Chapter 1574 If You Want to Do Business, You Have to Pay Taxes

Shen Long sent Xu Guangqi away on the front foot, and Zhou Kui, the head of state Jiading, came to ask to see him. Earlier, Queen Zhou called him and his son into the palace and told him. At first, Zhou Kui didn't take it seriously, but watching Jin Yiwei and Dongchang took down so many officials in one go, and many nobles who had inherited more than two hundred years and retired with the country all lost their inheritance. Zhou Kui is really scared next time.

Your Majesty, this is for real. Those messy things in the past must not be done anymore, but Zhou Kui is greedy for money. If you let him stay at home and eat Jiadingbo’s salary without doing anything, he will definitely not be able to bear it. , So it was equivalent to what Queen Zhou had said to him, His Majesty said, if you want to make money, you can go to him, so Zhou Kui came to see Shen Long, wanting to ask for a way to make money.

Zhou Kui faltered and said what he meant, and Shen Long laughed, "I think it's something, the king just wants to make more money, there's nothing to say, there are many ways to make money here, give me What about one or two of the kings?"

Having said that, Shen Long got up and took Zhou Kui to Xu Guangqi's laboratory, and took out the latest research results of Xu Guangqi's students and showed it to Zhou Kui, "Let's see how much this thing can sell for in Beijing?"

"This mirror is so clear?" Zhou Kui took the mirror and looked at it, and almost fell the mirror to the ground in fright. Compared with the bronze mirror, this glass mirror is so clear!

"Even the glass mirror brought in from Haojingao by Folang Robot is not so clear! The mirror of Folang Robot is as big as a mirror, and it costs at least a hundred taels of silver. If you hire a master craftsman to make it The mirror frame, decorated with gold, jade and precious stones, can be sold for thousands of taels!" Zhou Kui is also a person who has seen the world, so he immediately estimated the price.

"Guo Zhang will look at these again." Shen Long smiled and opened a few more boxes, only to see that there were wine glasses and tableware inside, all made of glass. How could I let it go? Matteo Ricci and others had already mastered some glass-making techniques, and with a little guidance from Shen Long, they came up with glass products that surpassed this era.

"This glass wine glass costs at least three liang of silver each, and this glass plate costs ten liang of silver..." Zhou Kui's eyes turned red with envy when he looked at each piece. I also want to set up a set for my family.

"My father-in-law would like to know, how much does it cost to make these mirrors, wine glasses, and tableware?" Shen Long asked, playing with a wine glass in his hand as he spoke. The exquisiteness of the wine glass in his hand has surpassed the works of many later craft masters.

Is His Majesty going to entrust this business to me? Then my Zhou family will get rich! Thinking of this, Zhou Kui's blood was racing with excitement, and it took him a long time to calm down. He tentatively guessed, "I heard that the Folang robot transported the mirror all the way from Taixi. The profit, I thought that making a mirror like this would cost twenty taels of silver!"

"Haha, so much was used there? In fact, the glass is just made of sand, and how much is the sand worth? The cost of a mirror like this is actually less than a tael of silver." Shen Long shook his head and laughed. , and then looked at Zhou Kui and said, "Master, how about I entrust this business to you?"

With a plop, Zhou Kui immediately knelt down, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Things made with one tael of silver can sell for hundreds of taels. Where can such a good business be found? With this business, do I still need to bully others and occupy other people's property?

"It's all from my own family, why are you talking about this?" Shen Long called him up, and then continued, "However, such a big business cannot be handled by you alone! I have found a few people, and you will do it in partnership Right! You count as a share, the internal officials also count as a share, and then the British government has a share, Zheng Zhilong's family has a share...you can add up to make this business bigger."

Shen Long's plan took into account the interests of all parties.

Although Zhou Kui was reluctant to give the benefits to others, he didn't dare to say anything when he heard the names of these partners. These were either veterans or Shen Long's cronies. Being favored, being able to share a share with myself is probably because of the queen's face.

"If you want to make a fortune, you have to follow the rules. I will tell you about the rules here today. This Master Li is Mr. Xu's disciple. From now on, you have to entrust him with making glass. When the time comes, you will look for it outside the city. A hidden place to build a furnace to burn glass, and the workers in the workshop must be paid enough wages and bonuses."

"Of course, of course." Compared with such a huge profit, a little salary is nothing, Zhou Kui hastily agreed.

"Also, you have to sell half of the profit to Master Li, and let him study how to make better glass!" No technological innovation from research and development funds? You can't all count on me, can you? Zhou Kui reluctantly agreed to this point, and Shen Long didn't explain it. Maybe you didn't understand it at the beginning, but when other people can make glass in the future, you will know that the money was worth it.

"And the last point, you have to pay taxes to the court! Luxuries like glass, you have to pay at least 30% tax!" Such a high profit, 30% tax is not much at all.

"Your Majesty! There are not only the shares of Weichen, Yinggong, and General Zheng, but also yours. Do people like us have to pay taxes when doing business?" Now Zhou Kui is reluctant to part with it. 30% tax, this is a must How much?

"Hehe, if you don't pay taxes, and my father-in-law doesn't pay taxes, how can anyone in the world be willing to pay taxes?" Shen Long sneered. In fact, this is also an example. The tax is paid, the British public has paid the tax, and the remaining businessmen, who dare not pay the tax? Is your family more powerful than the father-in-law's family and the British government?

"It's fine if the father-in-law doesn't want to pay taxes, then you don't have to get involved in this business. I'll go find someone else, and the emperor's wife also asked me to help Tai Kangbo find a living!" Shen Long told Zhang Yan's father, Zhang Guoji, Moved out as a shield.

"Wei Chen is willing to pay taxes, Wei Chen is willing to pay taxes!" Zhou Kui immediately stopped talking, and quickly agreed, less is better than nothing, right?

"I have a lot of good things here, and I will continue to bring out new things for merchants all over the world to buy, but those who are eligible to participate in the rush are all good merchants who pay taxes according to the regulations. Those who dare to evade taxes, don't want to participate!" The so-called rush to buy is similar to the auction in the future, and it is a method handed down from the Song Dynasty.