Tax evasion will be investigated, and the tax inspection in this era adopts a very simple method. At the end of each month, the city hall will spend a month organizing accounting, and will conduct a one-out-of-ten verification of all the tax returns of the previous month. , Check whether the tax amount has fluctuated in recent months, whether there is any discrepancy in the name of the payment, etc. If there is a large fluctuation and there is a problem with the payment, a special city hall civil servant will visit the door to check the account, or check the gas meter to calculate the production cost and the like.
Although it sounds complicated, in fact there are only detective agencies and taxpayers who are inconvenient to conduct exact business checks need special attention. There are indeed some loopholes to evade taxes, but Xia De has no such idea, after all, he is in a serious business.
It took half an hour for the tax department next door to Blackstone Security Company to complete the tax declaration process. This time, Xia De declared the taxes for the last two months and paid a heavy tax of 7 pounds and 14 shillings.
This is not a small expense. If Xia De can have such an income every month, he can barely reach three digits in annual tax payment, which exceeds the income level of most people in this city.
From this point of view, the job of detective is actually very promising.
"Where did you get these maltose?"
Next door to the Taxation Bureau in the North District is the Blackstone Security Company. Xia De has also visited Iluna before, so it is not the first visit. But the cat on the first floor of the security company was still very enthusiastic about Xia De, but in order to prevent the cat at home from being unhappy, Xia De did not hug it this time.
Iluna saw Shad in the lounge on the first floor of the security company. At that time, Shad held a magazine in his left arm and an iron box containing yellow gelatinous maltose in his right hand. The sugar is just at the bottom of the box, it doesn't actually contain much. The box has no cover, and the corners are a little rusty, and there are two short wooden sticks thicker than chopsticks inserted in it.
"Also, aren't you going to settle the commission? Now, it looks like you've been wandering around all morning."
Saying that, Iluna looked suspiciously at Xia De's appearance at this time.
"I got the magazine from that haunted house. As for the sugar, if the one-time tax exceeds a certain amount, some gifts will be given. Including but not limited to two copies of this morning's newspaper, a box of maltose, three raw eggs, a A wooden pen holder with a bookmark stamped by the town hall and a brass whistle. Oh, I don't have the last one, or I'll take the whistle, which should be good for amusing cats."
Shad replied.
These gifts are meant to encourage tax payment. If you pay more than five pounds on site, you can choose one at will. The value of the gift is not equal. For example, when the candy in Xia De's hand is finished, the tin square box can also be used as a pen holder. So he just randomly took a box of candy, and seeing that Iluna was interested, he handed it to her.
"Xia De, do you think I'm still a child?"
The seventeen-year-old girl said with a smile, she took the candy and put it on the table beside her, looking very happy.
"What about magazines? Why are you interested in magazines for women's clothing? That's a reward for filing taxes, too?"
As he said that, he was about to bring over the magazine that Xia De had sandwiched. Xia De subconsciously wanted to hand it to her, but immediately thought of what was in it.
"No!"
he raised his voice slightly
"Here are the books I borrowed from the Black Raven library! Yes, they cannot be shown to others."
Iluna nodded, but she was a little surprised how Xia De reacted so strongly.
Afterwards, Xia De briefly explained his itinerary this morning, and told Iluna the two things that had been resolved.
"We can't control the affairs of ordinary people, but since the other party asked us to entrust, I think the captain will find a way to solve it. Really, money is really hard to earn."
"What method will your captain use?"
"It's hard to say, it mainly depends on whether the other party is obedient."
So Xia De stopped inquiring, because the rest of the matter had nothing to do with him.
Of the three commissions given by Iluna, there is only the last one left, which is the merchant who sells spices in the north of the city.
The other party does not have a fixed shop, but like a small vendor on Saint Teresa Square, haunts a certain square in the northern district of Tobesk.
The first two commissions were not major matters, so Xia De regarded the third as an ordinary event, just as a distraction for today.
After bidding farewell to Iluna, he took a carriage to his destination unhurriedly. On the way, I also chatted with the driver about the recent prices. Midsummer is coming to an end, and the prices of cheap fruits such as apples remain stable, and children from ordinary families can occasionally eat them.
Tobesk Psalm Square is one of the more prosperous squares in the north of the urban area. It is said that the origin of the name is that a certain bishop of the Church of Peace wrote a hymn here in the early days of the city’s establishment, but for some reason the other party’s name was not used. name.
The north of Tobesk City is the lower city in the usual sense. Unlike the San Teresa Square, which is dominated by residents, the Anthem Square is the largest trading center in the north of the city. The square extends in all directions. There are three cats hotel, Hunter bookstore, "Baibingxiao" herbal shop, Mrs. Shulan's clothing store, etc., and there is even a blacksmith shop with the signboard of "Superior People" to help people repair pots, Sharpen kitchen knives and scissors. As for the square, vendors selling all kinds of groceries, fruits, vegetables and meat, gangster loan sharks, and various performers emerged in endlessly.
The villages and towns around Tobesk, such as the village where Mr. Copps, who provided body materials for the Ring Warlocks, lived, would center their activities on the Psalm Square in the north of the city after entering the city.
The upper class is the upper class, and the poor and the villagers in the countryside exist in the same space as them, but definitely not the same kind of life.
Although it is a downtown area, the Anthem Square is more lively than the downtown area of the city. There were no noble ladies or fashionable gentlemen to be seen here, only people in patched clothes walking about.
The women wear headscarves and aprons, and carry baskets to compare the products they want to choose; children who haven’t washed their faces for a long time are playing barefoot on the street, and when they meet strangers, they will dodge in fear; The rough and strong man in black shoes is holding a wine bottle and complaining to his companions about his unsatisfactory life; the beggar by the wall curls up on the straw mat as if he has nothing to do with the surrounding noise and the clanging of the blacksmith shop , will only leave when the owner of the house yells.
This was the first time a foreigner came here, and he was a little overwhelmed by the overwhelming sights. Although the streets and squares are dilapidated ~www.mtlnovel.com~, they are full of vitality. Compared with the people living in the Saint Teresa Square, the people living here seem to be in a different world from the former.
"It turns out there is such a place in Tobesk."
The outsider's eyes widened, and he stood on the edge of the square and turned his head to look at everything around him. The smell of low-quality tobacco, fermented food, and rotten grass mixed in the air, and various sounds rushed into the ears, forming a complex background noise.
In the past, he had only seen this place on the map left by Detective Sparrow. On the map that recorded dense information, it even marked how to find wandering warblers, loan sharks, and underground casino entrances in the vicinity.
"If I want to see more things in this world, I should actually come to this place more often."
The shock brought by this scene at this time is no less shocking than when Xia De saw the street scene in a foreign land when he went out for the first time.
The life ring in the soul is slowly turning, and the brass-colored enlightenment elements are being enriched. This means that this scene has given foreigners who are still unfamiliar with this world more understanding of civilization.
Compared with people in this world, outsiders have unique advantages in thinking and comprehending civilization. It's just that this advantage is not the application of literature and fairy tales like Dorothy and Princess Rezia, but more similar to Old John's understanding of civilization as a whole.
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