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When Hu Yun returned to Lin'an, Dong An found him. Five wealthy businessmen were willing to pay 10,000 yuan, hoping to leave Lin'an as soon as possible and go to Jingzhao. Dong An had made arrangements and could leave at any time.
At noon, Hu Yun met five proprietors. In addition to Wang An from Lao Yao Teahouse, Hu Yun also knew another person, Li Shao, the proprietor of Qingyun Restaurant.
"Why, proprietor Li is leaving too. Qingyun Restaurant has been sold?"
Li Shao sighed, "Uncle Wei Guo fell in love with Qingyun Restaurant. He drank five drinks in a row and paid me ten taels of silver for each drink. I sold it at half price and no one dared to take it. Being forced into this situation, I can only
If you can recognize it and leave with the house deed and land deed, I believe that one day when I come back, the land will still be mine."
Hu Yun comforted him and said: "There is no other way. He can occupy your restaurant, but he cannot occupy your land in a short period of time. Even if he colludes with the government to forcefully change the land title, you can still appeal to change the land title in the future.
But it takes time and luck."
Of course Hu Yun could only comfort him. In fact, once the land deed was changed, he would basically never come back. Just like Bianliang, many houses that had been occupied by puppet Qi officials were recovered, but all of them were used as official residences and were not returned.
To the original owner.
Hu Yun called the five people together and said to them: "Shopkeeper Dong has told you the plan, can you all accept it?"
The plan Hu Yun mentioned was to exchange their copper coins for silver, and then give them the copper coins in the same proportion after arriving in Jingzhao.
Wang An raised his hand and said: "Excuse me, Special Envoy Hu, we also have some gold and silver, do we also want to exchange it together?"
Hu Yun asked: "How much gold and silver do you have?"
"Each family has a few hundred taels of gold and a few thousand taels of silver, which they accumulate little by little."
"What else is there besides gold and silver?"
"Others are some jewelry, which occupies a small area, such as houses and land, as well as silks, satins, jade and other properties. They were all sold. If they couldn't be sold, they were also given to relatives."
Hu Yun nodded, "I have brought all the gold, silver and jewelry with me. I will only exchange everyone's copper coins. I will make statistics to see how many copper coins need to be exchanged."
Hu Yun made some statistics and found that five households had a total of 300,000 taels of silver, which would require 60,000 taels of silver.
He then said to everyone: "I will tell you the process. First, everyone goes back and puts all the copper coins in boxes or sacks. Then tonight and tomorrow night, I will send ships and warriors door to door to collect the coins. The day after tomorrow
Early in the morning, everyone takes a boat to Xiaoshan County and exchanges for Wanshi Ship in Xiaoshan County. Then you will see your silver. I want to emphasize here that since you choose me, you must trust me, trust me or trust me.
His Highness King Yong, please sign and pledge your signature. It’s not too late to withdraw now, but we must keep it a secret for everyone.”
The five wealthy businessmen have been thinking about this for a long time, and their property has been sold off. It is too late to turn back now. More importantly, they do not dare to go to the black market to exchange too much silver, as they will be targeted by robbers. After much deliberation, they can only trust King Yong.
people.
All five of them signed the entrustment agreement without hesitation and entrusted their lives and fortunes to Hu Yun.
That night, Wei Yanzong led more than a dozen cargo ships to transport the copper coins from each household to King Yong's Special Envoy's Office. It was the safest place. The court would not dare to touch King Yong's Special Envoy's Office in any case. When Chen Qing was in Lin'an with the Emperor
Zhao Gou has reached an agreement that there are three places in Lin'an City that belong to Prince Yong's Mansion, one is the Special Envoy's Mansion located on Yu Street, one is the "Beijing News" newspaper office, and the other is the warehouse located at the south dock of the city. If the Song Army forcibly breaks into these three places
, then it will be regarded as declaring war on the Western Army.
On the third day, at dawn, five families came out from the back door of the "Beijing News" newspaper office with their families. They had stayed in the newspaper office last night. Two large ships had been moored here, with a total of more than thirty people, one for each family.
They all carried a few heavy boxes, which contained their own gold and silver.
The samurai carried the big box to the big boat for them, and everyone got on the boat with their wives and children. The two big boats sailed out of the city with the flag of the Western Army.
