The magistrate of Anfeng County was calculating in his mind, would it be too much to exchange one pound of health-preserving grain seeds per mu for one thousand pounds of grain
No! Won't!
This is a healthy food!
What you grow is health-preserving food that can prolong your life!
Even in Nalan Kingdom, health food cannot be sold.
The people of Nalan Kingdom only grow ordinary grains that can yield thousands of kilograms per acre.
The corner of Di Junming's mouth twitched when he heard this: "Mr. An, what do you think this health-preserving grain seed with an output of one thousand kilograms per acre is? Is it the usual kind of grain that is picked from a large pile of millet, and you can have as much grain as you want? Share it. Common people? They only have seventy kilograms in their hands."
The magistrate of Anfeng County was stunned. Only seventy pounds
Then why does the prince want more than 300,000 catties of grain
Shouldn't it be...
The magistrate of Anfeng County was frightened by his own speculation!
no, I can not!
The prince would not be so stupid as to exchange more than 300,000 kilograms of grain for dozens of kilograms of grain seeds!
You must know that these hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food are prepared for the soldiers!
But Di Junming's next words made him disillusioned.
"It took more than 300,000 kilograms of grain to get such a small amount of grain!"
The world is spinning!
The magistrate of Anfeng County shook his body!
It’s over!
Where can he find the space for these 300,000 kilograms of grain
After the army arrived, what kind of food did he give them to eat
Emperor Junming would not consider whether he was disillusioned or not. He directly ordered: "Prepare food for Gu! The army is coming soon, so we must quickly find ways to fill the food vacancies. Otherwise, if the army goes hungry during the war, If you don’t have the strength to fight, just wait until your heads fall to the ground!”
The magistrate of Anfeng County was shocked and felt a chill on his neck.
But... ...
"Your Highness, there is so much food, where can I find it?"
Di Junming glanced at him coldly: "Won't you find a way to get some from the hands of the common people and the big landowners? It's only a few hundred thousand kilograms of grain, and every household can have it with just a few kilograms, and even one or two landowners can get it. We can get it together! As far as I know, there is a big landowner in Anfeng County who has a lot of food in his house!"
Di Junming thought of something and said: "Since taxes are always increased, let's take the opportunity to save more this time! When I have the opportunity to exchange for some grains with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per acre, I can make up for it for the people."
After saying that, he turned around and left the Yamen.
His father's birthday is coming soon, and he has to rush back to the capital to give gifts to his father.
Besides, if he didn't leave, Anfeng County would soon become a place where the two armies were fighting. He never wanted to see the two armies fighting again!
After Di Junming left, the magistrate of Anfeng County pondered his words carefully.
Taking money from the people will inevitably increase taxes.
Also, what did the prince mean when he specifically said big landowner
Isn't the big landowner in Anfeng County Lin Dashan
Has he offended the prince? I guess so!
Otherwise, why would the prince specifically mention him
The magistrate of Anfeng County called the master to calculate how much tax he would have to collect from the people again, so that he could collect enough food for the army!
The master pondered for a moment after hearing this: "Just a few days ago, taxes were increased. If we increase taxes again, I'm afraid the people will complain!"
The magistrate of Anfeng County frowned and shook his head: "I don't want to, but the army cannot be without food when it comes! If the army comes and fights without enough food, Anfeng County will be lost, and all of us will lose our lives." No guarantee! Let the landlords contribute more this time, and then the common people contribute less! Can you calculate how much is the appropriate increase in income for each household?"
The master thought for a while: "Sir, why don't we increase the revenue this time! Just in case of emergencies, this war will last for who knows how long, so it is not good to increase the revenue frequently. Otherwise, the people will complain!"
The magistrate of Anfeng County touched his beard and pondered for a moment: "You are right, let's see how much revenue can be increased!"
"yes!"
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Lu Shu came back the next evening and brought back a piece of information.
In the house
Nuan Nuan and Nalan Jinnian were both carving with a piece of jade.
Lu Shu saluted Wen Nuan and Nalan Jinnian: "Master, princess."
Wen Nuan looked up at him and said with a smile: "Lu Shu, you are back. Your wife was so worried that she couldn't sleep all night last night."
Lu Shu blushed.
Nowadays, food control is strict. He wants to secretly transfer so much food, which really worries the lady.
Nalan Jinnian glanced at him and asked lightly: "Has everything been done?"
Lu Shu straightened his face: "Go back to the master, everything is done. All the food has been received and sent to a safe place outside the city."
Nalan Jinnian nodded: "Go down and rest!"
However, Lu Shu did not go down. He held up his hands and said, "Master, when I came back, I happened to see the notice posted by the Yamen. Anfeng County is going to levy taxes again! The reason for levying taxes this time is protection tax. When the two armies are fighting, the only way to pay taxes is to pay taxes." Only those who pay taxes can stay in the city."
"How much will the income increase?" Nuan Nuan asked without any surprise.
Just a protection tax
How is this different from those modern gangsters who collect protection fees
Isn’t it a matter of course for a good government to protect the safety of the people
Which weird county magistrate actually thought of protection tax
"This time the income is increased in this way. Ordinary people collect two kilograms of grain from each household, and landlords and merchants collect one thousand kilograms from each household. In addition, ten wealthy businessmen and landowners pay tens of thousands of kilograms!"
Nuan Nuan silently calculated in his heart.
Beiming Country is a big country. A small county in Anfeng County probably has a population of more than 200,000, including more than 3,000 merchants and landowners. There are already three million kilograms here! Then add ten wealthy businessmen and landowners, and the total adds up to one hundred thousand catties!
Nuan Nuan and Nalan Jinnian looked at each other.
That’s a lot!
Because this is another tax increase after already collecting taxes twice!
Exorbitant taxes!
Excessive exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes will definitely arouse public anger.
Wen Nuan smiled: "Is this an unexpected gain
Originally, they just wanted to collect enough rations for the army, but they didn't expect that the harvest was quite rich!
The corners of Nalan Jinnian's mouth curled up slightly: "Even if it doesn't count, it doesn't count."
For him, when he sent someone to inform Di Junming secretly, he planned to clean the wool off his body.
His hair was gone, so naturally he couldn't bear to bleed from his body, so he would pick up the wool from others' bodies.
However, Nalan Jinnian did not expect that he would pluck out the wool so thoroughly!
He spent more than 300,000 kilograms of grain to harvest grain seeds, but he had to harvest more than 300 kilograms of wool from the people!
This is indeed too much!
Let me ask, who dares to let such a prince become the emperor
If he becomes emperor, will the common people still have a good life in the future
"How is the situation outside?" Nalan Jinnian asked.
Lu Shu: "The people burst into tears when they saw the notice! Some people even cried and howled that there was no food at home. There was so much food to hand over."
Nuan Nuan couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, if it is prosperous, the people will suffer; if it dies, the people will suffer!"