The pre-Qin "Zhou Li Dazai" has a record of "collecting money and bribes with nine endowments". The nine endowments refer to the nine kinds of taxes in Bangzhong, Sijiao, Bangdian, Jiajiao, Bangxian, Bangdu, Guanshi, Shanze, and Yuanyu, all of which are land taxes. In the 31st year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang, he promulgated the decree of "making the head of the Qianqian self-cultivated land", ordering all landlords and landed peasants to report the amount of land they occupied, stipulating that each hectare of land should pay 3 stone of forage and 2 stone of straw. Underpayment or non-payment of rent and tax by concealment of land is punishable. The township has collected land rent from the peasants without reporting it, and has also been punished for concealing the acres of land.

In addition to the field tax, the Qin Dynasty also levied a poll tax, including household and oral taxes. Taxation in the early Han Dynasty was inherited from the Qin system. In addition to the field tax, there are also "calculation of the fu", "mouth of the fu", "more fu" and other poll taxes. Other taxes include a wide variety of miscellaneous taxes on industrial and commercial and mountain and wood products. In the nature of property tax, the cash and goods accumulated in the hands of merchants are levied "counting money", and the owners of vehicles and vessels are levied "counting vehicles and ships"; In the nature of consumption tax, livestock tax is levied on livestock such as horses, cattle and sheep, and taxes on salt, iron, and liquor; In the nature of turnover tax, there is a tax on the passage of goods, i.e., customs duties, and a market rent on the turnover of goods in the market.

The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties abolished the system of land rent and oral endowment since the Qin and Han dynasties, and implemented the regulation of field rent and households. Cao Wei officially promulgated a decree to implement a tax system that was taxed by acre and by household. During this period, salt and iron were generally monopolized by the state. Liquor is generally taxed, and some are also monopolized. The city tax is divided into the entry tax levied on merchants and the shop tax levied on merchants. There are two types of taxation levied on transactions, which are divided into two types: the loss of slaves and maids, cattle and horses, and farms and houses with large amounts and documents, and the scattered taxes that are small in value and do not have documents for transactions. A tax is levied on wealthy families who earn 500,000 yuan or more and monks and nuns who earn 200,000 yuan. In addition, there are mouth money and toll taxes.

The Tang Dynasty transformed the poll tax that had been practiced for a long time in ancient China into a land property tax. and consolidate the various taxes. During this period, salt, wine, and tea were sometimes taxed, sometimes exempt, and sometimes monopolized. In the sixth year of Wuzong Huichang, he also implemented the class of wine koji to strictly drink wine.

In the late Tang Dynasty, in addition to the resumption of the collection of mining tax and the tax of closing the city, it also introduced the intershelf tax on houses and the tax on money and goods paid by public and private transactions. In addition, there are miscellaneous taxes such as landing tax, tooth tax, pawn tax, and deed tax. Generally speaking, agricultural taxes are heavy, while commercial taxes are much lighter.

Especially in this era when the family gate valve is rampant, the world's famous big businessmen are controlled by these big forces, and the business tax is as low as 30 taxes or even lower. Qin forgot that a carriage and horse tax would cost one hundred miles of tax, which was indeed very high.

But the most important thing is not this little money, but the right of priority to use the wharf and warehouse, you can imagine that if a businessman buys a large amount of tea to Akagi, but it rains heavily in Akagi, if he can give priority to the use of the warehouse at this time, then he will not only not suffer a little loss, but also will raise his price because of the heavy losses of other merchants, and he will definitely make a lot of money. There is also the wharf, time is money, every time you ship your own goods ten days or even dozens of days earlier than others, so how much more profit will there be?

The four of them had apparently thought of this as well, he

They all pondered, silently calculating the gains and losses.

Seeing their expressions, Qin Forget smiled slightly, "Not only that, but Helin's side will also give you the same preferential treatment." I think you know better than me how much of this is good. If nothing happens, the merchants of your own country must be crazy and want to climb up to you, take your line, and you will serve them for free? I can promise that this kind of preferential treatment will only be given to you people, and even if Akagi is pressured to make concessions to some people, they will not get better conditions than you. Because, your business, that is, my business in Akagi, everyone says it, don't you? ”

Hearing Qin Forget say this, the four of them breathed heavily, and they seemed to see the scene of countless merchants from their country flocking to their mansion to cling to them. If this is really the case, then these fifty people will soon become the new upstart of the world's merchants. No more snorting and scooping up some leftover soup and water.

They also understood that if it weren't for Qin Wang, the Tea Horse Market would not have been their turn to get involved.

Several people looked at each other a few times, nodded slightly, and reached an agreement.

"General, forty percent is completely acceptable to us. But those family lords and those big businessmen will definitely not tolerate us doing this, our strength is too weak compared to them, if they suppress us, I am afraid we are not opponents at all. On behalf of the four of them, Chong Ran expressed the worries in their hearts.

