There were laughter and joy outside, and a group of children were playing freely under the leadership of Li Zhi and Li Mingda, while Quan Zhixi and others accompanied Cui Xiuniang and Xu Yi to play mahjong.

Li You also allowed the Xu family's children and female relatives to come and play together, which moved the Xu family very much. What was Li You doing at this time?

At this time, Li You was writing all his itinerary during this period into a table and was about to send it to Jiucheng Palace to submit the table for Li Shimin's imperial view. Among them, Li You also put forward his own idea, which was to hope to be the first to establish the Maritime Warehouse Department in Bianzhou.

The Maritime Warrior Office appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but it was not available during the Zhenguan period. It was not until the sixth year of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty that the Maritime Warrior Envoy was established in Guangzhou, in charge of sea and foreign trade, and a special official was sent to serve as the Maritime Warrior Envoy.

The main responsibilities of the Maritime Envoy are: to collect tariffs on ships that come to trade, to purchase a certain amount of imported goods on behalf of the court, to manage the items tributed by merchants to the emperor, to supervise and manage maritime trade, and to draw points. They are the predecessor of the Maritime Envoy.

Li You thought about running the Maritime Warehouse Department in Bianzhou now, although it was just a waterway.

Li You then wrote the duties of the Maritime Bureau into the following: based on the goods declared by the merchant, the personnel on board and the places to go, he would issue them to public vouchers (public evidence and public verification), that is, navigation permits; he would send people to the ship to "inspection" to prevent weapons, copper coins, female mouths, fugitive soldiers, etc.;

"Yueshi" ships back to the port; a system of extraction is implemented for imported and exported goods, that is, the goods are divided into two colors, and the government will draw several portions in a certain proportion. This is actually a physical form of market tax, and the goods drawn must be transferred to the capital (removal).

Certain goods transported by ships (Bo Mai) are purchased at the prescribed price. After the score and deduction, the remaining goods after the purchase must still be issued to the public voucher according to the standards of the Maritime Bureau before they can be transported and sold to other places; the presidency of praying for the wind and sacrifice to the sea.

Perhaps the Maritime Service is not a place to make money now, and it can only maintain operation, but when it expands to the sea area later, some will make money. You should know that by the Song Dynasty, Maritime revenue was an important source of financial income of the Song Dynasty.

In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the market revenue reached about 420,000 yuan. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty had a deep crisis of rule, and the market revenue in finance was even more important. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, the annual income of 10 million yuan was 10 million yuan, and the market revenue reached 1.5 million yuan. The Song government also increased its income by selling some of the shipments.

In the early second year of Taiping Xingguo, the incense medicine was established in the State Administration of Yi, and the profit was 300,000 yuan that year.

Of course, the prerequisite for getting so much money is that the shipbuilding industry must be developed, and the maritime trade is developed. These are all later stories. What Li You is doing now is to run the good things first. It is unlikely to become fat if you eat them in one bite.

Li You first talked about the Bianzhou water bandits, and then talked about the reason for the establishment of the Maritime Warriors. He used the money collected by the Maritime Warriors to strengthen the Bianzhou sailors, and then used the Bianzhou sailors to eliminate the water bandits. This is a virtuous cycle. Li You believes that Li Shimin would consider it if he saw it. After all, this Maritime Warriors will not occupy too much of Li Shimin's resources.

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"Xu Nian..." Li You stretched his waist and then called out softly.

"Your Highness calls you..." Xu Yi's uncle was excited and quickly poked his son. At this time, Xu Nian reacted and hurriedly walked into Li You's room.

After seeing Li You, Xu Nian hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Student Xu Nian, pay homage to Your Highness."

After saying that, Xu Nian bowed respectfully. Xu Nian was Xu Hui's elder brother. He was a scholar. However, he did not make the list after taking the exam several times. He was quite down-to-earth. In fact, as long as he walked around the road, Xu Nian could also get some positions, but Xu Nian was unwilling.

Xu Nian also went to the imperial examination this year, but unfortunately he failed. Xu Nian was disheartened when he came back this time. The Xu family has begun to prepare to use the power of their family to make Xu Nian become a clerk.

If it were before, Xu Nian would not have agreed, but now the disheartened Xu Nian has also agreed.

But no one expected that Li You would come to Bianzhou this time and live in the Xu family. Xu Yi's uncle quickly took Li You to his home, and he was still beside Xu Yi for many times.

Xu Yi only told Li You once, and this was really a coincidence. If Li You's Maritime Warehouse Office succeeded, it would require a certain amount of manpower. Li You wanted the Maritime Warehouse Office to escape the jurisdiction of the Bianzhou Prefecture, so he had to use his own person.

This person has to listen to himself, and his identity is a little noble. The people from the Bianzhou Prefecture Office dare not touch him. If he was a local clan, if the Maritime Warehouse had some future, he would definitely be swallowed up by the people from the Bianzhou Prefecture Office.

However, Xu Nian is a relatively suitable person. First, Xu Nian's sister is Li Shimin's favorite concubine. The Bianzhou government office dared not touch him. Secondly, Xu Nian is now in need of someone to pull him, and the Xu family is also actively leaning into Li You's arms.

