little fool's child bride

Baiyu's commercial tax is only [-]% of the transaction value of the goods, which is too low for those businessmen who can basically earn [-]% of the profit.Especially in ancient times, there was no need to pay taxes on houses, and there was no need to register with the government to open a shop, so this half of the tax was simply insignificant.

"Registration, everything must be registered!" Xiao Xiao carefully instilled various modern tax sources with Liu Ziming, "To open a store, you must have a business license, and you must pay for the license! Anyone who does not have a license will be fined and closed every year! If you go to the government to pay taxes, you will be fined ten times for tax evasion! Foreign goods must be taxed, and domestic goods must also be exported. I will take [-]% of everything..."

Liu Ziming was speechless when he heard it, and swallowed, thinking that according to Xiao Xiao's words, he might be scolded to death by the civil and military officials below.After all, behind these officials are the rich people that Xiao Xiao wants to plunder. With his taxes added, these people won't just give up their picks, right?

"The transportation of this product is more than twice as expensive. With the addition of layers of taxes, wouldn't it be three or four times more expensive to sell to make money?" Liu Ziming sighed, "This doubled the price. , who will buy it?"

Xiao Xiao thought about it for a while and thought it made sense. After all, the railways have not covered the whole country yet, and the transportation loss is incomparable with modern times.But he didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity, so he said again: "So how about collecting taxes by category? Like the products from the factory, the appearance of a large number of goods on the market will definitely reduce the price. At this time, we will increase the tax." In fact, it will be cheaper than before; at the same time, we will lower the tariff, so as to stimulate their domestic sales and re-export, and sell these goods to other countries at a higher price. For example, if the grassland tribes are used to eating our white jade flour and rice, I don’t think it will be easy for them to go back to eat highland barley noodles. Even if the Grassland Alliance wants to fight with us, as long as we cut off the flour and other trades, they will have to cry and beg us to recover..."

The corners of Liu Ziming's mouth turned up slightly, because what Xiao Xiao said was exactly what he wanted all along, using the economy to sanction them.Wars cost people and money, and Baiyu is in a period of rapid development, so Liu Ziming really doesn't want to fight.If it is possible to suppress other countries through the railway and let them come to the DPRK consciously, Liu Ziming feels like he will wake up from his dreams with laughter.Who wouldn't want to be an eternal emperor?Now this great opportunity is in front of him.

"As for the salt tax, it's really unnecessary. After all, the profits are too great, and it's inevitable that someone will use their power for personal gain." Xiao Xiao went back to her original purpose, "It's no problem for the salt transportation department to manage the salt, but I suggest that its tax can be reduced." Adjust it to the lowest level, so as not to make the people sad, and make those in charge greedy. Now there are three salt merchants in Baiyu? After the railway in Fengcheng is repaired, ask them to lower their prices."

When it comes to increasing income and reducing expenditure, Liu Ziming is really willing to bow down in front of Xiao Xiao.He knew that Xiao Xiao was a stranger, so he was even more curious about what the world was like, even people like Xiao Xiao were just commoners there.Nodding his head, he initially agrees with Xiao Xiao's point of view, but these can only be finalized after the construction of the railway.

"Don't you just send salt?" Liu Ziming was still a little unwilling. After all, these hundreds of millions have cleared the treasury. "There is no place for development in Fengcheng?"

Xiao Xiao originally wanted to say that it would be good to improve people's livelihood, but in a flash of inspiration, she thought of some possibilities.

"In fact, steam engines can also provide power for ships," Xiao Xiao thoughtfully. "There are many more treasures under the sea than on land, and there may be other countries across the sea. If we can use steam engines to build a Fleet, I think voyage adventure is also good..."

Liu Ziming stood up suddenly: "There is indeed a country on the other side of the sea, and they sent envoys to Baiyu before!"

Liu Ziming immediately asked someone to bring the map, and after spreading it out, he asked Xiao Xiao to look at a large piece of land in the lower right corner.

"They floated to the seaside of Fengcheng with a raft in their arms. After being rescued by fishermen, they said that it was Baiyu who fled. Later, after learning our language, they gave us a general description of the situation in that land. According to their introduction, the land over there is about the size of two white jades, and there are three or four countries in it, but they are not as developed as ours."

"When they came, these countries were at war, and their countries were defeated, so they could only flee everywhere as the crown prince. Later, the prince died of illness not long after he arrived in our country, and so did the others, so in the end we only Keep this map."

Xiao Xiao sighed a little, but looking at the distance on the map, he could only regret that the steam engine ship had more power, and its durability was not as good as the current manpower.After all, if you want to cross such a wide sea area to go to that land, let alone bring a ship of coal, I am afraid that even a small coal mine is not enough.So the matter of going to sea can only be put on hold for now. It is better to talk about what business is worth developing in Fengcheng.

But Xiao Xiao and Liu Ziming couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time. After all, looking at the history of China's development, these coastal cities became prosperous because of the reform and opening up and the vigorous development of foreign trade. Their predecessors were all dilapidated. small fishing village!After the railway is repaired, it really has no special value except for transporting salt and seafood.