"What the old man said is right, we can't match their financial resources alone. If they buy all kinds of goods on a large scale, I'm afraid we really can't compete. It is likely that there will be no goods to sell at that time! Li Chun also agreed.

"It's not if, it's for sure, they will definitely raise prices on a large scale, and use their strong financial resources to crush you small and medium-sized businessmen, so that they can enjoy the tea and horse market exclusively. But as I said, your business, that is, my business in Akagi, whoever dares to stand in the way of my wealth, I will let him go bankrupt. No matter who it is, you have to understand when you go to my Chicheng and three acres of land, and I have to say it here. If someone dares to embarrass you, it is to cut off my Akagi's financial route, and you say that I will let him go? Qin Forget said coldly.

Qin Wang's tone shocked the four of them, it seemed that the young man in front of him was not as good as he seemed, he was a reckless and ruthless character. But he still holds the life of the tea and horse market. However, a few people became excited, with such a tough person as a backer, they don't have to be afraid to do things by themselves.

"But you don't have to rely on me completely, you have to be hard to strike iron, you don't have enough goods in your hands to trade, and I am blocking the merchants of the world, the tea and horse market will definitely not be able to do it, no one wants to see such a result." What you have to do is to buy the goods by all means. As long as the tea horse market can be operated, everything is easy to say. Qin Forget admonished, "Don't worry, your friendship with Brother Jin and Mrs. Wang is here, even the worst result will not make everyone lose money." ”

"Yes!" The four of them bowed down to receive the order.

"Congratulations to the general, from now on, all the businessmen in the world will be in the general's hub!" The four of them dispersed, Jincheng

Happy congratulations to Qin Wangdao.

"Big brother is too optimistic, and the news of the tea horse market has long been no secret. Now presumably all the merchants are hoarding goods, ready to show their skills. I'm afraid today's agreement will not be hidden for a long time, and I'm afraid that there are many of the subordinates of major businessmen among those fifty people, and I'm afraid that this news has already spread, wait for it, my Akagi will not stop soon! Qin Forget frowned and said.

Jin Cheng and Chen Wan'er nodded in agreement, "Yes, now I find that it is becoming more and more difficult to purchase goods in Daqi and Chu Kingdom, especially tea, porcelain, silk, etc., the price has risen again and again, and they have increased more than three times, and there must be a lot of credit for those gate valve families here." Jin Cheng also frowned.

"You two don't have a lot of stockpiling right now, are you?" Qin Forget knew that Chen Wan'er was bankrupt for Chicheng, and even took out Xiao Wangcheng's life-saving money. And Jincheng is also, in order to provide food and grass for Chicheng, plus his own disaster, it is also smooth and slippery, so Qin Forget will have this question.

The two smiled bitterly, "I sold all the jewelry, and I hoarded five hundred stone goods, and there will be no more." Chen Wan'er said in a low voice.

"I'm better, I borrowed some from my old friends, and I hoarded two thousand stones of various goods." Jin Cheng also followed.

The goods of 2,500 stones, but the two of them did their best, thinking about how beautiful the two of them were at the beginning, and now they have fallen to this point, which is really sad.

"I'm the one who bothered you." Qin Forget said guiltily, "Ship all the goods in your hands to Chicheng, I'll contact Helin's side and sell them to Helin's side first, presumably they also want to stock up on all kinds of goods in the Central Plains as soon as possible." The income is all yours, and it's time for me to repay you. Also, I will immediately sow two million taels of silver to you, and you shall go to various countries to purchase all kinds of goods, the more the better. ”

Each person was two million taels, and the two of them were surprised and delighted, with this large amount of silver, the two of them had a lot of confidence. Qin Wang's words also made the hearts of the two warm, Jin Cheng was secretly glad that he had followed a good lord who was affectionate and righteous, while Chen Wan'er only felt that she had indeed met a good man.

"The general doesn't have to blame himself, since we are the general's subordinates, it's really nothing to pay a little extra money. I don't take a penny from Jincheng for the deal with Lin. Kaneshiro said decisively.

"That's it, now that Akagi's foundation is too thin, it's not the time for everyone to share the benefits, if the general really feels that he has treated us badly, he will compensate for it in the future. Now I don't want to do anything, I just want to make Akagi rich and strong as soon as possible. Chen Wan'er also said softly.

Qin Forget was speechless, looking at these two such caring subordinates, he couldn't say anything anymore, and there was something called moving flowing in his heart.

"Don't worry, I can't give you anything now, but in the future, I will repay you and your family well." Qin Forget said sincerely.

"Okay, let's wait, and believe in the general." Jin Cheng and Chen Wan'er said in unison.

The three of them looked at each other without saying a word, and everything was silent.