Volume 1 Born Out of Thin Air Chapter 76 The Villagers Run Out
How could He Mingjiang's inferior acting skills escape Liu Chengliang's eyes, a few days after the He family boy and Huang Liren came into contact, Li Xiang received a notice.
Li Xiang was very shocked, on the one hand, he was shocked by Huang Liren's trickery, and on the other hand, he was shocked by the thoughtfulness of his father-in-law. Thinking about it, if Liu Chengdong didn't have two brushes, it would be impossible for him to stand tall in Mingyue Village. Liu Chengliang, an elder, although it is a bit wasteful to specialize in private matters, is the Dinghai God Needle at this time!
actually neglected intelligence work, Li Xiang wanted to knock off his head. The conspiracy happened at his feet without knowing it, and he completely put away his contempt for the ancients. After Wang Jue left, Li Xiang set up a bureau so that the complacent workshop owners could understand everyone's situation.
Liu Chengliang knew very well the thoughts of the superiors, and took the initiative to hand over the hard-built intelligence network to Li Xiang, and then withdrew. The surveillance network established by Liu Chengdong and Liu Chengliang is very simple, only divided into two levels, each small boss is responsible for his own downline, and then all the small bosses are responsible to Liu Chengliang.
In return, Li Xiang gave Liu Chengliang a generous stake, and Liu Chengliang accepted it unceremoniously. But an embarrassing thing happened, Li Xiang couldn't find a suitable person to take over the internal intelligence work, and finally had to be held by Zhao Bo, an old man with a crippled will, for a while.
He Mingjiang ran to the iron-making furnace for various reasons to ask questions, the He family boy and a distant lady of the Huang family had a hot fight, the He family lady washed her face with tears all day long, and He Mingjiang planned to steal secrets in a desperate gamble...... Looking at the information that came one by one, Li Xiang was furious, and deeply understood the importance of intelligence work.
So taking advantage of the carnival of the villagers after Zhao'an, Li Xiang removed the soldiers from the workshop area, and released a rumor to greatly strengthen the guard of the secret department. Li Xiang believed that the once simple and unpretentious He Mingjiang would not be able to get rid of this temptation, and sure enough, He Lishi decisively stole the "secret", and then the whole family ran away.
In the council hall, Li Xiang gave a detailed introduction to the new safety regulations.
"Some people feel that the commission of the public middle school is too high, or they don't want to accept the control of Mingyuezhai and want to live in the outside world. Xunyang Mansion City, Shiyan Prefecture City, Nanyang Prosperous City, Ecstasy Bianjing City, aren't they all better than the ravine of Mingyue Village? I can tell you now that you can leave at any time if you want to, and the public school will not be embarrassed. The commission of the public high school will not decrease, and the management of the public high school will become more and more strict, so don't leave it to chance......"
"The commission of the public middle school is indeed very high, but the consumption in the mountain is too large, and most of the daily necessities have to be purchased from outside the mountain. Gongzhong, Mengxue, Zhai soldiers, and medical and health offices also consume a lot of materials, and it also consumes a lot of money and food to build canals, buy cattle, buy salt, cloth, tea and vinegar, and build forts, and this does not include the laboratory, because the laboratory is now supported by me and several other people. β
"And we have a budget for doing things in the public school, and we spend as much as we want, and we have detailed accounts posted every month. The commission of land output is 2 out of 10, and the workshop is 3 out of 10 to 5 out of ten, and the transaction tax is calculated separately. Compared with the agricultural tax of fifteen draws of one and the business tax of twenty draws of one in the imperial court, the commission of Mingyuezhai is indeed much higher, so the public middle school will not be embarrassed by the villagers who want to leave. β
"It's all from the villagers, look down and don't look up, don't worry about someone being embarrassed. The master in the workshop can also leave if he wants, the craft is his own, maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future. β
"Liu Datong, that is, my father-in-law, has been promoted to the left commander of the Nanyang Xiang Army, so don't worry about the villagers who stay without a backer, we can't fall in Mingyue Village!"
