"Then let's spend the last New Year here, on the thirtieth day, Renjie will bring Ji Yun and Guangmei to come to us for a meal together, and our two brothers will have a good New Year. Yuyun, this time Renjie and they came over to eat, and you will be in charge of cooking, how about it? Liu Renyu asked Sun Yuyun with a smile.

"Xianggong, since it's a family banquet, it's okay for me to cook, but you also have to cook and help, otherwise I won't cook?" Sun Yuyun smiled mischievously and wanted to talk to Liu Renyu about the conditions.

"Okay, such a trivial matter, why worry about it, it's up to you." Liu Renyu nodded indifferently.

"That's good, I'll let it go, and I'll make a whole table of food for you." Sun Yuyun said.

"Well, in order to thank Madame, for your outstanding contributions, I decided to gather at the top of the three flowers today, so as to treat you." Liu Renyu licked his face and grinned.

"I'm not ashamed!" When Sun Yuyun heard this, she couldn't help but blush, and muttered softly.

"Well, I have returned from an expedition, and the journey is very tiring, so I have eaten wine and food, and rested. Alas! It feels so good to be home. Liu Renyu sighed.

*****

At the end of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Liu Renyu issued an order that all public officials in Jingbian Fort, Zhenbei Fort, and Liujiabao should take seven days of leave, take a leave of absence on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, start work on the 7th day of the first month, take a leave on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve of the army, and start work on the 15th day of the first month, and the workers can only rest for one day, that is, rest on the 30th day, and the wages from the first day of the first month to the 15th day of the first month will be tripled, and three taels of silver a day.

The displaced people on the Liujiapu construction site can't take a holiday because they have to rush to build various projects in Liujiabao, but the food during the Chinese New Year will be greatly improved, which can be regarded as a small compensation.

In addition, all public officials in the above three military forts are not allowed to use public resources to do private things, such as public carriages for private use, gifts at public funds, and food invitations at public funds.

Once this matter is verified by Chen Danqing's Journalism and Investigation Bureau, it will be severely punished and will not be tolerated.

In fact, Liu Renyu doesn't need to emphasize it every year, because who dares to disobey the decrees he promulgated, everyone knows that the spies sent by Liu Renyu are all over Zhenbei Fort, Liujiabao and Jingbian Fort, maybe the uncle who sweeps the floor on the roadside, the small owner of the noodle stall, the grandmother who sells vegetables, and even the children playing on the roadside may be secret agents.

So under such close surveillance, who dares to violate the decree issued by Liu Renyu.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the administrative organs of Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao and Liujiabao sealed all public property, and no one dared to use it.

Before the New Year, the atmosphere of the New Year in the whole town of Beibao, Jingbian Fort and Liujiabao was very strong, Ma Tianjun specially ordered the officials to distribute the national flag, and the sun, moon and wave flags were hung at the door of every house, in addition, all the important streets were lit up with lights, red lanterns were hung, and oil lamps were lit inside.

A festive atmosphere.

The people of Zhenbei Fort, Jingbian Fort and Liujiabao have been living under Liu Renyu's rule for many years, like the people of Zhenbei Fort who were under Liu Renyu's rule early, they have saved a lot of silver in the past two years, and the warehouse is full, and the problem of food and clothing has already been solved, so it is necessary to pursue a higher quality of life, that is to say, the purchasing power is quite strong.

The area under Liu Renyu was only able to produce grain, glass mirrors, soap, four-wheeled carriages, reinforced concrete and out-of-season vegetables, and other daily necessities such as tea, sugar, porcelain, brocade, fine cotton cloth, and the like.

When the people get rich, there is a demand for consumption upgrading, the original only requires three meals a day to be full, and now there is a new demand, such as drinking some Fujian Jianning tea, drinking some Fen wine, Xinghua Village, wearing Shu brocade, Songjiang cloth, playing with antique calligraphy and painting, and improving the taste.

The people under Liu Renyu's rule are famous for their wealth, and their desire to buy is extremely strong, and those profit-seeking businessmen will naturally not let go of this opportunity to make money, merchants in Shuzhong, merchants in Shanxi, merchants in Jiangxi, and even merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rushing to Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao and Liujiabao.

These businessmen brought high-end consumer goods that were urgently needed by the people here, which greatly enriched the material civilization construction of the people here, and also brought new income to Liu Renyu.

Business Tax.

