Dressed as a family of cannon fodder, the villain brother is busy opening up wasteland

Li Yi raised his head from the book, looked at her, and smiled: "If you don't want to tell me, I won't ask. Yaoyao, everyone has their own secrets. You can let me read these books, which shows your trust in me. I should be sensible."

Wen Yao breathed a sigh of relief, propped up her head with both hands, looked at him from across the table, and asked, "Aren't you curious about where I got all this from?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "It must have been given by the immortal who entered my dream."

With a chuckle, Wen Yao laughed out loud and teased, "Do you believe it?"

Li Yi looked at her gently, his tone doting and firm: "Believe it."

"You tell me, and I'll believe it."

Wen Yao's heart was beating so fast at this moment that she almost couldn't hold it back. She even avoided his gaze and her little face turned red.

Li Yi laughed helplessly and continued to read with his head down. He couldn't miss such a good opportunity.

Judging from the titles of the books, these must be books about maritime trade that Wen Yao found for him. If he does not cherish the opportunity, he would be betraying Yaoyao's trust in him.

After a long time, Wen Yao calmed down. Seeing that he was reading seriously, she said, "I don't know if I can help you. I really don't understand this aspect, but I have found all the relevant books. See if I can help you."

"Yes, Yaoyao, you helped me a lot." Li Yi was excited when he spoke. He just opened the first book and found that it contained a complete import and export trade structure, including tax classification and so on.

But there were some words in it that he couldn't understand, so he would ask Wen Yao.

Wen Yao didn't actually understand some of the overly professional terms, but it was not difficult for her to find the meaning from the book. In this way, the two of them stayed in Li Yi's room to study the books without going out for the whole day. Even their lunch and dinner were delivered to them.

The Third Princess and Princess Fu came over, and this was the first time that Wen Yao saw a panicked look on Li Yi's face. He hid the books he hadn't finished reading under the cushions on the couch, and put other books on the table. As for the manuscripts, he left them untouched.

She felt a little warm in her heart, he was protecting her.

The Princess of Fu and the Third Princess did not stay long either. They were originally curious about what the two children were doing in the yard, so they came to take a look. Since everyone in the mansion was their family, they were not afraid of any bad words spreading, but it was still better to take a look to feel more at ease.

Seeing that the two were just discussing maritime trade in the room, the Third Princess and Princess Fu believed that Wen Yao was smart and would be able to help Li Yi, so they didn't say anything more, but just asked them to pay attention to the combination of work and rest, as the matter of maritime trade could not be resolved in a day or two.

In this way, the two of them stayed at home for three days. Except for going back to their own rooms at night, they spent the rest of the time together studying the issue of maritime trade. Finally, they summarized a new reform plan for maritime trade for Li Yi.

As soon as the plan came out, Li Yi couldn't wait to go to the Maritime Trade Office and took the seventh prince away.

Wen Xiuyi and Wen Jun finally found an opportunity to catch Wen Yao and question her.

"Did you show him those books?" Wen Xiuyi asked.

Wen Yao nodded: "There are too many, Dad. I am going to be exhausted from copying them all."

Wen Xiuyi opened his mouth. He wanted to say that Li Yi didn't suspect anything. But looking at Li Yi's reaction, if he really suspected something, he would have suspected it long ago, and he should have been unable to sit still. But he seemed very calm.

"He didn't ask?"

Wen Yao shook her head: "I was sensible and didn't ask."

Wen Xiuyi: "...You don't doubt it?"

Wen Yao shook her head and told the two of them about Li Yi's reaction that day.

The father and son looked at each other. Can this Li Yi be trusted?

Although he thought so, he was the one who would spend the rest of his life with Wen Yao, and some things could not be kept secret for a lifetime. If Li Yi was really a trustworthy person, maybe... it wouldn't be a big deal.

But I am afraid that if he knew that Wen Yao is different, he would have other thoughts. After all, the existence of that space is too against the will of heaven. If one controls this space, one can do whatever he wants in this world.

Although he had watched this kid grow up and his character was trustworthy, Wen Xiuyi still reminded Wen Yao: "Be careful. Dad is not saying that Li Yi is bad. I just think that what our family of three has experienced is too unbelievable. It is not something that ordinary people can accept. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Yeah, I understand." It was because he understood that he was always conflicted and entangled, but Wen Xiuyi was right, the origins of their family of three were too bizarre. If Li Yi really regarded them as monsters, then all their efforts for so long would be in vain.

With the books that Wen Yao gave to Li Yi, it was much easier for Li Yi to take over the arrangement of the Maritime Trade Office. It only took him half a month from the time he proposed those new reform plans to the entire rectification and training.

In the past half month, Li Yi has been staying in the yamen almost every day. He would only come back to find Wen Yao when he encountered trouble. Then the two of them would go back after discussing a suitable solution. He almost always ate and slept there, and sometimes he would even stay there when it was too late.

But even so, it still caused dissatisfaction among some people. Those vassal states felt that the taxes set by Annan were too high for them.

Wen Yao and Li Yi have calculated this account. According to the tax conversion method left over from the previous dynasty's maritime trade, it is no wonder that these vassal states love to come here to make money. They really make a lot of money. They are good at taking advantage of loopholes and reporting the lowest tax on some high-priced goods. In addition, the previous dynasty did not make specific classification details for these, which allowed people to take advantage of many loopholes.

Now Li Yi has not only adjusted the taxation method, but also refined the classification of goods to the minimum. Not only them, but also local merchants in Annan must abide by this rule, as long as your goods are prepared to be sold outside, to these vassal people.

You have to pay taxes when you come in and when you go out, and many people complained about this for a while.

But in fact, they have calculated that even if they are classified, these taxes are not high, and some are even lower than the current tax rate in Linjing County.

But this person's appetite has been enlarged, so it's difficult to control him.

Li Yi also acted decisively. If you don't abide by their tax system, then go back to where you came from. He also warned local merchants that if anyone smuggled and evaded taxes and secretly imported goods from these vassal states, once discovered, they would be violating the law of the country. At the very least, they would have to pay a fine and go to jail, or at worst, their entire family would be implicated.

Some even criticized Prince Fu for acting arbitrarily and tampering with taxes in order to enrich himself.

Li Yi just smiled and took out the imperial edict.

As early as when he and Wen Yao discussed countermeasures, he had already sent the new maritime trade tax system to the capital as quickly as possible and handed it over to the emperor.

The emperor understood the importance of maritime trade, and summoned people from the Ministry of Revenue to discuss the matter overnight. He finally issued an order that maritime trade would be conducted in accordance with the system set by Prince Fu from now on. He also sent someone to rush the imperial edict to Li Yi over a distance of 800 miles overnight. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be considered to be disobeying the emperor's order.