Unlimited Supplies: Take the Space Supermarket To Support the Right Minister

  Chapter 163 Tax Increase

  Yu Xiaolian wandered back and forth in the supermarket, and when she saw something she thought could be sold, she freed up some.

  Candles, matches, yes, take out some.

  Blank 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 belong to the imperial court, and those that need to be entrusted to purchase and sell on behalf of others must 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 tools and hand tools, but the ironware made by the folk must be priced by the government.

  Although private merchants are allowed to buy and sell ironware, they must pay 30% 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 illegal salt is a serious crime.

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

   It's really a shame to cause unnecessary trouble because of plastic.

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

  The small mirror is also the one 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 chopped fruit candies, "These little ones are chopping 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.

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

  Zhao Erya nodded, "Well, the two of them are so happy 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 struggling. 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 understand it even if I snap my fingers.

  If it catches up to a whole catty and a whole tael, Yu Changhe can open his mouth and count it, but how can it be all right?

  Sometimes he would get caught in the dark if he came up with a few taels of catty and couldn't figure it out.

  So, 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 hurry, and after stamping the sticky note, she handed over the filling job to her mother and Erya.

  Braised pork is sold here, and people come in from time to time in the grocery store. Although Yu Xiaolian put the things on the table yesterday, she hasn't set the price for the goods yet, but she can't drive out the buyers who come to the 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 store that sells salt has a guise of salt supervision at the door, but there is no salt pretense 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 110 catties of rice and 55 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?

   These people are still sent by the official shop to check her shop. Is there any private salt?

   "No, my family is a serious businessman, and I don't sell smuggled 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, "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.

   "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?

  The fat woman knew Yu Xiaolian was ignorant when she saw Yu Xiaolian's appearance, "Thanks to your family who still runs a grocery store, 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.

  Shops like yours must have a business tax increase.

  You said that the commercial tax has risen, but will the rice, flour, grain and oil in your shop increase? 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.

  Which living family do you think doesn’t save a little more before the price increases? "

  The thin woman pulled the fat woman 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 chat for a long time with a little girl. Isn't this a waste of time?

  The fat woman stepped out of 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..."

  Stay on duty?

  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, just want to make a fuss

  (end of this chapter)