Chapter 142 The Yin-Yang Account

After lighting the fire and boiling the pot, Xu Qiang began to trial-produce a new sulfur dye.

Due to equipment limitations, Xu Qiang had processed the peat raw materials many times before this vulcanization, including sedimentation, silt separation, and activated material extraction. The final step was to vulcanize these activated substances to produce qualified sulfur dyes.

The organic components of peat organic matter are relatively complex, mainly including organic solvents (such as benzene, benzene alcohol (1:1), chloroform, etc.). The substances extracted from peat are collectively called lipids or asphalt.

Substances extracted from peat using hot water are water-soluble substances, and substances that dissolve after hydrolysis in inorganic acids are easily hydrolyzed substances.

The easily hydrolyzed products mainly include hemicellulose, which is composed of oligosaccharides and aldehydes. The difficultly hydrolyzed products are mainly cellulose, which is a chain-like polymer compound composed of a large number of glucose groups. The unhydrolyzed residues in peat organic matter, that is, the unhydrolyzed products, mainly include lignin, keratin and cork substances.

The benzene-based organic matter, lignin and other substances can be heated and dissolved with sodium sulfide to produce various dyes. The sulfide yellow brown that Xu Qiang successfully extracted before was made in this way.

The peat in Xu Qiang is rich in peat and has a relatively high content of organic matter. After several tests, the organic matter content should be between 11% and 14%, while the organic matter content of general peat is about 4.5% to 7%. It can be seen that the peat here is still very good and is very competitive if used to produce industrial dyes.

Thanks to the thorough preparation, Xu Qiang’s new product was fired in less than two hours.

The sulfur dye produced this time is black.

In fact, the output of sulphur black accounts for 75% to 85% of the total output of sulphur dyes. Due to its simple synthesis, low cost, good fastness and non-carcinogenicity, it is deeply favored by various printing and dyeing manufacturers.

Including the previous sulphur yellow brown, Xu Qiang already has two dye samples.

Near noon, Xu Qiang just walked out of the mud house to take a breath, and he saw a figure walking towards him from a distance.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the person coming was none other than Yang Dong, the village chief of Xiazhuang Village.

"Boss Xu!"

After seeing Xu Qiang, Yang Dong immediately waved and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Village Chief Yang! Why are you here today? Welcome, welcome!" Although the two had a heated argument over the issue of affiliation before, they have now become partners and will definitely be polite when they meet again.

Yang Dong was indeed very shrewd. Xu Qiang had to be careful when doing business with him, but then again, which village chief was not a shrewd person? If it was the village chief of another village, he might be even more difficult to deal with than Yang Dong.

But no matter what, as long as Xu Qiang firmly controls the equipment, funds and technology of the peat field, Yang Dong will have no way to deal with him in a short period of time.

"Isn't today Sunday? I thought you would definitely come over, so I wanted to invite you to have a meal in the village..."

"Then you don't have to come in person, just ask someone to call me." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"That won't work. Boss Xu is a distinguished guest of our village. I have to come here in person to invite you. Besides, I also want to take a look at your situation here."

"I think we don't need to go to your village. We can just have lunch together at my place at noon."

"Eating at your place?"

"That's right." Xu Qiang nodded, and then said: "Don't look at my stall as small, but I usually have wine and meat, not worse than your village."

"Then I will... just follow the host's wishes." Yang Dong nodded.

"Liu Jun, let the brothers finish their work. It's almost time." Xu Qiang called out to Liu Jun in the distance.

The next moment, everyone put down their tools and walked towards the yard.

Seeing Yang Dong coming, everyone greeted him one after another, especially the three newcomers, who were very respectful to Yang Dong.

But even though they were from the same village, Big Black Bull ignored Yang Dong and just walked past him without even looking at him.

When Yang Dong saw Da Hei Niu, a hint of embarrassment flashed across his face, but he didn't say anything. Xu Qiang saw this and immediately asked Da Hei Niu, "Why don't you say hello to your village chief?"

In fact, the last time he went to their village, Xu Qiang found that Da Hei Niu was somewhat reluctant to see their village chief, but Xu Qiang needed a bodyguard at the time, so he still took him with him.

The reason was very simple. It was Yang Dong who instigated Da Hei Niu to compete with people from the neighboring village for water. After they injured someone, Yang Dong didn't even think of protecting him. As a result, there were more than a dozen people who participated in the fight, but only Da Hei Niu went to jail.

Fortunately, after Da Hei Niu was imprisoned, Yang Dong took good care of his mother. It was also because of this that Da Hei Niu did not finally settle accounts with Yang Dong, but deep down, he already had resentment towards him.

However, this is a good thing for Xu Qiang. After all, there are six employees at the peat field, and five of them are from Xiazhuang Village. At least Da Hei Niu will not stand on the side of their village chief, which will make management much more convenient in the future.

