The note said that for all merchants who arrive in Yangzhou to buy and sell, all taxes will be settled at 30% of the selling price, and all other taxes will be waived.
Just this one thing directly made the two want to stop, because the tax for businessmen is simply sky-high!
Why do you say that, because merchants have no status, let’s take Jingzhou as an example. Although the Jingzhou Mufu Mansion in Jingzhou did not say how much the entire Jingzhou’s business tax is, it not only means that you don’t have to pay taxes , because if you a businessman doesn't pay taxes, what will officials of all sizes in Jingzhou eat
Where is this tax! It is in various levels and various tributes.
Fatty Liang and Wu De have shops all over Jingzhou, and they also use granaries. This granary is not only for the convenience of collecting grain, but also to avoid taxes at some checkpoints, just like Xiangyang, the largest in Jingzhou, where your grain and grass are delivered to you. To enter the city and then enter the granary of your own family, you have to hand in three layers of grain, which is the entrance fee. In addition to the 30% handed over to Xiangyang Mansion, there is also filial piety to the school captains of the city gate. It's one level, because if you don't give it, then people will say that you are hiding the remnants of the Yellow Turban or a murderer, so do you want to do this business.
After that, there are backers in the city, and those backers also have to get a tier. For example, in Xiangyang City, Fatty Liang has a middle-level official in the Xiangyang Guards, which also needs to be filial.
After adding some information fees for collecting grain and grass, and other ten-tier profits, if Fatty Liang can get about 40%, then he is really Amitabha. This year will be a bumper harvest, and more Sometimes you can only get 30% of it.
But now Liu Mang deducts all city gate taxes and the like, as long as the government collects 30% of the taxes. As long as you show the tax-paid documents given by the government, all the city gates will be unimpeded. Of course, there are still routine inspections. If someone collects the city gate tax, you can submit it to the local governments to appeal. If the local governments cover up, you can report to a higher level.
Thus. Deduct travel expenses or something. A businessman can earn 60%, which is definitely a very high harvest. So these two people will be shocked.
This is the first one, and what is even more shocking is the second one, all the merchants who moved their industries to Yangzhou. Tax exemption for three years.
duty free! That is, you have earned a real deal, and you don’t need to be deducted by the government. Just like before, if someone comes to find fault, you can also go to the government to report it.
I don't need to teach a penny for three years, this is possible! Fatty Liang and Wu De looked at Jia Xu beside him suspiciously.
Jia Xu nodded, reassuring the two of them. What they were worried about was nothing more than Yangzhou's back-and-forth. But Liu Mang guaranteed with his personality that he would not, because as long as you put the property there, then for Yangzhou, a place that is waiting to be built, it is a profitable thing. It's just exempting you from taxes for three years. If you don't manage well, you'll be finished in three years. Then Liu Mang won't bother you much. Then you will be the one who loses the most. If you manage well, you will definitely lose money. Taking root in Yangzhou, then three years, five years, or even ten years, is nothing more than exempting you from taxes for three years. You have to pay most of the time. When you make a lot of money, Yangzhou also makes money.
The third is that all other merchants who come to Yangzhou to do business are exempted from the tax burden for half a year. The more merchants you bring and introduce, the more taxes you will be exempted. Of course, this is equivalent to merchants of the same size. It's not that you, a big businessman and a large group of small businessmen, can exempt you. Naturally, this can also be superimposed. As long as the combined net worth of these small businessmen is the same as your big businessman, then you can also be exempted from the tax burden for half a year.
Fatty Liang is already planning. If he arrives in Yangzhou to do business, he will take some people who are also businessmen with him. Jingzhou prohibits the transportation of grain, but it does not prohibit other things, because it cannot be prohibited. The prosperity of Jingzhou is brought by those merchants.
Article 4 Official-Business System! This official business is equivalent to that you are working for Yangzhou. The place where you stay is the business of Yangzhou officials. For example, Liu Mang is going to sell cement so that people in other places in Yangzhou, such as Lujiang, can also use it. Cement is used to build houses, and other things are made of cement, such as dams and canals.
There are also some such as weapons, which also need government and merchants. The weapons shop is built, and the government comes to buy them, and the price of them also needs to be negotiated.
"Isn't this difficult for the strong!" Fatty Liang listened to Wu De reading the official business system, and I will explain it below. If you sell it, you are not allowed to touch these transactions, you can only do the business given to you by the Yangzhou government, lest you use your power for personal gain.
It's okay to be like some small merchants, but how could big merchants like them be willing to do so.
