"Why did Wang Yin sigh? Do you think differently? Li Shimin wondered.

After all, the status of merchants is low, which is common sense in the eyes of the Tang people, not only their princes and nobles, but even the common people and even the merchants themselves think so.

It's as natural as eating and drinking when you're hungry.

"No wonder you Datang are so poor... Wang Yin looked at Li Shimin and said pityingly.

"What do you mean by that?" Li Shimin saw that Wang Yin seemed to have different views and opinions, and immediately became interested.

You must know that Wang Yin is an outsider after all, and through Wang Yin's description of his hometown before, Li Shimin understands that the prosperity of Wang Yin's hometown can throw out tens of thousands of streets in the Tang Dynasty. Now seeing that Wang Yin seems to have a new opinion, Li Shimin is naturally very interested.

Not to mention anything else, if you can absorb some advanced experience from Wang Yin's hometown, wouldn't you have made a lot of money?

"Isn't it self-deception that you look down on merchants, but take a large amount of taxes from them?" Wang Yin said helplessly.

"Merchant? A lot of taxes? Li Shimin was puzzled: "But the taxes of merchants are not high?" ”

"Business taxes are not high? Are you kidding me? Wang Yin looked at Li Shimin with disdain and said, "You don't want to think about it, my restaurant has paid you over... How much tax... ”

Originally, Wang Yin was still righteous and stern in despising Li Shimin, but when he talked about paying taxes in his restaurant, his tone suddenly softened, and his attitude immediately softened...

Wang Yin: Fog grass! My restaurant seems to have never paid taxes in Nima...

Lu Dage and Wang Yin had raised this issue before, but Wang Yin rejected it. Li Shimin had a request from Wang Yin, and the commercial tax was not high, so naturally he didn't send anyone to collect taxes.

Seeing that Wang Yin stopped talking, Li Shimin looked at him happily: This kid was embarrassed at times.

"Ahem, is your Datang business tax very low? What are your current business taxes? Wang Yin coughed embarrassedly and quickly changed the topic.

"Thirty taxes one." Li Shimin said truthfully.

"Fog grass..." After hearing this, Wang Yin immediately felt a pain: "You shouldn't tax mainly agricultural taxes, right?" ”

Wang Yin ignored Li Shimin after speaking, and opened the search function to check it.

After reading it, Wang Yin had nothing else in his heart except the divine beast...

"Wang Yin... Wy? Li Shimin saw Wang Yin sigh and then fell there in a daze, this stay was for a long time, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand and shake it in front of his eyes.

"Oh, it's okay... Wang Yin said casually, then looked at Li Shimin and sighed: "It's not unreasonable that you are poor... You've picked sesame seeds and lost watermelons! ”

"Wang Yin, do you mean that commercial taxes are more important than agricultural taxes?" Although Li Shimin didn't understand what a watermelon was, he could roughly understand what Wang Yin meant.

"Otherwise, the common people can only get you a few dollars for a year?" Wang Yin spread his hands and asked: "In our hometown, there is no agricultural tax now, and the state also subsidizes farming." ”

Hearing Wang Yin's words, all the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were stunned: no agricultural tax will be collected, and the country will pay back the money? Is this a dream?

"But if the agricultural tax is not collected, what will happen to the treasury?" The eldest grandson Wuji was puzzled: "And now the agricultural tax is mainly based on grain, if it is hastily canceled, in the future, there will be no food in the country under special circumstances... ”

Eldest Sun Wuji suddenly stopped halfway through speaking.

The country is indeed in short supply, but that was in the past! Now with this potato ... Are you still afraid of a hair?!

Not only the eldest grandson Wuji, but everyone present was aware of this problem at the same time.

"It's not obvious anymore." Wang Yin said: "In the future, the country and the people will not be short of food. Besides, with the yield of potatoes, the grain will be worthless in the future~"

Everyone was shocked again when they heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, what Wang Yin said did make sense: with the yield of this potato, one acre of land will be planted for almost a year in the future, not to mention that even if the people of Datang are small, each family can have a few acres of land...

I'm afraid that if I can't do it well, I will end up with too much food and it will be spoiled, right?

