Theoretically speaking, if the commercial tax for two months is 100,000 taels, multiply it by six, and the commercial tax for about a year is 600,000 taels, which can probably account for one-hundred-eighty-sixth of the entire Ming commercial tax.

Of course, this is only theoretical, because it takes time for cattle and sheep on the grassland to grow, and this thing is not a balloon that can grow up and be slaughtered and sold in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, the commercial tax in the border city cannot be simply multiplied by six, there are so many things that need to be calculated, and there is no way to figure it out with Yang Shaofeng, a network writer born as a programming ape.

However, it doesn't matter if Yang Shaofeng doesn't know clearly, the top boss of his family is Xia Yuanji, and it would be good for him to send a few coolies to work when the time comes.

In this situation, Yang Shaofeng is equivalent to Party A, no matter how many coolies Xia Laojiao sent over, even if it is a fourth-grade or fifth-grade coolie, that is Party B.

Even if Party A proposes to be colorful black, don't Party B's coolies have to be honestly realized.

Then Yang Shaofeng began to miss Zhu Zhanji's idiot - if Zhu Zhanji hadn't returned to Shuntianfu, then he wouldn't have to write hard, he could have dictated it all over and handed it over to Zhu Zhanji to write, but now it's good, and he has to rely on himself.

Hell......

What gave Yang Shaofeng even more headache was the border city.

There are too many bad things in the border city, with the Tatar and Warat attacking each other, this labor war that is about to beat people's brains into dog brains is intensifying, and more and more ordinary herdsmen are tired of this kind of day when they don't know when they will be arrested as laborers, so they simply want to come to live in the border city.

The problem is that the planning of the border city from the beginning is not a large residential city, but a small trade-type city, which is mainly used to handle the border market trade, and the area of the whole city is not large, even if Yang Shaofeng plans to expand some area later, the area that can be inhabited is not large.

The sudden explosion of population has brought great pressure to the entire urban system of the border city - not to mention other things, the water source alone is enough to make Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang lose their hair.

However, the food aspect is the best solution, and there are not many other things in the border city, that is, there are enough cattle, sheep and grain, even if there are more herdsmen who come to run, there is no problem.

Of course, the explosion in numbers is not without its benefits.

In addition to the more abundant labor force, some small traders and hawkers also began to appear, among which those who shook rattles and walked the streets to sell needles and threads were the most popular, and even Lin Yu's newly opened Drunken Immortal Mansion had a better business than usual.

In short, the general signs indicate one thing, the border city is about to be expanded twice.

But someone once said that there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand people, although Yang Shaofeng, Liang Jinglun and others all think that it should be expanded, but on the issue of how to expand, Yang Shaofeng, Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang have disagreements.

Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang agreed that basically the expansion must be expanded, but it is best to completely divide the inner and outer cities, the new outer city that is being expanded and the original inner city are divided into one, for the border market trade and residence, and then the newly expanded outer city is for those new Tatars and Warats to live.

And Yang Shaofeng's meaning is to do it in one step, directly expand the border city outward, and now the ongoing expansion is simply stopped, and wait for the coolies of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to be in place, and then re-plan.

It is best to refer to the giant cities in the Central Plains that can accommodate a million people, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, etc., and then divide the whole city into different blocks, such as dividing the western city into schools and places of residence, the eastern city as a border city for trade, and the southern and northern cities for other purposes.

Cheng Han chose to stand on Yang Shaofeng's side.

Theoretically speaking, officials like Cheng Han who are from the ninth rank actually have no say in this kind of thing like the expansion of the city, and some only have the executive power to honestly implement it after the official decides.

However, Yang Shaofeng thinks that he is often a salted fish, and most of Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang's energy is focused on mutual markets and tax collection, and their grasp of the entire border city is not as good as Cheng Han, a servant from Jiupin, so he must ask Cheng Han to also express his opinion.

Then Cheng Han put forward support for Yang Shaofeng's theory.

The reason is very simple, if Yang Shaofeng is more like a big boss, Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang are the second masters who are responsible for a mess, then he Cheng Han is the general manager of the entire cottage, and his understanding of various things and needs of the cottage is even above Yang Shaofeng, Jing Jinglun and Qi Mutang.

So Cheng Han's meaning is very simple, on the surface, it seems that Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang's plan is very reliable, but in fact, in the current situation where new herdsmen are pouring in every day, it is better to directly follow the plan proposed by Yang Shaofeng, and directly upgrade this small border city into a super large city.

Because after the upgrade, the border city is no longer just a small city, and it should also rise to the scale of the state or government according to the scale - don't care if you can successfully upgrade, at least there are a bunch of people to help you share some of it, so that it won't be like now, so busy that you can't even think about looking for flowers and willows......

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The same problem made Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Wu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, feel a headache.

