The air was filled with the smell that only the coal-iron complex with typical characteristics of Daxia. It happened that the wind and snow stopped here.

"Shangguan, Yilinka is the largest city in the forest, with tens of thousands of people, so my warehouse is set up here. According to the rules of the Daxia Kingdom, merchants like me must take the initiative to find the government to report the amount of materials purchased in the forest when they arrive here."

"Oh? Pay tax?"

"No need to pay, but you will get a bill that registers the quantity of items purchased. Before we go over the side wall and return to the mainland, we will also purchase some skins from the herdsmen in Khalkha at random, all of which are far away from the main roads. When we arrive at the side wall, we will register for the second time at the side wall government office. At this time, we will pay 10% of the tax at one time according to the total amount of goods, which is called the vehicle and ship tax."

"After returning to the mainland, if there are fixed shops, fixed commercial taxes will be paid according to the size of the shops, and will be collected at approximately half a percent of the total goods every year."

"Shangguan, the country of Daxia is now peaceful and peaceful, and the weather is good. However, the merchants are also very prosperous and easy to follow. The bulk of materials are occupied by several people. We can only make some hard money. Fortunately, there are not many merchants willing to take risks and run to the forest. In addition, we can buy some rare fur and leave the freight, and we can make some money."

"Oh, there are yamen along the way, and local tyrants intercept and exploit it?"

"This is not the case. However, when passing through the territory of the Chechen Khan tribe and the Tushetu Khan tribe, we still have to pay some taxes to them. You know, those places are not like Daxia. In addition to taxes, we also have to provide for the big and small Taiji. We are small in capital and low in profits. Under most conditions, we would rather detour Yangdu and go south along Neikalka than pass these two departments, but those big merchants don't care because of their high profits."

"What's more, before the Daxia Kingdom unifies the grassland? They had a close relationship with these merchants."

Hearing this? Sun Dewei looked at Zhang Wenwu.

I saw him wearing a tattered old sheepskin coat, but the robe inside was made of silk fabric. The cigarette mouth he carried with him and the utensils on the road were very particular. He seemed to make a lot of money at first glance. He was right? Only when he went deep into the forest, some rare furs? For example, fox fur as red as fire? Fox fur as snow-white as clouds? Bear skin as dark as ink? You can encounter such a skin. Now in a larger city in the Great Xia Kingdom, one piece can be sold for hundreds of silver coins, and Zhang Wenwu and others only need to get some daily necessities.

But this is what they deserve? Go deep into the forest with rugged roads, cold weather, and numerous ferocious beasts? Plus the distance? No matter how high the profit is, they are worth it.

Now Sun Dewei and the others are standing on a hillside north of Ireneka? Standing here, on both sides of the Kluchinna River in front is a river valley area about thirty miles long from north to south and ten miles wide from east to west, with more than ten lakes of all sizes nearby.

Houses are densely packed on both sides of the Kruchinna River, and black smoke is emitted from the tops of the houses.

"Your Highness"? At this time, Wang Zhi spoke. He had been in the Ministry of Revenue and was quite familiar with the second success of Nikan. "Elinka is a county town, but it is a big county. There is no agriculture and animal husbandry, all of which are industry, mainly pyrodite, limonite, and nitride refiners. The salt lake where His Majesty had refined nitride here more than 20 years ago still existed. It was originally said that it would be almost done for twenty years of refining, but it has not been exhausted yet. It is still the largest nitride plant in Chita Province."

"At present, these lakes have new uses. People from the Ministry of Industry seem to have made breakthroughs in using salt lakes to refine fertilizers. They were tested in Elinka from the beginning. The salt lake here is still too small. There are large areas of lakes in the Onon River Basin, Ubusu and Anxi. If feasible, fertilizer production will be carried out in those places."

"Originally, this place was also the place where His Majesty refines iron tools, but now they have been moved to Chita. Only ore is mined for rough selection, and then transported to Chita by using Chita. You see, there has been Chita since here..."

Sun Dewei looked along his fingers and saw a galloping path carrying birch trees on both sides of the Kluchinna River, and from time to time, a four-wheeled carriage crossed there.

Seeing this scene, Wang Zhi continued: "Your Highness, everything is good in the Daxia Chidao, but the smell is bad. Because they are all horse-drawn carriages, they are inevitably contaminated by horse feces. However, our country has formulated regulations to allow people from the road troop to collect feces and then sell them to nearby farmers. Now it is much better."

Sun Dewei nodded, looked at it for a while, and felt a little excited.

This place is the real "land of dragon prosperity" of the father. Without this place, he would not have been able to annihilate the Maoming'an tribes entrenched in the Nebchu grassland, and then conquer the tribes north of the Karma River. When his subordinates reached 10,000 households, he had the strength to compete with the three Khalkha tribes in the south.

When they got down to the foot of the mountain, they ran towards him in the distance. It was Sun Dewei who sent him to follow Zhang Wenwu to the county town to handle the bill. Sun Dewei suddenly thought of Nikan's instructions and quickly met him.

