Just as the ship boss expected, nearly two hours later, the fleet led by Du Baojun arrived at a dock outside Kaifeng City.

The time at this moment is already around two o'clock in the afternoon.

There is still more than an hour at most, and it is getting dark. It seems that there is no way to trade today, and we can only do it tomorrow morning.

However, Du Baojun had been living on the boat for many days, and he was already tired of living there, so he wanted to go to the city to find a tiled house to have a good time.

Unexpectedly, Du Baojun disembarked from the ship with a servant serving as a bodyguard, and several people dressed as junior officials had already hurried over.

One of the leaders started shouting loudly from a distance:

"Where are you from, what kind of goods are you carrying, and how much is the quantity? Come to us here quickly to register and pay the appropriate commercial tax."

After hearing such a statement, Du Baojun did not dare to be careless at all.

The Du family is somewhat famous in Huzhou and even on Liangzhe Road, but it is nothing here in Kaifeng City; these petty officials are not even officials, but they must not be offended casually.

After hurriedly greeting him, he said with a smile:

"My lords, please be polite. Our Du family company came from Huzhou on the Liangzhe Road. We have a fleet of 150,000 pieces of fine linen and 2,000 pieces of silk."

While talking, the guy took out a small money bag from his pocket without leaving any trace.

There was a total of ten pieces of silver worth in it, and he handed it over to the leading clerk secretly, and later whispered:

"You officials have worked hard, use this money to drink tea, and you will be rewarded later."

The reason why Du Baojun did this is actually very simple. He just hopes that after sorting out these people, he can pay less business tax to Dutijisi.

In the past, these petty officials were also happy like this, and such operations were just commonplace things.

However, this method that has been tried and tested in the past has hit a snag today.

With a straight face, the leading official pushed away the money bag in his hand and said, "What do you want to do? As an official of the imperial court, how can I accept your bribe when I have my own official salary from the imperial court?"

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I think you should arrive in Kaifeng City at the beginning of this year, so let’s forget it this time.

If this happens again next time, I will take you back and give you a slap in the face."

Hearing the above words, Du Baojun's heart suddenly skipped a beat. How can there be a dog in this world that doesn't eat food and a cat that doesn't steal food?

It's just that these petty officials have a big appetite and don't like even ten thousand dollars.

Feeling anxious in his heart, he was already prepared for a massive hemorrhage.

What he didn't expect was that after a thorough inspection, these clerks didn't bother him at all. They complied with the tax ratio stipulated by the Song Dynasty, issued a note and prepared to leave.

But before leaving, the leading clerk said:

"I'll have someone pay the above business taxes early tomorrow. Also, remember, don't do it again next time.

According to the latest regulations of the imperial court, grain, liquor, cloth, large livestock, ore, etc. are now exclusively owned by the imperial court and can only be sold to the imperial court. The prices are absolutely very fair.

You are also very lucky. The Commerce Department happens to have a new product launch conference tomorrow, and there are many new products for sale.

I'll give you a note here. You can go to the Commerce Department tomorrow to participate, whether you want to exchange cloth for money or various products."

After hearing such a sentence, Du Baojun was no longer surprised at the thought of "dogs don't eat fish, cats don't steal fish".

While thanking me repeatedly, I had only one thought in my mind:

This time I came to Kaifeng City at the right time. Those old products were originally very profitable. If there were new and better products that I could bring back, that would be okay...

Because I am thinking about the weird-sounding new product recommendation meeting tomorrow at the Commerce Department.

Du Baojun even thought about Washe for a long time along the way, so he didn't even bother to hang out there at night.

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, I immediately prepared to go into the city and find an inn to have a good rest before feeling energetic tomorrow.

By the way! It's best to find out what kind of Commerce Department this is and where it is.

What kind of person is in charge of this and what he likes about it.

No matter how heavy the price is, as long as the Du family gets the exclusive right to sell a certain product in Huzhou in the future, it will definitely be worth a thousand dollars.

Needless to say, Du Baojun is really a qualified businessman.

There was no problem with his vision or decision-making; the problem was that his plan to recharge his batteries and take a good rest tonight unexpectedly failed to come true.

First of all, after entering the city gate, he immediately discovered the difference in the city.

Not only is the city extremely clean, there is not a single clutter to be seen on the huge street.

A businessman who came into the city with him looked like an outsider at first sight, but he was caught by an old woman wearing red sleeves just after spitting out a mouthful of phlegm.

Not only was he fined a penny, he was also grabbed and reprimanded, saying that he should pay attention to hygiene and not spit or urinate anywhere, so as to avoid getting sick.

More importantly, Du Baojun could see that everyone in Kaifeng City, whether they were soldiers, civilians or officials.

Each one of them was walking in a hurry, even their feet were walking faster, and their faces were full of indescribable energy, and they looked very high-spirited.

It was not at all as numb as he imagined.

Secondly, while he was looking for a good inn, a child of only seven or eight years old ran up to him and said:

"Master, do you want the latest version of the Song Dynasty Times? I used to have it here, it's very complete."

After hearing this sentence, Du Baojun immediately became energetic.

It was only on his way here, and one night when he went ashore to have fun, that he learned about the 'Da Song Times', a new gadget in Kaifeng City.

The rest of the content above was just that, but one of the novels called "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" fascinated him.

The problem is that the content published in each newspaper is limited, and the content you can buy is not the latest.

Thanks to Du Baojun's careful collection, I have only seen the eighth chapter of "Wang Situ's Clever Trick, and Master Dong's Trouble in Feng Yi Pavilion" here.

Every time I think about the subsequent plot, I feel heart-wrenchingly uncomfortable.

Hearing the latest Song Dynasty Times, he immediately said: "Give me a copy of everything after the fourth chapter of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

In this way, a total of 450 Wen was spent.

Du Baojun bought the serialized version up to the seventeenth chapter, "Yuan Jiujiu mobilized seven armies, Cao Mengde joined three generals", a total of nine new newspapers.

Each portion only costs 50 cents, which is not expensive at all for him.

What I didn't expect was that the child still didn't leave after doing a lot of business. He glanced around secretly and said mysteriously:

"Master, do you also want the two novels "Jin Ping Mei" and "Rupu Tuan"?

It is also written by Huansheng, the master who wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Not only is the plot extremely colorful, but there are also many illustrations painted by famous artists.

Although I don’t have it here, I can have it delivered to you for only ten coins."

Ten guan of money in Huzhou can last a poor family for a year.

But after hearing such a sentence, Du Baojun, who was as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood, didn't care whether he had money or not, and pointed to an inn not far away and said firmly:

"My surname is Du. I'm staying there tonight. You should have someone deliver it to you as soon as possible. I want both books..."
Chapter completed!