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"Why does the Star Alliance care about your authority?" Yissu was impatient and said: "Before you upgrade to Star Alliance level 6, customer service can temporarily block you, but the time is determined by the authority of both parties. Yes, my suggestion is to sell some things into the ring, the more trouble the better. He still has to deal with the supplies, and considering the time, he is probably impatient to continue blocking you."

In fact, there are more direct ways to break the shield. Ordinary agents naturally have no way, but Ys has many tricks.

But in the current situation, he and Buddha actually have a common desire, which is to slow down Cheng Jinzhou's upgrade speed and keep him out of the Star Alliance's sight as much as possible.

Only in this way can Lord Buddha better control the planting of real rice, and Yisu can take care of his body with peace of mind and plan for a comeback.

After all, Cheng Jinzhou had little experience, and he never thought that Yisu would have different requirements than his own. He also thought that the two parties were in the "you are good and I am good" stage. So he nodded slightly, but his dissatisfaction with Buddha rose to a new level.

De'an had no shortage of supplies. He casually threw some into the ring and could see that the number of star yuan he had stored was increasing. He deliberately put various things in, but he was thinking: In the past, he always thought that the level could be raised at any time, so he wanted to copy the books first. Now that he has more money, his previous ideas have fallen behind. If he had spent tens of thousands of dollars earlier to get Star Alliance level 5, why would he have been blocked by the other party for so long.

The relationship between agents and customer service is competition within cooperation, and the rise in Star Alliance level is the lever that changes the balance.

If it is on those planets with developed civilizations, due to their higher level, the number of agents will also increase. In the case of competition with each other, it is impossible to make some money. On those planets on the edge of civilization, although the number of agents is small, their own vision and knowledge structure have big problems - the original intention of the Star Alliance to set up agents and customer service is to cultivate the most civilized planets at the minimum cost. .

But if Cheng Jinzhou hadn’t had a long academic experience, if the world he lived in didn’t have abundant resources and natural environment, and if he hadn’t come from a wealthy family, it’s hard to say whether he would have been able to upgrade so quickly today. Speed ​​and whether the ring can be used are two different questions.

Ys's defection can be said to have given him an excellent opportunity to slightly equalize the information between him and the Star Alliance.

Cheng Jinzhou thought a lot at that moment, and when he looked at the De'an Pier, which he had laid the foundation for, he felt a little proud.

Physicists are the most unsuitable people for ambitious people.

Yi Su certainly didn't expect that he specifically mentioned Star Alliance level 6, which still made Cheng Jinzhou have a need for level.

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The congestion level at De'an Terminal definitely exceeds that of the busiest port in the 21st century.

Bulk ships without containers are waiting to be berthed in the port, dock workers without gantry cranes use their shoulders to go to and from the warehouse, the world without urban management is chaotic and free, and the sounds of cursing and laughter are endless.

Many dock workers' ordinary cargo ships may have been drifting at sea for half a year or even a year. Those long-distance merchants who decided to come here to do business as soon as the large dock was built in De'an may have just arrived. Looking at this small but lively town with surprised eyes, he exclaimed.

The news spread by the communication star array cannot cover people's visual experience at all.

Because of the war, De'an's material turnover rate has more than tripled. The little things Xiao Cheng sells are like a drop of water falling into gruel. Some new businessmen even treat him as a big customer. .

During this period of time, Cheng Jinzhou slowly inspected his small kingdom.

Today, De'an has gradually grown into a metropolis with a population not inferior to that of Nanling. If only the urban population is counted, De'an will even surpass Shaonan. In terms of public security and environment, it naturally lags far behind those agricultural cities.

The management of De'an's wharf is entirely handled by the original government officials. Cheng Jinzhou doesn't understand these things, but he appreciates Hong Kong's management model - even if corruption is rampant, as long as it adheres to a free port and relatively independent finances, coupled with a favorable geographical location, it can still develop smoothly.

His request actually goes no further than this.

In fact, Cheng Jinzhou's management method is also the most suitable for the times. We cannot expect the petty officials who have not even graduated from high school to still maintain a good working attitude and political chastity despite decades of darkness - their working ability is simply based on the methods of their predecessors. In such a drastic environmental change in De'an, it is normal to not adapt.

Even the requirements of the free port are difficult for the petty officials to adapt to. They see hundreds of thousands of taels of silver entering and leaving the port every day, and tens of thousands of people coming in and out every day. They don't even collect a poll tax. Not only It's because they are not used to it, even the sailors from other places are not used to it. Fortunately, the county magistrate Xu Guinian had a clear mind and did his job honestly, so he was able to suppress it.

