The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

It is not a case of Zhao Guo's desperate taxation. Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Chu in the south are all taxing desperately. There are too many taxes to be counted. The pressure on the people is increasing. And this reckless taxation is also affecting Qin.

"Prime Minister, this is a very serious matter." Qin Guo's senior tax officer whispered.

"What's the matter? Is there a big problem with Qin's taxation?" Meng Yi asked while working.

"No. This matter has something to do with Chu State." The senior tax official said.

"Oh. It has something to do with Chu State?" Meng Yi raised his head in surprise and said. Then he looked up at the senior tax officer and put the pen in his hand. Fists in both hands to listen to the senior tax officer.

"That's the case. I originally reported this matter, but the Minister of Economy asked me to say it." The senior tax official said. Because he thinks that this matter is not his responsibility in the first place.

"You said." Meng Yi listened carefully to the other party.

"We have observed. In the recent futures market in Xianyang, the prices of raw materials, especially copper ore, and several other ores have risen sharply. On the tariff side, these taxes are not too much we levied. But prices But it keeps rising." The senior tax officer said.

"The Minister of Economy once complained that we levied too much tax. However, we did not levy too much tax. We levied it according to the original tariff. In some places, we also carried out export tax rebates. Generally speaking, our situation It should be improved." The senior tax officer said.

"But." The senior tax officer shook his head hesitantly.

Listen here. Meng Yi felt that the problem of the senior tax officer's response was a big one. He immediately picked up the phone and called his assistant. Meng Yi was on the phone, so don't worry about the senior tax officer. Sit down and speak slowly.

"Let me check the recent price trends of copper ore, as well as the prices of other important raw materials." Meng Yi said.

"Tell me later." Meng Yi put down the phone and said.

"However, the prices of goods imported from Chu are higher than the prices once. The Minister of Economy suspects that we have a problem. But we have no problem." The senior tax official said.

"En. I believe you, senior tax officer. But there must be reasons for the problem. Have you checked these reasons?" Meng Yi asked at this time. He also thinks things are very strange.

"Boom." At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Meng Yi called. Then the assistant came in softly and handed Meng Yi a folder. Meng Yi opened the file, which was exactly what he needed. The recent raw material prices are represented by graphs, and they have risen very sharply. The prices of raw materials such as copper ore, tin ore, tung oil, silk, and tea have all increased by more than 30%. Meng Yi frowned.

When the senior tax official saw Meng Yi's expression, he stopped talking.

"The rise is too strong." Meng Yi said, looking at the form. But there is one thing that he finds very strange, that is coal. The price trend of coal is a slow downward trend, while the prices of other raw materials have risen sharply.

"Boom." At this moment, the assistant knocked on the door again.

"Come in." Meng Yi called. The assistant came in softly and handed Meng Yi a folder again.

"This is an inference of the reason for the price increase of these raw materials. It is for reference only," the assistant whispered.

"Oh. Let me see." Meng Yi immediately opened the folder and saw it. The assistant then left quietly. The senior tax officer looked at the assistant unnaturally. He dared not make any noises himself.

Adopt the report. Meng Yi saw the preliminary analysis. The analysis shows that the fastest rising is the raw materials imported from Chu, such as copper ore and tin ore. These are important raw materials for bronze smelting. There are also some special steel ores that have risen sharply. In terms of cash crops, it is tung oil, and the price of vegetable leaves has risen rapidly. And the file sent by the assistant showed. The reason for the increase in these raw materials was the increase in the import price of Chu State merchant ships transported from Chu State to Qin State. The important reason for the increase in the import price of merchant ships in Chu was that the nobles of Chu established a large number of water villages along the Yangtze River and sent a large number of tax-collecting vessels to collect high taxes. These nobles had their own fiefs, so Along the way, taxes are levied repeatedly. And for these repeated taxes, it was Qin Guoren himself who finally paid the bill. This also led to a rapid increase in the price of raw materials imported by Qin. If the people of Qin were not for their own copper mines, then Qin’s arms production and production in other industries would have to enter a vicious circle brought about by rising prices. The manufacturing costs of enterprises have increased. This is very detrimental to the profitability of the company.

As to why the price of coal fell, it was the benefits of Qin’s exchange of coal for the rioting miners in the State of Zhao and the exchange of grain for coal. As long as Qin used one wagon of grain, he could exchange it for twelve to twenty wagons. coal. With a wagon of weapons, more coal can be exchanged. In the eyes of the miners, coal is useless stones, and Qin Guo made a fortune by seizing these useless stones.

