After making a wish at the Fox Fairy Temple, the whole family took a bus to Liuquanju for lunch, and then went separately to visit the temple fair.

The temple fair during the Qixi Festival in Beijing is definitely lively enough. Since the new emperor ascended the throne, the requirement that foreigners must pay tribute to China has been lifted.

Father Li Zhao was a man who personally went to sea and did sea trade. Whether he admitted it or not, the emperor had a certain degree of businessman's thinking in his heart. It was precisely because of this businessman's thinking that emphasized practicality and profit that he could be like Song Jianming.

Only by co-production can we see Song Qingyue, who grew up under the influence of the market economy environment, so pleasing to the eye.

The first thing the emperor did when he came to power was to abolish the "favorable" tribute system. "Celestial Kingdoms" like the Great Zhou Dynasty did not need to provide benefits to other small countries to win their surrender.

He has guns, cannons, and steam-powered "ghost crafts." In the past six months since he came to the throne, he has changed the original sea caravan of Prince Su into a royal sea caravan, and also reduced the size of the original fleet.

It has expanded three times. In the past six months, the three shipyards in which Li Zhao has shares have no longer taken orders from external parties, and have only taken orders for their own merchant ships.

The emperor's next plan was to use all the money earned from the sea adventure to build steam-powered warships.

As long as you drive that fleet of black-smoking craftsmen southward and drive a few laps in front of those small countries, are you still afraid that they won't pay tribute?

However, although the tributary trade was changed to free trade, it was not really free. There were still restrictions on the number of foreigners entering the Zhou Kingdom, but it was changed from the original seventy people a year to three hundred people every quarter. In this way, one year

That's 1,200 people.

The imperial court will strictly supervise these foreigners. Except for doing business, they are strictly prohibited from preaching in the Great Zhou Dynasty. They must not live in the Great Zhou Dynasty for more than two months, and they must leave immediately after doing business.

When these foreigners entered the Zhou Dynasty, they would get a "customs guide" similar to a modern passport. This small book would record the time they entered the Zhou Dynasty.

Officials from the Shipping Department arrested him and handed him over to the Criminal Department, where he was then sent to work on mining or road construction.

These foreigners who come to China are not allowed to move freely in the Great Zhou Kingdom. They can only live in several "foreign hotels" designated by the Municipal Shipping Department for foreigners to live in, and trade must also be carried out in the "foreign trade market"

, the imperial court will tax them, and the tax rate is 30% of the trade volume.

All in all, there are many restrictions, but it is finally much more "open" than before.

Song Yaxin hummed: "Is it possible that you also want to eat that stinky tofu?"

However, there are exceptions when there are restrictions, and that is during festivals, such as the Lantern Festival, the Shangsi Festival, and the Chinese Valentine's Day... During these important festivals, these foreign businessmen are allowed to operate outside the "foreign trade market"

place to do business.

Song Qingyue stood on the side of the road and gnawed on the mutton skewers made by the Wala people. When she bit into the fat meat, she handed it to Li Zhao for him to eat. Then she continued to nibble on the thin parts. Mo Zhu, Mo Lan and Lin Wanfu, Qin Jifu stood

Behind the two of them, there were a lot of weird gadgets in their hands that the princess had just purchased.

After a while, Song Qingyue took Li Zhao to eat the fried stinky tofu fried by the merchant in southern Hunan. It also contained delicious chopped chili sauce. The two of them were so spicy that they gasped. Li Zhao quickly went to buy the salty tofu made by the Tatar merchant.

Here comes the flavored milk tea. While drinking milk tea and eating spicy stinky tofu, Song Qingyue lamented to Li Zhao that chili has become so popular so quickly that people in Hunan have already eaten chili!

Song Yaxin and Xu Youzhong were sitting in a teahouse with simple and elegant decoration not far away, drinking tea. They were a little bit dumbfounded when they saw the third sister downstairs pulling His Highness to stand on the street eating street stalls in such an inconspicuous manner. Such a thing, she I really can't do it.

Xu Youzhong smiled and said, "Isn't this the charm of your third sister?"

So when Song Qingyue followed Li Zhao to visit the temple fair, she saw a lot of foreigners. Of course, foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes like Father Ai were a minority, and the majority were Southeast Asians with dark skin and thin bodies, and there were many Japanese. people and Baekje people, and a small number of burly Wallas and Tatars.

Xu Youzhong waved his hands repeatedly: "No such idea, let's just drink tea here."

Next door to them, another girl in luxurious clothes was holding the tea cup in her hand, her knuckles turning white from the force. She looked downstairs, her heart felt like it had been soaked in ice water, and tears were almost falling.

Your Highness, you actually like such a vulgar woman!

He was actually willing to stand on the street with her and eat that smelly food!

impossible!

How can it be?

Why?

Why!
Chapter completed!