The drought in Guanzhong, although the drought has only just shown a symptom, but the county government of Lantian County has not made a response policy until now, which makes Li Zexuan a little dissatisfied in his heart, no matter what, these officials in the county government are definitely suspected of neglecting their administration!

Li Zexuan personally came to the county government of Lantian County today, and he did have the intention of coming to the door to ask the teacher for guilt, but when he heard the county order saying that the county government was already making a plan to fight the drought, his face turned a little pale, and he said:

"Repair canals and open reservoirs, this must be done! It is best for the county government to start recruiting people in the next two days, and all the main channels in the county will be renovated with cement. The wages paid to the people are allocated by the county government, and the required cement is uniformly allocated by the Qiqu Pavilion Workshop! ”

"Repair the canal with cement?"

He Xianling was taken aback when he heard this, and he was a little puzzled: "Master Hou, is this a little too extravagant?" And there's no need for that! ”

Li Zexuan shook his head and said, "Why is it unnecessary?" Now that there is a shortage of water, cement canals can reduce water loss, and it will be easy to clean up every year in the future! Do you want to mobilize people and clean up the canals every year? ”

He Xianling swallowed his saliva and said, "Hou Ye is wise! ”

Although he also understood that what Li Zexuan said was the truth, he still couldn't accept such a luxurious thing in his heart!

After all, the cement produced in the workshop is still a valuable thing, and outside businessmen can't buy it if they want to.

Li Zexuan seemed to see through He Xianling's thoughts, and he spoke:

"The cement in the workshop has not been taken out for sale, so a lot of inventory has been accumulated in the past six months, and He County has ordered you not to worry about the lack of cement. After the drought is solved, the county government can organize manpower to repair all the roads in Lantian County. Since we plan to build Lantian County into a commercial city second only to Chang'an City, we can't lose our dignity!

Now it's just renovating the road, and there will be more people in the city in the future, and our county town must be expanded! But that's all for later, and the top priority is to repair the cement ditch as soon as possible! ”

The roads in Lantian County are still bluestone roads, but they are also bluestone roads, and the roads in Lantian County are far less smooth than the roads in Chang'an City, Li Zexuan has been dissatisfied with this for a long time, as the so-called if you want to get rich, build the road first, he can repair the cement road from Yunshan to Chang'an City, and the road surface in Lantian County, of course, he also has to repair!

He County Commander was frightened by Li Zexuan's plan to build roads and expand the city, but at the same time, he was also a little fascinated, if he could really build Lantian County into a commercial city second only to Chang'an City, then his county order would be famous all over the world!

The literati have the same name, how can he be an exception?

"Goo-dong!"

He Xianling swallowed his saliva and said: "What Hou Ye said is extremely true, and the lower officials will do their best to assist Hou Ye!" ”

Li Zexuan nodded with a smile, and asked again: "How is the scale of commerce in our city developing now compared to the past?" ”

Speaking of this, He Xianling suddenly came to his senses, and only heard him say excitedly:

"Thriving, Master Hou, the business of Lantian County is becoming more and more prosperous! Where there are people, there are business opportunities, these few months of football league, not only attracted a large number of visitors, but also attracted a large number of businessmen to Lantian County to open shops, teahouses, inns, pubs, the number of these shops, restaurants, is more than three times in the past, the county government monthly business tax, almost equivalent to five to ten times in previous years! In the long run, the commercial tax in our county will exceed the field tax, and that will be just around the corner! ”

"Hmmm! These are still expected, Ben Hou wants to ask, Lantian County's business development is so rapid, can there be any new problems in the middle? ”

Li Zexuan nodded and asked.

Football is the most attractive kind of sports, Lantian County hosted a part of the football league this time, and it was expected by Li Zexuan to attract so many businessmen, but this way is not an exaggeration to describe it as a seedling boost, and it is inevitable that there will be some hidden dangers left in the middle!

"Uh...."

Hearing Li Zexuan's question, He Xianling's face suddenly showed a touch of embarrassment, and after hesitating for a long time, he spoke:

"Master Hou, this is not a problem, the most prominent problem is that with the gradual increase in the number of shops in our county, there are more and more ruffians and hooligans who are looking for businessmen to collect protection money! After many businessmen were blackmailed, they also came back to the county yali to report to the officials, and the arrests in the yamen quickly caught those ruffians, but those merchants who reported to the officials were often retaliated against afterwards, and the most serious thing was that a silk shop suddenly caught fire one night inexplicably! After the news spread, few of those merchants came to report to the authorities! ”

When Li Zexuan heard this, his face turned cold, and he said sharply: "There is such a thing? Why didn't you tell Ben Hou earlier? ”

"This..."

