The weather in the early winter of the Northern Song Dynasty was a little cold.

After lying in bed for a while in the early morning, Wang Chen freshened up, and was about to go to the construction site to see the progress of digging the foundation, when suddenly, the yamen sent to invite.

It's someone sent by a cheap uncle who hasn't seen him for a long time.

It is said that there is an important matter to be discussed.

For this cheap uncle who has helped him many times, Wang Chen has some respect in his heart, and he puts down his own affairs and rushes away.

County office.

According to Wang Chen's previous experience, he should go to the inner garden to wait, and the main reason is that the things he and Zhu Zhixian talked about often did not see the light.

However, this time to his slight surprise, the official took him to the east left side of the council room, which was where the magistrate worked alone.

During the Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties, our country respected the "right", so the royal family and nobles were called "right" relatives, and the family was called "right" or "right surname", and even the building of residences was the same, the wealthy family must live on the right side of the city, and the common people lived on the left side of the city.

However, from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Two Song Dynasties, China has gradually formed a system of left respect and right inferiority, so in the yamen, the left side of the county office, the county and the chief secretary and other officials' collective offices are in the right side of the hall.

In the council chamber on the left.

As soon as he walked in, Wang Chen saw Zhu Zhixian, who was wearing the official uniform of the county magistrate, bowing his head to review the official documents, he did not disturb, walked to the wooden chair next to him and sat down gently.

I waited for five minutes.

Zhu Zhixian didn't seem to realize that someone had come in, frowned and knocked lightly on the table, sighed in his mouth, and said to himself: "This year's household registration in our county is half less than last year, what should I do." ”

When Wang Chen heard this, he knew that this was a big deal.

The rulers of ancient China all took agriculture and forestry reclamation, labor expropriation, population increase, social security, etc. as the main assessment indicators.

The household registration of a county is one-twentieth less than last year, which means that a lot of people have been lost, which is very fatal to the county assessment.

Seeing the cheap uncle frowning, Wang Chen thought for a while and said, "Why not give tax incentives to the farm to attract wealthy businessmen from other places to come and buy a large-scale farm." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Zhixian looked up and said with a smile: "Nephew, when will you arrive?"

Wang Chen looked over and said, "In front of half a pillar of incense." ”

"I didn't pay attention to my work, and I kept you waiting for a long time. Zhu Zhixian expressed his apology, and then said: "What did you just say? Giving tax incentives to the farm to attract wealthy businessmen from other places to come and buy a large-scale farm?"

"Not bad. Wang Chen nodded.

Zhu Zhixian was a little puzzled: "Taxes are stipulated by the imperial court, how can I give preferential treatment?"

"Do you mind smoking a cigarette?" Wang Chen instinctively asked, seeing Zhu Zhixian's puzzled eyes, he quickly took out the cigarette and explained two sentences, Uncle Cheap didn't ask anything, he lit it with a lighter for himself, and then said: "I remember that after the founding of the country, Your Majesty ordered that the people should be suspended from taxes for three years on planting mulberry trees, jujube trees, and opening up barren fields, right?"

These are some of the information he learned from looking at the history of the Song Dynasty recently.

As an official of the imperial court, Zhu Zhixian naturally knew it clearly and said, "Yes." ”

Wang Chen spit out the fog and said: "In this case, the government can recruit people to open up wasteland that is not conducive to planting crops......

"What are you doing by opening up those barren fields?" Zhu Zhixian said speechlessly: "Not to mention wasting manpower and financial resources, even if it is opened up, it will not be able to grow agricultural materials, and it will hurt the people's labor and money." ”

Wang Chen blinked and said: "It is used to build a large-scale workshop for the rich merchants, and even, the government can send people to build a large-scale workshop and rent it to the wealthy merchants, if the rich businessmen build their own farms, the first three years will be exempted from land rent tax, if they rent the government's farm, the first three years will be free of rent, and the rent will be halved in the next three years, and then the roads and waterway wharves will be built to facilitate the merchants to transport the goods out, so that the county will definitely become the most prosperous area for operations and commerce.

These are all means used by modern society to attract investment.

It's a pity that Zhu Zhixian doesn't have the right to reduce commercial taxes in his hands, otherwise Wang Chen can help him think of more.

As the saying goes, no profit is too early.

Of course, Wang Chen's idea must have a purpose.

Building materials are needed for the construction of large-scale farms, roads and waterway wharves, and once Zhu Zhixian begins to implement it, Wang Chen will take out the cement again, and it will be a steady stream of orders.

Zhu Zhixian didn't speak, but his face showed contemplation.

Wang Chen hit the railway while it was hot: "If a large number of farms are settled in this county, not to mention that they can provide a large number of jobs for the people of this county, and they can also attract many foreign people to work, and the tax on people will be greatly increased.

Zhu Zhixian said with a moved face: "It seems feasible, but I still have some doubts, how can the county keep the migrant population you mentioned?"

In ancient times, there has always been a custom of "returning to the roots", that is, people must die in their hometowns, for example, many court officials will return to their hometowns when they reach a certain age, and naturally, it is a little difficult to let the migrant population settle down.

