 336 Locking the Sea of Qi
On the second day of May, Emperor Yuanfeng and his entourage took a day off and allowed the senior officials who accompanied them to move freely.
It was seen that many high-ranking officials either went in groups to the government office to inquire or check accounts, or went incognito to conduct open and secret inspections of Hengzhou City and Datong Chamber of Commerce.
Sun Shan discussed this with the prefect Zhang Ping'an and decided to allow them to conduct the investigation.
There is no need to hide anything.
Anyway, Datong Chamber of Commerce and all its enterprises pay taxes in accordance with regulations.
Yes, Datong Chamber of Commerce is definitely the most serious company in the world when it comes to taxation.
Because, this world is serious about taxes only for farmers.
For those big businessmen who are backed by various wealthy families, big or small, only a symbolic fee of 21% is charged.
In addition, local officials would repeatedly levy taxes on merchants who entered their territories, and there would also be yamen runners to make things difficult for them.
This has resulted in high business and transportation costs.
But in Hengzhou City, no matter how big or small the merchants were, they were only required to pay a tax of 21% once. Moreover, there were no yamen runners to make things difficult for them in private, and no hooligans on the streets to do whatever they wanted. This made the business environment in Hengzhou better and better.
As a result, more and more merchants from across the empire began to gather in Hengzhou.
What's more, Hengzhou was already in a state of crazy expansion and was in urgent need of all kinds of supplies.
Anyway, before these people came to Hengzhou, they had already explored Hengzhou City almost thoroughly.
So, hundreds of officials returned to the Red Building where they were staying after a whole day of observation.
He looked both excited and helpless.
Because the people in Hengzhou City didn't take them seriously at all.
Whether you do it openly or secretly, people will just treat you as an ordinary tourist.
This made the officials feel lost, but also felt a sense of freedom that they had not had for a long time.
As for the scenery of Hengzhou City, it is actually not very good.
However, the atmosphere and urban construction here are even better than Yangzhou, the imperial capital.
After getting away from the main streets, all you can see are new buildings that are either under construction or have been completed.
These buildings are basically all made of red bricks and black tiles, or are two or three-story buildings made of green bricks and black tiles.
In addition, some people took the rickshaws that were everywhere and left Hengzhou City. They found that 20 miles downstream of the Xiangjiang River, on a relatively flat riverside, a complex of buildings with an area large enough to accommodate half a year's worth of Hengzhou City was being built.
Upon inquiry, we learned that this is an industrial zone that is being developed in Hengzhou. It is said that in the future all workshops of all sizes in Hengzhou city will be relocated to this industrial zone to form a satellite city that produces various commodities.
This made the officials who received the report from the Jinyiwei stand on the hillside not far away and watch for a long time, and only returned to the city when it was dusk.
On the third day of May, Prince Heng, Zhang Ping'an, Sun Shan and others accompanied Emperor Yuanfeng on a detailed inspection of the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
"Your Majesty, where would you like to see today? We will follow your arrangements."
"Zhongshan, tell them to do whatever they are supposed to do. You and Prince Heng will accompany me to take a look at the Datong property."
Sun Shan felt a little strange. From the tone of Emperor Yuanfeng's voice, it seemed that he was somewhat unhappy.
I couldn't help but look up while responding.
I saw that Emperor Yuanfeng was staring at me with a strange look.
There is appreciation, dislike, disappointment, and expectation, just like if your own things are not well protected and are stolen.
Prince Heng, who had talked with Emperor Yuanfeng for half a day yesterday, was also in a complicated mood.
Because Emperor Yuanfeng asked about Princess Kewei.
This made King Heng very embarrassed.
Although, Sun Shan and Yang Kewei did not do anything under his nose.
But after staying in the palace for more than three months, the servants had heard and seen some things.
If Yang Kewei was not a princess, but the daughter of another prince in the royal family, Yang Yuanqing would have nothing to worry about.
With the in-depth communication over the past year, he and his wife have completely regarded Sun Shan as their own son-in-law.
