Chapter 408: Trade Surplus
Lin Ruifeng said well: "This should be one of the best, and the one stronger than here should be the capital of their country, and the road is slightly flat, which is suitable for carriages to pass through." ”
"There is not much difference between the national capital and the country of our polar country, it is the primacy of the country, so it must be slightly better to build, but our country is basically the top of all countries, of course, I am talking about our neighboring countries, which are indeed relatively good for these countries near us."
"This place doesn't look particularly good, and the staff won't be particularly much, basically sleep at night, lighting the lights is a waste for most people, and the shops are basically not open if there is no one, except for such relatively prosperous taverns, such taverns are generally opened by the public, on the one hand, it is to deal with the security officers, on the other hand, it is for the merchants, and the businessmen buy his things, which is the foundation of the city for this city."
"You may not know, the tax situation of this city, to be honest, this place is a very good place for us merchants, as for why we took such a big risk to come to such a far place, there must be a certain reason, in addition to some of the raw materials in this place are relatively cheap, there is also a very important reason, that is, we don't need to pay any taxes in this place, as long as we can buy their things, we can buy them and go."
When Lin Ruifeng finished saying this, Mo Yu actually felt very shocked, this kind of thing is actually not particularly long-term for a country.
For foreign taxes, Mo Yu feels that this game is not so simple, and it is not just a problem between businessmen and businessmen.
It is not just to increase the fiscal revenue of some places, it is likely that there is a major reason, Mo Yu's idea is whether it is the pressure exerted by the government, and the pressure exerted by the government has led to inequality among businessmen.
In fact, Mo Yu has been doubting one thing, that is, what is the reason for this trade surplus, and it is not particularly simple to create this trade surplus from the beginning.
Mo Yu was a little skeptical now, wondering if he had used some improper means, such as the threat of force, this kind of thing is the most frequent and the most prone to occur.
The threat of force creates inequality in taxation and, finally, unequal competition among merchants, and then a surplus in trade.
Of course, Mo Yu thought that this matter was actually on the one hand, and on the other hand, there was another problem, that is, the import of raw materials and the export of processed products generated some profits in their own countries, and the money in the hands of businessmen was basically the money in the hands of the state.
This trade surplus has also emerged.
Mo Yu can imagine one thing, that is, what is said in that book is very correct, a book that Mo Yu has read has been said before, a book written by a person when he traveled around the world.
This book is to say that the residents at the bottom of these island countries live in great difficulty, which Mo Yu has already seen, this kind of place is already like this, not to mention some residents at the bottom.
The difference is still very big, in fact, as long as the polar country is not particularly remote, lighting this thing is not a particularly heavy thing for most residents, a city business is very prosperous, and the residents at the grassroots level have reached this situation, which means that this place is indeed not so good.
Therefore, Mo Yu in the book thinks that it should be roughly right, that is, the lives of those grassroots residents, there may not be a cotton coat in winter, and if Mo Yu heard about it when he was a child, Mo Yu would feel incredible.
Even said that when he saw what was written in the book, he felt that it was an unbelievable thing, but now, what Mo Yu saw with his own eyes, it should be very different, and even said that it was even more difficult than what was written in the book.
After eating, Mo Yu and the others were ready to go out for a walk, which was exactly what Mo Yu thought, because in the past, he almost never went to bed so early, and when he slept so early, he was still in the school, and when he was just in school.
The habit of going to bed early and getting up early has always been something Mo Changji told him, but when it came to the later stage of the school, Mo Changji began to work overtime to let Mo Yu do some new preparations.
In the future, if you don't knock, you will basically not sleep, it is definitely unrealistic to go to bed so early now, Mo Yu has nothing to do in the room, if you just read a book, it does seem relatively monotonous.
This place is still some distance from the sea, so the next day to be able to continue to play, the big night is really not suitable to stay at the beach, on the one hand, the wind is stronger, on the other hand, the stability is not particularly good.
After coming out, Mo Yu knew that this place was indeed very desolate, basically invisible at night, the moonlight could shine on a limited place, there was no bright light on a road, and occasionally a light used to be patrolled by the army.
And when I watched them, I also had a very disdainful eye, and I didn't know what it meant, and there really wasn't much entertainment after a walk.
