Chapter 2265： lost

Chapter 2265 lost

So that.

The gamblers who heard the news didn't dare to go to Qi's Casino.

They are ordinary people.

How dare they offend such powerful people, not even the third young master of the Li family, they are even more afraid of being plotted to death if they are not careful.

So that.

When Li Shen arranged for people to continue to open the casino.

Many curious gamblers ran to Li's casino.

This public opinion seemed to be won by the Li family.

The third master Qi was so annoyed that he asked people to cover up the news, while waiting for Qi Shangshu to return home.

Compared to being robbed of business by Li Shen, it is now obvious that Qi Shangshu's situation in the palace is more important.

This time the fight failed, no matter how angry Third Master Qi was, there was nothing he could do about Li Shen.

He was so angry that he smashed the study.

The servants waiting outside the Qi family were silent, not daring to speak out.

Palace.

Qi Shangshu was mentally prepared before coming.

After dealing with some of the previous questions of Emperor Xuanming.

Emperor Xuanming suddenly asked inexplicably: "I heard that many merchant ships from the south of the Yangtze River have returned from the sea recently. How are the harvest?"

"Your Majesty, I only heard about it from the officials' official reports a while ago, but the merchant ships that came back at this time were all small boats, and they only went to the barbarians to exchange some seafood, pearls and other jewelry. The place is small, and most people are not living well. Even the pearl jewelry exchanged looks average in size, but those merchants just exchange some old grain and old mints, which is worth it.” Qi Shangshu thought carefully, and answered these words are all Think twice and make sure you don't say the wrong thing.

Emperor Xuanming: "Really? It seems that you can earn a lot of money by sea transportation. The governor of Jiangnan gave me a note a few days ago, saying that Jiangnan is cold early this year, and I am afraid that it will be rainy in the coming year. , There are a lot of taxes set, presumably it will not affect the operation of the Jiangnan area next year."

"However, just in case, I asked the governor of Jiangnan to assist you. It is necessary to ensure that the grain storage in each county is twice that of previous years. Can you do this?"

Qi Shangshu did not expect that he was not reprimanded by the third master for what he did when he entered the palace.

If he does this, he is afraid that he will offend those sea merchants.

But.

Obviously, from the law that clearly taxed this group of people after the opening of the maritime business, it was known that Emperor Xuanming was not going to let such a large piece of fat develop.

"Your Majesty, I will fulfill my orders."

"There is one more thing. I am worried about the taxation of the sea shipment this time. I am going to send the servant of the household department to check the accounts. You assist him. I want both of you to return safely." Emperor Xuanming entrusted Qi Shangshu with a few words. important task.

Especially the latter sentence, both of them returned safely, which is simply too profound.

In fact, shipping by sea is definitely a good thing for the Qi family.

Most of the shipping ports are now in the Jiangnan area.

It also means that those big merchants are all in the fiefdom of King Qi, and they are the forces of King Qi, and there is absolutely no shortage of money.

Now that Emperor Xuanming ordered this matter, it is obvious that he does not want to feed the appetite of those maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

The governor of Jiangnan is the emperor's man.

He went to work this time, but he was actually very constrained.

But Qi Shangshu did not dare to refuse, knowing that Emperor Xuanming was testing himself.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"By the way, I heard that your Li family's child was beaten?" Emperor Xuanming suddenly mentioned this, his face was very calm: "It seems that the defense of the capital is even weaker than I thought."

(end of this chapter)