"Langjun, now there are more and more businesses coming to Port-au-Prince to do business. Do you think we should set up a Maritime Department?

Whether it is goods entering our Port-au-Prince or transporting them from us, a tax of 10% is levied.

In this way, we have more money to expand the scale of Port-au-Prince.”

Changsun Jiaqing is now in Port-au-Prince, and she is doing well.

To be honest, among the children of the Changsun family overseas, Changsun Jiaqing from Port-au-Prince is the best one to do.

Of course, this personal effort has nothing to do with it, mainly because he made the right choice.

Otherwise, how could it be said that choice is more important than hard work?

"I have also thought about this issue. I read the report on the Datang Daily some time ago. Among the tax revenues in Zhenguan for 20 years, market tax has become an existence that cannot be ignored.

Even the market tax is expected to become the largest single tax.

But the situation in Port-au-Prince is different from that in Dengzhou and Yangzhou.

Relying on the various unique products of the Tang Dynasty, even if there are market taxes, many merchants still get goods from the Tang Dynasty.

Similarly, because of the vast market demand of Datang, even if the market tax is paid, many goods can still have good profit margins.

Therefore, the collection of maritime tax has no particularly impact on the maritime trade in the Tang Dynasty. Even the establishment of the maritime trade has made maritime trade more formal and developed more rapidly.

But we are different from Port-au-Prince. We are so far away, so many people are not willing to take the risk.

After all, the more you wander on the sea, the greater the risk. If the profit of the commodity is not high enough, then many people don’t want to come.

Besides, although our maritime trade goods are increasing, they mainly export various local specialties. If we really want to charge more, raising the selling price can actually achieve the goal.

But I don't want to use these methods.

With the continuous expansion of cattle and sheep breeding scale, our production costs are actually declining, and many other costs are also declining.

As long as we lag a little a little, don’t reflect these price cuts so quickly, it is actually equivalent to making more money.

This Port-au-Prince was originally rewarded by the Emperor of Father. We only need to continue spending here after we make money.”

Li Chengqian had a good conversation with Changsun Jiaqing patiently.

There are not many things that Li Chengqian needs to deal with in Port-au-Prince.

So he has plenty of time to deal with what he wants to deal with.

Although it is already a large port with 100,000 people, because Li Chengqian timely imitated the governance methods of Puluozhong and set up various yamen such as the police station, there are actually relatively few things that he, the person in charge, needs to deal with.

Anyway, as long as you don’t want to deal with things, things can become very few.

"What you said makes sense, but we are not constantly expanding the scale of purchasing various machinery and equipment from Chang'an City.

These things are really too expensive. We may need to sell thousands of sheep's wool to exchange for a small equipment.

And there are still many inconveniences for such large-scale transactions. If you can invite the Tang Dynasty Royal Money House to open a semicolon here, it will be much more convenient."

Changsun Jiaqing usually doesn’t always talk about Port-au-Prince to Li Chengqian.

Because he knew that his husband was not interested in the specific matters of governing Port-au-Prince.

Except for some things in the general direction, I don’t need to discuss them in detail.

As long as Li Xiang and Li Jue agree, there will be basically no problem.

"I can write a letter to Chang'an City in person for the Tang Dynasty Royal Money House. I think it should be a big problem.

However, we may need to provide some support to the greatest extent, otherwise if someone comes to Port-au-Prince to open a semicolon and cannot make money, it will probably not be a long-term solution.”

Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty Royal Money House, it has already had a relatively mature operating system.

The most important thing is that everyone's recognition of money houses has become much higher.

Although in many places overseas, people are more willing to use gold coins, silver coins and Kaiyuan Tongbao, many prefectures and counties within the Tang Dynasty have already received Tangyuan.

After experiencing the test of time, Tang Yuan is no longer a piece of paper in the eyes of many businessmen.

Of course, although everyone can accept Tang Yuan, there are still relatively few people who are willing to hold it for a long time.

After receiving the Tang Yuan, most people will only leave the amount they need to use in the short term, and the others will be included in the Tang Dynasty Royal Money House.

In this way, the risk of Tang Yuan becoming waste paper was transferred back to the Tang Dynasty royal money house.

