The old man couldn't see it, but his son still couldn't say anything to him, so he didn't continue to pick thorns, and his son helped him to go to Fushan City.

Today's Ezo Island, the seaside is planted with windbreaks, so you can't see Fukuyama Castle at the pier, so the old man just thinks that the pier is okay, Harada Kogoro's parents are Japanese, so he also has to go through the foreigner inspection gate, he took his parents there and asked the customs staff: "Hello, I'm Harada Kogoro, I just came back from the Japanese front, and I picked up my parents by the way, do they also want a physical examination?" ”

"Yes, but because Japan is so close, the chance of contracting infectious diseases is much less than that of people from other countries who have been on a long voyage, so it is necessary to do a number of examinations less, as long as the body temperature is taken and the whole body is checked, and the luggage and clothes that you carry with you are disinfected, it will be done in about an hour, and it will be done quickly."

"Oh! Thank you! ”

When Harada Kogoro returned to his parents, he explained to them, "Father and mother, you are coming to Ezo Island for the first time, so you need to have a physical examination before you can enter the customs, and you won't need it in the future, but soon, it will only take about half an hour. ”

"What kind of examination do you want, so many of you go to Japan, do you want to check? It's just redundant. "The old man is prejudiced against the Far Eastern Kingdom, so he can't get used to anything, and he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't pick a thorn.

"Hmm......" Kogoro Harada was speechless in embarrassment.

Of course! The old man also has a sharp mouth, after all, his arms can't twist his thighs, and if he wants to enter the customs, he has to be honestly inspected, otherwise he can only swim back to Japan.

However, after the inspection and entry, he counted down Harada Kogoro and said: "You little rabbit cub, I knew that I wanted my old man to strip naked for inspection, so I won't come here, it's unseemly, where do you tell me to put my old face!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes! It's the son's, it's not, father, please calm your anger, only this time, I won't check it again in the future. Kogoro Harada hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Humph! Let's go! You're leading the way, isn't there a shame in the pestle here? ”

"Whoa! I'll call a taxi right away. Harada Kogoro answered and waved and shouted, "Carriage"

His skillful beckoning movements were chic and casual, but the old man of his family immediately stopped: "What is it called!" Are you so expensive? They are all crop men, and they have no feet! Walk! ”

"Huh! Father, Sapporo is still far from here! You have to take a carriage, and your son has money, so it's not a big deal, so you can enjoy it in peace! ”

"Wu'er, your father is right, you can't spend money indiscriminately, if it's not too far, let's walk!" Even the old woman, who had never spoken much, spoke out about him.

"Mother, it's not in the way, we are much richer here than in Japan, and I also have a gold shop for my son, which is enough for the family to live a rich life, I signed up for the army this time, just to go to Japan to pick up the second elder to enjoy the blessings, otherwise I wouldn't be a civilian husband at all."

"Oh! Yes! My son has a chance, that's good, for my mother and your father are also used to living a hard life, and they are reluctant to spend money. ”

"Hmmm! The son also knows that the second elder has suffered, so you should spend your money hard in the future! I can't eat your son's. Kogoro Harada said proudly.

Since the son is rich, the old man is no longer picky, besides, the son is willing to sign up as a military and civilian husband in order to pick them up, which can be described as sincere, so the old man's face has also eased, and he is no longer like everyone else owes him money, and he has a stinky face.

It's September, it's the crisp autumn season, and the weather is sunny again, the soft roof of the carriage is folded up, and you can sit on the carriage and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the red leaves on the mountain.

The garden design of the Far Eastern Kingdom is unique, because both sides of the road have left more than 20 meters of reserved road scenery belt, so the street trees are not planted on both sides of the road, but are separated by more than 20 meters, so that in autumn and winter, the road will not be piled up with fallen leaves, it looks extremely clean, the road is lined with green grass and sparse landscape dwarf trees trimmed in different forms, it can be described as ingenuity, this kind of garden art in Europe is only the castle of the royal family and the nobility, because the current time is trimmed with scissors, It is not efficient and cannot be popularized into public green belts.

But the Far Eastern Kingdom already has various types of motors, such as lawn mowers, electric scissors are very simple things, that is, motors plus a few knives, Yang Wenli only prompted a few words, and the following scientific researchers made it. made Harada Kogoro's parents stunned when they saw it, it was too wasteful and extravagant, I don't know how much it cost to spend people's fat and people's ointment?

But when the carriage drove through the windbreak belt and saw the whole picture of Fukuyama Castle, which was well-planned, beautifully built, and brand new and beautiful, the old man changed his opinion. Because he didn't see a single dilapidated house or slum, it proved that the people here were very wealthy, and there was no such thing as scraping the people's fat and ointment.

It cannot be denied that before modern times, all countries had to rely on taxes to maintain the operation of the government, and the government raised taxes when it had no money, and all countries did this, because the money at that time was real gold and precious metals, and the government could not change it, and there was no money to raise taxes.

However, after the invention of paper money, this situation changed, and tax collection evolved into a financial instrument to regulate the structure of the domestic economy.

There is a threshold for all kinds of taxes, which means that the poor below the threshold are not taxed and cannot be taxed, but instead the state has to take a part of the tax revenue to subsidize these vulnerable groups.

In other words, taxation is only for the rich, corporations, collectives and other powerful groups, and is a tool to regulate social polarization and the gap between the rich and the poor.

Some people may ask, if the taxes are given to the poor to spend on public social welfare, infrastructure and other expenses, then the country still has no money? In fact, you don't have to worry, the real money of the country is solved by the annual additional banknotes, as long as the financial operation of this part of the money is stable and the banknotes do not depreciate, it is not only shared by the people of the whole country, but even by the whole world.

It is precisely because of this essence of the economy that the Far Eastern Kingdom does not collect taxes from ordinary people, as well as various welfare subsidies, interest-free loan subsidies, etc., not to mention how happy the common people are, how can there be a government in the world that does not collect taxes from ordinary people! This is the only one, and there is no semicolon.

Of course! At this stage, the Far Eastern Kingdom also has no paper money, and it also issues metal currency, but Yang Wenli has a trick, that is, the face value of the currency far exceeds the value of the same amount of the metal, and it is actually a credit currency, which has many benefits! In addition to the above benefits, it is not afraid of bad money driving out good money.

The Far Eastern Kingdom is only allowed to use its own currency, and it doesn't matter if a foreign merchant exchanges money and takes it, anyway, the Far Eastern Kingdom makes a lot of money, because he has to take gold and silver far beyond the face value to exchange it, and the more he exchanges, the more the Far Eastern Kingdom earns, of course, no fool will do this, and there will be no situation where bad money drives out good money, and the currency will not be lost.

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