"Well, no matter what, your shop has a relationship with Liu Shoujiang. If Huang Shoujiang collects commercial taxes from anyone else, he will not collect commercial taxes from your store." Shopkeeper Li said enviously.
Hearing this, Zhao Yutu smiled.
As the saying goes, people take their time when tea is cold. Huang An's business taxes were not collected from their Tiger-Character Banner entirely because the Tiger-Character Banner was backed by General Ma from Datong.
Huang An could not worry about their boss's face, but he had to worry about the face of Datong's commander-in-chief.
Ming Dynasty's commercial taxes were never collected from shops related to officials.
"After drinking this sip of tea, I should go back. If Mr. Zhao has any way to exempt himself from business tax, don't forget my shop. Our two families are neighbors after all." Shopkeeper Li said with a tea cup in his hand. .
Zhao Yutu nodded with a smile and said, "If I can be exempted from business tax, I will never forget you, Shopkeeper Li."
"Thank you very much." Shopkeeper Li put down the cup after drinking tea, stood up and bowed his hand towards Zhao Yutu.
Zhao Yutu also stood up, ready to send him off.
At this moment, the cotton curtain in front of the house was opened, and a cool breeze blew in, causing the people in the house to unconsciously pull up their clothes.
At the same time, four men walked in from outside the house one after another, led by an official wearing military commander's robes.
"The common people kowtow to the general." Shopkeeper Li, who was about to leave, saw the officials entering the room and hurriedly knelt on the ground to salute.
Huang An ignored Shopkeeper Li who was kneeling on the ground, but looked at Zhao Yutu who was standing aside, walked a few steps, and said with a smile: "Haha, since Mr. Zhao is here, it would be great, and it would save more people." Send a message."
"Is General Huang looking for something?" Zhao Yutu frowned slightly.
The trade association in Xinpingbao has been reduced by nearly half so quickly. A large part of the reason is because of what this man did in Xinpingbao, so he is very unhappy with Huang An.
"There is something wrong." Huang An said with a smile, and then said to shopkeeper Li who was kneeling on the ground, "You don't look like a clerk in this shop, so don't be an eyesore here."
Shopkeeper Li is a shopkeeper, and he is dressed differently from the waiters, making it easy to distinguish him.
"Common people, let's go now, let's go now." Shopkeeper Li glanced at Zhao Yutu with envy, then got up and carefully passed by several soldiers brought by Huang An until he walked out of the shop door.
After taking him away, Huang An said to Zhao Yutu with a look of shame on his face: "To be honest, I really shouldn't come to Mr. Zhao, but there is no other way. The above means that I am also very embarrassed."
"What is it that makes General Huang so embarrassed?" Zhao Yutu looked curious.
Huang An sighed and then said: "Datong is preparing to expand a large camp in the border army, but the court has not distributed food and wages, leaving Datong to raise it on its own. No, the errand falls on this officer."
As he spoke, he looked bitter and embarrassed.
"That's really hard work, General Huang, but it's also for the imperial court." Zhao Yutu praised sincerely.
Huang An glanced at Zhao Yutu and said, "Mr. Zhao can understand my difficulties, but those businessmen, because I charge such a small amount of business tax, secretly cursed me as a corrupt official who sucks the marrow out of my bones. In my heart, It’s bitter!”
When he said he was feeling bitter, he slapped his chest several times with his hands.
"General Huang has been here for so long, why haven't you served tea yet?" Zhao Yutu scolded the waiter beside him, and then turned to Huang An and said, "General Huang, please sit down. I have also heard about the business tax, but this is nothing." I don’t blame you, General Huang.”
Giving up his position, he made an inviting gesture towards Huang An.
"Either Mr. Zhao is a scholar, or he understands things better than those lowly businessmen." Huang An walked to the empty seat next to him and sat down with a golden sword.
He casually took the tea brought by the waiter, put it to his mouth and blew in the hot air inside.
"General Huang turned around here, probably not to complain to the next scholar!" Zhao Yutu took advantage of the situation and moved to the empty seat next to him.
Huang An took the tea cup from his mouth and said: "My official seeks business tax for the imperial court, which makes many businessmen dissatisfied. Some of the businessmen mentioned your business name and said that I was unfair. I only collected their business tax and not tigers." To be honest, Zi Qi’s commercial tax is in a dilemma for me!”
As he said that, he looked at Zhao Yutu with an expression of embarrassment.
Hearing this, Zhao Yutu laughed and said: "What's so embarrassing about this? How should General Huang collect commercial taxes? The shops of our Tiger Flag in Xinpingbao will pay commercial taxes as usual, and we will never embarrass General Huang. "
"Alas, I personally promised Dongzhu Liu to help him take care of Tiger Flag's shop in Xinpingbao, but now I have to collect business taxes. I really feel sorry for Dongzhu Liu." Huang An looked ashamed.
Zhao Yutu said with a smile: "General Huang, there is no need to be embarrassed. It is not General Huang's intention to collect business taxes. I think my boss will understand General Huang if he knows about this."
"That's good, that's good." Huang An put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and said, "I still have something to do, so I won't stay here. I will arrange for someone to come over to collect the business tax later. I hope Mr. Zhao can cooperate."
"It should be." Zhao Yutu smiled and nodded. TV first @@@
Soon, Huang An and others left the shop.
Zhao Yutu sent the person to the door, turned around and returned to the house.
"Sir, what does General Huang mean? The business and taxes are on us." The waiter said with an ugly face.
Zhao Yutu sneered and said: "The general of the Datong army has changed. He thinks that our Tiger Flag has no backer. Our guard thinks that it is natural to work hard to please the people above."
"We really have to pay them the commercial tax. I heard that the money raised from the commercial tax is used to train soldiers, and the new soldiers trained by the imperial court are specifically designed to deal with our Tiger Flag." The clerk said.
Zhao Yutu looked at the clerk and said: "Since they dare to come and ask for commercial tax, then give it to them. It is a fool's errand to expect the money from commercial tax to train new soldiers to deal with our Tiger Flag."
From Huang An's incident, he understood that a large number of officials in Datong who were originally close to the Tiger Flag should have changed their attitude towards the Tiger Flag, and at least they would no longer have too many conflicts with the Tiger Flag. Intimate communication.
Without the support of the governor of Datong, some things handled by Tiger Character Banner in Datong are no longer as smooth as before. Now even the Datong general soldier who finally supported Tiger Character Banner has been replaced. He can imagine that in the future, Tiger Character Banner will Life will become increasingly difficult.
Those forces that want to deal with the Tiger Flag will never let go of such an opportunity.
"You stay here and keep an eye on me. I'll go back to the backyard. If the people from the General's Mansion come to collect business tax, no matter how much it is, give it all to them." Zhao Yutu told the boy next to him.
He turned around and walked to the backyard.