Do people have to settle down when they come to work?

Definitely not, just like in modern society, many people work outside the home, and in the end they don't return to their hometowns to get married and have children?

Since he wants to come up with a "bad idea" to promote cement, Wang Chen must have thought about it carefully, and he smiled and said: "It's simple." ”

"Nephew, please. Zhu Zhixian was itchy and couldn't bear it.

Wang Chen pointed to the country, "the government has built schools at all levels, promising that children within a certain age in the county can go to school for free, and even provide free accommodation and food, in addition, and then purchase a pension system, work in the county, pay a certain amount of pension fund for 15 years, and wait until the age of 50 to retire, how much pension can be received from the government every month, of course, this pension amount must be a little more than when paid, so that the people's children study, pension problems are solved, are you afraid that no one settles?"

Zhu Zhixian still didn't understand much, and said, "These all cost money." ”

Wang Chen had no choice but to explain: "Compared with the large number of people tax, business endowment, and even the industrial income driven, how much money does the county government invest? Suppose a teacher asks a teacher to pay 50 yuan a month, and each student can pay 300 yuan per month for board and lodging, and the total amount of money paid is not more than 20 yuan, which is 240 yuan a year. Let me say something arrogant: Once the commercial tax has developed to a certain point, what if the tax on the number of people and the tax on tenant rent are abolished? ”

"Individual income tax?" Zhu Zhixian heard a new term again, and said curiously: "What is the explanation?"

Wang Chen said in detail: "That is to say, the government does not levy any other taxes on individuals, but the income generated by this person's participation in labor, regardless of whether it is male or female, must be divided and paid to the government according to a certain proportion. ”

Zhu Zhixian smiled dumbly and said, "How do I know my personal labor income?"

"Aren't we going to build a large-scale workshop?" Wang Chen threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, and said: "As long as the government knows how many servants there are in the large-scale workshop, and how much money each helper has, when the monthly payment is made, let the large-scale workshop directly deduct the personal income tax and pay it to the government, and the government gives a certain commitment, and even explicitly stipulates that which workshop pays taxes every year to a certain point, the government will reduce or exempt the commercial tax by 10% to 20% in the coming year, so that the enthusiasm of the workshop will definitely be high." ”

After listening.

Both of Zhu Zhixian's eyes lit up!

Although he did not have the right to many things in it, Zhu Zhixian knew that once he presented this plan to the imperial court for trial implementation, the imperial court would definitely approve it.

Because the advantages are too great!

First of all, the increase in the number of farms has brought a large number of people, and this group of people will have to consume when they arrive, right? Salt and wine are controlled by the government, and they are basically necessities, and this will increase a lot of income for the government.

In addition, there are more work venues, more commercial transactions will be engaged, and business endowment is a large amount.

In the end, if you unite with the field, it is equivalent to reaching the point where everyone pays taxes, as long as you participate in the work, you have to pay taxes, regardless of men and women, you must know that in ancient times, women did not have to pay taxes!

Once the scale of the farm reaches a certain point, it will still care about the tenant tax and the person tax, and the personal income tax will definitely be more collected.

Zhu Zhixian was completely convinced by Wang Chen's suggestion, and said again and again: "Okay! Good idea, nephew! I must want to report to the imperial court and strive to try it out in this county. ”

It doesn't matter if it is passed down through the ages, Wang Chen just wants to sell the cement he is about to develop in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he said: "It's serious, I just want to share my uncle's worries." ”

"Yes, I am very relieved that you have such filial piety. Zhu Zhixian was satisfied, he kept this matter in mind, and was ready to write a document to submit to Zhizhou, and then jointly write to the imperial court, after thinking about it, Zhu Zhixian changed the topic and said: "I asked you to come here today to discuss something." ”

Oh yes.

I almost forgot the purpose of being called.

Wang Chen looked over and said, "Uncle, please speak." ”

Zhu Zhixian showed a curious gaze, "Yesterday I heard rumors in the workshop that you want to build a twenty-acre house?"

Wang Chen was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, is it overdue?"

Generally speaking, there were rules for starting houses in ancient times, such as what kind of houses ordinary people could only live in, and what kind of houses the emperor's relatives could live in.

"Your house hasn't been built yet, how do I know if it's over the system or not?" Zhu Zhixian shook his head and said with a smile: "Normally, according to your identity as the founder of the country, as long as you can't afford a palace-style house, there is basically nothing to do." ”

Wang Chen didn't understand too much, so he asked a few questions.

Zhu Zhixian explained it in detail.

Only then did Wang Chen know that the over-regulation of the house was basically concentrated on several issues, first of all, the style of the house, the roof, the interior of the house, the steps, the door nails, the painting, etc., as for the size of the house, there was actually no clear regulation.

Like the factory he is going to build, the house style does not belong to the palace, large and small, and the roof is flat, since it is a factory, there must be no ornaments, and the factory is going to be built on one floor, the steps will definitely not be overrun, and there will be no door nail painting.

In summary, it will not be overdone.

After listening, Wang Chen was relieved and asked, "What is the important matter for my uncle to call me here?"

