Wang Lishi smiled.

Can there still be pigeons here?

You always mentioned that pigeons are delicious in your edicts to His Royal Highness King Yan.

As long as His Highness Prince Yan is not confused, he will definitely not let go.

But even if Wang Lishi was killed, he would not dare to say this.

But when I think about pigeons.

Wang Lishi quickly took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Chongyuan: "Your Majesty, this is the memorial that His Highness, King Yan, sent eight hundred miles away to rush to you."

"What did you say?"

Zhao Chongyuan didn't even look at it. He continued to turn around and sit on the dragon couch. He grabbed the melon seeds on the table and ate them while looking at Wang Lishi with interest.

However, Zhao Chongyuan felt quite comfortable hearing the words "Eight Hundred Miles Expedited".

I clicked on Zhao Ding. After all, Zhao Ding still knew what was right.

Wang Lishi cleared his throat, looked at Zhao Chongyuan who was crossing his legs and replied: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yan said in the memorial that he was deceived by lard before and was afraid of poverty, so he had the audacity to hook up with Sun Bing to hide his taxes.

Regarding the matter, I now take the initiative to ask Your Majesty to waive his salary for one year and ensure that Youzhou’s taxes will be paid truthfully in the future."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chongyuan suddenly laughed: "Fortunately, this boy still has some conscience, and he also knows to pay taxes truthfully, and he took the initiative to resign and exempted himself from one year's salary. Yes, he is worthy of being my son."

Zhao Chongyuan smacked his lips.

But when I thought about it carefully, I felt something was wrong.

hiss!

Zhao Chongyuan suddenly took a breath of cold air and snatched the memorial from Wang Lishi's hand.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Lishi looked confused.

But Zhao Chongyuan still opened the memorial handed over by Zhao Ding and looked at it carefully.

There was a snap.

Zhao Chongyuan threw it out directly, held it in his waist, and walked around the room, cursing and saying: "I wonder why this kid is so sensible, after doing this for a long time, I am playing tricks on him, right?

Good boy, you have the guts!"

Zhao Chongyuan was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"

Wang Lishi looked confused.

Zhao Chongyuan glanced sideways at Wang Lishi and asked through gritted teeth: "What is the most profitable thing in Youzhou?"

"That is of course His Highness King Yan's Zhao's Trading Company."

Wang Lishi replied subconsciously.

They had seen with their own eyes the speed at which Zhao's Trading Company made money.

They took 170,000 taels of silver with them to Youzhou, but Zhao's Trading Company wandered around for a long time before they arrived, and they left with nothing left.

The key thing is that what I bought was less than a horse-drawn carriage.

As for the cost, it was less than one thousand taels of silver.

This profit is simply outrageous.

Especially in the recent period, he distributed the things brought back from Youzhou as Zhao Chongyuan said.

After half a month, Zhao Chongyuan had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in his inner treasury.

Not only did they get back the money they spent from Youzhou intact, but they also made a lot more.

It was precisely because of this that Zhao Chongyuan made up his mind to take action against those wealthy families who were on the fence in the border areas.

"Then where does the tax we collect mainly come from?"

Zhao Chongyuan asked again with a groan.

"Nong...um...hahahaha."

Wang Lishi suddenly burst into laughter while covering his mouth.

"Go away, you old thing, you only know how to laugh at your master."

Zhao Chongyuan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at Wang Lishi fiercely.

Dagan mainly collected agricultural taxes. Every household with equal land, regardless of how much land was allocated to the family, paid an equal amount of tax based on the number of people and performed certain corvee services.

But what is Youzhou’s main source of income?

It's business!

It’s the income of Zhao’s Trading Company!

It is the income from business.

But the problem is that Zhao Chongyuan cannot collect this tax!

Daqian has always mainly collected agricultural taxes. Although they also collect some commercial taxes, they have always been mainly suppressed.

After all, if everyone goes into business, it will be a waste if they all go into speculation.

Not engaged in farming,

What do so many people eat?

How to maintain Da Gan?

Therefore, the status of scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants has always been the lowest. They cannot wear brocade clothes, and their descendants cannot obtain honors.

But Zhao Ding doesn't have to think about this.

Because Youzhou is only one state, even if all the people devote themselves to business, the money they earn is enough to support the people of Youzhou.

But the problem is the tax on these businessmen's income.

But he, Zhao Chongyuan, couldn't accept it.

When he thought of this, Zhao Chongyuan felt pain in his heart.

The melon seeds that were originally invigorating suddenly disappeared.

"His Majesty...."

Wang Lishi quickly shouted with concern.

"It's okay, let me take it easy."

Zhao Chongyuan waved his hand, and the more he thought about it, the more painful it became in his heart.

Seeing Zhao Chongyuan blowing his beard and staring in anger.

Wang Lishi covered his mouth and wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

After a while, it seemed that he could not think of a way to deal with Zhao Ding after all.

Zhao Chongyuan could only groan and sit on the dragon couch, cursing and saying: "Okay, I guess you have some talent!"

At the same time, Youzhou.

Inside the Palace of Prince Yan.

Zhao Ding suddenly sneezed, rubbed his red nose, and cursed: "Which old bastard is plotting against me again?"

Turn over and go back to sleep.

Zhao Chongyuan naturally didn't know what Zhao Ding was scolding.

After a long while, he reluctantly waved to Wang Lishi: "Go on, go on."

"yes."

Wang Lishi nodded in agreement, and then walked out with his hands raised, but before taking two steps, he suddenly stopped, looked at Zhao Chongyuan and asked again: "Your Majesty, where are the fiefdoms of those aristocratic families in His Highness King Qin and King Zhao? , and they are quite close to the King of Qin and His Highness King Zhao. Now that we are attacking them, do you want to know from their Highnesses the King of Qin and King Zhao?"

"No need."

When he heard about King Qin and King Zhao, Zhao Chongyuan's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom, "Just do it directly. If they dare to stop them, or secretly inform them, I will treat them as if I don't have their two sons!"

Speaking of this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Zhao Chongyuan's eyes.

Daqian has been suffering for a long time.

Overcorrection must be excessive, otherwise it will be difficult to establish authority.

Especially now it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Don’t miss it either.

Even Zhao Chongyuan couldn't bear to part with these two sons in his heart, but he had to do so for the sake of the overall situation!

"yes!"
To be continued...