Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 94: In the end, the one who made the most money from love was still you, Bingcaobu?!

After returning to Juancheng, Cao Yan walked straight towards the county magistrate's mansion. Xun Yu was still waiting for him to discuss the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce.

When he arrived at the conference room, Cao Yan saw that there were several strangers inside besides Xun Yu and Li Qian.

After he used his insight one by one, he found that they were all unknown characters and the entries were unremarkable, so he didn't pay too much attention to them.

Xun Yu saw Cao Yan come in and quickly waved him over, saying, "Zi'an, you've arrived just in time. We were just discussing the 'commercial street' concept you mentioned earlier."

"Greetings, Mr. Cao!" Li Qian and several others bowed to Cao Yan with an extremely respectful attitude.

"No need to be so polite, please take a seat." Cao Yan returned the greeting with a smile, then walked to his seat and sat down.

Then Cao Yan asked Xun Yu, "Wen Ruo, what part did you discuss just now?"

"We were just talking about site selection, and it's a good opportunity for you to explain it to us in detail."

Cao Yan nodded, and after organizing his thoughts, he said, "There is a group of dilapidated houses in the southwest corner of Juancheng Main Road. We can vacate that land and use it to build a commercial district.

Shops in commercial districts can be sold or rented, and prices fluctuate depending on the location and traffic volume.”

During the Han Dynasty, the "city block system" was implemented, where the government designated fixed commercial areas and merchants operated in specific areas within the city.

What Cao Yan said was quite similar to the "city and block system", and no one had any objection.

"There are still many civilians in the old city. We should compensate them for occupying their houses." Cao Yan thought for a moment and then said, "Anyone who occupies the commercial area will be given three mu of good farmland per household and moved to the newly opened residential area in the north of the city. If anyone dares to cause trouble or refuses to leave, Dian Wei and Xu Chu will visit their home."

"With such a good thing happening, only a fool wouldn't want to move!" someone said with a smile.

"I suddenly have a bold idea! Let's go buy up the houses of the people in the old city right now. Wouldn't we be able to make a fortune then?"

"That's a good idea (but you shouldn't bring it up here)..."

as predicted,

Xun Yu and Cao Yan both stared at the man who proposed to buy the houses of the common people with a warning look.

In Cao Yan's eyes, this person is called Tao Ping.

The Tao family is also a local wealthy family in Dongjun and has a good relationship with Li Qian, so they were invited here to participate in the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce.

Cao Yan said expressionlessly, "My lord, you are doing this to improve the people's livelihood and economy. If anyone dares to profit from speculation, come and test the sharpness of my spear!"

Tao Ping and others took a step back.

Although Cao Yan is now wearing a scholar's long gown, he can also carry a gun and wear armor and go into battle!
A battle outside Puyang,
Cao Yan killed people from morning till night, and had at least a hundred lives on his hands. He was quite notorious in Yanzhou.

What's more, he has powerful generals such as Dian Wei and Zhao Yun, as well as an army of more than 40,000 behind him.

Whoever makes him unhappy,
That person or their entire family would probably shed tears or even lose their heads...

Upon hearing this, Li Qian bowed and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Cao. If anyone dares to take advantage of this, I will chop off his head without you having to do anything!"

After saying that, Li Qian glared at Tao Ping fiercely, scaring him so much that he shrank his neck involuntarily.

But this also served as a reminder to Cao Yan and Xun Yu that these nobles and wealthy families were not ordinary people who could be manipulated and exploited by others.

They have a lot of private thoughts.

Therefore, Cao Yan secretly decided to go to Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia's office later and ask them to quickly establish a spy network to monitor the Yanzhou gentry!

Xun Yu also said immediately: "I will ask the lord's Tiger Guard to escort the people's relocation. Anyone who dares to make a move will be killed!"

Even Xun Yu, who was usually gentle and polite, said "He must be killed", and everyone's heart was filled with chill.

Cao Yan then continued, "General Cao will be the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Wen Ruo (political strategy) and Zhi Cai will be vice presidents (power strategy), and Li Qian will be the chief secretary of the Chamber of Commerce..."

Before Cao Yan could finish his words, Xun Yu suddenly interrupted, "Zi'an, are you so complacent about being a hands-off boss?" "Yes!" Cao Yan replied confidently, "I'm just a military officer, not responsible for politics or business!"

"..."

Cao Yan's words left Xun Yu speechless.

Seeing that Xun Yu no longer bothered him, Cao Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "The Chamber of Commerce's Chief Secretary oversees the daily operations of the Chamber of Commerce and is the direct executor of the decision-makers' will."

Having said that, Cao Yan looked at Li Qian.

Li Qian quickly stepped forward, bowed and said, "Your subordinate obeys your orders!"

When Cao Cao was at his lowest point, the Li family came to surrender. This determination and demonstration effect are extremely rare.

General Cao's family will never treat those who come to surrender sincerely unfairly.

Cao Yan continued, "The Chamber of Commerce controls transactions involving the circulation of vast amounts of money and goods, which is bound to breed corruption.

Therefore, I intend to establish another supervisory position for the market, and have an honest and upright person like Mr. Xiaoxian be appointed to this position.

The Market Supervisor is independent of the decision-making and executive levels, responsible for auditing accounts, inspecting shops, and supervising officials, reporting directly to General Cao.

Corruption is a troublesome problem in any era, and it cannot be solved once and for all. We can only remain vigilant, supervise and suppress it at all times.

However, Mao Jie has an extremely powerful greed-suppressing term - [Ice Mirror and Hanging Balance (Purple)].

Its ability is to automatically mark 3 officials in the jurisdiction every quarter, reducing their probability of corruption by 60%, and there is a 20% chance that the marked officials will have the "Integrity" entry added.

With him in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, the breeding of corruption can be effectively curbed.

Cao Yan stopped talking here and let the Chamber of Commerce decide on other subordinate official positions.

Xun Yu felt that there was no big problem, so he agreed to Cao Yan's arrangement.

Then he asked, "How can we reasonably collect the business taxes involved in the Chamber of Commerce?"

Cao Yan thought for a moment and said, "In my opinion, we should lower the taxes and fees on every transaction so that the people can buy the goods they need at a lower price."

After hearing this, Xun Yu, Li Qian and others couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: "Zi'an (Cao Zhonglang) always considers the people in everything he does. This is truly commendable!"

But Cao Yan only said half of it, and then he continued:

Cao Yan came closer and said, "If we lower the price, we can attract merchants from other places with low profits.

They come here to buy goods and do business with us, so naturally they have to pay some taxes.

I think it is reasonable to increase some tariffs, tolls, trade route construction fees, etc. on the grounds of rebuilding people's livelihood after the war.

Then I will ask Big Brother to use all the commercial taxes earned from the sale of goods in the workshop to offset the military funds..."

Xun Yu, Li Qian and the others stared at Cao Yan in a daze, and then the corners of their mouths twitched suddenly, and they immediately retracted all their previous comments on Cao Yan, thinking in their hearts:
"The one who made the most money in the end was you, Bingcaobu!!"

"This is way more clever than open robbery!"

"Cao Zhonglang, you have a really dirty heart!"

However, a strong military and a rich country complement each other. Without a strong military, even if you are rich, in the end you will only benefit others.

Therefore, no one (dared) to object to Cao Yan's words.

The matter was temporarily settled, waiting to be presented to Cao Cao for his final decision.

(End of this chapter)