Thinking that a group of people had not eaten enough for the people of the Tang Dynasty before, and now they began to worry about too much food in a blink of an eye, everyone suddenly felt like a dream。。。。。。

The change is a little too fast, not adaptable...

As for the officials of those families, after thinking of the impact of potatoes on food, they secretly became worried.

"Your hometown has a high business tax?" Li Shimin continued to ask: "Won't the businessmen have an opinion?" ”

"It's very high," Wang Yin replied, "There are 3 to 5 percent of the less, and about 10 to 20 percent of the more." ”

"Twenty percent is 100 percent of the income and 20 percent of the tax." Seeing a group of people stunned, Wang Yin hurriedly explained.

"Hiss~ so much?" Everyone was shocked again.

"That's right, but the status of our businessmen over there is higher than that of your Datang~" Wang Yin returned.

"But the merchant is always too unstable... Li Shimin said: "Some of these businessmen are running around, even if they want to collect taxes, they can't find anyone. Moreover, the businessman has a large amount of property in his hands, if the officials and businessmen collude... ”

Li Shimin's words are true, and there are many examples of rebellions funded by businessmen in history.

"If you want to say that you Li family is an expert in rebellion, are you afraid that others will rebel?" Wang Yin whispered in Li Shimin's ear.

"But your current social system is here, there are too many problems, and it is not possible to copy it completely from our side." Wang Yin didn't wait for Li Shimin to say anything, so he said to himself: "I don't really know about the matter of commercial taxes, so you can study it slowly in the future." ”

Wang Yin didn't bother to continue talking about this topic for a while, after all, what he knew was not even a scratch of the surface.

"Your Majesty, the meal has been prepared, do you want to eat now?" Cao Wenxi ran over sweating profusely and said.

He had been staring at the stove just now, after all, it was His Majesty and so many ministers who were eating, and it would be over if something went wrong, Cao Wenxi didn't dare not care.

"In that case, let's bring it up." Li Shimin gestured: "Let's also taste how this potato tastes." ”

The ministers pondered in their hearts: With such a high yield of potatoes, the taste should not be much better, right?

After a while, the officials came over with their meals and placed them on the table in order of status.

"Huh? Does this smell good? After the meal was served, the ministers sniffled and wondered.

"You don't have to be restrained, just be casual." Li Shimin signaled, and then picked up a piece of potato and put it in his mouth.

Seeing that the emperor had already moved, the ministers who had been waiting for a long time also stretched out their chopsticks.

"Huh? How delicious are these potatoes? A chopstick potato was alone, and everyone immediately shouted.

Everyone only felt that the potatoes were soft and glutinous, sweet and delicious, and there was a smell of mutton permeating inside.

Wang Yin pouted: Nonsense, fresh potato stew with MSG added, can it not be delicious.

"Wang Jungong, is there any spice in this?" The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Wang Yin and said suspiciously: "This potato stew has a salty aroma that I have never tasted before, and it has the same spice flavor as the dishes in your restaurant." ”

"That's right, a spice from our hometown." Wang Yin replied: "It seems that Zhao Guogong has not gone to my restaurant to cheer." ”

"After all, the food in your restaurant is so delicious." Eldest Sun Wuji said with a smile: "Having said that, the taste of this potato itself is so delicious, but it is beyond my expectations, I thought that such a high-yield crop should taste worse." ”

"A high yield doesn't necessarily mean it's not tasty." Wang Yin picked up a piece of potato: "This potato is a good thing, it can be eaten as a meal or as a vegetable, and different methods have different deliciousness." ”

"Sure enough, it's an immortal crop, but it's not ordinary." The eldest grandson Wuji took a small shot.

"Wang Yin, how should this potato be cooked if it is eaten as a meal?" Empress Eldest Sun asked when she heard this.

She had eaten potatoes before, but they were only eaten as vegetables, and now she heard that they could be eaten as food, so she was a little curious.

"It's easy, it's easy to cook." Wang Yin replied.

"It's convenient." Empress Eldest Sun nodded.

"Brother Yin, I dug up the biggest potato plant today." Li Lizhi looked at Wang Yin proudly, with an expression of 'come and praise me'.

"Awesome." Wang Yin gave her a thumbs up: "Then what reward do you want to order?" ”