Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After listening to Chu Mo's words, Li Shimin instantly fell into deep thought.

Li Zhenying on the side also looked at Chu Mo with strange eyes.

All along, in my impression, the guy in front of me was a freeloader who could not afford to lose.

But now it seems that my previous view may be a bit one-sided. There should be some shining points in this guy that I have never discovered.

Thinking of this, Li Zhenying blushed and quickly turned her head aside.

Li Shimin, who was deep in thought, suddenly caught a glimpse of Li Zhenying who was looking reddish from the corner of his eye. His heart couldn't help but he suddenly woke up, his eyes were focused, and he looked at Chu Mo again and said:

"Chu Mo, although what you just said makes sense, I still think that merchants and their like are just people who forget their loyalty for profit."

"However, since you insist on helping those merchants now, I can't help you. So, let's each take a step back."

"The commercial tax will not be increased this time, but you must also agree to let them sell the materials in their hands at the previous market price and not take the opportunity to increase prices."

Seeing Li Shimin giving in, Chu Mo chuckled and said, "Since you, His Majesty, have already spoken, how dare I disobey."

"However, the merchants' supplies will be given to you at market prices, but what are you going to exchange for the things in my hands?"

Li Shimin originally wanted to say that he would buy at the market price.

But then I thought about it, Chu Mo must have a purpose for asking like this.

So he asked: "What do you want?"

"Of course I want money. The reason why I say this is that I'm just worried that you don't have enough money."

Chu Mo replied matter-of-factly.

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, and he really wanted to say, "Stop looking down on others."

But when he thought that the Turks might take the opportunity to invade in a large scale, and that he might need to spend a lot of money to recruit troops and consolidate the city's defenses, he gave up his thoughts of arguing with Chu Mo.

Anyway, I have already lost all my face today, so this is the last chance.

"Just tell me, as long as it's not too much, I will definitely agree."

Seeing that the other party was so happy, Chu Mo was stunned for a moment, and then his iconic obscene smile appeared on his face and he said:

"Now that your Majesty the Emperor has spoken, I, Chu Mo, am no longer a polite person."

Li Shimin rolled his eyes, yes, you are not a polite person, you are not a polite person.

Already prepared to be brutally stabbed, he sat upright and waited for Chu Mo's next words.

"My conditions are very simple. I am not allowed to recruit troops in my territory for ten years. In addition, I will set up a caravan in the future. No one or any city in the Tang Dynasty will make any excuses for my caravan. Stop my caravan of traders."

"Also, the construction of my territory requires personnel and materials. I hope that when purchasing, no one will deliberately raise the price."

Seeing that Chu Mo wanted to continue speaking, Li Shimin hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him: "Chu Mo, that's enough. I agree to all the conditions you proposed, but people must also know how to be satisfied. If you continue endlessly, That would be a bit much.”

"Excessive?"

Chu Mo rolled his eyes and asked angrily.

Li Shimin nodded with certainty: "Looking at the Tang Dynasty, who dares to treat me like this except you? Dare to make demands of me."

"I am cooperating with you based on my own strength. If you don't want to, then forget it."

Li Shimin was so angry at Chu Mo. Is he trying to kill someone?

After calming down, Li Shimin frowned and looked at Chu Mo and said, "You can think about the last one before you think about it."

Chu Mo, who knew he couldn't push further, pondered for a moment before saying, "The last one is that no monks are allowed to enter and preach in my territory without my permission."

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin and Li Zhenying looked at Chu Mo in confusion.

"I didn't expect you to have such a deep grudge against Buddhism. However, I believe that the Buddhist monks will look down on your small piece of land."

Even so, Li Shimin was secretly thinking, if Chu Mo doesn't like the Buddhists so much, is he really just afraid of them?Or is there something hidden in it?

Although he was confused, he still waved his hand very cheerfully and said: "I have said before that since the land has been allocated to you, you will make the decision from now on. Whether you let the monks in or not is your business. , I will not interfere."

After getting Li Shimin's accurate answer, Chu Mo nodded with satisfaction.

Then the two discussed some details and both were extremely satisfied.

Although there was no agreement signed this time, both of them knew that it was impossible for the other party to break the contract, and there was no need to break the contract.

After sending Li Shimin away, Chu Mo looked at the people in the hall who were looking at him curiously and said:

"Everyone, I have some unfortunate news for you. Just now, I talked with that noble man. From today on, all goods must be sold according to the price set by the Chamber of Commerce."

"Of course, this regulation is not only issued to our Datang Chamber of Commerce, but to the entire world."

"In addition, whoever is found to be hoarding and driving up prices will be expelled from the chamber of commerce, and the government will impose a fine of three times the amount of the profit."

As soon as the words fell, the merchants in the hall began to boil instantly like cold water poured into a pan.

Cui Yingying, who had just been scolded, saw this situation and immediately shouted:

"President Chu, so to speak, not only did you not ask that noble man to take back the tax increase order, but you actually ceded our interests. Are you sure that you are qualified as the president?"

This time, several family heads did not stop him and allowed Cui Yingying to scream.

After hearing what Cui Yingying said, the surrounding businessmen all looked at Chu Mo, waiting for his answer.

After all, if Chu Mo cannot give a satisfactory answer today, then the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce is likely to collapse in an instant, and they, as well as Chu Mo who established the Chamber of Commerce, will immediately become the laughing stock of the entire Chang'an, and even the entire world.

Chu Mo narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Cui Yingying and snorted coldly: "This decision was made by His Majesty the Emperor. I am just informing you in advance. If you are not convinced, you can go to the person who made it."

After hearing what Chu Mo said, everyone fell silent.

Just kidding, as a merchant, I went to ask His Majesty the Emperor, maybe I was getting impatient.

Seeing that no one spoke, Chu Mo sneered at the corner of his mouth and said, "Also, you jumped out to accuse me before I even finished what I said before?"

"When did I say the tax thing failed?"

"I'm just going to tell you the important things first. As for the taxes, since I personally come forward, I will naturally charge them at the original thirty tax rate."

As soon as the words fell, the originally silent hall became excited again, and most people had happy smiles on their faces.

Only Cui Yingying looked at Chu Mo with disbelief. She didn't know how this man persuaded Li Shimin.