Chapter 38: Speech and Commerce (4)

The new commercial tax is collected as follows:

When the caravan entered the city, the officer first inspected the caravan and registered the quantity of the goods, and the horses and mules were required to pay a penny of security tax. The public security tax collected by Xu Qing was used by Xu Qing to invite a few old men to collect dung and clean up the dung balls on the street, and he really hated the scene of yellow and white things on the street.

After registering the goods, a small sign is issued, and this brand cannot be lost, without which you are not allowed to go out of the city. If you lose it, you can also reissue it, but you have to hand in the account books for verification.

The caravan can choose whether to carry out real-name registration, and if the real-name registration is made, then only the goods account book will be handed over when entering the city, and it will not be checked again. And with a permanent out-of-town token, you have priority to enter and exit the city. In this way, you can save a lot of time, and the first opportunity is a business opportunity, and there is no delay in buying and selling. It can also make the businessman who holds this token more face.

When buying and selling, there will be street patrols to maintain market order, which is equivalent to urban management. There will also be a team of officers patrolling the streets, who will be responsible for checking prices so that they can collect taxes when they leave the city.

Enter the city and go through the south gate, go out of the city and go through the east gate, and the bills registered at the south gate will be sent to the east gate within half an hour.

When it's time to leave the city, check the goods again, and if you don't have it, you can sell it. Then add up the prices counted by the officials to calculate the amount of tax that should be paid.

But what if the merchants don't go into the city? If I don't go into the city, I'm out there to complete the transaction, why do you charge me taxes?

There are policies at the top, countermeasures at the bottom, deviations from the law at the bottom, and evil sects at the top. There were many ways to deal with merchants who tried to trade outside the city to evade paying taxes, let alone Xu Qing?

When he went out of the city, Xu Qing issued another token, and with this token, the territory of Cangzhou was unimpeded, and not a penny was collected. If you don't have this token, you have to check and pay the tax again......

For those who simply want to cross, they need to at least do a good job in each county.

If there are still people who want to speculate, bypass the pass city, and cross the mountains and mountains, Xu Qing also has a way. Caravans are generally relatively large and not easy to hide, and it is even more difficult for the two caravans to complete the transaction and want to hide, as long as they are discovered by Xu Qing's street patrol outside the city, they will immediately be caught by gathering crowds to make trouble!

What if someone does something on the books?

Dare to deceive the government, it is a heinous crime! jail, confiscation of all property, and fine......

Xu Qing was so ambitious to establish a new commercial tax system, not only to generate income for himself, but also to use this small fulcrum to leverage the historical trend of the entire China.

Agriculture may make people feel safe and simple, but it is difficult to raise their heads to see the world. Only business can make people burst out of the spirit of adventure and the desire to explore. Hope. If there must be a brutal colonization movement in history, then let the colonized land be all outside of China!

In addition, anyone who joins the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce will be exempted from half of the tax. Half of the reduction will not go back to the merchants, but will be paid into the Chamber of Commerce.

This amount of money is considered a guarantee money, if any caravan is outside. In the event of natural and man-made disasters and heavy losses, you can use this money to help one or two, so that people can live a decent life. Secondly, this money can also provide some additional services to the merchants, such as free horse grass or something.

Anyway, this money is also a tax that should be paid, and who is it handed over to is not to pay, and you can get a lot of sweetness from it, why not?

In order to invigorate business, Xu Qing chose to be tax-free for the kind of small farmers who sell their surplus crops. One is to win the hearts of the people, and the other is to reduce the price of the "raw materials" produced by farmers.

Similarly, caravans that join the Chamber of Commerce also have obligations that they should follow, such as the price of all goods can only be determined according to the rules of the Chamber of Commerce. Xu Qing doesn't have to worry about these things, he has Huang Shimei to preside over them.

People were set up because of the post, and Xu Qing recruited 50 officers and 100 people to patrol the streets, all of which were planned.

The distribution of the officer, ten people into the city, ten people out of the city, ten people on the street, five people each in the three counties of Haixing, Huanghua and Nanpi, and five people are substituted at any time.

For the time being, the three counties of Haixing, Huanghua, and Nanpi will not collect taxes according to the new tax system, and the stationing of five officers is only a preliminary distinction between commercial taxes and other taxes.

100 people patrol the streets, 10 people enter the city, 10 people go out of the city, 30 inside the city, 30 outside the city, and 20 emergencies.

If it had been placed in the past, the commercial tax collected would not have been enough to feed these 150 people. Even now, according to Xu Qing's statistics, the ideal tax is enough for only fifty people.

Take a long-term view!

On the first day of the implementation of the new tax system, Xu Qing stood on the city gate tower and watched. When entering the city, there was a slight blockage, but the merchants did not say much, but it was just a registration inspection, which was also carried out when bandits were rampant in the past. In the past, when I was checked, I always had to be rubbed with oil. But this time it was different, the merchants took the initiative to send things, but the person who checked said:

"Don't, we're disciplined......"

Xu Qing at the city gate counted the morning, and when he was sure that there would be no more caravans, he stopped smirking. Excluding the "self-employed" who came to sell agricultural products in nearby villages, there were more than 20 caravans with mules and carts! Xu Qing had no idea that his duty-free policy would bring so many businessmen to Cangzhou.

