"Madam, do you think this wine is expensive?"
Wu Xian waved his hand to signal the messenger to leave.
Madam Zheng was speechless: "Forty-six taels per altar is not expensive?"
She has been in charge of the middle class for so many years, and she is in control of the house's incoming and outgoing accounts. She knows the price and quality of an item. Even the best wine stored in the house's wine cellar only costs more than 20 yuan per jar.
two!
The more expensive wines are either very old or extremely rare, or they are tribute wines used to pay tribute to the king.
There is nowhere to buy a jar of this kind of wine for a hundred taels!
Wu Xian smiled and said: "It's not expensive, not expensive at all."
"What kind of wine is this?"
The principal lady became a little more curious after hearing this.
"Of course it's a good wine that all the scholars and warriors in the world can't resist." Wu Xian took the cloth handed over by the Madam, wiped his feet, put on the new socks, walked to sit down next to the Madam, and said as usual.
, "I thought that when this thing got into Wen Zhu's hands, it wouldn't stop selling it for a hundred and eighty taels, but I didn't expect that it would end up hastily at just forty-six taels. It was unexpected."
Madam Zheng didn’t understand Wu Xian’s attitude.
A jar of wine sells for a sky-high price. Isn't this something Wu Xian is very taboo about? How do you think he meant it, but it makes him regretful?
She asked: "Isn't this a good thing?"
Wu Xian leaned on the table with a lazy expression: "How can this be a good thing? If Wenzhu sells a jar, he has to pay high city tax and liquor tax... He sells it for a low price, so he pays less. Wenzhu
The price of the fifty jars of wine that was delivered has also dropped..."
The wife was said to be speechless.
I didn't expect that my husband had this idea.
Most of the wine is brewed from grain, and the common people are still unable to have enough food and clothing. How can there be excess grain to satisfy the addiction to wine? Whether it is Tianhai or other places, wine is a "light luxury" that is strictly controlled.
It doesn't matter if people make small-scale wine in private, but if they want to buy and sell it, they must pay high city tax and special liquor tax. To put it simply, if Shen Tang's wine is bought and sold here, he has to pay tax to Tianhai!
Well, there is still no tax refund in March every year.
Wu Xian was willing to sell Xu Jie to save face, and he did not interfere in this matter for this reason. Why should he kill a good thing that can generate income? This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone! Wu Xian also has another plan in his belly.
An abacus.
Tianhai and other aristocratic families live a prosperous life, and secretly engage in some secretive ways of amassing money, but they jump back and forth to test the bottom line allowed by the law. He can't beat these people openly, but he can make their money bags slim down in roundabout ways!
Naturally, you cannot express these ideas directly to your wife.
Madam is not only his first wife.
She is also his brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
The daughter of my father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Wu Xian could not say as much to Mrs. Zheng as he did to Mrs. Mi. Most of the time, he could only say so much.
He sneered: "I wonder what Shen Youli's face would be like if he knew about Tianhai City Tax and Liquor Tax? Wen Zhu is doing business like this. Next time, he should send more people to protect him to avoid being chased by Shen Youli with a sword in anger.
…”
To be fair, it's not that he doesn't value Qin Li's proposal.
Shen Tang's team is indeed a Caotai team.
But Shen Tang fought against Gong Xiqiu alone, which shows how strong his ability is in individual combat. If he listened to Qin Li's suggestion and destroyed someone else's stall, and someone came to assassinate him with a sword - when Wu Xian thought of this scene, My neck feels a little chilly.
When trouble is diverted to the east, killing someone with a borrowed knife is the best strategy.
The wife saw her husband habitually squinting his eyes and pretending to take a nap. He hesitated to speak. After a while, the air was so quiet that only the breathing of the couple was left. Wu Xian asked: "Madam, is there something on your mind?"
Madam Zheng took the opportunity to mention: "This morning my brother and sister suddenly sent an invitation, inviting me to the plum blossom banquet..."
Wu Xian: "... Prepare the congratulations, so no one needs to go."
The lady moved her lips.
Wu Xian added: "The wine sent by Wen Zhu tastes good. Let's add five more jars. You can take care of the rest."
Madam Zheng said softly: "Yes."
The brother-in-law gave it to the brother-in-law, but the brother-in-law couldn't treat one favorably. He simply asked the wife to send it to another family. After lying down for a while, Wu Xian didn't feel sleepy, so he got up.
"Remember that there are still some things to deal with, Madam, go to bed first."
Without waiting for the Madam to say anything, he put on his clothes and left. The Madam looked at her husband's retreating back, her eyes almost turned red with anger, she held the handkerchief with her fingers and silently endured the astringent feeling on the tip of her nose.
The dowry maid whispered: "Madam..."
After a long while, Mrs. Zheng said quietly: "He finally came here, but he got angry and left again..."
Outsiders say that Wu Xian and his wife are a loving couple. This evaluation was true in the past, but it has been very different in recent years. One of the root causes that affects their relationship as a couple is her two unsatisfactory brothers and younger brother.
