Macho Wars

Regarding tax increases, the government has done so many times, and individual taxes are almost received in 9102 in the holy calendar, and the people involved are complaining.The nobles’ tax cuts can’t be changed easily. They can only do more patriotic fundraising to make these people more interesting.

However, Dak’s tax increase plan is obviously not as simple as simply charging more money. He proposed a new project called "Land Property Tax", which aims to require those land owners to adopt a stepwise tax collection. This means that the more land you have, the more taxes you pay.

This new tax is very targeted. As long as you are not a fool, you can tell at a glance who it is for. The civilians and the nobles who have not participated in the enclosure activities will not be affected.

Duck deliberately played a "word game", emphasizing that land property tax does not belong to the category of personal income tax, in order to bypass those preferential policies.

Duck believes that once the new property tax comes out, it will certainly play a role in curbing the current intensified land merger phenomenon, but as he said before, this trick is just a temporary solution for the nobles. The landlords will soon come up with new countermeasures, and they will use all their ingenuity in this kind of place.

If according to Dak’s own ideas, instead of distracting and struggling to fight against the nobles and the people over taxation, it is better for the government to go down and establish its own state-owned enterprises and make money to subsidize the finances.

But this kind of seemingly reasonable conception is not allowed in the empire, a feudal country, at least it cannot be done on the bright side!

Under Dak’s explanation, Latuk felt that this plan was feasible, but the specific details need to be studied specifically.In particular, how to set the standards for each tax level is very important.

So Latuk ordered his secretary to go to the finance department and call the chief tax officer.

Soon, a fair-haired middle-aged man came to Latuk’s office.Duck didn't know each other, but vaguely felt that this person's face was a bit familiar, and seemed to be very similar to some of his acquaintances, while Latuk smiled slightly, and then greeted the middle-aged man.

"Please sit down, Mr. Urno, we have something here, we need to ask you, a professional, to provide some advice."

Chapter 618 Danis Consortium

The Count of Sispano, Urno, who had finished his day's work, dragged his tired body back home.Today was a very busy day for him. Starting from being called to inspector-general Latuk’s office at around ten in the morning, until around seven in the evening, the long meeting was finally over.

Although Urno didn't hate work, he was a middle-aged man, and his spirit and physical strength were far less vigorous than when he was young. So he fell on the sofa in the living room as soon as he arrived home, and he looked very depressed.

At this time, Urno's wife Martha came down from the stairs, and saw her husband collapse there like an old salted fish, she couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

"My dear, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's just a one-day meeting."

Seeing his wife looking at him with concern, Urno's face showed a gentle smile.Although his wife Martha has a strong personality and a bit extreme on some issues, she is true to her concern for herself, and she is also a very shrewd and good housekeeping woman.

A few years ago, the two had a period of awkwardness because of the existence of his private son.Urno could see that Martha disliked Dragon very much, worried that if she really accepted him back to Sispano's house, it would threaten Andrew's succession status.

Fortunately, a few years later, Martha has now calmed down.

It's not that she knows how to look away, but that Dragon's rapid rise in the past few years has reached a point where they can't afford it now.Urno also stopped mentioning the matter of taking Dragon back to the family. After all, the kid was much better than his father, and he didn't need to worry about it.

The couple have been married for more than 20 years, and their union is also a symbol of the alliance between the Sispano and Danis.

Urno was originally supported by his father-in-law, Viscount Danis, to enter the empire’s political development, step by step to where he is today, and Urno, who was in the financial department of the empire, was in turn a member of the Danis family. All kinds of businesses are escorted and provide convenience within its capacity.

At this moment, Urno suddenly remembered the content of the daytime meeting, so he stopped his wife who was about to bring him dinner.

"By the way, Martha. You will go to your father's place tomorrow morning and tell him in person that the purchase and sale of land should be stopped first, and it is better to hurry up and sell some and keep the quantity below 5,000 hectares. "

"Why? The land market is pretty good now."

"It’s because it’s not bad, so I’m going to take care of it. Didn’t I tell you before that the empire’s current finances are tight, and it’s when it is short of money. Don’t let more people know about this incident except for the father, understand? ?"

"I understand, but..."

"What? Is there any problem?"

"My brother is in charge of the family business now. You know Urno too, that brat has always wanted to do big things..."

"Wait a minute! Your brother? Coman! Why don't I know!?"

Suddenly hearing that his shrewd old father-in-law had retreated to the second line and handed over Danis's business to his son, Koman Danis, Urno's face suddenly showed a very shocked expression.

For his brother-in-law, Urno is quite clear.Some people seem to be born with mud, no matter how much resources and effort you put on them, they still can't support the wall at all.

Koman Danis is such a troublesome dude, but this guy still has a high self-esteem, always likes to boast, and tells him that one day, one day, he will do something shocking.

