Be the Mayor From Today

"Uh……"

"Cough cough cough..."

Those merchants who caught food with their hands stopped embarrassingly, put their hands under the table, and smeared them on their bodies calmly. It was a bit embarrassing today.

On the other side of the earth, there is such a saying that compared with the West using knives, forks and other tools to cut food at will, people feel a kind of tyranny and a kind of arrogance of dancing with knives and forks; then the Orientals use chopsticks to pick up food gracefully It looks more noble and refined.

After the merchant took the fork, he saw that Liu Feng didn't mean to eat at all, and put it down embarrassingly. They decided to practice chopsticks, which is much better than using a knife and fork. After all, the food here is very delicate. kind.

"Lord City Lord, what do you think about the poor and the rich just now?" A businessman calmly raised the topic just now.

"Ha!" Liu Feng smiled and said lightly, "A commoner, he can't even eat enough to eat every day, even his clothes are tattered, and he doesn't have to wear shoes. Does this count as poor?"

"Yes, this counts as poor." Solo nodded.

"One day." Liu Feng raised a finger and said softly, "This commoner has become rich, he eats wheat porridge three times a day, and he eats one bowl and pours one bowl, and his clothes can last four or five times in a row. He wears it repeatedly, compared to other commoners, is he rich?"

"Rich, very rich, after all, you can eat a bowl and turn a bowl." Tori said with a smile.

The corner of Liu Feng's mouth rose, pointing to the vegetarian dish on the table, "This plate is the cheapest dish on this table. It costs thirty-eight copper coins."

"what???"

Everyone's eyes widened and they were frightened. A plate of vegetarian dishes cost thirty-eight copper coins. Is this one copper coin per dish? Rich people don't eat like this.

"In this dish, each root is the most tender leaf from a dozen vegetables."

The corners of Liu Feng's mouth rose, and he continued to flicker, "Of course, there are also three or four copper coins for a plate of vegetarian dishes, and those are the ones left over from the thirty-eight plate of vegetarian dishes."

"hiss……"

Everyone present was stunned. They didn't expect a plate of vegetarian dishes to be so particular. No wonder they asked for thirty-eight copper coins, and the merchants did not raise the price.

"Also, the fish in the middle costs 300 copper coins; the braised pork is 180 copper coins... These are all among the most expensive dishes in Zuixiaolou." Liu Feng said calmly.

"..."

Silence, everyone stared blankly at the dishes on the table, this is simply eating silver coins, and the dishes on the table cost several silver coins.

"I ate these dishes three times in the castle, and I don't know if they suit your appetite." Liu Feng's eyes flickered.

"Uh..." The people present were embarrassed, this way of eating, you will eat a gold coin in five or six days, and the Duke is just like that.

The corner of Liu Feng's mouth was slightly raised, and he said lightly, "Do you think that a person who can eat this table of food every day is considered rich?"

Chapter 0172 targets tariffs.

Can a person who eats five or six silver coins in a meal not be rich? Of course, the rich, even the second generation of the prodigal nobles, would not eat like this, unless those big nobles, marquis, and dukes.

Those who dare to eat like this every day have a background, so they dare to eat like this. The merchants such as Solo looked at Liu Feng in disbelief.

Tori was stunned, and then glanced at the dishes on the table with complicated eyes. He knew that the dishes in the city lord's mansion were even better than these. I'm afraid that what Mr. Liu Feng said was still very humble.

Now, these businessmen remembered the question Liu Feng asked just now, and they realized that they were so poor that they couldn't even eat a good meal every day.

The merchants understood what Liu Feng meant. Compared with the common people, they were of course rich; but for the nobles and merchants, they were poor.

For example, the table in front of them cannot be eaten every day.

The businessmen present were all thinking about Liu Feng's intentions. When they suddenly talked about the topic of wealth and poverty, shouldn't they want to show off their wealth?

No, that's definitely not the case. Solo was the first to deny this idea. In his opinion, Liu Feng is not such a low-interest person.

"Lord City Lord, why should we limit the purchase of goods in the big market?" A businessman wanted to change the subject and raise the most important question today.

"I'll just ask a question, who is the biggest beneficiary of transactions in the big market?" The corner of Liu Feng's mouth rose.

"This..." The merchants looked at each other in dismay, and they wanted to say: Of course, it's your Lord of the City.

But then seeing Solo's silence, the merchants instantly raised their hearts, and the people present knew this question.

"Buying and selling in the big market was originally a benefit I gave to the common people, so that's why I gave such a low price."

Liu Feng leaned forward slightly, and said indifferently, "But now you are a little bit too far ahead. It seems that you are all taking advantage of me?"

The merchants bowed their heads, this is a fact, they just took a fancy to this point, and then purchased the goods crazily. After all, they can make a lot of profit by selling them to other places.

"If I raise the price, you may not come to ask me this question today, but this is unfair to the civilians in my territory. The purchase restriction is just a helpless thing, isn't it?" Liu Feng said calmly.

"This..." The businessmen still have nothing to say, don't they have the cheek to ask for the purchase restriction to be removed, and everyone earns the money!

I am afraid that in the next second, they will be blasted out of the door, and I dare not say any threats, I am afraid that they will be sent to the gallows in the next second.

"Also, with my financial resources, I organize a caravan to sell to other cities, maybe I will make more money." Liu Feng stimulated them again.

"what?"

The merchants were shocked. If they didn't sell the goods to them, it was obvious that they would not earn a cent.

"Lord City Lord, you can ask for any request, and the purchase is limited, but we hope that the volume can be larger."

"Yeah, we can pay a little more."

In the final analysis, the merchants were reluctant to part with this piece of fat. The goods in Xiyang City were really cheap, and it would be a huge profit to sell them.

"Pay the tax. As long as it is within my territory, the business must pay the tax."

Liu Feng said solemnly, "As long as I pay the tax, I will not limit the purchase of your goods, I will give you as much as you want."

Hearing this, Solo understood, he fully understood that what he did before was not to show off his wealth, but to pave the way for tax collection. Either they would pay the tax and then buy the goods, or Liu Feng would set up a caravan to transport the goods out. Sell.

The previous question and answer between the rich and the poor was basically a way for Liu Feng to show his financial power. The subconscious meaning was to say that with you, without you, it is the same, and it has little impact on Xiyang City.

Yes, tax collection is Liu Feng's goal. When it comes to assembling caravans to sell goods, half of him is fooling these merchants, and half is true.

The caravan organized by Liu Feng sold high-value, high-harvest items, such as canned fish and ceramic products, rather than low-value items in the big market.

"Lord City Lord, we want to know this tax, how do you plan to collect it?" The merchants asked seriously, this is a matter of their pocket income.

"If you buy things in Xiyang City, I won't charge you taxes, but if you leave Xiyang City with the goods, I will charge customs duties." Liu Feng said lightly.

Businessmen understand tariffs. When they pass through the territory of some city lords, they will pay for it. They think it is the customs clearance fee, and as the saying goes, it is the toll fee.

"The City Lord, how much do you think we should pay?" The merchants were much more relaxed. They thought they had to pay taxes on everything they bought.

"According to the measurement of goods, if you have a lot of goods, of course you have to pay more taxes; of course, a certain amount will be set. As long as you do not bring more than this amount of goods within a certain period of time, you will not be charged the tariff." Liu Feng explained briefly.

"Tariffs by Goods???"