Zhu Houzhao was in the car and roughly told Zhao Ce about the arrangement.

He brought a lot of people this time, just thinking about getting things done as soon as possible.

After the group arrived at the territory of Tongzhou, the carriage that was originally walking fast slowed down.

Zhu Houzhao curiously lifted the curtain and looked at the people walking with their families on the official road.

Many of them were barefoot, ragged and haggard.

The guards who were driving the road ahead opened the road and scolded everyone who walked unconsciously to the roadside, so that the carriage could speed up.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the scene outside and couldn't help but think of the "corpse mountain" outside the capital in winter.

He lowered the curtains in a little depressed manner and said to Zhao Ce: "It is probably all those who escaped from this flood."

"I hope the flood will never be heard that the prefectures in Northern Zhili will be so severe."

When the flood passes, even if a person survives by chance, the places washed by the water will not be able to live in the place where the water passes.

Not to mention that the rain is still falling now.

Tongzhou is close to a big river, and many villages have also suffered.

The villagers' homes were destroyed and they had to come to the city, hoping to get help from the court.

This is the case in the north, and there is no need to think about the disaster in the south, which is even more serious.

Zhao Ce just saw the scene outside the carriage, and heard many crying sounds of children in his ears, and sighed slightly in his heart.

Even in modern times, people are powerless in the face of disasters.

The court has always thought about disaster relief, but it is just because it has no money.

Zhao Ce said: "Young Master Zhu's arrival this time can be considered a way out for the people." ωωw.

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he felt a sense of responsibility in his heart.

Although he is not the real emperor now, these are also their people of the Ming Dynasty.

As the future emperor, he will truly help the people now!

He thought that his father asked him to come here, probably because he had some intention of letting him inspect the people's sentiments.

After all, as the prince of a country, how can we govern the country in the future if we are not as good as the world?

Could it be that it is the second person who "why not eat meat" and is scolded for thousands of years?

...

The group quickly entered the city.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the gathering place of the victims in the distance of the city gate.

There were already some squire and lords from their homes who sent people to serve porridge.

But not many people from the yamen met.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "What's going on with the prefect of Tongzhou?"

"So many refugees have gathered outside the city, why haven't he sent people to provide relief?"

Zhao Ce shook his head: "I don't know."

"Logically speaking, Beizhili is at the foot of the emperor, and officials should not dare to slack off like this."

"It's better for Mr. Zhu to ask someone to find out the situation first, and then see if you want to report to Your Majesty?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded and called the person to whisper a few words.

After hearing this, the visitor nodded and left quickly.

The main road in the city is quite normal, and the carriage is parked at the entrance of a luxurious restaurant.

The restaurant is naturally full of guests, and it seems that it is not affected by the disaster.

After entering the private room, a group of people sent out first had already returned.

Yesterday, Zhu Houzhao dealt with a group of people severely, so naturally these people dare not slacken anymore.

As soon as he saw Zhu Houzhao coming in, he immediately took out the fruits of the morning labor.

"My master, this is the form we registered today, and there are 81 copies in total."

This time, the account was checked directly with the prince's identity. When the merchants in the city heard about the identities of these people, they were both afraid.

Moreover, with this sudden account check, many people didn't even have time to prepare a second set of account books.

This form has been changed and a lot of things to guess have been deleted. The ones that are directly registered are annual income and profit.

Zhu Houzhao temporarily threw the disaster behind her mind and took the form directly.

There is a statistical table above, and his eyes directly scanned to the final data.

"The total profit is more than 80,000 taels..."

"One percent, it's more than eight thousand taels."

Zhu Houzhao felt that although this number was a bit beyond his expectations, it was still considered small.

He asked, "How many shops are there in Tongzhou?"

"My master, there are more than 100 shops in Tongzhou Prefecture City."

"If the county towns below are included, there are expected to be more than 200 shops."

They got up early in the city and used the identity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make these forms almost rudely.

Although everyone in those shops had complaints, they did not dare to neglect them.

Now that one morning has passed, they have collected almost half of the store information.

Hearing this sentence, Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhao Ce happily.

"If you think it is your business tax that can be collected for all the shops in Tongzhou Prefecture..."

Zhu Houzhao said, and suddenly got stuck.

He was too excited and hadn't calculated it for a while.

Zhao Ce took his words and said directly: "It can be charged about 20,000 taels of commercial tax."

A state can charge 20,000 taels.

Tongzhou belongs to Shuntian Prefecture, with five prefectures and several counties under Shuntian Prefecture.

These big and small shops can collect a commercial tax of 100,000 taels if they don’t add the prosperous capital!

If the capital is added, the commercial tax will not be nearly 200,000 taels?

In addition to Shuntian Prefecture, Northern Zhili also has eight prefectures.

When it comes to the southern Zhili, the prosperity is even more unmatched by the northern Zhili.

This trade tax...

The more Zhu Houzhao thought about it, the more excited he became.

If all the commercial taxes of the entire Ming Dynasty were collected, how many would it be!

Are you still afraid of not having money to provide disaster relief?

There seemed to be white silver in front of me. The more Zhu Houzhao thought about it, the more beautiful he became, and he wanted to take someone to collect business taxes in person now.

Zhao Ce next to him saw his eyes shining, as if he had lost money.

He coughed gently, breaking Zhu Houzhao's dream.

"Mr. Zhu, because Tongzhou is the end of the Grand Canal, the logistics here is developed, so there are more shops."

"Apart from Shuntian Prefecture, other prefectures may not have such a prosperous city."

Zhu Houzhao came to her senses and smiled embarrassedly.

"What you said makes sense."

"But even if other cities can't receive so much, it's a lot of money!"

"These merchants are so rich!"

Zhu Houzhao sighed.

I don’t know if I don’t check this, and I’ll be shocked when I check it.

Fortunately, Liu Jian and the others said that the shops may not necessarily make money. If he hadn't come to do this, he would have really believed the words of these bad guys.

Zhao Ce was also a little shocked when he looked at these data.

Just increase 10% and collect only one tax, so much commercial tax.

If some other taxes are added, the treasury, which mainly earns agricultural tax, will definitely give way to commercial taxes.

When Zhu Houzhao saw Zhao Ce thinking, he spoke excitedly and interrupted Zhao Ce's thoughts.

"Yongxibo, with so much money, it is true that you are right to raise the commercial tax!"

"I don't know why Taizu set the rule of low commercial tax at the beginning."

"Otherwise, my current treasury in Ming Dynasty would not be so empty."

Zhao Ce smiled.
Chapter completed!