Starting Today, I’ll Work as a City Lord

"Well……"

"Cough cough cough..."

Those merchants who were catching food with their hands stopped awkwardly, put their hands under the table, and wiped them on their bodies calmly. It's a bit embarrassing today.

On the other side of the earth, there is such a saying that compared with Westerners who use knives, forks and other tools to cut food at will, people feel a kind of tyranny and a kind of arrogance of dancing with knives and forks; then Eastern people use chopsticks to pick up food in a gentle way. It looks more noble and refined.

After the businessman took the fork, seeing that Liu Feng had no intention of eating at all, he put it down embarrassingly. They decided to practice their chopsticks, which is much better than using a knife and fork. After all, the food here is very delicate. kind.

"My lord, what do you think of the poor and the rich you mentioned just now?" A businessman calmly brought up the topic just now.

"Oh!" Liu Feng smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly, "A commoner, he can't even eat enough to eat every day, even his clothes are tattered, and he doesn't have to wear shoes. Does this count as being poor?"

"Yes, this counts as being poor." Solo nodded.

"One day." Liu Feng held up a finger and said softly, "This commoner got rich. He had wheat porridge for three meals a day, and it was so much that he ate a bowl and poured a bowl. His clothes could last four or five times. He wears it repeatedly every day, compared to other ordinary people, is he considered rich?"

"Rich, very rich, after all, you can eat bowl after bowl." Tori said with a smile.

The corner of Liu Feng's mouth raised, and he pointed to the vegetarian dish on the table, "This dish is the cheapest dish on the table, and it costs thirty-eight copper coins."

"ah???"

Everyone's eyes widened and they were frightened. A plate of vegetarian dishes costs thirty-eight copper coins. Is this a copper coin for one dish? That's not how money works.

"In this dish, each leaf is the tenderest vegetable leaf picked from a dozen or so vegetables."

The corners of Liu Feng's mouth raised, and he continued to flicker, "Of course, there are three or four copper coins for a plate of vegetarian dishes, and those are the leftovers from the plate of thirty-eight copper coins."

"hiss……"

All the people present were stunned. They didn't expect that a plate of vegetarian dishes would be so exquisite. No wonder it cost thirty-eight copper coins, and the merchants didn't raise the price any more.

"Also, the plate of fish in the middle costs 300 copper coins; the stewed pork dish costs 180 copper coins... These are all one of the most expensive dishes in Zuixiaolou." Liu Feng said calmly.

"..."

In silence, everyone stared blankly at the dishes on the table. This was basically eating silver coins. A table full of dishes cost several silver coins.

"I ate these dishes like this for three meals in the castle, and I don't know if they suit your appetite." Liu Feng's eyes flickered.

"Uh..." The people present were stunned, this way of eating, one gold coin would be eaten in five or six days, the Duke is no more than that.

The corner of Liu Feng's mouth slightly raised, and he said flatly, "Do you think that a person who can eat this table of food every day is considered rich?"

Chapter 0172 The target is the tariff.

Can a person who eats five or six silver coins in one meal not be rich? Of course rich, even the second generation of prodigal nobles would not eat like this, unless those big nobles, marquises, and dukes.

Those who dare to eat like this every day must have the background to dare to eat like this. So Luo and other businessmen looked at Liu Feng in amazement.

Tori was stunned for a moment, and then scanned the dishes on the table with complex eyes. He knew that the dishes in the City Lord's Mansion were even more delicious than these. I'm afraid that what Master Liu Feng said was very humble.

Now, these businessmen remembered the question Liu Feng asked just now, and they realized that they were really poor, and they couldn't even eat a good meal every day.

The merchants understood what Liu Feng meant. Compared to commoners, they were certainly rich; but to nobles and merchants, they were poor.

For example, there is no way for them to eat the table of dishes in front of them every day.

The businessmen present were all thinking about Liu Feng's intentions, and when they suddenly talked about the topic of rich and poor, could it be that they want to show off their wealth?

No, absolutely not. Solo was the first to deny this idea. In his opinion, Liu Feng is not such a low-interest person.

"My lord, why do you want to limit the purchase of our products in the big market?" Some businessmen wanted to change the subject and asked the most important question today.

"I just want to ask a question, who is the biggest beneficiary of the transactions in the big market?" Liu Feng's lips curled up.

"This..." The merchants looked at each other in blank dismay, and they wanted to say: Of course it's your city lord.

But then seeing Solo remaining silent, the merchants raised their hearts in an instant, and everyone present knew this question well.

"Buying and selling in the big market is originally a kind of welfare I give to the common people, so I give such a low price."

Liu Feng leaned forward slightly, and said calmly, "But now you are a bit aggressive, it seems that you are all taking advantage of me?"

The merchants all lowered their heads. This is a fact. They bought goods crazily because of this. After all, they can make a lot of profits by reselling them to other places.

"If I raise the price, you may not come to ask me this question today, but it is unfair to the common people in my territory. The purchase restriction is just a helpless thing, isn't it?" Liu Feng said calmly.

"This..." The merchants still have nothing to say. Could it be that they have the cheek to ask for the removal of the purchase restriction? Everyone earns money!

They were afraid that they would be kicked out of the door in the next second, and they didn't dare to say threatening words. They were afraid that they would be sent to the gallows in the next second.

"Also, with my financial resources, if I organize a caravan to sell to other cities, maybe I will earn more." Liu Feng stimulated them again.

"What?"

The merchants turned pale with fright. If they didn't sell the goods to them, it was clear that they didn't earn a penny.

"My lord, if you have any requirements, you can put forward the purchase limit. It's just that we hope that the quantity can be larger."

"Yeah, we can still pay a little more."

In the end, the merchants were reluctant to part with this piece of fat. The goods in Xiyang City were really cheap, and it was a big profit to resell them.

"Pay taxes, as long as they are within my territory, all transactions must be taxed."

Liu Feng said in a deep voice, "As long as you pay the tax, I will not limit the purchase of your goods, and I will give you as much as you want."

Hearing this, Solo understood, he fully understood, what happened before was not to show off his wealth, but to pave the way for tax collection, either they would pay the tax and then buy the goods, or Liu Feng would form a caravan and ship the goods out Sell.

And the question and answer about the rich and the poor before was basically a way for Liu Feng to show his financial resources. The subconscious meaning was to say that it would be the same with or without you, and it would not have much impact on Xiyang City.

Yes, collecting taxes is Liu Feng's goal. When he said that the assembled caravan went out to sell goods, half of him was fooling these businessmen, and half of him was true.

The caravan organized by Liu Feng sells high-value and high-yield items, such as canned fish and ceramic products, rather than low-value items in the big market.

"My lord, we would like to know how to collect this tax." The merchants asked earnestly, it was related to their pocket income.

"I won't collect your taxes when you buy things in Xiyang City, but I will collect customs duties when you leave Xiyang City with the goods." Liu Feng said lightly.

Merchants know about tariffs. When they pass through the territory of some city lords, they will pay for it. They think it is customs clearance fees, as the saying goes, it is tolls.

"Then, Lord City Master, how much do you think we should pay?" The merchants were much more relaxed. They thought they had to pay taxes for everything they bought.

"Based on the measurement of goods, if you have a lot of goods, of course you have to pay more taxes; of course, a certain quantity will be set, as long as you do not bring more than this quantity of goods within a certain period of time, you will not be charged customs duties." Liu Feng simply explained.

"Tariff by goods???"