The fame of a place means money, and being an official means wealth. The www.biquge.info same is true of Shenwu County, with such a large population and an economic level, which makes many higher-level yamen very hot and want to get a piece of the pie, especially the prefect of Lancang Prefecture, and some even want to move the yamen into Shenwu County. Of course, the relocation of a yamen is not easy, and it still needs to be approved by the superiors. If the prefect wants to relocate, at least it must be approved by the governor, otherwise it will not be done. Especially some full-time yamen, such as prefects.

However, some deputy yamen are much easier, such as the salt road yamen and the grain road yamen, these yamen are professional in nature, and there are not many personnel, so it will be much easier to relocate. Dalu County has salt roads and grain roads, as well as water channels and military roads, and among the many yamen in the province and county, it is also a relatively wealthy yamen. In particular, the salt road has always been salt and iron, and it has been managed by the state in a unified manner, so there are many opportunities for this wealth.

Salt is the daily necessities of the common people, it is inseparable, and if you don't eat salt for a day, people can't stand it. After the establishment of the new city of Shenwu County, the population of the entire county reached more than 12o, which was almost as large as the province and county, and to some extent, the economy was even higher than that of the province and county. With the establishment of the new city of Shenwu County, almost all the business has doubled, the number of green buildings has doubled to more than 15oo, the number of trading houses has reached 10,000, the number of grocery stores has reached 5ooo, and the number of restaurants has reached nearly 4ooo. Not only in terms of quantity, it has increased a lot, but also in terms of scale, it is getting bigger and bigger.

This has caused some surrounding counties to come to Shenwu County to do trade, and many trade offices in Dalu County have set up their headquarters in Shenwu County. Here, there is another key factor, which is the extremely low tax burden. Except for the county yamen and the county yamen, which have a little regular silver and fire consumption silver every year, the taxes paid are extremely low. Take a salt merchant as an example, a business of one million taels of silver a year, and the tax silver paid is about 1ooo taels, which is the same as not taking it, especially in the grain industry, which only pays a symbolic amount of tax silver every year.

This is the low tax policy formulated by Long Xiao, and in just a few years, Shenwu County has developed into a huge new trade city. Lu Zhixian wanted to raise the tax burden several times, but was stopped by Long Xiao for various reasons, and it also greatly promoted the exhibition of various trades in Shenwu County. It is said that the province and county are the transportation hubs of the province, and the transaction volume is the largest, but many salt merchants have placed the place of trading in Shenwu County, which has affected the salt roads in the provincial capital, and the tax and silver received have decreased sharply. If the salt road of the province and county could not collect the tax silver, the tax burden of the salt merchants was increased, which caused more salt merchants to be disgusted, and they all fled from the province and county and came to Shenwu County to set up a point, and Shenwu County became a new salt merchant trading place in Dalu County.

Every year, tens of thousands of salt merchants from all over the country come to Shenwu County to trade, one can save a large part of the tax silver, and another advantage is that there are many green buildings in Shenwu County, which can squander silver in a chic manner, which is also a reason why salt merchants like Shenwu County. The governor of the province and county came to the document, saying that the provincial and county Yandao wanted to come to Shenwu County to set up a yamen, Long Xiao was a little unwelcome, and the magistrate did not agree. Lu Zhixian also made a special trip to the province and county to persuade the governor not to approve the Yandao Yamen to move to Shenwu County. Governor Guo Zihan asked the county Cheng Longxiao, Long Xiao was not welcome, and explained a lot of reasons, the governor knew in his heart, the relocation was changed to a point, and the Yandao Yamen still came, but it was not Yandao, but the Salt Inspection Division, a subordinate department of Yandao.

The Salt Inspection Department is a seven-grade official position, which is at the same level as the magistrate, but its power is much smaller. The magistrate is in charge of a county, and the salt inspection department is in charge of salt administration, and the others have no right to govern. After the Salt Inspection Division came, Long Xiao helped to buy a set of courtyards on the county Cheng Street, and after repairing, it became the Yamen of the Salt Inspection Division. Subsequently, the problem came, and several large salt merchants came to the county Cheng Longxiao collectively.

