Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 917: Hunting for Prisoners and Gold Mining (3)

Development is about trajectory. Development happens in different periods. If a product that is too advanced appears at a time when it should not appear, it is not an advantage, but a disaster that causes more harm than good!

"Intensive handicraft manufacturing has been developed in Liaoning for quite some time and has indeed achieved considerable results, and has also accommodated many groups of people."

Shenyang city.

Hong Chengchou, who was wearing casual clothes, said to his advisor: "But until now, the industries related to people's livelihood have still surpassed many military industries. This is definitely not a good thing for local development."

"But it's not that easy to resolve this issue in a short period of time, especially since the turmoil in the southeastern provinces has had a significant impact on Liaodong's maritime grain trade."

"The key is that this year, a new round of immigration to Liaoning is about to begin. The number of bankrupts to be relocated this year will be nearly twice that of last year. The pressure is huge!"

As the governor of Liaodong, Hong Chengchou was in charge of the people's livelihood and the governance and development of Liaodong. He shouldered a heavy burden. Any wrong step could disrupt Liaodong's existing development trend.

Since taking office as the Governor of Liaodong, whether in Guangning or in Shenyang, Hong Chengchou has maintained a habit of visiting local areas regularly to understand the real situation among the people.

Having been an official for a long time, Hong Chengchou was very familiar with some rules of officialdom. The current officialdom and administration in Liaodong was quite good.

But in the past, that couldn’t even be mentioned.

"Fortunately, this year's corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops will be increased on the scale of last year, which can provide a safety net for Liaodong."

Shi Ye at the side comforted him, "Dong Weng, you don't need to worry about these things. After all, the number of Western Yi sea merchants who came to Liaodong last year has increased a lot."

"I have heard that the grain in Nanyang is very high in yield and cheap. If Liaodong can introduce some favorable policies for these Western merchants, I believe they will be willing to increase the grain allocation."

“These two items are indeed worthy of consideration.”

Hong Chengchou sighed and frowned, "But it cannot be the only choice. After all, in addition to the needs of Liaodong, there are also military rations needed by the Liaodong Garrison Army, the Jilin-Heilongjiang Dusi Garrison Army, and the Korean Garrison Army."

"Especially the various units under the Jilin-Heilongjiang garrison and the Korean garrison, many of which need to participate in the war. How can we ensure their physical strength by only eating crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes?"

As time goes by, the high-yield crops such as potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes promoted in Liaodong are increasing in scale and yield slowly thanks to the unremitting improvement and breeding of agricultural science officials, which has enabled these crops to begin to circulate among the people.

In addition to being eaten directly, it has begun to be processed into various flours and strips, and even brewed into wine, in some places in Liaodong.

Especially for the military, such as those guarding the border in bitter and cold lands, and those participating in wars, a batch of strong liquor will be regularly distributed to meet the military's needs in this regard.

“It’s so dark!!”

When they walked to a tavern, Hong Chengchou stopped and looked at the crowded tavern with a frown when he heard shouting. Without thinking much, Hong Chengchou lifted his robe and walked towards the tavern.

For Hong Chengchou, Liaodong developed so fast that deep in his heart, he felt not only joy but also fear.

Without him.

Many things in Liaodong were not available in the Ming Dynasty before. The reason they appeared in Liaodong was that the emperor in the capital regularly submitted secret letters and issued secret decrees to ask the officials in Liaodong to assess the situation and promote them little by little. As far as the current Ming Dynasty is concerned, the most concentrated areas of intensive manual manufacturing are Beizhili and Liaodong, but there are essential differences between the two.

The former was mainly based on the Shaofu, supplemented by local governments, based on the imperial farms and fields under the jurisdiction of Northern Zhili, and involved in industrial development in various fields.

The latter, on the other hand, was mainly based on local governments, assisted by the officials of the Shaofu. It requisitioned private fields, even government fields, and of course a lot of wasteland. In a relatively closed environment, it relied on the needs of war and maritime trade, and gradually developed mainly with the military industry.

Of course, the forms of development may be different, but the two also have many similarities, such as the most important point, which is to carry and accommodate bankrupt groups, so that they can earn corresponding rewards through hard work to support their families. When they have food to eat and no longer go hungry, the instability factors will be weakened a lot.

"I just don't understand why the imperial court levies such harsh taxes! So much!"

Hong Chengchou entered the tavern, looked at the crowd of drinkers, frowned and walked towards a place. Looking at the center of the crowd in the main hall of the tavern, an obese man said with a distracted look.

"If you want to leave Liaodong, you have to pay the hunting and gold mining tax to the Governor's Office. If you really find gold and silver mines during this period, you will also have to pay mining taxes if you want to mine them."

"Well, let's not talk about these. After all, we are controlled by others. We can't open up the market without the people of Jihei Dusi in front. It's unrealistic and impossible for us to open up the market alone."

These words were echoed by many people.

"But the money we worked so hard to earn, the various goods we bought, and even the gold and silver we brought back, we have to bring back from these dangerous places to Liaodong, and we have to pay taxes on it."

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Seeing that many people agreed, the fat man got excited and slammed the table, saying, "To enter Liaodong, you have to go through the customs, and you have to pay the customs duties. If you don't pay, you will be treated as a tax resistant!"

"Okay, let's pay."

"It was clearly stated when I paid the customs duty that as long as I paid it and took the customs tax receipt, I would not have to pay any other taxes no matter where I went. But when I went to the customs, I was still required to pay customs duty!!"

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly.

In fact, he had heard such remarks from many places a long time ago. The tax collection and clarification in Liaodong had been tried out in various places in Liaodong and had indeed achieved remarkable results.

But what came with it was irreconcilable conflicts with some emerging groups.

There is an old saying that goes, where there is advantage, there will be disputes and conflicts.

After all, it involves interests.

No one would complain about having too much silver in their hands, especially those who participated in the new policy of hunting and gold panning. Regardless of whether they made a profit or not, they had to pay not a single ounce of tax less.

But they never thought that if there had not been this new policy initiated by the Liaodong officials, they would not have been able to make huge profits in the face of the huge demand in Liaodong or even other places, and the various taxes and silver they paid only accounted for a part of it.

"What you said is not right." While Hong Chengchou was thinking, a voice rang out, breaking the noise in the tavern and causing many people to look in the direction of the voice.

(End of this chapter)