This can be regarded as an attempt to replenish the population, because among the original 63 natural villages in Longchuan County, the largest population is only 60 or 70 people, and the small population is only 20 or 30 people, and there is basically no place with more than 100 people.

This is an extremely huge project, after all, there are so many aspects to consider in order to arrange these 53,000 people.

After Lu Jia and I sorted it out, we pulled a whole wagon of the directory and headed towards Longchuan County.

The news of the previous resettlement of the displaced people has spread, and many people have gathered outside Longchuan County to wait for news.

Zhao Zhong personally patrolled with 500 soldiers to strictly prevent the occurrence of a mutiny of displaced people and an impact on the county seat.

When Lu Jia and I came by in a carriage, many people threw hopeful glances at us.

After all, it was the two of us who registered them on the roster and gave them a mouthful of food to keep them alive.

After we entered the city, we rushed straight to the castle, where all the elders of the sixty-three natural villages under the jurisdiction of Longchuan County were waiting.

If you want to place these displaced people in the villages where they have lived for generations, you must have the support of these village elders.

Lu Jia and I went to the high ground and a few guards came over to help carry the roster.

Li Tangshan went up the stairs with him to the high ground.

He looked at the castle gate and sighed with emotion.

Li Tangshan patted him on the shoulder and led him into the castle hall through the main entrance.

Sixty-three village chiefs were discussing the displaced, apparently unwilling to accept the outsiders.

We waited together for a while, and Zhao Tuo rushed back in armor.

He arched his hand at us, just about to call out to my brother-in-law.

I winked and reminded, "You are now the county magistrate of Longchuan County!" ”

Zhao Tuo nodded, and he stood on the head of the hall with the handle of the knife.

He cleared his throat and shouted, "Be quiet, don't act like a vegetable market!" ”

The village chiefs stopped talking, and the whole hall fell silent

Zhao Tuo said: "You have also seen the displaced people outside the city, and you must have heard the news, do you still have any questions?" ”

The village chiefs all bowed their heads, and although they were dissatisfied, none of them dared to stand up and refute them.

The villagers in the countryside are all temperamental, in fact, the only difference between them and the homeless people is that they own their own land.

Zhao Tuo said: "Okay, let Master Li Tangshan tell you specifically." ”

Li Tangshan stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to eat enough?" ”

The village chiefs all laughed subconsciously, they didn't expect me to ask such a question.

A village chief said, "Who doesn't want to have a full meal!" ”

The other village chiefs chimed in, and they looked at me in bewilderment.

Li Tangshan asked again: "How are the days in Xiahe Village now?" ”

Another village chief said, "Of course! ”

The other village chiefs cast envious glances at Lantian Township, the village where Lantian was located in the last battle was a big winner, and now it has changed dramatically.

Now every villager in Xiahe Village can not only have enough to eat, but also have a heavy deposit in his hand, which is richer than the citizens living in Longchuan County.

Li Tangshan said: "As long as you believe me, I can let you live the same life as the villagers of Xiahe Village in the future." ”

The village chiefs began to discuss, and the people around Lantian began to ask him about the chestnut workshop.

Lantian proudly told them about the history of entrepreneurship, and he emphasized that this was the result of believing in Mr.

Zhao Tuo saw that they were almost discussed, so he shouted: "Believe it or not, sir, you can do it yourself." ”

One of the village chiefs immediately said, "Sir, I believe in you. ”

The other village chiefs echoed and followed suit, after all, the example of Xiahe Village was too tempting for them.

Li Tangshan smiled faintly and said, "In this case, when you leave today, please take away the five hundred displaced people and settle them in their respective villages." ”

The village chiefs were all silent, and they all bowed their heads and said nothing.

The atmosphere became extremely awkward for a while, and Lantian stood up under Zhao Tuo's behesitation and said, "I am willing to take six hundred displaced people back to Xiahe Village for resettlement!" ”

Li Tangshan said: "Very good, in the future, Xiahe Village will be exempted from all other money taxes except for the agricultural tax of the autumn harvest." ”

The village chiefs directly opened the pot. Although Li Tangshan had asked Tian for the policy of exempting Xiahe Village from taxes before, it was only known to a few insiders.

Blue Tiger and they were all directly dumbfounded, after all, the money tax brought up by these free people still accounted for a certain proportion of Gaoqi County's tax revenue.

Li Tangshan said: "Lantian, remember to go to Donggang tomorrow to get food and building materials for the winter." ”

The other village chiefs began to be impatient, after all, in addition to tax exemption, there is also such a good thing as taking food for nothing, who doesn't want to continue.

A village chief asked in a loud voice, "Sir, what do you mean by the agricultural tax on the autumn harvest?" ”

Li Tangshan looked at him and said, "Just hand over the autumn harvest crops of the village." ”

In addition to miscellaneous taxes such as poll taxes, a large part of the reason why the freedmen had a bad life was because of the heavy agricultural taxes.

They had to convert the harvest after a year's hard work into coins to pay agricultural taxes.

This tax is a fixed share of the harvest that goes to every household, accounting for about 40 percent of the harvest.

What is even worse is that this fixed share of agricultural tax has to be paid every year, and it is not affected by good or bad years, let alone the market price of grain crops.

Basically, the entire Black Tooth country collects taxes in this way, and the harvest year is good, but the bad harvest year is fatal.

This is not counting the quota set by the blackheart lords of each realm, and in some places it is even as high as seventy percent.

Now it is enough to collect a transaction tax for the whole village and use only one percent of the grain crops that do not need to be exchanged for coins, which is simply a pie falling from the sky.

At the same time, they don't have to pay other miscellaneous money taxes, and their lives will be much easier.

"I am willing to bring the displaced people back as the gentleman instructs!" A village chief shouted.

The other village chiefs settled their accounts one after another, and they immediately asked for the same treatment as Xiahe Village.

Li Tangshan looked at them and said, "You have thought about it, this is still conditional. ”

The village chiefs immediately stopped talking, and they looked at Li Tangshan in great confusion.

Lantian said: "Sir, don't worry, I will definitely settle every homeless person, and I won't let one of them freeze to death and starve to death." ”

The village chiefs who had been thinking about Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts began to think about this matter again.

Li Tangshan said: "You can go, bring someone back as soon as possible and start preparing for related matters." ”