Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World

After finding a hotel in Haitao City to stay, Zhao Hai and the others came out of the hotel and walked around Haitao City. The more they looked at Liu Quan's face, the uglier he became. He found that Haitao The scale of business here in the city is larger than expected. It is at least about two-thirds larger than what he saw in the report. In other words, the Martial Alliance will collect nearly two-thirds less here every year. Tax, how could Liu Quan not be angry?

After wandering around the city for a long time, Zhao Hai and the others directly found a restaurant, went in and sat down, and then ordered some dishes. Because it is close to the sea, there is never a shortage of seafood here. They ordered a lot of seafood and some Some wine. After the waiter brought the food and wine, Zhao Hai ate some seafood, then took a sip of wine, and then looked out the window. They were now in a private room of the restaurant. This private room could directly see the outside.

Zhao Hai glanced outside, then turned to Liu Quan and said, "Why, Liu Quan, are you feeling very angry? Is this place different from what you imagined?" Zhao Hai had already seen the change in Liu Quan's face. He also guessed what Liu Quan was thinking, so he asked directly.

When Liu Quan heard what Zhao Hai said, he nodded and said: "Yes, young master, I have been in King Wu's Palace all my life, and most of the time, I have been serving the alliance leader. I have seen many reports from the alliance leader, among which There are many reports about Haitao City. The reports have always said that the permanent population of Haitao City is only about 700,000, and the scale of commercial transactions is only about one-third of the current level. Now look at Haitao City What does the city look like? With such a scale, how can this not be surprising? What does this mean? This means that at least two-thirds of the annual tax revenue here in Haitao City is not handed over to the Martial Alliance. How does this mean? It doesn’t make people angry.”

When Zhao Hai heard what Liu Quan said, he couldn't help but smile. Then he turned his head and looked outside, and then said: "Okay, don't get excited, it's useless to be excited. I can understand what you said. But one thing I still have to tell you is that this matter is probably not as simple as you think. How many years has the Pei family been operating in Wumeng, how many years have the top ten families been operating in Wumeng, and what happened in Haitao City. , do they not know? Looking at the current state of Haitao City, I am afraid that it has not been a day or two, and they may not have known about it all the time? If they know, but have never revealed this matter, then what is inside this matter? You can probably imagine how much inside information there is, right?"

When Liu Quan heard what Zhao Hai said, he couldn't help but be startled. Then his expression couldn't help but change. Then he looked at Zhao Hai and said: "Master, you mean that the alliance leader has known about this for a long time? But that's not right. I have always Following the alliance leader, I have never received any reports in this regard."

Liu Quan is a close relative of Pei Jing. If there is any inside story here in Haitao City, how could he not know about it? It is precisely because of this that Liu Quan said this. Zhao Hai looked at Liu Quan's appearance, smiled slightly and said: "When I was walking on the street just now, I saw many shops, and many of these shops have marks on them. Those marks are all The marks of the Pei family and the ten major families, do you dare to say that the Pei family and the ten major families don't know about this? They know it, but they don't say it, what does it mean? It represents the tax revenue of Haitao City, not Haitao The people in the city don't want to pay, but the people above don't want them to pay. Although the Martial League is now controlled by the Pei family and the ten major families, it is not completely under their control. Although they control how the tax is used, if they use all the money on themselves, it will also cause a strong backlash from the people below. After all, there are many officials at all levels in the Martial League. In the eyes of those officials, the Martial Alliance belongs not only to the Pei family and the ten major families, but also to them. If the Pei family and the ten major families use the money at will, the people below will not agree. , the Pei family and the ten major families want to have their own source of income and money at their own disposal, what should they do? Just rely on business? Even if it is not enough? "

Having said this, Zhao Hai paused for a moment, looked at some things and made Liu Quan stupid, and then said: "Even if they rely on business income to support their expenses, what business is the most profitable in the world? The shipping business is definitely one of the most profitable businesses. They control Haitao City. If they pay less taxes, their income will be more. Then their expenses will naturally be more. If you don’t believe it, tell me about this. If you report it, you will be guaranteed that there will be no consequences, this matter will only be suppressed, and no one will know that you told Pei Jing about this matter."

Liu Quan was silent. He had already thought that when he was still serving Pei Jing, when some people from the Pei family came to see Pei Jing, Pei Jing would always send him away and Pei Jing would talk to those people. He didn't know what was going on. From this point of view, what Zhao Hai said was probably true.