"As long as they are willing to open a semicolon to Port-au-Prince, everything else is easy to discuss. Whether it is helping to build a warehouse, arranging guards to assist in protection, or requiring us to deposit money to them, there is no problem."

Although Changsun Jiaqing didn't like Li Kuan, compared with Changsun Chong and others, he had no particular malicious intentions towards Li Kuan.

The longer he stays overseas, the more he knows that there is no good end to opposing Li Kuan.

As a branch of the Changsun family, he is not optimistic about the ending of the Changsun family fighting with Li Kuan, but he can't do anything.

Since he chose to assist Li Chengqian and followed him to Port-au-Prince, his mind was on Port-au-Prince.

Every time he sees reports related to Port-au-Prince in the Datang Daily or other newspapers, he will read them word by word.

It seems that this is the greatest recognition of yourself.

"What else is it that you want to say?"

Li Chengqian began to be very interested in the textbooks related to mathematics and physics compiled by Li Kuan, and he focused on doing science.

Not to mention, if you don’t have enough money, you can do many small experiments by yourself, and the sense of accomplishment is still full of.

Changsun Jiaqing naturally knew the changes in his husband’s past year.

"Guanshishan Academy has an increasingly greater influence in the Tang Dynasty. Can we consider opening an academy in Port-au-Prince?

Even if the scale is only a fraction of Guanshishan Academy, it is very meaningful for the long-term development of Port-au-Prince."

The more you struggle overseas, the more you know what you learn is useful, and what you learn is basically useless.

Obviously, many of the things taught by Guanshishan Academy are considered useful by Changsun Jiaqing.

"It is not impossible to open an academy, but it may be difficult to open an academy of the same nature as Guanshishan Academy.

I believe you also know that there are many nobles from foreign countries in Chang'an City studying there, but almost no one in Guanshishan Academy was accepted.

Even if you want outsiders, you can only go to the School of Economics, and other colleges will never accept them.

Obviously, they don’t want something to be learned by people from foreign countries.

Although we are all Tang people in Port-au-Prince, we are far away from the Tang Dynasty, and it is hard to believe that we will not leak information.

So I think at most it is enough to expand the scale of home school. The construction of academy is not yet mature yet.

Of course, if you just build a Confucius Institute, there will be no problem."

Li Chengqian thought about it for a while and gave his own answer.

"If Confucius Institute can be built, it will be better than doing nothing. Now there are more and more people in Port Austria. It is still necessary to improve everyone's ability to read and write."

Although Changsun Jiaqing was a little disappointed, there was nothing he could do.

Some things are not something he can change.

"What you said makes sense, but I have another suggestion, can you arrange some personnel to study at Puluozhong or the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty?

Since the beginning of this year, there have been more conflicts between the natives near Port-au-Prince and us.

Although they dare not directly attack our Port-au-Prince, sooner or later the conflict between the two sides will become even greater.

We need to prepare for the future.”

Changsun Jiaqing's proposal is still very critical.

The Tang Dynasty has always been relatively relaxed in managing the weapons carried on ships going to sea.

Each caravan will basically be equipped with some guards or escorts.

For example, the Shunfeng Escort Agency, the number of guards who go out to sea has reached half of the overall business.

However, due to the special identity of Li Chengqian, except for the exiles who followed him to Port-au-Prince, there was basically no increase in other guards.

Especially regular military training, there is even less.

There is no way, who makes his identity so sensitive?

If he vigorously develops military affairs in Port-au-Prince, he will be impeached after he returns to Chang'an City and may something big might happen.

"For this question, let me write a letter back to Chang'an City and see the situation before talking about it.

Of course, if the natives dare to make trouble during this period, you don’t have to be polite and teach them a hard lesson.”

There are not aboriginal people here in Australia.

However, these tribes are still in a relatively primitive state and have poor combat power.

But you can't stand the crowds of others.

After hearing what Li Chengqian said, Changsun Jiaqing felt a little disappointed.

Port-au-Prince is too far from Chang'an City.

Even if you don’t consider the various risks such as hurricanes that you may encounter on the way, it will take more than three months to get ships from Port-au-Prince to Chang'an City.

After a round trip, I was also able to return immediately when I arrived in Chang'an City. After receiving the reply, it may be seven or eight months later.
To be continued...