Unlimited supplies: Bringing space to the supermarket to keep the right minister

Chapter 163 Tax Increase
Yu Xiaolian strolled back and forth in the supermarket, and when she saw something she thought could be sold, she would free up some.

Candles, matches, yes, get some out.

White paper is fine, take out a stack.

Needlework, handkerchiefs, socks, towels, yes.

Plates, bowls, saucers, yes.

Folding fans, bookmarks, small mirrors, insoles.

Rice, noodles, oil sauce and vinegar tea, white sugar, brown sugar.

Yes, you read that right, they don’t sell salt. In ancient times, not just any grocery store could sell salt.

In Great Liang, all the salt resources belonged to the imperial court, and those who needed to entrust purchasing agents for sales had to be approved by the imperial salt industry department.

To buy salt here, you need to go to a special store designated by the government and businessmen, and the price of salt is more expensive than meat.

When Yu Xiaolian first came here, every time Sun made wild vegetable soup, he just added a pinch of salt. The wild vegetable soup could only taste bitter, not salty at all.

The imperial court not only controlled salt, but also controlled iron.

All mine resources are owned by the imperial court. Once a mine is found, the government will immediately send someone to protect and supervise it.

After the iron ore was mined, most of it was sent to the government-run iron smelting workshop to be made into weapons and official ironware.

A small part is sold to folk private iron smelting workshops to make farm implements and hand tools, but the ironware produced by the folk must be priced by the government.

Although private merchants are allowed to buy and sell ironware, they must pay [-]% of the income tax to the government.

Zheng Yuanfeng once told Yu Xiaolian before that most of the merchants who can manage salt and iron are people with backers in the officialdom, so they should not be underestimated.

Yu Xiaolian didn't have a license to sell salt, so naturally she didn't dare to sell salt.

Selling private salt is a serious crime.

The things Yu Xiaolian brought out were carefully selected, avoiding plastic products as much as possible.

It would be a shame to cause unnecessary trouble because of plastic.

The hairpins she took out were all iron clips, and the ones on them were cloth-decorated, plastic headgear clips, and she didn't dare to take them out at all.

The small mirror is also the kind without plastic.

By the time Yu Xiaolian finished tossing back and forth between the space and the shop, it was already dark.

Zhao Erya smiled and brought over the grilled fruit candies, "These little ones are grilling and eating, one by one, it's so beautiful.

They said, next time I have this job, let me find them again! "

Yu Xiaolian smiled, as long as the little ones didn't think she was exploiting child labor, she wouldn't feel bad about eating a few pieces of candy.

He asked again, "Su Jingyue went to sleep in the same room with Huzi?"

Zhao Erya nodded, "Well, the two of them are so wonderful that they have to sleep in the same room. I just sent them to the next door."

"Then you go to bed earlier!"

The next day, Yu Xiaolian sent Su Jingyue and Xiao Huzi to the academy together. When she came back, she saw that the bottles and jars she ordered had finally arrived, so she couldn't wait to drag Zhao Erya and Sun into the house to fill them.

They were very busy here, and Yu Changhe and Sun Fengshou were also overwhelmed. There were more people buying stewed meat than yesterday. Although Yu Changhe could settle accounts, when there were too many people, he felt his brain froze.

I can't figure it out even with my fingers.

If it catches up to a whole catty and a whole tael, Yu Changhe can still open his mouth and count it, but how can it be all right?
Sometimes he would be confused if he came up with a few taels of catty and couldn't figure it out.

Therefore, he especially hopes that his daughter can go out to settle accounts and collect money.

So, Yu Changhe went to drag Yu Xiaolian and asked her to go out to help settle accounts and collect money.

Yu Xiaolian had no choice but to panic, and after covering the sticky note and stamping it, she handed over the filling job to her mother and Erya.

Braised pork is sold here, and people come in from time to time at the grocery store. Although Yu Xiaolian put the items on the table yesterday, she hasn't priced the products yet, but it's impossible for her to drive out the buyers who delivered them to her door.

But I stayed with several people in a row, and they all came to ask if there was any salt in the store.

The shop that sells salt has a pretense of salt supervision at the door, but there is no pretense of salt on her shop. Why do these people come to ask about salt?
Although salt is more expensive than meat, Yu Xiaolian dare not do illegal things.

Although those people did not buy salt, they still bought rice and noodles at Taotaoju.

In just one morning, Yu Xiaolian sold [-] catties of rice and [-] catties of white flour.

Just like this, Yu Xiaolian didn't notice anything wrong.

Two more women came in together, one fat and the other thin. The fat woman lowered her voice and asked Yu Xiaolian if there was any salt in the shop.

Yu Xiaolian was puzzled, why do these people have to buy salt, is there no salt in the official store?

Or are these people sent by the government to check her shop, do they have private salt?

"No, my family is a serious businessman. I don't sell private salt. I buy salt at the official store in the east of the city!"

The two women looked at each other and sighed.

The fat woman said kindly, "Let's go to the east of the city quickly. If we go late, we might not be able to buy official salt."

The thin woman nodded, "Well, even if you can buy it now, it probably won't be the price of yesterday."

Yu Xiaolian suppressed her curiosity all morning, but finally couldn't help asking.

"You two ladies, you seem to be in a hurry to buy salt. Is there no salt at home?"

The fat woman sighed, "I still have some at home, not much left, and I'm thinking of saving some now, otherwise it will be much more expensive in a few days."

Salt is already so expensive, do you want to increase the price?

When the fat woman saw Yu Xiaolian's appearance, she knew that she didn't know about it, "Thankfully, your family still runs a grocery store, so the news is too closed.

Don't you know that the Great South is in chaos?The south has been in chaos for more than a year. Our General Yu and the female general of the Great Mongolian Kingdom fought fiercely. You win a game and I win a game. I don't know how long it will take.

What does this war cost?That will definitely cost money and food. The more the state treasury is emptied, of course the tax will have to be increased.

I heard that just now, the official document on the tax increase has arrived in Los Angeles, and it is estimated that it will be posted soon.

A shop like yours will definitely have to increase the business tax.

You said that the business tax has risen, will the rice, flour, grain and oil in your shop rise?Then the price must be raised. The price of rice flour and oil has risen, and the salt has to be raised even more.

Alas, the salt tax is usually expensive, so this time the designated amount cannot be lowered.

Who do you say is living a life, don’t save a little more before the price rises? "

The thin woman pulled the fat woman and wanted to leave, "Let's go, we have to go to the west of the city, if we don't leave, the price of official documents should be raised."

She is a big aunt who talks a lot, and she can talk for a long time with a little girl. Isn't this a waste of time?

The fat woman stepped over the threshold with one foot, and said in her mouth, "My father-in-law works at the post station. We have inside information that the tax increase is appointed..."

Station errand?

Seeing a fat woman being dragged away, Yu Xiaolian deliberately wrote down her appearance, thinking about whether she could send a letter to Su Jingchen through the fat woman's father-in-law in the future.

　I have nothing to say, I just want to make a fuss
　　
　
(End of this chapter)