Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1028 Great Merit

  I want people to understand the truth at once, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than benefiting people.

  The gentry have gained a profit, and now they have to cut their flesh, no matter how painful it is, at least they won’t turn over the table with you.

   What's more, recently in Dingxing County, many idlers began to appear. These raised people have good eyes and ears.

  Who is hiding something, or what business has not paid taxes, it will be on Ouyang Zhi's desk the next day.

  Of course, Ouyang Zhi is the county magistrate, an accomplished official, and he will definitely not associate with these morons.

For some unscrupulous people, Ouyang Zhi often asks people to invite him to come to the county government to have a talk. Everyone sits together, drinks a cup of tea happily, and then throws things out to see for yourself. Tax evasion is too harsh.

  The other party was dumbfounded immediately, and didn't say anything else, and obediently paid the tax, and after that, each of them lived in peace.

   In order to pursue taxation, many problems have arisen. Of course, problems are not terrible, as long as there are methods to solve them.

   Tax calculation is extremely troublesome.

  Because there is nothing to be careless about.

  Especially the tax in Dingxing County is the real deal, not by rough means such as apportionment. Therefore, every tax must be calculated clearly, and there is no room for error.

   For this reason, Ouyang Zhi even called a few people from Xishan School of Mathematical Sciences.

  They began to formulate several formulas, and at the same time to improve the algorithm of the accounts.

   Ouyang Zhi has not had a good night's sleep for many days.

  Countless amounts of silver began to be put into storage.

   Because of the implementation of a whip method, the grain tax and tax in kind were directly removed. This kind of tax has always been levied in this way, but now it is directly all taxed in money, which is much easier and simpler.

   Late at night.

   You can't see your fingers outside.

  Ouyang Zhi looked tired and his eyes were already red.

  He was still flipping through various books repeatedly.

   Judging from the yellow registers of households, Dingxing County has added more than 78,000 household registrations in the past year or so.

  The newly added workshops are 137 in size.

  The number of merchants has increased by more than 900 people, so there are more than 600 new shops.

   Not only that, in order to solve the housing problem in Dingxing County, Xishan Jianye has started construction on several construction sites in the north of the city, and the housing prices are not expensive. Compared with the housing prices in Jingshi New City, it is only 10%, but even if it is 10%, the profits are considerable.

  Besides, the agriculture in Dingxing County...is...increased!

   This is what makes Ouyang Zhi most gratified...

The reason is that the roads are open, because the demand for food in the new city is huge, and the roads in other places are impassable, and the transportation costs are extremely high. Instead, Dingxing County has become the main supplier of food in the new city. After the price of food has risen, although a large amount of land, It has become a workshop and a residence, but because of the high price, many people are also active in growing food. As long as there is something that can be exchanged for money, no one is afraid that no one will be active.

  With the emergence of new crops, many gentry had no incentive to grow food due to the sharp drop in food prices in the local area, the grain output of Dingxing County... unexpectedly rose all the way.

Even a small piece of wasteland, which used to be worthless for cultivation, is now being turned into a vegetable garden. People use every inch of the land to the utmost, and because it is connected to the new city, there are many ways to increase food production in the fields. It has also been widely promoted and applied here.

   You must know that not every place is willing to accept the cultivation method of the Tuntian Institute.

  For example, buying better grains in the field can increase the harvest by 10%.

   Doesn’t this food cost money? Why buy? And it only increases by 10%, why waste this effort.

   There is also the fertilization method of intensive farming in the Tuntian Institute, which seems to be able to increase the yield, but so what, it is too troublesome.

   But in Dingxing County, there is no need to worry about trouble. Increased production means that after the surplus grain is harvested, it can be exchanged for silver immediately. A large number of grain merchants are waiting in line there, who will have trouble with silver?

   After watching it all night, the results are remarkable.

Ouyang Zhi circled some data. These data are suspicious. When the time comes, the servants below will have to verify it again to see if there is a mistake in the calculation, or if the servants have made some negligence when making the statistics. .

