Chapter 1201 Heavy Taxes

"Sir, the things used here are for our own use and are not traded with the society. We have already paid taxes once when we open a restaurant. How can we be made to pay taxes again?"

When the shopkeeper saw this situation, he quickly went out to explain. There were dozens of horses carrying 50 kilograms of rice. This was considered a large caravan, so officers and soldiers came quickly.

"Then did you go to report to us?"

An official said with a sideways face. Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't say anything, he immediately sneered.

"Since there is no report, then these things are all moving goods. We have to take away 10 bags."

After hearing what this officer said, people around him started talking about it. It was only twenty or thirty bags at most. Now you want to take away 10 bags of rice at once. What kind of tax can be so expensive?

"General, I don't know what the tax rate is in your country. Isn't it too high?"

Li Xiang had already come out of the house at this moment, and he was very angry after seeing this situation. I have conquered half of the world, and I have never seen anyone speak so arrogantly to me, especially you who come to collect taxes.

"Who do you think you are? You actually dare to question our tax rate. You Datang businessmen have a lot of money, but your tax rate is different from others. You have made all our money away from business over the years, or you will leave 10 Bags of rice, or take these things and get out of here immediately, and you will not be able to enter Wa City."

After hearing this man's arrogant words, Changsunze couldn't bear it any longer and was about to go up and pull him off his horse, but Li Xiang still held Changsunze back.

"May I ask this general, is this tax rate only for me, the Tang Dynasty businessmen?"

Seeing Li Xiang's extraordinary bearing, the officer did not dare to say anything nonsense.

"Why do you care so much? I'm asking you if you want to do business in the city. If you want to do business in the city, then go to the official to change the official document. If you don't have 10 bags of rice, you can change your official document. No."

After the guy finished speaking, he waved his hand, and several of his soldiers were ready to carry the rice.

Li Xiang also basically understood that no other merchants from other countries had such a tax rate. This was purely imposed on the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. They probably also saw that the profits of the merchants of the Tang Dynasty were relatively high, so they came up with this idea. .

"What a coincidence, I really don't come here to do business. I am an official from Anxi City of the Tang Dynasty. I just happen to go to see your prefect. Please show me the way. I would like to ask if I, the merchant of the Tang Dynasty, are all There are different tax rates.”

Li Xiang's words shocked these people. They thought Li Xiang was just an ordinary businessman. Unexpectedly, after Li Xiang finished speaking, the entourage next to him actually took out the door and closed it. It was indeed stamped with the seal of Anxi City. .

"You...you are an official of the Tang Dynasty?"

When he saw the seal next to him, the guy immediately stuttered.

"It's written in black and white, don't you know how to read it yourself?"

There are also many Datang businessmen on this street. After seeing this scene, although they did not dare to speak, they were very excited. They should give these people a little good look. Starting from this month, they will treat Datang businessmen as before. It’s different.

"I am not responsible for this. If you want to submit official documents, you should go to the prefect's Yamen yourself."

The guy's face was obviously a little panicked. Just when he got on the horse and wanted to escape, he found that the horse's head had been pulled by someone and it couldn't move forward at all.

"How dare you, people of the Tang Dynasty, do you still have the law? Do you really think that this is within the territory of the Tang Dynasty? I can tell you, this is Wacheng of my country, and this is not a place for you to run wild!"

After this guy finished speaking, several of his soldiers immediately took out their knives. Li Xiang really didn't know what to say to them. Let's take a look at your rusty knife. Do you dare to take out such a thing to make people look embarrassed?

Not to be outdone, Li Xiang's men took out their knives one after another and compared them with the weapons they had used to confront each other. They immediately knew what was going on. If they were to fight against each other, your swords might not be able to last for one round. It has to be cut off by others.

After these weapons were revealed, the Wa adults in front of them understood that these were really not ordinary merchants of the Tang Dynasty. They should be people from the Tang government. If they were ordinary businessmen, how could there be such an army of the Tang Dynasty? What about standard weapons?

Over the years, they have also seen some weapons of the Tang Dynasty army. They are really sharp as iron. At least the swords, guns and sticks they refined domestically are useless, and they have to be chopped off in one round.

"Are you still leaving?"

Li Xiang rubbed his hands, and then slowly came to the officer.

"My lord, let's not offend the river. You came here to do something. If you need help in Latigong, Lower Wa City, I can help you. There is no need to make things like this. Bar?"

This guy secretly increased taxes on Datang merchants without the consent of the local government. However, because this incident brought them a lot of benefits, he sent people at the city gate to watch as long as there were Datang merchants. When they come in, they are taxed heavily.

If this happens to the prefect, I'm afraid he won't get any good results from him.

"The official surname of the Tang Dynasty official is Huang, and I have to take care of this matter today. If you pass by and ignore it, I, the merchant of the Tang Dynasty, will be bullied by you before I know how long, and I will fall to their swords. , so I went to the prefect's Yamen. If there are any merchants who have been blackmailed by him in the near future, you can come with me, and I will seek justice for you."

Li Xiang's voice began to increase as he spoke. None of the people around him had heard of Mr. Huang, but he had indeed taken out the official seal just now, so it definitely couldn't be fake.

These people come to Wa City to do business because the profits here are relatively large, and they eat and sleep rough along the way. Isn't it just to make money? But who knew that after entering the city, he would be blackmailed by this Tiragon.

At that time, they also went to reason, but were beaten up by these soldiers. Although the Tang Dynasty court was extremely powerful, this was their territory after all. If they wanted to seek justice, it might not be that simple.

Unexpectedly, we were so lucky today. There were officials from the Tang Dynasty here. We worked so hard to bring the goods. Who would be willing to make wedding dresses for them? (End of chapter)