Chapter 234: Acquisition of taxes

Wang Zhaomin talked about the problem that had been snatched since the Liao levy. In his opinion, the imperial court's levy of silver was simply harmful to remote small counties like Lingao. On the contrary, every time the levy of silver was snatched, it was a mess and disturbing the people.

"Linggao is not as good as Nanzhili, even Henan and Hebei! Where can the people in this place get money to pay? It's just that they sell grain and cloth at a low price, and they will make the merchants useless." Wang Zhaomin sighed.

Wu De listened and knew that this was another headache in a county. Lingao and Xuwen, opposite the Strait, and Haikang happened to be two extremes. On the one hand, because of sugar cane sugar, the commodity economy is developed, and grain is expensive and silver is cheap. On the other hand, it is almost a natural economy, and there is no money in the market.

"I heard that Xuwen across the Strait is that because of the abundant sugar production, rice is expensive and silver is cheap. Why not sell grain to Xuwen for sale for silver?"

"Where is this easy!" These words aroused Wang Zhaomin's complaining again.

Wu Mingjin had this idea when he first took office, and he sent his family to Xuwen to inquire about the market. However, if he wanted to sell food, he had to have a batch of food at hand for his turnover, and this batch of food had nowhere to come. The annual grain tuition in Linggao was barely completed, and there was no extra grain to adjust for the warehouse. Moreover, the transportation of grain was traversed by the sea, and the cost of trafficking was involved. If the ship was overturned, no one could compensate for the loss. After the freshness of the new Wu County Magistrate passed, he finally abandoned the idea that it was better to have less than more things.

To pay taxes, it is much easier for Hikvision and Xuwen to be more than Lingao. The local county government has obtained a large amount of income from the sugar trade link. If you have silver, you will not have to worry about not being able to buy food, but if you have food, you may not be able to exchange for silver. The worst thing is that Lingao's agricultural level is not as good as Xuwen and Hikvision, and it is simply unable to exchange for the silver you need by exporting large-scale grain.

The government has to finish the class, so it is only necessary to force villagers to sell their products at a low price. Although the monetization of taxes has an important role in consolidating the natural economy and establishing a commodity economy, it is very destructive for places like Linggao where natural disasters are frequent and productivity levels are low.

Unexpectedly, only a narrow Qiongzhou Strait was two completely different worlds. Wu De lamented the greatness of China and the complexity of national conditions, and felt a little afraid of the big hat of "civil affairs" for the first time.

However, after talking about this, Wu De felt that it was almost done. He accepted the full authority of the Executive Committee and could show off to Wang Zhaomin.

He said, "Master Wang, you don't have to worry about the food and tax matters--"

"The love is so great!" Wang Zhaomin thanked quickly.

"Slow!" Wu De said slowly, "I can accept the matter of the many students in Australia. There are a lot of grains of paddy fields. Not only that, the autumn tuitions in Lingao County this year, whether they are land tax, land tax, or Liao tuition, will be collected and paid by us."

"What?!" Wang Zhaomin was as stupid as a wooden chicken, and he didn't know how to react. "Food of the whole county"! This was too unexpected for Wang Zhaomin - someone actually proposed to pay the autumn tuition of the whole county!

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

"That's right." Wu De nodded.

Wang Zhaomin thought that this group of Australians were too bold! The county's grain quota alone costs nearly 8,000 shi, as well as the grain collection and various expenses in the departure process. Even if the county's staff are as clear as water and as bright as a mirror, they must have 10,000 shi of brown rice to deal with, not to mention the Liao salary of more than 8,000 taels of silver.

Australians still collect "reasonable burdens" in the county after the Spring Festival this year. Why do they become so generous in the blink of an eye?

"This year we will be the general contractor of the whole county." Wu Deqing said clearly, his tone unquestionable.

Wang Zhaomin was speechless for a moment, which was an ending that he never expected. He had thought that Australians would refuse to ask for a request and did not pay a single grain of rice, and he thought that maybe he would ask for a skyrocketing price, and he thought that the county government would collect a "reasonable burden" on his behalf. However, the requirement to undertake taxes from the whole county was too unexpected. Even when the Gou brothers were at their most powerful, they never had such an idea.

"I really have to take over the taxes of the whole county?" Wang Zhaomin couldn't help but ask again.

"Of course it's true." Wu De nodded and said calmly, "We always keep our word. When did we break our trust?"

Wang Zhaomin's brain was running rapidly. Is this a pro or a disadvantage for him and Wu Mingjin? For a moment, he could not make a judgment.

However, he instinctively felt that this request contained illusions.

"The dynasty's food tuition was full of things, and there were many varieties of them. Moreover, Chen Minggang was extremely disgusting..." Wang Zhaomin began to practice the "setting problems" method.

