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Volume 1: The Eagle Chapter 405: The Hero Saves the Little Girl

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    Emperor Tianqi looked at the person setting up the stall in front of him with a smile, pondered for a moment, and said: "This is my first time to Yangzhou City. I saw that Yangzhou is so prosperous and want to do some business. // High-speed update //.  But I¡¯m not familiar with this place, do you know what business is the most profitable in Yangzhou City?¡± The vendor was stunned and looked at Emperor Tianqi with a rather strange expression, with a look of caution in his eyes.  But when Emperor Tianqi put a piece of silver on the table, the hawker suddenly smiled and said: "Sir, although this Yangzhou city is prosperous, there is not much business. I see that you have a noble status, and this restaurant is such a business.  I don¡¯t care to do it. There is a business in Yangzhou City that is suitable for you." Emperor Tianqi nodded with a smile, "What business? Tell me!" "Young Master, you are joking.  The best business is naturally salt, and the most profitable thing is naturally salt!" The waiter raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile while loading up his things.  "Salt is a good thing, but it's not that easy to do salt business! There are ten areas in the Ming Dynasty. Each area has 200,000 jins of salt, and each jin is 300 kilograms. The salt fields of the Ming Dynasty smoke this every year.  Yanyin has been divided for a long time, and it is not easy to get a foothold in it. "Emperor Tianqi is naturally very clear about these, and he understood them all before coming to Yangzhou.  According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the tax for each salt import is three taels, of which three taels are for public transportation.  The public transportation fees here are transportation money. The court cannot get it. All the court can get is tax money.  The number of salt yin was actually from the early Ming Dynasty, but it increased later, directly to 3 million yin.  The official record is that three million taels of salt were imported. If the tax was charged at three taels for each tael, the annual salt tax of the court would be nine million taels.  At present, the salt tax collected by the court every year is only more than one million taels, of which more than seven million taels have disappeared.  Before leaving the capital, Emperor Tianqi looked through all the Ming Dynasty records on annual income, and the first thing he saw was the salt tax.  In the eyes of Emperor Tianqi, this is simply unbelievable. The salt tax was supposed to be levied at 9 million, but now it can only get more than 100. Where did the rest of the money go?  There were all high-sounding reasons in the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue, but Emperor Tianqi dismissed them all and blatantly lied.  Since he wanted to make money and could not impose additional taxes, Emperor Tianqi's eyes naturally fell on this.  Emperor Tianqi looked through some historical materials again and found that during the forty years of Jiajing, the court suffered a serious deficit.  Emperor Jiajing ordered Yan Song to send people to the Huaihe River to collect salt tax. That year, he obtained 6 million salt tax for the national treasury.  Later, when Yan Song fell, evidence of the salt tax embezzlement was found in Yan Song's account books. A total of seven million taels were embezzled, and he had one million taels more than the national treasury.  Forty -year salt tax was received in the 40 -year reward, and the Emperor Tianqi believed that this was an incident that could truly reflect the salt tax.  Among the thirteen million taels of salt tax, Emperor Tianqi knew that there was no private salt. If private salt was included, there would definitely be more.  After going over the information he knew in his mind, Emperor Tianqi looked at the vendor with a smile, waiting for him to speak.  Looking at Emperor Tianqi in a daze, the hawker looked at the hawker with disbelief and said in a calm voice: "Young master is an expert, don't embarrass me, he is just a stall holder." Looking at the hawker with a smile,  Emperor Tianqi waved his hand gently, not embarrassing the vendor.  After inviting Dang Han to eat, Emperor Tianqi smiled and said to Dang Han: "How many gang merchants are there in Yangzhou City?" "Hui Gongzi, there are a total of eighteen gang merchants in Yangzhou City, and the most among them are three gang merchants every year.  , the least one is Yigang Salt. These people share three million of the salt every year. It can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty is run by these merchants. "Dang Han is naturally very clear about these things, and he talks about them very well.  Nodding slowly, Emperor Tianqi nodded to Dang Han. He was very satisfied with this Dang Han.  The people trained by Luo Sigong seemed to be outstanding.  "In Yangzhou City, there are countless merchants engaged in the salt industry, about three hundred of them. Of course, these eighteen people are headed by them. Another characteristic is that 80% of these merchants are Anhui merchants." Luo Sigong  Seeing Emperor Tianqi motioning for him to continue, he nodded and continued.  Frowning in thought, Emperor Tianqi suddenly remembered something. From the middle and late Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was the golden age of Huizhou merchants.  I had forgotten where I saw this sentence, but Emperor Tianqi remembered it at this time.  