Chapter 263 Countermeasures from both sides
The next morning, Tang Yue ordered Qionghua Pavilion to go to the streets and post notices to notify merchants who should pay taxes and let them prepare. The new tax law will be implemented next month. .
Commercial tax is a tax added to products. For every thirty spiritual stones sold, one spiritual stone must be paid. In fact, it is not that much, but most merchants think that they can avoid paying it. No one thinks too much money.
"Father, I copied the paper I brought to distribute. It needs to be changed to the type of goods subject to commercial tax. Our family is not involved. What needs to be changed is precious jewelry, clothes and high-end magic weapons. It is said to protect these shops. The cost of security is high and taxes should be paid. Other goods are not included in the list, so it has nothing to do with our family.”
Qian Ruoyun took the banknotes advertising the new tax from the street and took them home to his father. Look, my father and mother have been frowning these past few days, and the daughter is also very anxious.
Taking the paper in her hand, the head of the Qian family read the leaflet carefully. After a while, he shook his head and said: "This paper says that this is the first batch of tax reform catalogues. It means that there will be changes in the future, so our money Sooner or later, everyone will have to pay commercial taxes, and there will be no chance to resist."
"What should we do, do we need to go to the city lord?"
"The new tax law requires the city lord's consent. It was announced with a seal. Although I don’t know why the city lord would agree to his daughter’s mischief, he does not stop it anymore.”
“Then we can only pay this tax, even though it is only thirty taxes. , but our Qian family has a large volume of shipments, and we have to pay a lot of money a year.”
“In this case, we will reduce the supply of goods, and use the reason of keeping the payment for taxes, and then cooperate with other companies. Family, when prices in Kunwu City skyrocket and people complain, we will go out and say that this is all caused by the new tax law in the city. Then we will see if she dares to implement tax changes.
However, Qian Ruoyun had doubts in her heart. She felt that Tang Yue could often surprise her and make things difficult for her, but she would instead make things difficult for her.
But she couldn't disobey her father's wishes, so she had to remain silent.
The next day, people found that the prices of food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even private schools and flower houses had increased.
The ones who scolded the most were the disciples studying in the school. The school was crazy. Tuition fees had doubled. They usually had no time to make money and could barely make ends meet. After the price doubled, they would occasionally After accepting a mission, all the spiritual stones earned would be used to pay for tuition, and there was no way I could save up to buy weapons.
In addition, they are a relatively educated group and are good at speaking. For a while, the person who was scolded the most was actually Zixiao Mansion.
Pavilion Master Cao hurriedly sent the masters in the mansion to explain to the students that he had increased the price because everything was going to increase in price soon.
They were preparing for a rainy day, and the tax must be increased. At the head of Zixiao Mansion, a disciple stood up and said: "The new city order only said that one-third of the merchants dealing with valuables must pay taxes, not all merchants. What is the reason for Zixiao Mansion to increase tuition now? ?".
Even those stores that have to pay, say that the price increase is so excessive.
He was right. Zixiao Mansion had always wanted to raise tuition fees. This tax law reform provided them with an excuse, so they raised it twice as much. A golden elixir master replied to him: "Yes. Because taxes have to be paid in the city, we want to recover the taxes to be paid in advance, so as not to be unable to pay them later. You also know how much our young city master of Qionghua Pavilion loves to collect taxes. As long as we pay them a little late, she will come to our door. Collect it."
These methods are just to deceive themselves. The disciple asked on the spot: "It's only 30 yuan for tax, why do you charge twice as much? When will the tax be collected and the price will be increased? Okay, why do you have to accept it now? I think Zixiao Mansion is taking the opportunity to increase the price randomly to squeeze the students’ hard-earned money.”
Many people in the class echoed him, and a few people stood behind the student. They knew that the tuition fee was not right, but they did not dare to question the teacher in public. At this time, someone spoke up for them, and of course they had to support it.
The master was angry. Although the matter was exactly what it was, how could it be brought up in public? He said dissatisfied: "If you don't agree with the tuition fees being so high, you can quit Zixiao Academy and find another good place to study."
"Okay, okay, I won't read this book today, Zixiao The government raised prices without authorization and squeezed students' money. I didn't want to be threatened.
After he finished speaking, he turned around and rescued me. At first, the master didn't care.
Unexpectedly, this male practitioner took more than 40 people away. Most of the room was empty, and the class could not continue. When dozens of disciples went out, they heard someone talking about the new tax law. I'm not a rich person, and I'm not really a proletarian, so the content of the conversation is very limited. After a while, the topic started to get more romantic.
Some people wanted to change the topic. Coming back, "The shopkeepers of those clothes, jewelry, and high-level magical instruments chose to convert the tax into the products. It seems that it will be much more expensive for the powerful disciples to buy life-saving magical instruments in the future." ”
Everyone was still very happy at this time. After all, it was the merchants who were being scolded, and the victims were the rich kids. They earn so much money on weekdays, so sacrificing this is nothing.
Another person said : “I heard that all products will be subject to commodity tax in the future. Isn’t this terrible? We don't have much money to pay tuition. "
The students stepped forward and explained to them: "Commercial taxes must be used to support a standing army. No one knows when the big demon will appear. If we don't pay this money, who will pay for it then?" Will you fight the big monster for us? Do you still want to stir up the bloody storm of the past century again? ”
Kunwu City once suffered from the invasion of big demons. They entered the human world from the demon world through the cracks in space. Its terrifying strength and cruel methods at that time are still remembered by many people in the city.
So at this moment someone said: "If it is to prevent the big demon, I am willing to pay this money. The big demon is too scary. If one day it really comes to Kunwu City, and we don't have a standing army, then our whole city will There is a possibility of destruction."
Another man coughed, "This money may not necessarily be used for the standing army."
"Since they have written that, they have to deal with the tax law. The content must be responsible, otherwise the people will gradually move away from Kunwu City. I believe they all understand this."
The people are arguing for ever, but the first batch of merchants who were asked to pay commercial taxes responded normally. They had long ago. Knowing that this tax was going to be collected, I had to trouble the city guards a lot on weekdays. If I didn't pay, I felt a little uncomfortable.
The head of the Qian family asked his men that the situation was already set, how was the public opinion in the city?
“The people were caught up in fierce quarrels. Of course, some people felt that the imposition of commercial taxes was inappropriate and harmed their interests. But somehow, there was a rumor in the city that Qionghua Pavilion was going to change the commercial taxes. To deal with the big monsters that appear out of nowhere, we should raise a standing army, so everyone should pay taxes actively."
The head of the Qian family slapped the table and said: "Where are there so many space cracks? These people are really worried. , I think they are the envoys sent by the monks of Qionghua Pavilion."
The subordinate did not say much, although he felt that many people really thought so, but he did not dare to say more.
"So what was the reaction of Qionghua Pavilion? There should be people who went to Qionghua Pavilion to oppose it, right?"
"Some people went to protest at the gate of Qionghua Pavilion, but those who supported tax changes also went there. The two groups almost fought. Fortunately, the monks from Qionghua Pavilion maintained order."
"Then Tang Yue didn't come forward?"
"No."
"The two groups just stood and scolded each other, with a line in the middle to separate the two sides to prevent accidents."
It passed. After a while, another person came in to report: "Master, the young master of Qionghua Pavilion brought out a large number of basic materials and sold them at a low price at the entrance of Qionghua Pavilion, which is cheaper than our original price."
" How is that possible? Where did she get the goods? "
"I heard it was from Xiandu."
There are some things to do today. I will add another chapter tomorrow
(End of this chapter)