Chapter 1150: Filling the Pit
"You’re talking about partial tax exemption?" Mu Yangling looked at the two children in surprise, amazed that these two children could come up with this by themselves.
It wasn’t that she hadn’t thought of suggesting this in the past, but firstly, she wasn’t good at economics, and secondly, Qi Haoran and the others didn’t take this seriously, so she hadn’t thought of how to propose it.
Unexpectedly, it was brought up by the two children.
Overjoyed, she held Little Treasure and Little Bear’s hands and said, "You’re really amazing. How did your little heads turn out to be so clever?"
Little Treasure and Little Bear lowered their heads in embarrassment. "But Fourth Aunt, this was decided at the last minute. We haven’t chosen which categories to exempt taxes on, so..."
Little Treasure and Little Bear only suggested such a thing to mess with the other party. They didn’t know much about foreign trade, but the two of them had basic common sense. "Foreigners’ spices, gems, ivory, and so on can’t be tax-exempt, but the rest..."
Qi Haoran immediately became serious and said solemnly, "Cannons can be exempted from taxes, but all weapon deals can only be done with our Imperial Court, including cannons, firearms, swords, and so on. Wenchen, don’t confirm this matter yet. Just give them a rough range. After this, let the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of War negotiate with them."
Little Treasure nodded and asked, "What about our tax-exempt proposal to them?"
"It’s best if it’s handicrafts." Mu Yangling said, "As for imported goods, it should be stuff like raw materials such as grains, wood, minerals, and so on."
Mu Yangling only briefly mentioned it, and Little Treasure and Little Bear immediately understood. "This is to use their resources to support the people of Great Qi!"