With the imprisonment of the dozen or so big businessmen who monopolized the commerce and trade of the entire Wangcheng, and the complete defeat of the powerful ministers who were involved with the big businessmen in the court, all the commercial offices in Wangcheng seemed to agree. Well, in the name of internal rectification, we will close the door and stop all commercial transactions at the same time.
Without warning, the entire commercial chain of the city was suddenly cut off.
The caravans who rushed to the king's city were shocked to find that they had no place to sell their goods, let alone a place to buy large quantities of goods.
As a result, the commerce of Wangcheng became chaotic.
This is the last trump card of those big businessmen and their backers.
Wangcheng is a city with extremely prosperous commerce and trade, and the daily throughput of goods and money in this city is unimaginably huge.
Among them, the small trading venues such as the bazaar only occupy a very small part of it, and the giants of commerce are still concentrated in the hands of those trading houses that handle large quantities of goods.
It can be said that once these commercial firms all go on strike, the commerce and trade of Wangcheng will be paralyzed.
As a result, there will be chaos in the royal city.
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"Don't worry, King Garland will back down."
Deep inside a gorgeous mansion in the royal city, a middle-aged noble said so.
As a brown-skinned senior aristocrat, as a noble family with a long history, his family has a huge industry in the royal city, and almost the entire herbal industry in the royal city is monopolized by his family.
The caravan that came to the royal city could only sell herbs to his business as long as there were herbs in the goods, and all the doctors in the royal city could only buy herbs from his business.
For a long time, Wangcheng's drugs have remained high. Many poor civilians can't afford herbal medicine, and they can only live next to each other when they get sick. If they are lucky, they can survive, but if they are unlucky...
After Garlan ascended the throne, he beat the nobleman several times, both openly and secretly, and asked him to lower the price of the herbal medicine.
However, relying on his family's long history of ten generations of dynasties and its huge power, he pretended not to understand, and deceived Gallan's youth and ignorance, made various excuses to perfunctory him, and even shamelessly asked Garlan complained that the family business would collapse if the price was lowered, but he refused to lower the price of the herbal medicine anyway.
Among the big businessmen caught this time, of course, there are also his retainers.
He was very smart and did not stand out in the court, but kept silently watching, and the stunned young nobleman who jumped out was taken away by the priest of Shamash the next day.
He scoffed at it.
Isn't it bad to do things behind the scenes? Why jump out and be the first bird shot by an arrow
In fact, although those big businessmen were arrested, they had little impact on the operation of the trading firm.
However, under his secret connection, all the commercial offices were closed and went on strike.
Wang Cheng was about to be in chaos.
Even the tough-minded King Garlan would definitely back down in order to avoid chaos in the royal city.
In all fairness, neither he nor the others are actually unwilling to fight against King Garlan.
The other party was King Aaron Landis after all.
But he knew it, and so did the others.
They and King Garland have reached the point where they meet by a narrow road.
The young king wants to take away their fortunes—cutting people’s fortunes is like killing their parents—and if they want to keep their fortunes, they can only hold together as a group and do their best to fight against King Garland.
"All the commercial offices have been closed, the commerce and trade are paralyzed, and the king city will be in chaos soon."
"At that time, King Garlan will have to let go."
"So, don't worry, we just need to be patient."
The middle-aged nobleman said so confidently.
Listening to his words, everyone sitting next to him nodded.
They are also very confident.
In any case, King Garlan couldn't just watch the chaos in the royal city.
When the middle-aged aristocrat spoke so confidently in the main seat, the young man standing behind him frowned slightly.
He is the eldest son of a middle-aged nobleman.
He disapproved of his father's actions, and had persuaded him several times. He believed that although King Gallan was young, he was not easy to fool, and it was better for them to follow in the footsteps of the king honestly.
But Father Father is determined to fight against King Garland in order to save his fortune, and he doesn't need to be more fond of Father Father, who loves the youngest son.
At this moment, an attendant hurried in from outside and whispered a few words in the ear of the young man.
