Li Er's reward for the more than 700 businessmen was not too out of the ordinary. The only thing that might make everyone hesitate was the last reward: businessmen who donated money can enjoy the same amount of tax exemption this year, and yesterday's more than 700 Famous businessmen donated a total of 420,000 guan and 500 guan. Doesn’t this mean that the Tang Dynasty will have to pay less than 400,000 guan in commercial taxes this year? Is this a big deal
But this is not the case!
This fund-raising conference held by the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, a large proportion of the participants were merchants from Lantian County. Firstly, it was because of the geographical advantage of the "host". After all, the publicity about the fund-raising conference in the "Datang Daily" was also It only started three days ago. For those states and counties that are far away from Lantian County, these three days may not even be enough to spread the news to the local areas, let alone travel thousands of miles to donate money in Lantian County;
Secondly, Lantian County has a unique business environment and a very strong business atmosphere. The number of merchants in the city may be ten times more than that of other counties. Moreover, Lantian County is the "base camp" of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, let alone Lantian County. , that is, in the entire Tang Dynasty, which businessman today dares not to give face to the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce
Therefore, nearly half of the more than 700 businessmen who participated in the fund-raising meeting yesterday were from Lantian County, and the sum of their donations accounted for at least 60% of all donations!
what does that mean? This means that once Li Er's reward order is implemented, the biggest loser will not be the court, but Li Zexuan! Because Lantian County is Li Zexuan's fiefdom, the taxes collected every year are not handed over to the court, but to Li Zexuan!
Of course, as a "fief lord", Li Zexuan could refuse Shi Li Er's commendation decree. According to the usual practice, the policies inside and outside the fief could have been chosen differently. However, in this case, many people would inevitably say secretly Li Zexuan is stingy, which Li Zexuan cannot tolerate!
Therefore, the last item of Li Erfeng's government reward order seemed to be excessive, but no ministers objected because everyone knew it well!
In fact, through this fundraising meeting, Li Er has somewhat realized the power of private businessmen. It should be said that it is the power of private businessmen united. Now, the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce has become the leading force in the Tang Dynasty business community. Li Er wants to use this to This opportunity to award a reward can improve the social status of businessmen, so that businessmen all over the world can be completely used by him. But after all, he is not Li Zexuan. He can be willful and free and make the decisions he wants regardless of the eyes and opinions of others. He is a King of the country!
Judging from the reactions of the officials headed by Changsun Wuji in the court today, what he had in mind was destined to be unable to be achieved in a short time because the opposition was too strong. Therefore, Li Er could only settle for the next best thing and attend yesterday's meeting. Some "painless" benefits for businessmen at fundraiser!
Li Zexuan, who was in the Xuanjia Army camp and was busy training soldiers, didn't know that he had been "trapped" by Li Er unintentionally. At this moment, he was inspecting the school grounds! Tomorrow is the combat training for the entire army, and three days later there will be a military competition between the W-Zi Battalion and the B-Zi Battalion. This military power competition is not only related to the quality of the old and new drills, but also whether Li Zexuan can serve in the Tang Dynasty military. Keep going down and how far you can go! Therefore, Li Zexuan took it very seriously. He had no time to spare these days and was extremely busy in the military camp!
Of course, what Li Zexuan didn't expect was that a special person came to Lantian County at this time. Oh, no, to be precise, there was a special person who came to Lantian County with a special group of people!
"Taoist Master Xuanqing, you are finally here! On behalf of Yunshan and Yanhuang Academy, Mr. Mo welcomes Taoist priest Xuanqing!"
At the top of Yunshan Mountain, after hearing the news, Mo Huai rushed to the gate of the academy. After seeing Xuan Qing, who was aloof and solemn with a cold face outside the gate of the academy, he warmly held his hands.
It is said that the academy is currently expanding and building a mountain-protecting formation, especially the mountain-protecting formation, which involves a lot of knowledge about formations. In this regard, Xuanqing, who comes from the authentic Taoist Longhushan Tianshi Dao, must definitely Better than Mo Huai! So when he saw Xuan Qing coming to Longhu Mountain, Mo Huai was extremely happy!
"Mr. Mo, you're welcome!"
