Become a feudal king from today

"Rough statistics show that the trade deficit between Dasung and Goryeo is around 3 billion yen, and the trade deficit with Japan is around 4.8 billion yen."

Yang He was already prepared and said to Zhao Xu while holding an account book.

After a pause, he said: "This is just a trade transaction on the books. There are many omissions among the people."

Zhao Xu nodded lightly.

According to the exchange ratio of silver and yuan, this is equivalent to six million taels of silver and more than nine million taels of silver.

If we compare the Songyuan with contemporary currencies, the purchasing power of one Songyuan is similar to that of one dollar, but slightly higher.

Zhao Xu thinks this surplus amount is reasonable.

After all, Dasong basically controlled Korea and Japan from top to bottom and exported industrial products to them without any obstacles.

And since Korea and Japan have no industrial base, Daesong's industrial products have no rivals in the two countries, so it is reasonable to have such a surplus.

"You have to keep a closer eye on commercial taxes. Merchants must obtain a business license before they can do business. Every trade must be recorded, and commercial taxes must be paid based on the surplus." Thinking of Yang He's words, "There are many private matters." Omission', he warned.

Currently, Dasong maintains a very low agricultural tax, so taxes must be supplemented from trade.

He led Dasong's soldiers to work outside and opened one market after another for merchants.

They cannot just enjoy the dividends without taking on a little responsibility.

It is their responsibility to pay taxes according to the laws of Dasung.

Of course, he is very aware of the true nature of businessmen. Their nature is to continuously expand interests and not to bear responsibilities if they can't bear them.

This will also be the main conflict between the court and private merchants in the future.

This is also the result of Dasong's transformation from an agricultural country to an industrial country and the development of trade.

Regarding this, he must remain vigilant. While maintaining the development of Dasong's business, he must not allow trouble to occur.

This is why he let government-run commercial banks take the lead and lead the development of commerce.

No one can guarantee whether there will be an ambitious person who grew up in Dasong under the influence of Western native ideas in the future.

He did not want to lose the country that he and his soldiers had fought hard and shed blood and tears for.

"Yes, Your Highness." Yang He responded.

Zhao Xu nodded and looked at Liu Fu again, "In order to cooperate with the development of Dasong's business and trade, Dasong should also establish a nationality system. People who are not Dasong nationalities are not allowed to enter without authorization. For those who want to naturalize Dasong from Korea and Japan, Relevant policies and conditions must also be customized.”

After a pause, he continued: "Only those with Dasong nationality can enjoy all the benefits of Dasong, including policy benefits in business and trade. I will also ask Korea, Japan, and Luzon to also establish nationality systems to avoid some This is a double-crossing behavior of merchants who transfer their assets to the above countries in order to evade taxes and also want to enjoy the dividends.”

His idea is simple: responsibilities and obligations are equal.

Otherwise, how can Dasong develop if everyone just wants to work and evade their obligations?

The purpose of this policy is to restrain some businessmen who think they are smart.

The establishment of nationality systems in various countries leaves them with no loopholes to exploit and they must choose one of the two.

Either as a Dasong merchant, do business and pay taxes honestly, or give up Dasong nationality and no longer enjoy the dividends of Dasong's development.

Secondly, he will also establish a unified tax system in the Eastern Territory and include all the countries in the Eastern Territory.

Merchants have to pay the same tax no matter where they go, so they don't want to do these evil things.

Having said this, Zhao Xu announced the disbandment of the dynasty.

As the new year was approaching, he asked Liu Fu to issue a government order, allowing state, county and county governments to purchase a batch of new year's goods and distribute them to families whose children were serving as soldiers.

This is naturally to unite people's hearts, but also to create an atmosphere that praises "martial arts".

Secondly, this is also to support some workshops with poor profitability and make special purchases from them.

The third is to promote the sale of grain so that people can convert surplus grain into money, because the main benefit to soldiers is grain.

After settling all the crumbs from the previous year, Zhao Xu finally settled down to celebrate the New Year.

New Year's Eve is the New Year's Eve gathering in Yancheng's east and west cities.

To join in the fun, but also to understand the sentiments of the people.

He, Yang Susu, Feng'er and Luan'er, with the help of the members of the Fourth Hospital, simply changed their appearance, changed into casual clothes and left the palace under the protection of Xu Lie and other guards.

Of course, Xu Lie and others also put on simple makeup.

The group of people looked like a wealthy businessman accompanied by his wives and concubines to protect him.

After leaving the palace and turning into the main street of Yanzhou, Zhao Xu was immediately shocked by the flow of people in front of him.

I saw that the whole main street was crowded with people walking shoulder to shoulder, people walking next to each other, and it was very noisy and crowded.

Among this crowd were people carrying chickens, ducks and fish. They had just bought New Year’s goods in the East Market and were preparing to go home. At this moment, there were smiles on their faces.

There are also vendors selling candied haws on their shoulders. The trees full of candied haws are almost sold out, only two or three candied haws are sold, which is equally satisfying.

There are also urchins wearing brand new clothes, holding colorful candies in their hands, and eating with mouths full of saliva.

These candies are made with sucrose instead of traditional maltose.

While praising the development of heavy industries such as steel, smelting, machinery, and electricity, he did not forget the light industry.

After all, light industry mainly produces daily necessities.

The main technologies of light industry are in the Patent Department.

When the technical conditions for each light industry are met, the Patent Division will list the patent to remind merchants to purchase it.

Therefore, Dasong now has a workshop specializing in the production of cane sugar candies.

As merchants understand candy technology, they are also innovating themselves, such as adding natural food colorings to make the candies more beautiful.

"Your Highness, Luan'er and I are going to buy some too." Feng'er was greedy after seeing the candy in the child's hand.

Dasong is changing with each passing day, and new affairs are constantly emerging, which is dazzling.

Sometimes there are some small things that she has never seen before.

"You go." Zhao Xu smiled and followed slowly behind the two of them.

The two crossed the road and stopped at a grocery store diagonally opposite.

The grocery store has a wide variety of products, most of which are industrial products manufactured by Dasong Workshop.

Not to mention old items such as liquor, perfume, soap, glass bottles, and pocket watches, there are also new candies, rubber bands, and rubber-soled shoes.

After buying candies, the group continued to the east and west markets, but the crowds became increasingly crowded as they went in.

Yang Susu couldn't help but sigh that Yancheng today was even noisier than Jinling.

Zhao Xu is mainly concerned about public sentiment.

Along the way, he saw that the poorest people were wearing cotton clothes instead of linen clothes, and he was very relieved.

Seeing that the market is booming and people have more or less money to buy new year's goods, they feel even more comfortable.

However, he knew that this was Yancheng, under the emperor's feet, naturally prosperous, but it could not represent the entire Dasong.

His goal is to make the entire Dasong people rich.

And not only to be rich, but also to have a living standard that is ten, a hundred, or a thousand times higher than that of the West.