It seems that these Huizhou merchants relied on table salt to start their business. I wonder if these Huizhou merchants can survive after this.  Seeing Emperor Tianqi frowning and thinking, Luo Sigong said nothing and just stayed with him quietly.  Luo Sigong knew a lot in his heart, but heI don¡¯t know how to tell Emperor Tianqi.  "Sir, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not!" Luo Sigong hesitated for a long time and said with a complicated expression.  "What do you have to say? Along the way, you should know who I am. Is there anything I can't say?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Dang Han with a smile. His appreciation for Dang Han made Emperor Tianqi admire him.  What to say comes with some expectation.  Dang Han organized his words, pondered for a long time, and then said slowly: "Master, if you want to get involved in the salt business, the important thing is not these salt merchants. They seem to be in charge of salt, but the real decision-makers are  But it's not these people, but the masters sitting in the yamen." Looking at Dang Han, Emperor Tianqi nodded with a smile and said with appreciation: "Not bad, that's great! I didn't expect you to be like this!  I'll give you a big reward when I get back." "Thank you, Master!" Dang Han said with a smile on his face.  What he wanted to tell Emperor Tianqi was very simple, that is, behind these salt merchants were officials of the Ming Dynasty.  The water here is very deep. Emperor Tianqi wanted to rectify the salt merchants, but he faced the officialdom of Jiangnan.  Emperor Tianqi was naturally very clear about this. Any reforms in the Ming Dynasty would involve officials.  These people are the real vested interests. If you want to steal money, you can only steal it from the innermost of these people.  Slowly standing up, Emperor Tianqi said to Dang Han on the side: "Let's go! Let's go back! It's time for Mr. Yuan and the others to get up. Today we want to take a good tour of Yangzhou City!" "Yes, Master!" Dang Han  Han stood up respectfully and saluted Emperor Tianqi.  The moment Emperor Tianqi turned around, there were suddenly shouts and curses on the street, and there was a lot of noise not far away.  The guards following Emperor Tianqi reacted quickly and surrounded Emperor Tianqi. They all held the hilts of their knives and looked at the street cautiously.  A little girl stumbled over. She didn't look too old, about ** years old.  She was supposed to be at her best age, but now her face was red and swollen, and she could tell at a glance that she had been beaten.  The brocade clothes he was wearing now looked like they were torn, and he looked extremely embarrassed.  The little girl looked back from time to time, with deep fear on her face, and ran forward desperately. Perhaps because she was too anxious, she fell hard.  Running forward quickly, the tears in the little girl's eyes seemed to be broken, but she still pursed her lips tightly and ran forward.  There were many people who saw this scene on the street, but no one stepped forward to grab the girl because several people were chasing her behind her.  These were all wearing the same clothes and had little boy hats on their heads. They looked like thugs raised by someone.  These people all had sticks in their hands and were chasing after them while shouting loudly.  Frowning at this scene, Emperor Tianqi said nothing, but looked at Dang Han aside.  Seeing Emperor Tianqi looking at him, Dang Han's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to hesitate at all. He strode forward and grabbed the little girl.  Without saying anything to the little girl, he held the little girl and handed her to a guard.  "Don't worry, it's the safest place to take with you!" Emperor Tianqi slowly squatted down and reached out to touch the girl's head, but the little girl dodged it.  Staring at Emperor Tianqi cautiously, the little girl kept looking behind her with deep fear in her eyes.  Emperor Apocalypse tried to make his tone gentler and said cautiously: "Don't be afraid! There are many people here. Just watch, we will definitely win." I don't know if it was because of Emperor Apocalypse's attitude or because the little girl saw people holding weapons around her.  The guard holding the sword actually nodded slowly.  But there was still awe in his eyes, and the muscles on his face were trembling.  This group of thugs had already arrived at Jinqian. When they saw Emperor Tianqi, several of them were stunned.  Looking at the guards beside Emperor Tianqi, the leader suddenly felt a bitter taste in his mouth. How could such a mistake happen? The person opposite him looked unusual in his identity.  Striding out, the leader hugged Emperor Tianqi's fist and said loudly: "Friend, I'm Zhao Decai, I wonder what I call this young master?" Emperor Tianqi will naturally not pay attention to him. Do you think you are?  Who!  Still playing with the little girl.  "If you have anything to say, tell me!" Dang Han called to the leader, with a faint smile on his face, and gently unfolded the folding fan in his hand, looking like a talented man and a beautiful lady.  The leader's face suddenly turned red. He glanced at the guards beside Emperor Tianqi, hugged Dang Han and said, "Brother, that little girl is the one we want. I hope you will hand her over to us."  ." Dang Han slowly shook his head and raised his hand.He shook the paper fan in the middle and said with a smile: "I don't see it, you seem to have kidnapped this little girl." (To be continued.
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