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Emperor Jingde asked Xie Zhichan tentatively, "So, if all the shops in Kyoto were given to you, how much silver taels of commercial tax could you earn for Dajin every year?"

Xie Zhichan thought to herself, here it comes, the big fish has taken the bait, it was worth it that she had painted a delicious commercial tax pie for the dog emperor, and she immediately stretched out a hand with five fingers extended.

Emperor Jingde looked at it and guessed, "Five hundred thousand taels?"

He calculated in his mind that all the commercial taxes in the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty last year were only 400,000 taels, plus the two-tenths of the prince's private collection, it should be 500,000 taels.

If Xie Zhichan were to become the president of the Chamber of Commerce, would the commercial tax revenue only be able to remain at 500,000 taels per year?

Emperor Jingde suddenly felt that the commercial tax pie was not so attractive anymore.

Xie Zhichan shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, could you be bolder and use your imagination to add more?"

Emperor Jingde calculated and added a little more? If the five fingers were not 500,000 taels, then they would be 5 million taels? !

His eyes widened instantly, finding it unbelievable, but he desperately hoped that this was true, because his treasury was really too poor.

He asked impatiently, "You mean we can get five million taels? Do you know that the tax revenue of Dajin last year was only eight million taels, and the total commercial tax revenue of Jingdu last year was only five hundred thousand taels?"

Even Pei Yi frowned when he heard these numbers. Is it really feasible to increase the commercial tax revenue tenfold?

Xie Zhichan thought: I don't know how many times the imperial court received these eight million taels of silver after being exploited. In reality, it is probably doubled. If she manages her shop and the hot spring villa properly, she can pay 50,000 taels of silver in commercial taxes a year. There are probably hundreds of merchants in Kyoto who own more than four shops. Five million taels of silver is entirely possible.

She affirmed, "As long as the emperor can give me an imperial decree and let me serve as the president of this chamber of commerce, I can guarantee to complete the task of collecting 5 million taels of commercial tax for the whole year. If I fail to do so, I will voluntarily hand over all the profits of my shop for the whole year as a supplement."

Seeing that Ayuan spoke so decisively, Pei Yi knew that she must have an idea in mind, so he was no longer worried.

Seeing that Xie Zhichan spoke so confidently, Emperor Jingde could not help but believe her. Thinking of the five million taels of commercial taxes, he clapped his hands and laughed. All the frustration in his heart about the prince's embezzlement of commercial taxes was swept away.

He smiled at Xie Zhichan and said, "Okay! I will give you the Luo family's hot spring villa as an apology! Now I will issue an imperial decree to let you be the president of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce! However, you must give me a military order as a reminder to you."

Xie Zhichan rolled her eyes in her heart: This military order is just the emperor's way of putting a tight ring on her. But on the surface, she said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

Emperor Jingde wrote an imperial edict on the spot and gave it to Xie Zhichan to take away directly. Of course, he also asked Xie Zhichan to leave the military order on the desk in the Taiji Hall.

After Pei Yi and Xie Zhichan left, Emperor Jingde had to discuss with Liu Yushi and Chen Yong about the business tax supervision, whether to recover the prince's part of the tax, how to obtain the correct account books, and how to deal with the Luo family.

On the carriage back to Prince Yan's Mansion, Xie Zhichan happily held the imperial edict and looked at it again and again. Now she owns a hot spring villa and is also the president of the entire Kyoto Chamber of Commerce.

Pei Yi looked at her smiling face and asked, "I helped you get such a big benefit, how do you plan to thank me, Ayuan?"

After hearing this, Xie Zhichan felt that Pei Yi had indeed helped a lot in this matter. She thought about her current relationship with Pei Yi, which should be equivalent to that of a man and a woman in the initial stage of love. At this stage, a man and a woman should have a meal together when they go on a date.

So he generously decided, "I'll treat you to dinner at Yonghe Building."