There is not even a stall, there is really no need to set up a stall in this place, and there is no need for a stall without a stall.
Lin Ruifeng continued: "There are five or six taverns like just now, and the general caravan people will return to bed if they have nothing to do, unless something is settled here, there is no big problem in going back and forth for half a day, that is, from here to the dock, it is half a day to go back and forth, and then half a day is used to buy and sell goods, conduct other transactions, or buy some daily necessities." ”
"To be honest, it's much more comfortable to stay in bed than to stay here, the ship is brightly lit, and you can sleep more comfortably, mainly if there is no strong wind, you basically live on the ship, what needs to be discussed to get such a tavern, but such a small probability event still makes those taverns make a lot of money."
Mo Yu understood what Lin Ruifeng meant, that is, in fact, the business here is still very developed, but the show is not so obvious, and the income from some raw materials can indeed make a place with such a climate have a lot of income.
The conditions are better, the plants and animals grow faster, and people can ask for more things from nature, so they can make a lot of money in this way.
It's just that one thing that is difficult for them to imagine is that they bought some more expensive things from Jiguo, but in fact, the materials went out from them, but there were some technological monopolies.
Very few people will consider such a situation, and they feel more comfortable when they use it, so they think it is worth the price, and I rarely think about it, I can also make this thing, and if I do it, I even say that I can reduce the price to fight a price war.
In order to prevent the locals from obtaining certain technology, the merchants here even said that they would not hesitate to increase the cost of transportation back and forth, so that the people of the extreme country could do this thing.
Generally, if you have a Chinese person, most of them will not pass on this thing, the main reason is that most of the people who know this matter do not know the language of that country, and those who know the Chinese language know that this matter can never be passed on to the outside world, because it will block most people's financial paths.
So this trade surplus also came out, which is also one of the main reasons for the production of trade surpluses.
And this is just one example, there are many similar examples, but in other countries, buy at a low price and sell at a high price, and a lot of money difference starts from here.
Mo Yu on our side also has a very big question: "What is the conversion of this money on your side?" ”
In fact, when Mo Yu asked a question, it was easy to ask a sharp question, and he also asked a key question, most people don't know about such a question, because if this money is used, there is no need to consider the conversion problem, unless they want to play here.
Lin Ruifeng replied with a smile: "This still depends on some other businessmen in the Polar Country, they can convert by themselves, but the conversion ratio is determined by themselves, generally speaking, it will not make us suffer too much, charging some intermediate fees is their main thing, and the conversion ratio does not fluctuate much most of the time, unless there are many situations in this country that will reduce or increase this ratio." ”
In fact, Mo Yu wanted to know the operation of these businessmen, how they could exchange this money and make a profit.
So I asked this question again, and Shi Bozhang next to him also listened carefully to hear how this thing was done.
Although Lin Ruifeng is not such a businessman, it is relatively easy to say such a thing.
So Lin Ruifeng explained a little to them, explaining the ingredients he understood: "If it's too official, you may not understand, I'll give you an example, let's give you an example, let's say I have five Yu, if I give them a change, they can give me ten local money, what I mean is to assume that the ratio is one to two." ”
Several people were also listening to Lin Ruifeng's words seriously, including Bai Yunyi, who was not particularly interested in this kind of thing.
"But if I sell something here, of course I want to exchange it for our country's money, because then it will be spent in our country, right?"
Several people listened carefully, Lin Ruifeng also thought about it, and then continued: "This person gave us our country's money, but if this person wants to deal with the money in his hand, that is to say, if he wants to spend this money in our country, he must also exchange it for our country's money, then at this time it is very simple, but he exchanged the money for equivalent items, pulled these equivalent items to our country, and sold them, so that it was exchanged for our country's money." ”
"But they now need to take risks, if you really talk about this money, how can you reach 1 to 2.5, but what they earn is the money of this risk, then if we are not willing to take this risk, we will take the initiative to change this money for him, they do not bear the processing of this material, only bear the sale of this material, so the existence of these people is still very necessary, of course, such people will occasionally match some, but businessmen, no profit can not afford early, most of the time they still make money, I dare to pack a ticket for this. ”