The note said that all the taxes for merchants who arrived in Yangzhou were settled at 30% of the sales price, and all other taxes were not included.

Just this one made the two of them unable to stop because the taxes on merchants were simply sky-high!

Why do you say that? Because merchants have no status, take Jingzhou as an example. Although the entire Jingzhou Mu Mansion of Jingzhou did not say the commercial tax in Jingzhou, it not only means that you don’t have to pay taxes, because if you do not pay taxes, then what are the officials of all sizes in Jingzhou who eat?

Where is this tax? It is in various levels and various filial piety.

Fatty Liang and Wu De have shops in Jingzhou, and they also use granaries. This granary is not only for the convenience of collecting grain, but also to avoid taxes at some checkpoints. Just like Xiangyang, the largest in Jingzhou, when you want to enter the city and then enter your own home, you have to pay three floors of grain. This is the pass fee. In addition to the 30% paid to Xiangyang Prefecture, there is also filial piety to the city gate lieutenants. This is another layer, because if you don’t give it, then people will casually say that you have a remnant of the Yellow Turban or a murderer, so whether you have to do this business.

Then he will be the backers in the city, and those backers will also get a first level. For example, in this Xiangyang City, Fatty Liang has a middle-level official in the Xiangyang Guard Station, which is also worthy of filial piety.

This is followed by some information on collecting food and grass, and there are other ten-story profits. Fatty Liang can get about 40% of it, which is really Amitabha. Even if there is a bumper harvest this year, he can only get 30% more often.

Now Liu Mang deducts all city gate taxes and other things. As long as the government collects 30% of the taxes, as long as you take out the documents that have been paid by the official taxes, then all city gates will be unobstructed. Of course, there are still routine inspections. If someone collects city gate taxes, you can submit them to the government offices of various government offices for complaints. If the government offices of various government offices are sheltered, you can report to a higher level.

In this way, the merchant can earn 60% after deducting travel expenses. This is definitely a very high harvest, so the two of them are shocked.

This is the first one, and what is even more shocking is still behind. The second one behind this is that all merchants who move their industries to Yangzhou will be exempted from taxes for three years.

Tax-free! That means you make a real profit and you don’t have to be deducted by the government. Just like before, if someone comes to find fault, you can also report to the government.

It’s possible that you don’t have to teach a penny for three years! Fatty Liang and Wu De looked at Jia Xu beside him in confusion.

Jia Xu nodded, reassuring the two of them. What they were worried about was that Yangzhou went back on his word, but Liu Mang guaranteed that he would not, because as long as you put the industry there, it would be something that could make money for Yangzhou, a place that is in trouble. It would be exempted from three years of taxes. If you don’t manage it well, it would be done in three years, and then Liu Mang would not care about you much. The big loss is you. If you manage it well, you will definitely take root in Yangzhou. Three years, five years, or even ten years, it would be just exempting you from three years of taxes. You have to pay most of the time. If you make a lot of money, Yangzhou will also make money.

The third article is that if you brush other merchants go to Yangzhou to do business, you will be exempted from half a year of tax burden. The more merchants you bring, the more tax you will be exempted. Of course, this is equivalent to merchants of the same size. It is not exempted by you, a big merchant, and a large group of small merchants. Of course, this can also be superimposed. As long as the combined wealth of these small merchants is the same as your big merchant, you can also be exempted from half a year of tax burden.

Fatty Liang was already planning on the side. If he arrived in Yangzhou to do business, he would bring people who were also merchants. Jingzhou prohibited the transportation of food, but it did not prohibit other things because it could not be banned. The prosperity of Jingzhou was brought by those merchants.

Article 4: The official business system! This official business is equivalent to working for Yangzhou. The place you stay is the business where Yangzhou is located. For example, Liu Mang is planning to sell cement so that the people in other places in Yangzhou, such as Lujiang, can also use cement to build houses, and use cement to make other things, such as dams and canals. These are all transactions. Liu Mang just needs people with business minds to run it, bringing money to Yangzhou.

There are also some weapons, such as those that also require officials and businessmen. Weapon shops are built and the government comes to acquire them, and the prices of them also need to be negotiated.

"Isn't this a forceful way?" Fatty Liang listened to Wu De reading the system of the official businessman, and explained below. If you want to be an official businessman, you can't do other business, that is, all your business has to be sold, and you cannot touch these transactions. You can only do the business given to you by Yangzhou Prefecture, so as not to use your power for personal gain.