"The tax rate will be adjusted soon, but it hasn't been reduced much. The main reason is to set the land rent as one out of ten, two out of ten and three out of ten, and the commercial tax is divided into three types: production tax, circulation tax and special tax, and the specific commission is to be determined. β
"That's a good question, how will people who move out of Mingyuezhai collect taxes when they come back to do business in the future? Of course, the tax amount will be heavier than that in the village, but the tax amount for materials such as salt and vinegar will be very low. β
"After the implementation of the new safety regulations, it is not so easy to leave, and it has to be strictly scrutinized. The workshop, the medical and health department, and the public and secondary departments should sign a long-term contract immediately, and do not think about learning the craft from the village and then going out to work alone. Brothers settle accounts, and the public will not cheat people, let alone cheap people! β
"The key places will be guarded by the guards, the young and the people on duty, and important secrets will also be firmly blocked. Everyone, including me, must put the highest interests of Mingyue Village first. β
Li Xiang finished speaking, many people were relieved, some people were suspicious, and some people planned to pack up their things and leave. With the skills learned in the workshop, you can become rich and wealthy by opening a workshop by yourself, why stay here and endure a high commission, isn't that stupid?
Li Mengkong, representative of Gongzhong High School, Liu Susu, representative of Gongzhong Conference, Liu Xiaoci, representative of the Medical and Health Department, Liu Sheng, representative of Zhai Bing, Xiong Chengwen, representative of Mengxue, Xiong Aunt, representative of female soldiers, and carpenter of the workshop...... The new safety regulations were passed, and Li Xiang ended the discussion.
The council hall fell into darkness, and Li Xiang shrank in the big chair of the village owner to wipe his tears. "Squeak!" A crack opened in the door, and Liu Susu came in on tiptoe, then shrank into Li Xiang's arms and wiped Li Xiang's tears away.
"Don't be sad, this kind of thing will happen sooner or later, no matter what happens, I will accompany you." Liu Susu just said a few words over and over again, but Li Xiang felt very warm. He hugged Liu Susu tightly and smelled the faint fragrance.
"When you get to Tokyo, Lao Tzu wants you to live like a princess!"
"Well, your cooking is always so delicious. Is your cooking at home so delicious? "In Su Su's heart, a good life is a fragrant meal. Liu Susu continued to "steal" the craft from Li Xiang, but only learned a little bit because of time problems. As a woman, she actually asked her fiancΓ© to cook every day, and Su Su felt like a failure.
"I learned it from my mother, what she makes is delicious, and I can't catch up with it." Li Xiang touched Liu Susu's hair, and began to recall his mother in another time and space, fortunately he had a brother, otherwise he really didn't dare to think about it.
The new safety regulations began to be implemented, and some villagers who were still waiting and watching wanted to continue to stay in Mingyue Village to mix benefits, and looked for a way around. There are not too many smart people in Da Zhou, these people plan to stay in Mingyue Village by themselves, and then transfer their family property to Xunyang Mansion. Learn the craft in the village, and then open the workshop outside, and eat at both ends.
It soon became clear to them that this was not going to work. The officials of Xunyang Mansion soon arrived at Mingyue Village, and Li Xiang paid a lot of money, starting with the personnel of the public middle school, and exchanged contracts one by one. The signed deeds are all long-term and death deeds from more than ten years, which clearly indicate the obligations and rights of both parties A and B, and there are no loopholes to exploit. Many gentry secretly despised when they heard the news, and actually used contracts to bind people, where is the faith?
On the third day, a steward in the iron mine felt that there were not many loopholes to drill in Mingyue Village, so he accepted the invitation of a squire and left Mingyue Village tremblingly. After making sure that the owner of the village would not change his mind and that the people who left did not have an accident, Mingyue Village ushered in a big peak of "separation".
A bachelor who pulls his son independently leaves with his son, and the ten-year-old doll cries as she walks. "Dad, I don't want to leave, I still have to go to school, cough cough cough ......"
