African Nationhood

Chapter 174 Internal Affairs Meeting-Finance and Taxation Office

After Shi Jinyong's speech, only Sansa Bruce from the Finance and Taxation Office was left speechless.

So she stood up on her own initiative, walked slowly to the front, and hung up the chart as usual.

The upper and lower quadrants of the histogram above the bar chart show the annual financial and tax profits.

1879年赤字17.62万镑，1880年赤字45.43万镑，1881年赤字8.12万镑，

1882年赤字143.1万，1883年赤字252.18万镑，1884年盈利600.45万镑。

"This picture is a histogram of our Nanhua Company's financial and tax situation since its establishment. In the first five years, there was almost no profit, and all were deficits.

The best year was 1881, when the Orange Grove area was cleared and a large amount of supplies were seized.
  However, the seizures of that year were converted and used to offset the previous deficit. It was not until last year that our company truly achieved profitability, and it was quite profitable.

All of this depends on Mr. Shi’s wise leadership and determination to fight this battle.

After the seizures of the Matabenaland Kingdom were converted into currency, coupled with the continued profits of various major industries, not only did they make up for all the previous losses, they also made a profit of more than 600 million pounds on the books.

As a person who is sensitive to numbers, when I took over the finance and taxation department, I pessimistically thought that the company would soon go bankrupt.

But Mr. Shi persisted, and we have not fallen down for a long time, and now we have made a beautiful turnaround.

I have to say that Mr. Shi’s strong leadership is the key to Nanhua Company’s success! "

This flattery was pretty good, and Shi Jintang was upset.

"Stop talking nice words and talk about the business."

Sansa Bruce nodded, "The past events are all on the map, so I won't say more. Let's talk about the current situation of our company.

The first issue is the issue of military tickets. In the past few years, we have adopted military ticket tokens.

Although it facilitated internal statistics and circulation within the company, the design of the military stamps was too crude and the paper quality was poor. Civilians often complained about the quality of the military stamps.

In the past, the company had serious deficits, and there was no hope of turning them around, so our finance and tax department did not dare to mention it.

The company has encountered many cases of forged military stamps, and the value of the egregious cases has reached more than 2 yuan.

The criminal worked as an apprentice in a printing shop during the Qing Dynasty. When he came to Southwest Africa, he found that military invoices were too rough, so he had the idea of ​​​​imitation.

He completed the criminal activities alone through engraving and printing.

If Mr. Shi hadn't added anti-counterfeiting measures when designing the military tickets, he would have succeeded. "

After hearing the report of Sansa Bruce's case, Cai Shaoji couldn't help but remember that when he first came here, he found out about the military issue and gave Boss Shi a book.

Boss Shi arranged for Ye Rong to personally demonstrate to him the anti-counterfeiting design of military tickets.

All you need to do is roast the military stamp on the fire, and the handwriting will be visible on the military stamp.

This method is very simple and easy to learn. It is not difficult to explain. It uses special organic acid ink to leave a mark on the paper, which will become visible when exposed to fire.

(This hole has been dug for so long and no one cares about it, woo woo~)

After Cai Shaoji learned the principle, he admired Boss Shi's design very much.

"The first-generation military stamps have now completed their historical mission. Our finance and tax office recommends launching a new version of military stamps. Our finance and tax office has designed the style of the new military stamps. Please take a look."

After speaking, Sansa Bruce took down the previous chart and replaced it with a new one filled with military notes of various denominations.

The size of the military ticket is the same as before, but the screen layout has become more concise and beautiful.

The new version of military notes uses different colors to distinguish the currency value. Light red is 100 yuan. The eye-catching word 100 is printed in the center of the military note, and the banknote serial number is printed in the upper left corner of the 100 number.

There is a standing portrait of Shi Jintang printed on both sides of the banknote. The photo of the standing portrait was taken when Shi Jintang was standing on the bow of the "Anhai Town" wearing August 1st style clothes.

Directly above the word 100 are Chinese characters: Tokens issued by the South West African Bank of the Royal South China Company of Britain. Below is the issuance date: 1886 AD. The back of the new version of the military stamp is still light red. There are the words 100 in the four corners of the military stamp. In the middle blank is a dragon body and a two-headed lion statue. On both sides of the monster statue and above and below, it is written in four characters: 100 Yuan Zheng.

They are Chinese, English, German and Portuguese

In addition, it is written at the bottom in Latin: For use only in Southwest Africa.

The green color represents the currency value of 50 yuan. The layout also has the word 50 in the center, but instead of the standing statue of Shi Jintang, it uses a seated statue sitting on a desk. The one on the back is the same as 100 yuan.

The brown color is the face value of 20 yuan, and the layout remains unchanged. This time, the bust of Shi Jintang wearing a hat is used, and the layout on the back remains unchanged.

The light yellow is the face value of 10 yuan, and the layout remains unchanged. This time, the side bust of Shi Jintang is used, and the layout on the back remains unchanged.

The light pink color represents the face value of 5 yuan, the layout remains unchanged, and the others are similar.

Light green is the face value of 1 yuan, the layout remains unchanged, and the others are similar.

The originally issued copper coins continue to be circulated and do not need to be replaced.

Copper coins are divided into 5 jiao, 1 jiao, and auxiliary coins such as 5 cents and 1 cent. The layouts are similar.

On the front of the coin, 4 characters surround the currency value number in the middle, and below the number is the year of issuance.

On the back are two lions and dragons, as well as four languages, and the words Latin only for use in Southwest Africa.

"The new version of military tickets continues to use the previous anti-counterfeiting methods, and at the same time, new anti-counterfeiting measures will be added, such as discoloration when roasted with fire and Mr. Shi's watermark anti-counterfeiting image.

We plan to go to European coin printing houses to print new editions of military stamps.

At the same time, it is necessary to choose good printing paper to avoid the phenomenon of wrinkles on military tickets as soon as they are folded. "

Sansa Bruce's idea was approved by Shi Jintang, so she put it forward at today's meeting.

"Everyone has read it. If you don't have any opinions, we will push this matter into practice in the near future."

After asking, no one expressed any dissent, and Sansa Bruce continued to hang up new charts.

“Next, let’s talk about the issue of levying new taxes.

The company occupies two major indigenous kingdoms. Because there are too few immigrants, the indigenous people will be under our rule for a long time.

Now that we are under our rule, it is no longer easy to impose arbitrary taxes as we did in the Namib region.

For the two major indigenous kingdoms, the company will levy a head tax, which is a head tax of 500 yuan of military stamps per person per year.

This tax requires the two Kingdom Guard Corps to assist us in conducting capitation verification to avoid the problem of underreporting of hidden populations. "

Shi Jintang nodded, "This matter has been arranged."

Sansa Bruce nodded and continued speaking: "In addition to the head tax, the company also has to tax the land occupied by the indigenous people, calculated at a military stamp of 100 yuan per acre.

This tax also requires the assistance of the local garrison. "

After Sansa Bruce received Boss Shi's affirmation, she continued: "The company will also tax the livestock of the indigenous people. Every five cattle will be levied with a military stamp of 5 yuan per year, and every 100 sheep will be levied with a military stamp of 20 yuan per year."

A few years after these taxes were levied, no indigenous people would retain their property, and it would be too late to launch a protest.

Once a struggle breaks out, it is a good time for the local defense group to clean up the indigenous people. As long as the cleanup continues, one day they will be cleared up.

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