Ba Zhuo took these copper coins in exchange for silver, and he really wanted to cry without tears! This time, I really want to cry without tears, and stealing chickens is not a loss of rice. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he thought he could make an extra 20% profit, but in the end he found that he actually lost 10% and 5%. Originally, many people hoped to be able to make an extra sum of money with Bazhuo, but now they actually lost five percent, and there was also a five-percent profit that Shi Bufan "pitied" them, so the Datang Money Village Federation went to exchange it back. But they can't say that they have suffering, can he still say that he bought the people around Shi Bufan and knew about Shi Bufan's "conspiracy"? If he dared to say this, Shi Bufan would dare to arrest him on the spot for bribery. The means used by this plucking are not legitimate, so don't blame the time for being extraordinary and eating black. It's like some people who make profits through abnormal means, but in the end, they can't tell the bitterness when they lose, and they can't find a legal channel to make decisions for them.

The Turkic merchants who originally planned to make money with Bazhuo now hold a grudge against Bazhuo one by one, not only did they not earn it, but they stole chickens and rice, and lost one into five. This is five in one, and perhaps many people who are not in business do not understand what it means. A loss of one into five, that means that maybe a year of work in vain, for the vast majority of businessmen to lose one into five, then this year is basically negative growth, after all, business is not those urban black technology gold fingers, often 10,000 percent of the profit. Therefore, the Turkic merchants have lost so much, so that they hate Bazhuo to death.

"Okay, okay, it's good to be able to keep the capital now, this is still thanks to my efforts to intercede, and then this can make Datang exchange it back for eight hundred and fifty wen for one tael. Otherwise, people are not willing to pay 700 yuan! Bazhuo hurriedly said.

Of course, Bazhuo knew that he would definitely be hated at this time. The only thing he can do is to exaggerate his difficulty, try to make things bigger, reduce his losses, so that he can make it seem as if he is not so guilty. Even, he also hoped that these Turkic merchants would carry forward the "Ah Q spirit" and let them think about the good, so that at least they would not lose so much!

The Turkic merchants, now finding that the matter was irreparable, had to take the initiative to accept this fact. And they begin to prepare to trade, when they enter the designated trading market. They found that the price of this grain had suddenly increased a lot, and the price of the old grain had also begun to increase, which made the Turkic merchants extremely depressed.

"Why is food so expensive?" Ba Zhuo scolded.

And the merchants immediately said, "Hey, the court, the court collects taxes on our merchants!" We just can't survive! ”

"Yes! The imperial court collects taxes, so we can only increase the price! "The imperial court is now short of money to collect taxes, and it is difficult for us to do business!" ……

These merchants all began to "complain" about the imperial court according to the requirements of the times. They complained one after another that the imperial court was extorting and extorting taxes on their merchants, which was really difficult for them to do business! Of course, those merchants, according to the orders of the times, of course, would not say anything about the fact that such a huge tax would be levied on the goods they sold to the Turks, and the tax on domestic goods was still very low.

"They collect taxes, won't you refuse?" Bazhuo asked.

The merchant spread his hands and said, "There is no way, where can we fight the government?" ”

This plucking is also extremely painful, and this time the price of materials for their Turks has risen, which makes it even worse for the Turks to purchase a large number of them. Of course, in the case of the economic idiot Bazhuo, he did not realize that the taxation of merchants was ultimately a tax on these Turkic consumers. In fact, this taxation of these specific export merchants is essentially a collection of customs duties, which are essentially the same as export duties, and are used to exploit foreigners. However, this economic idiot did not realize at all, or rather, the entire Turkic people, that they subconsciously believed that it was the merchants who were taxed and that it was the merchants who suffered, and that there was no idea of this tariff utilization at all.

For the Turks, they all grabbed things, or simply took them away. In their consciousness, they still think that they will directly rob some people's things, and the damage will actually be those who are directly damaged, and they will not know that their tariffs are actually exploiting foreigners. They spend money to buy it, but they are actually paying customs duties for these merchants!

Raising export tariffs is also a means of restricting exports. Of course, it is also possible that the purpose is to raise tariffs on some things that are just needed, so that foreigners will bear the tax and exploit foreigners through export tariffs. This grain is a very important rigid need, and it is a rigid need that the Turks absolutely cannot get rid of, and people cannot do without food. Although the Turks seemed to have a large amount of beef and horse meat, it was impossible for them to make a living from eating meat. The same is true for tea, tea can effectively solve the nutritional needs of their body, once addicted to drinking tea, it is no different from drugs for nomads.

By raising additional taxes on the products that the Turks absolutely need, Shi Bufan is actually trying to exploit the Turks. However, this Bazhuo still stupidly didn't know, thinking that it was these merchants who suffered the most. In ancient times, people did not study much about the role of tariffs, and subconscious taxation was a means of extortion and extortion.

Taxation is naturally arbitrary, but it also depends on who is the ultimate recipient of the arbitrary expropriation. If the ultimate recipient of the expropriation is not the native, then something is easy to solve. Imposing a tax on the rich and imposing an additional tax on luxury goods would not have a bad effect. It is one thing to expropriate and expropriate, but the more important point is to expropriate and extort extortions, and this is the core of the problem.

He could only grit his teeth, and then take out the copper coins he had exchanged for various supplies. The Turks spent twice as much money in exchange for the same supplies, and the tax revenue of this money eventually went into the treasury of the Tang Dynasty.

In Qin's Restaurant, Shi Bufan began to feast on all merchants, and some people even began to count the results.

"Shi Yuan Wailang, this time our imperial court has collected a special tax of about 20,000 yuan, if it includes the difference in the silver price earned before, then we probably actually earned 30,000 yuan. This time, the Turks have already contributed 30,000 yuan for us, which is equivalent to 13 of the normal income of our Datang, and it is almost enough to launch a big battle. A scribe reported the statistics.