If it is an ordinary cargo ship, going from the city to the canal, it will encounter two checkpoints, one at the city gate, and the other at the checkpoint outside the city entering the canal. In the past, there were not many checks.
But now the court is becoming less and less confident, and inspections are becoming more and more strict. Unless there is a special pass, all ships must strictly check the tax bill and be searched on board.
Those with special passes are usually special ships, such as official ships, military ships and special envoy ships. Currently, there are only two special envoy ships, the Jin Kingdom's special envoy ship and the Yongwang special envoy ship.
In the past, special envoy ships were passenger ships that were exempted from inspection, but starting from last year, special envoy Sengoku cargo ships can also pass without inspection if there are less than three special envoy ships.
Therefore, it is basically impossible for five wealthy businessmen to smuggle 300,000 copper coins and a large amount of gold and silver out of the city privately, unless they register with the government, find someone to guarantee or pay tens of thousands of guarantees, or buy the goods and pay taxes
, leave the city with the tax bill.
The two large ships arrived at Nantumen. There was a moat outside the city, and then entered the canal from the moat. After traveling south for more than ten miles, they sailed into the Qiantang River.
Like other city gates, Nantumen has defenders and tax collectors. When goods enter the city, taxes must be paid. When goods leave the city, a cargo list must be checked. The cargo list is somewhat similar to the invoices of later generations. After the tax collectors get the cargo list, they disembark with the soldiers.
Go and check, if the goods are correct, the tax collector will stamp the list.
When going to another city to sell goods, they need to present a list to pay taxes. After the businessman returns to Lin'an, he still has to hand over the list and tax bill to the tax bureau before the business is over.
In the past, there was no need for a list or a so-called review by the tax bureau. However, in the early years, Sichuan and Shaanxi implemented commercial tax exemption, which resulted in a large number of merchants purchasing goods in Jiangnan and then selling them in Sichuan and Shaanxi instead of selling locally in Jiangnan. This caused the supply of goods in cities in Jiangnan to be
There were shortages, prices rose, and the court had no commercial tax revenue.
The imperial court had to take measures. Starting last year, it added tax cards in various places. You can go to Sichuan and Shaanxi to sell goods, but you must pay the tax before leaving. The imperial court was afraid that merchants would take small roads to escape checkpoints, so they implemented a cargo list and review system. Merchants
If you do not take the tax bill and cargo list to the tax office for review within a year, it will be regarded as tax evasion and arrested, and you will not only be severely fined, but also convicted and exiled.
Of course, there are still many ways to evade taxes. The most common one is to take advantage of the tax rate difference. For example, it is clear that the goods purchased on the cargo ship are silk and satin, but the cargo list says burlap. The tax rate for silk is one cent, while the tax rate for burlap is only three cents.
cents, with a tax rate difference of 7%, and the quantity is often underreported.
However, this kind of tax evasion is often the work of the powerful. The tax card does not dare to offend the powerful. They often say how much is the amount and what is written on the list. They do not get off the ship to carefully check the goods.
Ordinary businessmen do not dare to evade taxes easily. Most businessmen adopt the method of bribing checkpoints. However, there are many checkpoints along the way, and the bribe money is often much higher than the tax. The gain outweighs the loss, and the risk is very high. If caught by the inspection team, the consequences will be disastrous.
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A dozen ships were lining up to leave the city, lists were being checked, and the search of the ships was slow. Two large ships passed by, and soldiers shouted "Stop!"
Wei Yanzong stood on the bow of the boat and raised a gold medal for exemption from inspection. Only the special envoys of Prince Yong's Palace and the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin had gold medals for exemption from inspection. Several soldiers shrank back in fright and asked: "Is it the same from behind?"
"Two ships together!"
The soldier waved his hand and shouted: "Let us go!"
The two large ships sailed out of the city gate and headed south along the moat. There was a checkpoint at the entrance to the canal, but it was still unobstructed for the envoy ship.
That afternoon, five wealthy businessmen and their families boarded a ten thousand-stone ship in Xiao County, and they also received their 60,000 taels of silver.
It was only at this moment that everyone finally felt relieved. They had handed over the copper coins they had accumulated for generations, but they had not received the silver. Their hearts had been hanging in the air for two days.
Two hours later, the Wanshi cargo ship set off and slowly turned around and headed towards the Yangtze River.