"Your Highness, the ministry followed Zhang Wenwu to the county town, and there was a handling of this matter at the gate of the county town. It happened that no one else was handling it at this time, so it was handled very quickly."

"Is there any fraud in favoritism?"

The guard looked stern, hesitated for a while and said, "Zhang Wenwu gave a small bag of pine nuts to the document handling the bill. I wonder if this counts..."

When Sun Dewei heard this, he was furious and was about to have an attack. Wang Zhi said, "Your Highness, this is also a common thing. Not only here, but even in Yangdu, Chita and other big cities, it is understandable that Your Majesty wants to clear the administration, but if you want to be clear, there is no trace of impurities. Besides, it is just a bag of pine nuts, and there is no exchange of money."

Sun Dewei said: "It's a bag of pine nuts now. Is it still far from silver coins in the future? The salary I paid to officials at all levels in Daxia is very generous. Why do you dare to do this?"

Mu Ren said: "Your Highness, it is not impossible to completely eliminate this matter. However, in that case, those employees who do business will hold grudges, which makes small merchants like Zhang Wenwu feel very uncomfortable. The Ministry of Revenue agreed to charge a handling fee for such a thing. Finally, he focused on thinking about local products such as pine nuts and honey, and then forget it."

"really?"

Mu Ren nodded, "Your Majesty also participated, and in the end he decided. Your Highness, a merchant like Zhang Wenwu, would only make a hard-earned money. If the yamen officials were seriously exploited, they would have been gone. You have also seen it. Zhang Wenwu looked shabby on the surface, but it was far from that inside. Not to mention anything else, it would be much better than farming at home and working."

Only then did Sun Dewei relax his frown and murmured to himself: "Is there no way to stop these?"

Mu Ren laughed and said, "Your Majesty once told me before that the general idea is like this, 'All people have greed. As an official, it is nothing more than to formulate regulations that make sentient beings not greedy and less greedy. If corruption affects the national economy and people's livelihood, we must find problems in terms of regulations. As for ordinary relationships, it is impossible to eliminate them. Zhang Wenwu often comes here and is familiar with these people. After returning from the forest, he also brings them some local specialties.'"

"Okay," Sun Dewei waved his hand and signaled him not to say anything more, "I am not a person without flexibility. Okay, I will go to Chidao and go to the county town to take a look."

A group of more than twenty riders stepped onto the road. In an instant, everyone seemed to be thinking of riding on horseback. Unfortunately, there were many carriages on the road, so they couldn't afford to be fast, but they were just driving between the carriages.

Most of the carriages are loaded with ore and some are filled with nitro powder, and a pungent smell can be smelled from afar.

After walking about five miles, a typical Central Plains style city with a radius of about five or six miles appeared in front of everyone.

The city of Elinka spans the Krouchina River and is connected by a stone bridge in the middle. The largest city in the forest north of the Karukino River is not only the ore, but also the largest fur and local distribution center in the forest.

Wang Zhi came forward to negotiate. When he took out the pass order issued by the State Council, the soldiers at the city gate bent down and politely let them in.

After entering, they headed straight to the fur distribution center in the city.

Sun Dewei was going to test the tiger skin that Eshuo presented to him.

Of course, he did not do it for money, but to understand the transaction situation here. Tiger skins like this are still tiger skins in the forest. They are now worth thousands of silver coins in Beijing, and even in the forest are rare. Generally speaking, when such tiger skins appear, they will inevitably attract the covetousness of all parties, and there will be a good show when the time comes.

Sun Dewei asked the others to stay in the hotel and took Wang Zhi, Mu Ren, A Chuhui, Wang Jinbao and the tiger skin to the distribution market.

The so-called distribution market is like a row of about dozens of shops. At the end of the shop, it was originally a square, and there were scattered stalls in groups of three or three. These shops were the main force in purchasing mountain goods.

Sure enough, when they asked each other, they all became very interested in this tiger skin.

The price also soared from 500 silver coins to 2,000 (1,000 taels), and finally arrived at a shop that looked like the largest shop, with a plaque "Song Family Store" hanging on it.

The shopkeeper saw this tiger skin and sold the price to 2,800 silver coins.

Sun Dewei smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, are you going to use this tiger skin for yourself or give it to someone?"

The shopkeeper saw that this man was young but had an extraordinary temperament, and the followers around him were the same. He knew that he was not young, so he did not hide it. "This young master, who can afford such expensive tiger skin? Of course, it is for someone to give it to others."

"Who can bear it?"

The shopkeeper had to watch and let Sun Dewei get closer, "The inspector of Chita Province, Lord Sun Deshun, will be his thirtyth birthday in a few days. Lord Sun has no other hobbies and is the only fur. Now in this forest, this tiger skin is the most rare. At present, countless civil and military officials are entrusted to buy fur by merchants, and they spend as much money."

Sun Dewei's eyes sterned.

Sun Deshun, his uncle and the eldest son of Duansu County Prince Sun Xiulin, has now reached the high position of the Censor of Chita Province.
Chapter completed!