Chapter 772: Giving Face (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for a Subscription, Asking for a Recommendation)
"Wait!" Nazaire, who hasn't seen him for a long time, doesn't know when he ran out, during this time, Nazaire is even busier than Solam, no way, whether it is the Chamber of Commerce, or the spice business, it needs someone to take care of it, and even the goods that need to be purchased on the Okasuan side also need Nazel to worry about, no way, in Solam's group, only Nazel is more proficient in this aspect, so he can only work more.
So Soram saw Nazel at this point in time, and he also thought it was very strange.
"Why are you here?"
Nazaire did not answer Solam's question directly, but first saluted Solam and politely asked about the nobleman sent by the council.
"Excuse me, if my lord really buys those realms as you wish, and becomes a marquis, how much concession can the council give to my lord?"
Hearing Nazaire's words, the nobleman looked at Soram and found that although Soram was a little surprised, he didn't mean to stop Nazaire, so he said to Nazaire with confidence: "Of course there are concessions, and you will have all the privileges of the nobles in real power!" ”
"Including tax exemption clauses for the property under your name?"
The reason why the real power aristocracy is called the real power aristocracy, of course, is not only because of the territory, in fact, there are really not too many real power aristocrats who really eat in the field, in Am, the real power aristocracy, even a little baron, live a rather luxurious life.
This phenomenon is absolutely impossible in other parts of the mainland, in fact, under the current level of productivity of Feilun, the life of the nobles cannot really be so extravagant, and the nobles in many places on the mainland are actually rich people at most, with a little property, but they are not as rich as people think. The aristocracy in many places was simply unable to form their own private army, and their so-called private army was actually just some peasants who had been conscripted.
As for the main reason, of course, there is no money!
But the nobles of Ammu are different, their real power nobles, even if they are just a little baron, have a small private army that is fully equipped and highly trained. Otherwise, those powerful nobles would not have been fighting with the Ascatra Council for so many years.
The reason for this is that they have money! One of the most important is that because Amm law stipulates that their business activities will be tax-exempt! Although it is not exempt from all taxes, only 40% of the tax, this is already very terrible, which means that their property can be 40% more profitable than those of the merchants.
It was because of this law that all the powerful nobles made a fortune. Of course, with the forced character of the aristocracy, they rarely go into business by themselves, but they can let others come to rely on them, and they can even reap a lot of dividends every year without paying any price.
This is a bit like the lifting of people during the Ming Dynasty of the Celestial Empire, once the lifting is made, there are more than N people who bring land to donate to reasonably avoid the taxes of the imperial court. Similarly, the merchants of Ascatra are also very slippery in this regard.
But it's just the same thing, those councilors in Ascatra are a little more worried than those big men in the Ming Dynasty, and they didn't let this kind of behavior go, but still made restrictions on the behavior of affiliation, and the scale of the tax-exempt industry of each level of aristocrats has strict restrictions.
This is also to ensure that the finances of Ascatra can be maintained, if it is like the Ming Dynasty of the Celestial Dynasty, Ascatra would have been finished long ago, you know, in the late Ming Dynasty, the population has increased, but the tax revenue is getting less and less, and finally the central finance collapsed, the Ming Dynasty was completely cold, it is said that the emperor of the best Ming Dynasty, even the last military salary was released, and any minister had hundreds of thousands of family property in his family.
This is also the reason why Nazaire rushed back as soon as he heard the news that the council had begun to sell the official mantle, this opportunity is too rare! Before Solam completed the task, he was a baron at most, although he also had a territory, but the taxes that could be exempted from this level of nobility were really nothing to the current scale of Solam's industry, so Nazaire didn't care at all. But now it's different, the council is now open for sale, and Nazaire certainly can't let it go.
When she came back and heard that as long as she paid for the marquis, Nazaire immediately jumped out excitedly, as long as the tax-free privileges can be guaranteed, then you must buy it, and if you don't buy it, you are not a person! Although this title is very expensive, and the land she bought is also a wild land, but what is it, she knows that Solam does not need to rely on the income of the territory to make money, and the real big head is still in the property of Ascatila!
And hearing Nazaire ask this, the nobleman actually showed a rare embarrassment, when this guy shouted "998" before, but there was nothing unusual at all, it can be seen that this guy's face is thick, but now when he hears tax exemption, he shows an embarrassed expression, which is undoubtedly telling everyone here that tax exemption or something is not in the privilege mentioned before!
Damn it! These bastards are too bad!
That was Solam's first thought! It's a broken ground, plus a dispensable title, and he dares to sell hundreds of thousands of gold coins! These bastards are too dark too!