"We know this," Wu De did not intend to talk to him about the specific details, but simply expressed his own conditions:

"I think Master Wang knows how much tax should be paid, and he will not bully me and beg me for ignorance." Wu De stared at Wang Zhaomin with his eyes tightly, "How much is the right amount and how much rice should be consumed, and how many benefits should be in the yamen. You can talk about it one by one, don't be polite."

"This, no, no..." Wang Zhaomin was already panicked, "This matter must be discussed with the boss before it can be decided."

"It is natural to discuss. However," Wu De showed a threatening look, "Autumn grain is a major event for the county government. I think Mr. Wu will never misunderstand this principle."

This is an obvious and direct threat: if they don’t take the Qiu Fu, there is no need to think about collecting grain from Linggao.

"Yes, yes, this is naturally understood." Wang Zhaomin sweated heavily.

"So, the thief is determined to take over the taxes of the whole county?" Wu Mingjin asked with a frown.

"That's right! Dongweng. The bandit leader named Wu was rude and implied that he would not collect the autumn grains in the county if he didn't take them in, and he would not be able to collect the county's autumn grain!"

"Old Master, what are the thiefs doing?"

"I probably want to take the opportunity to gather." Wang Zhaomin thought about it, and there was only this possibility, "I just feel that it is not like it, which is very suspicious."

"That's right," Wu Mingjin nodded, "What is needed to accumulate is the fine and soft wealth. What's the use of asking for so much food? Besides, it's very easy for them to ask the local rich man to take it out, and who dares not pay it? Why bother to make a big deal and make a trick of collecting taxes first."

Taking on taxes is not an easy task. It is not only a tiring task, but also a complicated and difficult task. It would be unreliable to say that time travel groups have to make money through this.

After thinking about it, they couldn't figure out what their motives were. Of course, they agreed that Australians "have no good intentions".

Whether or not Wu Mingjin has a good intention, he doesn't have many choices. Either he promises the Australians to take over the competition; or he doesn't agree, waiting for the Australians to make trouble, and both must be one of them.

The result of the choice was obvious, so Wu Mingjin had to agree. As for the daily actions of Australians, they always respected their promises and kept their promises. They said they would never do the trick of collecting food but not paying taxes. To be able to collect all the taxes in time, it was also a good thing for Wu Mingjin. At most, the Australians increased the consumption of rice in order to collect a few stones of grain - but this is also the business of the people and has nothing to do with him.

"I'm afraid the prospects this year are much less." Wang Zhaomin reminded his boss.

"This is also helpless." Wu Mingjin sighed, but he intuitively thought that there might not be less, but he still had to act helplessly. "It is better to have less than more things. I just want to be a magistrate who is a wife and go back to my hometown immediately after leaving office..."

Wang Zhaomin was speechless and had to say goodbye first. He secretly thought about it, Dongweng said it was "helpless". The benefits of this year's autumn grain should be done enough - after all, this is directly related to his income. He took care of his concubine to make a pot of tea and thought about the causes and consequences carefully: No matter what kind of evil intentions they have in mind, at present, it will not harm Wu Mingjin and himself.

The grain tax can be paid in time, and he doesn't have to deal with the clerks who are all kinds of households every day. As for the "troubled people" in the county, there are naturally Australians who quickly grab the bayonets to deal with them. Wang Zhaomin suddenly hopes that the time travelers can handle these guys who have despised his authority.

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

Australians took over the taxes of the county, including grain taxes, land taxes, miscellaneous taxes and Liao pay. All of them were handed over to the county government on time.

"The deadline for autumn grain is at the end of November." Wang Zhaomin reminded, "However, it is not too late to get late. After the collection is complete, the county will have to hand over the course. The transportation of bulk money and grain is difficult, and the journey here is to cross the sea and involve waves. It takes a lot of time on the road, so it is best to pay it all at the end of October, so it is easier."

The money and grain were shipped to Beijing, and the Cao Army was responsible for the Southern Zhili, and there were many tricks. Wang Zhaomin had seen it. There was no task of transporting the canal in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the county was responsible for transporting it itself, so it was inevitable to deal with transporters.

The earlier the money and grain shipment incident, the cheaper the freight. When the deadline is approaching, the transporter knows that the government cannot delay the deadline, and will deliberately delay and extort freight.

"...At this time, if the 'expendable rice' is not enough, you have to collect the people to serve and transport grain, which is a huge disadvantage. Please pay attention!"

"Did the money and grain of this county be handed over to Qiongzhou Prefecture?"

"It's complicated to say." Wang Zhaomin said, "There are several places in the county's autumn fu."

Among the autumn grains with a total amount of 7,686 shi, 7 liters and nine kilograms, there are 6,489 shi of official rice in the Beijing warehouse. This is the part of the autumn grain that needs to be shipped.
Chapter completed!