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Yang He got off the official ship of the inspection department and stepped on the trestle bridge of the wharf on the north bank.

Some ships were parked here, in addition to the ships of the Inspection Division, some were merchant ships, with the spread of Xin'anzhuang's reputation, there have been merchants coming to trade one after another, not only merchants from Pizhou, but also merchants from Xuzhou and other places.

Yang River ascended the stone steps of the embankment from the trestle bridge, and the rain rushed, and the bluestone steps were clean and vicissitudes, filled with a slight chill.

He looked back at the river, and it was still a little wet, and the boats loomed.

Some boats docked, and the hungry people on board were led by the flag-bearers and disembarked in an orderly manner.

Everyone climbed the pier with a curious and expectant light in their eyes, full of hope.

At this time, Yang He came back from the county seat, wearing the official uniform of Zhengjipin, practicing magpie complements, copper and wood waist cards, and wearing a black mink cloak.

Yang He left Suining City on the 23rd, and when he passed by Xin'anpu, he looked and saw that the camp there was generally satisfactory, spreading along the official road.

In order to facilitate management, according to his requirements, it was divided into four districts, A, B, C and D, and the hungry people in each district were tied with cloth belts of different colors, and then the villagers with the same flag color led the crossing of the river.

At this time, Yang He watched, and saw that after the hungry people went ashore, they were led away by the villagers holding the flag, the small flag was raised high, and they turned back and shouted from time to time, and then the hungry people followed behind, all of them looked curious and restrained, which reminded him of the tour group in later generations, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Everyone went up to the embankment, and below was a very vast lattice embankment that extended to both sides, a remote embankment, and the whole set of river embankments was two or three miles wide.

Then a small road leads directly to the inspection department behind the remote embankment, because of the rain, the dry "grid" in the past is full of stagnant water, like a pond.

Everyone went down the trail under the embankment, the remote embankment, the willow trail is quite muddy, the mud did not reach the heel of the person, looking at this kind of road, Yang He frowned deeply, in the future, Xin'anji will develop, and the road leading to the wharf must be repaired.

However, looking at the hungry people in the rear, both adults and children did not care, and it was obvious that they were used to this kind of road.

Soon everyone crossed the Yaodi Willow Forest, and in front of them was a vast plain, and the Inspection Division was on the west side of the path, and was wrapped in Xin'anji at this time.

After the opening of Xin'an Bazaar, there was a long fence built that anyone needed to sell within the wall, and then there were east, north, and west gates.

But there is no south gate, because the south side of Xin'anji is quite tall Yao Dike, up and down the Yao Dike, full of dense willow trees, and the Inspection Department is in the southeast position under the Yao Dike.

Yang He looked at the market in front of him, he showed a smile on his face, compared to last year, Xin'an Ji is much more prosperous, every market day, villagers from all over the world, they carry local products from all over the world, and regularly come here to catch up with the market and do business.

Seeing the business opportunities, some far-sighted and powerful businessmen have also come here to set up shops.

There are already rice shops, butcher shops, salt and oil shops, grocery stores, cloth villages, tea shops and other shops in the collection, especially several inns are being built.

Deng Inspector informed Yang He that collapsed houses were being built in the collection for rice merchants in Pizhou and coal merchants in Xuzhou to stop the collapse of goods, and there were more and more merchants in Xin'anji.

Yang He walked side by side with Deng Inspector, and he led his horse and said with a smile: "The businessmen in this world are the most sophisticated, and the development of the north bank is obvious to all. ”

Deng Inspector said: "My lord, there are more and more merchants, and the merchant tax in our bazaar is only thirty taxes and one tax, and we have not collected taxes. Is this a little lower, can it be raised a little bit, to 1 in 20, or 1 in 15? ”

Yang He said with a smile: "Now is the critical moment to cultivate the market and attract investment. ”

At present, Xin'an collects tax money, basically according to three grades, and the villagers and hawkers generally only come to the market and pay a certain venue fee to enter the market for sale.

They don't have many goods, so they pick up a burden and sell it out.

Then there are more high-end vendors, the volume of goods is larger, rent a booth in the market, pay a certain booth fee, you can sell in a better place for a day.

Finally, there are merchants, who have shops in the market, many of which are converted from street vendors, such as Sun Butcher, who used to only sell meat on market days, but because Xin'anzhuang's demand for meat is too great, he has officially purchased land and opened shops.

I heard that the southern ambassador of the Pizhou Ordnance Bureau has a stake in his butcher shop.

Before opening a store, they need to register with the Inspection Department, obtain a permit, rent or buy a lot, and then pay commercial tax.

Daming has a residential tax, which is similar to business tax, at this time it is often one out of thirty, and one is one of thirty commercial taxes like Yanghe.