As for Erhu, he didn't have a good impression of their village chief. He had never been doing well in the village. If he hadn't known Wang Zhong, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative, and hadn't been able to buy some scarce goods from him, it might have been difficult for Erhu to even have enough food and clothing in the brigade.

"He is not my village chief." After just saying this, Da Hei Niu walked towards the kitchen to prepare lunch.

"Forget it, let's go inside and talk." After saying that, Yang Dong went into the inner room with Xu Qiang.

At this time, there were only Xu Qiang and Yang Dong in the room, and the others were helping in the kitchen.

"Village Chief Yang, how is the business license going here?" Xu Qiang asked straight to the point after sitting down.

"I came here today to talk to you about this." Yang Dong chuckled and continued, "I've been running around these days and have talked to the township leaders. They have agreed to set up a factory. I'll go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau tomorrow and the business license will be issued..."

"That's great!" Xu Qiang nodded and said, "As long as the business license is issued, we will do as we agreed before. I will pay you the registration fee every month, as well as your share of the money. You provide the qualifications and workers, and from now on we will make money together!"

"That's no problem, but what about taxes? I went to the township to learn about the situation. For a village-run enterprise like ours, the tax rate is 40%. How are we going to pay for this?"

In the 40s, corporate taxes were quite high. Except for some special supported industries, the tax rate for most other state-owned enterprises was around 55%. By the mid-s, the tax rate for state-owned enterprises had increased to %. In other words, more than half of the profits of state-owned enterprises had to be paid to the state.

As for small and medium-sized enterprises, the same is true. A five-level excess cumulative input tax rate of 20% to 40% is implemented. But generally speaking, each place charges the highest tax rate for small and medium-sized collective enterprises. This means that for every dime Xu Qiang earns, he has to pay four cents in taxes to the state.

By this calculation, Xu Qiang could produce more than 500 kilograms of humic acid fertilizer every day. After deducting the kickbacks to Wang Zhong, labor costs, and various daily expenses of the peat field, he could make a net profit of more than 70 yuan. He also had to pay the village yuan in registration fees every month, which is an average of yuan a day. The % tax is yuan. After deducting yuan, Xu Qiang could only make a net profit of yuan!
"I'll take care of the tax payment. It's a national regulation to pay taxes. We can't do anything illegal." Xu Qiang paused, then said, "I'll take care of the peat farm's accounts. I'll check with your village's finance department every month. I'll give you the money you should pay. As for the rest, that's my business."

Xu Qiang also had his own calculations. He had already thought it through when he was cooperating with Xiazhuang Village.

Although Xu Qiang needs to bear high registration fees and taxes after the affiliation, correspondingly, he can finally do some things.

Although the net profit is less, in fact, with the increase in manpower and higher mechanization, the fertilizer output on the peat field will naturally increase significantly.

At present, Xu Qiang has dug a second three-level sedimentation tank. He plans to spend another half a month, digging pits while producing, and build two more sedimentation tanks. Eventually, the output of fertilizer will be increased from the previous 500 kilograms to two tons. This is completely feasible.

In this case, the average profit can reach about 280 yuan per day, which is nearly yuan per month, which is a pretty amazing figure.

What's more, the peat field also produces shampoo and soap, which is also a considerable income. Finally, there are the dyes that have just been successfully extracted. These are not subject to tax. Xu Qiang has his own special sales channels.

Therefore, as long as he can obtain the qualification to set up a legal factory, he can continue to occupy this Feng Shui treasure land, and it will be easy for him to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month!

"If you take taxes into account, you probably won't make much money here..." Yang Dong thought for a moment and said, "I've asked people to inquire around recently. There are several other village-run enterprises in our county. They all play tricks on us. Why don't we just..."

Now Yang Dong and Xu Qiang are tied to the same boat. If Xu Qiang can make more money, he will get more in the future. Moreover, in this day and age, tax evasion by small and medium-sized enterprises is very common. Most collective enterprises have two account books, one is the real one, and the other is to deal with industrial and commercial taxes. This is the so-called yin-yang account book.

"No!" Xu Qiang shook his head and said, "Don't play with fire in this matter. If you are lucky, you can save a lot of money, but if you are found out, you will go to jail. We can only make less money, but we can't get ourselves into trouble!"

For Xu Qiang, the peat field business is just a springboard for him to earn his first pot of gold. In the next few years, his focus will still be on the military industry system. As long as he has power, fame and connections in this system in the future, and the national policy is good, he can jump out of the system to start a chemical company related to the military industry. Everything will become a natural process. Therefore, in the past few years, Xu Qiang must not allow himself to be stained with stains such as tax evasion...

(End of this chapter)