Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 443

Wang Zhaomin talked about the problems since the levy of Liao pay.In his opinion, the imperial court's expropriation of silver would do nothing but harm to a small and remote county like Lingao.On the contrary, every time it was time to levy money, there would be a lot of trouble, which disturbed the people to the extreme.

"Lingao is no better than Nan Zhili, even Henan and Hebei! Where can the people in these places get money to pay? It's nothing more than selling grain and cloth cheaply, and enriching merchants in vain." Wang Zhaomin sighed.

Wu De listened and knew that this was another headache in the county. Lingao and Xuwen and Haikang on the opposite side of the strait happened to be two extremes. On the one hand, due to sugar cane sugar production, the commodity economy was developed, and food was expensive and silver was cheap; On the other side, it is almost entirely a natural economy, and there is no silver in the market.

"I heard that Xuwen, across the strait, is rich in sucrose, and rice is expensive and silver is cheap. Why not traffic the grain to Xuwen and sell it for silver?"

"How can it be so easy!" Wang Zhaomin's complaints were aroused again by these words.

Wu Mingjin also had this idea when he first took office, and sent his family members to Xuwen to inquire about the market.But to traffic grain, you have to have a batch of grain on hand as a turnover. This batch of grain has no source--Lingao's annual grain tax is barely finished, and Changping warehouse has no extra grain to adjust.Furthermore, transporting grain across the sea involves the cost of trafficking. If the ship capsizes, no one can afford to compensate for the loss.After the freshness of Wu County Magistrate's new office passed, he finally dropped the idea with the idea that one thing more is worse than one thing less.

It is also much easier to pay taxes in Haikang and Xuwen than in Lingao. The local county government has obtained a lot of income from the sugar trade. If you have money, you will not worry about not being able to buy food, but you may not be able to exchange for food. silver.The worst thing is that Lingao's agricultural level is not as good as that of Xuwen and Haikang, and it is simply unable to exchange grain for the silver it needs through large-scale export.

The government wants to finish the class, so it has to force the villagers to sell their products at a low price.Although the monetization of taxes has an important role in promoting the collapse of the natural economy and the establishment of a commodity economy, it is very destructive to places like Lingao where natural disasters are frequent and productivity levels are low.

Unexpectedly, there is only a narrow Qiongzhou Strait separated by two completely different worlds.Wu De lamented the size of China and the complexity of its national conditions. For the first time, he felt a little afraid of being under the title of "civil affairs".

However, when it came to this point, Wu De felt that it was almost done. He accepted the full power of the executive committee and could show his cards to Wang Zhaomin.

He said: "Master Wang, in fact, you don't have to worry about food and taxes—"

"Thank you so much!" Wang Zhaomin quickly thanked her.

"Slow!" Wu De said slowly, "As for the matter of starting classes for my students in Australia, I can promise here that there are a lot of grains in the five hundred acres of paddy fields. Not only that, this year's autumn Fu in Lingao County, whether it is field Fu Whether it’s land, land, or Liao’s salary, we’ll take care of everything.”

"What?!" Wang Zhaomin was dumbfounded, not knowing how to react. "County food tax"! , This was too unexpected for Wang Zhaomin-someone actually proposed to pay the autumn tax of the whole county on his behalf!

"The county's food tax?" Wang Zhaomin asked in disbelief.

"Exactly." Wu De nodded.

Wang Zhaomin thought that this group of Australians were too bold!The county's grain tax is nearly 8000 shi just for the amount of grain, and there are various costs in grain collection and shipment. Pay, not to mention the Liao pay of more than [-] taels of silver.

Australians are still collecting "reasonable burdens" throughout the county after the Spring Festival this year. How can they become so generous in the blink of an eye?

"This year, we will be the general contractor for the entire county." Wu De said clearly, his tone unquestionable.

Wang Zhaomin was speechless for a moment, this was an ending he never expected.He thought that the Australians would refuse the request and would not pay a single rice. He also thought that the price might be exorbitant, and that the county government might be asked to collect a "reasonable burden" on their behalf.But the request to undertake the taxation of the whole county was too unexpected.Even when the Gou brothers were at their most powerful, they never had such thoughts.

"Do you really want to take over the entire county's taxes?" Wang Zhaomin couldn't help asking again.

"Of course it is true." Wu De nodded and said calmly, "We always keep our word, when did we break our promise?"

Wang Zhaomin's mind is running fast, is this good or bad for him and Wu Mingjin?For a while, he couldn't make a judgment.

However, he instinctively felt that there was something evil behind this request.

"The grain and Fu of this dynasty are full of threads, and there are many tricks among them, and Chen Minggang is extremely vicious..." Wang Zhaomin began to sacrifice the method of "solving difficult problems".