He Xianling opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he lowered his head and said nothing.

Li Zexuan was a little annoyed and said: "This is the dereliction of duty that He County ordered you!" Those ruffians just want to rely on these little tricks to make the businessmen fearful, so as to achieve the purpose of extorting protection money! If the county government does not act, won't it encourage the arrogance of those ruffians and hooligans?

In the long run, the business environment of our Lantian County will become worse and worse, and even notorious! Now there is a football league to help us attract customers, but what about after the football league is over? What are you going to take to keep them? ”

It was the first time He Xianling saw Li Zexuan lose his temper, his face couldn't help but become a little pale, and after Li Zexuan finished speaking, he hurriedly said:

"Master Hou's lesson is that the lower officials will definitely make every effort to clean up this group of ruffians and hooligans in the city in the future, but those people will be anointed with oil on the soles of their feet as soon as they see the wind and grass, and if you want to catch them, you need a lot of manpower! The total number of the three classes of our county government is only about fifty people......"

"If you don't have enough manpower, you can expand your recruitment! Lantian County is no longer the small county seat it was at the beginning, and He County must relax your horizons, the three classes of the county government must be at least more than 100 people! Be sure to do a good job of law and order in the city, and resolutely protect the safety of the people and merchants! ”

Li Zexuan mercilessly interrupted He Xianling's words and said.

This government service is different from the army, Li Zexuan can expand his recruitment if he wants to, and he doesn't have to worry about someone impeaching him at all!

"Yes, yes, yes! The next official will do it later! ”

He Xian Ling hurriedly surrendered his hand and said yes.

Li Zexuan turned around, clasped his hands behind his back and said:

In addition, Ben Hou also plans to set up a business department in the county government to deal with the contradictions between the tax collection and ordinary disputes of merchants, and the purpose of Ben Hou's special establishment of the business department is to tell those businessmen that they can enjoy the same treatment as ordinary people in Lantian County in the future, and will not be discriminated against everywhere!

The hierarchical division of scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, in the future, there will only be a distinction between scholars and civilians in Lantian County! Although the children of merchants cannot participate in the imperial examination, they can still go to the county school in the county seat, and they can also be admitted to the Yanhuang Academy in the future! ”

In the past, the merchants in Lantian County were helplessly bullied by the local ruffians, but He County Commander did not do his best to help, and the reason for this was the low status of the merchants in this era. The reason why the merchants in the back did not dare to report to the official again, in addition to the fear of helpless retaliation from the ruffians, another important reason was that they felt that even if they reported to the official, the government would not take their affairs to heart, and it was better to spend money to eliminate the disaster!

Li Zexuan wants to change this status quo, but he did not radically elevate the status of businessmen to a very high level, at least not as high as in modern times, he just divided businessmen into the civilian class, so that the opposition will be much smaller!

He Xianling's eyes widened when he heard this, and he couldn't help but say: "Master Hou, by all means, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this move!" ”

"What's wrong? Benhou respected the rights of scholars, and did not give any special treatment to the merchants, but only divided the merchants and craftsmen in Lantian County into the common class, who would object? If your people can't do well, then Benhou will personally send someone to take charge of it, and then this business department will not be able to listen to your dispatch! ”

Li Zexuan said very toughly.

A superior, if he always treats his subordinates with a pleasant face, it will make his subordinates lose their awe, and thus slack off on their own work, He Xianling is like this now, Li Zexuan wants to take advantage of this opportunity to beat him well!

Seeing that Li Zexuan was so tough and decisive, He Xianling could no longer refute it, so he could only give his hand and say: "The lower officials will obey the order, and will try their best to manage this business department for Hou Ye!" ”

Li Zexuan's face was slightly pale, and he nodded: "In this world, there are gains and losses, and businessmen have a good and stable business environment, so they have to pay the corresponding taxes to the government. After the establishment of the Department of Commerce, all shops in Lantian County must report the profit of the month to the Department of Commerce every month, and pay the business tax according to the profit of six out of the month! ”

Li Zexuan felt more than once that the proportion of commercial tax in ancient times was too low, one out of thirty, and in modern times, the commercial tax should be at least 178 percent or more, right? Anyway, in any case, the agricultural tax is greater than the commercial tax, which is definitely an abnormal phenomenon! Why do poor farmers pay more taxes than wealthy merchants? It's not fair!

