When the singing and dancing stopped, the crackling of firecrackers mingled with the roar of fireworks, and people walked out of their homes and looked up at the sky.

Not only the imperial city is located, but also the people of the entire Yingtian Mansion, and even the Taiping Mansion and the Ningguo Mansion are also watching the beautiful fireworks.

Wherever there is a department store, local locals who take over as temporary sales clerks will take out fireworks and firecrackers and put them out for everyone to see.

Put it tonight, and also on the night of the fifth and fifteenth days of the new year, and then wait for the salesperson who will go home for the New Year to come back to work.

The fireworks lasted for a full two quarters of an hour, and the dancers, who had also watched the fireworks and took turns resting, began to perform again.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "Don't be in a hurry, when you finish eating, you will go to Xiaqiu Village to rest, and you will just participate in the sacrifice tomorrow morning." ”

The nearby minister knew that it was them and their families who went to Xiaqiu Village to rest, and if they went home now, they would come back at dawn and they would be able to toss people to death.

"We remember that there is a factory that produces firecrackers, how does it sell?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered that the department store sold fireworks and firecrackers, and there was a factory here, which was built next to a natural pond.

"Father, the child knows." Zhu Fan stood up over there.

"Father, firecrackers make money, firecrackers that cost a penny are sold for three pennies, and due to the early settlement, fireworks and firecrackers did not enter this year's account.

And after the New Year, there will continue to be people buying, and you need to wait for a festive cycle for the New Year to pass before you know how much to sell.

However, yesterday's accounts show that the sales of our fireworks factory are above 30,000 yuan, and I think we will be able to have 50,000 yuan after the Shangyuan Festival.

This is the data of Nanjing, not including the rest of Yingtianfu, where the accounts were not sent, let alone Ningguo Mansion and Taiping Mansion.

Now that the people have money, they are willing to buy and put it themselves, especially the children, and when they get a whip, they will break it into small ones and burn them with sticks to make charcoals. ”

Zhu Fan briefly reported the sales situation, if it was 50,000 guan, the profit after deducting the cost was more than 33,300 guan.

After paying another 30 taxes and 1 tax, more than 1,600 guan, there are about 31,700 guan left.

Guan, not Wen, the profit from selling fireworks in Nanjing is more than 30 million Wen, which is quite a lot.

It's unclear how fireworks sell elsewhere, but if it's good, it's a big profit to be able to make 100,000 yuan.

The annual financial income of the imperial court is only eight or nine million yuan, and selling fireworks for a few days is equivalent to a few tenths of the income.

And this is still sold in three prefectures, and there are also rich people in other state capitals, waiting for the department store to open over, and when the time comes, will the ministers be in a hurry?

As soon as Zhu Rong's voice fell, those ministers really looked at him and began to be distracted, thinking in their hearts how much income should be if the entire Ming Dynasty sold fireworks.

Other places may not be very wealthy, but now the imperial court is trying to let the people have a variety of things and breed them.

However, the field endowment did not increase, and it was still harvested according to the original amount of harvest per mu, not according to the yield.

In this way, the people in the future will have surplus food and cash crops, and then they can buy other things, including fireworks.

After defeating the Northern Yuan, the newly acquired place is not suitable for selling such violent and profiteering things for the time being, and other state capitals are still okay.

According to the previous statistics, there are 141 prefectures and 192 prefectures, which are larger than prefectures.

On average, a government provides a profit of 10,000 guan to the fireworks factory a year, and even if a state gives 3,000 guan, it adds up to 2 million guan.

"Your Majesty." Hubu Shangshu Yu Pu couldn't help it, he got up: "Your Majesty, the minister remembers that Zhu Yichang once mentioned that different taxes are levied on different goods. ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head, indicating that he was, and at the same time looked at the chief.

Li Chang got up: "Your Majesty, Yu Shangshu, in fact, the shop on that street in Xiaqiu Village, when it comes to the sale of rouge gouache, pays one-tenth of the tax, not one-thirtieth.

There are also expensive clothes in clothing stores, which are also taxed separately, and you don't check the taxes paid in Xiaqiu Village.

Often, as much as we pay, you will receive more, and the people sent over will be done when they see the accounts turned over. ”

"Huh? Yes! Yu Pu was stunned for a moment, and then reacted that the household department really didn't check the accounts of that street, because it was too messy, and it was troublesome to check.

And people could have paid no taxes, most of the profits were given to the palace, and people were willing to pay, how much could they still stare at?

The key is to hand over a lot, and at a glance, you can see that people are unwilling to cheat.

"So our store pays extra taxes? The same should be true of other similar shops, especially pawnshops, gold and silver shops, rouge gouache shops, and green houses. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang really doesn't know how to pay taxes, there are many accounts in Xiaqiu Village, and there are sets of accounts one after another when cost accounting.

Since their own stores have paid extra, why don't other merchants pay them?

"Your Majesty, it depends on profits and sales, yes, not only the sales profit of products, but also monthly sales and annual sales.

High profits may not necessarily go up sales, others don't buy, it's useless to sell expensive, don't open for three years, open for three years to eat at least live for three years.

And if you overcharge the tax, the shop may pass that tax on to the person who buys it, and they keep the original profit themselves. ”

The lieutenant didn't want to directly raise the taxes of the stores in the whole Daming, which involved a lot of problems.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed: "Go investigate, look at their sales, if it is more, they will naturally pay more taxes, they raise the price, and it is not Jubiqi's things, Jubiqi's firewood, rice and salt are necessary for survival, and the other four are not." ”

He decided that no matter how much the consumer bears, it's a big deal not to buy it, can he die if he doesn't use rouge gouache?

"Your Majesty, I'll check it out after the New Year." Yan Xizhe, another household secretary, followed and got up: "If it's just fireworks, isn't it ......?"

Everyone else nodded lightly there, this is a huge profit, one thing sells three things, the key is not to eat or drink, listen to the movement, watch the light and it will be gone.

Yes, this is called a consumable, just like a meal, it disappears after eating, and it can't be used for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little distressed, but he still asked the chief: "Yichang, do you want to mention this tax?" ”

"Your Majesty, this tax cannot be mentioned, fireworks and firecrackers are produced by a separate factory, and the factory pays this thirty tax and one tax.

After that, it has to be transported to a department store, and when the department store sells it to the people, it also pays a tax of thirty and one tax.

After deducting expenses in this way, in fact, the profit is the same as paying one-tenth of the tax, which is calculated separately. ”

The governor said that all the related places are separate, and the fireworks factory cannot be the factory of a department store.

Later, when the quantity increases, the merchants can also buy it and ship it to other places.

(End of chapter)