A small caravan is almost made up of five or six merchants, as the so-called does not open for a year, it opens for half a year, and the merchants of the Tang Dynasty almost planned to do so. A long trip, not counting the people on the road to eat horses, the net profit is always five or six taels. In other words, Xu Qing will have almost fifty or sixty taels to hundreds of taels of silver in one day by collecting taxes.

If you say this to Xu Qing, Xu Qing will retort with a straight face: "This is all public, what is not in the account...... but Xu Qing's heart is happy, fifty taels a day, ten thousand taels a year! If I steal a little, I'll take a fraction, eight thousand taels, not too much, right?

After the tax is reintroduced, the number of merchants will definitely be reduced a lot, and this eighteen thousand taels will have to be discounted in half. In addition, there is an off-season, as well as some tax reduction systems in Xu Qing, 18,000 taels are collected, and it must be folded in half and then folded in half, and 3,000 taels is considered lucky.

In Xu Qing's eyes, the tax is actually a small head, and the real big head is Xu Qing's caravan - Manid, who is far away and doesn't know where.

"When I make enough money, I will go to the Huang family to propose marriage, and Huang Shimei Xiaoyue will be officially named ......" When Xu Qing folded his hands to count the money, a small guy came to report:

"Over there at the East City Gate, the merchants are making a fuss!"

Xu Qing quickly led people to the scene of the incident. In order to make this kind of dispute more professional and test the adaptability of the Commercial Tax Division, this time Xu Qing did not bring his own personal guards, but chose to bring the dozens of "chengguan" under his subordinates.

Patrolling the streets in armor and holding short clubs, in a team of ten people, the captain has a horizontal knife, which is one level lower than the militia.

Xu Qingchi went to the east gate, looking at the banner of the caravan from a distance, there should be three or four teams of people. The gates were ajar, and the guards refused to let them go, and those who were blocked inside complained. As soon as Xu Qing stopped, Han Zibang and Xiaosi came, and gave Xu Qing a salute, showing shame. Xu Qing replied and said, "Needless to say, things come first...... Han Zibang and Xiao Si glanced at each other, then gave a salute, broke up the crowd, and went to find the principals of the two parties. Xu Qing's dozens of patrols also said a word to Xu Qing and followed.

"Quiet, listen to me, I am the deputy director of the Department of Commerce and Taxation, if you have something to say, tell me......" Xiao Si stood in front and shouted loudly, I haven't seen him for a few days, and Xiao Si has faintly gained official authority.

"Sir, isn't Cangzhou not taxed? Why did you suddenly start collecting taxes again......"

Xu Qing Qing explained this matter to Xiao Si and them, on the grounds that taxation is the foundation of the country and cannot be abolished for a long time. In fact, before the implementation of the new tax system, Xu Qing also thought about announcing it, but he thought that the information circulation is too weak now, and even if it is publicized, not many people will see it, so he will directly implement it.

"Taxes are the foundation of the state, how can they be wasted for a long time? A few days ago, the price of grain in Cangzhou soared, and the assassin was sympathetic to the people of Cangzhou, so he exempted the commercial tax to promote foreign trade in grain. "Little four returned.

"Then you should also tell us, this time it will be re-taxed, where can you stand it!" A shrill voice rang out, one full of displeasure.

Han Zibang was furious when he heard this, and drank:

"Presumptuous, who is Lord Thorn Shi, who are you, Lord Thorn Shi has to ask you if he wants to collect taxes?"

The man was really honest and said, "The villain doesn't dare to ......"

Xiao Si continued: "Hmph, don't say that it's one out of ten, even if you take half of it, what can you do?" ”

In this land of Cangzhou, it is true that Xu Qing will smoke as much as he says, and no one dares to say that it is not. Even if you smoke too much, there will be no bad comments, because Xu Qing always has an excuse - heavy agriculture and suppression of business. Of course, Xu Qing would not do this.

But those merchants didn't know, and they said in fear: "The villain knows his mistakes...... This...... That's the tax......"

"But we don't know how this new tax is collected...... "An old caravan leader who has been leading caravans for decades has never heard of what "one out of ten prices" is.

Xiao Si cleared his throat:

"Okay, I'll tell you about ......"

Xiao Si and Han Zi Bang are both algorithmic, Han Zi Bang is slightly better, but Han Zi Bang is a little older, and Xiao Si is more capable. Therefore, the little four brought street patrol personnel in order to deal with emergency affairs. Han Zi led the officers to use exquisite statistics to prevent people from thinking crookedly in the account books.

Xu Qing quietly listened to Xiao Si's explanation of "one out of ten prices" behind everyone, and nodded slightly, Xiao Si's words are popular, clear, and the meaning is clear, even children can understand it.

Sure enough, everyone present suddenly realized, patted their thighs, and said that the new tax system was good. But another person asked:

"Two masters, I understand the new tax system, which means that as long as you sell goods and make a profit, you have to pay taxes, right?"

Xiao Si and Han Zibang said together:

"And ......"

"Then we all bought from Cangzhou, and we didn't sell the goods, so don't we pay them?"

When Xu Qing heard this, his heart was terrible, he didn't expect this situation at all!