The Reborn Lady is Farming

   "Niangniang, this is from Andrei from the foreigner club." Zhu Liang offered a box.

  Mu Yangling opened it and saw that there were two gems inside, one blue and one red, both the size of pigeon eggs.

  She closed the box and asked, "What does he want? Counting this time, he gave me three gifts, right?" Each time it was more valuable.

   Zhu Liang lowered his head and said, "I heard that Andre's boat has been floating outside for four or five days, and has not been able to enter the port."

   Mu Yangling raised his eyebrows, "Why is this?"

   "Andre feels that the tariffs imposed by the imperial court are too heavy. He wants to meet the prince and bring up the tariffs again."

   Mu Yangling sneered, closed the box, and said, "Go and tell him, I can let him see the prince."

Zhu Liang was taken aback. The princess never interfered in the official affairs of the prince. No matter how many people came to her, she always asked the prince's meaning. If you can help, you will receive the gift. It was the first time that he decided to meet a foreigner without asking the prince what he meant by returning a gift of the same value.

   Zhu Liang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Niangniang, do you want to ask the prince?"

Mu Yangling shook his head, "Since Andre can find me here, naturally he can also find someone else to go there. It's better to talk to the prince than to talk to the people from the Shipbuilding Division and the government office. I don't think our tariffs are too high. ."

Zhu Liang understands that the princess is afraid that the people from the Shibo Division and the government office will not be able to bear Andre's sugar-coated cannonballs, so they can open the door for the other party or submit a letter to reduce taxes on their behalf. This is to reduce the problem to security Here, Dere, let the other party retreat.

   Zhu Liang responded quickly and turned around to reply to Andre's people.

   Mu Yangling pondered while looking at the gems on the table.

It has been nearly a year since the opening of the sea ban. Qi Xiuyuan assigned the localities to thirteen provinces, and then set up the prefectural and county-level local governments, opened ports in the coastal areas to conduct sea trade transactions, and established the Municipal Shipping Department, which govern.

The DPRK and China quarreled for a long time, and finally introduced import tariffs and export tariffs at the beginning of the spring. At this point, the court adopted Mu Yangling's opinions, and divided tariffs, luxury goods, necessities of life, etc., import and export tariffs are not the same.

   Among them, the import tariffs on luxury goods are particularly heavy, but no matter how heavy it is, the merchants do not think it is a problem. It is lower than the previous tariff of half the tax on all goods for maritime merchants in Dazhou.

  Luxury goods are only taxed 30%, while other goods have lower import tariffs. The most important thing is that their export tariffs are lower, and some things are even completely tariff-free.

This is great news for Daqi merchants. It is said that merchants who are interested in sea trade gathered together and donated a lot of money and materials to the imperial court, which was used to build ports and support poor fishermen along the coast. Only Fan Zijin and Qi Xiuyuan knew about it, and Qi Haoran never cared much about it.

   This is good news for Daqi merchants, but it is a mixed blessing for foreigners. The good news is that Daqi, who used to close the ports at every turn, has opened up so many ports to them. The worry is that they also have to pay taxes.

   You must know that in the past, Daqi only paid taxes to their own merchants. Although they did not look down on the merchants of the vassal, they did not tax them for the sake of showing the favor of the heavenly dynasty.

   Now, they not only have to pay taxes, but some also have to pay a particularly heavy tax?

The first time Andre paid the tax was the batch of goods that he was unwilling to sell to Fan Zijin last year. At that time, the tariff was undecided. Fan Zijin said he would charge as much as he wanted. He was scared by Qi Haoran again. But still reluctant to pay.

   This time, he was here with the boat, because he knew that Daqi had imposed a sea ban, and overseas things would definitely be very popular, so this time he brought three boats at once, and the goods on each boat were of great value.

As soon as he heard that he had to pay so much tax at the Shibo Division, he was unwilling to pay. In addition, after more than half a year, his temperament of remembering what to eat or not to beat made him temporarily forget the horror of King Rongjun, and kept going. He came to the door to ask for grace, either to give him a tax exemption, or to reduce some taxes.

Don't blame Andre for thinking this way. He has been doing business with this country for more than ten years. Although the ruler has changed to another person now, he doesn't think it makes any difference. The humanities and ideas of this country have not changed. The previous one When the emperor was on the throne, he could enter the port with only one request. Sometimes he offered some not-so-precious gems and glazes, and he could get more than ten times the reward. The rulers of the celestial dynasty are very stupid.

Qi Xiuyuan, who is considered stupid, has insisted on the principle of paying taxes for vassal merchants under the repeated letters of his brother and sister-in-law. My brother is right, why should I pay taxes when doing business in Daqi, when an outsider comes to my house to do business, but it is unimpeded ?

   As for the prestige of the Celestial Dynasty, even taxes are not collected, how can there be prestige at all?

Mu Yangling knew that some literati liked to chatter, so he specially wrote to Qi Xiuyuan, telling him that in the hearts of foreigners, Daqi is stupid, the emperor is stupid, the ministers are stupid, especially the officials of the Ministry of Households. It's even more stupid, because they don't even charge our taxes, they only charge their own people's taxes.

   This letter was processed and polished by Qi Haoran. It was not so rough, but the scolding was even harsher. When there were people in the DPRK who objected to paying taxes to vassal merchants, Qi Xiuyuan threw the letter directly on the other side.

  The courtiers were bombed, especially the household officials who were named. They jumped on the spot and took the initiative to ask Ying: "Your Majesty, the import and export tariffs of vassal merchants will be formulated soon, please rest assured."

   So, the foreigners were forced.

Mu Yangling was originally afraid that the big difference between the two sides would cause domestic businessmen to collude with foreign businessmen to avoid tariffs, but after seeing the tax rate table formulated by the Ministry of Households, Mu Yangling was relieved. The tax rate for merchants is not that heavy. If they entrust Daqi merchants to register their names on their behalf, it is not worthwhile, because the extra tariffs may be enough for them to pay the labor costs.

   On the side of Daqi merchants, strict rules have also been formulated. Anyone who colludes with foreign merchants to harm Daqi's interests will be punished with the crime of treason, and the crime will be punished by three clans.

   Although the businessman loves money, it is not worth his life for such a small amount of money. Therefore, when Andre has nowhere to go, he can only ask Mu Yangling.

In his heart, Qi Haoran was the emperor's younger brother and could give them preferential treatment, while Mu Yangling was Qi Haoran's wife and could persuade Qi Haoran. Moreover, Mu Yangling's heroic image was deeply ingrained in his heart. A woman who is no weaker than a man.

   Mu Yangling took the things, and when Qi Haoran brought the four children back in the evening, covered in mud, Mu Yangling mentioned this matter and said, "You can meet him sometime."

   The four little ones immediately shouted, "We're going too."

   Mu Yangling stared, "My lord is going to talk about business, what are you doing?"

  Qi Haoran was protecting a few children, "What's the business of talking to foreigners? I don't like to take care of this business matter, okay, I'll take them to the beach to meet Andrei."