When he entered the warehouse, the guards under Chen Bangyan were interrogating the prisoners of the Eastern Captains and the prisoners brought by him. Two or three others checked the head and the armored tents and the big banners. The guards spoke authentic Mongolian words, occasionally mixed with a few Jurchen words, and Li Mingxun couldn't hear them clearly, but the prisoners sent were all used as coolies in Taiwan for more than half a year, and they were carefully selected, so naturally they dared not lie.

After half an hour, Chen Bangyan's subordinates came forward to report, and seeing that his expression was not wrong, Chen Bangyan said, "Mr. Li, listen to the prisoner's words, there are still 87 prisoners in your workshop, why not send them together?"

Li Mingxun laughed: "Mr. Chen, the Governor just asked me to prove the facts of the killing of the captives, and it was not about offering prisoners to seek credit. Haha, speaking of it, all the captives are my private property, and even these are I will take them back."

Chen Bangyan's face changed slightly: "If you hadn't seen you kill the enemy and serve the country, you would be considered a real husband. Just by your just now, I can punish you for being disrespectful!"

Li Mingxun shook his head slightly: "You are wrong. Lord Chen, Li is not a Ming person. Killing the captives is a captive, but it is not a question of serving the country. Lord Chen, there is one thing you should be clear that the Eastern Captains killed three million Liao people is not the enemy of the Ming country, but the enemy of the Han people and the enemy of Chinese civilization. Li killing the captives is not a service to the country."

"You...what do you mean? Emperor Taizu has great kindness to China, if not..." Chen Bangyan's face changed drastically, and he scolded him loudly, but was stopped by Shen Dachun.

"Enough, Lord Chen, you are working in your father's scepter and counseling military and government affairs. You cannot decide many things. Although Mr. Li's original intention of killing the enemy is not to serve the country, the facts are still beneficial to the court. Why should you stick to the title of righteousness? Lord Chen has always hated pedantic and sour scholars, why is it so inexplicable today?" Shen Dachun asked seriously.

Chen Bangyan snorted coldly and left with his sleeves.

That night, Li Mingxun appeared in the yamen of the governor. After Shen Youlong asked the idle people to go out, he smiled and said, "Although Mr. Iwano has done some tricks, he is a gentleman. Don't bother him. He has already told me that those heads, tents, flags and prisoners are real Eastern Captains, among which there are noble chiefs and officers among the captives. Mr. Li has never lie."

Li Mingxun smiled slightly, but was not polite, and asked directly: "Why is the opening of a port?"

Shen Youlong smiled and said, "I promised you this matter, but you can't do it at will. The court has its own laws and regulations..."

"Hahaha, is Lord Shen perfunctory?" Li Mingxun smiled. He pointed to the southwest and said, "Haojing, which is the Macau of the people of Folangji, occupied trade, built forts, churches and forts, and even established a governor, parliament and church. No one reported to the court, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and even the Guangdong Provincial Administration made a decision. Why did he need the court to deal with it when he arrived here? Is it because Li did not spend bribes or Li was too obedient and did not burn, kill, loot first like the vicious Folangji people, and show his strength!" Li Mingxun asked.

Shen Dachun hurriedly walked forward, stopped Li Mingxun, and said, "Brother Li is a little calm. My father doesn't mean that. You look like this and you are careful and lose your manners!"

Li Mingxun sat directly on the chair and was so angry that he refused to look at Shen Youlong. In order to open a port, he had exhausted all his means and expressed enough sincerity. He definitely did not want to be fooled by Shen Youlong.

Chen Youlong had a grim expression, but he felt a sense of pleasure in his heart. Although the things the young man in front of him were great kindness and likeable, he had always felt a little powerless about Li Mingxun and had a vague concern about not being able to control Li Mingxun. He knew that both sides were using each other, but Li Mingxun was ultimately a person outside the law, and it was always a hidden danger.

"I will naturally not go back on my word when I promised it. However, the matter between Guangdong and Guangxi is not decided by me. If I want to block the public, relying on those heads alone is not enough." Chen Youlong said without any hesitation and slow.

Li Mingxun glanced at Chen Youlong and asked, "What do you want to do if sir?"

Chen Youlong took out a letter from the box and put it in front of Li Mingxun. After Li Mingxun opened it, he read it carefully and his eyebrows became tighter. The letter was the rules for future commercial port management. The core of the letter was to draw taxes. Chen Youlong changed the method of tax induction, water tax, land tax and increased taxes. Instead, he directly set the tax as a draw system, requiring Li Mingxun to cooperate fully with the Maritime Tax and pay one-fifth of the value of goods entering and leaving the port as tariffs.

In theory, this is also an example to follow, but that was the tribute ship era before Chenghua Kaihai. The ships were 10 draws three, and later they were reduced to 10 draws two.

Li Mingxun slapped the charter directly on the table and said bluntly: "A total bad idea must have been decided by slapping your head!"

Chen Youlong's face changed slightly. Although this idea was made by several staff members, he agreed and felt that there was no problem. He asked, "Why did Mr. Li say this?"

Li Mingxun said directly: "If a port is opened, there are many ships coming and going, and there are many ports entering and leaving, how many personnel will the Maritime Bureau need to check the value of the goods? Furthermore, by what standards are used to measure whether it is the shipment price, the entry price, or the price obtained by the people, and the price is also floating, is it a high price or a low price? This has no operability at all."

"Even if these are not problems, those who dare to ask whether the person who dares to ask this idea will charge one-fifth of the consequences, which means that the cost will rise. With Macau on the side, why not trade there or simply avoid the commercial port. The two sides only discuss cooperation and find another trade!" Li Mingxun said fiercely, refuting this plan is worthless.

Chen Youlong's face became even more ugly, but Li Mingxun suddenly laughed because he realized that he had made a mistake, that is, Chen Youlong was not playing tricks on himself, but wanted to get more taxes from this commercial port!

"What are you laughing at?" Chen Youlong frowned and asked.

Li Mingxun said: "Sir, sir, you are really interesting. The way of business is to rely on your love and my will, which is completely different from being an official. If you want to get more silver from this commercial port, why should you stick to taxes?"

Chen Youlong asked: "What does this mean?"

"Sir, I want to follow the rules of everything. That is a model and a lesson, right?" Li Mingxun asked with a smile.

"Of course this is the case!" Chen Youlong said immediately. Although he promised to open a port to Li Mingxun, he was not only using his strength to relieve financial pressure, but also did not want to cause a big situation like the Folang Jiren in Haojing.

Li Mingxun asked again: "How much silver does Haojing give to the court every year?"

Chen Youlong replied casually: "The tax revenue is about 20,000 taels, but it is quite fluctuating. This year, there may not be even 10,000 taels. There are 500 taels of land rented to Xiangshan County Government..." Speaking of this, Chen Youlong suddenly stopped and his eyes widened: "You mean land rented to the bank!"
Chapter completed!