"We know this," Wu De didn't intend to discuss the specific details with him, but simply stated his own conditions:

"How much tax should be paid, if you want to come to Master Wang, you will be very clear, and you will not deceive me to wait for the ignorant outsiders." Wu De's eyes are fixed on Wang Zhaomin, "How much is the positive amount and how much rice is consumed? There should be a yamen among them." How many benefits there are, you can tell them one by one, you don't have to be polite."

"This, no need, no need..." Wang Zhaomin panicked, "This matter must be discussed with the proprietor to decide."

"Deliberation is natural. However," Wu De showed a threatening look, "autumn grain is a major matter of the county government. I don't think Mr. Wu will not understand this truth."

This is an unmistakable direct threat: if they don't give them all the autumn gifts, there is no need to think about Lingao's grain collection.

"Yes, yes, I understand this naturally." Wang Zhaomin was sweating profusely.

"So, the Kun thief is determined to take over the entire county's taxes?" Wu Mingjin asked with a sad face.

"Exactly! Dong Weng. This bandit leader surnamed Wu speaks contemptuously, implying that if they don't take over, the county's autumn grain will not be collected!"

"Old master, what is the thief going to do?"

"Maybe I want to take the opportunity to gather money." Wang Zhaomin thought about it, only this possibility, "It's just that it doesn't look like it, it's very suspicious."

"Exactly," Wu Mingjin nodded, "Amassing money is for soft goods. What's the use of this much food? Besides, it's easy for them to ask for food and money—if they ask the local rich people to take it out, who dare not pay it? Why bother?" Fei Zhouzhang, let's make a trick of sweeping the taxes first."

Taking care of taxes is not an easy task, it is not only troublesome, but also complicated.It would be unreliable to say that the Time Traveling Group relied on this to make a fortune.

The two thought about it, but couldn't figure out what their motives were.Of course, they all agreed that Australians "have no good intentions".

Whether he has good intentions or not, Wu Mingjin doesn't have many choices, either he agrees to the Australians to take care of it; or he refuses to agree and waits for the Australians to make trouble.

The result of the choice was obvious, so Wu Mingjin had no choice but to agree.In terms of what Australians usually do, they have always kept their promises.When it comes to sweeping taxes, we will never engage in the trick of collecting food and not paying taxes.It is also a good thing for Wu Mingjin to be able to collect taxes in a timely manner. At most, the Australians increase the floating income of rice consumption in order to collect a few more stones of grain-but this is also a matter for ordinary people and has nothing to do with him.

"I'm afraid that this year's prospects will be much less." Wang Zhaomin reminded the club.

"This is also something that can't be helped." Wu Mingjin sighed, but he intuitively thought that there might not be less, but he still had to put on a look of helplessness, "One thing more is worse than one thing less, I just want to be peaceful After completing this term of magistrate, I will return to my hometown immediately after resigning from office..."

Wang Zhaomin was speechless, so he had no choice but to leave first.He secretly changed his mind, Dong Weng said it was "helpless", this year's autumn grain benefits should be made for him - after all, it is directly related to his income.He took care of his concubine to make a pot of tea, and carefully thought about the cause and effect: Australians take over the taxes, no matter what kind of evil intentions they have hidden, as far as the moment is concerned, there is no harm to Wu Mingjin or himself .

The food and taxes can be paid in full in a timely manner, and I don't have to deal with the various subordinates in the house every day.As for the "troublemakers" in the county, there are naturally Australians who quickly grab bayonets to deal with them.Wang Zhaomin suddenly hoped that the time-traveling crowd would take care of this group of guys who had always despised his authority in the past.

The next day, he met with Wu De again, and the two sides reached an agreement on this issue.

The Australians take over the county's taxes, including grain, land, miscellaneous taxes and salaries.All were delivered to the county government in full and on time.

"The deadline for autumn grain is at the end of November." Wang Zhaomin reminded, "However, don't hurry too late. After the collection is complete, the county has to hand it over to finish the class. The transportation of large amounts of money and grain is difficult. The journey is difficult here in Lingao. It will take a lot of time to travel across the sea, so it is best to pay in full by the end of October, so as to be more relaxed."

The money and food were transported to Beijing, and Cao Jun was in charge of Nanzhili, and there were many tricks in it, which Wang Zhaomin had seen before.There is no water transportation task in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the county is responsible for the transportation itself, so it is inevitable to deal with the transporters.

The earlier the money and food shipment event is, the cheaper the shipping fee will be.When the deadline is approaching, the shippers know that the government cannot delay the deadline, so they will deliberately delay to extort the freight.

"...At this time, if the 'rice consumption' is not enough, the common people will have to be conscripted to serve in military service to transport food. It is a huge disadvantage to waste the people and waste money. Please be careful!"

"Is the county's money and food handed over to Qiongzhou government?"

"It's complicated to say." Wang Zhaomin said, "The autumn poems in this county have gone to several places."

Among the autumn grain totaling 680 six shi and seven liters and nine shi, there is Jingku official rice of 480 and nine shi.This is the part of the autumn grain that needs to be shipped.

(End of this chapter)