The young man's face changed slightly, his eyes became solemn, and then he showed such a sigh.
"Father."
He leaned over slightly, his eyes lowered, and there was no expression on his face.
He said: "I just received news that at noon, more than a dozen caravans from Tozes City arrived in Wangcheng, and now they have all settled in the Commerce and Trade Office."
"what-?!"
Amidst the shocked and angry questioning from the middle-aged nobleman, the young man still stood with a calm expression.
lost.
he thinks.
His father, and those who were like his father, those who controlled the commerce and trade in the king's city, lost completely this time.
There's no turning back.
His heart was a little dignified.
He thought, perhaps the fact that the fathers and adults put pressure on him by closing the business office was what the young king expected.
Do not…
Or maybe... This is part of the Young King's plan.
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The business transaction chain in the royal city was only broken for one day.
Those secretly connected people have less than a day of pride.
The appearance of the large caravan of Tozes City from the Commerce and Trade Office that arrived in the king city one after another, and deliberately went to the remote part of the king city with great fanfare, gave them a slap in the face all of a sudden.
They thought that closing the trading firm and breaking the transaction chain would put pressure on Garlan and force him to back down. But now it seems that, instead, he has shot himself in the foot.
It was precisely because they closed the business that those caravans who could not sell or buy the goods were in a hurry when they saw the appearance of the large caravans in Tozes City, they instantly boiled and fryed. .
The city of Tozes is the largest sea trading city in Aaron Landis, and its trade prosperity is no less than that of the royal city.
In addition, there is no need to travel by land from Tozes City to King City, and they all use large ships to transport goods through the bay, so every time its caravan comes to King City, even if there is only one large caravan, whether it is brought The quantity of goods to be traded, or to be purchased, is extremely large.
But this time, four or five large caravans came in at one go, and there were more than ten small and medium-sized caravans.
There are so many caravans in Tozes City, which can completely solve the needs of all the caravans stranded in the royal city at this moment.
At this time, they didn't care about paying extra business tax at the Commerce and Trade Office, and couldn't wait to flock to the Commerce and Trade Office.
As a result, the Commerce and Trade Office, which had been extremely depressed the day before, suddenly became crowded and crowded.
Fortunately, the site is large enough to barely accommodate all these influx of merchants.
But Tarr, who had long anticipated such a situation, had been fully prepared a few days earlier, increasing the number of clerks in advance, and specially asked a group of city guards to come to guard and maintain order.
Under the various arrangements, the Commerce and Trade Department's busy but not chaotic situation was finally maintained.
And those businessmen who came to the Commerce and Trade Office were ready to be slaughtered.
Feeling the pain in their hearts, they went to the Commerce and Trade Office to have a look. They were pleasantly surprised to find that the prices of the goods sold here were much lower than those purchased at the commercial store before.
I asked again, and I was happy to find that the price of the goods purchased here was also higher than the price that the merchants gave them.
This entry and exit, even if a large amount of business tax is paid, the profit is actually the same as before, or even a little more.
When the news spread, those businessmen who were still watching the situation, for fear of angering the backers of the business firm, could no longer care about anything else, and rushed to the Commerce and Trade Office.
The merchants who swore and swore that they would never go to the Commerce and Trade Office are now crying, shouting, and rushing to squeeze into the Commerce and Trade Office.
Especially when they heard that the first batch of caravans stationed in the Commerce and Trade Office had commercial tax concessions, they all beat their chests and regretted not coming earlier.
Even the merchants in the royal city followed.
After all, if the business office is closed, they have to continue doing business, and of course they have to find another source of goods.
When I came here to see, the price of the goods is actually a lot cheaper, and I can just shop around here and choose a good one, and I am immediately happy.
As for the merchant caravans, they sold the goods they brought in at the Commerce and Trade Office and bought enough goods. After they left the royal city, they finally discovered something.
Um
They don't seem to have paid that sum of filial piety this time
Yes, filial piety fees.
