Chapter 639 Preferential Tax Rate for Heavy Taxation

Under the protection of a team of harpies, the former Harmondale merchant, now the Harmondale Race Alliance's Minister of Maritime Revenue, landed on the deck of the flagship of one of the large merchant fleets that had just been halted by the First Fleet.

As a subordinate who has been following Jian Chen since the time of Hammondal, Mogo's identity is no longer what it used to be, because of his rich experience and talent in business, he has always been highly used by Chen Jian, and he is now an important minister of the alliance's financial department.

This time, in order to open up new sources of revenue for the alliance at sea, Chen Jian asked Mogo to preside over the work of maritime taxation, so Mogo came to the First Fleet, in order to grasp the actual first-hand situation and better carry out the work in the future, Mogo went out in person today.

In the early years of Mogo, because of business, he went to many places on the mainland, and the south port of the Erathia Empire became a city with a number of prosperous commercial activities on the mainland due to maritime trade.

Of course, with his net worth back then, a maritime merchant like Bergson, Mogo still didn't have much chance to come into contact with, so of course Bergson didn't know Mogo, but this did not prevent Mogo from knowing Bergson, because among those merchants of the Elasia continent who lived in the South Harbor, the reputation of the Enlos maritime merchant Bergson was really not, and the symbol of the Bergson merchant fleet was well known to many merchants of the Elasia continent.

It didn't take him long for Mogo to recognize the identity of the merchant fleet in front of him, and he soon noticed the smiling Bergson of Enroth, a seaman with a bald head shining in the sun, who was coming to him from the other side of the deck.

A few years ago, Bergson used to be the number one person he admired, but now, this figure he once admired came up to him with a flattering smile, and with the change of status, he no longer admired Bergson.

Life, life, Mogo was very emotional.

However, on his face, Mo Ge put on a businesslike appearance, he ignored Bergson's flattery, and went straight to the point: "Mr. Bergson, I solemnly inform you of one thing, since some time ago, this sea area has been officially taken over by the Harmondale Racial Alliance, and according to the laws of the Alliance, merchant ships traveling in the territorial waters of the Alliance need to pay taxes, I hope you can abide by the laws of the Alliance and cooperate with our work."

Bergson was determined when he heard this, and secretly wanted to collect what kind of tax, not just like the previous navies of the Erathia Empire and the Bracada Kingdom who wanted money, but it was just a different name, and he had never heard of anyone collecting taxes at sea: "That's, that is, it is in the territorial waters of the Alliance, so naturally we have to abide by the laws of the Alliance, of course we have to pay this tax, but my lord, I don't know how this tax is collected?" ”

Mo Ge stretched out four fingers and shook them in front of Bergson's eyes: "It's not too complicated, it will be charged at forty percent of the total value of the goods on your ship, of course, we will estimate the total value of the goods according to the price you sell, and the same will be true for the goods you carry on the return trip, after you pay the tax, you can hang a flag on your ship that represents you under the protection of the Alliance Navy, and then in the territorial waters of the Alliance, the Alliance Navy will provide you with military protection, Your safety at sea is absolutely guaranteed, and there will be no unsightly pirates coming to you to trouble, even the Rigner pirates will no longer fight your ideas, and you can come and go freely in the territorial waters of the Alliance"

After listening to Mogo's words, Bergson and several assistants around him couldn't help but gasp in unison.

"Forty percent? Or is it estimated by selling price? One of the younger Bergsonsuke screamed because he couldn't hold his breath, and if it wasn't for the quick reaction of the person next to him to stop him from continuing, he would have said a word that you might as well grab it.

Bergson himself was also embarrassed to look at in an instant because of the other party's words.

Although he has been adrift at sea for so many years and thinks that he has seen all kinds of things, he still feels that he is really knowledgeable today.

It's not that Bergson hasn't seen greedy guys, whether it's the Ragner pirates, or the Elasia Imperial Navy, or the Bracada Kingdom Navy, he has seen too many greedy guys, but this is the first time he has seen such a greedy and appetite as the Alliance.

What is the concept of a 40% tax and an estimate of the total value of the goods based on the selling price?

