Su Qi requires that berth fees be charged for ships docking at the Mingfeng Town Pier, and boat owners can apply for exemption from berth fees.
If the mooring time in Mingfeng Town exceeds three days and a certain number of transactions are completed in Mingfeng Town, you can apply for free mooring.
A special office was set up at the dock.
Su Qi also advocated for a future trading market in Mingfeng Town, where the buildings and shops would only be rented and not sold.
Merchants trading here enjoy preferential policies of tax and fee reductions, which is also the result of several negotiations between them and Zhou Huaan.
Zhou Huaan wanted the Yun County government to intervene in the trade market, and it would be best if the government could acquire business shares.
Rejected by Su Qi and Gu Beiheng.
However, all taxes in the trade city will still be collected by people sent by Yun County, and then the Yun County government can send people to the trade market.
The taxes and fees collected must not exceed the minimum commercial taxes and fees of the Dashun Kingdom.
The initial prototype of a trading market has already appeared on the dock.
The Mingfeng Town Wharf is now more lively than before, so the shops in Mingfeng Town are doing very well.
The rent is also much higher than before.
Mingfeng Town became lively in a short time.
During the snowstorm, Ying Shiyi received Su Qi's instructions and bought more than a dozen stores.
I bought four shops in East Market.
Now the charcoal shop in Nanshi and the grain shop next door have been connected and are now selling grain and vegetables.
We also sell some meat sauce and dried meat.
Su Qi and Gu Beiheng arrived at the dock.
Both of them were wearing fine cotton clothes, and Su Qi had a gold hairpin stuck in her bun.
Compared to the rich people in the town, he is really ordinary.
The dock was bustling with people, with many ships docking here for supplies, exchanging goods or selling some goods.
Ying Shiyi sent people to follow Shen Zhishan to look for goods at the dock, and if they found good goods, they would pay to buy them first.
Then add the profit and sell it later.
Su Qi checked the account book in the meeting room of the dock warehouse, with the steward standing nearby to answer questions at any time.
"Are rouge and powder from Dongqi Country selling so well?" Su Qi closed the account book and couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.
Good job.
Most of the items purchased at the dock are from Dongqi Country.
What rouge and powder?
Various grains and plant seeds.
Even the food they eat is mostly imported from Dongqi Country.
Compare it with Dongqi Kingdom and then look at several other countries.
That is the advanced and backward control groups.
The steward at the dock explained with a smile: "Madam. The late queen of Dongqi Kingdom was a remarkable person. She met overseas merchants and bought a lot of grain seeds.
She also learned planting techniques and other new things, and assisted the late Emperor Dongqi in bringing the Dongqi Kingdom into prosperity.
"Oh? The late queen? She's passed away?" Su Qi's mind moved. Could this late queen be a fellow villager?
The steward bent over, with stars in his eyes.
"He passed away over thirty years ago. It's a pity that he never had any children. He only raised the children of the late Emperor Dongqi."
"I heard that the late queen loved Prince God of War the most. Who knew that Prince God of War Dongqi didn't get married either, but instead had two adopted sons to accompany him."
Su Qi is very interested in these royal secrets.
I couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
"Madam. There is a young master named Yue Jiu from Dongqi Country. I heard that Madam Dong is here and wants to visit." Shen Zhishan's men standing outside the door reported in a crisp voice.
Yue Jiushao?
Su Qi remembered that the man sold a lot of cotton to them.
He even took out Yunwu tea to show off, but was slapped in the face by Su Qi who took out rice sprouts.
"What goods did Master Yue Jiu sell this time?" Su Qi put away the account book and asked calmly.
"I heard it was food. Several ships of food were delivered." The servant outside the door thought for a moment and replied, "In addition to several ships of food, there is also a ship of silk, cotton and other fabrics."
Businessmen make huge profits.
Snow disasters occurred in several places around Jinyang Prefecture, coupled with the disasters brought by refugees.
Those merchants had already stockpiled food and cloth, waiting to make a fortune once peace was restored.
Su Qi took out a small jar from her bag and asked the steward to brew a cup of cloud tea and send it over. "Tell the Ninth Master that I'll be there soon."