He is a very suitable person to win over, but Li You still has to investigate Xu Nian now. If Xu Nian does not have the ability, then it is not his turn to do this manuscript, even if he is the most suitable person.

After Xu Nian entered Li You's room, Li You asked Xu Nian to sit down, followed Li You and eased the atmosphere between the two with a smile. Then, Li You began to ask Xu Nian questions.

These questions are basically about the supervision, management, and scoring of maritime trade. At first, Li You felt that he might have asked a little too much, which caught Xu Nian off guard. But what Li You didn't expect was that Xu Nian was actually very interested in these questions, and then he thought of a more reasonable and kind answer.

What surprised Li You even more was that Xu Nian expressed his views on the commission.

Xu Nian believes that the commission can be further subdivided, for example, one for fine colors (precious products) and one for coarse colors (general products) and one for fifteen. This can effectively distinguish goods and increase the income from commissions.

To be honest, Xu Nian's view is very good. Li You was a little surprised. It was so lucky that he could meet such a suitable person.

About half an hour, Xu Nian walked out of Li You's room.

Just as he gently helped Li You close the door, Xu Nian's father, Xu Yi's uncle, couldn't wait to walk behind Xu Nian and ask, "How is it...!"

"Ouch..." Xu Nian panicked: "Dad, you scared me, why is there no sound when you leave?"

"Aren't Dad anxious... What did Your Highness King Qi say to you? Can he take you back to the capital?" Xu Yi's uncle asked anxiously.

At this time, Xu Nian smiled and said, "I may not be able to go to the capital."

"Ah..." Xu Yi's uncle was disappointed.

Fortunately, Xu Nian then said, "However, the capital cannot be gone, but Your Highness accepted me and asked me to stay in Bianzhou. Your Highness has written a letter to Your Highness, hoping to set up a new yamen, Maritime Bureau in Bianzhou... And as long as I perform well, I will be the head of Maritime Bureau."

"Really... what grade?" Xu Yi's uncle asked excitedly.

"Tentatively designated the sixth grade..." Xu Nian smiled.

"Sixth rank..." Xu Yi's uncle smiled: "That's great, then your starting point is higher than those top scorers..."

"That's...more importantly, I think this Maritime Division is suitable for me. I also gave a few suggestions to Maritime Division. Your Highness likes it very much..."

"Okay...good...it's worthy of being my Xu family. Let's go to my father's study and tell me what Maritime Affairs is... I can help you in the future." Xu Yi's uncle was very happy.

Xu Nian also nodded and smiled: "Well... Dad can definitely help me too."

That's it... the first night when Li You arrived in Bianzhou passed. The next morning, Li You got up early, and Li Mingda, Li Zhi and others had already gotten up.

However, the two groups of people were not the same. Li Mingda, Li Zhi and others followed the Xu family to visit Bianzhou. With the Xu family, there were more places to play, and Li You went to Bianzhou Prefecture.

Today, Li You will hold a reward conference in front of the Bianzhou Prefecture, and the target of the reward is the Bianzhou sailors.

Yesterday, the water battle in Huludao directly annihilated Cao Xiong and other groups of water bandits. Not only did they get twenty warships, but they also obtained about 30,000 ounces of money, 50,000 of which was handed over to the Bianzhou Prefecture. Half of this, Li You submitted a letter to Li Shimin, which will be used as a reward for the Bianzhou navy.

When Li You came to the gate of the governor's office, he saw Li You coming. At this time, the people gathered in front of the governor's office also bowed and bowed together. At this time, there were about 5,000 to 10,000 people in front of the governor's office.

The scene was still very big, and Liu Simin was still very good at doing things. He also built a high platform in front of the government office, letting Li You sit on the stage, and started his reward conference.

In fact, there was no official title at this reward conference, only rewards. Li You directly sent 15,000 guan of copper coins to the camel in a carriage. There were 25 large boxes one by one on the edge of the platform, guarding them with Hu Ben soldiers. Following Li You, the Hu Ben soldiers opened the box, and the copper coins that had been constantly yellow appeared in the eyes of the people at the scene.

When they saw the copper coins, all the people showed a "wow" sound. Then the reward began. Xu Nian was pulled onto the stage by Li You and called the name of the rewarded sailor:

Zhao Changsheng, four water bandits killed... were awarded four stakes.

After Xu Nian finished calling, Zhao Changsheng, the first sailor to come up to receive the reward, went to the reward platform with great pride. You could still hear the child calling him father below. After receiving the money, Zhao Changsheng excitedly shook the copper coins in his hands at the people below the stage, which caused an envious voice.

"Liu Shao... killed seven water bandits, and his team captured an enemy ship, and he would be rewarded with seventeen stakes..."

"Wow..." A 17-man sect directly made the people in the audience burst into trouble.

Liu Shao is a young sailor. This guy is very good at water. When everyone, including everyone in his family, thought that the sailor had no future, Liu Shao resolutely got to be the sailor.

When Liu Shao heard his name, he was not very happy, but looked at a girl in the distance and shed tears.

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Chapter completed!