A few generations before the previous Wanxian Magistrate, Xu Guinian had already become the county magistrate. He was a complete local snake in De'an. Apart from the local minor nobles, his family should be the largest, and now Seeing Cheng Jinzhou's huge power, the Xu family, including him, had long stopped thinking about fighting for power and profit - if they could get a title, it would be worth the struggle for three generations.

Because of this pursuit, Xu Guinian's work attitude remained positive when classmate Xiao Cheng was away.

However, even though no tariffs are charged, the collection of commercial taxes is still a large part, so there is still a continuous inflow of tax revenue for materials traded locally. Coupled with the prosperity of shops, hotels and various service industries, De'an Yamen's monthly income has actually begun to reach 100,000 taels of silver.

The income of 3,000 taels of silver per day is almost the annual income of De'an County in the past. Even for the whole province of Jinchuan, the annual commercial income is less than half of this. And the average annual total tax is about this.

Cheng Jinzhou looked at this number and was quite satisfied. Through Shi Yan, he regularly traded supplies with maritime merchants, and his monthly profit was only 100,000 taels of silver. Considering the periodicity of linen and grain, sales were subject to certain restrictions.

The role of gathering sand to form a tower is vividly demonstrated in De'an.

Cheng Jinzhou felt funny when he looked at stuffing thousands of taels of donkey meat into the trading platform. I don’t know if there are animals like donkeys in the Star Alliance, and I don’t know how they calculate the money for selling various kinds of meat. Let Buddha consider the headache.

After changing to another store, Cheng Jinzhou squeezed into another store, stretched his head to take a look, and said with a familiar smile: "Selling sweet potatoes?"

"I think this man has people under his command. Sweet potatoes, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, potatoes, the most expensive ones cost two pounds per catty. If you want a large quantity, there are discounts." The big shopkeeper who spoke saw Cheng Jinzhou's Nanhu silk and satin clothes, and He immediately squeezed out from the back counter. Even though it was only a small room of a few dozen square meters, there were the first shopkeeper, the second shopkeeper, and the third shopkeeper, plus seven or eight of Hou Tang's errand boys.

De'an is a small place, and the trading houses that came late could not get much space, and they all wanted to squeeze in the bustling areas, so it became normal for the halls to be split up.

"One stone costs less than a hundred dollars. It's four times cheaper than wheat, but it's not too cheap." Cheng Jinzhou picked up a small watermelon-like potato and held it in his hand. He smiled and said, "This thing came from the far west. Bar."

"You are smart. These potatoes cost 70 per stone. They are very filling and cheap. If you do heavy physical work, you can carry them all day with a little thicker flour." The shopkeeper said, and then whispered: "Originally, it cost 65 per stone. It’s money, but 5 cents was deducted on the way..."

"Isn't it true that Jinzhou is not allowed to have tariffs?" Cheng Jinzhou's eyebrows immediately wrinkled.

The shopkeeper was stunned because the word tariff was too official and ordinary people would not say it. But looking at Cheng Jinzhou's age and the clothes on his body, he said with relief: "You must be a talented person who went to school. You don't know what's going on here. Jinzhou Province does not allow lijin, but in Jinzhou On the highways outside the province and when the canals pass by, people don’t charge as much as they want, and now there is a saying, it’s called regulated money.”

"What rules?"

"You just pay once, and you don't have to pay anywhere else. You don't have to pay again when you go back with food and the like. But if you don't pay once and you are caught when you go back, the goods will be confiscated. Many officials Master, we are all waiting to arrest people in our hometown." The big shopkeeper was probably filled with bitterness and couldn't help but collapsed.

If Xiao Cheng were older, he would definitely not be so talkative.

Cheng Jinzhou, who had just been abused by Lord Fo, almost had the urge to beat Xia Jing again.

"Pay once, and the voucher will pass", this can be regarded as the slogan of the national tax. Which governor of any province dares to speak so grandly? To say that His Majesty the Emperor was not involved, he really didn't believe it at all.

Then, in political matters, not only power can solve the problem.

Dong Zhuo during the Three Kingdoms period was so awesome that he even destroyed the old city of Luoyang and failed to control the country after all. The dictators of the first three and last three eras of Rome were so awesome that they still wanted to die, and if they didn't listen to them, they still wouldn't listen. Zhu Yuanzhang and Wu Zetian were so good that they peeled off daylilies and cruelly tortured the officials, and those who should be greedy were greedy.

Huge benefits are like cheese on a mousetrap. A smart mouse will try its best to eat the cheese and leave the clip behind. They will not give up devouring delicious cheese just because the risk of a mousetrap is too high - all mice think they are smart, just like those officials who are willing to die.

Walking out of the shop silently, Cheng Jinzhou said coldly: "Shi Mo, go and call Xu Guinian."

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