Liu Haojia nodded and said, "This is the case! President Ho continued.

Then President Ho snapped his fingers and said, "And the annual apportionment! What to build bridges and roads, help orphans and widows, help victims and so on! None of these things can take over the distribution of those dividends!"

Speaking of this, Liu Haojia interjected and said, "I'm afraid that when the wind and rain are good, there will be some small disasters and famines every year that ask you to pay money, right?"

Everyone laughed quietly when they heard him say this, but the laughter was full of bitterness! Where is there a famine at a time when the wind and rain are good, but there is still a need for disaster relief, so where the apportioned silver goes, naturally I don't know!

And then President Ho counted seven or eight items alone, and finally he sighed and said, "It doesn't matter if it's apportioned, it's okay to give a reputation!" But we are merchants, and these apportionments have been handed down, and the money has been paid, and we will not even be able to gain fame!"

Liu Haojia nodded in understanding. The reason is very simple, because of the Shinong industry and commerce, the merchant is at the bottom of the list, he is a lowly person, but he belongs to the lower ninth class, and his status is very low! Therefore, the people who donate money and food for disaster relief only commend the local gentry, not the merchants! You can't let the gentry and the merchant side by side, wouldn't that be insulting!.Ь.

Moreover, the gentry's family has a scholar, and he will be an official in the future! And the children of merchants are forbidden to conduct scientific examinations, so in the eyes of the officials, it is useless to give them reputation, so they simply do not give it! What's more, if a businessman has the reputation of a good person, it will not be easy to blackmail in the future, right!

President Ho went on to say, "These things are bearable, but these apportionments alone are enough, but the blackmail of the officers below is endless! Although they ask for a relatively small amount, at most a dozen taels of silver, or even one or two taels of silver, they are numerous, and they ask for a lot of times, which is a great expense!"

Liu Haojia nodded sympathetically and said, "That's right, this is probably the good opinion of the king of Hades, the little ghost is difficult!"

President Ho said, "That's it! And there is also a big problem, that is, the Chamber of Commerce cannot stand still, it needs to develop! And development also requires silver investment! However, the investment of this silver must not occupy other dividends, and in the end, it can only be paid from the dividends of the grass farmers themselves, so it is a large amount of expenses!"

Liu Haojia said, "That's true! There is actually no difference between doing business and being an official, they are both not advancing or retreating, and they always have to forge ahead! But with the backing of the officials, you can also save a lot of expenses! You don't have to pay taxes, for example, do you?" xь.

President He smiled bitterly and said, "The grass people in the next place don't know, but the grass people still have to pay taxes in the grass people, but they pay a little less! As for where the taxes paid, the grass people don't know!"

Seeing that he didn't have anything to say, Liu Haojia said to the others, "Is it the same situation for you there? Let's talk about it!"

When he asked, these businessmen opened up the conversation and poured bitter water desperately! They added a few more to what President Ho had said. Listening to them, there is no need to calculate, like President He, who can get a net profit of 30%, which is already relatively high!

However, Liu Haojia does not sympathize with them, because when they are oppressed by officials, they also desperately squeeze the people to transfer consumption! And Liu Haojia can be sure that they have manipulated their accounts and concealed a considerable part of their profits!

However, hearing this, Liu Haojia understood everything that Yu Jian should know, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put down the teacup and said slowly: "Everyone, if this official can let you get forty percent, or even more than forty percent, what do you think?"

As soon as Liu Haojia's words came out, there was silence in the entire shipbuilding! After a few moments, President Ho said slowly, "Your Excellency, you mean to help us get rid of all the shares of those officials!"

Liu Haojia laughed when he heard this and said, "You guys think too much about this! But the officer can let them take less, so that you don't take more!"

When Liu Haojia said this, he squinted his eyes and glanced at President He at the same time, secretly thinking that this old guy was not honest! Because although Liu Haojia said that he often opposes civil officials, he is actually true

Only a small number of civilian officials were fighting with him. And it's also done around certain rules.

But if, as President He said, he drove out all the shares of those civil officials from the Chamber of Commerce, then he would offend all the civil officials in the world, and he would not do such a stupid thing! As the saying goes, "Cutting off someone's money is like killing your parents!" So Liu Haojia really wants to do this, waiting for him is to fight endlessly with civil officials!

And President He was not disappointed when he heard this, because he didn't believe that Liu Haojia had such a great ability! So he cautiously said, "Then what should we give?"

Liu Haojia smiled approvingly and said, "Good question! As the saying goes, there must be gains and losses, and it is inevitable to pay! As for the requirement, you pay commercial tax, and the share of commercial tax will not be small! It's not the same as the previous thirty taxes, at least fifteen taxes!"

As soon as Liu Haojia's words came out, the people present were in an uproar! They all thought Liu Haojia was crazy, but they didn't dare to say it, they just quieted down after a while, waiting for him to continue.

Liu Haojia saw that these shopkeepers were so knowledgeable, and he didn't hide it and said directly: "You know that this official is now arresting people in Jiangnan, so if you report to Jinyiwei that someone has embezzled the shares of your shop, Jinyiwei will take the case!" With Jinyi Wei in charge of you, you won't be afraid of problems!"

President He was very disappointed when he heard Liu Haojia's answer, and he didn't think it was a solution. And Liu Haojia didn't mean to sell Guanzi, he said directly: "The official knows that you are worried about two problems, one is that now that the official is in Jiangnan, he may be able to pressure those officials to withdraw some of the shares, but when the official leaves, you will be retaliated!" The other is that even if the officials withdraw their shares temporarily, they will come back in the future, right?"

President He glanced at everyone and nodded and said, "My lord, the grass people are really worried about this problem! It's not that the grass people don't believe in adults, but there is a saying that is very clear, it is called the whip is beyond the reach of the whip!"

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Liu Haojia said, "Don't worry, the official also pays attention to this situation, so the official has thought of a way!"

Xiu Shu

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