Chapter 491: Businessman’s Questions! The Promise of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu!

Tax office!

Specially responsible for collecting business taxes!

This shocking news made all the businessmen short of breath.

If what Zhan Yuquan said is true, then... the spring of merchants has arrived?

"Brother Zhan, I wonder if this new business tax... has been approved by the court?"

A wealthy businessman with a big belly asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.

Don't forget that this new business tax was just imposed by Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, and the court didn't know about it at all.

If this is the case, the so-called new business tax is a joke.

Even if it can be implemented in Peiping for a short period of time, when the court reacts, it will be stopped immediately. Everything they did before was in vain.

Before Zhan Yuquan could speak, Zhu Gaoxu gave an affirmative answer.

"The reason why I came to Peking is precisely because of the business tax issue. You can rest assured that the emperor has already issued an order, ordering Guo Zi to fully cooperate with me."

"As soon as the new commercial tax is successfully piloted in Beiping, it will be implemented throughout the country, and you will be the first batch of people to benefit from this new commercial tax!"

Everyone: "???"

Crab?

That's really delicious!

But what does it have to do with this new business tax?

King Han's answers were always full of fresh vocabulary.

But with the promise of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, the uneasiness in the hearts of the merchants gradually dissipated.

At least no matter what, this new business tax was approved by the court and was not something that Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, was playing around with.

Immediately afterwards, someone raised another objection.

"Your Highness, may I ask what the specific content of this new commercial tax is?"

"The content is very simple. You can simply understand that except for the tax bureau, any yamen or any personnel who privately collect any taxes from you and ask for money and food are illegal crimes, and they will be severely punished by the tax bureau!"

"The Taxation Bureau is a department no less than the Seven Ministries of the Imperial Court. It will grow into a behemoth in the future. In the initial stage of its establishment, it will be responsible for collecting commercial taxes and escorting merchants all over the world to develop Ming commerce. When the new commercial tax is implemented throughout the country, the Taxation Bureau will We will also start to take over salt tax, agricultural tax and all other taxes!”

"So, your confidence lies in the tax bureau. Don't be afraid of any dignitaries. Anyone who dares to deliberately make things difficult for you for money should directly report it to the tax bureau. Someone will go to verify and deal with it. Once verified, no matter who it is, he will be severely punished. Even going to jail for questioning!”

"This is the king's promise to you, and it is also the court's promise to the merchants. In the past, the court emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. That was because the war had great demand for food, so it had to be like this. Now that the war in northern Xinjiang is over, there will be no change in the short term. If we start war again, we need to support merchants to stimulate Ming Dynasty business."

Prince Han's words were not fast, but all the merchants were frightened when they heard him.

This tax bureau will actually become as huge as the Seventh Chaotang Department!

The example of the academic department is right in front of us. In the past, there were only six academic departments in the imperial court. Because of the strong suppression of the Han Dynasty King Zhu Gaoxu, an additional academic department was created.

Then, the tax bureau may not be able to turn the seven departments of the court into the eight departments of the court like the classmates did!

In addition, the last news released by Prince Han made the merchants secretly happy.

The imperial court is about to change its policy towards merchants, which is great news for them!

In the past, the imperial court had always had a suppressive attitude towards merchants. This was the main reason why merchants had a low status. Anyone dared to step on them!

It happened to be like this in all dynasties, except for the relatively peaceful former Song Dynasty, which had to rely on maritime trade for political needs, so it was slightly tolerant of merchants, but in the final analysis it was still inseparable from the four words "emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business"!

The merchants were inexplicably excited and started whispering.

If what His Highness the King of Han said is true, then spring is really coming for merchants!

It was a prosperous age, a prosperous age when a merchant could do business with peace of mind, without being deliberately made difficult, without being asked for money or food, or being spat on every time he walked on the road!

However, just as the merchants were gearing up and excited, a discordant voice suddenly appeared.

"Your Highness the King of Han, the common people have a question. The common people are doing business normally and their income is pretty good. Since the new business tax is beneficial to merchants, why do the common people have to build an economic circle? They can continue to do what they did before with peace of mind. Is business bad?"

As soon as these words came out, a group of merchants started talking about it. With the person who took the lead in questioning, they became bolder.

After all, no one's home is blown by strong winds. Just because you, Zhu Gaoxu, are the prince of Han Dynasty, you can't do whatever you want and mess around with everyone's hard-earned money, right?

"Bastard!" Zhan Yuquan became angry and yelled.

This person's words are simply a bastard to the extreme. He is obviously getting an advantage and acting like a good boy.

Both want to enjoy the benefits brought by the new commercial tax system to merchants, but are unwilling to pay some price in response to the court's call. How can there be such a good thing in this world?

Zhu Gaoxu didn't care at all. He clapped his hands and signaled the soldier to bring up another design drawing.

This design drawing is the Peiping commercial district drawn by Zhu Gaoxu himself. It is based on today's Dongshi City as the basic model and combined with the concepts of commercial districts in later generations.

The first thing that catches the eye is a shopping mall with the largest area.

"This is a shopping mall. To put it simply, it is a huge grocery store that collects all kinds of goods from all over the world. Customers only need to walk in and buy what they want!"

"In other words, this shopping mall is a small market. It is composed of shops opened by you. It adopts a completely different business method. As long as it develops, it will form a habit and consensus in the hearts of the people. As long as you enter the shopping mall, If you can buy what they want, then will the mall still worry about having no customers?”

"By the way, when customers buy what they want, they will also look at other products, one by one, and when they finally walk out of the mall, they will not only have what they wanted in the first place. "

Zhu Gaoxu's words were easy to understand. All the wealthy businessmen were shrewd people. They quickly understood what Prince Han meant, and their eyes suddenly lit up.

It seems that this mode of operation is really feasible!

In the past, these shops were all specialized stores. Those who sold tea sold tea, those who sold grain sold grain, and those who sold silk sold silk. The customers were basically regular customers. Although the monthly income was stable, this was not the case. It is difficult to expand new channels.

After all, you are not the only store, and the quality of your peers is not much different. It is impossible for customers to go from West City to East City just to come to your store.

However, this mall model is completely different. All wealthy businessmen can see clearly that as long as customers enter, they will see more products, which will bring more potential customers to the mall stores!

"There are some restaurants and snack tea stalls around the mall. When customers are tired from shopping in the mall, they have to eat and drink and take a rest..."

Zhu Gaoxu compared the design drawings and briefly introduced this first business circle in the Ming Dynasty.

All the merchants nodded their heads after hearing this, secretly praising His Highness the King of Han's business talent.

Originally, they were skeptical about this business circle, thinking that Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu was just a rich and well-off man, how could he know how to do business?

However, the slap in the face comes so quickly!

Not only do others understand, but they also understand better than me. It’s really embarrassing!

"This is the overall plan for the business circle for the time being. As long as it goes on the right track, this first business circle in the Ming Dynasty will become a gold-selling cave!"

"You can move your store there, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net, or you can open a branch there, depending on your own circumstances."

"Of course, the locations of stores in this business circle and shopping malls, that is, the places marked with the numbers above, are all subject to bidding."

Everyone: "???"

What?

Are you "Zhu Bapi"?

Do you want to bid on this thing now?

Why are you so poor that you can't live anymore and you start to stop being a human being?