But Chu's high taxes have brought a heavy burden to Qin. This makes Qin's enterprise manufacturing costs increase. It poses a great crisis to the survival of the enterprise.

"En." Meng Yi nodded.

"I'm sorry. Senior tax officer. I want to hear your opinion. Why did Qin's raw material prices rise so much?" Meng Yi asked modestly.

"This, I think, is the tariff, the tariff of the Chu people. I heard that those Chu tariffs levied too much. Coming from the Yangtze River, you will encounter more than a dozen ships taxed by nobles. The taxes they levied. There are a lot of money, and they are all repeated taxation, which is too unfavorable for us." The senior tax official said excitedly.

"The taxes levied by the Chu people are equivalent to directly letting us Qin people pay the bill. This is too unfavorable for us," the senior tax official said.

"No, it's not Chu people, but Chu aristocrats. These Chu aristocrats relied on their fiefs to levy taxes on merchant ships, which directly led to a sharp increase in our imported raw materials." The senior tax official immediately corrected.

"En. These news. Where did you come from?" Meng Yi asked.

"Chu's merchant ships. Those captains told me that there are also some Chu merchants who are very dissatisfied with the taxation of the nobles in Chu. Now someone has gone to attack the nobles of Chu. But the nobles of Chu. There is no way yet. But the problem is very big." The senior tax officer said.

"My God." Meng Yi confirmed his opinion from two aspects at this time. Moreover, this view is correct. In other words, Chu’s taxation on transportation routes has seriously affected Qin’s raw material imports. Although Qin’s merchant ships are tax-free, the number of Qin’s merchant ships is not too much. . The main ones are still Chu merchants with a large number of wooden boats, and the Chu nobles levied taxes on their own country's merchant ships, but the people of Qin paid the bill for themselves. This makes Meng Yi feel very dissatisfied. Not just dissatisfied. The increase in prices by the people of Chu directly caused problems in Qin's economy. The rise of Qin's raw materials will cause the cost of Qin's manufacturing enterprises to increase a lot. In this case, the profit of the product declines, and the competitiveness of Qin's products declines. Qin Guo's products will be difficult to sell. And this happened. Some companies will go bankrupt. In that case, Qin’s companies will reduce taxes. And Qin's fiscal revenue will fall rapidly.

Meng Yi frowned and finally realized the problem, but he hadn't paid attention to it before.

Meng Yi decided to take some measures to counter the state of Chu. His first thought was to increase the price of Qin's products, but after doing so, Meng Yi decided to give up doing so after a calm judgment. Qin’s advantage lies in industrialized production. Many weapons can be manufactured on a large scale. The price advantage will make Qin a great harvest. If the price rises, it may stop countries from buying Qin’s arms and weapons, and various weapons. product. If this is done, the situation may be worse. This is very unfavorable to Qin State.

But the problem is that the State of Qin still can't find a suitable reason to contain the behavior of the nobles of Chu State.

When Meng Yi paid attention to the tariff issue, Qin's newspaper directly analyzed the problem. After the newspaper's hype, the people of Qin were very angry.

"These old aristocrats of the Chu country, they live too long. They collect so many taxes, so many taxes, so I can pay for it." A stout worker shouted from the side of the road. See the newspaper report. The people of Qin state that Chu people are stealing money from Qin people's own pockets.

The main income of the workers in the Qin State came from the operation of the factory. The cost of the factory increased, and the wages of the workers would be reduced. The taxation of the nobles in the Chu State undoubtedly robbed the workers of their money. This made Qin's workers very angry.

"Declare war on Chu people." Some excited Qin people immediately shouted such slogans. In their opinion, Chu nobles are robbers, and they can only deal with robbers in this way. War can only be solved by violence.

Xinzheng, South Korea.

"Only then did the people of Qin know that the taxes imposed by the nobles of Chu are not good for them, but our merchant ships have been levied a lot, and the widows have warned many times, and there is no improvement at all." Han Shu angrily threw the newspaper aside .

"According to the character of Qin people. Chu and Qin must fight a big battle." Han Shu said with a smile. Han Shu was a little excited and a little happy at this time. Because Qin Guo now has to deal with the problem himself.