Thinking of this, Liu Quan couldn't help but sigh lightly. He stopped talking. Zhao Hai looked at Liu Quan's appearance, then smiled slightly and said: "You don't have to sigh. I can tell you for sure that even if you go to check this Even if you do this, you won’t find any problems. You see, the business scale here is so large, but the taxes are low. If you trace it, you will find that they have many tax avoidance methods, such as the top ten families or Pei Your family’s property does not need to pay taxes, or it pays less tax, or other shops. Many shops belong to the same shop. They only need to pay one tax. As for the population, it is even more complicated. It's simple. I remember that if there are still slaves here in the Martial League, they are like servants in some big families. They will not be counted in the population. In other words, those servants are slaves, they are not Counting the normal population, if you want to check the population of Haitao City, you will not find that the proportion of slaves here is more than other places. Those people are slaves, and they cannot be counted as the population, so here in Haitao City It looks like there are millions of people, but 300,000 of them are slaves, so the permanent population is only 700,000, which is no problem.”

When Liu Quan heard what Zhao Hai said, he couldn't help but be stunned, but he immediately said: "It's impossible, the slaves are all marked, but the people here..." At this point, Liu Quan suddenly stopped , he understood what Zhao Hai meant. No one stipulated that the marks on slaves must be on the face, or somewhere where others can see them. If those people have slave marks on their bodies, they are all visible to you. What about places that can’t be reached?

When he thought of this, Liu Quan stopped talking. He looked out the window and found that many of the shops on the street had the marks of some big families. There were also many shops with the marks of the Pei family, and According to the rules of the Martial League, the taxes paid by the Pei family and the ten major families are very small, so it makes sense that the taxes paid here in Haitao City are only about one-third of the market size.

After figuring out what was going on, Liu Quan couldn't help but let out a long sigh. To be honest, he really didn't know what to say about this matter, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. He really didn't know. What should be said, but no matter what, the Pei family did not suffer in this matter.

Thinking of this, Liu Quan didn't say anything. He took a sip of wine, sighed softly, and then said to Zhao Hai: "I'm sorry, young master, I am your servant now. I shouldn't care about this matter. I disappoint you, young master." Liu Quan looked at Zhao Haidao.

Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said: "It's nothing, it's human nature. Don't think about it. Let's go find out when the ship to the steel industry will be available, so we can make preparations." Liu Quan responded. , and then the three of them started to eat. After eating, Zhao Hai called the waiter into the room.

After the guy arrived, Zhao Hai paid for the meal, and then gave the guy a silver coin as a reward, and then said to the guy: "Brother, let me ask if there is any place in this city where I can buy it." A ticket to the Steel World? We plan to go to the Steel World."

When the guy heard what Zhao Hai said, he immediately said: "Guest, if you want to go to the steel industry, you have really found the right place. We have a dedicated route to the steel industry here in Haitao City. In the Steel World, I just don’t know whether you want to live in the sailboat here in our Daowu World, or if you want to ride on the iron ship in the Steel World.”

Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Is there any difference? Please tell me." Zhao Hai really didn't know that there were so many details about taking a boat. According to this guy, he wanted to go from the Daowu world. In the steel world, there should be two types of ships. Sailboats should be made of wood, and iron ships should be the big ships in the steel world.

The guy said: "There is a difference, of course there is a difference. If you want to take a sailing boat here in our Daowu world, the price will be a little cheaper and the speed will be a little slower, but there will be no danger, and in It may be more comfortable when sailing in the sea area of ​​​​our Dao Martial World. However, the iron ships in the Steel World generally will not enter the sea areas of our Dao Martial World. They will wait in the open sea and send The small boats take people to the big ships. Those big ships are all iron ships and do not use sails. I heard that they can only be driven by something called a steam engine. The speed is very fast. Of course, from Haibang City to the outer sea After a while, we have to get off the sailboat, and it is still a small boat, so it will be a little uncomfortable, but when we get on the iron boat, it will be different. I heard that the iron boat is very big, and the room is very big, and it will be very comfortable to sit on it. Very comfortable, of course, but the price is also very high.”

Zhao Hai nodded and then asked the guy: "Are there any dangers in taking a boat?" Zhao Hai heard the guy say before that there would be no danger in taking a boat in the Dao Martial Arts world, which made him curious. , is there any danger? This made him a little curious, so he asked.

The guy said quickly: "There are dangers, and they mostly happen in the waters of our Daowu world. There are some pirates in the waters of our Daowu world. They will rob the small sailboats that pick up people from the iron ships, and for us They are unable to attack the large sailing ships here in the Dao Martial World, so there is a certain danger in riding a small sailing ship in the waters of our Dao Martial World."