i became the villain

Chapter 291 Change Needs Quotient
"My lord, isn't this figure too much?" The shopkeeper who asked Dong Tiancheng's tax figure just now boldly asked Dong Tiancheng, "Can you reduce it a little bit?"

"No." Dong Tiancheng answered two words coldly without saving face.

Although the shopkeeper was entrusted by Dong Tiancheng who had arranged in advance, this face cannot be given.

The shopkeeper, whose name is Feng Xiulin, was arranged by Dong Tiancheng in advance, and even Feng Xiulin's questions and remarks were discussed in advance between Dong Tiancheng and Feng Xiulin. So Dong Tiancheng replied the other two words coldly.

By now.

Dong Tiancheng suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon, as long as it was about the vital interests of these merchants, these merchants could forget about it and discuss it instinctively.

This is not a good sign.

Out of a warning mentality, Dong Tiancheng answered the other party's two words coldly, and after answering the other party's question, he glanced at the merchants present, and said: "Do you think that the tax rate is three times that of before, and you feel This number is a bit big, so big that you can't breathe?"

Silent.

None of the merchants present dared to answer Dong Tiancheng's question, mainly because they did not dare to touch Dong Tiancheng's displeased brow.

No one knows the consequences, so it's better to pretend to be an ostrich.

If they don't answer, it doesn't mean they can escape.

Dong Tiancheng pointed to the entrustment that he had arranged in advance, "What do you think?"

"My lord, it's not too many." Dong Tiancheng arranged in advance, that is, the shopkeeper named Feng Xiulin, when he saw Dong Tiancheng ordered his general, he subconsciously shook his body. On this occasion, How dare he say that Dong Tiancheng gave too many figures?He lied against his will.

But Feng Xiulin's tone of voice and the expression on his face clearly had two meanings.

Dong Tiancheng smiled, stretched out his hand and patted Feng Xiulin's shoulder, walked slowly to a group of merchants, and said meaningfully: "I want to ask you a question, how is your business now?"

"It's okay." A group of merchants replied.

Dong Tiancheng said: "Then I am asking you, if I abolish the entrance tax, bridge tax and poll tax, will your business be better?"

All merchants are not fools, so they naturally understood the meaning of Dong Tiancheng's words, and said in unison: "My lord, I will understand when I understand."

"Do you really understand? Or are you just fooling me?" Dong Tiancheng asked to the bottom of the casserole. He hoped that all these people really understood, and not just fooling himself.

"My lord, we really understand." Shopkeeper Liu said to Dong Tiancheng, "After your lord cancels the city entry tax, bridge tax, road tax, and head tax, the number of people in our city will only increase. With more people and more consumption, our business is naturally good."

"Crack, clap." Dong Tian applauded Shopkeeper Liu's remarks, "Treasurer Liu, you are right to cancel city entry tax, bridge tax, road tax, poll tax and other levies and miscellaneous taxes. After that, more and more people will enter our city, including many people who were afraid to enter the city because of the city entry tax, bridge tax, road tax, and poll tax. Our city. If a city wants to be prosperous and unlimited, the population is the most important thing. With a large population, there are also many needs. Correspondingly, the consumption is also high. The demand for food, clothes, houses, etc., naturally also increased. At that time , your business will only get better and better, and you will earn more and more money. That's why I said, I charge you three times the usual tax, which is not much at all. Of course, If you really lose money, it means that your brains are a bit stupid and not suitable for business."

"My lord's lesson is that I will understand." A group of businessmen said together.

"I assure you that your business will only get better and better, and it will only make those outside envious and jealous." Dong Tiancheng said: "This is the official who called you here. The reason. I just want to tell you that your business has my support. Feel free to do it boldly. As long as it is a business that does not violate the laws of the Song Dynasty, I will definitely support it. But correspondingly, I also need your support. "

at the same time.

the other side.

The Xu family was also talking anxiously because of Dong Tiancheng's notice, mainly because this notice from Dong Tiancheng cut off their Xu family's way of getting rich.

The Xu family, relying on their own family status, built a simple bamboo bridge on the river. No matter who they are, as long as they pass this simple bamboo bridge, they have to pay the bridge toll to the Xu family.

once.

Five Wen to ten Wen.

back once.

From three Wen to ten Wen.

Those who paid the money were all people who were not as powerful as the Xu family and who relied on the Xu family for food. As for those who were far more powerful than the Xu family, the Xu family would not dare to ask for the bridge toll from the other party.

But just like this, the Xu family can accumulate a lot of money every year by collecting bridge tolls, hundreds of guan of money, and they still get something. Therefore, this announcement by Dong Tiancheng is tantamount to completely cutting off the Xu family's wealth.

It's not that the Xu family's financial resources have been cut off, but that the Xu family has gotten used to this income.

This time.

Suddenly no more.

My heart is really empty.

Because this afternoon, some people refused to pay the bridge toll on the pretext of the order of the Master Futai.

in this way.

It also caused the Xu family to lose about 150 Wen of money this afternoon.

"Father, what should we do about this matter?" The eldest son of the Xu family asked his father, "We have to think of a way."

this year.

It just so happened that it was the Xu family's eldest son's turn to collect the bridge toll. The Xu family's eldest son, who originally wanted to make a fortune from the bridge toll, was completely dumbfounded by Dong Tiancheng's new policy.

If he had known this would be the result, he would have grabbed the bridge toll job last year.

"What are you panicking about? The sky hasn't stepped down yet." The Patriarch of the Xu family cast a glance at his eldest son, and said displeasedly, "I have to find a way to deal with this matter."

"Why don't you force it? Just pretend that this notice doesn't exist?" The eldest son of the Xu family came up with a bad idea, "We continue to charge the bridge toll. After all, this is a bamboo bridge we built ourselves. It is reasonable to charge the bridge toll."

"Nonsense, exempting bridge tolls is an order promulgated by the governor himself. How dare we small people violate it without authorization? Have you forgotten what happened during the day yesterday? So many officials and wealthy households were all arrested Dude, if we really dare to do this, it is estimated that if we do it first, we will be arrested and thrown into prison. Forget it, let’s just pretend that this incident didn’t happen, and we won’t collect the bridge toll, which is a proper way to give the governor a face.”

(End of this chapter)