Even if the profits of maritime trade are staggering, it is difficult for maritime merchants to receive such heavy taxes.

"My lord, is this tax a little too high?" Barely allowing himself to squeeze out a smile on his already stiff face, Bergson said with a smile, "My lord, I have no intention of questioning the laws of the alliance, but it is not easy for us to trade on the sea, and the sea is sinister You also know that there are so many pirates, and the current situation on the Elasia continent is not very good, we actually don't make much, just a little hard-earned money, you can charge us forty percent at once, and estimate it according to the selling price, then our trip can be said to be in vain......"

"Is it high? How so? Mo Ge smiled and interrupted Bergson's complaint, "The alliance has set this tax rate, but there is a basis, and how much profit you make from maritime trade is not to mention for the time being, do you know how much military spending the alliance will spend every month in order to form a navy, fight rampant pirates at sea, and ensure the safety of your merchant fleet?" And how many more Confederate Navy soldiers will sacrifice their precious lives each month in those battles to keep you safe? Of course, our alliance is not so unreasonable, if you think that this tax rate is too high, of course you can not pay this tax, but correspondingly, your safety in the territorial waters of the alliance will not be guaranteed, because the alliance navy has no obligation to protect you, if you encounter pirates or something, the ship is destroyed and people die, don't regret it, don't say I didn't remind you, there has been a more murderous pirate than the Rigner pirates on the sea recently, you have your own heart, this money, You have to have a life to spend it."

Mogo's words implied a threat with a gun and a stick, and the faces of Bergson and the others became more and more ugly.

They know that if they don't want to pay this heavy tax today, they really can't, unless they really want to destroy the ship and kill people.

Bergson looked at the Alliance official in front of him, then at the Alliance Navy fleet parked not far away, and then at the few black dragons in the sky that had been hovering above the heads of his merchant fleet, and only felt a chill behind him.

After hesitating for a while, Bergson finally said helplessly: "My lord, you have said so, of course we will pay this tax, but we are out of the house, of course it is impossible to carry so many gold coins on our bodies, so this tax, do you think we can pay it with goods?" ”

Even if he can't afford not to pay, Bergson decided to minimize his losses, it was too much of a loss to pay the gold coins directly, and it was also very difficult for him to estimate the selling price.

And this is also a reasonable thing, because no matter how it is calculated, this tax is premised on the goods themselves, so I have no money on me, and it is very reasonable to use goods instead.

But to Bergson's surprise, he was soft, but the other party's attitude also changed 180 degrees, and things also took an unexpected turn for the better.

"Actually, you don't have to be so embarrassed, the matter is not undiscussed, our alliance also knows the suffering of your maritime merchants" Mogo looked at Bergson with a smile and threw out a bait that made him very excited, "So we have also specially formulated a fairly preferential policy, as long as you are willing to agree to one of our requests, we can reduce this tax from forty percent to fifteen percent."

Stunned for a while, Bergson's mind became active again, and he suddenly realized that the purpose of the other party's visit this time was not just to ask for money, and the fifteen percent tax rate was already within the acceptable range for him and other maritime merchants, and at that moment he hurriedly put a flattering smile on his face again, first flattering for a while how wise the other party's policy was, and then asked: "My lord, I don't know what the alliance needs us businessmen to do?" ”

"It's not a difficult thing," Mo Ge said lightly, with a smile on his face, "You also know that the alliance has not been established for a long time, and Negan is even more wasteful, so we attach great importance to the exhibition of commerce, as long as you are willing to take the goods in your hands that were originally going to the south port of the Erathia Empire, pull them to Negan for sale, this tax, we can collect it according to the preferential fifteen%, if you can focus your transactions on the Erathia continent in the future, then there is still room for this tax rate to be lowered In addition, it should be noted that The commercial tax charged by our alliance in Negan is much lower than that of the current Erathia Empire Of course, all this is voluntary, our alliance will not force you to buy and sell, and you can pay forty percent of the tax, and then go to the Erathia Empire to trade, but I want to remind you that our alliance does not accept goods to pay taxes."