"Why do you have to raise taxes?"
Pastor Praia looked at Wu Qingchen, not knowing how to answer this ancient question.
"Of course there is a tax!"
When Pastor Praia paused, he was standing by the side, and little Andre had already quickly answered: "If taxes are not collected, what will the church do? Where do we sleep? What do we eat with long ears? Where do maces and leather armor come from? Thieves come What should I do?"
This consciousness of the ruling class...
"No, I'm not saying no taxes..."
Wu Qingchen shook her head: "I mean... If you just want these double-seed buckwheat, there is no need to increase taxes."
"Huh?" Little Andre was very surprised: "How do you get buckwheat without taxation... um? You mean that after the villagers harvest, they come to church to worship the Lord?"
"Don't count on this!" As he said, Andre sighed: "Brother Luosi, there are some pious villagers who will remember the Lord's favor for them and know that they should go to the church to give offerings... But there are too few such villagers Lah! In the village of Akeli, most of them are bastards who try their best to default on tithes! These bastards can speak nicely now, but when they harvest in autumn, they won’t remember anything!"
"Yeah, you know it too!"
Wu Qingchen nodded again and again: "The previous tithes were not collected in full. If the tax is increased to a higher level, these bastards who have tried their best to default will instead hand over the wheat to the church obediently?"
"Hmph!" Little Andre snorted heavily: "In the past, there was not much wheat, and there were not many villagers who were willing to get close to the church, but this year's harvest is so good, and Brother Luosi helped to treat the cattle and make beehives. In autumn, there must be quite a few villagers who are willing to tip off... Well! At that time, I will definitely find out all these daring bastards, ungrateful idiots, and rats digging holes everywhere!"
You even know this
Wu Qingchen's eyelids twitched involuntarily.
Wu Qingchen's actions in the past two months not only improved his status, but also stabilized the church's rule over the village to a certain extent. — This concept is not difficult, not to mention that there are thousands of bureaucrats, bosses and other practitioners in various political fields to guide at any time, even if Wu Qingchen is allowed to think independently, it is not difficult to come to a basic conclusion.
However, working behind closed doors, with a living radius of no more than ten kilometers, almost surrounded by illiterates, and the only semi-literate teacher, the daily guidance time does not exceed one hour. to the practical application of this influence.
talent!
With such savvy, it is no wonder that the staff team has been strongly recommending to Wu Qingchen that he must manage Andre's good feelings and establish a deep friendship since childhood.
Fortunately, a 13-year-old child's thinking is far from being meticulous, and there are many opportunities for Wu Qingchen to establish a tall image of being thoughtful and always correct.
"Information?"
Wu Qingchen smiled, shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about the place where the villagers dig holes to store food. It is related to whether the whole family can survive the winter. It is almost impossible for others to know... Moreover, there are indeed many villagers who are willing to give to the church. Help, but how many people are willing to approach us if taxes are raised?"
"Uh… "
Hearing the flaw pointed out by Wu Qingchen, Andre choked for a moment. He lowered his head, thought for a while, and then raised his head again: "Then find the parish! Find the baron! Send more police at that time." Come here and take a few more dogs by the way!"
"The church needs to provide another food to fill the bellies of these police officers and dogs... Well, there are additional offerings from the dog officer..." When referring to the medieval title of "dog officer", Wu The expression on his face in the early morning is very subtle: "By the way, the food back and forth on the road is not a small amount."
"Yeah, I know..." Andre shook his head helplessly: "That can't be helped... In which year didn't you hire police officers from outside to collect more wheat?"
"The police officers outside will not be polite to the villagers in Aikeli Village. When they leave, there will be a lot of troubles in the village..." Wu Qingchen said: "Look, it's very clear, tax increase Otherwise, the villagers will stay away from the church, and the police outside will harm the village, and...they have to dig holes, and have to deal with the outside police, how much will the villagers have to take care of the buckwheat?"
"That can't be helped..." Andre said again: "Who made these bastards not want to pay taxes honestly?"
"No..." Wu Qingchen shook his head vigorously: "If it is the tithe tax and the baron's favor tax, the villagers may not be very happy and will try their best to hide it, but this time the honeycomb is another matter at all. .”
"Huh?" Andre frowned tightly.
"In the past, tithes and lords' taxes, whether it was pasture, beans, or wheat, were all planted by the villagers themselves from the mud, plowing, sowing, weeding, and watering..." Wu Qingchen pulled Finger pointing: "... Harvesting, threshing, drying... There are too many places where you can do things. No matter the steward or the church, there is no time, let alone manpower, to keep an eye on every villager in Akeli village."
"Yes!" Andre nodded heavily: "As long as no one pays attention, these bastards will hide the wheat!"
"But the bees are different!" Wu Qingchen said: "Whether it's a honeycomb or a wooden barrel, as long as you put it on the side of the lot, you can see it at any time! And as long as there are bees, the surrounding lot will definitely be harvested in autumn. You can get an extra serving of wheat!"
"Huh?" Andre still didn't understand what Wu Qingchen meant.
"In this case..." Wu Qingchen said with a smile: "Why does the church need to increase taxes? Isn't it enough to just sell honeycombs?"
Sell honeycomb directly
Andre frowned tightly, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't seem to understand anything.