"Why don't I go to the field to investigate, and when I come back, I will say whether the railway will go to Xiangcheng or Fengcheng?" Xiao Xiao is also in a dilemma. He must hope to build it in Xiangcheng, after all, his business is there, isn't it?It's just that the current technology can't reach the mountain pass, so it's a bit embarrassing. "I haven't visited it myself, and I don't know the development potential of Fengcheng. Baiyu can't make that kind of long-term investment now. If it's just transporting salt and fish, then there is no need to rush to build this railway."

Liu Ziming also felt that this was the case. After all, even if the tax on salt is increased, everyone can afford it. It is not as scary as Xiao Xiao thought.In fact, except in the era of tyranny and tyranny, the salt was worth tens of pennies per stone, and Liu Ziming didn't think there was anything wrong with it anyway.

However, Liu Ziming didn't know that although Xiao Xiao's hidden danger of salt trafficking was inaccurate, it was actually a very serious problem.The news that Xiao Xiao was going to Fengcheng was kept secret, so when he arrived in Fengcheng, no official knew about it, and there was no time to make superficial tricks to fool this Zuoxiang Xiao.Xiao Xiao disguised herself as a son of a noble family from Wangcheng, went to Yanyun Yamen to discuss business on behalf of the family, and met all the officials and masters very easily.It's just that the amount of money to honor Yanyun Yamen and others is not a small amount, and the quality of the sea salt they get is also extremely poor.

"This sea salt is like this. It tastes bitter and astringent, but who would dare not buy it?" The steward who was as fat as a pig picked the food residue between his teeth, and then pretended to wipe it on his official uniform casually. , laughing, "Buying private salt is a matter of losing your head, how dare those people have the guts!"

The quality of sea salt is not as good as that of inland salt, but its output is large, and the price of salt merchants is low, so almost all salt merchants buy sea salt, and no one cares about inland salt.So it's ridiculous, obviously the quality is better, but apart from places like Xiangcheng and Ancheng which are too far away from the sea, in fact even the Yanshan shop in Wangcheng is mixed with sea salt.

"You know the Bai family in Wangcheng, right?" The fat man squinted his eyes at Xiao Xiao while talking, "There are more than a dozen salt shops in Wangcheng, large and small, all belong to the Bai family, and the salt they sell is full of salt. Mixed with half of the sea salt!"

Xiao Xiao laughed, and only said that her family was selling salt in Youcheng, and she didn't know much about the Bai family in Wangcheng.

"Youcheng? That's the Zhang family?" Fatty squinted his eyes, still smiling, but the smile had lost its previous warmth. "But the salt merchants in Youcheng always favor the big lake salt on the edge of Youcheng. So, why did you come to our Fengcheng?"

Xiao Xiao was startled, but her expression remained calm.He nodded, and then pretended to be distressed: "The competition among the salt merchants in Youcheng is too fierce, and this is a lot of money that was originally dedicated to the lords. If you don't want to find ways to reduce some costs, it will be really useless. It's a good idea!"

What Xiao Xiao said was true. Before he came here, he had a good understanding of Baiyu's salt making and salt selling. He knew that there were many lakes in Youcheng, and the people there were rich, so most of the salt merchants were trying to save trouble. Go to the local Yanyun Yamen to buy lake salt.However, Xiao Xiao's rhetoric sounds reasonable. From the outsiders' point of view, the competition in a rich place should be very fierce. It is not impossible for Xiao Xiao to save money and come to Haiyan.

"Selling salt now is not as profitable as it used to be," Fatty seemed to be deeply touched. Maybe the bribes he got now are not as much as before. The business is the most stable in the world. This sea salt costs four coins per stone. If you transport it to Youcheng and sell it together with lake salt, it will cost at least one hundred coins per stone. Even if there is some loss in transporting it from Fengcheng to Youcheng, it will definitely make more money. Much, much more than less!"

Xiao Xiao agreed with a smile, signed an agreement with the fat man in charge, and first bought five hundred catties of sea salt.After telling him that he would pick it up tomorrow, Xiao Xiao went into the prefect's garden after leaving the government office, and took a picture of the agreement on the face of the prefect who just came out of the flower building.When the old man heard that Prime Minister Xiao Xiaoxiao was sitting in the main hall, his legs were so frightened that his legs went limp, and he reluctantly dared to go in with the help of the housekeeper.After seeing the imperial envoy badge in Xiao Xiao's hand, he was even more dizzy, knelt down and cried that he didn't know.

"Then you know now?" Xiao Xiao sneered, "Bai Yu's law stipulates that this salt can only be bought from the local salt transport office. How can I spend a few hundred taels of silver to transport sea salt away from Youcheng? And this A block of salt can only be a block of earth, you bastards with a salary but no work!"

Xiao Xiao angrily smashed the piece of "sea salt" on the magistrate, so that he could see clearly whether it was salt or soil that the people here spent hundreds of dollars to buy.Poor salt making process?Not at all!It's just this group of moths who are perfunctory for the sake of profit, and deliberately shoddy!