And Soram was right, the tax exemption clause was indeed eliminated! This is nonsense, how can a person who can talk about hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of people who buy the title of real power and nobility be poor? These people are all big businessmen, and a large part of the council's tax revenue comes from these big businessmen, and the council will only give tax exemptions to these big businessmen unless they are crazy, isn't that against their own income?
So the members of the parliament are very tacitly ignoring this article, and those big businessmen value not tax exemption, anyway, as long as the operation is good, two or three generations can be tax exempt, and the most important thing now is this shortcut.
But Soram is different, he doesn't care if he can become a nobleman, he cares more about the actual benefits than those good-sounding Mingtou. This is also the reason why Soram was not interested before, and now that he knows that the parliament is completely wronging him, he is even less interested!
In fact, what Soram wants to do most now is to throw out this bastard who keeps shouting "998"! Soram is not the kind of person who will endure when he is fooled! Even if these guys don't make it!
Seeing that Solam's face sank, the anger on his face began to gather, and the nobleman sent by the council also panicked! He knows Solam's temper, and besides, the council is quite looking forward to Solam's business, who said that this guy is now the most prominent local tyrant in Askatra? If the talks collapse now, he will not only be beaten by Solam, but he may also be sprayed by his boss when he goes back!
Fortunately, the council also thought of the possibility that Soram figured it out, so it gave the envoy an authorization, otherwise, at this moment, this guy really doesn't know what to do, if he is beaten by Solam, this envoy knows very well that it will be absolutely for nothing, and no one will offend a relative of a legendary mage for the sake of a small nobleman! And this relative is not only rich, but also quite powerful!
"Wait! Let's discuss it again! Let's discuss again! Seeing that Solam seemed to be on the verge of an outburst, the envoy hurriedly spoke up to talk about it!
"What are you talking about? Are you fools of me?!!! "Solam doesn't care what this thing wants to say, he only knows that he has been tricked! After saying that, he smashed the table in front of him with one palm, and then stood up and prepared to ask someone to throw this goods into the sea! As for whether this guy can swim, that's not something for Soram to worry about.
In fact, Solam would not have been so arrogant before, it wasn't that he had swelled recently, not because he had gained so many benefits, but because he suddenly found that he didn't know when he really had no taboos in this city!
This discovery was discovered from the time he returned, and anyone who touched him would give him the highest respect, and even tremble a little at him. At the beginning, Solam was still very proud, thinking that it was this mission that made him famous, but in less than half a day, he knew that this had nothing to do with his performance in this mission.
The only reason those people accommodated him was because he had a legendary mage's grandmother......
This discovery made Solam's feelings very subtle, he didn't like this cheap grandmother very much, but because of this grandmother who didn't know where to run out, his status skyrocketed. This feeling made Soram feel that he was taking advantage of others.
Although this makes Solam, who thinks highly of himself, a little angry, a little bit angry, he is obviously very strong. But that doesn't stop him from being powerful! It's a bastard if you don't take advantage of it! He is not a second-year teenager, and he will refuse benefits so hypocritically.
Therefore, Soram felt that if he threw such a guy into the sea, it was estimated that no one would come to him for trouble, and he could be sent out to engage in sales, this guy was definitely not a big role, and the name of the legendary mage of Zaranona should be worth it.
And I have to say that this kind of arrogant and domineering feeling is very cool! It's no wonder that everyone likes to bully others, and Solam doesn't think there's anything wrong with being a fool.
It's a pity that his great career was stopped again, last time it was Meloti, this time it was Nazel.
"Wait!" Nazel dodged in front of Soram, preventing him from making any further moves.
Soram is still very affectionate, just like Edward, although Soram saved him because of the benefits given by Fiztier, but if Soram is not interested in Edward, even if Fizterler moves a mountain of gold, he doesn't bother to pay attention to this guy. It is precisely because Edward gets along well with Soram these days that Soram still admires this legendary assassin who doesn't talk much, and thinks that he is also an acquaintance, so he will give Fitzteler this face.
And today Nazaire also gave Solam enough face, she actually called him "master" in front of outsiders, although Soram never regarded Nazaire's father and daughter as servants, and their father and daughter did not treat themselves as servants, usually, they only called Solam boss. This "master" is more about giving Solam face to outsiders, and at the same time giving Nazaire an identity guarantee that he can participate in this matter.
But to give face is to give face, and it is impossible for Soram to divide it so finely. Since others give face, Soram naturally can't help but take others seriously, so he can only stop and see what Nazaire is going to say.