Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 80
It is true that honeycomb coal has many benefits, and you can use it by building a stove at home. Everyone has used it for many years in previous lives.But where does this increase the income of the palace and increase the tax of the court?

Zhang Zongxian didn't just listen to Master Ma continue to say:

"This is my plan. A thousand catties of coal can make eight hundred briquettes. According to the current coal price, it costs one, two, three yuan per thousand catties. Each briquette can be sold for three pennies, and the labor costs are at least one penny.

There are at least [-] households in a county in Daming. Each household consumes ten honeycomb briquettes a day in winter, and five for cooking and boiling water in other days. Based on four months in winter, it is [-] honeycomb briquettes a year.

Two thousand households have to consume 720 million briquettes and 900 million catties of coal.

If the coal consumption is large, more mines will be opened. This coal mining depends entirely on manpower, and hundreds of thousands of miners gather to mine.The gathering of so many young and middle-aged people will inevitably cause trouble. What if someone instigates a rebellion outside.Someone should be supervised.

The matter of sending people to supervise must be someone from the inner court. The emperor sent the inner court father-in-law to supervise the coal mines to prevent rebellion, and then took one coin from every thousand catties of coal mines to supplement the internal funds.The 30 counties in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty can receive [-] taels a year at least.

The imperial court then sells the exclusive right to buy and sell honeycomb coal in each county to merchants. It is not expensive for a county to charge 1000 taels of silver for a year. It is possible to collect 10 taels a year like the capital, so that the imperial court can increase every year. The tax is huge. "

Zhang Zongxian thought to himself, can he still play like this?In theory, everyone has received benefits, and the reasons why all parties have no objection are:

"Master Ma's briquettes are easy to make. Others can see it at a glance, and the common people can buy tools to make it themselves. How to sell the monopoly?"

Master Ma seemed to know that Zhang Zongxian would ask this question, so he said confidently:
"My lord, this honeycomb briquette is not monopolized, and the profits will be monopolized by local gangs, and the monopoly right is limited to the city. As long as the source of coal is controlled, the monopoly right can be exercised. Then the revenue from the monopoly right will be divided into [-]% of the local area. Presumably the local It will also maintain the monopoly rights."

It is also true that the person who bought the monopoly rights must have a lot of influence in the local area, otherwise he would not dare to step into this muddy water.He can't sell it too expensive if he buys the monopoly right. If it is too expensive, the people will buy charcoal, and if they can't afford it, they will freeze it, so the price will not be too high.

Centralized production can also reduce costs and increase employment.And it will only have an impact on the charcoal industry, but since no one buys charcoal, there is no need to cut down trees, which is good for maintaining soil erosion.

If so much money can be collected to enrich the national treasury, then the Liao pay levied this year will not be levied next year, and the burden on the people will also be reduced.

There are indeed many benefits!This Master Ma still has two skills.

"Good advice, Mr. Ma! Then how to deal with the admonisher who threatened to die!"

Master Ma said calmly:
"Those officials are just trying to gain fame and reputation. They say that they are only trying to gain fame. However, the master is not obedient. From now on, the officials will definitely kill the master. No matter what the master does? They will impeach the master.

Therefore, the master must defeat the officials at once, so that the officials are afraid of the master.Otherwise, there will be endless troubles!master. "

When it comes to the speech officer Zhang Zongxian, he gets angry.This group of speech officials is full, isn't it because they didn't take the imperial examination?Lao Tzu has done much better than those so-called Jinshi.Just ask the people in Qingjian County to know how much they recognize me.

And the officials of the Ming Dynasty are not easy to mess with!If there is really a dead remonstrance, he will be famous in history.Now being targeted by the officials, maybe one day the emperor will dismiss him for his own reputation.

If they want to be defeated again, is it possible to send someone to assassinate them?

Master Ma must have a way to say that.Zhang Zongxian stopped putting on airs.Very politely said to Mr. Ma:
"Also ask Master Ma to teach me that there will be a good reward after the thing is done."

Master Ma looked around, deliberately lowered his voice and said:

"As long as the master doesn't care about fame and is willing to spend money, this matter will be easy."

Zhang Zongxian thought that if I was poor, I would have money left over. What is reputation? Can it block wild boar skin?Or can it solve the food problem of the people?He was not born in the imperial examination. As a time traveler, he naturally understands that history is written by the victors.

"Money is not a problem, reputation? I have become a lonely person. Presumably relatives and friends are also anxious to sever ties with me, this eunuch!"

Master Ma smiled awkwardly.

"How can those villains who have great ambitions understand the master. A mere reputation is not as important as having power. Those officials are poor ghosts. If the master gives them some benefits every year, they can shut up.

As for those who want to make a name for themselves, they just want to make an example of others.Are their relatives, friends, wives and sons also noble?If we don't charge money, we will destroy him, and we have to start with personal morality when dealing with officials.The master will hand over these matters to my subordinates to ensure that you will be promoted smoothly and get rich. "

This Mr. Ma has a vicious mind, and it is indeed a good move to trouble the speaker from his personal morality.If those speech officials impeach him again, they have to be prepared to be ruined.

Zhang Zongxian also fully approved of Master Ma, and decided to keep Master Ma.In the future, the affairs of the court will be handed over to Mr. Ma.

Master Ma was able to talk to him so much, so he must have the intention of taking refuge in him.

He directly said to Master Ma:
"Then trouble Master Ma, stay with me from now on, I give Master Ma a dowry of 500 taels of silver every year, Master Ma needs to resolve the matter in Yansui Town as soon as possible, so that I can go to the capital to help me clear it.

In addition to the reward promised by the official, after the event is completed, the official will reward Master Ma with [-]% of the shares in the horse market in Qingjian County. "

After hearing this, Master Ma knew that he had made the right bet. He didn't handle the matter well this time, and he already hated the governor. If he didn't need him to deal with it, he would have killed him to silence him.

He can only survive by relying on Zhang Zongxian as soon as possible.That's why I offer advice to Zhang Zongxian, hoping that Zhang Zongxian can protect him.

I didn't expect Zhang Zongxian to be so generous. He said that he would get an annual salary of 500 taels, and there would be extra rewards for his success. Where can he find such a boss!Master Ma has the urge to die for his confidant.

Mr. Ma first stood up straight and adjusted his clothes.Then he saluted Zhang Zongxian. "Xiao Minma will go to the sun to meet the master of the master."

Zhang Zongxian was very satisfied with Master Ma's performance, and immediately got up to help Master Ma.Let Master Ma sit down.Officially recognized, the identity of Master Ma's staff.

In order to show his performance in front of his new owner, Master Ma said that he would immediately get up and go to Yanshou Town to take care of the rest.It is best to leave for the capital as soon as possible.

Zhang Zongxian didn't talk nonsense, and directly arranged a team of people to guard Master Ma and rushed to Yanshou Town.He also sent him outside the gate of the fort and told him to be careful. The matter in Yansui Town may not be done, and he must come back safely.

Master Ma was very moved after hearing this.Without hesitation, he rode to Yansui Town.

(End of this chapter)