In the past, Li Zexuan was not in his position and did not seek his own politics, but now that he is divided into a county, he naturally has the ability and obligation to meddle in this matter!

When He Xianling heard "six take one", he was not calm in an instant! This is a five-fold increase in commercial taxes, and this is still worth it? He hurriedly said: "Master Hou, don't do it!" With such a heavy commercial tax, how could those businessmen still be willing to do business in Lantian County? ”

Li Zexuan said categorically: "I haven't tried it yet, how do you know that the merchants are unwilling?" The protection fee they pay to those ruffians every month is definitely far greater than this amount, and as long as the county government can help them get rid of these ruffians and hooligans and ensure that they have a stable and good business environment, they will definitely be happy to accept this proportion of business taxes!

All in all, doing business in Lantian County, they can not only get the treatment of normal people, but also not be harassed by ruffians, and their children can also receive a good education from the county school, these benefits, I think they can never enjoy in other states and counties, right?

In addition, in the future, the goods of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce will be given priority to the merchants in our Lantian County, so I don't believe that there will be merchants who are unwilling to accept this tax ratio~! ”

Listening to Li Zexuan's analysis one by one, He Xianling couldn't help but feel a little moved, in all fairness, if he was a different place, he himself was a businessman, maybe he would be willing to come to Lantian County to do business, it can't be said that this business tax is too much, it can only be said that the previous business tax was too little, even if it has increased five times, it is not much! It's worth the money compared to the many benefits you get!

"What Hou Ye said is reasonable, then the lower officials will hurry up to recruit the people to repair the canals, and on the other hand, set up a business department, and crack down on the ruffians and hooligans in the city, so as to create a good business environment for the merchants!"

After thinking for a moment, He Xianling arched his hand.

Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Hmm!" After the canal is repaired, the dam will open the gate to release water, as for the higher terrain in the north of Lantian County, Benhou will find a way to carry the water over! ”

"Yes! Hou Ye~! ”

Although He Xianling didn't know what Li Zexuan had to do to carry the water to the north high place, Li Zexuan didn't say it, and he didn't take the initiative to ask, so he could only say yes!

Li Zexuan saw that everything that should be confessed was confessed, so he turned around and wanted to leave, before leaving, he gave a faint order, and said: "The ruffians and hooligans in the city are the tumors of Lantian County, treat them mercilessly, if some ruffians openly rebel against the government, you just send someone to inform me, Benhou will bring someone to destroy them!" ”

A fluttering sentence, but full of murderous aura, He Xianling felt a pang in his heart, and then remembered that the white-faced, scholar-like Hou Ye in front of him was a ruthless character who was killing and destroying people in Snake Spirit Mountain, and he couldn't help but mourn in his heart for those ruffians and hooligans in the city, and said in his heart, You'd better be honestly restrained, otherwise.....

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Out of the county office, Li Zexuan went directly to the Xinhou Mansion in the east.

The Hou Mansion and the county government are not far away, only one square apart, so Li Zexuan quickly arrived in front of the Hou Mansion.

"Oh! That's right! What is the name of the Fang where the Hou Mansion is located? ”

Walking to the door, Li Zexuan suddenly had a question in his heart, and he couldn't help but ask.

Since he is going to move back in the future, he must know the address of his home, right?

Naturally, he asked the two brothers Liu Feng and Liu Yun behind him!

When Liu Feng heard this, he couldn't help but laugh:

"Huh! Master Hou, this workshop originally seemed to be called Yunfu Fang, but I heard that a month ago, He County Ling changed the name of this workshop, and now it should be called Yong'an Fang~! ”

"Oh? And such things? ”

Li Zexuan couldn't help but be a little surprised, although he didn't like his subordinates to shoot horses, but I had to say that He County made this horseback fart shoot well! It just hit his heart!

"That's a good name! Yunfu Fang, Pregnant Women's Fang, hehe! Yong'an Fang is better than Yunfu Fang~! ”

Li Zexuan smiled, then raised his feet and walked towards the gate of the Hou Mansion.

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First update!

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Thank you Hans for the reward! (6 April)

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