"Sell honeycomb?"
Standing by the side, silently listening to the conversation between the two students, Priest Praia's eyes lit up when he heard this: "How do you sell honeycombs?"
"It's the same as this one!" Wu Qingchen pointed to the honeycomb tax collection plan in Akeli village in the hands of Pastor Praia. "Whoever wants honeycombs can bring the food to the church by himself."
"Hmm..." Priest Praia nodded slowly, "...very interesting."
"This..." Andre said: "What's the difference! Isn't it the same wheat?"
"Of course it's different!"
Wu Qingchen explained: "The tax increase means that after the villagers have already harvested, we will share a share. Of course everyone is not happy; the selling of honeycombs is because the villagers want to collect more buckwheat, so they stuff the wheat into the church."
Since in the medieval world, honeycombs were already the property of the lords, sitting on such a high-quality monopoly resource, it is unwise, low-end, and rigid to use taxation or even tax increases to obtain the derivative benefits of bee production increase way of doing!
The tax increase Little Andre wants is to quickly lay out the whole village's cellular network, give the free people's land in Akeli village a halo of increasing production, and then seize part of the harvest from the villagers.
The way Wu Qingchen proposed to sell honeycombs was to first demonstrate the effect of increasing the production of honeycombs, and then let the free people in Akeli village choose for themselves whether they would like to accept the gift of the church.
Tax collection, obvious political actions, and hatred, but also consume manpower, but also need to deal with the aftermath.
The sale is entirely a commercial act, all voluntary, one-time fee, and fair and reasonable.
"This... this..." Little Andre's head was in a mess. After thinking for a long time, he vaguely thought of a certain detail. At this time, which villager can produce so much food?"
"Hehe." Wu Qingchen smiled slightly.
"Andre..." At this time, Pastor Praia had sorted out his thoughts, and he said with a smile: "This requires another kindness from the church."
"I know it's not easy for the villagers to come up with so much food all at once..." Waving the parchment in his hand, Pastor Praia said, "The Lord is merciful, the church is considerate, and he specially allows everyone to come to the church to pay and buy honeycombs after harvesting in autumn. food."
"Isn't that the same as the previous tithe?" Little Andre had no idea what it meant: "At that time, these bastards will find a few places, dig a few holes in the middle of the night, and hide the grain in them, and the church Still can't get anything!"
"Hehe." Wu Qingchen continued to smile.
There are people all over the world who are in arrears with property fees, but how many people are in arrears with electricity bills
"Ha..." Priest Praia also smiled: "Let them dig holes! Hide them wherever you want! I won't pay this year's food for honeycombs. I'll see if their land can be used again next year." What, let the buckwheat bear more seeds!"
"what!"
Andre finally woke up.
Unlike farming in the past, when the grain is about to be harvested, the free people can of course try their best to take advantage of the allocated land to work, or simply hide the grain secretly in the middle of the night; In order to achieve the effect of increasing production, they must be placed on the edge of the allotment all the time, and the church has no difficulty in supervising it.
"Not bad… "
Pastor Praia smiled, looking at the taxation plan in his hand, the pastor beckoned: "Come on, Andre, take this parchment in... well, let's go to my bedroom by the way, there are a few more in it." , put them all on the table, go and pick them up, and scrape them off..."
"what?"
Little Andre's face was a little distorted: "Teacher, the tax increase has turned into selling honeycomb, it's just a different way of saying it, you don't need to scrape it all off, just scrape the top?"
"Humph!"
Pastor Praia snorted: "With the method of selling beehives by Los, the police officers outside do not need to be used, and everyone does not need to be distracted from digging holes. Why charge so much?"
"what?"
Little Andre knew that due to the consideration of concealment and arrears, the tax form in the hands of Pastor Praia was indeed a little higher than when he actually received it in the future.
but…
Little Andre looked at Pastor Praia in surprise: Teacher... Well, does anyone still dislike too much food
"go Go."
Pastor Playa waved his hand.
Little Andre is too young to understand that in many cases, if the levy is too high, it is not a good thing.
First of all, the tax increase this time... Well, the act of selling honeycombs is completely implemented for the first time. There is no precedent at all before, and the fewer factors that cause accidents, the better.
Secondly, the method of selling honeycombs almost completely cut off the possibility of concealment and default. If the collection of sheepskin rolls has already taken into account the gap, this year can indeed get a large amount of food in one go, but this will suddenly cost the baron and The appetite of the parish has been raised, what should we do next year, and the next year
In the end, although these mud-legged people in Akeli village are cunning and hateful, the Lord brought me here secretly, isn't it just to let these poor lambs know His glory
Well…
"correct… "
Thinking of this, Pastor Praia looked at Wu Qingchen with soft eyes: "By the way, since there is no need to increase taxes, the size of the land does not matter... If you sell honeycombs now, your family's land, and the ones you promised It's much easier for people... These few companies buy food for the honeycomb, you can figure out a figure for yourself, and tell Andre later."
"Thank you, teacher!"
Wu Qingchen hurriedly expressed his thanks, feeling in his heart:
Who said people in the medieval world were stupid
Look, as long as you have the right idea, when you report to your superiors, this master will casually resort to the routine of internal price.
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