It’s okay for some small merchants, but how could big merchants like them be willing to bear it?

"Haha! If you can let you bear something, there must be another better one behind!" Jia Xu said with a smile while drinking tea.

Wu De continued to read the following things, "Officials and businessmen are regarded as gentry and report official positions. If they have outstanding achievements, they will be rewarded with titles!"

"Letter! Aristocrats!" Their eyes lit up suddenly. Didn't they fight to the death just to change their identities and become geniuses? Now there is an additional title that merchants can get ranks? This is simply something they dare not imagine. In this history, the merchants got ranks only, and that person is called Lu Buwei!'

This person was a businessman who was planning a country. Lu Buwei was a big businessman in Yangdi. He traveled to and from all over the country, bought at low prices and sold at high prices, so he accumulated a fortune of a thousand gold coins. Prince Dao died in Wei and was transported back to the country and buried in Zhiyang. In the 42nd year of King Zhao, his second son, An Guojun, was made the crown prince. An Guojun had more than 20 sons. An Guojun had a very favored concubine, who made her a wife, and called him Mrs. Huayang. Mrs. Huayang had no son. An Guojun had a middle-ranked one.

The son's name is Zichu, and Zichu's mother is Xia Ji, and she is not favored. Zichu was sent to Zhao as a hostage to Qin. Qin attacked Zhao many times, and Zhao did not treat Zichu with courtesy. Zichu was the grandson of the Qin king and was a hostage in Zhao. The carriages and horses he rode on were not rich in daily income, and his life was difficult and he was very unsatisfied. Lu Buwei went to Handan to do business. After seeing Zichu, he liked it very much and said: "Zichu is like a rare item, which can be hoarded and sold at a high price."

This is how the strange goods come from! After that, Lu Buwei assisted Zichu and became the prime minister of Qin. Later, his Lu family's Chunqiu was not worthy of reading, and even changed the word, one word was worth a thousand gold.

Only such a person has truly been granted a title for marquis and ministers, and has become a gentry and has titles. How many people can Lu Buwei have in this world? They are more like them, who are inferior businessmen like Cai and the ones they are.

But Liu Mang now gave them hope that officials and businessmen will become officials and businessmen, that is, gentry, and that they may have titles, and they will truly climb to the hall instead of the lowest level of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

"I wonder what this official and businessman has to ask for?" Fatty Liang felt his lips cracked. He licked his lips and breathed heavily.

"Haha, now you two have joined the lord's command to do business for Yangzhou, isn't it equivalent to an official and businessman?" Jia Xu said with a smile to the two of them.

"Ahhhhhh!" Wu De and Fatty Liang couldn't believe that happiness came so suddenly. They are now officials and businessmen?

"Of course, you are just officials and businessmen now, but not gentry and no titles. All this depends on your performance!" Jia Xu said to the two. It is impossible to just let these two people be satisfied. Only a hungry dog ​​will truly bite people for the owner and guard the door.

"We will definitely not let down the lord's entrusted!" Fatty Liang and Wu De were very motivated. This person naturally had motivation when he had hope. Now, after hearing what Jia Xu said, both of them burst out with enough motivation.

The last one left is the guild.

Liu Mang asked these merchants to form a chamber of commerce. This chamber of commerce is the representative of all the big merchants and small merchants. The leaders of these chambers of commerce can have the right to meet Liu Mang directly. He can state the needs of merchants like Liu Mang, or talk about some merchant obligations like Liu Mang, and even help other merchants protect their rights. Naturally, the president of this chamber of commerce cannot be lifelong, but needs to be elected by these merchants and be re-elected for at most two terms.

The low position Liu Mang gave to the merchants was really greatly improved. Basically, it was not the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, but even merchants could become gentry members.

"By the way, the lord said that all the merchants who put their industries into Yangzhou can enter the Yangzhou Prefecture School and receive the teachings of great scholars in the Prefecture School. In the future, whether to be a businessman or enter the official career depends on the assessment!" Jia Xu threw out another bombshell.

These businessmen have no status because their children cannot enter the academy, and the official school does not accept them. They can only find some private teachers. However, they cannot enter the official career after studying. Even some official schools that farmers or workers can enter, but businessmen cannot.
Chapter completed!