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Cheng Jinzhou had never played an important polo match with anyone on such a formal occasion.

Seeing the arrogant attitudes of Gao You and Gao Chang, he unconsciously became serious. Of course, that doesn't mean that the action of the game will be regulated accordingly.

Polo is a free sport. At least in Daxia, the nobles who are still in the war will regard it as a child version of war drills.

Most nobles are inseparable from the war after all, especially the gentlemen in the southwest. Even if they don't have to go to the battlefield, they are drafted because of the war. In some cases, they will be The requirement was to raise supplies, and in some cases, to send trained family trees to the battlefield. Few nobles stayed away from war for a lifetime - the title of nobility came from politics, and war was a derivative of politics.

Cheng Jinzhou held the hammer high, ran all the way to the right, relied on his horse speed to dribble the ball across the center line, and then hit it hard to the left. His skills are not very good. He can hit the ball but is not good at catching the ball. Unlike others on the same team, he has been a master of playing since childhood.

Gao You and Gao Chang were both star warlocks with good physical coordination. The more they fought, the smoother they became. They quickly surpassed the young people's combat power. They rushed and killed on the field, which made people wonder if they used any special star formations.

Polo defense is not an easy task, and everyone is not always willing to defend. Therefore, within a short time, the two sides exchanged venues 4 times - if either team scores a goal, the two sides will switch venues.

After a while, Warlock Jiang Huangxing and Warlock Li Xianfengxing also appeared in the venue, and Lu Xu was forcibly dragged here. If Cheng Jinzhou was doing research in the laboratory or plagiarizing articles, he would be kept aside.

The more people pay attention, the more polo players will work hard. Gao Tanglong moved to Jiang Huang's side intentionally or unintentionally, and whispered: "I heard that someone came and left again."

Jiang Huang said "Hmm". Since he took the cotton fruit for the second time, his physical fitness has returned to its peak state. Even so, he and Li Xianfeng didn't leave anyone behind, which is naturally a shame.

The polo players came and went, and soon they reached the midfield. The temporary referee sounded the gong, and the men and women rushed in and began to step on the turf.

During halftime, stepping on the turned-up turf is a very interesting part of social polo. Men and women in gorgeous clothes run and trample on the ground, which not only helps the polo field restore its condition, but also brings the joy of participating in the game.

Several Star Warlocks also inevitably walked onto the field and began the process of contact with the dirt lawn. Cheng Jinzhou intentionally stayed on the field and looked at Gao Tanglong condescendingly.

The latter was a little surprised by his observation skills. He chopped off his feet hard on the ground and said with a smile: "My dear nephew from Jinzhou, I broke out in a sweat. Please feel comfortable. I think polo is like a court competition, with each other trading. Bian, isn’t it just you coming and going, you are strong and I am weak?”

"I'll come on stage after you sing." Cheng Jinzhou cocked his head and held the horse between his legs to keep it from moving, but he did not follow Gao Tanglong's words.

The latter laughed twice more, looked at the star warlock Jiang Huang not far away and said, "Even with Jiang Huang's strength, he has star warlocks that he can't stop, so why bother with Jinzhou's wise nephew?"

Cheng Jinzhou cursed in his heart: Old people just talk nonsense.

Not wanting to talk to him about this, he simply kept silent.

The midfield was about to end soon. Seeing this, Gao Mu'en finally said: "The royal family came to invite me this time. It can be said that they were pushed to the edge by Mr. Cheng. Mr. Cheng didn't want to think about it. With the imperial court's thousands of years of accumulation, could it really happen? No way to resist?"

"I don't want to rebel, so there's nothing I can do about it." Cheng Jinzhou's face hardened. He believed that since the imperial court invited Gao Tanglong, it would be possible to invite two more star warlocks. Just like what Jiang Huang, An Feng and others did before, the imperial court could not decide their fate, but when Jiang Huang and others were at their most prosperous, they could not destroy the imperial court.

Cheng Jinzhou also didn't want to turn the matter into a life-and-death struggle.

Gao Tanglong thought in his heart: What's the difference between asking for national tariffs and treason?

However, he still said to himself: "Now things are clear. The imperial court's intention is that commercial taxes in the four provinces must be collected, and customs duties must also be collected. However, the collection of the latter is the responsibility of the transshipment envoy. In addition, , the tariffs in other places will naturally refer to De'an's approach."

Commercial tax is a transaction tax. Due to the lagging development of Daxia itself, various taxes are often collected together, and it is also difficult to collect taxes once for each transaction. Each merchant has its own solution to this problem - the tariffs are slightly different. All re-exported materials are collected on sight. This is Daxia's tariff, and they do not talk about the so-called tax refund policy.

Liu Bin has already discussed with Cheng Jinzhou the way for the transshipment yamen to collect tariffs. In short, as long as the tax collection is opened, even if the tax is not actually collected, the free port will not exist, and the self-motivation of the petty officials will make it even more difficult. Opponents are exhausted - the so-called zero tax in the free port is actually to benefit merchants. In the minds of the Xia Dynasty people, it is better to benefit the court officials than to benefit merchants.

Cheng Jinzhou sat on his horse and pondered, but did not answer for a long time.

The referee on the sidelines struck the gong once and did not dare to strike it a second time.

