The gang ranking competition held once every thousand years is the most eye-catching event in the Flame City. Due to the large number of gangs participating in the gang ranking competition each time, tens of thousands of gangs in the entire Flame City have to compete one by one, so the ranking competition will continue
A rather long time.
From start to finish, it probably takes about a year.
And this year will also be called the ranking year.
Every ranking year is a complete carnival for all residents and merchants in Flame City.
According to the established rules, during the ranking year, each gang will stop collecting protection fees for one year from merchants within their sphere of influence, and the merchants will make a balance for the protection fees that they do not need to pay this year.
Half discount, half of the value will be discounted into the price of the product, and this half of the profit will be given to an appropriate price reduction for the product.
At the same time, a large number of residents with sufficient financial resources will go to watch the entire process of qualifying. As for the ticket sales of the qualifying match, the city government official will host it.
Therefore, for the residents and merchants of Flame City, the ranking year is as lively as the Chinese New Year in the earth plane. During the ranking year, the income of merchants will often increase exponentially, and the residents will also be attracted by the goods during this period.
The huge discounts stimulated terrifying purchasing power.
Naturally, it also has a very positive promotion effect on the tax revenue of the city lord's mansion.
In short, the Ranking Year is a grand festival for the entire Flame City, and it is also something that all residents of the Flame City look forward to once every thousand years.
"It's so lively. All these people are laughing and laughing. How come the gang ranking match makes them so happy?"
Li Meimei walked curiously in the streets of Flame City, guarded by the old man and sixteen servants. The handsome man beside her originally wanted to walk side by side with Li Meimei, but Li Meimei refused without hesitation.
He could only follow this group of people with some embarrassment.
"Ahem, the entire God's Domain is like this. It's not just unique to Flame City. It's just that you have been living in the Eternal Forest and have no chance to see the outside world."
The old man coughed twice and said.
"But the gang ranking competition is just for the gangs in the city to arrange seats and distribute benefits, isn't it? What does it have to do with these ordinary residents? At most, they are just watching the excitement."
Li Meimei asked curiously.
"This... for the residents of a city, there are two types of taxes they need to bear. One is the official tax from the city lord's palace. This tax accounts for about ten percent of their total income. The other is
One is from the gang force in charge of the place where you live, but this kind of tax will only be levied on merchants, which will probably account for about 40% of the merchant's costs. Of course, the final cost will be passed on to
On the buyer. You should know that taxes are collected on
In units of years, during the year when the qualifying competition is held, according to the established rules of the entire God's Domain, the taxes levied by the gang on merchants will stop for one year. This is equivalent to a 40% reduction in merchants' costs.
Basically all merchants will use the 40% cost savings at this time to reduce the price of goods according to a certain proportion, ranging from 10% to 40%, so for ordinary residents,
This year is also a very exciting year for them.”
The old man explained in detail.
"Understood... So, many people should save the things they usually want to buy this year, except for the necessary consumables, so for merchants this year, their revenue proportion
It will also be ridiculously high, no wonder..."
Li Meimei nodded, and then suddenly asked: "Then...does a store like Shenbingju also have to pay the taxes collected by gangs?"
"Have you ever seen anything on sale in Shenbingju?" the old man asked back.
Li Meimei then had a look of realization on her face, then changed the subject and asked: "Grandpa Mu, have you investigated Brother An Yi's situation clearly?"
"Well, the investigation is clear." The old man said as he once again set up a divine barrier around the area.
After investigating all the information about Qin Anyi throughout the night, the old man felt more and more that all information about Qin Anyi must be kept strictly confidential, so that the method of delivering the news that he originally planned to deliver also changed directly.
For the sake of safety, the old man did not plan to use any communication channels. Instead, he prepared for the affairs of Flame City and immediately took his little princess home first. He wanted to report the matter about Qin Anyi face to face!
"Your An Yi brother is indeed incredible. According to the information we received from our investigation, he was promoted to the divine realm from a lower plane five years ago. Five years ago, he was only at the peak level of a lower god.
In just five years, he has climbed to the peak of the middle god in an incredible way. What is even more incredible is that, if your judgment is correct, then he is a fellow practitioner of the fifth system who has reached the peak of the middle god! At the same time, he also comprehended space and
According to the law of time, all this only took five years!"
The old man had a sigh of relief.
"Five years?!" Li Meimei looked at the old man blankly, wondering if she had heard wrong.
"Yes, you heard it right. It is indeed only five years. Do you think it is incredible? There is even more incredible. According to the investigation, the Kong Sha next to him has only had only five years since he ascended from the lower plane.
More than a hundred years. In just over a hundred years, he has reached the level of a high god from a lower god... He is still a fellow cultivator of the third lineage... Compared to the guy you met six hundred years ago... he can only
His qualifications are mediocre."
The old man said with a wry smile.
"Kong Sha has been promoted from a lower god to a higher god in more than a hundred years? This is impossible!" Li Meimei exclaimed. She couldn't help but be shocked. There was a god-level strongman in the divine domain who made a calculation and calculated the qualifications.
The time required for promotion when luck, resources, etc. are all 100% optimal.
Among them, the process from a lower god to a higher god is believed by this god-level powerhouse to take about 850 years at the shortest time. Facts have also proved that for countless years, no one has been able to break through this limit...
"It's really unbelievable, but the facts, and... I think Kong Sha's rapid improvement must be related to Qin Anyi, because according to the results of the investigation, before Qin Anyi ascended to the divine realm, Kong Sha was in the first hundred years or so.
In that time, he was only promoted from the lower god to the lower god peak. His real rapid development in strength was after meeting Qin Anyi... In other words, it took the same five years to go from the lower god peak to the upper god.
"
After the old man finished speaking, he gave Li Meimei a complicated look: "I will go back and discuss this matter with your parents in detail, but I think it is appropriate to maintain a good relationship with Qin Anyi for the time being."