Villager of Daming

Chapter 788: Fireworks plans for this year

When the singing and dancing stopped, the crackling of firecrackers was intertwined with the roar of fireworks. People walked out of their homes one after another and looked up to the sky.

Not only the Imperial City, but the entire Yingtian Mansion, and even the people of Taiping Mansion and Ningguo Mansion were also watching the beautiful fireworks.

Wherever there is a department store, the local temporary replacement salesperson will take out the fireworks and firecrackers as required and show them to everyone.

I will put it on tonight, and also on the nights of the fifth and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and then wait for the salesperson who went home to celebrate the New Year to come back to work.

The fireworks lasted for a full two-quarters of an hour, and the dancers who also watched the fireworks and took turns to rest began to perform again.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "There's no rush. After we finish eating, we will go to Xiaqiu Village to rest. We will attend the sacrifice tomorrow morning."

The nearby ministers knew that they and their families were going to Xiaqiu Village to rest. If they went home now and waited for dawn before coming back, they would be tortured to death.

"We remember that there was a factory that manufactured firecrackers. How was that one selling?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered something. The department store sold fireworks and firecrackers. There was a factory here, built next to a natural pond.

"Father, I know." Zhu Xi stood up over there.

"Father, firecrackers make money. Firecrackers costing one penny are sold for three pennies. Because the accounts were collected in advance, the fireworks and firecrackers were not included in this year's accounts.

And people will continue to buy them after the Chinese New Year. You need to wait for the festive New Year cycle to pass before you know how much you have sold.

However, yesterday's accounts showed that the sales of our fireworks factory were over [-] guan. I think after the Lantern Festival, we may have [-] guan.

This is the data for Nanjing, and does not include other places in Yingtian Mansion. The accounts there have not been sent, let alone Ningguo Mansion and Taiping Mansion.

Now that the people have money, they are willing to buy and use it themselves, especially children. They can buy a whip, break it into small pieces, and burn it into charcoal with a stick. "

Zhu Xi briefly reported the sales situation. If it were 300 guan, the profit after deducting the cost would be more than [-] guan.

After paying another thirty-one tax, it amounted to more than one thousand six hundred thousand strings, leaving about thirty-one thousand seven hundred strings.

Guan, not Wen, the profit from selling fireworks in Nanjing is more than 3000 million Wen, which is quite a lot.

It's unclear how well the fireworks and firecrackers are sold in other places. If they are good, if they can collect [-] yuan, it will be a huge profit.

The imperial court's annual fiscal revenue is only 900 million yuan. Selling fireworks for a few days is equivalent to a few tenths of the income.

And this is still sold in three prefectures. There are also wealthy people in other prefectures, waiting for the department stores to open. Will the ministers be anxious when the fireworks are sold like this?
As soon as Zhu Xi finished speaking, the ministers looked at him and began to wonder, thinking about how much their annual income would be if the entire Ming Dynasty sold fireworks.

Other places may not be very wealthy, but now the court is working hard to let the people grow and breed things.

However, the land tax has not increased. The land tax is still collected according to the original harvest per acre, not according to the yield.

In this way, people in the future will have extra food and cash crops in their hands, and then they can buy other things, including fireworks.

The place newly acquired after defeating Bei Yuan is not suitable for selling such violent and profiteering things for the time being, but other state capitals are still suitable.

According to previous statistics, there are 140 prefectures and 190 prefectures. The prefecture is larger than the prefecture.

On average, a prefecture provides a profit of 200 guan to the fireworks and firecracker factory a year. Even if a state provides [-] guan, the total is [-] million guan. "Your Majesty." Yu Pu, the Minister of Household Affairs, couldn't help it anymore. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I remember that Zhu Yi Changli once mentioned that different taxes are levied on different commodities."

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, indicating yes, and looked at the chief at the same time.

The chief stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Yu Shangshu, in fact, when it comes to the sales of rouge and gouache in the shops on that street in Xiaqiu Village, they pay one-tenth of the tax, not one-thirtieth.

Also, the taxes on expensive clothes in clothing stores are calculated separately, and you don’t check the taxes paid in Xiaqiu Village.

You always charge as much as we pay, and the personnel sent over will be done when they see the accounts and turn over them. "

"Ah? Ah!" Yu Pu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the Ministry of Revenue did not check the accounts of that street because it was too messy and would be troublesome to check.

Moreover, they could not have paid taxes and most of the profits would go to the palace. If they were willing to pay, how much could they still keep an eye on?

There are a lot of key points handed over, and you can tell at a glance that they are not willing to cheat.

"So our store pays extra tax? Then other similar stores should do the same, especially pawn shops, gold and silver shops, rouge and gouache shops and brothels."

Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't know how to pay the tax. Xiaqiu Village had many accounts, and there were one set of accounts after another when doing cost accounting.

Since my own shop has paid extra, why shouldn’t other merchants pay?
"Your Majesty, it depends on profit and sales. Yes, it is not just the sales profit of the product, but also includes monthly sales and annual sales.

A high profit does not necessarily mean an increase in sales. If others don't buy it, it is useless if it is sold at a high price. If it does not open for three years, those who have been open for three years must survive at least three years.

And if they charge more taxes, the shops may pass that tax on to the buyers, while they themselves keep their original profits. "

The district manager doesn't want to directly raise taxes on all stores in Daming. This involves a lot of problems.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Go and investigate and see how much they sell. If it's a lot, you'll have to pay more taxes. They're raising the prices. It's not Jubiqi's items. Jubiqi's firewood, rice, and salt are the necessities for survival. None of the other four.”

He decided that no matter how much consumers endured, the worst he could do was not buy it. How could he die without using rouge and gouache?

"Your Majesty, we will check it out after the New Year." Yan Xizhe, another minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stood up and said, "If it's just fireworks, is it..."

Everyone else nodded slightly, this was huge profit. One penny would be sold for three pence. The key was not to eat or drink. Just listen to the news and see the light and then it would be gone.

Yes, this is called a consumable. Just like food, it disappears after eating and cannot be used for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little distressed, but he still asked the head of the village: "Yichang, do you need to raise this tax?"

"Your Majesty, this tax cannot be raised. Fireworks and firecrackers are produced by a separate factory, and the factory pays this tax of thirty to one.

After that, it has to be transported to the department store. When the department store sells it to the people, they also pay a tax of thirty to one.

After deducting expenses in this way, the profit is actually the same as paying one-tenth of the tax and is calculated separately. "

The mayor talked about the operation method of Xiaqiu Village. All related places are independent. The fireworks factory cannot be a department store factory.

When the quantity increases in the future, merchants can also purchase and transport them to other places.

(End of this chapter)