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Chapter 1052 Do business seriously (eight)
"Maritime guild will do customs work? Customs clearance of imported and exported goods, collection of tariffs, and investigation of smuggling?"

"Hiss~" Qi Ke put down the spoon, rolling his eyes thoughtfully, "It's really interesting to say so."

"If they have such ambitions, it will be more complicated." Zhao Lin wanted to laugh.

"Over there in Dong'an Mansion, are they already a private customs office in essence?"

"It's possible. Looking at the ocean ship, without their hands, it is probably smuggled in their eyes."

"Smuggling a fart, the court's taxes are a lot of money, it's nothing more than a lack of their commissions, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." Qi Ke stared fiercely.

"We also have to consider the attitude of Dong'an Mansion. If the Maritime Merchant Guild can become bigger and stronger, it must have opened up the way of the local government. The interests of both parties are one. The guild has done the work of the customs. Officials share profits. From this perspective, it is easy to understand why they care so much about commissions. The transaction price of our lint is low, and the commission is only a few hundred taels of silver, but if it is an expensive luxury item they are used to, the transaction price is high and the tax is high. , The commission is high, if those merchant ships don’t come to Qingshui Port and transfer to Liangshui Town, the lost commission will make them suffer from heart disease.”

"Good thing, we can definitely attract merchant ships that sell luxury goods to come to Liangshui Town to do business with us." Qi Kewei squinted his eyes and imagined that he would become a leading industrialist in the future.

"If you make up your mind, you must start as soon as possible. Write a letter to Bai Qing tomorrow and tell him that you are strictly opposed to the Maritime Merchant Guild extending its hand to Liangshui Town. You have 30 years of exclusive management rights there. Under Bai Jiajun, you are the second Handleman, if the guild comes, it will definitely fight for power, and it is impossible to be willing to be under your position. A territory cannot have too many people who are in charge, you have to persuade Bai Qing to agree to lobby the generals above, and negotiate with the guild I will give you full authority over the matter, and all actions are aimed at preventing their entry."

Qi Ke picked up the bowl and swallowed the last bit of tremella soup first, so as to organize his thoughts well, and when he wiped his mouth with a paper towel, he also had a decision in his heart.

"Use the reason of the private customs to convince Bai Qing, the territory of the Bai family army, why do we need outsiders to perform customs duties for them, we do it ourselves, sum up experience from practice, write lesson plans to train our own customs officers in the army, as long as The Bai Family Army is still the frontier army here, so the taxes in Liangshui Town can only be collected by the Bai Family Army."

"You can try."

Zhaolin knew that this was just Qi Ke's idea, and the Bai family army might not accept it completely, but fortunately, the military households were their own people to the army, and the maritime merchant guild was not. Given the obvious conflict of interests, how should one choose? The ball was kicked back to Bai Jiajun.

The two agreed that the deputy housekeeper had also finished moving the supplies, and Qi Ke immediately went back to the factory to write a letter overnight, and sent Xiao Diaoer to Bai Qing early the next morning.

In the letter, Qi Ke emphasized the issue of the cost price of the goods. The imperial court originally wanted to levy [-]% of the tax, which already increased the cost price of the goods. If a commission is paid to the guild, the extra money must be shared equally Adding another cost to the goods, what they buy are agricultural materials such as cotton and grain. These goods have always been based on small profits but quick turnover. The soaring cost directly affects their selling prices.

(End of this chapter)