Then the camera was handed to the emperor, who immediately started snapping photos one after another from the top of the camera.
There was a photo of the Empress, a selfie of the Emperor, and Su Muyao sitting to the side.
He even patted each of the teacups on the table.
"Uncle, the paper in this camera will eventually run out, and the battery will also run out of power."
However, if the power goes out, you can recharge at the generator in Aunt Huang's palace.
The Emperor got angry as soon as he heard Su Muyao speak, put the camera on the table and snorted heavily.
Su Muyao…
I was born to be robbed, sigh.
“One was given to my uncle, and my aunt also kept one.”
Upon hearing this, the Emperor immediately beamed with joy, "I knew it! Yao Yao wouldn't forget her Imperial Uncle."
"Yaoyao, I never knew that doing business could be so profitable."
Su Muyao…
Damn, you absolutely mustn't think that way.
It must be easy for you to be a skinflint, but it's not so easy for me.
"Uncle Huang, being a merchant is not easy. Not to mention leaving early and returning late, he is away from home for days or even years."
If you have poor judgment and can't sell the product even after lowering the price, or if you're unlucky and it arrives spoiled, the risks along the way are extremely high.
emperor……
Why are you suddenly telling me all this? You haven't been away from home for months.
"I find it interesting, though. I only saw Yao Yao collect ten thousand taels at a time."
Su Muyao was speechless. Why didn't you just say that it was something from thousands of years in the future?
"Your Majesty probably doesn't know that my profits aren't high. I spent a lot of money to get these goods."
Su Muyao said with a hint of helplessness, "Uncle Emperor, why don't you just waive the taxes I have to pay? In the future, if there are any new and interesting things, I'll give them to you first, how about that?"
The emperor was biting into a meat-filled sesame seed cake when he heard this. He took a vicious bite and said, "Whatever you say goes."
There's really no way to deal with this little fox; we knew all along that we wouldn't get any tax money from him.
Fortunately, it allows me to collect taxes from others.
At this moment, Xia knocked on the door of the private room from outside: "Princess, the auction outside has ended."
Upon hearing this, the emperor's eyes widened in curiosity as he wondered what exactly had been sold.
"Come in"
Xia first bowed to the Emperor and Empress before approaching Su Muyao.
The Emperor looked at Xia and asked, "How much did you sell today? Tell me."
Xia looked at Su Muyao, wanting to hear what her princess had to say.
Su Muyao rolled her eyes. The emperor had already spoken, so how could she not agree?
"Let's just say we're all on the same side."
Xia honestly reported: "All the soaps in our shop have been bought up by people from the Western Regions, and they've even placed many orders."
The small glass mirror was originally intended as a gift, but they all bought it, and the lighters were also all gone.
The most popular item was the glass wolf head necklace; all 160 were sold out, along with the gemstone necklaces and bracelets.
The emperor, standing to the side, quipped sarcastically, "Oh, quite a lot, isn't it? How much silver did you sell for?"
Xia didn't notice the strangeness in the emperor's tone at all, and continued, "The exact amount hasn't been calculated yet, everyone's busy and hasn't reconciled the accounts, but it's at least tens of thousands of taels of gold."
And that doesn't even include the orders for rouge and face powder. The Western Regions also ordered a large quantity of dressing mirrors from us, saying they wanted to order two boxes.
Su Muyao covered her face.
Why say so much?
In the end, all I could do was wave and say, "You can go now, I understand."
Xia had only taken two steps when she suddenly turned back and said, "Oh, the cost of the nightlights for the little princess hasn't been included in the bill. Also, the prince from the Western Regions said he wants to order some more. Many people who couldn't buy any want to order from us."
The Emperor interjected, asking, "So how many did you sell?"
Xia replied, "The young princess has taken out all the items she had stored in the warehouse and sold them. There were a total of 210 orders, and this type alone is worth 10,000 taels of gold."
Su Muyao…
"They weren't all bought by people from the Western Regions, were they?" If they weren't bought by people from the Western Regions, then no tax needs to be paid.
Xia replied, "They really did buy everything. They were incredibly wealthy. They bought everything they saw and wanted it all. If they didn't have it, they wanted to order it from me. I didn't dare to agree and just told them to wait for news."
People in our great dynasty hesitate before buying things, and most of them have already bought them before, so it's not that surprising.
But those people from the Western Regions only recently learned about our shop, and they just bought it all up with a wave of their hands?
Su Muyao waved her hand weakly, afraid that Xia would turn back and say something amazing again.
The Emperor was in a very good mood.
The people next to her were engrossed in calculating with their abacus beads. It was only then that Su Muyao realized that not only had the Emperor come, but he had also brought a golden abacus.
This shows how little self-confidence one has.
The eunuch standing nearby said, "Your Majesty, these are just the taxes for the first few items; there are many more that we don't know about."
The Emperor glanced at the abacus beads; there were two in total.
He said to Su Muyao, "Yaoyao, you just need to gather 20,000 taels of gold for me."
"Wh-what?" Su Muyao was now anxious.
"That's not how it's calculated! Luxury goods are taxed, but many cheap items aren't! And this comes to less than 600,000 taels of gold, so how can you ask for 20,000 taels?"
Su Muyao truly experienced the emperor's shamelessness.
They're even more bandit-like than bandits! How could they do this?
"Yaoyao, I've done the calculations. Look, this alone is 600,000 taels a day. How much will that add up to? I don't think 20,000 taels of gold is too much for you!"
"Or I could send someone to go with your steward to calculate it, what do you think?"
Alright, so you've put on this show for me, okay, okay, this is how you play it, huh?
He nodded helplessly. "The emperor is the ruler of the country, so it is only right that he pays more taxes."
After Su Muyao finished speaking, she forced a smile that looked uglier than crying.
Alright, let's go straight for the big spenders.
Even if you're a big spender, you can't just target one person to fleece them.
Old man, if you ever get into trouble again, let's see if anyone will still be there to give you advice. Pah, you piece of trash.
Su Muyao cursed inwardly.
At this moment, Su Muyao suddenly thought of the tax payment issue. "Uncle Emperor, why don't we make these court officials and imperial merchants pay their taxes?"
And the princes also have to pay taxes when they do business.
The Empress stared wide-eyed. What was going on? Why was it suddenly coming at her again?
Among the princes, the Empress and the Crown Prince had the most businesses, and now that this has been said, they can't escape it either.
Su Muyao was thinking that if a scholar passed the imperial examination and became a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the lowest level of the imperial examinations), his family would no longer have to pay taxes.
Furthermore, families of meritorious officials are exempt from taxes, and even the Crown Prince's restaurants and shops are exempt from taxes.
It's really unfair when you think about it. Princes, crown princes, and those ministers basically don't pay taxes, but the poor people have to pay heavy taxes.
"Uncle Emperor, in our great dynasty, the rich do not pay taxes, while the poor have to pay heavy taxes. As a result, the people have hardly any money left at the end of the year."
Not to mention being able to save money, how can the people be motivated to work hard if things continue like this? How can the country be strong if the people are not wealthy?
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