"General, the commander of the Sicheng will pay homage to you outside the mansion."

"Please."

While considering the problem, Chunyuli came in and reported it. Li Yu handed the silk to Huan'er's hand, walked a few steps outside the hall to greet him.

"I have met the Chengwei."

"The City Order does not need to be too polite, please take your seat."

"Xie Chengwei."

After drinking two sips of warm wine, Gongsun Mao talked about the main business: "Report to Chengwei, the city gate tax of 698 gold and 563 gold and 4280 gold and 385 gold and 43498 gold and 948 gold and 948 gold and 248 gold."

"What is the plan?"

"The total amount of 38,500 gold in Handan City last month, and the remaining 4,998 gold." With the first distribution, Gongsun Mao became much more natural. This new Chengwei is still easy to talk about. No wonder he is not old and has a high position, and has great opportunities and personality.

"Just as usual." Hearing the unnecessary number, Li Yu paused with the porcelain cup, and continued to take it to his mouth and took a sip. However, a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously, and more than two thousand gold was easily earned.

"The subordinates obey the order."

"Sicheng Ling, do you know the Zhuo family?" After listening to Gongsun Mao's report on Handan City, Li Yu asked casually.

"Zhuo family?"

Hearing Li Yu's question, Gongsun Mao stopped his hand, thought about something, and replied carefully, "Zhuo's hand holds eighty-year-old iron tools in the folk manufacturing of my Great Zhao. It is the three wealthy richest people of my Great Zhao. However, the Guo family and Wu family are mainly military weapons, and they all have close ties with the Great Zhao court. The military is only related to the people's weapons. The iron tools they produce are sold to various countries. The iron tools pass through the border, and the orders of the Chengwei can be transported to various countries. Therefore, the Zhuo family has the closest relationship with our city's military palace."

"I see."

Gongsun Mao's words made Li Yu know the origin of the two thousand golds. It turned out that the Zhuo family relied on selling iron tools to various countries. The iron tools of Zhao were famous in various countries. No wonder the Zhuo family, who relied solely on the management of private iron tools, could compete with the other two families in terms of wealth. The iron tools of Zhao's people were extremely cheap, and the animal husbandry industry in Zhao was more developed, and agriculture was only part of it.

In order to encourage the development of agriculture among the people, the Zhao court specially ordered that the private iron tools should not benefit from a single part, which is almost a small profit. Even if they are monopolized, they will not become a rich man in the world. You should know that the quality of iron tools these days is extremely excellent, and it is impossible to cut corners. Otherwise, it will cause harm to the family. Almost every iron tool can be used for more than two years, and the merchants will also need a free warranty. With such a long time and service period, the newly reclaimed farmland in Zhao State will not be much, so how much money can they make?

"Does all the things that come and go between the countries need to be approved by my City Guard?" Thinking of a situation, an extremely shining light appeared in Li Yu's eyes, as if he saw a prosperous road that made money at his feet.

"According to the laws and regulations of the Great Zhao, this is true. Only the order of the Handan City Guardian Mansion can merchants from all over the country come and go to all parts of the Great Zhao. However, the Handan City Guardian Mansion is insufficient, and the general documents approved by the other counties, in addition to the weapons and war horses, the Chengwei Mansion also agrees with them. It is only when entering Handan City, that they have to pay an additional tax." Gongsun Mao was able to sit in the position of the Seicheng Order for more than ten years, and he vaguely guessed what Li Yu thought, so he said the default rules in his heart.

"Um."

After listening to Gongsun Mao's explanation, Li Yu's thoughts suddenly became widespread. He found that he really had a mountain of gold without knowing it. According to Gongsun Mao, the current Handan City Guard Mansion is the Ministry of Commerce of later generations, but its power is much greater than that of the Ministry of Commerce, and it controls all transactions in Zhao State. With such an official position, he still has to worry about money. Li Yu really felt that he was stupid. He did not remember that he was too lazy and had never understood the power of the City Guard Mansion.

"What else does the Sicheng Order have to do?" Li Yu looked at Gongsun Mao who was still standing there and asked in confusion.

"Sir, please leave." He thought Li Yu had something to tell him, but when he heard the other party's words, Gongsun Mao was very depressed and bowed to leave.

He personally sent Gongsun Mao out of the hall. Before Li Yu returned to the table, he was about to instruct Xu An to come, but he temporarily gave up his thoughts.

He shook his head speechlessly and suppressed the impulse. Li Yu found that he was a little taken for granted. With the power of the Chengwei and the army in his hand, he could organize a caravan to travel to and from various countries and rush to buy all kinds of materials. If he was unfaithful, he could even monopolize some of the materials. However, Li Yu found that there was no one in his hand that could preside over such a caravan. His subordinates were basically the leaders in the army. Letting them kill the enemy might be a good player, but letting them do business was simply riding a horse to cross the sea.

After thinking about it, Li Yu realized his current weakness. Which nobles and wealthy families in Handan City did not have their own business to maintain the expenses of the governments. As far as he knew, Pingyuan Jun monopolized the salt industry sold to Zhao State by Qi State, which gave great wealth. In various industries in China, Zhao State's aristocrats intervened. A newcomer suddenly reached in, which might have offended a large number of people.

Without the right personnel, he was not familiar with business himself, so Li Yu decided to postpone the establishment of a caravan and restart it when he found the right person and opportunity. Anyway, he still has a little money now. With the city guard, he can start the caravan at any time, so why bother to hurry?

"General, how to deal with the two thousand golds sent by Zhuo Mansion?" When the general came back to his senses from his thoughts, Huan'er asked in a low voice.

"Receive to the treasury."

Since the other party asked him for help, Li Yu naturally would not be polite. Besides, listening to Gongsun Mao's words, this kind of thing is a rule in the officialdom. There are no discipline inspection commissions these days. As a general, there is no problem in receiving a little gift.

"Lan'er, please take a look at the prayers you sent to your house these days."

"promise."

Without any clues, Li Yu wanted to see who came to visit. If some of the small merchants were there, they could conduct investigations. It was like letting him build a caravan from scratch.

"General, these are invitations sent. The invitations before last month have been sent to the general's instructions and they have been sent to the coin minting bureau to be merged into copper cakes and knife coins." Not long after, Lan'er sent the invitation and reported it by the way.

Looking at the large boxes carried in by several guards, Li Yu was speechless. Did there be so many invitations last month? Why didn't he feel that he was so popular at all?

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Chapter completed!