The old tax collector stopped the young tax collector and said, "Xiao Liuzi, don't blame him! If he fooled him, it's his skill. If you recognize it, you are great! So there is no need to be angry at all! Come on, come on. , your fourth brother will teach you something more, so that you can gain a lot of knowledge! Although the documents issued by the superior are quite detailed, there are also many loopholes in them! Today, your fourth brother will teach you step by step. You will report to the superior officer later. That’s a big credit there!”
Xiao Liuzi said in surprise: "Fourth brother, it was you who discovered this matter. You have to tell your superiors! There will be a reward!"
The old tax collector said: "What use do I need for the reward? Your fourth brother, I am lame in one leg, blind in one eye, and have no children. I just hope that you will help me pay my funeral in the future, so these skills must be passed on to others." Go ahead! And your fourth brother can’t read, so he’ll just do this job until death! But you’re different, you’re literate, maybe you can become a high official or something in the future, and your fourth brother can still be popular with you Yes, drink something spicy!"
Xiao Liuzi was very moved when he heard this and said: "Thank you, fourth brother! Don't worry, I will take care of your affairs! I, Xiao Liuzi, keep my word. Even at four o'clock and eight o'clock, there is no shortage of incense offerings!"
People at this time paid great attention to what happened after death, especially those who often traveled to sea. So when he heard these words, he smiled happily and said: "Come on, little Liuzi, hurry up and put the goods on the list." Read it again!"
Xiao Liuzi gave Zhang Liuwang a hard look, then picked up the bill of goods and started reciting it. After reading a few things, I heard him read: "Four boxes of copper coins, used to purchase goods, no tax! Next..."
As soon as he read this, the old pirate raised his hand and said, "Stop!"
The young man's words of salute stopped suddenly, and he looked at the old tax collector in surprise. He didn't think there was anything wrong with the copper coin, but the fourth brother actually shouted stop, so there must be something wrong with it.
At this time, the old tax collector smiled and said to Zhang Liuwang: "Zhang Boss, is it you or me?"
Zhang Liuwang smiled bitterly and cupped his hands and said, "Fourth brother, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"
Then Zhang Liuwang said to the young tax collector with a bit of flattery: "Copper coins are just ordinary copper coins that can be used at any time. They are cost-effective! It's just that the copper coins made by the Japanese country are so crude that even their own people are not willing to use them." , so let’s take the Ming Dynasty’s copper coins, one copper coin can be used as three!”
When the young tax collector heard this, his eyes widened and he said, "Is this copper coin also a commodity?"
Zhang Liuwang nodded with a wry smile and said, "Yes, it's actually goods, and it also has to be taxed!"
It can be seen that the young tax collector is already very angry at this time, and even his breathing is a bit heavy! Young people like him are full of ambitions to make contributions, but in the blink of an eye they are fooled by an old man. How can he not be angry!
At this time, the old tax collector patted the young tax collector's arm and said, "Don't worry, keep going, and we will settle the ledger with him in the end!"
When Liu Haojia heard this, his face was full of smiles, and he turned and left! It seems that I am going to lose money this time! He just didn't expect that the leader of his own fleet would commit tax evasion so blatantly. It was clear that he was bullying these people because they didn't know how to do it!
Not to mention anything else, just talking about mercury, if the tax is based on the market price of the Ming Dynasty, it will only cost forty-eight taels of silver! But if the tax is based on high-profit items, drawing three taels from a jar is one thousand four hundred and forty taels of silver, which is a difference of several times! No wonder the trend of tax evasion is difficult to curb, the temptation is too great!
Thinking of this, Liu Haojia felt that he had to tell Miss Zhang. Ask her to tell her subordinates to update the list of profitable goods in real time and adjust the tax rate according to changes in market prices! I also have to tell Zhang Shunping to always pay taxes and not get into weird things, lest I have to kill him one day!
The next day, Liu Haojia paid attention to the work of the Taxation Department and checked their case files. Sure enough, there was a reported commendation document! The name of the person being honored is Sun Xiaoliu. This person was born as an ordinary citizen in Tianjin County, and he was a waiter in a restaurant before! It was only through hard work and self-taught some writing that I got the job of tax collector!
As for the reason for the award, the tax collection was more than two thousand taels more than expected! But the real credit is that he supplemented the list of profitable merchants and plugged the loopholes in it! So apply for a reward of twenty-two taels of silver, and your salary will go up one level!
After Liu Haojia saw this document, he directly wrote on it: "Be included in the assessment list!"
With Liu Haojia's move, the tax collector's fate will no longer be the same as before! Without this sum, no matter how good he is in the future, he will just hang around among tax collectors. But once he is included in the assessment scope, it will be different. He will be trained by the Liu family. As for whether he will become a dragon or a phoenix, it will depend on his own ability!
Just as the first batch of sea ships entered the port here in Tianjin, a battle that was as dangerous as a battlefield was taking place in the south! That is the news of popularizing sea taxation in several provinces where smuggling is rampant!
As for why he did this, Liu Haojia decided after thinking for a long time. This has to mention the entire smuggling system of the Ming Dynasty! To put it simply, smuggling along the coast is basically an economic activity in which all people participate. If it is not handled well, it is possible to trigger large-scale civil unrest! Therefore, publicity must be in place to distinguish ordinary people from the gentry and wealthy families who lead smuggling!
Now the smuggling in the Ming Dynasty Jiangnan has become a systematic and structured economic activity. It cannot be ended by stopping the smuggling ship with a boat. There are too many people involved!
Take tea, porcelain and silk, which were the most exported products at that time, as examples. Once the sea is truly banned, the first thing involved is the supplier of raw materials. For example, those silkworm farmers who collect mulberry and raise silkworms, tea farmers who grow tea, and a large number of craftsmen who make porcelain and dig soil! There are more than a million of these people in Jiangnan!
Part of what they produced was digested internally by Ming Dynasty, and the rest was smuggled overseas. Speaking of silk alone, silkworm farmers will sell the raw silk to local merchants after they produce it. The merchants will own part of the raw silk and sell the remaining raw silk to other weaving workshops. I don’t know how many people are involved in this link!
It should be noted that there are regional differences throughout the process. Who will buy raw silk from each region has been determined through various means and will not change much. .
After the silk is produced and enough orders are placed with the government and other domestic merchants, the excess will be transported to surrounding seaport cities by people specifically responsible for transportation, using ant moving methods. This process is also independent. The transporter is responsible for the transportation and does not involve others!
