"Give way! Give way!"
Compared to the martial law in Taiyuan City, Lantian County is peaceful and no different from usual. However, at noon, teams of government officials were walking through the streets carrying paper and paste. They posted two announcements on the walls at every key intersection. It didn’t take long for the front of those announcements to appear. , which attracted many passing people!
"The Holy One has decreed that the 713 people who participated in the fund-raising meeting yesterday were selfless and generous, which is actually the great justice of the country. As a token of commendation, the merchants who donated money yesterday can receive the same amount of tax exemption this year! The same is true for Lantian County Of!"
Such a notice immediately attracted everyone's attention, especially those businessmen.
"Eh~? Isn't this His Majesty's decree to commend the merchants at the fund-raising meeting this morning?"
Soon, someone recognized the source of the content in this notice. It was an edict of commendation issued by Li Er this morning. In the morning, this edict was plastered all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an City in the form of notices. Well, Lantian County is adjacent to Chang'an City, so the news spread quickly. In the morning, the people in Lantian County were still discussing this matter!
"Why did this notice appear in Lantian County? Could it be that the preferential commercial tax policies mentioned in the imperial edict will also be implemented in our Lantian County?"
Some people couldn't help but wonder.
Because this imperial edict came from the palace early today, Chang'an City, as the capital, is understandable for being the first to post this notice. However, the county seat of Lantian County is only twenty or thirty miles away from Chang'an City. Riding a horse is very fast, and half The notice can be sent from Chang'an to Lantian within an hour, but after the notice was posted in Chang'an City, there was no movement in Lantian County for a whole morning!
This calmed down those businessmen who were originally in high spirits and thought they were about to receive commercial tax concessions. Everyone couldn't help but started discussing in private, thinking that there was a high probability that the Lantian County government would not follow the imperial court's lead and implement the imperial edict. The commercial tax exemption mentioned above!
After all, Lantian County is Li Zexuan's fiefdom. In terms of attributes, it is completely different from other states and counties. Here, Li Zexuan is the king and has corresponding autonomy in tax collection. Therefore, the Commerce Department was able to change Lantian County's commercial tax ratio from One out of thirty is upgraded to one out of six!
As for yesterday's fund-raising meeting, since it was held in Lantian County, people also knew that most of the participants in the fund-raising meeting were local businessmen in Lantian County. If the Lantian County government implements the commercial tax reduction and exemption mentioned in the imperial edict, In the next few months this year, Lantian County's commercial tax revenue will be greatly reduced!
Based on this, the discussion in Lantian County about Li Er's imperial edict awarding him this morning became quieter and quieter, so much so that after lunch, many people had forgotten about it!
But who would have expected that at this moment, such a notice suddenly appeared in the city, reminding the people again of the commendation edict that was hotly debated this morning!
"Hey! It looks like it's really possible! Didn't you see the words behind the notice? The same goes for Lantian County! It means that the businessmen in Lantian County who participated in the fund-raising meeting yesterday can enjoy the same benefits as the businessmen in other places. Tax breaks!”
A middle-aged man in Chinese clothes noticed the last few words on the notice and couldn't help but chuckled and said.
"Eh? It's true! The same applies to Lantian County! Doesn't it mean that people who participated in the fund-raising meeting in our county yesterday can also enjoy tax exemptions?"
"Haha! I donated 200 guan yesterday. Does this mean that in the next few months, I can openly pay 200 guan less in business taxes?"
"Haha! I donated 500 yuan yesterday!"
"I donated a thousand guan!"
In fact, merchants outside Lantian County don’t care much about the tax reduction benefit, because outside of Lantian County, the commercial tax ratio of states and counties is 1 in 30, and some merchants can’t pay much money all year round. Tax, even if they are given so much tax exemption quota, they can't use it up!
But the merchants in Lantian County are different. The commercial tax ratio here is one in six. They have to pay a lot of commercial taxes every month. If they can have a tax deduction of several hundred dollars, it can reduce their A lot of burden!
"Boss Hu is so wise! After this, not only did you not lose money, but you also gained fame. It can be said that you gained both fame and fortune! Haha!"
"Haha! I'm so ashamed! I originally responded to the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce's call and planned to contribute to the country, but in the end I took advantage of the imperial court!"
"Boss Hu's words are wrong! After all, before this fund-raising meeting, no one knew that the Holy Father would reward those who participated in the fund-raising meeting so much! And in the end, you did not take advantage of the court, but Lantian County. You should thank the county government and the Marquis for the advantage of the government!