"Hehe! If you can give up one thing, there must be another better one behind!" Jia Xu said with a smile while drinking tea.
On the side, Wu De continued to read the following: "Officials and businessmen are regarded as gentry, and they report to the official position. If the performance is outstanding, they will be rewarded with a title!"
"Nobility! Gentleman!" Immediately, the eyes of the two people lit up. Didn't they work so hard to change their identities and become noblemen? Now there is an extra noble title. Can a businessman get a noble title? This is something I dare not even think about. In this history, only one person has been awarded the title of businessman, and that person is called Lu Buwei! '
This man is a businessman seeking the country. Lu Buwei is a big businessman in Yangdi. He travels around, buying at low prices and selling at high prices, so he has accumulated thousands of dollars of family property. He mourned the death of the crown prince in Wei, and transported him back to the country to be buried in Zhiyang. . In the forty-second year of King Zhao, his second son, An Guojun, was made the prince. And An Guojun has more than 20 sons. An Guojun had a concubine whom he loved very much. He made her his wife and called her Mrs. Huayang. Mrs. Huayang has no son. An Guojun has a middle-ranked son named Zichu, whose mother is Xiaji, who is not favored. Zi Chu was sent to Zhao State as a hostage of Qin State. Qin State attacked Zhao State many times, and Zhao State did not treat Zi Chu with courtesy. Zi Chu is the grandson of King Qin's concubine. He is a hostage in Zhao State. His carriage and horses and daily wealth are not rich. He lives in poverty and is very unhappy. Lu Buwei went to Handan to do business. After seeing Zichu, he liked it very much. He said: "Zichu is like a rare commodity, which can be hoarded and sold at a high price."
That's how Odd Goods Come to Live! After that, Lu Buwei assisted Zi Chu and served as the prime minister of Qin State. Later, his Lu family's Spring and Autumn Period was also difficult for everyone to read, and he even revised a word, which was worth a thousand dollars.
Only such a character can be truly granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, becoming a gentry and having a title, but how many Lu Buweis can there be in this world! It's more of the despicable businessmen like them that Cai He said.
But now Liu Mang gave them hope, officials and merchants, if they become officials and merchants, they are nobles, and they may have titles, and they can really ascend to the hall instead of the lowest rank of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce.
"I don't know what the official businessman wants?!" Fatty Liang felt his lips were split, he licked his lips and breathed heavily.
"Hehe, the two of you are now serving under the lord's command and working in Yangzhou, which is equivalent to being an official and businessman!" Jia Xu said to the two of them with a smile,
"Ah!" Wu De and Fatty Liang couldn't believe that happiness came so suddenly. They are now officials and businessmen
"Of course you are only officials and businessmen now, but you are not nobles and you don't have titles. It all depends on your performance!" Jia Xu said to the two, it is impossible to satisfy the two directly, only a hungry dog can do it. It will really bite people for the master, and go to guard the house.
"I will definitely not disappoint my lord!" Fatty Liang and Wu De are full of motivation. When this person has hope, he will naturally have motivation. Now hearing what Jia Xu said, both of them broke out enough The motivation came out.
There is one last thing left, and that is the guild.
Liu Mang asked these merchants to form a chamber of commerce. This chamber of commerce is the representative of all the big and small merchants. The leaders of these chambers of commerce can have the right to meet Liu Mang directly. He can state the needs of the merchants to Liu Mang, and he can also speak to Liu Mang. Some businessmen are obligated, and it is even possible to help other businessmen defend their rights. Naturally, the chairman of this chamber of commerce cannot be for life, and needs to be elected by these businessmen, and can serve up to two consecutive terms.
Liu Mang's low position for businessmen has really been greatly improved. Basically, it is no longer a scholar, farmer, businessman, but even a businessman may become a gentry.
"By the way, my lord, let me say something again. All the merchants who put their property in Yangzhou, their children can be admitted to the Yangzhou government school, and get the teaching of the great Confucianism in the government school. In the future, whether to be a businessman or enter an official career will be determined by the assessment. !” Jia Xu threw another bombshell.
These businessmen have no status because their children are not allowed to study in colleges. Government schools do not accept them. They can only find some private husbands. Anyone can enter a government school, but businessmen can't.
But now Liu Mang opened the door. The children of businessmen are not allowed to enter government schools, but their Yangzhou businessmen can. As long as the industry is in Yangzhou, they can let their children enter government schools. If this news is released, the entire Jingzhou will definitely be shocked! No! It should be that the businessmen of the whole world are boiling!