Looking at his son who was crying breathlessly, this honest man comforted softly and touched his son's head with his big rough hand. "I always feel weird when I stay here, so it's better to go back to our hometown and buy a few acres of land. You can also earn some money with the skills you learned from Lao Tzu, and then your father will send you to the best private school. β
There is a "model family" in Mingyue Village that is leaving, and even Li Xiang is alarmed. The male owner of the family is a craftsman who waits next to the iron-making furnace, the hostess is a steward of the cold-proof clothing workshop, and the eldest son of the family is a village soldier who has just made meritorious contributions. The soldier said goodbye to Qin Zhong, Ding Shihang and other partners with a flushed face, and then was dragged away by her mother.
"With the skills that your father and your mother have learned, what daughter-in-law do you want. Let's go back to our hometown and open two shops and buy more than a dozen acres of land. Your brother is so smart, it's a pity to study in Mengxue, and when the time comes, he will be a talent, and our family will be considered a scholarly family. The young man looked at the brothers who were standing more straight behind him, and his heart ached faintly, this is not a matter of whether he has a daughter-in-law or not.
The Straight Bow Workshop and the Knife and Gun Workshop were also the hardest hit areas, and Lei Blacksmith and Radar and others hoped to detain these people, but Li Xiang insisted on letting them go. If it were so easy, wouldn't it be a joke to standardize the production system and the tolerance review mechanism? It's best to let these unreliable people go, and the good things in the lab should be taken out one after another.
There were a few girls in the medical and health department who were about to leave with their families, and the stewards such as Liu Xiaoci, Wang Xiaochen and Cao Wenwen saw them off with a smile, and they knew a lot more than these people. Although they felt uncomfortable, they could only send these girls away without saying a word under the strict orders of the house and above.
There are several children who would rather sever the father-son relationship and stay in Mingyue Village, but they were all rejected by Li Xiang without exception. The teachings of his mentor Wang Qi are still in his ears, Li Xiang does not dare to challenge the bottom line of ethics, and now is the time to hibernat.
After a month of lively and busy work, the new safety regulations were fully implemented, and those who wanted to leave were almost gone. The squires near Xunyang Mansion were very proud during this time, and they had long coveted the wealth of Mingyue Village.
Although I don't know why Liu Chengdong and Li Xiang let these people out easily, they can't affect the gentry to attack the people who left Mingyue Village. So in just one month, there were many more workshops in the mountains and countryside of Xunyang area and even Shiyan Prefecture. Blacksmiths, ironworks, and garment workshops have sprung up everywhere, and some people's private weapons workshops have also risen to a higher level.
The wealthy merchants and gentry of Sichuan, Guanzhong and Jinghu have noticed this place in Xunyang Mansion, and Shiyan Prefecture, which has always ignored one and only relies on the two main roads of mountains and rivers to eat, is on fire. But the wealthy merchants and gentry of the Great Zhou only got to know each other a little and lost interest, no way, the steel output of the Great Zhou in the past two years broke through the bottleneck, reaching 150,000 tons per year.
Li Xiang became obsessed with the steel production of the Great Zhou Dynasty after learning about it, and at the same time began to suspect that the steel production of the Great Song Dynasty in the original time and space was likely to be fake. Otherwise, by focusing on the steel production of many countries during the first industrial revolution, how could the Great Song Dynasty be overturned by the Jurchen Mongols, which is not scientific at all.
The contract exchange plan of Mingyuezhai has been completed, and if it goes well, the second step of the rectification plan will be implemented in 20 days. Li Xiang suddenly thought of a person, I don't know if Huang Liren, the old man, can see the intention of this step.
Li Xiang really wanted to directly capture the Huang family's compound, and now get rid of the hidden danger of Huang Liren. It's a pity that you can't do it now, otherwise the situation that is hard to operate will be destroyed, and the biggest goal of Mingyuezhai now is to make yourself "stand out from the crowd", and you must not do anything extraneous.