Urno didn't like Koman very much, so when he learned that the other party had taken over the old father-in-law's class and began to take charge of the Danis consortium, his first reaction was Danis pill!

Martha didn't like her brother very much, but her father had only two children, she and Coman. Martha was a daughter and married, and Coman was the only choice for his elderly.

In fact, the old viscount knows the weight of his own wasteful son. He once thought about letting Martha, who married the Sispano’s family, have a few more children, and then pick a good grandson to be his heir. "Two Blossoms" strategy.

But unfortunately things backfired. The tall and thin Martha was born without a good body, and Andrew had a dystocia in the first birth.Although the hospital was struggling to save both mother and child by caesarean section, the surgical medicine at the time was not developed enough, and the operation caused Martha to lose her fertility and could only give birth to a child like Andrew.

In desperation, the old Viscount can only be a dead horse doctor, trying to "re-educate" his slumped calf, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the effect can only be described as negligible.

But in any case, time is not forgiving, the old Viscount is old after all, and Martha is the married daughter, now in charge of the Cispano family's property.No matter how unpleasant the younger son Coman is, he is his own seed, and his family business must be handed over to him.

It just so happened that the land business on the eastern empire has recently become popular, and land prices that have been fired up by people have continued to rise.Following this wave, as long as there is no brain to buy land, you can make a lot of money. The old Viscount is also relieved to leave the family business to his son at this time.

Urno obviously didn't know this, but it was ultimately from his father-in-law's family. Apart from a few words in his heart, he couldn't really say anything.

My wife must pass the news in time, never use the phone or slow letters, go directly to the headquarters of the Danis Consortium in District 5, and make things clear in person. Don't leak the news, otherwise he, the chief tax officer of the central government, will become very difficult to do.

So early the next morning, Urno went to work as usual, and Martha went out by train to the fifth district.After the empire was split, the Danis family also migrated from the mainland to the New World.Because of the escape, the family lost a lot of local industries, so they are eager to gain a foothold in the New World.

In this enclosure movement, the Danis Consortium is also an active player. They united a large number of former local aristocrats who also fled from the mainland, and concentrated large sums of money to make big moves.In addition to commercial capital operations during the period, some small means that are not suitable for seeing the light were not used less.

Relying on a series of measures, the Danis Consortium has now taken over a third of the cotton producing areas in the fifth district.Therefore, in addition to speculating on land, they also speculated cotton, driving up cotton prices nearly four times.

In contrast, the Martini family, the largest consortium in the colony, was busy looking for the eldest daughter Dallosi who disappeared strangely a few months ago, and regrettably missed the capital feast. Now it is even the richest man. It's almost out of guarantee.

The huge benefits have made the shareholders of the consortium all go into madness, which makes Martha very worried that she will not be able to persuade those guys.

Chapter 619

After taking the train for nearly three hours, Martha arrived at the family home of Dilis, the central city of District 5.The Danis family members who fled from the mainland are currently living in this not prosperous central city.

The Danis family started as a business and became rich by the jewelry business. The family has not been a nobleman for a long time. It is less than 50 years ago, and it has just passed on to the third generation of successors.

Like many new nobles who were promoted from civilians, the original Viscount Danis was also a soldier. In an empire's foreign war, he used nearly one-third of his body in exchange for a pass to enter the upper class.

The second generation of Viscount, Martha’s father, was a very good businessman. His family’s wealth achieved rapid growth in his generation, and then married the Sispano family after the founding fathers. The pen made the dowry that any declining noble could not refuse, and successfully stuffed his daughter over.

In the two decades since then, the Danis family has been thriving. Although it has gone through the empire's civil strife, which has caused major losses in the local industry, at least the family roots that have moved to the new world still exist, and it took a few years to regroup.

It's a pity that the years are not forgiving. The savvy and strong old Viscount finally couldn't afford it because of the old illness, and the family business was then forced to hand over to the son who made the old Viscount worry.

After returning to her long-lost family home, as soon as Martha walked in, the familiar old butler greeted her at a quick pace.After learning about Martha's coming, the old housekeeper regretfully said that the master has been admitted to the nursing home directly because of his worsening condition. Now the young master is in charge of the house.The reason why he didn't notify the eldest lady that the master was seriously ill was because the master was afraid that she was worried.

After listening, Masha curled her lips slightly, but did not break.

In the past, Martha, who didn't want to see her brother, usually chose to leave a message directly and let the old butler convey it on her behalf, but this time the situation was rather special, and Martha was a little worried.

But the problem is that the old father is seriously ill, and the family business has been given full responsibility to his younger brother Koman, which means that the two sisters and brothers who are disgusted with each other must meet each other and have to explain the matter clearly before leaving.

So Martha asked the old butler, where is his brother Coman?