Xuantian 1: Ancient Xuandongtian

Ringwater Manor.

"By the way, this is the flag of the defensive formation. The general flag is for you." Lin Mengge said.

"Defensive formation flag? Have you finished it?" Mu Hanchan was puzzled.

"Yes. On the second day after you went to Huizhou, the people from the Lingzhen shop had already come to do the formation."

"Oh. I paid for the spirit stone at the time, but he said that the formation master was not there. So I came after I left. I gave you the address."

Mu Hanchan said.

"You really are willing to give up. This set of high-level formation flags cost one or two hundred spirit stones, right? Xiao Ren was there at the time, and I didn't know until the formation was over.

Because the eyes of the formation should be placed here at the Huxin Pavilion.So I was blown away. "

"Ah, you didn't find out until you were near you? You're a little low-minded." Mu Hanchan said.

Lin Mengge rolled his eyes at him, and said, "I haven't opened my eyes, and I don't have Bailier. The manor is so big, how do I know that outsiders are here?"

"That's why I decided to get a set of high-level protective formation flags. The main thing is that you are here to protect your safety. It's like doing the mission ahead. I'm gone, and no one can invade at will."

Lin Mengge asked: "How effective is this set of flags?"

"Nothing below the Condensed Spirit Realm can enter." Mu Hanchan replied.

"So powerful?"

"Yes. Now that the manor has installed an advanced defense system, we can sleep peacefully at night."

"Hey. That's great." Lin Mengge said.

Suddenly remembered something, and said: "Let me tell you, that Xiao Ren didn't seem to want to hand over the formation banner to me right away, but he hesitated, so he gave it anyway."

"He doesn't know you well, and..." Mu Hanchan said, hesitating for a moment.

"What else?"

"Also, he is not sure if you are the only mistress. If it were me, I would definitely wait for the master to come back and hand it over to the master."

Mu Hanchan said.

"How dare you have other women?" Lin Mengge questioned.

Before Mu Hanchan could answer, he asked again: "If you have other women, then I really paid by mistake."

Thinking of the intimate bath together two days ago, Lin Mengge couldn't help feeling ashamed and annoyed, not knowing why he was so hot-headed at that time.

"No, I'm just analyzing why he hesitates."

"Ok."

"How did he give it to you?"

Lin Mengge stomped her feet and said angrily: "Don't tell me, he is very rude. He threw the general flag to me from a distance of one foot. I almost missed it."

"Hehe. I see." Mu Hanchan smiled.

Lin Mengge asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Mu Hanchan didn't answer any more, but he began to approve of the chief guard from the bottom of his heart.

Moshengmen.

"Senior brother Tianqiong, the three disciples under my seat have already achieved the double realm of spirit and energy, and I hope the senior brother in charge will give me a letter." A middle-aged man said.

The person the middle-aged man spoke to was Mo Qian.

Mo Qian replied: "Isn't my Demon Life Sect bestowing characters only after reaching the Condensing Spirit Realm? This is a rule established by the master when he established the door. I can't agree to your request. Brother Tiankui, please come back."

The middle-aged man smiled wryly, and said: "Brother, you also know that the Condensing Spirit Realm is really not easy for these juniors. Besides, my disciple and I have never had the will to compete for the master.

I didn't have it before, and I also told my disciples that I couldn't have it in my lifetime. "

"It has nothing to do with who the head of the sect comes from. If I don't have a suitable successor, I can pass it on to your disciples. Our disciples are first of all disciples of the same sect, and they are all under the Mosheng sect.

Second, is who sits down. "Mo Qian replied bluntly.

The middle-aged man sighed, and said: "It would be great if senior brother Tiandu was here. The two disciples under his sect are already close to the panacea. Will the senior brother in charge give them resources and help?"

When Senior Brother Tiandu was mentioned suddenly, Mo Qian's eyes dodged a little, and his expression became subtle.It's just that middle-aged people express themselves without realizing it.

"Resources are definitely needed. After all, the two of them are the heirs of the senior brother. However, our resources are limited. I want to test them first, and then give them resources based on their performance. On this point, junior brother, do you have any opinions? Is it?" Mo Qian asked.

"Of course I don't." The middle-aged man replied.

He suddenly asked again: "What happened to Junior Brother Sin that day? How are you going to deal with it? He seems to be drifting away now and wants to come back."

"If you want to come back, you can. After all, the master just exiled him at the beginning, but didn't expel him. He is still my disciple of Mosheng, my junior brother, and the fourth uncle of my disciples."

Mo Qian said, and suddenly said: "But..."

"Ok?"

"However, when you come back, just be honest, recognize yourself, and learn from it. Don't have any disagreements." Mo Qian said.

The middle-aged man said: "Understood, senior brother."

Mo Qian said with some earnestness: "Su Shan, the time difference between the two of us as apprentices is not far away. Brother Tiandu died early, and he was supposed to break through the Hunyuan, but unfortunately he died unexpectedly.

Otherwise, it's not my turn to be the sect master.

Junior brother Tianzui started late again, and the master didn't have any panacea when he left.

To be honest, the heavy responsibility of this subject is on my shoulders. I really hope that someone can understand and share it. "

"Understood, Senior Sect Leader. Su Shan will definitely do his best to help Senior Brother carry forward my Mosheng Sect and fulfill Master's last wish." Su Shan said resolutely.

After a while.

"By the way, senior brother, I heard that you also accepted two disciples recently?"

"Yes, but one of them has been around for a while. It was about ten years ago. The other one was received recently." Mo Qian replied.

"Haha. Ten years ago, I just retreated. When I'm free, let these two disciples come to visit me, so that I can give them a meeting gift."

