Though the world was somewhat chaotic, in a certain sense it was still rather simple. After all, they would never have imagined such an outrageous way to "legally avoid taxes"! Merchants knew the laws were imperfect, and that there were plenty of loopholes to exploit.
But their methods all involved dancing back and forth across the line.
If those in power got annoyed, they could go after them at any time.
But the method Shen Tang had proposed...
Honestly, it was so outrageous that even Wu Xian would hear it and feel his blood pressure shoot through the roof! After all, the various taxes at present were generally laid out clearly, one by one and line by line. You just paid the taxes as listed! Let alone a traditional merchant like Xu Xie.
He looked at her as though he had never met her before. After a long pause, he finally managed to say, "Th-this... If we do things this way, my lord will probably fly into a rage..."
Xu Xie had never seen Wu Xian lose his composure and fly into a rage. But he had a feeling that if he really did this, he might be lucky enough to see it.
Shen Tang only smiled. "What does he have to be angry about?"
Xu Xie fell silent.
Lord Shen had the nerve to ask what Wu Xian had to be angry about?
Then Shen Tang shamelessly continued, "He shouldn't be angry. He ought to be grateful to us. Just think about it. Which of the methods I listed above can't be used? Take 'bundled goods,' for example. Customers are paying for other goods, and only one tael goes toward the liquor. If there's liquor tax to pay, it's on that one tael. Have we evaded or underpaid any