Chapter 547 is actually related to Zhang Dong
Shen Qingqian used to be slow to react to such things, but now it was different. As soon as she saw Shen Qingning making faces, she knew what would happen next.
So, Shen Qingqian said to Sheng Ze decisively and seriously: "If it's not something important, let's talk about it after we get back."
After saying that, she took a few quick steps and went over to Shen Qingning and the others.
Sheng Ze paused, feeling both amused and helpless.
He just wanted to mention in passing that he would have to trouble her to deal with the profit sharing and tax collection matters when the caravan returned.
In fact, Shen Qingqian has not been idle these days. Although she does not often go to the city to deal with the caravan's affairs, she gave a plan and asked Li Hezhou to implement it.
This includes how to count the caravan’s sales on the road to prevent merchants in the caravan from evading taxes.
After all, the Hubei Northern Army has spent so much effort, and there must be a reasonable return.
Before this, Shen Qingqian hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to levy taxes based on sales for this caravan trip. In addition to taxes, the Hubei Northern Army would also have to pay an additional "protection fee", which was also linked to sales.
For merchants, this was like touching their cake, but the high returns from foreign trade made them reluctant to give up this piece of meat, so they finally had no choice but to agree.
Shen Qingqian knew very well that if the caravan failed to make enough money to attract merchants this time, no one would be willing to join the caravan next time, so management on the road was very important.
In fact, if these people were more united and acted in a unified manner outside, whether it was the Hubei Northern Army responsible for protection or the people responsible for trade, if they all put maximizing the profits of the goods first, they might bring back great surprises.
However, Shen Qingqian had only mentioned this to Li Hezhou before, and Sheng Ze was also listening at the time. It was unknown whether he had mentioned it to the soldiers in charge of protection.
After seeing the excitement of the caravan’s journey, everyone worked as hard as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
Shen Qingqian turned to the planting base halfway. She had to go and see if there were any seedlings that needed to be replanted today.
From a distance, Shen Qingqian seemed to see two familiar faces, and the voices that became clearer and clearer sounded familiar.
"Dad, Dad, please slow down."
"You rebellious son! Didn't I tell you not to come out? You just don't understand, right?"
"It's unfair, Dad. I just heard that you were seriously ill..."
"Bullshit! As long as you don't make me angry, I'm fine!"
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Shen Qingqian heard that the people she was about to meet were Zhang Zhiyao and Zhang Dong, father and son.
Without thinking, she quickly hid behind a big tree on the side of the road. There were some bushes around it, which completely blocked her figure.
It can be seen that Zhang Dong made Zhang Zhiyao very angry, otherwise he would not have cursed so much.
There was no one around, and it was not known whether Zhang Zhiyao had lost his mind due to anger or what, but he walked forward quickly while scolding Zhang Dong, causing Shen Qingqian to accidentally hear many of the bad things Zhang Dong had done.
"Have you forgotten that the granary burned down last year because of that woman you brought back? You always disobey me, and sooner or later you'll kill me!"
This happened to be said in front of Shen Qingqian, and she suddenly opened her eyes wide. Was the burning of the Hubei Army's granary last year related to Zhang Dong?
"No, Dad, we've all passed that. And I really don't know why you told others that you were sick."
The voices of the two people were getting farther and farther away, and the footsteps of the personal servant following behind them gradually disappeared. However, Shen Qingqian frowned and did not come out from behind the tree immediately.
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