When Emperor Chongzhen and his party went out, it was already a little late. At this time, Nanxun Town had left the houses and arrived on the streets, and it was very lively.

Chen Youming walked two steps ahead of Emperor Chongzhen and Concubine Tian, ​​and introduced the situation in Nanxun Town with his body sideways, and performed very responsibly.

"Young Master, there are more than 11,300 households in Nanxun Town. The town is just like what the young master saw..." Chen Youming said while pointing at the shops on both sides and said, "It is mostly about doing some lake silk or related businesses. The row of shops in front are mostly lake silk teeth shops, with samples inside, and lake silk is also in warehouses."

Speaking of this, he said proudly: "The raw silk in our Ming Dynasty is the most common one, and the lake silk business is at least 70% of the transactions are sold in our Nanxun Town. Every year, customers who come here to buy lake silk are made in large quantities, and a transaction is made for tens of thousands of dollars..."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel moved. Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory who left Beijing, reported to him that according to the clues currently available, those who intend to destroy the opening of the Ming Dynasty might be some people who privately sell goods overseas. Because the Ming Dynasty forbids the sea, at least the goods are not allowed to go out on the surface, which can maximize the profits of each ship that goes out on the sea. Once the opening of the sea, a large number of merchants will go out, which will inevitably cause prices to fall and damage their interests.

Thinking of this, he asked Chen Youming: "Where do people buy so many lake silk in Nanxun Town?"

As a local, Chen Youming naturally understood these things, so he immediately replied: "There are people all over the country, including those in the capital and those in Nanjing, but more are from Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, among which Fujian and Guangdong are the best. The young master didn't know that those tourists from Fujian and Guangdong were really doing big business. As long as the quality of the lake silk is good, they would hardly bargain at any price, and they were very generous!"

After saying that, he suddenly pointed to the group of people in front of him, and seven or eight people guarded each of them to the same house, and said, "Young Master, this must be from Fujian and Guangdong."

After saying that, Chen Youming smiled and said, "If the young master and his group had all had northern accents, others would have thought you were also wealthy merchants from Fujian and Guangdong!"

Liu Xingzuo, who was following Emperor Chongzhen, heard this and felt aroused in his heart. Looking at the emperor's back, he suddenly felt thoughtful.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen walked slowly, watched the group of people entering the door, and then asked with interest: "Why do they buy so many?"

When Chen Youming heard this, he hesitated for a while and quickly replied: "What else can I do? Lake silk, cotton, silk, and ceramics are the same. You can only make a lot of money by selling it overseas. You see, Mr...."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the people coming and going on the street and said, "Last year, the imperial court announced the opening of the sea. This year, there are a lot more people coming to Nanxun Town this year than before, and many of them came early, for fear that they would not receive enough volume if they came late."

"Oh, before last year, the court seemed to not allow sea trade? The business in Nanxun Town should not be very good, right?" Emperor Chongzhen had a smile on his face, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking, and asked as if he was chatting.

After hearing this, Chen Youming had already started, so he didn't care anymore, so he replied: "If the court doesn't give in, it's not allowed, but it can't stand the profits in it!"

Speaking of this, he remembered that there were still questions but didn't answer them, and immediately added: "Although it was like this year before, it was quite large. Otherwise, how could our Nanxun Town be so big!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was about to say something else when he heard Concubine Tian’s voice sounded in surprise: “There is a silk shop here. It’s okay to look at the storefront. Let’s go in and take a look?”

When I came here just now, I saw one by one, and Concubine Tian was not interested. Suddenly, I saw a silk seller and felt itchy.

Emperor Chongzhen also accompanied women shopping in later generations. Knowing that this was a woman's nature, he nodded and said casually: "Okay, go in and have a look!"

Although the silk shop that I wanted to enter was relatively large, it could not resist all of them entering, so there were only five or six Jinyiwei plainclothes who followed the shop.

The shopkeepers were busy. When they saw someone coming in again and were bringing followers, they immediately came to serve him. They just apologized to know: "There are people in the private rooms in the store now. If the customer does not dislike it, they can also see the goods here, and it will not have much impact."

The positioning of this store is obviously relatively high-end, with many products, and the quality is very good at first glance. Various colors and patterns of silk are arranged regularly, so that people entering the store can see it at a glance. There are grids on the counters, so that customers who look at the sample do not interfere with each other. There are even many with curtains, so that they cannot see who is inside.

"Even the private room is full, it seems that the business is good!" Emperor Chongzhen stood in the lobby and couldn't help but sigh, and then said to Concubine Tian: "If you are interested, just take a look here."

He was not used to it and insisted that the store owner make a private room.

Concubine Tian naturally did not dare to disobey Emperor Chongzhen's words. Moreover, her eyes were already covered with silk, so she agreed and went to the lattice to look at the sample.

The waiter served tea, but Emperor Chongzhen did not want it. It was not that he wanted to put on an air of the emperor, but that it came from later generations and did not make him feel uncomfortable. He just stood in a corner of the lobby, looked around the store, and paid attention to the movements on the counter.

He found that it seemed that the customers in this store were not stingy people, and almost everyone would buy some, just a few. Seeing the guy busy picking up silk and coming and going, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but say, "It's really a daily battle of gold!"

"Young Master, these are actually nothing. Those who are in the private room are from the great customers." Chen Youming knew it and introduced.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and asked casually: "These shops should have to pay a lot of taxes, right?"

"Our Ming Dynasty regulations are thirty taxes!" Chen Youming replied immediately, "But there are no government officials in the countryside, so it is mostly just a symbolic way for the appointment to give some."

After hearing what he said, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and asked, "Do you know how much does this Nanxun Town have for one year's commercial tax?"

"I don't know!" Chen Youming shook his head straightforwardly, "Who cares about that? But I guess it will be about one thousand taels!"

"..." Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel speechless when he heard this. Nanxun Town is the largest lake silk trading center in the Ming Dynasty. The annual commercial tax is only about one thousand taels, which is really awesome!

He suddenly remembered that Wen Tiren had mentioned before that the tea tax was 17 taels in Yunnan and about 6 taels in Zhejiang. In this way, the tax in Nanxun Town was still paid a lot!

I have to work overtime tomorrow night, and I will try to code another chapter tonight, otherwise I will accumulate more and more.
Chapter completed!