Zhu Zhixian pondered for a moment and said: "When I first heard that you wanted to build a twenty-acre house, I thought there were rumors in the market, after all, there is no material that can bear that weight, but then I knew that you made a thing called reinforced concrete, and it was impossible to smash the stone sledgehammer in the quarry, but is there such a thing?"

Wang Chen didn't deliberately let people hide the matter about concrete, or rather, he wished that it could be passed on, and admitted very calmly: "Yes." ”

Zhu Zhixian said with a happy face: "In this case, can you still get reinforced concrete?"

Wang Chen blinked and said, "What are you doing?"

Zhu Zhixian said very seriously: "The city wall of Tongzhou City is old and in disrepair, and in the next ten years, the heavy task of repairing the city wall will be the turn of this county, so I will wonder if I should get some reinforced concrete, so that I don't have to worry about the repair of the city wall in the next ten years." ”

Co-authored this?

Waste buddy's time!

However, repairing the city wall is indeed an order, Wang Chen said: "If you have to find your own way to reinforce the steel bar, I can provide a few as a demonstration, and I can provide cement after a while." ”

Zhu Zhixian didn't pay attention to the matter of steel bars, because the forging process of the Song Dynasty was still relatively developed, and his main concern was cement, and when he heard that Wang Chen was willing to provide it, he hurriedly said happily: "Okay, good, how long will it take?"

"It's hard to say. Wang Chen shook his head.

Zhu Zhixian asked: "Why is it difficult to say? I will use it soon." ”

Wang Chen said honestly: "Although I know the method of making cement, I haven't had time to buy a cement factory in Tongzhou, so I have to wait for a while. ”

"What are the requirements for the cement yard?" Zhu Zhi County Road.

Wang Chen thought for a while and replied: "Actually, I have points in terms of formula, but the cement needs to be fired, I don't know if there is a kiln in Tongzhou that meets the requirements for firing cement, it really doesn't work, I am ready to spend money to let people build a few vertical kilns, and firing cement requires a certain attempt, and finally determine what kind of heat can be fired." ”

Zhu Zhixian said hotly: "Since you haven't set up a cement workshop, otherwise, you come up with the formula, and I will contribute manpower and kiln on behalf of the government, and let's make a cement workshop together?"

Only out of the recipe?

Leave the rest to the government to operate?

That relationship couldn't be better! I don't know how many things I don't know!

"No problem. Wang Chen agreed, and then said: "But I have a request, the cement formula is extremely precious, I hope that the raw materials will be made by my people, and the government will be responsible for half of the money and firing of the raw materials. ”

The recipes of many things in ancient times were passed down from generation to generation and not displayed in front of outsiders, Zhu Zhixian knew that cement was precious, and had no opinion on Wang Chen's request, and agreed: "Yes, I will let people buy what materials are needed, and then send them to the place you designate, and when you get them, let them be sent to the kiln mouth to be fired." ”

Wang Chen said: "Yes, what percentage of the government's income does it have?"

"Forty percent of the government, you account for sixty percent, how?" Zhu Zhixian proposed.

Wang Chen thought about it.

Their own technology shares, and then half of the raw materials, no need to provide the kiln, nothing more than to pay some raw material grinding workers' labor costs, accounting for sixty percent of the income is definitely a sure profit, but the cement formula is taken out by himself, sixty percent he is not satisfied.

"I'm going to take eighty percent. ”

"Eighty percent is too high, right? everyone pays half of the money for raw materials, and the yamen also provides kilns, although we are uncles and nephews, but I really can't agree, seventy percent, you account for seventy percent, this is the bottom line that I can accept." ”

"Think about it. ”

According to the profit of modern cement sales, the profit of cement is about 40%, and the price of a ton of cement is about 49 to 565 yuan, of which the profit per ton is 200 yuan.

"Good. Wang Chen made another request, "I hope that the procurement will be done by myself, and the government will pay for it." ”

Zhu Zhixian was stunned, and then scolded with a smile: "Your kid is shrewd like a monkey spirit, for fear that I will learn about several raw materials and finally find someone to try them one by one?"

The heart of defense is indispensable.

Just because Uncle Cheap won't do this doesn't mean that others won't.

Therefore, Wang Chen must firmly grasp the raw materials and proportions of the formula in his own hands, and he said seriously: "It's not that I'm afraid that you will find someone to try, but I'm afraid that someone will have a heart." ”

Zhu Zhixian understood, and said without saying a word: "Okay, it's decided, the materials will be handed over to you, and the government will pay for it." ”

Wang Chen was satisfied, and discussed some details with Uncle Cheap.

At first, I pondered the problem of cement firing, but now the county government of Zhuzhi County has become a shareholder, and I have reduced a lot of unnecessary troubles, as long as I recruit a group of people to grind raw material, I can lie there and get a steady stream of copper coins, this kind of good thing can't be found with lanterns!

Said the Seventh Maniac

My wife is going out for many days tomorrow.,I'm going to accompany her tonight.,The remaining three chapters will be updated during the day tomorrow.,It's not that it's not updated.,It's during the day.。 Thank you (Edgeworth points to the sky, I'll pretend to be forced) 10,000 starting coins for the reward!