Villager of Daming

Chapter 869: Dumping resources at reduced prices

After the Guyu solar term rest was over, everyone went back to work. Zhu Yuanzhang asked the ministers to study whether the status of medical students could be improved.

Then he thought about tax issues and planned to levy a luxury goods tax, which would be as high as 30%, or 30%.

Some transactions in Xiaqiu Village already pay 10% tax, while others still pay 10% tax.

It is necessary to increase the number of doctors. When there are more doctors, the local Huimin Pharmacy will naturally be established and patients will come to the door.

Due to the free model, it can only be subsidized by the imperial government. The finance needs more revenue, and taxes are the most direct.

It is equivalent to using the rich's money to treat the poor, and the poor will not kill the rich, rob, or even rebel.

In the future, glass for windows, kerosene lamps for illumination, small mirrors integrated with makeup boxes, expensive cosmetics, etc. will be sold to the common people, all of which will be taxed on luxury goods.

The particularly luxurious clothes in the clothing store in Xiaqiu Village and the large quantities of raw and non-raw ham produced a few years ago are also luxury goods.

There is also the best place for ham, Jinhua, where more pig breeding is encouraged, the ham technology is well controlled, and a 10% tax is collected.

"Yichang, we have decided. We will sell cans consistently, not ten. We want to sell in quantity."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who went to work as the emperor this morning, came again at noon. Talking about canned goods, he didn't sell ten guan or five guan. He only needed one, one guan to buy such delicious cans.

The head of the village couldn't say that he wouldn't let your Majesty come. The entire Ming Dynasty belonged to others. He sat diagonally across from him and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, they are always reluctant to buy it. It's expensive.

Cans cannot be preserved once opened. As a luxury item, they bought it to show off, and as food, they would rather bear the risk of disease than eat it.

The canned food made in the village is mainly for the Ming Dynasty's army. Rich businessmen can also sell it to them for a hundred coins, and I think they will accept it. "

The head of the village expressed his thoughts. Yi people are so expensive. If you want to buy them, you don't want to sell them in large quantities.

Zhu Yuanzhang first nodded, then shook his head: "We know! Let's think of a way. You said a merchant can buy one hundred cents each, and we'll sell the barbarians five hundred cents."

When we sold it, we said it was consistent, we would recycle the empty shell for 500 fen, and as long as they took the empty one back, we would give them 500 fen.

We won't care if we can't get it back. If we get it back, it means that the shell is worth 500 coins. We must give this technology a high value.

We asked someone to ask and thought about it. The cost of making this tinplate in the industrial zone is very low.

The real value of cans is that they are sealed, which can preserve the food inside from spoiling. The opened shell can only be used as a container.

Some ministers told us that in many places where the Yi people live, there are no steel knives. It is still possible to cut meat with the skin of a can.

Then it is equivalent to the canned food that the Yi people bought with their usual money, and the other five hundred coins can be exchanged for it, or they can be digested by them.

We believe that in more cases, they will help package tinplate cans so that they don’t have to bring them back.

Maybe the price they sell there is higher than what they brought back. We still know the skills of the merchants. "

Zhu Yuanzhang said that if he could become the emperor, his head would not be free of charge. Otherwise, so many people would rebel and revolt together, and he was not the leader in the first place. Why would he be the only one sitting on the throne?

He is the most flexible in fighting, especially strategically.

Zhu Wentian was grilling meat skewers there, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang with a naive smile, and secretly praised it, it was indeed a good idea.

The Ming Dynasty could export more cans to barbarian merchants, and at the same time the barbarian merchants helped promote such cans, which was a plunder of wealth.

Merchants in the Ming Dynasty could accept cans worth one hundred cents, and the Yi people at sea could accept cans worth five hundred cents. In the end, the cost of a can in the Ming Dynasty was less than ten cents. Furthermore, the cost includes labor costs, regardless of technology. Other businessmen will not be involved in manufacturing tinplate, and they will not be able to obtain patent royalties.

The labor cost is Ming Dynasty’s manpower. Those who work and make money naturally have to spend it in Ming Dynasty.

Every export of goods with a trade surplus attribute is an attempt to seize wealth from the outside world. Even if some resources are not important to outsiders, they can be further exploited.

For example, various medicinal materials from the generation at the mouth of the Red Sea, including myrrh, frankincense, dragon's blood...

The island of Socotra, which later belonged to Yemen, has the most good stuff, and ambergris can always be picked up easily there.

Those things are expensive and even more expensive when sold to Ming Dynasty, so other commodities should be used to make up for the trade deficit.

Of course, the best way is to send troops to occupy it. The area is now full of indigenous people, has a small population, and has no fighting capacity at all.

The ships of the Ming Dynasty have to be stationed there, and the Ming Dynasty cannibals have no choice at all, so the resources will be monopolized.

The ships elsewhere are all wooden ships, and they are small, and some are powered by sails and oars. When faced with the large iron steam-powered ships, they are all useless.

"You'll be leaving in a few days. We came here just to ask more questions, otherwise we won't be able to find anyone in case of special circumstances."

Zhu Yuanzhang told the purpose of coming here, and while he was still there, he quickly asked what was on his mind.

Therefore, I took care of things in the morning and stopped going there in the afternoon to 'chat' here.

"Your Majesty, there is a new thing made in our village that can transmit messages thousands of miles away. We are all trying to get familiar with it recently."

The head of the village understands that this is the reason why Xiaqiu Village can be here. His Majesty needs to ask questions about politics.

In a few days, the village will bring the twenty daughters-in-law to be married, and they will learn from it first.

"Can the telephone line be stretched that far?" Zhu Yuanzhang naturally thought of the telephone.

At present, the telephone line has been laid out in Yingtian Mansion. In a few days, it will be connected to Xiaqiu Village over there, and the line of Ma'anshan Iron Mine is also being laid.

As long as you are willing to spend money to hire people and keep up with the phone line production capacity, other problems are minor problems.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to connect. We can communicate through the air. You take something and I take something. We are hundreds of miles apart and we can receive news from both sides."

The chief shook his head slightly. The telegram came out and was tested. It clicked and worked very well.

Zhu Yuanzhang held a bunch of meat in his hand: "..."

He stopped and pondered for more than ten breaths: "Yichang, since we have such a good thing, why do we spend so much copper to make telephone lines?"

He expressed confusion, not anger, he needed to understand.

"That one can't speak and can only convey messages through flags and drums. Your Majesty will see it in person after dinner."

"Okay, let's drink!" Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't understand, but he didn't rush to go. After eating and drinking, things can't escape.

Naturally, they understand the flags, and this is what they rely on to fight, especially the generals in small combat units. They look at the flags of the commander, add horns and so on, and then direct their troops to fight.

(End of this chapter)