The manager took the small jar and left.
Su Qi put the account book away, and before she reached the door, she saw Gu Beiheng coming over.
"Beiheng. Aren't you and Shen Zhishan inspecting the docks?"
"I saw a merchant ship from Dongqi country docked here. It was said to be a ship from the Yue family of Dongqi." The person that Gu Beiheng was thinking of was the charming and alluring Yue Jiushao with the phoenix eyes.
That man doesn't look like a serious person.
Besides, Gu Beiheng took a fancy to his goods.
Su Qi chuckled nonchalantly, "That Yue Jiushao's ship said they wanted to visit us."
"I'll go with you." Gu Beiheng frowned.
Fortunately, I came back.
But why did the little woman look so happy when she heard that charming man?
Can a sissy man still attract women?
"Okay." Su Qi had no idea that Gu Beiheng had already imagined a big drama in his mind.
She and Gu Beiheng walked out together.
The reception for Yue Jiushao was arranged in the reception room at the dock, where two pots of camellia in full bloom were placed.
Red charcoal was lit in the house, making it warm even in the coldest time of the year.
Yue Jiushao was dressed in a birch-colored silk brocade robe with a gold-thread belt around his waist. Hanging from it were two top-grade jade pendants and a crimson embroidered purse.
The jade hairpin on her head is bright green.
The whole body looks noble.
The standard for rich people.
In short, he is extremely rich.
He held the teacup, squinted his eyes and took a sip. Yue Jiushao seemed stunned for a moment.
Are all the people in the small town of Mingfeng so rich?
The tea served to guests at the dock was also made with Yunwu Tea's rice buds, but the young prince was reluctant to give them his own rice buds.
"Young Master Jiu, how are you?" Su Qi and Gu Beiheng walked in from outside.
Su Qi smiled at Yue Jiushao, but Gu Beiheng beside her had a cold expression on his face, as if he was born unable to smile.
When Yue Jiushao saw Su Qi and Gu Beiheng, he suddenly realized.
It turns out that the new owners of the wharf are the two of them. No wonder they have such good tea?
"Master Gu, Madam Gu. I didn't expect you to be so impressive in just two months." Yue Jiushao stood up and clasped his fists. "I was curious about the new owner of the dock. I heard about Master Gu and his wife's heroic deeds this time."
Heroes emerge in troubled times.
Yue Jiushao knew that Gu Beiheng and his wife were not ordinary villagers.
Gu Beiheng gestured for them to sit down, and then he and Su Qi sat opposite Yue Jiushao.
"I heard that you transported a lot of food this time?" Gu Beiheng asked casually.
Yue Jiushao always felt that Gu Beiheng seemed hostile to him. He wondered if it was his illusion?
"Master Gu, I brought five ships of grain here, but I only plan to sell one ship of grain in Mingfeng Town."
Gu Beiheng moved his hand, and a servant came to the door and put down two cups of tea and two plates of cakes.
Then he bowed, walked out and closed the door.
"We want to buy five ships of food from you." Gu Beiheng picked up the teacup and gently slid the rim of the cup with the lid.
Yue Jiushao almost spit out a mouthful of tea.
"You want all five ships of grain?" Yue Jiushao shook his head. "No. I can sell you one more ship at most. The other three ships must be delivered to Jinyang Prefecture. That's the grain that Prefect Zhang specifically requested."
Gu Beiheng and Su Qi exchanged glances.
If others could still make concessions, since it was the food of Zhang Zhifu of Jinyang Prefecture.
Then I can only stay here.
"I'm afraid that Master Jiu can't just leave if he wants to." Gu Beiheng was naturally hostile to Master Yue Jiu and was not as reasonable as Su Qi.
"You want to force a sale?"
Yue Jiushao was completely speechless.
Is this a bandit's den?
No one has the shamelessness to do business to this extent.
Gu Beiheng took a sip of tea and said with a double meaning, "Young Master Yue Jiu must have investigated my husband and me before, right? I used to lead troops in battle."
Yue Jiushao had a heart attack.
There's nothing wrong with leading troops to fight, but it doesn't mean that doing business requires such banditry.
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