This is an unwritten rule that all businessmen tacitly understand.
Every time you go to a city, you must donate a lot of money to those in power, as filial piety, in exchange for the protection of the other party.
Moreover, up to officials, down to the city guard squad leader or clerk, they all have to pay some favors.
If they don't give it, the caravan will be asked for trouble by various excuses, and they will be deliberately stuck, making it difficult for them to move, and may even not be able to get out of the city.
And this time, they just paid a business tax, and then they completed the transaction smoothly and left the king city smoothly.
No one embarrassed them.
The clerks of the Commerce and Trade Department are all businessmen, and all their actions are handled in public and openly. No one would be stupid enough to ask for bribes under such circumstances.
Don't worry about those people deliberately charging more business tax, after all, they can figure out how much business tax they need to pay.
It is said that there is also a small Shamash Shrine on the side of the Commerce and Trade Office. There are lower-level priests guarding it here. If someone asks for bribes or deliberately overcharges business taxes, you can go directly to the priest and complain.
After the calculation was over, these caravans suddenly came back to their senses.
Although the commercial tax collected by the Commerce and Trade Department is not low, it is much less than the filial piety benefits that had to be paid out in the past when no commercial tax was collected!
In addition, the goods were sold at a higher price than before, and the needed goods were bought at a lower price than before.
In this way, although they paid business tax, they made more profits than before.
On second thought, they suddenly realized.
The so-called business tax is actually the same concept as the benefits they gave to the powerful and officials in the past.
It's just that now they don't need to give benefits to so many people, just give Wang one person.
A business tax in exchange for the protection of the king, and it is much less, it is a good deal no matter what.
Hmm... It is said that some special goods, such as herbal medicines, can be exempted from a part of the commercial tax. This must be remembered carefully. Next time, bring more items that can be exempted from commercial tax...
Some businessmen began to think lively.
And, to be honest, the Commerce and Trade Office is a good place.
Everyone gathers together, and it is very convenient to buy and sell. You can also shop around and choose the one that is cheap and beautiful.
You can also spend some money to rent the warehouse inside - the Commerce and Trade Department is under the royal court, and it is guarded by the city guards. How dare thieves and robbers come here to commit crimes, and it is very reassuring to store goods here.
In addition, there are some practices that make them feel very practical.
For example, if you need a certain kind of goods or want to sell special goods, you can spend a sum of money to buy some kind of 'advertising banner', which is the square and tall pillar in the middle of the hall, write down your needs Put it on a note and hang it on it so everyone who comes to the hall can see it.
before…
Only those who are mentally ill go to the Commerce and Trade Office to pay an extra amount of business tax! I'm not going to die!
Now…
The commerce department is really fragrant~~
In this way, the business tax, which was feared by businessmen before, was easily accepted.
Not only did the things that the ministers worry about affecting the commerce and trade not happen, but after a period of time, the commerce and trade in Wangcheng became more and more prosperous.
The merchants are satisfied.
After a period of time, the people of Wangcheng also became satisfied.
Because they found that the price of Wangcheng's high prices was slowly falling.
Especially the high-priced herbs in the past have dropped a lot, and many poor people can afford some low-cost herbs after getting sick.
Prices have dropped, and everyone can buy more things and live better.
Of course the people are happy.
As for why those large commercial firms in the royal city suddenly closed their doors.
The various evil deeds done by the big businessmen who have been bullying people all the time were suddenly exposed and their homes were raided for guilt.
During this period of time, a large number of officials and nobles in the royal court were sacked one after another, were arrested, and were tried and punished by priests of Shamash.
In addition, several powerful noble families suddenly changed their heads, and their behavior was much more restrained than before...
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All the above-mentioned matters of high-level bigwigs, the people just listen to it fresh, and they don't take these so-called 'big events' seriously at all.
What they care about is...
It is said that King Garlan has ordered the construction of three small temples of Solga, the god of wisdom, in the royal city.
