Kai Fu Han

Chapter 550 Knock on the Door
"This method is very good. Finding cultivated land with high yields as measurement points is equivalent to punishing lazy farmers in disguise." Liu Xinqi said: "Why can it be done this way in previous years but not this year?"

Taking high output as the standard, the actual tax for low output is more than [-]%, which is considered a punishment for laziness.

"I was confused for a moment." Jiang Xue scratched the back of his head in embarrassment: "In the past, there may be one standard for each state capital, but this year's disaster situation has different levels. The scope can be narrowed down to one standard for one county, or even one standard for each township. .”

"Yes, if there are special circumstances, treat them specially. Just be careful not to cause civil unrest."

"I understand. I'll arrange for someone to make a new plan immediately." Jiang Xueying said.

"Let me take a look when it's done. It won't hurt if the summer grain harvest is later this year." Liu Xinqi said.

"Yes!"

After discussing the tax exemption, Jiang Xue reported the first quarter's business tax to Liu Xinqi.

Commercial tax revenue increased by 19.00% from the previous quarter and 90.00% from the first quarter of last year, almost doubling.

"Very good. It is estimated that in a few years, the grain tax will become insignificant compared to the commercial tax." Liu Xinqi rated.

Jiang Xue watched the commercial tax go up step by step, and he agreed with Liu Xinqi's point of view.

"Indeed, in the past, it was mainly about tariffs, but now the domestic commercial tax scale is increasing very fast, and the increase has exceeded the increase in tariffs. This shows that even if the scale of sea trade stops growing in the future, the growth of our internal business scale in Xinghan League will also It will drive the total business tax rate to continue to rise." Jiang Xuedao.

"That's for sure. You must know that there were [-] million people in Northern Zhao. These people actually paid taxes on food, clothing, housing and transportation. No matter how small it is, if it is magnified [-] million times, it will be a huge wealth." Liu Xinqi road.

Even if you cook at home, you still need an iron pot. If you buy an iron pot, the seller of the iron pot will have to pay tax.

Buying cloth, riding a carriage, and building a house are all the same.

Not paying taxes directly does not mean that you are not contributing to national tax revenue.

This is also the reason why later countries developed their economies and continuously expanded domestic demand.

"You said before that when commerce develops, you can stop collecting grain taxes. I didn't believe it at the time, and thought to myself: 'How is this possible?'" Jiang Xue said with a smile, his face full of longing: "Now I believe it , this year we suffered from the locust plague, and the 400 million dan grain tax is really insignificant in front of the commercial tax. Maybe it won’t be long before I can see the day you mentioned.”

400 million dans of grain, according to the food price of the Xinghan League, is 400 million taels of silver, which is equivalent to the total amount of commercial taxes and customs duties of the entire alliance for one month.

The financial revenue of Xinghan League is not just taxes.

The profits created by alliance companies are higher than the taxes paid.

Coupled with the income generated from coinage, the losses caused by the locust plague are not even skin and flesh wounds to the Xinghan League.

"It won't be long, and the day when the Xinghan League is established, it should be achieved." Liu Xinqi predicted.

"What a great feat. It's worth dying to be able to see that day in my lifetime."

Grain and taxation has been carried out for 4000 years, and it stopped here at the Xinghan League. It is so great.

（2005年12月29日第十届全国高官员第19次会议通过了“关于废止《农业税条例》的决定”，自2006年1月1日不再需要向国家缴纳农业税（公粮）。赞胡和温）
"You can't die, I still need you to continue working for me until I grow old." Liu Xinqi joked.

"Hey hey hey."

……

After coming out of the Tax Department, Liu Xinqi went directly to the Navy Department.

Gao Yuan, Zhao Liang and Ye Chuan are all there.

The Navy Department is holding a high-level meeting. A large group of officers above the sub-camp level are sitting in a large conference room.Liu Xinqi waited outside the conference room and listened to the entire meeting.

The main content is to discuss the allocation of newly built mountain-class and state-class warships, the development of trade routes south of the Yangtze River, and the suppression of pirates in the East China Sea.

These officers are all warriors. There was no hesitation throughout the meeting and the progress was very fast.

Everyone was working towards the same goal, they were very responsible, and they were able to focus on the overall situation when considering issues. Except for some disputes when allocating warships, which were adjudicated by Gao Yuan, other issues were quickly resolved.

Halfway through the meeting, the meeting ended and the officers filed out, leaving only Gao Yuan, Zhao Liang and Ye Chuan in the conference room.

Liu Xinqi stood up from the waiting area in the corner, took off the hat that covered his face, and entered the conference room.

"Leader! Why are you here today?"

Seeing Liu Xinqi's matter first, Ye Chuan immediately stood up and saluted.

Liu Xinqi returned a military salute to the three of them, and when he approached, he pulled out a stool and sat down.

"I have a mission for you today."

"You said it." Zhao Liang opened the notebook in front of him and planned to record it.

"This year's locust plague is serious. It is estimated that the domestic grain harvest will be less than [-]% of previous years, so we need to go to Jiangnan to purchase a large amount of grain and come back to help the people who are without food." Liu Xinqi said.

After the previous peace talks with Nan Zhao, sea trade in Jiangnan was restored, but grain trade was still vaguely restricted.

Although it was possible to trade directly on land, the big gentry and big grain merchants seemed to have reached some kind of tacit agreement, and large-scale grain exports almost stagnated.

There were only some small grain merchants who collected some grain from here and there and sold it to the Xinghan League.

The export desire of some old customers and large grain merchants has been greatly reduced, and no matter how Zhao Nan negotiates, it is useless.

You know, although Hebei suffered from drought and locust plague this year, Jiangnan had a bumper harvest.The Xinghan Alliance stopped the war in Nan Zhao, and the territory of Nan Zhao was peaceful and stable, and the price of food dropped sharply.

The price of a pound of unhulled rice by farmers has dropped to one penny, which is considered the bottom.

The Xinghan League's power in Jiangnan was hit by the previous expulsion. Almost all the channels for self-purchasing grain that were finally established were destroyed. It will take time to re-establish them. At present, they can only rely on middlemen for purchase.

Xinghan League purchases coarse grains from middlemen, and the price per quintal ranges from [-] to [-] cash (a decrease from the previous sea transshipment).

With such a high profit, the big grain merchants didn't even rush to sell it. Who would believe that no big influence was obstructing it?
"Do you want our navy to escort you?" Gao Yuan asked.

"No, you need to knock on the door." Liu Xinqi replied.

On the route south to the south of the Yangtze River, the escort has been handed over to the coastal defense fleet. Allied cargo ships and private cargo ships are used to transport food. The First Fleet has not personally transported food for a long time.

"Knock on the door?" All three of them looked confused.

"Yes. The big grain merchants in the south have closed their doors so that we can't buy large amounts of grain. The price of enough grain has been raised very high." Liu Xinqi explained: "I need you to knock on their door. Let them cooperate and tell them that tens of millions of people in Hebei are waiting for food relief from Jiangnan."

"I understand." Gao Yuan nodded.

This is indeed a knock on the door. Regardless of whether the owner is willing to open the door or not, the door must be knocked.

So the Admiralty was needed to be the door knocker.

(End of this chapter)