Six out of ten of the family property is in their hands.
Later, Wu Xian discovered that the two brothers secretly instigated Wu Xian's two legitimate sons to fight and treated the younger brother harshly. This happened to be Wu Xian's taboo. What's even more bizarre is that the two brothers made another plan when their plan failed. Xian and other brothers came closer.
There are also some other naughty operations...
The relationship between the two families is very tense.
The wife felt sorry for her eldest brother and younger brother, and the relationship between her and Wu Xian also became tense. After being assassinated during an impromptu hunting trip, Wu Xian rarely came to the wife's house.
I rarely come to the backyard and sleep in other people's houses.
It's not that Wu Xian suspected that Mrs. Zheng had assassinated him and married his wife, but he still knew about it - as a married woman, her brothers were unreliable, and when her natal family was declining year by year, her husband was her, and she was the eldest of the children she gave birth to. rely.
But it is very possible to trust Wu Xian's current situation too much and inadvertently reveal Wu Xian's current situation.
Wu Xian couldn't force her to break off with her mother's family or completely give up her two ineffective brothers. It was impossible for her to do it because of her temperament, so she remained rigid.
In fact, as long as the wife doesn't mention the bad brothers from her mother's family, the couple still has a lot to talk about.
Wu Xian braved the wind and snow to go to the study.
The attendant asked: "My parents are really going to spend the night here?"
Wu Xian said angrily: "Is it possible to spend the night in another lady's room, and then the next day everyone in the house will know that we had a quarrel? Stop talking nonsense and find out if there is anything else we can do."
Attendant: "..."
But when the parents came out of the wife's room, they ended up pitifully spending the night in the cold study room. It would not be nice to hear about it.
Unlike Shen Tang, the hard-working involution king, Wu Xian has a complete team. Even if he can finish today's work today, he can still get paid leave every once in a while. After searching around, he couldn't find anything that Wu Xian needs to deal with. secular affairs.
This is the difference between people.
Wu Xian could only read the local dialect books to pass the time.
Seeing this, the attendants could only sigh - the parents were having a hard time, and the wife was also having difficulties. The two unsatisfactory brothers did not want to correct themselves and revitalize the family, but instead made a wrong idea and forced the married sister to cry. Two made trouble and three hanged themselves.
After ten years of hard work...
Even couples whose love is stronger than gold will be broken up.
The first batch of ten jars of wine was an unexpected hit.
The second batch exceeded the five hundred and two mark.
After several batches, the height gradually increased.
But the total price is not too outrageous.
After deducting the city tax and liquor tax, as well as costs such as labor, share sharing, and transportation, Xu Jie fiddled with his abacus and calculated the accounts, converting them into similar seedlings, farm tools, and cattle.
Of course, this matter must be approved by Wu Xian.
After all, we can't leave any excuse for Qin Li.
Wu Xian just glanced at it and agreed.
For the sake of Shen Tang paying so much tax to himself.
Wu Xian's gentle smile these days makes people feel like a spring breeze. People who don't know about it might think that his family has added another child.
He handed the order back and told Xu Jie: "You can also ask Brother Shen later if Heyin is short of food. If so, Tianhai can offer cheaper prices. The two families should help each other. Yes. Just tell me what difficulties you have, and you're welcome."
He fully interprets the four words "Tangdi's deep love", and several brothers will have doubts about who is his brother.
The corners of Xu Jie's mouth twitched slightly.
He said: "Wei."
"As the saying goes, 'Everyone is not guilty of having a jade in his possession.' Naturally, no one from the Tianhai, Heyin, and Heyin families will covet the brewing recipe in the hand of Brother Shen. But if it is spread, there is no guarantee that other people with good intentions will have inappropriate thoughts. We are not the only ones. We have to keep it a secret, and Brother Shen should also carefully choose the people to cooperate with. Brother Shen is young and makes many mistakes in his actions. Remember to remind him when you go there this time."
Xu Jie replied: "Wei."
Wu Xian gave many more nagging instructions.
Xu Jie wrote them down one by one.
After he left, Wu Xian recruited his confidants to accompany him.
"Give you a mission."
What task?
Naturally, I brought the wine to trick Gu Ren and Zhang He.
Especially Zhang He, this guy is very rich!
When Xu Jie arrived at Fugu in Heyin for the second time, he found that Fugu City had undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before. Most of the snow a few days ago had melted, and even though it was freezing cold, many places could still See busy figures.
Xu Jie reported his identity and was taken to the prison.
He arrived with his front foot, and Shen Tang came back with his hind foot.
"Wen Zhu is back now?"
Xu Jie: "..."
Why does this sound so weird?
He still said: "Well, Shen Junan is well."
"Hey, I'm feeling very well. Is this trip going well?"
Xu Jie took out a few volumes of account books from his sleeve and handed them over. The accounting method he used was still very old-fashioned. Shen Tang found it difficult to read. There were clear records of how many jars were sold on any day and how much they cost. Shen Tang added up. Make a lot of money!
It’s just that the smile hasn’t risen yet…
When she saw the final settlement, her smile disappeared instantly.
