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.

attack them in Harbor City, and I believe taking goods from a few ships in Harbor City shouldn’t be too big a problem

began to believe that Jasper’s plan was

the Hulls deal with customs here in

and give me an update as soon as possible. I’m ready to act anytime

for a moment. “What did

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

to a halt. Jasper had always been a gentle and humble man, so it was extremely rare to hear such ferocious words

In his mind,

I’ll work with you on this. I’ll update you right away once I’ve investigated things on my end. Oh, and I’ll send Henry over to you as well, then. He should be done with his work over in Swallow Capital. It’s best if you

replied, “Okay, then. I’ll contact him directly

ready to move together. You can be a little braver, Jasper. Since us Laws have already invested in you,

assurance, Uncle Law, then I see

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