Chapter 511: Call your leader (please vote and subscribe)
Luo Chong and Da Shu were standing on the dock and talking, and the bamboo raft of the Ling tribe arrived.
On the other side, the people of the Ling tribe standing on the bamboo raft had long seen a group of people wearing black wide-sleeved robes, but they were used to it. That was the unique clothing of the officials of the Han tribe. You can see from the wide sleeves that the sleeves of ordinary people are rarely that wide.
These officials are waiting here, just to collect taxes. In fact, the Ling tribe has always been confused about why their tribe came to the Han tribe to sell things. They are responsible for the transportation, which is equivalent to delivering directly to the doorstep of the Han tribe. This is obviously the Han tribe taking advantage. Why does the Han tribe still want to collect taxes from them? It’s
just that due to the strong strength of the Han tribe, the Ling tribe has no way to say it. Besides, after paying taxes, they can still make a lot of money.
The commercial taxes collected by the Han tribe from the Ling tribe are generally divided into three types. One is the tariff, which is calculated by the vehicle and ship. For example, the vehicles and ships entering the border of the Han tribe, each vehicle and ship has a certain type of goods and a certain amount of import tariff.
The other two are the types of goods, which are roughly divided into salt, iron, grain, livestock, cloth, handicrafts, and fresh food. The former things are basically irrelevant to the Ling tribe, so they only pay handicrafts and fresh food, one is food, and the other is bamboo weaving.
The people of the Ling tribe came to the dock, two people on a bamboo raft, one person held the raft, and the other went to move the goods on it. The dock is not far from the shore. It can be seen as long as you pass the crop field. Transportation over this distance requires transportation by car, which is a two-wheeled cart. Only those who have paid taxes can obtain the "entry ticket" to the market and the right to rent the cart.
However, today, when the people of Ling Tribe saw the young man who was the leader of Han Tribe, they immediately felt that he looked very familiar, as if they had seen him somewhere before, so their leader Xiao He couldn't help but step forward and say hello.
"Two adults, why did you come so early today? Is there something?" Xiao He learned the understanding learned in Han Tribe, raised his hands and bowed to Luo Chong and Da Shu.
Luo Chong did not reply, but nodded to Da Shu, indicating that he should speak. Da Shu also had a tacit understanding and immediately understood what Luo Chong meant.
"Today, I do have something to ask you, and there are three things, which are all very important to you."
"Oh? I don't know what Lord Lin wants to say?"
Xiao He was a little dumbfounded when he heard that there was really something to ask her. Those who came to lead the team to sell things were not the same person every day. How could it be so coincidental that there was something to do on the day she came?
"Haha, don't worry. It's not a big deal. I'll tell you briefly first, and you can tell your leader when we get back.
First, our Han tribe has now made a tool specifically for measuring weight. It's called a scale. In the future, many goods can be sold by weight. They no longer need to be traded by piece or number. Weight can be used to calculate, which is fairer for both parties. There will be a clerk in the market to teach you on the spot later. Just buy the scale from him.
The second thing is that our Han tribe will sell boats starting today. They are the kind of hand-rowed boats that are eight meters long and three meters wide and can carry more than twenty people at a time. They are one thousand yuan each now. If you want to buy them, you can trade them at any time."
"What, one thousand yuan each? Isn't that too expensive? Who can afford it? Can it be cheaper? We in the Ling tribe don't have much money." As soon as Xiao He heard the price of the boat, he couldn't help it and asked loudly.
"Well, that's exactly how much money you need. You can't pay less if you want to buy it. If you want it cheaper, you can only join our Han tribe. Then you will have the right to rent a boat. The cost of renting a boat is only 60 yuan per month." Dashu explained immediately.
"Ah? We can rent a boat? 60 yuan a month, a month is 30 days, that is two yuan a day, five cents for a sweet pole, so as long as we sell 40 sweet poles a day, we can earn enough rent, it's really not much,
but can't you rent it to us? Why must our Ling tribe buy it?" Xiao He heard what Da Shu said, and immediately counted on his fingers, muttering to himself, and the calculation was quite fast. No wonder the Ling tribe sent him to be the leader, but after calculating the price of renting a boat, Xiao He immediately refused to do it. Compared with buying a boat, it is obviously cheaper to rent a boat.
At this time, after hearing Xiao He's question, Da Shu was also a little embarrassed. After all, this matter was just mentioned by the leader, and many details have not been explained to him, such as whether it can be rented to outside tribes, etc., so Da Shu had to look at Luo Chong for help, hoping that the leader would answer this question.
"We only rent our boats to citizens with legal household registration in the Han tribe, because they have houses, land, families, neighbors, and titles, and they can't run away. We dare not rent to people from other tribes. For example, if I rent a boat to you, what if you run away with the boat and don't come back? Wouldn't I lose a lot?"
Luo Chong also immediately gave his own reasons.
As soon as this was said, Dashu and Xiaohe were both speechless, because there was really no way to refute it. This was so damn right.
The Han tribe now has its own Wushi collective responsibility. If one family breaks the law and other neighbors cover up for it, do not report it, and do not stop it, they will all be punished for the same crime. Even if a person commits an impromptu crime without premeditation, when he commits a crime and runs away, his family will still be punished if he does not let him turn himself in.
Under such a system, who would rent a boat and run away? It's okay even if you don't pay a deposit, but people from other tribes are not safe even if they pay a deposit.
After listening to the big tree, Luo Chong nodded secretly. Xiao He was different. He was a timid person. Besides, buying a boat was not something he could decide. So he immediately used the method of procrastination.
"The money for buying a boat is too much. I can't make the decision. I still have to go back and tell the leader about this matter and let them make the decision. Now let's talk about the third thing. What is the third thing?"
This time, Luo Chong spoke again before the big tree could speak. It was also because the third thing was the issue he was most concerned about.
"The third thing is about your sweet poles. Don't be nervous. We will not prohibit you from selling sweet poles in the Han tribe. I just want to know if there is a kind of red rice on the part of the sweet poles that you cut off. Can you show me some?"
When Xiao He heard Luo Chong's words, he initially thought that the Han tribe didn't want them to sell because they made too much money. As a result, Luo Chong said no, and asked about the red rice on the sweet poles. Xiao He's eyes narrowed immediately.
He remembered very clearly that the chief specifically cut down the red rice, saying that it was very useful, as if he wanted to use the rice as a bargaining chip to negotiate something with the Han tribe. He was not very clear about the details, but he only knew that the chief said that if the Han tribe asked, they would tell them that there was indeed red rice, but if they wanted it, they had to let the chief of the Han tribe come out to negotiate.
Thinking of this, Xiao He was also very happy. Their Ling tribe finally had something that the Han tribe could appreciate.
"That red rice, we do have, and there is a lot of it, but our chief said that if we want this red rice, we must let the chief of your Han tribe come over to negotiate. Our chief has something to say to him."
(End of this chapter)
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