At that time, anyone can go to the temple, and Solgar's apprentice priest will teach them to read and simple arithmetic.
King Garland made a decree to convert those business offices into orphanages, specially raising those orphans who wandered and begged on the streets without parents or mothers.
It is also said that King Garlan intends to announce the reduction of agricultural tax in the coming year.
These are the things that people are most concerned about.
All they had to do was know that the young king treated them well and made their lives better than before, and that was enough.
Of course it is.
Formerly 'The Wise Prince'.
Now on the throne, you will naturally be a 'wise king'.
This is something a child can understand.
is not it
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All of the above are things that will happen later.
At this moment, in Garlan's palace, Garlan was listening to Tarr's report on the results of the Commerce and Trade Office this week.
The huge amount that Tarr proudly reported to Garlan shocked both Xie Muer and Tapti beside him.
In fact, Xie Muer disapproved of Garlan's privately tinkering with the Commerce and Trade Office.
In his perception, Gallan should be the same as the kings of all dynasties. First, he should work hard on politics and military affairs, and firmly grasp these two rights in his hands, instead of fiddling with business.
But now, at this moment, the high priest of Shamash has changed his mind.
a week.
Just in the city of King City, the business tax collected this week has already been worth the agricultural tax of the entire country of Aaron Landis for a year.
Looking at the documents from the Taer Newspaper, the huge amounts on the paper, Xie Muer couldn't help but breathe quickly.
He suddenly understood why those guys were desperate to keep their fortunes to the point where even King Aaron Landis tried to confront them.
Such a huge amount of wealth will indeed make people lose their minds.
The big businessmen who have been in the arms of these huge wealth incomes have accumulated over the years, and they are already rich.
And now, all the crimes committed by the big businessmen in the past have been exposed.
Seeing those businessmen committing all kinds of crimes, no one dared to say that King Garland arrested those innocent people just to vent his anger.
After the trial, several big businessmen who had committed extremely bad crimes were executed, and all their properties were confiscated.
The property they own is in no way inferior to Aaron Landis' treasury. After calculating the amount, the director of the Finance Department couldn't help but sigh.
Anyway, the treasury is greatly filled.
At this moment, looking at the amount of business tax, the high priest turned into a staunch supporter of the Commerce and Trade Department at this moment.
Xie Muer has never been the kind of rigid and unreasonable guy.
He has always been helping King Camos to rule the country, and he understands the importance of money better than anyone else.
Without money, all governance is empty talk.
He was still a little puzzled: "The business office has reopened the next day, why do those businessmen still prefer to go to the business office that needs to pay business taxes?"
"Without commercial tax, paying less money seems to be beneficial to businessmen on the surface. However, without a formal business law as a guarantee, it is actually more detrimental to businessmen."
Garland said,
"Because any powerful person can reach out to the merchants without any guarantee, and wantonly squeeze and search. Let the merchants choose, they would rather spend money to buy a guarantee."
"Actually, this is the legal system of Shamash that you advocate."
Garland, who was already mentally prepared for the huge business tax, looked at the numbers on the paper with satisfaction, and was delighted.
Well, rich.
he thought happily.
The road construction project has already begun. Although the wealth accumulated by the royal family over the past dynasties is quite large, it is definitely not enough to support the national road construction project.
Now that you have business tax, you don't have to worry about running out of money.
He pondered darkly.
If you have money, of course you have to spend it, and you can do everything you need to do.
Building roads is just the beginning.
Next... Water conservancy projects have to be repaired too, especially those places where rivers often flood.
For business convenience, in addition to roads, it is better to open up canals...
Looks like I'll try to free some more slaves...
Also, the temple of Solga, which is similar to the function of the school of the later generations, must be built more.
And, military defense projects such as fortresses and city walls on the border also need to be built...
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and many more.
Seems a little weird.
Why do you think about it all by yourself, and you keep thinking about cultivating this and cultivating that
King Xianming, who did not know that he would be dubbed the title of infrastructure madman in future generations, was wondering at this moment.