After finding a hotel in Haitao City to stay, Zhao Hai and the others came out of the hotel and walked around Haitao City. The more they looked at Liu Quan's face, the uglier he became. He found that Hai
The business scale here in Taocheng is larger than expected. It is at least about two-thirds larger than what he saw in the report. In other words, every year, the Martial Alliance will collect nearly two-thirds less here.
How could Liu Quan not be angry about the tax?
After wandering around the city for a long time, Zhao Hai and the others directly found a restaurant, went in and sat down, and then ordered some dishes. Because it is close to the sea, there is never a shortage of seafood here. They ordered a lot of seafood and some
Some wine. After the waiter brought the food and wine, Zhao Hai ate some seafood, then took a sip of wine, and then looked out the window. They were now in a private room of the restaurant, and this private room could directly see the outside.
Zhao Hai glanced outside, then turned to look at Liu Quan and said, "Why, Liu Quan, are you feeling very angry? Is this place different from what you imagined?" Zhao Hai had already seen the change in Liu Quan's face.
He also guessed what Liu Quan was thinking, so he asked directly.
When Liu Quan heard what Zhao Hai said, he nodded and said: "Yes, young master, I have been in King Wu's Palace all my life, and most of the time, I have been serving the alliance leader. I have seen many reports from the alliance leader, among which
There are many reports about Haitao City. The reports have always said that the permanent population of Haitao City is only about 700,000, and the scale of commercial transactions is only about one-third of the current level. Now look at Haitao City
What does the city look like? With such a scale, how can this not be surprising? What does this mean? This means that at least two-thirds of the annual tax revenue here in Haitao City is not handed over to the Martial Alliance. How does this mean?
It doesn’t make people angry.”
When Zhao Hai heard what Liu Quan said, he couldn't help but smile. Then he turned his head and glanced outside, and then said: "Okay, don't get excited, it's useless to be excited. I can understand what you said.
But one thing I still have to tell you is that this matter is probably not as simple as you think. How many years has the Pei family been operating in Wumeng, how many years have the top ten families been operating in Wumeng, and what is going on here in Haitao City
, do they not know? Looking at the current state of Haitao City, I am afraid that it has not been a day or two, and they may not have known about it all the time? If they know, but have never revealed this matter, then what is inside this matter?
You can imagine how much inside information there is, right?"
When Liu Quan heard what Zhao Hai said, he couldn't help but be stunned. Then his expression couldn't help but change. Then he looked at Zhao Hai and said: "Master, you mean that the alliance leader has known about this for a long time? But that's not right. I have always
Following the alliance leader, I have never received any reports in this regard."
Liu Quan is a close relative of Pei Jing. If there is any inside story here in Haitao City, how could he not know about it? It is precisely because of this that Liu Quan said this. Zhao Hai looked at Liu Quan and smiled slightly.
: "When I was walking on the street just now, I saw many shops, and many of these shops had marks on them. Those marks were the marks of the Pei family and the ten major families. Dare you say
Don’t the Pei family and the ten major families know about this? They know it, but they don’t say it. What does that mean? It means that the taxes in Haitao City are not paid by the people in Haitao City, but by the people above.
I don't want them to pay. Although the Martial League is now controlled by the Pei family and the ten major families, it is not completely controlled by them. Although the tax collected is controlled by them, how it is used is controlled by them.
, but if they use all that money on themselves, it will also cause a strong backlash from the people below. After all, there are many officials at all levels in Wumeng, and in the eyes of those officials, Wumeng is not just Pei
What belongs to the Pei family and the ten major families also belongs to them. If the Pei family and the ten major families use the money at will, the people below will not agree. In this way, the Pei family and the ten major families want to have their own
As for the source of income, if you have money at your own disposal, what should you do? Just rely on business? Even if it is not enough, right?"
Having said this, Zhao Hai paused for a moment, looked at some things and made Liu Quan stupid, and then said: "Even if they rely on business income to support their expenses, what business is the most profitable in the world?
The shipping business is definitely one of the most profitable businesses. If they control Haitao City and pay less taxes, their income will be more. Then their expenses will naturally be more. If you don’t believe it, tell me about this.
If you report it, you will be guaranteed that there will be no results, this matter will only be suppressed, and no one will know that you told Pei Jing about this matter."
Liu Quan was silent. He had already thought that when he was still serving Pei Jing, when some people from the Pei family came to see Pei Jing, Pei Jing would always send him away and Pei Jing would talk to those people.
He didn't know what was going on. From this point of view, what Zhao Hai said was probably true.