Xia Yuanji thinks it's better to let Mai Duo hack Yang to death, it's true that this bastard can make money, but this bastard can really find trouble, and at the same time, he can spend money even more!

Build a giant city like Luoyang and Chang'an?

It's so bad that he dares to think that the treasury is so empty that he can run mice, where can he get money to build such a big city?

Wu Zhong and Xia Yuanji had similar ideas, the difference was that Xia Yuanji felt sorry for the treasury, and Wu Zhong felt that it was impossible for the treasury to transfer so much silver to the Ministry of Industry.

So it's better to let him go crazy and die.

Zhu Laosi, who also had a headache, was more worry-free, and threw the song handed over by Yang Shaofeng to Zhu Gaochi and it was over-instead of having a headache himself, it was better to see how his son had a headache first?

That who who once said that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked.

Zhu Laosi threw Yang Shaofeng's recital to Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Gaochi called Zhu Zhanji to him, and asked Zhu Zhanji to read it and said, "What do you think should be done?" ”

Zhu Zhanji pondered for a long time before bowing down and saying, "The child is stupid, why don't you summon Xia Butang and Wu Butang, as well as Li Ge Lao to ask?" ”

Then, Xia Yuanji and Wu Zhong were called to the Prince's East Palace......

After saluting the crown prince and grandson, Wu Zhong, who had been thinking all the way, rushed in front of Xia Yuanji and said: "Your Royal Highness Qijuan, the minister thinks that according to the current situation, the border city should be built into a large city according to what Yang Tiju said in the song. ”

Being preempted by Wu Zhong, Xia Yuanji suddenly glared at Wu Zhong hatefully, and then bowed down and said: "Your Highness Qi, the minister thinks that building a large city is the right thing to do, but now that the treasury is empty, why don't you build a smaller one first?" ”

Wu Zhong sighed and said: "Xia Butang, the warehouse where you have stored silver in your household department is not enough, or did my Ministry of Industry help you build it, and now you say that the household department has no money?" ”

Xia Yuanji drooped his eyelids and said: "The expenditure budget made by your Ministry of Industry last year was 10 million taels, the actual expenditure was 12 million taels, and the budget of Yongle for 14 years was 15 million taels, but who knows how long this fifteen million is enough for you?" In case it is not enough at the end of the year, and then let the treasury pay for it, where will the old man get it for you? ”

After being scolded by Xia Yuanji for being so unyin and yang, Wu Zhong was suddenly unhappy, and said with a gloomy face: "You Xia Butang have to speak with conscience, right?" The expenditure of the Ministry of Industry is large, but you old people also need to know that which of the river bridges in the world does not cost silver? ”

Xia Yuanji snorted hatefully: "Why doesn't the old man talk about his conscience?" But you have no conscience when you say this! Think about the money spent by your Ministry of Industry over the years, which one of the old man has not been allocated in full? How can I ever miss a penny from you?

The old man also knows the benefits of building a giant city outside the Saiwai, but the city is so close to Xuanfu, why is there any need to repair it like Chang'an?

Besides, to build such a huge city, there is no need to levy conscription? Don't need your Ministry of Industry to plan? Don't need you to send someone from the Ministry of Engineering? What's more, such a large city can be repaired in a while and a half? It has affected the spring planting and autumn harvest, can you afford it? ”

Seeing that he and his father hadn't spoken yet, the two old men had a tendency to quarrel, and Zhu Zhanji, who was afraid that Xia Yuanji would reason again, hurriedly reassured: "Xia Butang, Wu Butang, you two are temporarily angry, this matter of repairing the city is not at this time and a half, is it?" ”

Seeing that Xia Yuanji still looked angry, Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to say helplessly: "If you really want to build a new city, except for some necessary craftsmen, you really don't need to levy labor, after all, there are laborers in the border city, and there are still a large number of laborers in a steady stream." ”

Xia Yuanji rolled his eyes and said, "What about the materials?" Even if Yang Crazy can send those laborers to repair the city, there must be materials for building the city, right? These can't be changed out of thin air! ”

Zhu Zhanji rubbed his forehead with a faint pain, and said thoughtfully: "How about not using Sanhe soil, not using glutinous rice juice and other things, let him find a way to solve the masonry by himself?" ”

Xia Yuanji suddenly became open-eyed and smiled: "According to what His Highness said, the treasury doesn't need to spend any money?" ”

Zhu Zhanji pondered and said: "It's impossible to say that there is nothing at all, but except for the most expensive materials and labor, the rest is basically nothing, right?" ”

Xia Yuanji patted his chest and said: "If this is the case, Weichen supports Yang Zhuangyuan, this big city must be repaired, and it must be cultivated by a noble faction, otherwise how to accommodate those many people, how to show the majesty of my Heavenly Empire!" The required expenses are willing to be borne by our household department! ”

As soon as the words fell, Xia Yuanji added: "It can't exceed 100,000 taels, otherwise there will be nothing!" ”