There is a salt merchant named Chu Haoqi said to Long Xiao: "This time the salt road set up a yamen in Shenwu County, it must be to get oil and water, we have more than 2ooo salt shops, and it is not said that the tax is paid according to the regulations, as long as the salt inspection department does not increase the tax burden without authorization, we can still abide by it, that is, the monthly rules and regulations, we will not be less, and ask the county lord to intercede." Another salt merchant, Wang Songshan, also said: "Lord County, the low tax burden you have implemented in Shenwu County is the most suitable for trade shows, especially our salt industry, which is not very profitable, if the tax burden is high, we will not be able to stand it." Long Xiao just smiled: "Shopkeeper Wang, isn't it, if it is the trade of the whole country, the profit of this salt and iron is the largest, how can you say that it is not big, you say that this is bullying me as a layman, right?" ”。

Wang Songshan blushed for a while: "Lord Long, I'm just saying that the salt and iron industry has contributed a lot to the country, not to mention the regulations, pay taxes at all levels, and the profits will be greatly reduced", Long Xiao: "Don't worry about this, I will discuss it with the Salt Inspection Division, but let's talk about it, this regulation is indispensable for silver and fire consumption, and the imperial grain and national tax that should be paid cannot be less, otherwise it will not be able to say."

Several salt merchants nodded again and again, and the leading Chu Haoqi took out a stack of silver tickets: "Lord Long, this is 1o thousand taels of silver tickets, it is hard money for Lord Long, please smile", Long Xiao smiled: "I haven't opened my mouth yet, the silver is coming, forget about mine, keep it for the people of the Salt Inspection Division, I am a single person, I am not short of silver, you take the silver, I will go to intercede for you." Chu Haoqi saw that Long Xiao didn't accept it, so he had to put it away.

Long Xiao came to the yamen of the Salt Inspection Division and met Gao Sanchi, the director of the Salt Inspection Division: "Lord Gao, have you packed everything up?" If there is anything else that is not good, just tell me, whether it is in life or in terms of government, just say it." Although Gao Sanchi is a seven-grade official, he is a newcomer, and it is said that he is going to visit Long Xiao at the county yamen first, but he has not cleaned up, and he has not come to visit Long Xiao, so he saw Long Xiao come to the door, and he was very surprised, and he felt that Long Xiao, the county Cheng, did not put on a stand at all, and he couldn't help but feel very good.

"It turned out to be Lord County, I haven't visited you yet, you came here, I'm really sorry", Long Xiao said hehe: "Hehe, you are the seventh grade, I am the eighth grade, you are one level higher than me, I should come to visit you, it's okay to come and see." Long Xiao said this, Gao Sanchi didn't believe it, the county Cheng must have something to do, and he won't be idle: "Long County Cheng has something to say, I will listen to it." Gao Sanchi was busy making tea, and Long Xiao said: "Lord Gao, I do have a business today, which is the problem of tax burden."

Gao Sanchi is worried about this one thing, you know, he collects taxes in Shenwu County, if he can't collect it, he will be in big trouble, after all, it is not a province and county, it is a small county town, those businessmen don't listen to themselves at all, the county is to manage the security of a county, and has absolute rights, those businessmen are not afraid of the salt inspection department at all, but for the county Cheng, they are really afraid, and their own work in the future, if there is no cooperation from the county, it will not be possible at all. Therefore, what Long Xiao said, Gao Sanchi still attaches great importance to it.

"Long Xiancheng, you say, I listen to it", Long Xiao: "Lord Gao, you also know that the reason why there are many merchants in Shenwu County is because of the low tax burden, if Lord Gao sets the salt tax very high, I'm afraid it will be difficult, I think it is better to follow the laws of the country, how the state collects, we will collect, as for your own fire consumption and regular regulations are a little bit of silver, Lord Gao, am I right?" ”。

Gao Sanchi was relieved when he heard it, as long as the country's salt tax came up, it would be easy to say, as for his own rules and regulations, as long as he had a good deal with the county magistrate and the county, I believe that he would not pull down his share. Gao Sanchi said with a smile: "Lord Long is really a pillar of the imperial court, and he can also think about the country's taxes, Gao really admires it." Long Xiao: "Hehe, don't praise me, I am also entrusted by the salt merchants, they are afraid that the salt inspection department will increase taxes and silver, and they are uneasy about the law of the national court, so they asked me to discuss with Lord Gao, as long as Lord Gao enforces the law impartially, I believe that the rules and regulations will not be less."

Gao Sanchi was very grateful when he heard this, and Long Xiao invited several representatives of salt merchants to come over, and everyone sat down together, and the result was that Gao Sanchi invited everyone. Chu Haoqi, the representative of the salt merchants, and Wang Songshan took out 1o thousand taels of silver tickets, and respectfully gave Gao Sanchi, Gao Sanchi was happy when he saw it, and he was very happy on the first day of his appointment, and he received 1o million taels of silver according to the regulations. At present, Gao Sanchi frequently toasted, especially his respect for Long Xiao, which was fully revealed. Gao Sanchi immediately said that he would collect taxes in strict accordance with the national law and would never increase the weight. The representatives of the salt merchants were also relieved. The representative of the salt merchant also hinted that as long as the tall man did not increase the tax, the regular silver would not be less.