   At this time, the sky was only a little brighter.

He raised his eyes, greeted the dawn of a new day, yawned, took off his clothes, and waited for a clerk. The scribe stayed up all night after seeing the county lord, and couldn't help but said, "What's the trouble, my lord? Is there something that can't be dealt with during the day?"

  Ouyang Zhi was silent for a moment, tapped on the copybook, noncommittal: "Later, you can tidy up, and tell the demarcated place to do it later, and I will take a nap for two hours."

  He always has an indifferent attitude, which is intimidating.

  The scribe smiled wryly: "Yes."

   As he spoke, he stepped forward to collect the scattered official documents on the copybook.

For this county venerable, he admires him very much, not to mention anything else, he does everything personally, and don't try to hide anything from him, don't look at him and say nothing about the big and small things in the county, but once you need to use it, He can blurt it out immediately, and he knows better than anyone in the know.

   This made everyone in the county dare not deal with him.

  Although he usually has a straight face, he is still generous to the subordinate officials.

   Such a person, even if you feel that he is busy, that he is long-winded, and that he is always ordering you to do things, but in your heart, you are convinced, and you have no temper for him.

   "Master, I heard that Liu Xiancheng is speaking strange things behind his back again."

  Liu Xiancheng is the assistant officer in the county. He, the chief bookkeeper, and the pawns are, logically speaking, all Ouyang Zhi's deputy.

   But as soon as they heard that Ouyang Zhi was going to implement the new law here, they were all either dizzy or overwhelmed, and refused to do anything, fearing that the county magistrate would drag them down.

  Occasionally, Ouyang Zhi simply kicked them away and did everything by himself.

But now it’s all right, the new policy seems to be working well, and several assistant officials seem to want to make a difference in the county, but they find that they have been left idle, and Ouyang Zhi doesn’t arrange their specific assignments, Liu Xiancheng and the others are a little dumbfounded , All of a sudden, he became a regular meal in the county.

   They are naturally indispensable, and they have to make a few complaints.

   "Oh." Ouyang Zhi didn't say anything about it.

   "They said that this new deal is bound to stumble, and when the time comes, everyone will follow suit to make the emperor unlucky." The clerk looked annoyed.

  Ouyang Zhi was silent.

  The scribe thought that the county official was angry.

  Ouyang Zhi said flatly: "Be yourself."

"Yes Yes."

  Ouyang Zhi was about to return to the house, but at this moment, hurried footsteps came from outside: "My lord, my lord, the calculation has been made, the calculation has been made."

   It was Zhang Wenbin, the official of the Household House, who came, and Zhang Wenbun beamed with joy: "The Household House has roughly calculated the tax for this year, take a look."

  Ouyang Zhi took the official document, opened it, and was immediately...surprised...

  It turns out...it's this amount.

  Although he is quite confident about the revenue, but... this amount is too scary.

  Ouyang Zhi frowned: "Have you done the calculation?"

   "I've checked it a few times, and it's all tax and silver that went into the treasury. I dare not say that there is no difference, but at least, it is almost the same. Now, the warehouse is still counting again."

  Ouyang Zhi cheered up immediately, his bloodshot eyes seemed to be shining, and after a short silence: "Don't reveal it, you have to count it again. After counting, I will play immediately and give you credit!"

Zhang Wenzheng, the official of the house, smiled. He has always known who in this county has contributed to making the king's heart like a mirror. He has been busy for so many days, and this time, the amount of taxes collected is so much. It is so big that it is completely beyond imagination. If this is a great achievement, I will also have a share in this credit book.

  He nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, the students will go now, so you can rest assured, but please rest assured."

  Ouyang Zhi was stunned. After a long time, he sighed: "It's really not easy, it's not easy..."

  …

  Chapter 4 delivered, too tired, go to bed.

  (end of this chapter)