Then there is a tax, similar to tariffs, the Ming Dynasty set up money customs in various places, the collection is the customs duties, the tax rate of the checkpoints is inconsistent, generally speaking, donkeys and mules loaded with goods in and out of the capital nine gates, each car has to pay 200 car and horse tax.

Merchants from all over the country loaded goods on their ships, from north to south, or from south to north, had to pay 500 yuan for every 100 materials.

Now, of course, it is a levy for silver, and generally speaking, a five-foot boat from the river and the north river will pay three taels and eight cents of silver.

There are also various kinds of goods tax, divided into clothing, food, use, sundries, according to the customs clearance of goods, the current price to determine the amount of tax, respectively, levied silver one cent, two cents, one money, two money, to one tael, two taels.

The general tariff is also one of thirty taxes or one out of ten.

For the time being, Yanghe did not collect this tariff, and the merchants were included in the collection and only paid a commercial tax of thirty taxes and one tax.

Then, at this time, the merchant was quite important, that is, he needed to undertake the shop service for the government, including undertaking shopping, handling sacrifices, supplying grain and grass, etc., which was regarded as a kind of servitude served by the shopkeeper for the government, which was quite a greasy system.

Like Tian Fu, businessmen with backers and power can always transfer their burdens to small and medium-sized businessmen who have no backers and no power, and when they take on the shops, officials will also take the opportunity to extort, causing a large number of merchants and shops to close down and go bankrupt.

Yanghe's Xin'anji does not implement this system, which is a point that makes the merchants in the market quite relaxed, everything is real money and silver transactions, one hand to pay money and one hand to deliver, no arrears, no credit.

In particular, Xin'an Zhuang wants everything, rice and flour, cloth, oil and salt, vegetable meat, coal and iron, leather, copper, bamboo and wood, and now even the soil and gravel are required.

Merchants can live a very easy life just by eating Xin'anzhuang's orders.

There are taxes, but they are not high, they are not complicated, there are no extortions of all kinds, and the prospects are very good, and this is a new golden area for the merchants.

Looking at the development of the bazaar, Deng Patrol is full of interest every day, and he is very focused on the things in the bazaar, after all, he also has a stake in Xin'an Centralization, and his younger brother Deng Guan has also invested a lot of money in the bazaar, and there will be dividends in the future.

There are also the heads of the villages on the north bank, and now they are all happy, when Yang Xianggong set up a market, everyone invested some money with the mentality of cheering, and now it seems that this Xin'an market is a white swan that will lay golden eggs.

Many people even regret investing less money, now Xin'an set of ten shares, only Deng patrol accounted for one percent, the rest of each accounted for one percent, and then Yang He accounted for eighty percent, in addition to Deng inspection, the rest of the people have no right to speak, just wait for the market to prosper after there will be some dividends.

Unlike other people's ideas, Yang He now does not look down on these small commercial tax profits, just to find a way out for the people under his rule, a livelihood, and then unite with surrounding interest groups to obtain materials and convenience for himself.

Although he did not give up control of the bazaar because of this, and many things were in charge of Deng Inspection, the accountant of the household hall audited the accounts of the bazaar, and became more and more the inspection department of the tax bureau, and in fact became a department under the hall.

The most important thing for Yang He is to establish a system and standards in Xin'anji, and promote them in the future, so he has very strict requirements for the weights and measures in the market.

It is absolutely forbidden to fight small fights, privately make weights and measures, and those who dare to violate them will be subject to warnings, fines, and expulsions.

Then there were certain regulations on the prices of goods in the market, and merchants who raised prices indiscriminately would be punished, especially to put an end to the existence of guilds, and everything was mainly based on official guidance.

If Xin'anji succeeds, he will try to promote his rule.

……

There are more and more people in Xin'anji, not only on market days, but also when there is nothing to do, the nearby villagers, especially the people of Xin'anzhuang, will come to visit.

The business of the tea shop in the set is very good, and it has expanded its business scale again and again, and many of their old customers are Xin'an Zhuangmin.

Zhuang Min's salary, the average is five dollars of silver per month, this silver is not enough to open their own hands, after all, even if the price of rice is not the highest now, but it is close to one stone and two taels of silver, fortunately, Xin'an Zhuang implements a canteen system, Zhuang Min eats and lives basically all-inclusive, and there are some to wear.

Food and clothing are solved, and there is spare money in hand, it is still okay to come over from time to time to fight tooth sacrifices, and you can also buy them out of your pocket if you fancy any commercial goods, so don't look at the few people in Xin'an, and the consumption power is still very strong.

The merchants in the collection also like to do their business the most, not careful, heroic, unlike some customers, a penny to fight for a long time.

Looking at the lively situation in Xin'anji, Yang He nodded with satisfaction, everything in front of him was like a newborn sun, full of vigorous vitality, which made people suddenly emerge with hope.

