Chapter 166 Tariffs
As for the "Quanxian King City"?
Then pay attention to the punctuation -
"Quanxian King City" should be understood as "the city where the Quanxian King lived", not "the capital of the Quanxian tribe". There is an essential difference between the two! The latter is a power center and political center equivalent to a country, while the former... is just a "residence".
After all, the king of the Quanxian tribe will not interfere in the private affairs of any clan. The Quanxian king has only one task - to suppress the passage leading to the Guixu Sea in the eye of the formation until it dries up and dies. Then the Quanxian tribe will spontaneously "give birth" to the next "king".
It is impossible for such an existence to participate in politics, so the Quanxian tribe has not actually formed a "country" but is still at the stage of tribe and clan.
Taking advantage of this time, it is of great significance to define the clan as a "sovereign city-state"!
On behalf of the Taiyin Sect, Elder Lu Ying proposed a resource trade request including mineral and fish supplies, and granted a 0 tariff rate. At the same time, he only levied a 10% tax on luxury goods such as mermaid silk and sea pearls exported by the Xiling clan.
"tariff……"
Hearing a lot of completely unfamiliar words, the Xiling clan leader did not hide anything and asked directly, "What does tariff mean?"
Elder Lu Ying explained, "It is a type of taxation in Taiyin Sect, similar to the head tax and agricultural tax levied on ordinary people in other sects. However, we in Taiyin Sect do not have head tax and agricultural tax, nor do we need to regularly hand in any spiritual herbs and plants. The taxes we lack are mostly supplemented by commercial taxes, and tariffs are a type of commercial tax."
The concept of "tax" does exist, but there is no "tariff" in the Guixu Realm. The only similar concept is called "market tax", which refers to the tax on the market. It often appears in the exchanges between various human chambers of commerce, business alliances and various sects.
This is actually very easy to understand. The reason why there was a term "tariff" in ancient times was that people at that time went through various checkpoints and checkpoints for the purpose of commercial exchanges and commodity transactions. When passing through these checkpoints and checkpoints, they would be exploited by the local ruling forces. This was the earliest "tariff".
Later, with the development and improvement of the political system of human society, "tariffs" were again used between countries. This kind of taxation on commercial goods, in addition to replenishing the "national treasury", also has the function of protecting local products and maintaining their market competitiveness.
Fang Xianyu then added: "It's the city tax."
The Xiling clan leader nodded hesitantly.
It’s not that she couldn’t understand the concept, but she found it difficult to understand why Taiyin Sect specifically brought up this matter.
You should know that in the Guixu Realm, where the level of civilization is at the stage of wild governance, "tariffs" or market taxes are mostly "random" and "customized". Just like the gatekeepers of the border towns in film and television works who secretly withhold a part of the goods entering the city to enrich their own pockets, in the Guixu Realm, this kind of goods and goods entering the market and the city are withheld, which is also a recognized unspoken rule, and it is indeed the minions of the corresponding market who withhold them - of course, these minions withhold things to pay tribute to the higher level. This market operation mode and logic is like this in Blue Star, and it is naturally no exception in the Guixu Realm. Even in modern times, many places have not improved, but have made this withholding "legal and compliant". The neighboring country of America can spend millions of US dollars just to build a public toilet. And Daying is even more exaggerated, spending nearly 20 billion pounds to build a subway of more than 100 kilometers. Note that in these two examples, all expenses are "legal and compliant".
So in Guixu Realm, don’t think that markets that collect market taxes won’t be deducted, because all crows are black! After all, it’s easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with the little devils. If you don’t give enough benefits to the manager, the things of small forces and small sects won’t even be qualified to squeeze into the major chambers of commerce and merchant ships! "Don’t worry, fellow Daoist, our Taiyin Sect is absolutely upright. Customs duties are the only taxes levied on imported goods and commodities. There can’t be any other forms of seizure or occupation of goods and commodities. If there is private extortion, fellow Daoist can ask any Taiyin Sect disciple for help, just say that you have entrusted them with a task and ask them to report it. This matter will definitely be resolved immediately! However, I prefer to believe that this kind of thing should not happen in Taiyin Sect!"
Fang Xianyu was the first to react to the Xiling clan leader's hesitation, and she explained in an extremely confident tone.
How could she not be confident! Even if the person in charge of Guan City was a native of Guixu Realm, and was corrupt, there were so many players from Blue Star Realm watching, and they would never cover it up. Any player could report it to her directly, and it would be impossible to hide it!
Moreover, Fang Xianyu planned to privately give a few more quotas to the Flower Planting Family project team, so that people who are capable of doing these things can do them - leaving behind talents trained under the modern social education system, who are checked by the state and will never betray, and using the natives of the Guixu Realm who are full of uncertainty? She is not having a seizure! The Xiling clan leader still had a blank expression on his face: "The Taiyin Sect is indeed different from other human sects!"
Because the Quanxian tribe is too scattered, there is basically no such thing as a "market" except for the Quanxian King City and the main cities of each clan. In many cases, transactions are even conducted through barter, and external transactions are done by each of them. There is no such thing as a business alliance or chamber of commerce like the sects and forces of human cultivators.
In fact, human cultivators often bartered in private. For example, when Taiyin Sect was still Taiyin Sect, Du Zhong of Guangcheng Sect saw the Broken Bone and Regenerated Muscle Powder in the hands of players and was excited. He exchanged the True Fire Thunderbolt Talisman and the Wind Calming Talisman for two. This kind of transaction model is very common among wild cultivators and low-level cultivators, and spirit stones are relatively more precious.
However, even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run. Although the Xiling clan leader was not familiar with market transactions, he also knew some of the customs of human cultivators when doing business. Hearing Fang Xianyu's confidence, he was quite skeptical, but since the other person had said this, he just followed suit and praised him casually - if that could be considered a compliment.
"You are too kind, fellow Taoist."
Elder Lu Ying quickly understood the Quanxian tribe's speaking style and the way they expressed their emotions, and immediately followed up, "Similarly, based on the principle of fairness and reciprocity, we hope that the food resources and other goods from the Taiyin Sect can enjoy a lower tax rate, while daily necessities and handicrafts such as knives and jewelry can also be maintained at around 10%."
"Actually..." The Xiling clan leader's expression seemed calm, but her tone revealed a hint of entanglement. She said, "Actually, we in the Xiling clan don't collect customs duties or market taxes..."
Fang Xianyu immediately said firmly: "No, fellow Daoist, you must accept this! And it is best to set the rules as soon as possible, how to accept different types and how much to accept!"
A trace of doubt rarely appeared on the calm face of the Xiling clan leader: "?"
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