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.

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

to

the Hulls deal with customs

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

for a moment. “What did the Hulls do to offend

won’t stop until I’ve completely defeated this mortal

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

helped Zachary understand Jasper’s determination. In his mind,

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

some thought and replied, “Okay, then. I’ll contact him

the Law family behind you ready to move together. You can be a little braver, Jasper. Since us Laws have already invested in you, then there’s no way we’d change our stand just

“With your assurance, Uncle Law, then I see no

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the Hull