Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 496 The City Ship Division Award Party (for Subscription)
Laughing and laughing outside, a group of children played wantonly 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 is Li You doing at this time?
At this time, Li You was writing all his itinerary during this period into a table, and was going to send it to Jiucheng Palace for Li Shimin to read. Among them, Li You also proposed his own idea, that is, he hoped that he could take the lead in establishing the City ship division.

The Shibo Department appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but it did not exist during the Zhenguan period. In the sixth year of Emperor Gaozong Xianqing of the Tang Dynasty, the Shibo Envoy was established in Guangzhou, in charge of sea, road, state diplomacy and foreign trade, and a special official was sent to act as the Shibo Envoy.

The main duties of the city ship envoy are: to collect tariffs on the ships that come to trade, to purchase a certain amount of imported goods on behalf of the court, to manage the items that merchants pay tribute to the emperor, to supervise and manage the city ship trade, and to draw points. predecessor.

Li You thought about running this city ship company in Bianzhou, although it was just a waterway.

Li You then wrote in the responsibilities of the Maritime Shipping Department: according to the goods declared by the merchant, the personnel on board and the destination to go, issue a public certificate (public certificate, public inspection), that is, a navigation permit; "Check" on board to prevent entrainment of weapons, copper coins, women's mouths, fugitive soldiers, etc.;
"Review" the ships returning to Hong Kong; implement a sampling system for imported and exported goods, that is, divide the goods into thick and thin, and the government will draw a certain number of shares. This is actually a kind of city ship tax in the form of physical objects. Solution to the capital (extraction solution).

Buy certain goods from the ship at the specified price (bought), and the remaining goods after splitting, splitting, and buying must still be issued with a public certificate according to the standards of the Shipping Department before they can be shipped to other places; Presided over praying for the wind and offering sacrifices to the sea.

Maybe the Shibo Department is not a place to make money now, it can only maintain its operation, but when it expands to the sea area in the future, it will make some money. You must know that in the Song Dynasty, Shibo revenue was an important source of fiscal revenue for the Song Dynasty .

In the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, the income of Shibo reached about 42 yuan.In the early Southern Song Dynasty, the ruling crisis of the Song Dynasty was serious, and the position of Shibo revenue in finance was even more important.In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the annual income was 1000 million yuan, and the city ship income reached 150 million yuan.The Song government also increased revenue by selling some of the ships.

At the beginning of the second year of Taiping Xingguo, the Xiangyao Trading Department was established, and the profit was 30 yuan that year.

Of course, the prerequisite for obtaining so much money is the development of the shipbuilding industry and the development of maritime trade. It is unlikely to be fat.

Li You first talked about the Bianzhou water bandits, and then talked about the reason for the establishment of the Shibo Division, using the money collected by the Shibo Division to strengthen the Bianzhou sailors, and then use the Bianzhou sailors to eliminate the water bandits. This is a benign idea Li You believes that Li Shimin will think about it if he sees it. After all, this shipping department will not take up too much of Li Shimin's resources.

"Xu Nian!" Li You stretched, and then called out softly.

"Your Highness is calling you!" Xu Yi's uncle was excited, and quickly poked his son. It was only then that Xu Nian came to his senses and hurried into Li You's room.

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

After finishing speaking, Xu Nian bowed respectfully. This Xu Nian is Xu Hui's eldest brother. He is a scholar, but he failed to make the list after taking the exam several times. Some jobs, but Xu Nian is not willing.

This year, Xu Nian also went to the imperial examination, but unfortunately he still lost his name in Sun Shan. Xu Nian was also disheartened when he came back this time. The Xu family has already begun to use their own family power to make Xu Nian a subordinate official.

In the past, Xu Nian would not have agreed, but now the disheartened Xu Nian also acquiesced.

It's just that no one thought that Li You came to Bianzhou this time and lived in Xu's house. Xu Yi's uncle quickly took Li You to his home, and he still begged for countless times by Xu Yi's side. .

Xu Yi just talked to Li You once, and it was really a coincidence. If Li You's Shibo Division is successful, it needs a certain amount of manpower. Li You wants this Shibo Division to leave Bianzhou The jurisdiction of the government office, so it is necessary to use an own person.

This person wants to listen to himself, and his status is a little bit noble, and the people in the Bianzhou government dare not touch him. If he is a local rich family, if the Shibosi has some future, he will definitely be swallowed up by the people in the Bianzhou government.

But Xu Nian is a more suitable person. First, Xu Nian's younger sister is Li Shimin's favorite concubine. The Bianzhou government dare not touch him. Second, Xu Nian needs someone to help him now. Leaning in Li You's arms.