"Wait a minute - Wen Zhu, this account is wrong!"
Xu Jie pretended to be shocked and confused: "What's wrong?"
Shen Tang said: "Look, the first batch is 460 taels, the second batch is 530 taels, the third batch... let's take an average and treat each batch as five hundred taels. There should be fifty taels in one altar...but how can I make the balance..."
She pointed to the pitiful two thousand three hundred taels at the end. Although more than two thousand three hundred taels was a huge fortune for her, it was still far from the expected amount!
Xu Jie had to explain patiently.
Tianhai's city tax plus liquor tax is almost half of it. In order to let his lord Wu Xian sell strategic materials such as seedlings, cattle, and farm tools, he privately made a contribution, and then deducted other bits and pieces, and that's it. Already.
Seedlings are all good seedlings.
Although the farm tools are not brand new, they are better because of their low prices.
The farm cattle have served for many years and have rich experience.
Shen Tang's hands holding the account books were shaking.
Gritting his teeth in his heart, Wu Xian turned over and over to greet his ancestors for eighteen generations, but on the outside he was considerate and acted as a sincere, innocent, silly and sweet person to the extreme. Is Wu Xian cutting leeks? Shen Tang's blood pressure is high when he thinks that he is the leek. Already.
When it comes to darkness, the sky and the sea are still dark.
Pay double the city tax and liquor tax, get 5 out of 10!
Xu Jie also truthfully relayed Wu Xian's diligent advice.
But in Shen Tang's ears, it was a combination of hard and soft tactics. If Shen Tang could accept it, the business would continue, everyone would close down and make a fortune, and she wouldn't have to worry about the treasure being exposed and attracting covetous attention from the outside world. If she didn't accept it, the consequences would be unpredictable.
The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade.
There are literary scholars and courageous warriors all over the world.
Shen Tang swallowed the old blood clogged in his throat.
He originally wanted to trick Wu Xian and use his bare hands to hollow out the family's small treasury, but he didn't expect Wu Xian to use this opportunity to make a fortune and make a lot of money.
Of course Shen Tang is not afraid of the so-called external covetousness.
The worst thing to do is confess the magical nature of those wines.
Crisis can naturally be resolved.
But if you want to cut leeks, you can't do it with wool.
The wine produced by Yan Ling is not worth the high price.
In the blink of an eye, Shen Tang had made a decision.
Why don't you want the money that came from a free hand?
More than two thousand three hundred taels is pure profit!
How many seedlings can I buy?
Shen Tang was also very good at changing faces, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Hey, I got sidetracked and forgot about the city tax and liquor tax. Please don't blame me. Brother Zhaode's worry is not unreasonable. Don't worry, business will only be done in the future. Be a family."
The knife will only kill your family!
My back molars grinded loudly in my heart.
Seeing that Shen Tang had no objection, Xu Jie was surprised.
He thought he would see Shen Tang furious. After all, Wu Xian was really damaged by this incident.
"only--"
Shen Tang changed the subject.
He complained softly and aggrievedly.
"The liquor tax and city tax are too high..."
Xu Jie said: "This is also unreasonable. It is the same everywhere. There is little food. If it is not controlled, people will go to brewing wine for huge profits. By then, more people will starve to death, and food prices will rise sharply... which is not good for people's livelihood. Stablize……"
He really meant what he said.
Shen Tang thought hard: "Can't we avoid taxes reasonably?"
Xu Jie: "Reasonable... tax avoidance?"
Shen Tang slapped his thigh and said, "Yes."
Xu Jie couldn't figure out how to exploit the loophole.
Shen Tang said: "Business can't be as rigid as you. The wine tax on selling wine is high, so if you sell wheat rice, buy a bucket of wheat rice and get a jar of wine. Wine is given as a gift, not sold. The tax should only be paid. Can’t we avoid the city tax on wheat, rice, and wine tax?”
Xu Jie: "..."
Shen Tang asked tentatively: "Isn't this okay?"
Xu Jie said with difficulty: "This, this..."
He thought about it and realized that he could really do this.
Shen Tang sneered inwardly, playing tricks with her, she has a hundred reasonable ways to avoid taxes!
She put her hand on Xu Jie's shoulder, and the two brothers conspired and discussed: "In addition to selling wheat, there are other ways to do it. Let's play 'distribution'. When you ask customers to charge money, you are handing over the money to you in advance." In your hands, you can then spend it. For example, you can buy something in your store with one thousand taels. If you buy a certain amount, you can buy a jar of wine at a low price, such as one tael. If that doesn't work, you can do a blind box lottery, and you can draw one hundred taels. , if you draw ten consecutive rounds, you will get a jar of wine..."
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The next chapter is the spring plowing ceremony. Guess which line?
PS: After carefully reading the comments from readers in the previous chapter, Yingying (she is a little beauty with silver dots) is probably not in heat. She has been barking at me all night. Maybe, maybe, maybe, she is just scolding me_(:з)∠ ?)_
This chapter has been completed!