"Second aunt, I'm sorry to keep bothering you when I brought food to my sisters." Chang Shuang was a little embarrassed to see that the second uncle's house was full of sisters.

"What does Shuang'er say, this little girl in Zhuji is very smart, well-behaved and sensible, and can read, she is really a good child. Come on, Frost sits down to eat. Hehe! ”

Nguyen is happy that someone has taught his son to read, which is a great thing, and having a meal is nothing.

"What about the second uncle and Brother Zhang?"

"They won't be back until the evening. Recently, there is a festival in the town, and they have more work, but it is good that they can make more money. ”

Chang Ye and Chang Zhang do construction-related work, build houses, dig waterways, etc., and even work as short-term hired farmers for a large family in a neighboring county, as long as they can make money, they are actively looking for work.

"Festival, what festival?" Chang Shuang's eyes lit up, and she smelled a business opportunity!

"Sending the New Year's Day, the New Year has been 20 days, and the New Year will be over in 10 days.

New Year's Day! Chang Shuang remembered that it was equivalent to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day, but there was no Lantern Festival in the dynasties of this world, and the New Year ended in a month, when everyone would go to the temple to worship and pray for good weather.

The New Year's festival is very lively, and there are activities such as lantern riddles like the Lantern Festival, and lanterns are indispensable.

Hahahaha! Pregnant!

"Second aunt, do the second uncle and Brother Zhang know how to do manual work, making lanterns and the like?" Chang Shuang asked hurriedly.

"Will it be, does Chang Shuang want to make lanterns to sell?"

This was recognized, Chang Shuang was a little embarrassed, she nodded, "Yes, second aunt, what's wrong?" ”

Seeing that the second aunt was not excited, Chang Shuang wondered if there was any taboo in selling lanterns?

"Shuang'er, it's okay to sell lanterns, but you need the government's consent to do this business, and you have to pay money, which is very troublesome, if the business is not good, the income is not as good as the cost, and you have to pay money, which is not worth it. Your second uncle did it the year before last, but he lost money, and no one did it again last year. This year, your second uncle and your brother will go to build a stage, and you can earn a few copper plates. The people who do this now are all big businessmen, and the small people should not get involved, and they will suffer all the losses. ”

In Ruan's sigh, Chang Shuang learned that the reason why he had to apply to the government and obtain permission from the government to buy and sell lanterns was because the lanterns were items with fire.

In the Great Qin Shang Law, fire-related businesses were very important, and if you wanted to make lanterns, candles, oil lamps and other goods, you had to get permission from the government to operate.

Fire is a necessary thing for the people, no matter day or night, as long as you need it, you have to use it, the more you use, the more sales, the more profits, and the more taxes you pay, the court attaches great importance to high-tax commerce.

Don't underestimate merchants such as candles, although they are not as profitable as rice merchants, tea merchants, and cloth merchants, they are also nourishing. The fire dealers in Anshou County were monopolized by the Xu family and the Li family, and only they could afford to pay high taxes.

Fire is also a dangerous thing, and if there is wind, you are worried about fire, think about the whole city lighting a fire on the day of the festival, if something goes wrong, it will be a sea of fire.

However, the government was very worried about the fire problem, and it also collected taxes on lanterns that were not used very often.

The tax of business, Chang Shuang asked Qi Ming after that, and simply put, he had to pay 30% of the business income. All business taxes are the same.

Gee! Thirty percent of the income, not thirty percent of the net income, and the income does not necessarily get back the cost, but thirty percent must be handed over, and few people can earn it except for the big businessmen.