In Sun City, Guan Nianzu is not the first time he has come back. Although the fleet goes back and forth every time it travels to Xinming, Guan Nianzu, as the big boss, naturally cannot go back and forth, but from the first time he goes to Xinming to the present, Guan Nianzu has gone back and forth three and a half times.

Compared to the first time I came to Sun City, I could find the changes in this city every time I arrived at Sun City again. It can be said that Guan Nianzu watched Sun City gradually develop from a simple urban framework. Today, Sun City covers a land area of ​​three times larger than the initial one, and the city walls built with wood and soil have long been replaced by neat boulders.

Especially the wharf outside the city, I don’t know how much it has been improved than it was at the earliest. In Guan Nianzu’s opinion, although it is not as good as Xiamen, with the speed of construction and rapid development of Xinming, it is estimated that it will be different when he comes next time. Maybe not only is it equivalent to Xiamen, but it may even surpass it and become a Paleontang like Ningbo and Shanghai.

Follow the procedures to enter the port and settle the ship, and then go through the procedures at the Maritime Bureau. After completion, you can get ashore by harbor.

Guan Nianzu was naturally familiar with these procedures, but this time he found that the Maritime Bureau had several more procedures than before. Not only did he need to check the official documents, but he also had to check the identity of the person on the ship in detail, check the cargo carried for registration, and even handle tax payment procedures for some goods.

"We come from the Ming Dynasty and have to pay taxes?" Guan Nianzu felt a little uncomfortable. In the past, there was no need to pay taxes when going to the Ming Dynasty to Xinming. As long as the owner of the cargo could provide documents proving that the goods came from the Ming Dynasty. But now seeing the attitude of the Maritime Warehouse, Guan Nianzu asked unhappily.

For Guan Nianzu, he just wanted an explanation. After all, he is not the small businessman of that year. He has established great industries in both the Ming and Xinming over the years, and has also established good channels with relevant departments of the court in the process of cooperating with the imperial court to transport immigration.

In his opinion, the Maritime Bureau's action was completely illegal and the law was not allowed. Of course, he would still be given a complaint afterwards. Since the current administration and laws of the Ming Dynasty were strict, he did not believe that no one would care about this matter, let alone Guan Nianzu had a civil servant, so he was not afraid even if he sued the capital.

"Justice Guan, this is the new rule of the Governor's yamen. It is normal for Guan Ye to come by coincidence. In fact, this tax payment is not all the goods pay tax, but targeted. You can understand it by looking at this." The small official of the Maritime Bureau knew Guan Nianzu and naturally knew Guan Nianzu's identity. After hearing Guan Nianzu's question, he quickly explained a few words, then took out a booklet from his arms, and at the same time took out the official documents that covered the Governor's yamen for him to read.

Guan Nianzu took it and read the official document first. As expected, it was the same as the other party said. This was the official document issued by the Governor of Xinming. It was clearly stated that taxes must be paid for some goods entering Xinming. Judging from the date below, the time when this order was issued was when his fleet set out on the sea.

Then, Guan Nianzu opened the booklet and looked carefully. After reading a few pages, his originally unhappy expression gradually calmed down. At the same time, he also understood the other party's meaning of paying taxes on some goods.

It turned out that the order from the Governor of Xinming was not to pay taxes repeatedly, but to use this method to control the administrative adjustment of goods entering and leaving Xinming.

After all, although Xinming is far away from overseas, it is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty. According to the laws of the court, the circulation of materials within the territory of the Ming Dynasty only requires normal taxes. It is not allowed to set up customs and collect taxes in private place. Once discovered, the national laws will deal with it.

Today, the Ming Dynasty's tax law was determined by Zhu Yicheng. Its purpose is to change the disadvantages of repeatedly collecting taxes from one place to another, so as to restrict the circulation of goods and control local prices, and prevent local officials from using this to make money and corruption. The central government cannot collect taxes.