The Song Dynasty was rich because it attached importance to commerce, and the current imperial court was poor because it did not collect taxes from the commercially developed Jiangnan.

Liu Renyu didn't use the gentry at all, and naturally he was not afraid of the joint interest groups of the gentry and the merchants, and all the merchants who did business under his rule must pay taxes, otherwise they would not be allowed to enter Zhenbei Fort, Jingbian Fort, and Liujiabao.

If these merchants want to make money, they can only obediently pay business taxes.

After these merchants paid the commercial tax, they were ready to go to the official offices of Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao and Liujiabao to worship the mountain.

Some officials who overreacted were afraid that Liu Renyu would misunderstand that they had accepted bribes, and even arrested businessmen who planned to pay bribes to the News Investigation Bureau, and vigorously defended that they had not asked for bribes, and that these businessmen themselves wanted to pay bribes.

After such incidents happened many times, Liu Renyu had to send people to make it clear to the businessmen who had come to do business under his rule that if they came to Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao and Liujiabao to do business, they did not need to think about the affairs of the government, as long as they paid the commercial tax, handled the temporary household registration and temporary residence permit, and strictly abided by the laws and regulations formulated by themselves, they could do business with peace of mind.

Those businessmen got Liu Renyu's assurance, and found that the officials under Liu Renyu's rule were very clear, so they started doing business with peace of mind.

These businessmen from other places, after doing business for a period of time under the rule of Liu Renyu, were surprised to find that the people of Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao and Liujiabao were really not simple, they never thought that the ordinary people in a place could have such strong purchasing power, Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao and Liujiabao, the most ordinary people have the ability to consume brocade, as for luxury goods such as porcelain and tea, it is not a problem.

And they also found that almost all the men here have horses, and the women can not only not have their feet entangled, but also show their heads outside.

Everything here is different from the Da Ming they know, which makes them very surprised.

And when they first came here, they were actually not very adaptable, the rules here are very strict, and when they first came here, they were required to go to the government to learn the rules here.

Horses and carriages are on the right, garbage must be thrown into the garbage bin, open defecation is not allowed, and all defecation must be solved in the designated public toilets.

Failure to comply with these rules is punishable by caning and a fine.

Some merchants did not pay much attention to these rules at first, because they did not think that the officials would take them seriously. Because they have traveled from south to north, they have long seen the essence of the government, and they do not do anything with money.

But who would have thought that they would immediately pay a heavy price for their wrong judgment.

On the streets of Zhenbei Fort, Jingbian Fort and Liujiabao, there are often officials patrolling on horseback, as long as they see someone violating the rules, they will not say a word, they will be whipped in public, and they will also be fined.

Whenever someone was whipped on the streets of Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao and Liujiabao, those local people would laugh and say: "Look, someone has been punished again, these outsiders just don't have a long memory, they just don't listen to what they say, and it is estimated that after being beaten, they will have a long memory." ”

"Seeing them like this now, I can't help but think of my former self, I used to always disobey Liu Dashuai's rules, and I was whipped a lot." Other people can't help but think of the past.

When the people heard this, they all smiled and said nothing.

After these businessmen and their servants suffered several losses, they learned that the pot was made of iron, and Liu Renyu's rules could never be disobeyed, so they honestly and strictly abided by the rules set by Liu Renyu.

There is no doubt that the fact that these merchants came to do business under Liu Renyu brought about the flow of goods and the flow of people.

Thanks to the arrival of these foreign businessmen, many local people made a lot of extra money by renting houses, helping idle, working, and bringing prosperity to Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao, and Liujiabao.

While these merchants brought prosperity to Zhenbeibao, Jingbianbao, and Liujiabao, Liu Renyu also specially summoned those businessmen with relatively strong financial resources to discuss with them the issue of cooperating in Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Huguang to sell their own products.

These merchants naturally knew the value of the goods in Liu Renyu's hands, and these things were called priceless in some places, and they sold quite well.

It was for Liu Renyu's invitation to join, and these businessmen all gladly accepted it.

So, through such a cooperation model, Liu Renyu's treasury added another 200,000 taels of silver, which was a deposit placed by the merchants in advance, and as long as the factory in Liujiabao started production, the products could be distributed to the merchants.

Then these merchants can take their products to various places and sell them, and Liu Renyu can get a lot of income every year.

For this kind of cooperation, Liu Renyu called it a business alliance.