In fact, the canal transportation has always opposed the new tariff law. At the beginning, they were not happy, but there was nothing they could do. Now that they lost, it is worth paying the price.

However, neither Wanli nor the cabinet had accused the canal transport. At most, the officials of the Chaoguan City were disgusted with the canal transport ships, making them less presumptuous.

This is inevitable. If you want to control a certain amount of power, you must be stronger.

But there was no mention of making some adjustments to the internal canal transport, or replacing some canal transport officials, and only punishing a few small characters, but they did not go into it in depth. Those people must have been instructed.

This is because the canal transportation is very, very important. If the canal transportation stops, the entire Ming Dynasty will immediately fall into a huge crisis.

Since you can't destroy it, you must provide it with it.

Guo Dan will not compete with the canal transportation for the benefits on the river, he just wants to ensure that the merchant ship can be unobstructed under the rules.

But he didn't have the final say in this matter. After all, Tang Wenxian was not a vegetarian.

This has to be discussed with Wang Xijue.

When Wang Xijue heard that Guo Dan wanted to give up the benefits to the canal transportation, he couldn't help but look at Guo Dan in a little surprised. After a while, he smiled and said, "It's really rare! You are indeed different from ordinary merchants, and it's no wonder you have the status you are today."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Sir, I'm over the award."

Wang Xijue pondered for a moment and sighed: "Actually, corruption in the canal transportation is not a matter of one day or two. It is hard to stop it. I don't object to asking them to take on some private work, but aren't you afraid that they will blackmail merchants?"

Guo Dan said: "As far as I know, there are many factions in the canal transportation. If the cooperation is unpleasant, then change it. If there is competition, they naturally dare not be unscrupulous. How much can this blackmail be made? I believe that he can calculate the account clearly. Besides, they have always had friendships with many merchants."

Wang Xijue said with concern: "But this is not a long-term solution! The heavy taxes and labor service in the canal transport makes the people suffer."

Guo Dan said, "Sir, don't you want me to solve this problem?"

Wang Xijue glanced at him and said, "I want to hear your opinion."

This reform is also about to rectify the canal transportation, which is also a stubborn disease. Unfortunately, he has not succeeded. Now he has no strength to attack the canal transportation anymore. Anyway, he is also working with Guo Dan now, so why not cooperate to solve these problems?

Guo Dan said: "My opinion is that it is impossible to use power to solve this problem. The reason for this is better than me."

Of course, Wang Xijue understood that there have been corruption in the canal transport in all dynasties, and it was not that I had thought of a solution, but I had never solved it. The problem was still the same old problem. I sighed: "Doesn't that mean that this problem can never be solved?"

Guo Dan asked back: "I wonder if you have ever thought about why the imperial court did not hire fleets to transport grain like us merchants."

Wang Xijue said: "That would cost a lot of money!"

“That’s the problem.”

Guo Dan spread his hands and said, "The court always wants to spend the least money and do the most things. This is actually no different from the corruption of the canal transport officials. To put it bluntly, if there is something to like above, the lower part will have to do more."

The words are rough but not rough.

The court always longs for not paying money, or paying very little money to let the people bear the transportation of the grain. Then officials will definitely do this. Even if you take a penny, I will leave half of it. If you have the face to give it so little money, then I will be so despised.

Wang Xijue frowned for a while and then smiled suddenly: "Your unique insights have really benefited me a lot! Can that be said that when the court is like a businessman, these problems will no longer exist?"

Guo Dan nodded.

Wang Xijue suddenly asked: "This canal transportation is the lifeline of my Ming Dynasty. Do you think it should be controlled by a group of merchants?"

The old man reacted so quickly! Guo Dan muttered to himself, saying, "There is no perfection in this world. Every system has its flaws, so it depends on how to choose."

Wang Xijue smiled and said, "Although some things are inevitable, they cannot be ignored. This country has national laws and family rules. The cash gate must become a sharp sword hanging on the head of the canal transportation, otherwise they will only become more and more powerful."

Guo Dan pondered for a moment and said, "You can transfer any accounts related to the canal transportation from Xinxing and Money House."

Are you perfunctory to me? Wang Xijue felt that this was far from enough and said, "You can't take all the benefits, but you don't take responsibility."

Guo Dan smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, I am just a businessman. I really can't help with some things, but I can influence the canal transportation privately and use contracts to restrain them."

Wang Xijue nodded a little, thought for a while, and felt that it was indeed difficult for Guo Dan to deal with the Cao Transportation, and said, "This is OK, and there is...!"

"Do you know how our businessmen cooperate?" Guo Dan asked suddenly.

Wang Xijue was stunned and shook his head immediately. He didn't even understand why Guo Dan asked this question.

Guo Dan explained seriously: "Although we businessmen rely on contracts, trust is also very important. I would rather choose a businessman who has long-term cooperation with me. This is why there are many businessmen in the capital in Weihui Mansion.

But I and I gradually established trust. At the beginning, I only cooperated with each other by chance. I thought they were good, so I cooperated again and over time, and then I established trust.

This is very important. If everyone does not trust it and only rely on the constraints of the contract, then once something goes wrong, they will definitely terminate the contract immediately. However, with long-term cooperation partners, they will not come immediately because they know that I can overcome this difficulty."

Wang Xijue was confused at first. Was he teaching me to do business? But soon, he understood and laughed out loud.