He is a very suitable person to win over, but Li You still needs to investigate Xu Nian now. If Xu Nian is not capable, then it is not his turn to be the city's envoy, 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 by Li You and smiled to ease the atmosphere between the two of them. Afterwards, Li You began to ask Xu Nian questions.

These questions are basically questions about the supervision, management, and scoring of the city ship trade. At first, Li You felt that he might ask too many questions, which would catch Xu Nian by surprise, but Li You didn't think of it. Yes, this Xu Nian was 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 also expressed his views on the commission.

Xu Nian thinks that the commission can be further subdivided, for example, [-] out of [-] for fine colors (precious items), [-] out of [-] for thick colors (commodities), so that the goods can be effectively differentiated and the income from the commission can be increased.

To be honest, Xu Nian's opinion was very good. Li You was a little surprised. He was really lucky to meet such a suitable person.

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

Just gently helping Li You close the door, Xu Nian's father, Xu Yi's uncle, couldn't wait to walk behind Xu Nian and asked, "How is it?"

"Ouch!" Xu Nian panicked, "Father, you surprised me, why is there no sound when you leave?"

"Isn't dad in a hurry? What did His Royal 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 might not be able to go to the capital."

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

Fortunately, Xu Nian then said: "However, it is impossible to go to the capital, but His Highness accepted me and let me stay in Bianzhou. His Highness has written a form to His Majesty, hoping to set up a new government office in Bianzhou." Shibo Division and as long as I perform well, I will be the chief officer of Shibo Division."

"Really? How many grades?" Xu Yi's uncle asked excitedly.

"Tentative grade six...!" Xu Nian smiled.

"Six grades.!" Xu Yi's uncle smiled: "That's great, then your starting point is higher than those champions."

"That's. More importantly, I think this Shibo Secretary is very suitable for me. I also made some suggestions to Shibo Secretary, and His Highness likes it very much."

"Okay. You are indeed the son of my Xu family. Let's go to Daddy's study and talk to Daddy about what Shibosi is. Daddy can also help you in the future." Xu Yi's uncle was very happy.

Xu Nian also nodded and smiled: "Yes, Daddy can definitely help me."

That's it. The first night when Li You arrived in Bianzhou passed like this. In the early morning of the next day, Li You woke up early, and Li Mingda, Li Zhi and others also woke up.

However, the two groups of people did not travel together. Li Mingda, Li Zhi and others followed the Xu family to visit Bianzhou. With the Xu family's company, there would be more places to play, while Li You went to the Bianzhou government office.

Today Li You is going to hold a reward meeting in front of the Yamen of Bianzhou Mansion, and the object of the reward is the Bianzhou sailors.

Yesterday's water battle in Huludao directly annihilated Cao Xiong and his group of water bandits. Not only did they get [-] warships, but they also got about [-] yuan in money, [-]% of which was handed over to the Bianzhou government office. In the middle, Li You presented Li Shimin as a reward for the Bianzhou sailors.

When Li You came to the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion and saw Li You coming, all the people gathered in front of the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion also bowed in unison. At this time, there were about 1 to [-] people in front of the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion.

The scene was still very big, and Liu Simin was very good at handling things. He even built a high platform in front of the government office, let Li You sit on the platform, and started his award ceremony.

But in fact, this reward conference did not confer official titles, only rewards. Li You directly brought 25 copper coins over in a carriage. A total of [-] large boxes were placed on the side of the high platform one by one, guarded by Huben soldiers. After Li You asked Huben soldiers to open the box, the usual yellow copper coins appeared in the eyes of the people at the scene.

Seeing the copper coins, all the people let out a "wow" voice, and then the award began. Xu Nian was dragged to the stage by Li You and called the name of the awarded sailor:
Zhao Changsheng, who killed the four water bandits got four consecutive rewards.

After Xu Nian shouted, Zhao Changsheng, the first sailor who came up to receive the award, went up to the award platform with arrogance, and the voice of a child calling daddy could be heard from below. After receiving the money, Zhao Changsheng was still excitedly facing The people in the audience shook the copper coins in their hands, which attracted envious voices.

"Liu Shao. Killed seven water bandits, and his team captured an enemy ship. He will be rewarded with seventeen pieces!"

"Wow!" A seventeen-pass directly made the people in the audience blow up.

Liu Shao is a young sailor. This guy is very good at swimming. When everyone, including his family, thought that a sailor had no future, Liu Shao decided to become this sailor.

Hearing his name, Liu Shao was not very happy, but watched a girl in the distance shed his tears.

(End of this chapter)