When he thought of this, Liu Quan couldn't help but sigh lightly. He stopped talking. Zhao Hai looked at Liu Quan's appearance, then smiled slightly and said: "You don't have to sigh. I can tell you for sure that even if you go to check this
Even if you do this, you won’t find any problems. You see, the business scale here is so large, but the taxes are low. If you trace it, you will find that they have many tax avoidance methods, such as the top ten families or Pei
Your family’s property does not need to pay taxes, or it pays less tax, or other shops. Many shops belong to the same shop. They only need to pay one tax. As for the population, it is even more complicated.
It’s simple. I remember that if there are still slaves here in the Martial League, they are like servants in some big families. They will not be counted in the population. In other words, those servants are slaves, they are not
Calculated as a normal population, if you want to check the population of Haitao City, you will not find that the proportion of slaves here is more than that of other places. Those people are slaves, and they cannot be counted as a population, so here in Haitao City
There seem to be millions of people, but 300,000 of them are slaves, so the permanent population is only 700,000, which is no problem."
When Liu Quan heard what Zhao Hai said, he couldn't help being stunned, but he immediately said: "It's impossible, the slaves are all marked, but the people here..." At this point, Liu Quan suddenly stopped
, he understood what Zhao Hai meant. No one stipulated that the marks on slaves must be on the face, or somewhere where people can see them. If those people have slave marks on their bodies, they are all visible to you.
What about places you can’t reach?
When he thought of this, Liu Quan stopped talking. He looked out the window and found that many of the shops on the street had the marks of some big families. There were also many shops with the marks of the Pei family, and
According to the rules of the Martial League, the taxes paid by the Pei family and the ten major families are very small, so the taxes paid here in Haitao City are only about one-third of the market size, which makes sense.
After figuring out what was going on, Liu Quan couldn't help but let out a long sigh. To be honest, he really didn't know what to say about this matter, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. He really didn't know.
What should be said, but no matter what, the Pei family did not suffer in this matter.
Thinking of this, Liu Quan didn't say anything. He took a sip of wine, sighed lightly, and then said to Zhao Hai: "I'm sorry, young master, I'm your servant now. I shouldn't care about this matter.
I disappoint you, young master." Liu Quan looked at Zhao Haidao.
Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said: "This is nothing, it's human nature. Don't think about it. Let's go find out when the ship to the steel industry will be available, so we can make preparations." Liu Quan responded.
, and then the three of them started to eat. After eating, Zhao Hai called the waiter into the room.
After the guy arrived, Zhao Hai paid for the meal, and then gave the guy a silver coin as a reward, and then said to the guy: "Brother, let me ask if there is any place in this city where I can buy it."
Tickets for the ferry to the Steel World? We plan to go to the Steel World."
When the guy heard what Zhao Hai said, he immediately said: "Guest, if you want to go to the steel industry, you have found the right place. We have a dedicated route to the steel industry here in Haitao City.
In the Steel World, I just don’t know whether you want to live in the sailboat in our Daowu World or ride on the iron ship in the Steel World."
Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Is there any difference? Please let me know." Zhao Hai really didn't know that there are so many details about taking a boat. According to this guy, he went from the Daowu world.
In the steel world, there should be two types of ships. Sailboats should be wooden, and iron ships should be the big ships in the steel world.
The guy said: "There is a difference, of course there is a difference. If you want to take a sailing boat here in our Daowu world, the price will be a little cheaper and the speed will be a little slower, but there will be no danger, and in
It may be more comfortable when sailing in the sea area of our Dao Martial World. However, the iron ships in the Steel World generally will not enter the sea areas of our Dao Martial World. They will wait in the open sea and send
The small boats take people to the big ships. Those big ships are all iron ships and do not use sails. I heard that they can only be driven by something called a steam engine. The speed is very fast. Of course, from Haibang City to the outer sea
After a while, you have to get off the sailboat, and it is still a small boat, so it will be a little uncomfortable, but once you get on the iron boat, it will be different. I heard that the iron boat is very big, and the room is very big, and it will be very comfortable to sit on it.
It’s very comfortable, but of course, the price is also very high.”
Zhao Hai nodded and then asked the guy: "Are there any dangers in taking a boat?" Zhao Hai heard from the guy before that there would be no danger in taking a boat from the Dao Martial World, which made him curious.
, could there be any danger? This made him a little curious, so he asked.
The guy said quickly: "There are dangers, and they mostly happen in the waters of our Daowu world. There are some pirates in the waters of our Daowu world. They will rob the small sailboats that pick up people from the iron ships, and for us
They are unable to attack the large sailing ships here in the Dao Wu World, so there is a certain danger in riding a small sailing ship in the waters of our Dao Wu World."