Guo Dan’s meaning is very simple. We just started to cooperate. We don’t trust each other yet, so we don’t recommend that we cooperate too deeply.

......

And Li Tong also went very smoothly over there.

Because from beginning to end, Guo Dan had no conflict with the canal transportation. At first, the court had to deal with Guo Dan, and the canal transportation was not very willing, because Wei Hui Mansion brought a lot of business to the canal transportation.

The canal transportation supports the abolition of the new tariff law. On the surface, this is actually beneficial to Guo Dan.

However, during this period, the canal transportation has begun to guard against Guo Dan because Guo Dan's transportation team has developed too rapidly and basically monopolized private trade.

This made the canal transportation very worried.

This piece of cake is impossible to give up.

At this time, Li Tong suddenly came to the door and said that he would go back to the past. We would be unified in the price and there would be no change. Although there were too many tariffs, it was also paid by merchants, and it had nothing to do with us.

The officials of the canal transport really breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Guo Dan is in power now, and it is also a very headache to deal with Guo Dan for the time being. They also invited Li Tong to have a big meal there.

During this period, Guo Dan was also carrying out the final work. The first thing was to arrange for the money shop and Xinxing to intervene in the cash gate. Xinxing to intervene in the warehouse. In the future, the warehouses of the cash gate will be managed by Xinxing people.

If you want to ship the goods, you must transport the goods to a designated warehouse, and the warehouse in Yangzigou is just one of them.

The money shop intervenes with cashiers and cashiers with tickets. The amount of money on the ticket is as much as it is. The ticket is issued by the bank, and the official is responsible for stamping it.

The same is true for the end. You have to go to the bank to pay the tax money first, take the bank’s notes and hand them over to the bank’s officials, so that the officials will let it go. However, you can deposit money directly at the bank at the starting point and pay taxes with the bank at the end point with the money ticket.

They are all supervising each other.

This is what Guo Dan wants. As long as he can make the rules dead, he will not be afraid of anything.

In addition, Guo Dan also operated the acquired money house.

When he acquired debts, he also bought the small money shops together. These small money shops all have one characteristic, that is, they are all newly opened, and most of the debts are loaned to merchants to open workshops.

Guo Dan did not intend to give money banks the function of lending, but only remittance and depositing silver. These small money banks were specifically responsible for purchasing silk.

.....

Yinuoyaxing.

"We are going back to Weihui Mansion soon, but it is rare to come to Jiangnan. If you two are interested, we can go out for a few days."

Guo Dan sat on the chair and said to Aunt Xu and Yang Feixu.

Aunt Xu said: "If you stay here for one more day, Wang Yie and the others will be unable to sleep or eat."

Guo Dan frowned slightly and said, "Then will they let me go if I leave?"

Aunt Xu said: "It depends on whether they think you really threaten their status. If they feel threatened, they will definitely not let it go. But in my opinion, you can avoid conflicts with them, because what you ask for is not conflicts. You don't need to stay in Nanjing, nor do you need to improve your reputation in Nanjing. After all, you don't want to get those."

What does Guo Dan want to do? It is the raw materials from Jiangnan, silk, tea, porcelain, etc.

It’s just that he wants a lot and it needs to be continuous, so he must establish friendly relations with the big landlords in Jiangnan.

This does not conflict with Wang Yie and the others' interests.

Aunt Xu’s meaning is very simple. Since there is no conflict, there is no need to cause concerns among the Nanjing government. When it is time to keep a low profile, it is still necessary to keep a low profile.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "I will arrange it tomorrow and we will set off the day after tomorrow. However, we have to trouble the layman to say goodbye to Wang Yie and the others, hoping that they know that we have no intention of being enemies with them."

Aunt Xu nodded.

The next day, Aunt Xu went to Wang Yie and the others to say goodbye. In fact, this is just a skill of face. After all, Wang Yie and Tian Yi are not stupid. Your words alone cannot explain anything, but it depends on how you do it.

But when Sun Hetian and the others heard that Guo Dan suddenly wanted to go back, they were so scared that they ran over and asked if something happened again.

They didn't want Guo Dan to go back so early, after all, everything has just begun here.

Guo Dan also explained to them that there are still many things waiting for him to deal with in Kaifeng Prefecture and Weihui Prefecture. He has already explained to Kou Yi that he will fulfill his promise.

This made Sun Hetian and the others relieved.

However, Guo Dan did not rush to Kaifeng Prefecture without stopping. He stayed in Yangzigou for a day and said goodbye to his father and fellow villagers.

All the people in Yangzigou came to see Guo Dan off, and the scene was so heartbroken!

Although Guo Dan didn't come back for long, he brought a lot of wealth to the people of Yangzigou and they can be developed continuously. Those warehouses alone basically provide jobs for all the villagers in Yangzigou.

At this moment, everyone no longer cares about whether they want to be a Jinshi in the countryside.

Don’t have a Jinshi, we want businessmen.

There were two or three Jinshis in the next town, but they had the advantage, that is, their family was glorious, and Guo Dan easily made Yangzigou the richest village nearby.

This is the real return home in glory.

After saying goodbye to the villagers, Guo Dan immediately embarked on the journey back. In fact, he really had a lot to do. Needless to say, Wei Hui Mansion suddenly canceled subsidies and established a new tariff system. He was not sure whether the merchants could adapt.
Chapter completed!