Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

On the bustling streets of Linjiang City, Qin Ming walked through the streets and alleys, and the cries of hawkers could be heard from time to time.

A group of children ran past him quickly, laughing and playing.

The city's growing prosperity has attracted the attention of the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce.

This place is located in the central area of ​​the Lingnan region, and the original central area was the area around Qiantang City.

Later, because of Qin Ming's arrival, many things here changed.

Wan Shu had previously told Qin Ming that he was considering setting up the Chamber of Commerce headquarters here.

This will not only make it easier to do business in the future, but also make it easier for Qin Ming to adjust his policies in the future.

"Your Highness, you are here."

When he arrived at the yamen, the yamen runner had seen Qin Ming many times.

Instead of stopping him, they even walked up to Qin Ming and greeted him.

Qin Ming nodded slightly and walked straight into the yard at the back.

Song Dingsheng is still very busy. When Qin Ming came over today, he saw him concentrating on handling local affairs at his desk.

Now he is not only the judge of the local people.

We must also take into account local economic development.

I'm busy with both government affairs and economics, and I'm very busy every day.

However, when he saw Qin Ming coming, he immediately stood up.

"Your Highness."

"Tax revenue has been good lately, hasn't it?"

Qin Ming found a seat at random, sat down and asked him.

Daqian’s commercial taxes were very heavy.

As long as the business here is prosperous, Linjiang City's tax revenue will increase several times.

"Yes, but don't worry, Your Highness. All the tax increases we've recently made will go towards subsidizing the military camps. I only need to pay the same amount of taxes to the court as before."

Daqian's local finances were largely self-sufficient.

The reason why the court let them manage themselves was mainly because it was too troublesome.

Most of these small towns have no stable source of income and develop slowly.

Once you are linked to the imperial court, many troubles will pile up in the imperial court.

Simply delegate some financial powers to lower levels, or to put it nicely, let them find their own way out.

To put it bluntly, you are just wishing for the best.

As for the imperial court, every year a comprehensive calculation is made based on their number of people, number of shops, amount of land, etc.

These counties were asked to hand over a amount of silver and grain, and the rest was left alone.

County officials and prefects in various places knew that they could not rely on the imperial court.

Only some relatively young officials who have the potential to be promoted will pay more as a token of their political achievements.

Most other officials only pay a fixed amount on a regular basis every year, and they pay the same amount no matter how much they earn.

Song Dingsheng is like this now.

"Okay, but you need to set aside some money recently. I need it."

Qin Ming informed Song Dingsheng of the deal between himself and Wan Shu.

Hearing this, Song Dingsheng thought for a moment and said:

"Your Highness, I have a way to help you do this more thoroughly."

"Oh? What can you do?"

Qin Ming looked at the other party curiously, waiting for Song Dingsheng's explanation.

Song Dingsheng whispered:

"It's like this. Although the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce is powerful, their capabilities are limited. Why don't we give them some more money and let those scattered merchants work together."

"We don't need to give too much. We can select a few scattered merchants and give them some tax exemptions. This way, we can let everyone in the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce and those outside the Chamber of Commerce participate."

Qin Ming's eyes lit up.

"That's a good idea."

While speaking, Song Dingsheng also whispered:

"Your Highness, I heard that this year's Nanyang Merchant Caravan seems to be coming?"

"Why, you have an idea too?"

Qin Ming had previously talked about the Nanyang merchant caravan with Wan Shu and Cao Chuan.

Their silk was also prepared early, waiting for the arrival of the Nanyang merchant caravan to make a fortune.

"No, no, no, I was just wondering if we should give some of the tax-free quota to the Nanyang Merchant Corps..."

Song Dingsheng quickly denied it.

As a court official, he could clearly understand his position.

At my age, I no longer want to think about promotion or wealth.

He was already very satisfied that he could make Linjiang City prosperous so quickly.

It’s good enough that Qin Ming can help me so much.

If even the Nanyang merchant caravan wanted to get involved, it would definitely cause Qin Ming's dissatisfaction.

"Why do you say that suddenly?"

Qin Ming raised the corner of his mouth, but did not agree directly. Instead, he wanted to hear Song Dingsheng's thoughts.

At this time, Song Dingsheng also slowly explained:

"Your Highness, many of our products are simply not competitive compared to our competitors. You have to use money to bind them, otherwise those people will definitely not keep selling to you out of respect."

"Yes, I do think so, Lao Song. It seems that you have learned a lot from doing business with me over the past few months."

"No, no, it's all thanks to your highness's good teaching."

The two discussed and determined the subsequent tax exemption plan.

Qin Mingcai finally left here.

In the evening, when Qin Ming returned home, he saw Wan Shu and Guan Yue sitting in the yard.

"They're off."

Seeing Qin Ming coming back, Wan Shu directly reported her itinerary to him.

Tomorrow their Chamber of Commerce will bring a large amount of goods directly to Huxi.

There will definitely be a bloody storm at that time.

"Are you all ready?"

"It's okay. They've been squeezing our living space lately. It seems they've figured out we're all in this together."

Wan Shu did not shy away from the threats he faced.

The Chamber of Commerce and Wuwei Camp are already allies.

Qin Ming must know many things.

"Did Wu Dingbo take action?"

"No, the Huguang Governor seems to be very cautious and has been hiding in the background."

Wan Shu has recently received a lot of information from Qin Ming and knows about Wu Dingbo's situation.

However, during the process of continuous investigation, Wan Shu discovered that the other party seemed to be a veteran.

Although he did a lot of things against Qin Ming, he was able to keep himself out of it every time.

Just like this battle for cloth in the entire Lingnan area.

He himself never even showed up.

"This old fox, I will catch him sooner or later."

Qin Ming snorted coldly.

The thing that can survive the longest in the court is this kind of non-stick pan.

But they are the most insidious.

They have been around for many years and now stand on the opposite side of themselves.

The threat will be great.

"How about killing him?"

At this time, Guan Yue, who had already known the situation, suddenly spoke.

This scared both Qin Ming and Wan Shu.

"Xiaoyue, your idea is too dangerous. Some people cannot be solved by simply killing them."

Wan Shu's words made Guan Yue frown slightly.

As the daughter of a military commander, she doesn't like this kind of twists and turns.

Just as they were about to continue chatting, a few people suddenly ran in from outside. The person leading them was Zhou Ci from the Linjiang City branch.

"Your Highness, Mr. Shang! This is bad, they've also confiscated our belongings!"