The Hepu Wharf finally arrived. Bai Minghe didn't stay here for long, so he returned to Beijing and then came to Guangzhou City. This is his own root, but he didn't have much time to stay here.

"Minister, we won't go to see the Zhuchang. I'm interested in seeing your Shenbingfang, the essential oil shop and the dye shop." Hu Yi took the initiative to speak, and it also made some people's thoughts about going to see the Baiminghe Zhuchang.

Hu Yi thought he knew about the white-known crane. He didn’t know how big the white-known crane’s pearl field was. This thing is too attractive. Don’t let some people have the idea that they shouldn’t have. Being enemies with the white-known crane is not the best strategy. So he did not choose to see the white-known crane’s pearl field.

Bai Minghe took the initiative to say: "Go to my original place to rest for a day and ask them to send them a pearl that has picked out the best. Since they have come, they must not return empty-handed."

"Okay!" Hu Yixin said that the white-famous crane could be a human being.

After arranging all the officials to live there, Cheng Kai was naturally responsible for the reception and successfully brought dozens of plates of pearls for them to choose by themselves, just to pass the time.

This is the first time Bai Minghe has met with the business gangs.

"Everyone, the same sentence that day. Are you moved by my official’s benefit in Danang?"

"I'm moved, but I'm not blind. I think that there should be multiple costs in the benefits of adults. The first is the silver for buying goods, the second is the silver for raising soldiers, the third is the tax of the Ming Dynasty, and the fourth is the one paid by the Lord to the inner treasury. Everything has a charter, and only with rules can last for a long time. I believe that the adults will take us around this circle to let us understand it before we can make this charter." Xie Yiyuan, as the oldest old president here and once had a juren, naturally spoke on behalf of everyone.

Bai Minghe clapped his hands: "Whoever dares to say that the businessman has only the advantage in his eyes, I will beat him up."

Bai Minghe's words made the atmosphere relax.

"Actually, I want to do a few big things. Good to the Ming Dynasty and good to you. Let me say something, you think about it. Only with a country can you have a family. Anyone who has read history books knows that the people in the Song Dynasty were very rich, and the Song Dynasty was also very rich. But why were they destroyed? The Song Dynasty's divine arm bow was unparalleled in the world. But why did it be difficult for Yue Shuai to have it again? Because the Song Dynasty court had no money, and the money was not the treasury of the Ming Dynasty. The money in the hands of the aristocratic families, corrupt officials, and huge merchants was thousands of times the national treasury. After you think about it, you can refute me. If I am wrong, I apologize."

After Bai Minghe said that, he closed his eyes and stopped looking at these people.

There was constant discussion, but Bai Minghe didn't listen. He was just waiting for the result.

Half an hour passed, and Xie Yiyuan spoke again.

"Mr. Bai!"

"Please speak with me, Mr. Xie!" Bai Minghe still respects the old man.

"Mr. Bai, I have discussed with others. The results we all have been completely unified. There is only one. We believe in Master Bai, and we only ask Lord Bai to make a vow. I will never regret even if I take my life." Xie Yiyuan's tone was extremely firm.

Bai Minghe took a deep breath: "Please speak!"

"Please swear by Lord Bai, can you prove it with heaven and earth? It can give us fairness!"

What a weird question.

Xie Yiyuan continued while Bai Minghe was thinking: "We are businessmen, but we also have some means. Master Bai, you know how much you do, Dongchang knows. We know at least 80%. At the beginning, it was like a charming act. But then it was different. Your master Bai's sword has not pointed at the people, and even those officials in Guangdong have enough death sentences, and you have also taken it down. Your sword kills the most Japanese, followed by Annan."

"Forget it, I'll just say a few words. But don't spread it out of this room. I can swear, but don't spread it out. Of course, I will report it to Long Live in person, but I don't want it to be spread among the people."

"We can also make a bloody oath!" Xie Yiyuan did not retreat at all. This was related to the future of their business gang, and he could not retreat either.

"For me, China will no longer be enslaved by foreign races. For me, Chinese civilization can be arrogant in the world, and my white-name crane can give up everything. Whether it is my life or my name, the second sentence is that there is no absolute fairness in the world, only relative fairness. If I dare to collect 30% of your taxes, you can earn more. This is my fairness."

During the Yuan Dynasty, Han people were not as good as dogs.

If you say this sentence from Bai Minghe, no one will believe it if you say it.

But Bai Minghe is indeed doing it. He is constantly improving the national strength of the Ming Dynasty and reducing the cost of living for the people.

"No matter how brave you are, as long as the adults say it is reasonable, don't say 30%, we can still recognize it no matter how much." Xie Yiyuan asked again on behalf of the merchant group.

"For example, there is a business that can sell 100 pieces of silk a year. But the tax paid is only three pieces. Then I can make him sell 10,000 pieces of silk, but the tax paid is three thousand pieces. What do you think? Of course, 30% of the tax is limited to a few special industries. My tax is not so dark, and the sea trade is exceptional, because the cost of naval troops is too high."

The merchants started to settle accounts.