Xuan Qing returned the Taoist gift. He, who had always been serious about his words, saw that Mo Huai was so enthusiastic and forced a smile on his face: "I was ordered by the master to lead all the disciples down the mountain to practice. In the past few months, I’m afraid I’m going to disturb Mr. Mo and the academy!”
Mo Huai was startled when he heard this. Recently, he was tired of Yunshan's mountain-protecting formation, and his mind was filled with formation diagrams and the like. The first time he saw Xuan Qing, he didn't notice that there was someone behind Xuan Qing. There were people standing. When Xuan Qing said this, he noticed that there were more than 20 Taoist priests of different ages and appearances standing behind Xuan Qing, but they were uniformly wearing white Taoist robes and Taoist temples on their heads. The youngest They are estimated to be only about ten years old, and the oldest one is probably in his fifties, which is much older than Xuan Qing!
Obviously, these people all come from the Tianshi Dao of Longhu Mountain, and are from the same sect as Xuan Qing and Li Zexuan!
"Haha! Taoist Master Xuanqing's words are serious! It is the honor of Yanhuang Academy for the disciples of Tianshi Tao to go down the mountain to experience and practice. Besides, the chief of the mountain is also from Tianshi Tao. No matter what, Mo has to do his best on Mr. Shan's behalf. Landlord’s friendship~!”
Mo Huai cupped his hands and said with a smile.
Mo Huai is from the Mo family, while Xuan Qing is a disciple of the authentic Taoist sect. Logically speaking, these two people should not be so polite and harmonious when they meet! But the current Mo Huai is completely different from the Mo Huai who just entered Chang'an last year! Now Mo Huai is deeply influenced by engineering, and has lost a lot of family background in his bones!
"Oh, where is Xiaoxuan?"
Hearing this, Xuan Qing frowned slightly. As the elder of Li Zexuan's sect, he was now personally leading his disciples to Yunshan. Li Zexuan should come out to greet them in person no matter what! It's not that he Xuanqing is showing off, it's mainly the most basic master's etiquette!
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, all the Longhu Mountain Tianshi Dao disciples behind Xuan Qing frowned and looked slightly unhappy, because although Li Zexuan studied under Master Lingxu and had a transcendent status in Longhu Mountain, no matter what He said that Xuanqing is Li Zexuan’s elder! Li Zexuan may not come out to greet his fellow disciples, but he cannot ignore Xuan Qing!
"Taoist Master Xuanqing doesn't know. The mountain commander has gone to the Xuanjia Army camp a few days ago to take up the post of joining the army. Now he is training sergeants at the Xuanjia Army camp. He really has no time to spare. Otherwise, the mountain leader would have greeted him personally. ! I hope Taoist Master Xuanqing will forgive me!"
When Mo Huai saw this, he knew that these people from Longhu Mountain's Celestial Master Dao should have been ignorant of worldly affairs for a long time and had no idea about Li Zexuan's joining the Xuanjia Army camp, so he explained quickly.
"Xiaoxuan went to the Xuanjia Army? That's it!"
Hearing this, Xuan Qing nodded, then he turned his head and glanced at the disciples of Longhu Mountain, then turned to look at Mo Huai, and said: "My disciples of Tianshi Dao are quite proficient in medical skills. This time, I was ordered by the master to go down the mountain to practice. , it just so happens that Xiaoxuan has opened many Datang United Medical Clinics, so let these disciples go to the medical clinics to hang pots to help the world and accumulate virtue and do good deeds! I have to trouble Mr. Mo to make some arrangements!"
Mo Huai said with a smile: "Haha! It's easy to talk! These are easy to talk about! Taoist priest Xuanqing and all the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain have been guests for a long time, so please come to the academy and take a rest!"
"… okay!"
Xuan Qing looked at the eager and excited disciples behind him, knowing that it was probably the first time for them to see such a novel and majestic fairy palace on earth like Yanhuang Academy, and they definitely wanted to go inside and take a look, so he nodded.
Hearing Xuan Qing's promise, all the Longhu Mountain disciples behind him looked excited. Among them, the little Taoist priest who was only in his teens almost couldn't help shouting with excitement. When Mo Huai saw this, he smiled kindly, stretched out his hand and said: " Taoist Master Xuanqing, please~!"
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