Jingwen came to the county government of Mengjin County, and then under the guidance of Ma Zhou, he found a house to live in temporarily. And this time Jingwen is responsible for helping Ma Zhou deal with this commercial tax problem, after all, as long as the commercial tax is done, the future income will be bigger and bigger, and it will also be of great help to the improvement of the status of businessmen. If the businessman has not contributed much to the country, the officials will also despise the businessman's interests. And this qiē, business tax is also one of the very important reasons. As long as the business tax is raised, the businessman has a sense of belonging to the government, and it will be much easier to follow.

"Ma Zhou, you can call the officials in the county, even those little officials!" Jingwen said.

"Okay!" Ma Zhou said.

Soon, two middle-aged people came over with about a dozen small officials, obviously they were all officials and clerks from Mengjin County. And Jingwen took the initiative to let them sit down, and Ma Zhou also took the initiative to introduce Jingwen's identity.

"This Lord Jingwen is the free cavalry of our Datang Sect Province, and he is also in charge of the Datang Political Research Office, as well as the Datang Military Academy, and the Sanpin of the imperial court. Of course, it was also my old commander in the Snow Shame Army back then, and you should have heard of it now! Ma Zhou said.

"En, I've heard that the general swept through the Turks and defeated the Tibetans, we all know it!" One of the middle-aged men said.

"Jie Shuai, this is the county Cheng, Qin Da. And the other is the county lieutenant, Zhang Yang. Ma Zhou said.

"Hmm!" Jingwen nodded, indicating that he knew.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Jingwen has come here this time to help us deal with the issue of commercial taxes. In particular, it is important that we use commercial tax to guarantee the mortgage. So, he came specifically to help us increase our business tax revenue, and so that we could have the possibility of taking out loans. If the commercial tax mortgage is not successful, then it will be difficult for us to borrow money to build the river embankment. So. We have to solve the problem of business tax income first, otherwise we will not be able to take out a loan at all! Ma Zhou said.

"Well, since that's the case, then ask Lord Jingwen for instructions." Qin Da said.

"First of all, when we do business tax, we first have to figure out what business tax is and what tax burden businessmen have to pay!" Jingwen said.

As a county official in charge of household registration finance in Mengjin County, Qin Da took the initiative to say: "My lord, I know this. From ancient times to the present, merchants have to pay customs duties and city taxes during normal times. Tariffs are generally less certain. Generally, there are 50 taxes to 10 taxes. As for the city tax, it is usually about 30 taxes, and if there is any other time of war, it is difficult to say. ”

Jingwen also understood the composition of this ancient commercial tax, and the so-called tariff was not the tariff of the customs of later generations. In ancient times, customs duties meant that merchants on land had to pay a part of the tax at different gates, generally more than 2% of the value of the goods. And these passes. Some are regular and some are improvised. As for why there is such a big difference of 2 to 10 percent, this is actually decided according to various circumstances. For example, during the war, because the princes of various countries were divided, it was inevitable that they would want to collect more taxes for the sake of finance. They often deliberately raise tariffs. And then even a few more gates were set up, and then it was just for the purpose of collecting taxes.

Why is it said that commerce is not good in ancient wars, that is, there are too many taxes at various gates, which almost makes merchants breathless. These warlords went around collecting taxes from merchants. As a result, the cost of business is very high, and then the business cannot develop.

As for the city tax, if we use it in later terms, it is also a transaction tax. per transaction. A tax of about 3.3 percent is levied on the value of the goods. And once it comes to the war, this so-called city tax is not 3.3 percent, maybe higher, and this is also the impact of the war. Therefore, this is the two largest taxes of ancient commerce, and as for other temporary apportionments for various reasons, this is not easy to say. Of course, even with the addition of these commercial taxes, their share of income is far less than that paid by farmers. In addition, the collection of commercial taxes is not scientific, so this has caused many people to ask for rice with golden rice bowls.

"In that case, are all items taxed in the same proportion?" Jingwen asked.

"Yes! Of course, they are all taxed according to the same proportion, otherwise would they still be taxed according to different things? Qin Da replied.

And Jingwen immediately said: "You are very wrong!" ”

"Think about it, can a seller of gold, silver, and jewels make the same profit as a man who sells ordinary grain? If they were all taxed in the same proportion, wouldn't that be helping the people who sold gold, silver, and jewelry? They are making more and more money, while ordinary food people have to pay the same taxes from their already modest income. As the saying goes, if you don't suffer from unequal income, people have high incomes, but they pay the same taxes as ordinary businessmen, and some have low profits, so they have to pay the same taxes as high profits. Moreover, gold and silver jewelry is small in size, light in weight, and high in value, so the freight is not high in the first place. And the grain has a low value, heavy weight, and cannot withstand long-distance transportation, so do you say that their profits are the same in this way? Therefore, this current tax is actually biased towards those industries that make money and suppresses those industries with thin profits. This will also cause the poor to get poorer and the rich to get richer, do you think this should be? ”

And at this time, Cui Ying immediately said: "Yes! Jingwen, the value of the perfume you gave me is actually very high, but the cost is very low, even if you pay taxes according to that profit, it is the same as not paying it. ”

When Jingwen heard this, his face immediately collapsed, and he scolded in his heart: "You ruined girl, you really dismantle Lao Tzu's platform, and give you perfume for nothing." ”

Jingwen really had nothing to say about Cui Ying, a "loser", she actually took the initiative to confess that the perfume has high value and light weight, but the cost is very low. In this world, except for Jingwen, not many people know the cost of perfume. But several women in the family regard Cui Ying as their "own sister", so they didn't hide the cost and profit margin of her perfume, but now Cui Ying actually took the initiative to confess it, is this simply asking Jingwen to pay more taxes?

Although Jingwen supports paying more taxes, when it comes to himself, it makes him very painful to pay more taxes. Who likes to pay more taxes, so Jingwen is also complaining about this Cui Ying, who is completely a loser! (To be continued......)