However, Yang Kewei is the emperor's daughter. If she were to marry Sun Shan, what would happen to his own daughter?
What should be done about the cooperation between Hengwang Mansion, Datong Chamber of Commerce and Sun Shan?
Therefore, he just said vaguely that he was not very clear about the matter, and made a few vague remarks on the grounds that Yang Kewei had already bought a top-notch villa in Datong Real Estate.
Then, a detailed discussion was held between the Coal Bureau, which had already been established, and the Smelting Bureau, which was established immediately after the Dragon Boat Festival.
The trip was carried out in a luxurious carriage specially made for Emperor Yuanfeng by the Datong Chamber of Commerce.
Compared with Emperor Yuanfeng's dragon chariot or Prince Heng's royal carriage, it is much smaller and more flexible.
Emperor Yuanfeng visited the carriage that Sun Shan had made for him and Prince Cheng and felt very satisfied.
Because, apart from being a little smaller, this carriage is definitely no worse than his own dragon chariot in terms of comfort and safety.
The six sides of the entire carriage are all covered with refined steel as thick as ten sheets of paper.
Normally, the front and side windows are hidden, but once danger occurs, you only need to press a special hidden button inside the car to immediately block all six sides of the car.
According to Sun Shan, there are currently no sharp arrows in the world that can penetrate refined steel plates.
In addition, even if you hit it with a sledgehammer at close range, it will basically have no effect.
Moreover, because of the installation of such impeccable equipment, its weight is more than twice that of an ordinary carriage.
Therefore, this carriage combines the modes of two horses and four horses driving side by side.
Generally speaking, two strong and tall horses can also drive normally.
But in special circumstances, it can also be modulated to four-horse drive so that it can pass at a faster speed.
"Come up as well, and accompany me to Datong Real Estate. By the way, I will introduce the current situation of Hengzhou."
After Emperor Yuanfeng carefully studied the carriage, he waved to Sun Shan.
Then, he was the first to step onto the carriage.
This made Prince Heng and other high-ranking officials' hearts skip a beat.
My God, Emperor Yuanfeng must have been very confident in Sun Shan.
With the extraordinary martial arts that Sun Shan displayed the day before yesterday, he could easily kill someone even within ten steps, let alone in a car.
Only Yang Yuanqing understood what was going on.
He pushed Sun Shan, who was a little dazed, slightly and signaled him to get on the carriage.
At this time, Emperor Yuanfeng poked his head out of the carriage, staring at Sun Shan with a fake smile: "What's wrong? Are you afraid of me? I'm not a tiger. How can I eat you?"
"Your Majesty, you are a dragon, you are the true emperor, much more powerful than a tiger. Zhongshan, I am afraid that if I offend you, it will be embarrassing to be kicked off the carriage by you."
As Sun Shan spoke, he was about to step onto the carriage.
At this time, a gloomy aura came straight towards them.
Sun Shan jumped suddenly and saw a very inconspicuous eunuch who looked very skinny and his actual age could not be determined.
It seems slow, but in fact it is approaching him as fast as lightning.
Sun Shan instinctively wanted to resist, but gave up the idea in an instant.
He let the other person's hand clasp on his shoulders.
Then, a cool and icy breath locked his qi sea.
Jet Li raised his eyebrows and screamed in his heart: Damn, this kid's aura is so weird and so strong!
If he had not listened to me and attacked me, I wonder how many moves I could have made?
Emperor Yuanfeng quietly looked at Sun Shan, who was standing under the carriage, only three or four steps away from him.
I am very satisfied with his performance just now.
If Sun Shan had intended to resist just now, the outcome would be hard to predict.
And now this kid was very obedient and let Jet Li lock his Qi Hai before getting in the car to accompany him.
This is undoubtedly the best attitude.
At this moment, the disgust that he had felt because of this boy, who might have stolen his daughter, felt much better.
The more I look at Sun Shan, who is standing in the sun, smiling, gentle as jade, and a rare talent among men, the more pleasing he seems.