Gao Tanglong's suggestion has actually taken a lot of steps back. However, fundamentally speaking, this time it was the imperial court that wrested resources from Cheng Jinzhou, even though the existence of tariffs would increase his own income.

Taking into account his father-in-law's suggestions and so on, Cheng Jinzhou thought to himself: One day, I will have Daxia in my hands, and no matter how I want to collect taxes, you will have to listen to me.

Ah Q paused, then clapped his hands and said: "The customs duties collected by our nine dynasties are one, and the commercial taxes in four provinces are our six dynasties' four. In addition, I want to send an official to every port and pass in the country. As first deputy.”

"This..." Gao Tanglong was caught off guard.

The annual commercial tax in the four provinces is approximately 100,000 taels of silver, which is less than one-tenth of the current amount in De'an. If commercial tax is fully collected, Cheng Jinzhou may just eat up the increased tax. Moreover, the money received by the imperial court was less than that of the local nobles, which would be unpleasant to tell. In comparison, sending a deputy to each pass across the country is a very small matter. It is nothing more than adding a force fighting for power, which has a lot to do with whether the dispatcher is effective.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't wait for him to think about it, turned around and entered the venue, while the others wrapped Gao Tanglong and left.

Polo continues.

After a short rest, the horses recovered well, and the rapid back and forth kept everyone focused.

Gao You and Gao Chang are getting faster and faster, which seems to be a sign of their gradual maturity. They rushed towards Cheng Jinzhou intentionally or unintentionally, and they were threatening.

A battle between astromancers is dangerous, but a polo match wouldn't be that difficult.

Cheng Jinzhou curled his lips and made a look to Li Bin. He was a little behind, so several nobles attacked Gao You and Gao Chang.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current one, not to mention that Cheng Jinzhou is both a county magistrate and a county magistrate. He has made it clear that the two third-level star warlocks will cause trouble, and the gentlemen on his side will not stupidly squeeze in.

In fact, it would be nice if they didn't help.

The polo rolled down from the front. Cheng Jinzhou picked up the mallet and threw it at Gao You hard.

This ball seemed to be a good attack. Li Bin took the lead and raised the long-handled mallet high. Others were unwilling to fall behind and jumped forward one after another.

Gao You and Gao Chang also moved forward bravely, but their teammates slowly fell behind.

As a result, the situation became a situation where 7 people kept passing in front of two people, and from time to time there were mallets falling down.

The two star warlocks have lived in seclusion for too long, and they have become more sincere. Although they have not suffered much, the anger on their faces is obvious. It didn't take long for me to start scolding my mother.

The aristocrats don't care so much, being a bully is what they do best.

The Star Warlocks had never experienced this before. They had just become familiar with the regular polo moves, but now they seemed to be fighting in a rain of hammers. The children on the same team did not come to help, and the two of them were quickly surrounded.

Weng Xilian was stunned, and so were the others.

While Cheng Jinzhou stretched out his feet to hold it, he did not forget to remind: "You are not allowed to use star magic."

Jiang Huang and other star warlocks could hear the sounds in the field, and couldn't help laughing. When they laughed, everyone else laughed.

Amid laughter, Li Bin punched Gao You's horse's neck hard. This guy was as strong as an ox. Now that the two animals collided, the horse immediately stood up.

Cheng Jinzhou and others couldn't be polite and stretched out their hammers to hit them.

Gao Chang was angry at first, and shouted with wide eyes: "Aren't you afraid of beating people to death?"

As he spoke, he activated the star array.

Cheng Jinzhou immediately threw the hammer out, waved his hand and shouted: "It's boring, you used star magic."

There were also boos on the sidelines.

Gao Chang's anger suddenly made people feel inexplicable.

Cheng Jinzhou rode Zhufeng and slowly left the field. The nobles looked at the three star warlocks of the Gao family with discriminatory eyes. Weng Xilian blinked and suddenly thought: When did the nobles in the southwest start to follow the Cheng family and even ignore people from the court?

The polo ended naturally. Jiang Huang smiled at Gao Tanglong and said, "When you come to Daxia again, do you feel that the world is different?"

He had met Gao Tanglong before, and judging by time, not many of his old friends could live to be a fourth-level star warlock.

Gao Tanglong said with a normal expression: "Every time I come out, the world will be very different, but so what, mathematics and physics will not change, and the nature of the world will not change."

"Then I should take you to see the laboratory in Jinzhou." Jiang Huang glanced at him from the corner of his eyes.

"I've heard of it." Gao Tanglong retorted: "You seem to have joined this team headed by the three-star warlock and rely on him to make a living?"

"I can only survive today because of him." Jiang Huang said calmly.

"Do you really think he is a practitioner of the Holy Cliff?"

Jiang Huang laughed and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. It seems that I can't hide any news from you."

"When it comes to those who have experienced the Holy Cliff, I think the one with the child is more like him. You should ask Mr. Cheng, they have interviewed him."

Jiang Huang's expression turned cold, and he sneered: "Sacred cliff practitioners never meet each other, so who can know."

"Such a powerful star warlock has accepted a grandson of the Nanling Zhao family as his apprentice. I think you are the only ones who are busy." Every word Gao Tanglong said went straight to the point.

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