The people who live near the west gate of Yong County have discovered a strange thing in the past few days.
It has always been deserted, not many people pass by on weekdays, and even under the city walls where the city gates are closed most of the time, there has been quite a lot of activity these days.
At first they thought that the government was full of food and had too much money to spend and wanted to repair the city wall. Later, they heard that they were going to build a "mall" here, a "business circle" or something like that.
They don't know what shopping malls and business districts are, but they understand the meaning roughly.
The newly appointed Lord Inspector drew a large circle on the west city wall, intending to build a row of shops here. As for why they didn't build it on the street, but insisted on surrounding the city gate, they attributed it to Lord Inspector's mental illness.
There is already a square city in Yong County, and it is enough for the daily use of the people. The Governor insists on building a big one again. Isn’t this a disease
But if you think about it carefully, you can't say it's a waste of money. After all, this time not only do you not ask for money from the people, but those who come here to work can still receive 20 Wen a day.
Twenty cents, for the peasants who only rely on farming for a living, it will take a long time to earn money. This is a matter of falling copper coins from the sky. Lord Inspector's brain is broken.
For a while, the threshold of the Yongxian county government will be broken by people every two days. The people who come are all people who want to work on the west city wall. Ten Wen.
The government does not refuse people who want to work. They charge as much as they come. There is no way. The construction period is tight and the tasks are heavy. They had to finish the work in two months, otherwise, they would be punished from officials to yamen servants.
It is said that this was all the idea of the new Governor Chen. The people who made money during the slack season were happy, but the officials in Yongxian County dared not speak out. They could only curse the Governor Chen secretly in their hearts. My superior, I have never seen such a tossing...
The officials and servants of the workshop are responsible for the supervision of this project. Because there are not enough people, they have to borrow people from other houses.
In addition to the workshops, the official errands of household houses are not easy.
Inspector Chen didn't know what was going on, and he had to ask them to keep all the businessmen from all over the place in Shuzhou as much as possible. …
A housekeeper had just sent a caravan away, and when he walked back to the city gate, he pursed his dry lips from talking too much, and couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "Chen Governor, what the hell..."
When he looked up, he saw a guard at the gate of the city looking at him. He met his eyes, shook his head, and said, "Chen Governor is working so hard to care for the people of Shuzhou—I don't know if his mother is in good health..."
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Yong County, the east gate.
A caravan stopped outside the city gate, and a rich man at the head turned his head to a bald man behind him and said, "Brothers, thank you for this journey."
The bald man waved his hand and said, "Open the door to do business, thank you so much, if you want to cooperate in the future, you still want to contact us, do you know how to contact us?"
"I know." The rich man nodded and said, "When we come back, we will find a few older brothers."
The bald head nodded, waved his hand, and said, "All right, see you later!"
"Let's go, brothers!"
Saying goodbye to a few people, the rich man looked at the gate of Yong County and couldn't help but smile.
Since the chaotic land has become easier to leave, they have to save a lot of money when they come here.
I heard from the caravans I met on the road that the banditry in Shuzhou has been completely eliminated now, and I no longer have to worry about coming from Qi, all the goods and money will be buried in the hands of bandits. Then I can go boldly.
From the chaotic place to Shuzhou, the people are good and the roads are good. Now when he sees the bald head, he will feel a sense of intimacy in his heart.
This trace of intimacy disappeared immediately when they saw a man in government uniform walking towards them.
They can hide from the first day of the junior high school but not the fifteenth day, they can hide from the state of Qi but they cannot hide from the state of Jing, and Shuzhou is a place they can't get around. The tariffs here are so strict that many small businessmen are deterred.
"This official..." He had an apologetic smile on his face, and just as he opened his mouth, the official came over quickly, with a smile on his face, and asked, "Are you businessmen from Qi?"
Seeing such a terrifying smile on the face of the official who always ignored them and always put on a coffin face, the rich man's heart skipped a beat.
When things go wrong, there must be a demon. This official is actually smiling so brightly. It seems that they are in big trouble this time!
He felt uneasy: "Master..."
"Hey, don't be so polite, come in first, come in first..." The smile on the officer's face became brighter, and as he led them into the county, the rich man felt even more anxious.
Whether it is in Jingguo or Qiguo, the government sets up cards to collect taxes. Qiguo severely suppresses business, and the ten taxes are two. As for what is ten and what is two, it is the official who has the final say. Background, doing business is hard.
Since Jing State’s tax law was reformed, under the circumstance of stable agriculture, merchants are far less suppressed and suppressed than Qi State. Instead, they are guided and encouraged to a certain extent. Therefore, more and more businessmen from Qi State are willing to come to Jing State to do business. Business.
Of course, the people of Qi State in Jing State are different from the people of Jing State in Jing State. Jing State businessmen pay one tax for twenty, and they pay one tax for ten. Of course, it is still more cost-effective than in Qi State...
When he arrived at the official treasury, after counting the goods, the official sent him a list.
He has long been used to this kind of process. What is written on this list is the total number of goods and the amount of tax they have to pay.
The attitude of the official just now made him feel extremely uneasy. He guessed in his heart whether the tax law of Jingguo had been changed again, and this trip might be a waste of time...
However, when he saw the tax amount at the bottom of the list, he couldn't help but startled.
In the state of Qi, the government would appraise the value of the goods and convert them into taels of silver. They would deliberately raise the price of the goods to increase the tax amount of the merchants.
In fact, the government all over the country is doing this, the difference is that one is much darker than the other.
But the number written on the list was more than half lower than what he had expected.
He has always paid more taxes, and this is the first time he has encountered the situation of paying less taxes.
There is fraud, there must be fraud in it.
Thinking of the official's attitude, he became more determined.
This is a temptation, this is definitely a temptation, if you are greedy for cheap, pretend you don't know about it, and intend to get away with it, maybe this time you will lose money and money!
He looked at the official, and said with a straight face: "My lord, we didn't hide the goods. These few truckloads are all there is. There is no problem with the valuation on this list, but this tax amount, this tax amount..., my lord..., I Is it possible that my lord accidentally miscalculated?"
He looked at the official's expression, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he immediately said: "Of course, my lord, don't misunderstand me, I definitely don't mean to accuse you, my lord, don't blame me, don't blame me..."