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Chapter 928 Cotton on the Road ([-])

For such a deserted plot of land in the whole village, the land has already been returned to the government as unowned land, so the matter of buying land can be bought directly from the government at the yamen. It is a rare big deal. All kinds of documents for land transactions, beautiful words come and go, and there is no repetition.

The former site of Yanxi Village is about forty miles away from the land road of Donglin County, which belongs to the suburbs of the county. Jiaji Shipping Company built a wharf here for water and land transfer, which is equivalent to establishing a home port in Donglin County. When it becomes famous in the future, it will attract Passing ships stop here.

After Jiajia village bought such a large piece of land, it naturally changed its name to Jiajia Wharf, and then made an appointment with the officials of the household house to determine the date of marking and demarcating the boundary, and the deputy left with the paperwork.

At the same time, Bai Qing sent the letter and cotton samples from Liangshui Town to Dong'an Mansion to General Bai, asking him to make a decision, and informed in the letter that the village head of Jiajia Village had written to Qi Ke, The yarn field in the country is short of cotton, and the two parties must join hands to share some of the goods. Bai Jiajun can't eat all the goods.

Between the lines, it seems to tell General Bai not to want to take all the goods, but in fact the focus is on taxes. If cotton is heavily taxed, it will not be sold at all. Plus the tax is also very expensive, it is not cost-effective to buy it for your own use, and it costs a few taels of silver to make a winter quilt, which is enough for a family's living expenses for a month, which is not worth it.

Bai Qing recalled the tax incentives that Qi Ke once said. Isn’t cotton just a commodity that is not of high value but necessary for life? Bearing seven taels of silver, this price does not rule out that some people will take advantage of Lidong to make trouble behind their backs, just like the price of grain during a famine wishing to rise all the way to the sky, so that the imperial court had to pay a lot more when buying grain from large grain merchants.

Thinking about it, Bai Qing still has to wait patiently for the general's reply. The general knows about taxation, but the tax cuts are not something local officials can easily decide. The general said at the time that he would ask about it I just don't know if the imperial court has given any reply since these days.

General Bai’s reply arrived three days later, telling his son a piece of news that he had expected. The imperial court did not approve General Bai’s suggestion of flexibly taxing overseas goods, but allowed the Bai family’s army to take advantage of the flow of the Jiuzhi River into Haikou. The dominant position earns some military expenses, but the taxes have to be handed over to the national treasury.

This reply came not long ago. At that time, General Bai thought that Liangshui Town had been desolate for so long. There were no necessary buildings or docks. Thinking of such a coincidence, the big merchant ship came as soon as it was said, and when it came, it was the cotton that was in short supply for the five ships.

In the letter, the general told his son bluntly, let him bargain with the owner of the goods, as long as the price is lowered, even if the tax is [-]%, the total price can be accepted, and then with this deal, the general can take this As a practical example, I will ask the court for tax concessions to see if I can get a little tax reduction for goods such as cotton and grain that are related to the national economy and the people's livelihood.

After reading his father's letter, Bai Qing took up a pen and wrote to Qi Ke, telling her that the price of cotton in the market has approached seven taels of silver per load. When she asked how she planned to counter the price, they joined forces to come up with a unified price. In addition, Liangshui Town also charged [-]% tax on overseas merchant ships, so it is best to counter the price and pay back a little more.

(End of this chapter)