In fact, from some aspects, the tax policy of the Ming Dynasty is now equivalent to the tax form of later generations. The tax collection departments are all dispatched by the Central Ministry of Revenue and separated from local administration. The tax collected is in a ratio of three to seven. The former is included in the vassal treasury for local governments, while the latter is directly included in the Ministry of Revenue as the central government's finance.

It was this tax reform that greatly promoted the prosperity of the business of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty abolished the previous tax exemption policies for noble classes and officials, and closed the loopholes in the smuggling of officials. That is to say, no one has the tax exemption privileges, and as long as they do business, they must pay taxes normally. This will avoid tax loss and control inequality in commercial competition.

In addition to business, the same is true in other industries. In addition, while the Ming Dynasty was developing rapidly, it greatly reduced the agricultural tax, greatly reducing the burden on farmers who farm for a living, and alleviating potential social conflicts.

This time, the official documents issued by the Governor of Xinming were not to be repeated taxation, but because of the difference between Xinming and Daming. Because Xinming is the new territory of the Ming Dynasty, it has only been less than ten years since the Ming Dynasty was established in Xinming. In such a short period of time, it has been a miracle that Xinming has developed to this extent. However, with the development of Xinming, some disadvantages and problems have gradually emerged. The biggest problem is the imbalance of Xinming's industrial structure, which has led to the inequality between Xinming and Daming's local areas.

Nowadays, the industries supporting Xinming are minerals, smelting, agriculture, fishery, and animal husbandry. Apart from these pillar industries, the reasons why other industries are limited to raw materials and scale are only a very small part. Therefore, Xinming needs to rely on local areas to a large extent. Many daily necessities, even raw materials and finished products must be transported from local areas. This is also the reason why Guan Nianzu valued the Xinming market and relied on Xinming route to make huge profits in such a short period of time.

Although they are all territory of the Ming Dynasty, due to distance, many ordinary goods in the Ming Dynasty that were not very valuable were often sold at high prices in Xinming. Over the years, not only Guan Nianzu, but also some other keen merchants have also noticed this and joined the Xinming trade.

However, the essence of merchants is to pursue profits. For merchants, they will do whatever they make. So the same is true for Xinming trade. Compared with the raw materials or ordinary goods needed by Xinming, some luxury goods and other non-essential products have a much greater profit. You should know that Xinming is bordering France, Britain, and Spain, and each has commodities circulation. Transporting these goods to Xinming can not only sell them directly at a good price, but also can also use the geographical advantages of Xinming to sell directly to foreigners. Even if some export tax is paid at that time, it will be more profitable than trading in the South China Sea.

It is precisely for this reason that the Governor of Xinming issued this new regulation in order to take into account the development of Xinming and restrict the inflow of goods that are not necessary. This regulation includes the booklet specifying in detail what goods are tax-free, what goods need to be paid, and what tax ratio is the proportion of these goods that need to be paid, etc.

It has to be said that the Governor's Office has made this policy very thoroughly, and it is used to guide merchants to transport necessary goods to Xinmingduo, rather than treating Xinming as a dumping point or a transit station for foreign trade, thereby affecting Xinming's development and future.

After reading it, the displeasure in Guan Nianzu's previous heart disappeared. As a big businessman who started from scratch, Guan Nianzu was not a short-sighted person. He immediately understood the true intention of the Xinming Governor's Office. Moreover, the official documents of the Xinming Governor's Office were clearly written. The issuance of this order has been approved by the court, and it is completely legal in terms of legal principles.

Besides, Guan Nianzu is different from other merchants. When he changed from South China Sea trade to Xinming trade, he valued not short-term profits, but long-term benefits.

If this were not the case, Guan Nianzu would not have been so concerned about the development and immigration process of Xinming in the early days, and he would have invested a lot, and even set up branches, shops and workshops in Xinming.

In Guan Nianzu's view, Xinming is the world where he can show his skills. The so-called white paper is easy to paint, which is what he means. Therefore, although Guan Nianzu also pursues high-profit products in Xinming trade, it does not account for the majority of his trade. Instead, other goods are his focus. From this point of view, we have to admit that Guan Nianzu has unique vision and long-term thoughts.
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