Those Tang officials, businessmen, and various managers of the Datang Money Federation who were preparing a celebration banquet in Qin's restaurant immediately discussed after hearing such news. In just a few days, he actually took 30,000 yuan from this Turk, which was enough to launch a big battle, which was simply a lot of money. Even those businessmen actually gained a lot because of this foreign transaction. Although the unit price seems to be a lot less, the sales volume is very large, and even if 100% of the tax is charged, it is still profitable. In particular, the target of this tax is actually the Turkic people who bear this tax in the end, not the local people of the Tang Dynasty. In this way, those people of the Tang Dynasty will not be scolded for profiteers, nor will they suffer the so-called pain because of the special tax on the price of materials.

Datang exchanged silver for the war horse of the Turks, and the Qianzhuang Federation exchanged it for silver at a low price, and finally Datang bought back the silver from the Datang Qianzhuang Federation at cost price again, so that it made more than ten percent out of thin air. As for those merchants who started trading and made a lot of money, if Datang collected 100% of the tax, it would directly get an additional tax of more than 20,000 yuan. Although these taxes were given to the court by merchants, in the final analysis, it was the Turks who paid for the taxes, and it was the Turks who exploited them.

"Shi Yuan Wailang, what should we do next? Are we going to swallow the Turks next? Someone asked.

Shi Bufan immediately shook his head and said, "No, we can't swallow it directly." If you swallow it directly, then they won't be able to stand it, so we might as well use a knife to cut the meat. If you swallow them directly, it will scare them away. Even if they find out about our plans, they will rebel. Let's not irritate them too much, it's not okay to fish all the time. We have to take our time and cut the meat again and again, so that we can make the Tang Dynasty, as well as all the merchants, and even our money bank can earn wealth from it. The Turks are such a big fat duck, and none of us can eat it all. Let's eat this duck slowly, and then we will eat it together and make a fortune together. ”

"Actually, there are many people who will benefit from this, and not only those of us who are doing it. The merchants bought a large amount of stale grain from Taifu Temple, and finally sold it to the Turks at a high price. It not only relieved the pressure on the old grain for our imperial court Taifu Temple, but also threw these old grains to the Turks. And Taifu Temple has money, so it naturally spends a lot of money to buy surplus grain from ordinary people, and the people can also benefit from it. Only when the people have money can they dare to consume better, and only then can they buy more other commodities and promote the benefits to the merchants. In this circle, the benefits are far from only what we are doing, and ordinary people can also benefit indirectly. Even other businessmen have benefited indirectly from this. ”

"So everyone, in the future, the surplus money in the hands of the people in the Gyeonggi area of Chang'an will suddenly increase a lot, and then you can take the opportunity to expand your business and then get more benefits. The money bank can also take the opportunity to absorb deposits, so that it will be helpful to open branches in other state capitals in the future, and the market can be expanded as soon as possible. ”

"The Turks, this fat duck, we don't eat for nothing. The fat ducks that came to the door, if we don't eat them, I'm really sorry for them. We cut meat for them with a knife, so that almost many of our people in Datang can benefit directly or indirectly, but more or less. ”

Shi Bufan, a master of economics, began to popularize a lot of basic knowledge about macroeconomics, and any investment is not for nothing, but he can drive a lot of things. In fact, the benefits of this exploitation of the Turks are far more than just the imperial court and merchants, in fact, ordinary people will also benefit indirectly, maybe ordinary people don't know about it. The old grain in the granary of Taifu Temple was sold to the Turks at a high price, so that the imperial court made huge profits through various taxes, and finally purchased the surplus grain in the hands of the peasants again, so as to stabilize the grain price as much as possible, ensure that the grain price would not be suppressed by those grain profiteers, and maintain the stability of grain prices as much as possible.

With the "big dog" of Taifu Temple, it absorbs a large amount of grain every year, which plays an incomparably important role in the stability of grain prices for farmers. And the old grain in Taifu Temple can be thrown to the Turks, so that the Turks have food, and after they are full, they do not have enough courage to attack the Central Plains. If the Turks find that the risk cost of trading is much greater than the risk cost of war, then they will inevitably choose to trade. The Turkic people may have a small number of aggressive nature, but it does not mean that everyone likes to invade and is ambitious.

"Alright, serve. Today's dish was developed by me personally, and I taught the chefs of Qin's Restaurant to make it, so let's try it! Serving! Shi Bufan said.

Soon, the shopkeeper of Qin's Restaurant immediately came up with dishes, and it was actually roast duck one by one. As a time when he has drifted north for many years, can he not know Peking duck? Although Shi Bufan had never had the opportunity to make it himself, as long as he told these Tang Dynasty chefs about those production methods, they would soon learn it. Although Shi Bufan only knows how to make it, he doesn't have to make it himself, as long as he tells those chefs that they can make it soon. As for making roast duck by hand, Shi Bufan is not so leisurely, just tell others how to do it, and other professional chefs will do it better than you. What's more, during the Tang Dynasty, stir-fry did not appear, barbecue was very popular, the craft of barbecue was a must be mastered by Tang Dynasty chefs, and they were more proficient in barbecue than Shi Bufan!

"Okay, everyone, let's take care of this duck today!" Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan directly took out a knife to cut the meat on the roast duck, and invited everyone to cut the meat together. Everyone present was laughing, obviously everyone understood what Shi Bufan meant. That is to say that this roast duck is a Turk, and everyone will come together - eat it with a slice!

As for the Turks, they do not know that they have become fat ducks to be "eaten by pieces". By the time they knew that day, they would have perished. (To be continued.) )