"Okay, as the younger brother wants."

"How about these two disciples? I'll also prepare a suitable meeting ceremony." Su Shan asked.

Mo Qian pondered for a while, and said with his chin resting: "The sixth son is so-so, a small piece of wood. The seventh son, I have little contact with him, and I don't know much about it yet. But he has a very strong character. He is very courageous and confident. Yes. A nice stone.

As for pillars or floor tiles, it depends on future development. "

"Okay, senior brother, I understand." Su Shan replied.

Ringwater Manor.

"This quarter's tea income is 13 taels of gold, excluding the dispatch fee of tea merchants for 4 taels of gold, the cost of tea species is 2 taels of gold, and the profit is 7 taels of gold."

said a housekeeper.

"Tobacco revenue in this quarter is 25 taels of gold, excluding processing fees of 5 taels of gold, the cost of tobacco is 1 taels of gold, and the profit is 19 taels of gold."

said another housekeeper.

"This quarter, the income from fermented glutinous rice is 11 taels of gold. Excluding the rental fee of 1 tael of wine jars, the raw material of fermented glutinous rice is 4 taels of gold, and the profit is 6 taels of gold."

Another butler said.

Mu Hanchan interrupted: "There is no need to say what Si said, and there is no profit for Xiang's words now. The above is my profit, right?"

"Yes. But..." one of the butlers said, but hesitated.

"how?"

"It's your profit, but you still need to pay taxes to the household department of Dayan Imperial City."

Another butler reminded.

"How much tax do you pay?"

"It stands to reason that you need to pay 25% tea tax, 65% tobacco tax, and 15% alcohol tax."

"..."

Hearing this, Mu Hanchan frowned.

Asked: "In this way, how much do I have left?"

"If you think too much, you can choose to evade taxes or avoid taxes."

"What are the adverse consequences of this?"

"If tax evasion is discovered, if it is the last link, the person who has the most vested interests will be punished with 300% of the turnover. If the source is like yours, it will also be fined with 150% of the cost."

"What about tax avoidance?"

"Separate between reasonable and unreasonable."

"Can this still be divided?"

"Yes, your smoked tea can be reasonably applied for low agricultural tax, perfectly avoiding high commercial tax.

But not the wine industry.The wine industry is because it is directly brewed.So only by business tax. "

"How much is the agricultural tax?"

"According to the regulations of the Household Department of the Great Yan Empire, it is generally below 10%."

"What about business tax?"

"According to the regulations of the Household Department of the Great Yan Empire, it is generally above 15%."

Mu Hanchan fell into deep thought, and replied after a while: "How can you avoid taxes if it's unreasonable?"

"Two options, one is to bribe the inspectors under the inspector. The other is to join the sect of a certain party's dignitaries or forces, and you can automatically rationalize the unreasonable by virtue of your status."

Mu Hanchan replied: "Forget it, I can avoid it, but I can't avoid it. Because I don't want to bribe officials, nor do I want to make friends with powerful people."

"That's fine, it's your choice."

Mu Hanchan asked again: "Then who will pay the taxes?"

"You need to go in person, or if you have a manager, you can entrust him to go."

Mu Hanchan replied, "Understood."

noon time.

"Have you heard? The owner of the manor summoned some housekeepers this morning. I don't know what it is." A worker said.

Another worker replied: "What's the point? It's been a quarter, and the bill has been collected."

"Look at the carriages that their housekeepers take when they get off work. They are all luxurious single-person boxes."

"That can't be helped, it's not from the same class. Most of them were born in a family of merchants since they were young, and they are proficient in business. When the family property is not enough, they come to the imperial city to be shopkeepers."

"It's a pity we still have to work all day."

"That can't be helped, the world will always be like this. In the age of tribes, people like us are slaves. In the age of states, we are servants. In the age of empires, we are citizens."

"During the war, our lives were worthless. Their lives were not as good as pigs and dogs."

"But isn't it already a peaceful and prosperous age?"

"But our situation has not fundamentally changed."

"Zhan Luan is nothing but slaves in the old days, but now in the prosperous age, what are we?" one person asked.

Another person looked sideways at the sky, thought for a while, and said, "Cows and horses."

"What? You said that we are all the cattle and horses of the prosperous age?"

"Ah."

"Don't you all say now: Is this prosperous world as you wish?"

"This prosperous age is as they wished, but not as we wish. Maybe we don't have the hunger and fear during the war. But we have also re-emerged new sufferings. Moreover, this suffering is also overwhelming us. .”

"Maybe someone will say how could you not have enough to eat in the past? Let this make you content and happy."

"It's the age of empires, and citizens still want to have enough food as their pursuit of happiness? Don't you want to tell an adult that you didn't have soft mud to play with when you were young, but now you have it, so you should feel Happiness?" one retorted.

One person said: "Every era has its difficulties. In fact, we don't have to recall the past too much, nor should we worry too much about the future.

If you want to compare hardships with those in the past, then you also need to compare happiness with those in the future.

But no matter how you compare, it's unfair, because it's not from the same era at all.

Only one thing is the same, that is, each era must deal with the problems of this era well before it can enter the next new era.

But handling these problems well is not only for the future, but also for the present.People in the past dealt with wars not only for us later, but also for them at that time.

Because it was they who were devastated by the war.

So they are to save themselves from slavery and bondage.

But they saved themselves, and they also saved us later.

As we remember our ancestors, future generations also remember us.

We blame our ancestors, and future generations also blame us.

We are dissatisfied with the era we live in, and in fact, there are also people who are later dissatisfied with the era they live in.Because we have seen countless previous people who were dissatisfied with his time.

No era is perfect. "