Life at the Top

Why was the import and export industry so profitable within the country now?

Firstly, it was because there was a lot of demand in the Mainland, and there was no worry that the imported goods would not be sold out.

Secondly, it was because of the unique policies stemming from unique national conditions.

Due to issues in the past, most of Harbor City’s goods were duty-free. After the handover, the Mainland had then written Harbor City a very generous tariff treaty.

Thus, most businessmen in the Mainland who profited off import and export trade would have their goods shipped to Harbor City first and then sent into the Mainland as Harbor City goods.”

By doing so, exploiting such a loophole of a righteous policy resulted in a 15-25% discount in taxes.

“The Hull family has placed most of their focus into the import and export trade, and the method they use is more or less what everyone else is doing too. They import the goods to Harbor City and then ship them to the Mainland. Doing this, they’ve managed to dominate the Mainland’s market while paying an extremely low amount of taxes.”

Jasper had known the inner working of the Hull family like the back of his hand.

give adverse results. The easiest way to do it would be to attack them in Harbor City, and I believe taking goods from a

began to believe that Jasper’s plan was

into how the Hulls deal with customs here in Harbor City before

I’m ready to act anytime on my part. We should coordinate our attacks so

“What did the Hulls do to

calmly, “I won’t stop until I’ve completely defeated this

a gentle and humble man, so it was extremely rare

it helped Zachary understand Jasper’s determination. In his

over to you as well, then. He should be done with his work over in Swallow Capital. It’s best if you have one of us

replied, “Okay, then. I’ll

can be a little braver, Jasper. Since

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