Tang Dynasty good husband

Chapter 158 The whole county has been arrested
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Wang Danian was finally able to relax his repressed emotions. Unexpectedly, there was no way out and there was no way out. Wang Danian, who was already on the verge of despair, could usher in a turning point in a short period of time.

A barbarian caravan bought all the goods in Wang Danian's hands for half a percent more, and this half percent refers to half the price originally planned to be sold to Yong'anfang. The goods were originally worth more than two thousand, three hundred guan. As a result, I was surprised to get more than 300 yuan, and it was all in cash, and the Hu people had no intention of bargaining.

After chatting, Wang Danian learned that this barbarian caravan was planning to go to Luozhou to buy goods, and then return to the Western Regions. He did not expect to meet Wang Danian and the others just after leaving the city. I have little financial resources, so I am willing to pay half as much as a thank you.

Breaking the contract with Yong'an Square, being played by the aristocratic family, what reserve does Wang Danian have at this moment?Without further ado, he agreed to the barbarian's transaction request, and the only request was cash.

The Hu people took out a lot of copper coins, gold, silver and other things. Although the mainstream currency is copper coins, gold and silver can also be used as currency. Especially for such large transactions, they often choose to use gold for convenience. , silver and other items to settle.

The two parties handed over the goods, and the goods were cleared. Wang Danian did not intend to stay in Weinan, a sad place, for a long time, because he was also afraid that the aristocratic family would do something to him.

Informed the Hu people of his address in Luozhou, and promised to find him to buy goods at the lowest price in the future, so Wang Danian was full of pride and planned to lead the team to fight against Luozhou.

However, the appearance of a cavalry team suddenly disrupted everyone's deployment.

There were not many cavalry, only 30 to [-] people. A man in an official uniform, at a glance, must be the county magistrate, accompanied by small officials and other people.

"Wait a minute, do you want to have a taste of the county's killing power?" Wu Qishi looked at the buyer and seller with cold eyes, sat on the horse, squinted his eyes slightly, and showed his superior attitude to the extreme.

The leading barbarian was a little confused, hesitantly said: "I don't know why the county lord said this?"

"Hmph, a mere barbarian, dare to despise our laws of the Tang Dynasty, according to the law, everyone should be blamed, but this county sees that the year is approaching, and it is not easy to make a big fight, so I will allow you to use money as a punishment. Do you have any objections?" Wu Yu was furious at first. , and then showed the aura of a great contemporary Confucian, seemingly intending to educate these barbarians with reason.

Although the Hu man knew that his status was low, he was backed by many big figures in the Tang Dynasty behind this trip. He would not dare to offend a small county magistrate, but this county magistrate would not dare to offend those big shots. ?
He admits to being despised by officials from all over the country and being despised by the Han people, but this time he can't be punished for nothing. At least let me know what's wrong, right?
"I would like to ask the county magistrate to make it clear, but I don't know where I am wrong."

"Hmph, then let you understand clearly. According to the law, you two are trading in Weinan, why don't you pay the city entry tax? Transaction tax? As far as the amount of tax avoidance is concerned, it is not an exaggeration to steal all the houses. "A petty official next to Shi Wu hurriedly stood up and yelled at Hu Ren and Wang Danian.

"Master Xianzun, but the little one didn't enter the city?" Now it was Wang Danian's turn to be frightened, and he hastily retorted.

In ancient times, the control of merchants was extremely strict, including the Tang Dynasty, and taxation was basically the biggest problem for these caravans.

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, when a caravan enters the city, it needs to pay a tax of [-] yuan according to the value of the goods. This tax item is called a transit tax by many businessmen. It is guaranteed that no one will buy the goods, because it is impossible for the caravan to bear these tax items by themselves. They must calculate these tax items into the cost, and then spread them evenly on the goods.

The other is the transaction tax, which is unavoidable. At the same time, the city entry tax is paid together with the transaction tax, because it is impossible to generate a transaction tax without entering the city, but the two are separate. One pays at the gate of the city, and the other pays at the cities.

In order to avoid various tax items, the merchants and bureaucratic families of the Tang Dynasty also had their brains open and came up with a complete and reasonable tax avoidance system.

Of course, this system in the Tang Dynasty still inherited the system in the former Sui Dynasty.

That is, when it is not necessary, never enter the city.

But if it was night, the caravan would be in great danger if they did not enter the city. If they were targeted by bandits, they would be in great trouble, and the loss would not only be as simple as tax items.

As the saying goes, where there is demand, there will be a market.

On this issue, merchants mainly have two options. One is that caravans with low-value goods often choose to go to the city to rest, because there are many inns and shops in the city, and the prices are cheaper.

Caravans with a lot of cargo will choose to rest in the outskirts inns run by aristocratic families along the way. There are a large number of servants stationed in those inns. Although the safety is not as good as in the city, it is still guaranteed.More importantly, behind these suburban inns, there are basically the shadows of local county magistrates or important officials, and they often pay more attention to the safety of suburban inns.

After all, the caravans entering the city pay their taxes into the national treasury, but for inns in the suburbs, their taxes go into their own pockets.

The prices of suburban inns are higher than those of inns in the city, but they are far less than the city tax, which is only [-]% of the price of the goods.

At this time, the place where Wang Danian and the others were staying was the suburban inn outside Weinan City. Wang Danian also paid a lot of money here in the past few days. It stands to reason that no one will take care of this situation. Just give some money to the servants. If you meet the owner, you can give him a certain amount of money. I have never heard of the Yamen coming back to the suburban inn to collect transaction tax and city entry tax.

And once this matter gets out, the reputation of this inn will be considered bad, and merchants who come and go in the future will find ways to avoid this inn in advance.

"Bold, isn't this Weinan County? Isn't this the land of the Tang Dynasty? How dare you evade taxes and evade taxes?" Wu Yushi's complexion changed drastically, and he reprimanded sharply, and then waved to the yamen servant behind him: "Come on! People, take all these gangsters down, put them in the Weinan prison, and wait for a trial after the official year. All goods and money will be confiscated and put into the county treasury."

Although Wu Yushi's face is stern, but his heart is already excited and unable to do it. This is a political achievement, a big drop of political achievement.

Although the Tang Dynasty’s pacification of officials’ political achievements did not mainly depend on economic indicators, the number one is the development of the population under the rule. The faster the population grows, the faster the promotion will be. If the population growth is slow, or there is a decline, then I’m sorry , you will be held accountable, even dismissed from office and imprisoned.

Although the economy is not the main thing, it is inevitable. With this money, Wu Yushi can completely improve the situation in Weinan. With this money to increase the population under his rule, and with the support of the Wang family behind him, promotion is just around the corner.

'Snapped……'

"Idiot, who asked him to detain people? Go tell Wu Qishi and ask him to collect the taxes quickly and release all the people and property. If he dares to make his own decisions again, I will not spare him."

(End of this chapter)