Chapter 869: Price Reduction and Dumping of Resources
The rest of the Guyu solar term was over and everyone went back to work. Zhu Yuanzhang asked the ministers to study whether the status of medical students could be improved.
Then he thought about tax issues and planned to levy a luxury goods tax, which would be as high as 30%, or 30%.
Some of the sales in Xiaqiu Village have already paid 10% tax, while others still pay 10% tax.
It is necessary to increase the number of doctors. When there are more doctors, the local Huimin Pharmacy will naturally be established and patients will come to the door.
Due to the free model, it can only be subsidized by the imperial government. The finance needs more revenue, and taxes are the most direct way.
It is equivalent to using the rich's money to treat the poor, and the poor will not kill the rich, rob, or even rebel.
In the future, glass for windows, kerosene lamps for lighting, small mirrors integrated with makeup boxes, expensive cosmetics, etc. will be sold to the people, all of which will be taxed on luxury goods.
The particularly luxurious clothes in the clothing store in Xiaqiu Village and the large quantities of raw and non-raw ham produced a few years ago are also luxury goods.
There is also the best place for ham, Jinhua, where more pig breeding is encouraged, the ham technology is well controlled, and a 10% tax is collected.
"Yichang, we have decided. We will sell cans consistently, not ten cans, we will sell in quantity."
Zhu Yuanzhang, who went to work as the emperor this morning, came again at noon, When it comes to canned food, you don’t need to sell ten or five cans. You only need one or two to buy such delicious cans.
The head of the village could not say that he would not let His Majesty come. The entire Ming Dynasty belongs to his family. He sat diagonally opposite and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, they have always been reluctant to buy it. It is expensive.
Open the can After that, they couldn't save it. As a luxury item, they bought it to show off, and as food, they would rather bear the risk of disease than eat it.
The village canned food mainly for the Ming army, and those with money. Merchants can also sell them to them for a hundred coins, and I think they will accept it."
The village chief told me what he thought, Yi people are so expensive, and they don't expect to buy in large quantities.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded first, then shook his head, "We know. Let's think of a way. You said a merchant can buy one for 100 cents, and we will sell the barbarian for 500 cents.
When selling As always, we will recycle the empty shell for five hundred coins. As long as they bring back the empty shell, we will give them five hundred coins.
We won't care if they can't get it back. If we bring it back, it means that the shell is worth five. Baiwen, we must give this technology a high value.
We asked someone and thought about it. The cost of making this tinplate in the industrial zone is really low.
The key is that it can be sealed to keep the food inside from spoiling. The opened shell can only be used as a vessel.
Some ministers told us that in many places where the Yi people did not have steel knives, they could hold cans. It's okay to cut the skin into a piece of meat.
Then it's equivalent to the canned food that the Yi people spend their usual money on.The five hundred coins can be taken back in exchange or digested by them.
We believe that in more cases, they will help package and promote tinplate cans, so that they do not have to bring them back.
Maybe the price they sell there is higher than what they brought back. We still know the skills of the merchants. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang said that if he could become the emperor, his head would not be free. Otherwise, so many people would rebel and revolt together, and he was not the leader at first. Why would he be the only one sitting on the throne? On the chair
He is the most flexible in fighting, especially strategically.
Zhu Wentian was grilling meat skewers there, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang with a naive smile, and secretly praised him, it was indeed true. Good idea.
The Ming Dynasty can export more cans to the Yi merchants, and the Yi merchants can help promote this kind of cans, which is a wealth robbery.
The Ming Dynasty merchants can accept a hundred cans. , the Yi people were able to accept a can of five hundred cents at sea. In the end, the cost of a can in the Ming Dynasty was less than ten cents.
And the cost included labor costs, regardless of technology, and would not let other merchants. Participating in the manufacture of tinplate cannot obtain royalties.
The labor cost is Ming Dynasty's manpower. Those who work make money, naturally have to spend it in Ming Dynasty.
Everything involves trade. Exports of goods with a surplus attribute are all about grabbing wealth from the outside world. Even if some resources are not important to outsiders, they can be further grabbed.
For example, various medicinal materials and myrrh from the Red Sea outlet. , frankincense, dragon's blood
Socotra, which later belonged to Yemen, has the most good things, and ambergris can always be found easily there.
Those things are expensive. , it is more expensive to sell it to the Ming Dynasty, so other commodities should be used to make up for this trade deficit.
Of course, the best way is to send troops to occupy it. The local area is now full of indigenous people and has a small population. There is no combat effectiveness.
If the ships of the Ming Dynasty are stationed there, there is no way for the Great Eater to monopolize resources.
The ships elsewhere are all wooden ships, and they are small. , all are powered by sails and oars, and they are all useless compared to big iron steam-powered ships.
"You will be leaving in a few days. We came here just to ask more questions, otherwise, if anything happens. In special circumstances, no one can be found. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang told him the purpose of coming here and quickly asked what was on his mind while he was still there.
So he settled the matter in the morning and stopped going in the afternoon. Chat here.
"Your Majesty, our village has created something new that can transmit messages thousands of miles away. Everyone is trying to get familiar with it recently. "
The village chief understands that this is the reason why Xiaqiu Village can be here. His Majesty needs to ask for political advice.
The village will take care of the twenty important people in a few days. The married daughter-in-law was brought to the village and they learned from it first. "The telephone line can be stretched so far." Zhu Yuanzhang naturally thought of the telephone.
At present, the telephone line has been laid out in Yingtian Mansion. In a few days, the line to Xiaqiu Village over there will be laid, and the line to Maanshan Iron Mine is also being laid.
As long as you are willing to spend money to hire people and keep up with the phone line production capacity, other problems are minor problems.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to connect. We can communicate through the air. You take something and I take something. We are hundreds of miles apart and we can receive news from both sides."
Li The director shook his head slightly. The telegram came out and was tested. It clicked and worked very well.
Zhu Yuanzhang held a bunch of meat in his hand ""
He stopped, thinking deeply, and after more than ten breaths, "Yi Chang, since there is such a good thing, why?" It also costs so much copper to make telephone lines."
He expressed confusion, but he was not angry. He needed to understand.
"That one can't speak and can only convey messages through flags and drums. Your Majesty will see it in person after dinner and you will know."
"Okay, let's drink." Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't understand, but he didn't go in a hurry. Things couldn't escape while eating and drinking.
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