When Ilman wanted to ask other questions, Long Jintu had already left on horseback. He wanted to take his men to inspect this city, which is also one of the top big cities in the northwest region.
, but if you look at it from the inland area, it is at best slightly better than a county town. You can imagine how backward the economy here is.
After wandering around for a while, he finally realized that there were not many good-looking buildings in the whole city. There were only two buildings that were visible. One building was the consulate of the Rakshasa Empire stationed here, and the other one was.
The building is where the local officials are stationed.
When he was observing the city, the local people were also observing the soldiers of the security group. According to their thinking, the soldiers of the security group would definitely extort money from house to house when they arrived here. There were originally three thousand people stationed here.
There are many soldiers, more than 2,000 of whom are Zamul Khan's men, and more than 800 are soldiers of the Rakshasa Empire. They change their defenses about once every two years. After each change of defenses, these soldiers will go from house to house to extort money, and...
Knock it twice.
In this land in the northwest, all taxes and fines are paid twice. One side is given to the Rakshasa Empire, and the other side is to Jamur Khan's army. Therefore, the lives of ordinary people are miserable, even for many people.
My family is still relatively wealthy, but if I am fined a few more times, it will be difficult for the whole family to put food on the table.
The most important thing is that there is a system for taxation. You only need to continue this system every year. There is no system for fines. As long as those officials and people in the Rakshasa Empire have no money, they will fine the people under clever names.
, if you don’t pay the money, people will immediately come to your home and search it, and the losses will be even greater. So when they impose a fine, many people would rather borrow loan sharks than pay the money first.
superior.
So this gave birth to another industry, that is, lending. Many people usually have no work. They saw the business opportunities in this, so they set up various banks to collect money from rich people.
Then lend it to ordinary people and let these ordinary people work for them for the rest of their lives. This is equivalent to making money from money.
At the beginning, Long Jintu did not interfere too much in this business. After all, he had just arrived in this place and did not understand the situation here. Since it has existed for decades, it may be necessary to exist.
It would be fine to wait until the government officials sent later to deal with it, but something happened that night that made Long Jintu change his mind.
This matter is that someone came to give a gift, and the other party is the largest local bank. According to Long Jintu's investigation, there are more than thirty local banks. Their transactions vary from big to small, but one thing is in common, that is, they
They were all very rich, and the largest bank suddenly sent them two hundred thousand silver coins.
When Long Jintu saw this cash, he couldn't believe it was true. If it were a bank near the capital, it would be normal for them to take out 200,000 silver coins. After all, the economy there is relatively developed, even if
There are also banks in their southwest region that can provide 200,000 silver coins, but this is the northwest region. Even if the city is demolished, according to Long Jintu's idea, it may be difficult to have 200,000 silver coins.
But these people came over with 200,000 silver coins, which shocked Long Jintu.
"Ilman, you are a person who has lived here for a long time. How much profit do these banks make every year? What do they mean by sending this money?"
Long Jintu did not meet the boss of the bank. Instead, he called Ilman over. This guy is quite honest. Although he may not be of the same mind as us, he is indeed a local know-it-all. If Long Jintu wants to know more
If anything happens, this guy should be the best choice, and this guy's family of six people have not fled and are still in this city, so if he answers the question, he will definitely give the true answer, after all
The whole family's lives are still here.
"Going back to the general, the profits of these banks are different. The annual profit of the bank that gave you the gift should be around half a million silver coins. As for why they gave you the gift, on the one hand it is a meeting gift, and on the other hand it must be
It is necessary to continue operating. It is said that there are several large boxes of bills inside their bank. If you don't allow it, it means that all the money they have released before is gone."
Although Ilman can't afford to offend this bank, he will weigh the pros and cons in his heart. The most capable people in this city at the moment are the security team. If the leader of the security team asks you anything, you'd better answer it honestly. If
If you make the commander in front of you unhappy, no one can protect you.
"Five hundred thousand silver coins? You remember correctly?"
Long Jintu was very surprised and said, the annual net profit is as high as 500,000 silver coins, so how much money do they put outside? This is just a city. According to Long Jintu's understanding, all taxes in the northwest region are
Double taxation, many people have to rely on banks to help them pay taxes, so their accounts are never clear. Maybe if you make money this year, it is also money earned by the major banks, and the masterminds behind the major banks
The people are Rakshasa and Jamur Khan.
Long Jintu is extremely shocked now. In addition to having to pay taxes twice, the major banks are another form of exploitation. Regarding this situation in the northwest region, Long Jintu really doesn’t know what to say. Their father and son were in charge of the three southwest provinces back then.
At that time, they also exploited the people to a certain extent. After all, if you don't ask for money from the people, then you won't be able to survive at all. But compared with Jamur Khan, their father and son are definitely more charitable people.
"Replying to your lord, the number I mentioned can only be less, not more. It turns out that there are a lot of people in this city, and there are many herdsmen around. Whenever they pay taxes, they come to borrow money.
People can queue up hundreds of meters long, and their interest rate is relatively high, and the interest is compounded every year. Even my subordinates themselves owe them seventy-five silver coins."
Illman said with some sadness, you must know that the seventy-five silver coins were only thirty yuan at first, but after the interest compounding, it has increased to seventy-five yuan, and he can still pay back fifteen yuan every year...