Lord: Married To A Countess At The Beginning

Gray showed a half-smiling look: "I heard that pirates are rampant in several coastal countries recently. No matter how we catch pirates, those guys can always escape."

It turns out you were the one behind it. "

Lawrence smiled but did not answer Gray's words: "How is it? What do you think of the sincerity of the Tours family now?"

Gray squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "Okay, but this is not your territory. Although you have people stationed here and may even have secretly controlled this area, things that cannot be brought to the table cannot be brought to the table."

"So I can give you the opportunity to cooperate, but in addition to cooperating with me to win this land, you must also lower the commodity tax on the people in my chamber of commerce and exempt all the messy taxes on your territory. ”

Gray's words made Lawrence's expression change.

Taxation can be said to be the foundation for the nobility to settle down and live.

"Two Six Three" What did the nobles fight to the death for?

Isn’t it just population, resources, and tax revenue?

All the nobles can live happily by oppressing the common people in their territories.

This oppression manifests itself in taxes.

The lords were always able to introduce all kinds of inexplicable taxes to squeeze the interests of the common people.

Back then, Harry and the others under Gray were also exploited by various nobles.

Harry didn't pay much attention to it at the time, because it was already a normal phenomenon for him.

As long as he can do business, Harry will not lose money.

As for the nobles, big and small, you only need to give them a little oil and water, and they will not go too far.

In addition, the Northern Chamber of Commerce has Count Anna supporting the show, who dares to have any thoughts about them.

They were already having fun in bed having received a large amount of tax money.

But since Beirut was stabbed in the back, Gray focused on business, and then he realized how many gold coins he had been robbed of by those nobles.

If those guys took the money and lived peacefully, Gray wouldn't say anything, and it was regarded as buying peace.

As a result, those white-eyed wolves stabbed people in the back after taking the money.

In this case, Gray didn't bother to be polite to them.

Lawrence hesitated for a long time before speaking: "King Gray, taxes are our source of income. Isn't it inappropriate for you to do business in our territory without paying taxes?"

What is he doing here?

Isn't it just to let Gray settle in the territory again and maintain his high taxes?

Gray just opened his mouth and immediately killed what he wanted. What else is there to talk about?

If it weren't for the magician and the snake-human woman next to him, he would have slammed the table.

Gray shook his head when he heard this: "I'm talking about those messy taxes. You can collect other normal taxes as normal."

Lawrence smiled bitterly: "King Gray, you should know that normal taxes are too little for the lord!

Gray: "I'm sorry, I don't know, because my factory will bring me a steady stream of profits. I am never short of money, and I don't need to exploit people to survive.

Gray's language was very sarcastic, and Lawrence was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't get angry yet.

Lawrence: "King Gray, our Tours family is really sincere."

Lawrence still couldn't accept Gray's request.

Gray smiled lightly when he heard this, and then said: "I will definitely not pay taxes, but if you are willing to invest, I think I can let you live a good life."

Lawrence was stunned when he heard this: "Investment?"

Gray nodded: "Yes, investment, that is, you invest money to open a store and recruit people, and I provide the goods. For every product sold, you can get a certain commission."

Gray has shown his hand. Now he is not even willing to spend money on the store, let alone hire manpower.

He just said a word and provided the goods, and the other lords operated by themselves.

Gray's words made Lawrence's eyes light up: "Are you serious?"

He didn't expect that the investment Gray was talking about was actually this. Wasn't this a pretense of giving him money?

Lawrence knew how popular those northern products were in the territory.

As long as Gray can provide goods, then they can definitely make money.

Gray nodded: "Of course, but the commission ratio is 37%, 70% for me, and 30% for you. This is considering the cost of recruiting people for your store, and because you are the first person to come to me, I will only give you 30%. , it should be enough for the Tours family to earn more money than taxes."

Lawrence's expression changed when he heard this. Thirty-seven cents was still attractive enough to him, as long as he mentioned the price...

Before he finished thinking, he heard Gray say: "In addition, the price of the goods must be unified, and I have the final say, and every quarter, my people will go to the store to check the accounts, so you don't have to be careful. Once you are If I find something is wrong, I will terminate the cooperation indefinitely."

Lawrence's face turned green when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he could indeed make a lot of money, but he always felt weird...

I can't tell what's wrong.

Lawrence thought for a while before he realized a problem, that is, his and Gray's expressions seemed to have suddenly changed.

In the past, he would just sit back and collect money while Gray's people opened stores, hired people, transported goods, and then had to work hard every day to make money through sales.

And now, he is the one who opens the store. The profit of 37 cents is indeed a huge sum of money, but Gray asked him to open the store, stipulated the appearance of the decoration, hired people, and also specified the salary level of the workers. Then he has to transport the goods himself and make a living.

After working so hard to get money, you still have to pay wages to the workers.

If you just calculate it like this, it can only be considered as barely reaching the previous tax revenue.

He was still exhausted.

This is simply a waste of time.

Lawrence looked up at Gray: "King Gray, the cost of money and time I need to pay is too much. I can't agree. The profit will be at least 46%!"

Gray didn't even look at him when he heard this: "Twenty-eight."

Lawrence:???

Even if you don’t agree with four or six, you can still do three and five!

You just deducted another 10%?!

Gray then raised his head and looked at Turs calmly: "Don't look at me like that, it makes me feel like I have done something sorry for you. Let me declare in advance that your wife and I have never met.

"Lawrence, 1.6 you may not understand one thing, that is, the cooperation between us depends on whether I am willing or not. If I am not willing, you can get out.

"This is the price you pay for backstabbing your allies, Lawrence. You are already lucky to be able to earn a good income. If you don't want to, you can leave.

After Gray finished speaking, he stood up and stretched. He was going home to feed his pets.

Lawrence sighed when he heard this. Indeed, he almost forgot that he was the one asking for help now, which was not a fair cooperation.

There is not much difference between Gray and him. It is just a difference between making more money and making less money.

It’s all about making money anyway.

But they are different. Without Gray, they are losing money!

Taxes are falling again and again, reaching new heights.

Even the initial tax revenue cannot be stabilized, and they still have a lot of high consumption.

So the nobles need Gray, not Gray who needs the nobles. .