Seeing King Yan walking directly this way, Zheng He stepped back in embarrassment.
After all, he used to be Zhu Di's subordinate.
But now he has surrendered directly to His Highness Taisun.
Although he was not considered a traitor in any aspect, it was inevitable that he would be a little embarrassed when they met again.
However, King Yan did not pay attention to Zheng He.
Instead, he looked at Zhu Yunzhen with a complicated expression. This was his first time coming to the Magic City. This time he came because of the development and prosperity of the Magic City.
The business atmosphere is strong.
In addition, because of the rapid development and the huge amount of materials needed, merchants from surrounding places such as Yingtian Mansion and Suzhou Mansion came to sell large quantities of materials.
So many business transactions took place.
And as long as there are commercial transactions, there will naturally be commercial taxes.
Zhu Di immediately took over as head of the Taxation Department, so he naturally attached great importance to the Magic City.
But I didn't expect that it would collide with Zhu Yunzhen's schedule.
"Fourth uncle, this is really a coincidence." Zhu Yunxuan walked up and said hello first.
Zhu Di didn't care much either.
He bowed respectfully.
Then he said: "Zhen'er, your newly built magic city is truly the first of its kind in the ages."
"It opened my eyes!"
He has never seen such a strange city in his life.
There are no city walls, only wide roads, and the whole city is even bigger.
There is no end in sight.
You know, in ancient times it was necessary to build city walls.
Even if it is the capital, the scope is not large.
But the Magic City is different. There is no boundary set for the city and it can continue to expand.
There is plenty of space.
And Zhu Di didn't just see this.
He even saw that such a city actually didn't need a city wall at all.
Facing such a huge city, even if there are enemies who want to attack.
Because the internal space is huge.
There is also enough pulling space to attack and defend within the city without having to rely entirely on the city walls.
Once the city defense is broken, the enemy will take over the city with overwhelming force.
But... Zhu Di suddenly thought of the terrifying combat power of the new army.
With the strength of the new army, there really is no need for a city wall, right?
Zhu Di really didn't know how Zhu Yunzhen's brain grew. Almost every part of it was different from everyone else's.
He can easily think of things that others can't think of!
This is really disappointing...
"Fourth Uncle, from now on, the entire Ming Dynasty will be a city like Magic City."
"The city wall will only become weaker and weaker in the face of artillery."
"It is far more expensive and laborious than this. Expanding the city without building walls can actually promote the development of commerce."
"I must have seen something along the way, right?"
In the Magic City, because the roads are wide and there are no city walls, there are huge shopping malls on both sides.
It sells everything a demon needs.
It has greatly facilitated people's lives and accelerated the development of the magic city.
In general, cities without city walls are more open and more suitable for commercial development.
"That's right."
Zhu Di had to admit.
Along the way, compared to other places, the business atmosphere in the Magic City is unprecedentedly strong!
On the roadside, from time to time, you can see rural people pushing carts and setting up stalls to sell vegetables grown at home.
There are also some vendors selling goods along the street.
And some large shopping malls made Zhu Di's eyes dazzled!
Most of them are clothes and textiles made by the Bureau of Technology Research and Manufacturing.
A dazzling array of items, everything you need.
"It won't be long before this magical city... will become a more prosperous city than Yingtian Mansion!"
Zhu Di seemed to have seen this day coming.
"It's natural."
Zhu Yunzhen and Zhu Di inspected the situation in the magic city.
While explaining to Zhu Di: "At least half of Ming Dynasty's future development depends on overseas."
"The Magic City is adjacent to the estuary and has an excellent port. It will be extremely prosperous in the future."
"But the more prosperous the magic city becomes, the heavier the burden will be on your shoulders, Fourth Uncle!"
The more prosperous a place is, the more people there are and the more chaos there is!
And the more chaotic a place is, the harder it is to raise taxes!
Zhu Yunxuan could actually foresee that there would be more and more migrant workers in the Magic City and there would be gold everywhere.
It is bound to breed some forces such as gangs.
They are like rats in the underground. It is easy to kill one, but very difficult to kill a group.
It is impossible to pay taxes on these people’s black transactions!
"Don't worry, Xi'er."
"Since you handed over the tax department to me, no matter what, I will collect all the taxes that should be collected from you!"
"As long as you haven't paid your taxes, you won't be able to escape even if you're dead!"
Zhu Di said domineeringly.
"Speaking of which, we have encountered some strange things recently. These businessmen will do anything to evade taxes."
"Making accounts and stuff like that is all child's play."
"It's not uncommon for people to use false identities and then run away."
"But these are just small fights. Really powerful businessmen are trying to bribe officials of the tax department and want to collude with internal and external parties."
"What's more, they came to me directly."
"These people are so bold!"
Zhu Di said without hesitation.
He is not afraid that Zhu Yunzhen will doubt him. If Zhu Yunzhen really doubts him because of these words.
Zhu Di was happy instead.
Because he has enough reasons to convince himself to rebel!
Even though Zhu Di knew that there was no chance of winning, he was still a little reluctant.
However, Zhu Yunzhen didn't trust the people he hired, but he didn't trust the people he hired.
There is no doubt about Zhu Di's character.
He just sighed and said: "My fourth uncle is right, these people are indeed bold. For the sake of profit, a businessman would dare to do it even if it is to divide the body into pieces!"
There is a saying in later generations.
When profits reach 10%, they will be ready to take action.
When profits reach 50%, they will take desperate risks.
When profits reach 100%, they dare to trample all laws in the world!
When the profits reached 300%, they dared to risk hanging!
This is the nature of businessmen, or capitalists!
Everything comes first!
That's why Zhu Yunzhen arranged for Zhu Di to be the head of the Taxation Department. In the entire Ming Dynasty, only Zhu Di had the ability to deal with this group of cunning, greedy and risky businessmen!
But everything has pros and cons.
It is precisely because businessmen put profits first and pursue profits at all costs.
The idle resources of society will continue to turn into more resources in their hands.
Promote social development.
"But if our Ming Dynasty wants to truly develop, it cannot do without these businessmen."
Zhu Yunxuan gave instructions: "Fourth uncle, treat these businessmen."
"We must be both strict and tolerant!"
"If you don't pay taxes, you will be severely punished! We must make these businessmen pay every tax!"
“But also be tolerant.”
"As long as a businessman pays taxes, he is a good businessman."
"We must give them as free a business environment as possible."
These words are naturally what future generations will often mention about shaping the business environment.
But at this time.
But no one said this.
This was the first time Zhu Di heard it.
After thinking about it carefully, I admire Zhu Yunzhen even more!
"Sigh... I really don't know how you got such a brain..."
"Fourth uncle is really ashamed of himself..."
(End of chapter)