What's the point of making a net profit of ninety horses and a net profit of seven thousand horses? Overall, the earnings are absolutely very high.

"Don't think I'm bullying you. The money I collected is also useful. Some of it will be used to support honest money. The official dared to collect black money from the people and directly confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. The other part is used to build roads, a real national straight road, which only takes ten days to walk the road for a month. You are businessmen, you should understand how important the road is."

The merchants continued to discuss, but at the end, Xie Yiyuan finally spoke on behalf of everyone.

"Sir, if you really follow what you said, we will admit it 30%."

"Don't be nervous, the goods with a tax of 30% are not yet. I will change the tax, but I will also have to go through the recognition of Long Live. It is lower than the 30% but some goods I have in the sea trade may receive three times or even five times the tax. At least 50% will be charged, and I will discuss it with you in detail at that time."

More than triple?

For the white-famous crane, the silk sold at a sky-high price, it is only three times the amount, not just seven hundred and fifty taels per load, and the cost is one thousand taels of silver, but these goods are worth at least 1,500 taels overseas. And when you buy some very special goods, it will be a profit, so even if it is five times, these merchants will rush to make it.

"Then, I asked, how much is the benefit of silk?"

No one cares about this issue.

"A chunk of net profit is like a chunk of the net profit, take syrup as an example. Ten times!" Bai Minghe burst out an astonishing number. But Bai Minghe said again: "But the consumption at sea accounts for about three points. You are not afraid of anything else, you are afraid of heavy rain and strong winds."

Ten times!

It is really not high for the tax to be charged five times, even if silk is charged three times, syrup will be a huge profit for merchants.

"But Silk, I want to change the way of playing and increase the profit to twenty times higher. After I return to Beijing and report to the future, you will have to contribute. I would like to ask, how much money has the Xie family earned this year?"

"Sir, the Xie family has not yet received the year-end remittance, but it is estimated that it can exceed one million taels of gross profit. It is divided into stores, businesses, and weaving households. After paying the tax, it is absolutely no problem for my Xie family's mansion to pay 100,000 taels of silver." Xie Yiyuan gave a big truth. He did not mention his other business, but only cooperated with Bai Minghe with the three items of white linen, silk and dye, which made the profits amazing.

Of course, the Xie family is not just a few people. Naturally, it is also a big family, a cooperative business, and a large number of weavers.

After Xie Yiyuan finished speaking, he bowed to Bai Minghe: "Since his cooperation with the adults, the accumulated gross profit of the top ten merchants is estimated to be 50 million to 80 million taels. The tax paid to the Ming Dynasty was about 4 million taels, but the other expenses exceeded 10 million taels. Therefore, if the 30% tax that the adults said was just a net payment of 30% in our eyes, it would be really fair!"

Xie Yiyuan’s implication is very obvious, that is, some officials are greedy.

Bai Minghe took out a cigar and lit it, sprayed a cigarette and sighed: "It seems that it is impossible not to kill people."

Of course, no one can touch on this.

The white-name crane will not continue on this topic: "Xie Hometown, I want to change the way I play the silk I mentioned. I am going to occupy the Japanese island. All mulberry trees are planted there to produce raw silk for us. The purchase price is worth 100 taels of silver and exchange for a tumble of raw silk. You can discuss this matter and help me think about the complete method to ensure the quality and output of these raw silks. Five years later, my requirement for the annual output of raw silk on Japanese island is not less than 100,000 tumbles."

Xie Yiyuan felt a little dizzy.

Bai Minghe took it seriously and analyzed that the butcher knife was very sharp and was really cruel when he attacked the foreign countries.

"This matter is a military secret. The East Factory will not be ruthless, remember!"

"Yes!" Xie Yiyuan could only answer one word, what else could he say. Only 100,000 tons of raw silk, for them, this thing can guarantee a net profit of millions of taels of silver a year for a merchant.

Baiminghe put down his cigar: "For the last thing, I consider issuing twenty-six sea trade brands, which will be replaced every three years. Your top ten merchant gangs cost 20 yuan, and the small merchant gangs in other provinces cost 6 yuan. But the big thing I mentioned has nothing to do with the small merchant gangs. They do not have such great power to contribute to our Ming Dynasty. Please note that we are the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"My Lord, we are all people of the Ming Dynasty. We are proud of our glory, and we are also humiliated by the Ming Dynasty!"

All the people from the Shang gang stood up. Bai Minghe listened carefully. They were not false. In the early Ming Dynasty, many people could still hear the elders talking about the misery at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty was the slavery of the Han people by the grassland people.

Therefore, the people still have the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, the Han people.

The white-famous crane stood up and bowed.

"Then please Mr. Xie write a letter. I, Baiminghe, and you all make an oath in duplicate. Whether it is my Baiminghe or my official position. After my Baiminghe returns to Beijing, I will take over the East Factory, and then go south to Jiangnan to choose a yamen to open up the territory and expand my territory for the Ming Dynasty."

The people from Baiminghe's sincere business gang felt that they were originally a little afraid of Baiminghe.

When several people heard that Bai Minghe was in charge of the East Factory, they felt cold on their backs. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!