After our Lantian County became the fiefdom of the Marquis, the taxes collected by the county government no longer need to be handed over to the court, and they were not given to the Marquis. Instead, they were all used for the improvement of people's livelihood! Look at the cement road we are walking on now. It doesn't even exist in Chang'an City, but it does exist in Lantian County!
I heard that Lantian County was going to lay electric wires and expand the city next, but this time the county government followed the imperial court in implementing commercial tax concessions. I am afraid that the commercial tax received by the county government will drop significantly in the future, and I don’t know if it will have any impact. Go to the next project construction in the city! "
A young man wearing a scribe's shirt stood in front of the crowd and said in a deep voice.
This sounds like a scholar, speaking in an organized and convincing manner!
"This little brother is right. The businessmen who participated in the fund-raising meeting in our county yesterday were lucky, but they took advantage of the county government!"
"But if it is true as this little brother said, then won't the county government have no money to lay wires and expand the city? I still hope to see Lantian County and Yanhuang Academy use electricity and lights this year! "
"Yes, yes! I also hope that electric lights can be used in the city! It is said that these things are ten times brighter than candles and oil lamps!"
"Eh? Isn't this Yu Xiucai from Yujiazhuang? I heard that Yu Xiucai was admitted to Yanhuang Academy this time. He really has a bright future!"
After listening to the scholar's analysis, the crowd of onlookers first felt a pity, and then someone recognized the scholar and couldn't help but be surprised.
That's right, this scholar is none other than Yu Dejing from Yujiazhuang, the same Yu Dejing who was rescued by Li Zexuan!
Although this guy was admitted to Yanhuang Academy, he came from a poor family. He also heard that the food in Yanhuang Academy was quite expensive. As for the scholarship, he was not confident that he would definitely get it. After all, there were "clouds of masters" in Yanhuang Academy. Besides, even if he can get a scholarship, he still has to eat before he can get the scholarship! So before school started, Yu Dejing was working in the city every day to "earn living expenses"!
"Oh! It turns out he is a student of Yanhuang Academy!"
The onlookers suddenly looked at Yu Dejing with a hint of respect.
Yu Dejing was a little embarrassed to be looked at by so many people. He was about to say goodbye when he caught a glimpse of another notice next to him. His expression suddenly changed and he said in surprise: "It seems we don't have to worry about the county government running out of money." We are laying electric wires and expanding the city, look! There is also a recruitment notice from the county government!"
Everyone looked around and saw four big characters on the notice next to them: "Recruitment Notice." Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the Lantian County government was recruiting a large number of workers and planned to wire the wires within three months. Laying to Lantian County! Moreover, the wages paid by the county government to the peasant husbands are not low. An ordinary peasant husband earns three cash per person per day, while a skilled craftsman earns from five hundred cash to a thousand bucks per month!
Those people who were previously worried that they would not be able to use electricity and lights at the end of the year couldn't help but said in surprise: "Ah! Yu Xiucai, what's going on? Didn't it mean that the county government will be short of money after the commercial tax reduction? What's wrong with the county government? Are you still recruiting a large number of civilian husbands?"
"Yes! This notice says that the county government will lay the electric wires in the city within three months. Where did the labor and the money for manufacturing the electric wires come from?"
Faced with these problems, Yu Dejing was speechless for a moment. In fact, he was also a little confused at this time, because according to common sense, the reason why Lantian County was able to quickly replace the bluestone roads in the city with cement roads was because of the money collected by the county government. The huge commercial tax and the policy philosophy of "taking from the people and using it for the people", and now the county government has decided to reduce or reduce commercial taxes for businessmen who participate in the fund-raising meeting, will inevitably affect the tax revenue in the next few months of this year, thus It will affect the progress of subsequent projects in the county!
This is all a matter of course!
But now the Lantian County government office is not acting according to common sense at all, which confuses Yu Dejing. He can't help but ask himself: Where did the Lantian County government office get the money
"... This... I don't know where the county government's money comes from!"
After murmuring for a long time, Yu Dejing said with some embarrassment.
The onlookers suddenly burst into good-natured laughter.
"Hahaha! Our county magistrate is so talented that he even stumped Yu Xiucai!"
"Hehe! If you ask me, it doesn't matter where the money comes from, as long as our county can have electricity as soon as possible!"
"Yes, that's right! Now that the merchants who donated money have benefited, it will not affect the subsequent construction of the city. It can be said that everyone is happy!"
Little did these people know that their current happiness was all fought for by Li Zexuan and Magistrate He. Especially County Magistrate He, who went back and forth between Chang'an and Lantian County several times this morning, and finally completed the county government "loan" procedures before noon.
It was only after all the money from Yanhuang Bank was received that Magistrate He had the confidence to issue these two notices to the people in the city.
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