Seeing Su Yang's money-grubber look, Zhu Biao did not despise him. Instead, he felt that Su Yang was genuine.
After leading Zhu Biao to the reception area in the back hall, Su Yang instructed Old Xue to serve tea.
"Bosses, where are you from?”Su Yang sized up Zhu Biao and the other two. He saw that the two of them were dressed in extraordinary clothes and looked very powerful.
Zhu Biao sat at the bottom of the table. His posture was tall and straight, and his bearing was dignified. Su Yang felt that this person's identity was not ordinary.
"We are traveling merchants from the south, selling specialty goods to various places.”
Su Yang nodded.
It was not easy to be a traveling merchant these days!
Doing business required a business guide, but traveling merchants were even more troublesome. They needed to pay a second type of tax, which was the road tax.
There were strict requirements for what goods could be transported.
Su Yang's frosting could only be sold in Jin Ling City.
If they wanted to sell it around Jinling, they would need to go through the procedures to get the frosting.
For Su Yang, this procedure was very troublesome.
Therefore, Zhu Biao's appearance immediately aroused Su Yang's interest!
"How should I address this boss?" Su Yang asked.
"My surname is Huang." Zhu Biao replied.
Su Yang nodded." Boss Huang, if you want to cooperate with me to sell the frosting, of course, you can, but there are some things that we have to make clear in advance.”
"One is the icing business in Jin Ling city. If you want to sell it, you can only do it outside Jin Ling City.”
"The second is that the amount of frosting needed to reach a certain amount every time you get the goods.”
"Boss Huang, you know the value of my frosting. If I take too little, I won't be able to cover your travel expenses.”
"I need a strong partner.”
Zhu Biao didn't know how to do business, but he understood what Su Yang meant.
When the goods reached a certain volume, it meant that a large amount of money was needed to pay in advance.
This was because the value of the frosting was extremely high!
Without solid strength, this business could not be done at all.
The Crown Prince of Great Ming naturally would not consider the amount of money.
"No problem," he said directly."The number of products we can get from Boss Su in a year is no less than 1,000 catties of frosting!”
A thousand catties of frosting was worth ten thousand gold coins!
This was truly a big business!
Su Yang immediately asked Old Xue to draw up the contract and prepare to sign it today.
"Wait a minute, Boss Su. Before we draw up the contract, I have something to discuss with you." Zhu Biao said.”
"What is it?" Su Yang looked at Zhu Biao.
"The purchase price you gave me for this icing is reasonable, but the declaration of the card is a problem.”
"The average price of sugar is one tael of sugar and three taels of silver, but your frosting is far beyond the market price.”
"When the government collects customs duties, they need to look at the value of the goods. Boss Su, how do you think we should declare this?”
This question was actually a little inexplicable.
The value of the goods was generally constant, and there was no room for fraud.
For example, if Zhu Biao were to pay the customs tax like ordinary brown sugar, he would still be found out when he reached the city where he sold it.
Because he couldn't sell the frosting at the price of brown sugar!
Therefore, Su Yang said directly,"Boss Huang, honesty and credibility are the most important things in doing business. Just quote the price that should be declared!"”
"Besides, the business tax set by the Emperor is so low. We are already secretly happy. You still want to fake it.”
After Su Yang finished speaking, he gave Zhu Biao a " you know " expression.
This made Zhu Biao even more certain that the merchants really felt that the current business tax was not high.
Not only that, but he was also proud of it and very happy.
There was no such thing as not being able to regret paying more taxes to the country!
Su Yang saw that Zhu Biao did not speak and thought that he was still hesitating.
"Boss Huang, you're able to take out tens of thousands of gold to start a business, which shows that you're very powerful.”
"This money should have been accumulated by the emperor's tax system since Hongwu founded the country, right?”
"Since you're already so blessed, don't think about taking shortcuts. Otherwise, you'll lose everything!”
Since Su Yang had already said this, it would be bad if Zhu Biao did not continue.
He pretended to sigh and said slowly,""Boss Su, do you really think that the business tax set by the Emperor is too low?”
"I have a fellow countryman who works in the Ministry of Revenue. I heard from him that the Emperor has the intention of lowering the business tax.”
Lower the business tax again?
Su Yang was a little confused!
Was Zhu Yuanzhang out of his mind?
In the end, instead of increasing the business tax, they reduced it. Were they preparing to starve the officials of the Great Ming Dynasty to death?
The Ming Dynasty's policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce had an impact on the Ming Dynasty in many ways.
Other than the tax system, there was also a ban on the sea and restrictions on the circulation of merchants and goods.
This resulted in serious smuggling in the middle of the Ming Dynasty!
A large amount of the country's tax revenue was swallowed up by smuggling. Seeing that smuggling was so profitable, the officials of the Ming Dynasty still participated.
As a result, the emperor was poor, but the officials were fat.
The last Emperor Chongzhen actually wanted to borrow money from officials to raise military funds!
It was simply a disgrace for the Great Ming Emperor to do this!
Although Su Yang felt that it was enough to bring Zhu Tan 'er to make a fortune and live a good life.
However, when she heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was causing trouble again, she still couldn't bear it!
There wasn't a single Chinese descendant who didn't feel pity for the three hundred years of Ming Dynasty's rule.
This was a dynasty with backbone and blood.
He clearly had the chance to walk on the top of the world, but his country was taken away by the barbarians outside the pass.
It had to be said that many things had gone wrong in the Ming Dynasty since Zhu Yuanzhang!
The more Su Yang thought about it, the angrier he became. He could not help but say it out loud.
"Lower the business tax? I think Emperor Hongwu is preparing to destroy the Great Ming Dynasty!”
Zhu Biao's hand that was holding the cup of tea trembled.
The attendant beside him immediately glared at Su Yang. Clearly, he felt that Su Yang was offending his superiors and looking down on the king!
However, Zhu Biao's eyes signaled him not to act rashly.
Su Yang did not notice the abnormality of the two. At this moment, Old Xue had already gone to the shop outside to settle the accounts.
In the back hall, there were only Su Yang, Zhu Biao, and his entourage.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang had the Jinyiwei as his informers, Su Yang believed that the Jinyiwei did not need a little son-in-law like him.
In his own shop, he naturally said whatever he wanted to say.
There was no recording equipment now. Even if Zhu Biao went to the authorities, he would have no evidence.
At this moment, Zhu Biao put down his teacup and tried his best to calm down as he asked Su Yang.
"Boss Su, why do you say that?"
"It's just a reduction in business taxes. Why is it related to national subjugation?”
Su Yang did not have any scruples and replied directly,"We can't do business today anyway. Since Boss Huang wants to hear it, I'll settle the score for you!”
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