Chapter 435 (1/2)

Chapter 435

Written on the contract was that s There are no other taxes besides that It was an offer these two could not give up as taxes were usually her

The reason for this is because h the taxes were never declared, the hly in order to pay the officials These taxes also come fro and Wu De have various stores around Jingzhou, all of which have granaries These granaries were used to store food and also to avoid checkpoint taxes For exa, you need to pay thirty percent of the provisions you carry in as tax You also need to pay ten percent as tax to the gate guard as a gift or you will be accused of various cri to anybody except for the Lord of Xiangyang Last but not least, another ten percent as a gift to your patron For exa This percent had to be paid another ten percent

After adding in all the other expenses, it would be acould even obtain forty percent of his earnings Even during a year with bumper harvest, he could only obtain thirty percent

On the other hand, Liu Mang only taxed the as they took out a receipt that said that they have already paid tax, they would not be obstructed at all Of course, there would still be routine inspections However, if one of the gate guards were to accept bribes, they can be reported to the govern fees and other expenses, they could earn a sixty percent profit This was a very high percentage which hy the two merchants were shocked

This was only the first part The second part was that the zhou would be exempted from taxes for the first three years

Exemption from tax! ThisSi for bribes

Was such a good deal even possible? Fatty Liang and Wu De looked at Jia Xu with doubt

Jia Xu nodded, alleviating their worries The two had been worried that Liu Mang would go back on his words but Liu Mang would not do that because by placing the zhou except only for the first three years If a person’s business failed in the first three years, Liu Mang would not do anything Their losses is theirs to bear On the other hand, if the ood business in three years, they would be likely to stay for zhou would also profit from those additional years

The third part states that if a merchants were to invite other merchants in, they would receive half a year exezhou, the longer the duration However, the condition was that these er than that of the referrer Of course, they would still be rewarded if the referred e scale one like theirs

Fatty Liang had already started to zhou, he would bring otherprovisions but not other goods This is because Jingzhou obtains its wealth fro

The fourth part was about governovernzhou For exa wanted to sell ce to use for buildings, da wanted a person with the s They would also be in charge of things like negotiating the prices of weapons

“Wouldn’t you need to force so and Wu De asked when they read about governovernment merchants cannot do any other business All their business properties are to be sold off and they could no longer do any businesses other than the one given by the govern their own position for personal gains

This was so that may attract se businesses would not want to part with it