Chen Qiuao beside him looked at him thoughtfully, Yang He glanced at him and said with a smile: "What is Lao Chen thinking?" ”

Yang He still values this handsome guy who always has a cold face, but is actually quite sunny and cheerful when he laughs, and is willing to listen to his inner thoughts.

Chen Qiuao said: "Xianggong, my subordinates are thinking, why did they settle down in their hearts when they arrived on the north shore, and the spirit of the people on our side is even more different from other places." When I was in Suining City, even if I ate the delicacies of the mountains and the sea during the banquet, I felt uneasy. The people over there, the poor do not have three meals, and they are lonely and cowardly. The rich are big fish and meat, arrogant and domineering, but they feel that they are just as precarious, not stable, and panicked. ”

Yang He was a little surprised, this kid has grown, it seems that he has taken him with him.

He sighed: "As the saying goes, it is not a widow but an inequality, and a poverty is not a rest." Lack of three meals, lack of money, running for life all year round, and even being frustrated, how can this spirit be raised? It is normal to have low self-esteem and cowardice. And the surroundings are all hatred and lonely people, every day is eyeing the tiger, no matter how much silver food the rich have, how can they rest assured? Therefore, at this time, the world is going to be chaotic, and when the world is chaotic, even if the poor want to be stable, it is impossible to hope for it. ”

Chen Qiuao thought thoughtfully: "So Xianggong runs the canteen, so that the people of Zhuang have no worries about food and clothing?" ”

Yang Hedao: "Of course, let the villagers cultivate their own crops, according to the water conservancy and soil harvest, how can they survive?" And people live in the world, the most important thing is to eat, and then to live, if three meals are all for food, clothing, and housing, how can it develop? Rushing every day, rushing for the most basic survival, how can their spirit be good? ”

Every time outsiders see the people of Xin'an, the most surprising thing is their mental outlook, there is a kind of calmness and stability from the heart, but it is the result of generally solving the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

If you run around every day for survival, under the heavy pressure of life, people's spirit will definitely be poor, and the overall performance is obscene, numbness, cowardice, and it is impossible to think about long-term things.

Because now we have to eat, we have to survive.

Therefore, the small people are bound to be short-sighted, and the superiors are just as short-sighted as they are to protect their own rights and interests.

Just like in this chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the anger of the small people converged into a rogue, and the group formed by a group of short-sighted people did not have any strategic ideas?

Anyway, it was good to have a good time, "dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the ruling class", and after the blow, it was gone.

Then the superiors, the royal family, the nobles, the eunuchs, the gentry, the civil officials, and the military generals, knowing that all kinds of actions would cause greater harm, still did not change, and finally everyone died together.

In Yang He's view, it is not possible to be extremely rich and poor, but the ideal social structure is "olive-shaped", with small at both ends and large in the middle, with the middle class accounting for the majority, having a certain foundation for social life, no longer running for survival, and no poverty and luxury in the upper class.

Such a class is more energetic and creative, and there are more middle classes, which can also keep the society overall optimistic and upward, and then bring more positive cycles.

What Yang He is doing now has a faint tendency to go in this direction, building a canteen, providing food and housing, although it is only the most basic living conditions, but it has solved their biggest problem.

The villagers have no worries about food and clothing, the largest knife hanging on their heads, the largest stone on their bodies is removed, this side is safe, there is no worry about their lives, and their mentality is calm.

Then there is the salary system, the better the work, the more monthly salary, the higher the status, although some people are satisfied with a few dollars of silver a month, but it is also an incentive for most people, want to get more, do not make the villagers indulge in the status quo, stand still.

No, the more villagers come to Xin'anji to consume, it also drives the vitality of the surrounding areas and slowly develops domestic demand.

Yang He's goal is to make the villagers under his command slowly become the middle class, and as the overall wealth increases, their income will gradually increase, and then they will actively consume, make money from the surrounding shops, increase employees, expand production, and pay more taxes.

Then he has the money to invest in all kinds of security, education, health care, etc., so that the middle class expands, forming a cycle.

The basic salary plus commission bonus is the common practice of later generations, including food and accommodation is the basic salary of Xin'anzhuang at present, Yang He believes that it is very necessary, in troubled times, who gives food, who gives housing, and can harvest the greatest loyalty of the villagers.

However, he will not give a high salary, what should he do if he runs away with more money, after all, Xiaomin is always short-sighted, and he can take into account what will happen in half a year and a year, which is already far-sighted.

He will feed his men well, live well, and dress them well, but if they leave the system, they will only be destitute.

They want to enjoy all this, and they can only join the system, be loyal to the system, and be in the system.

……

Yang He looked at Chen Qiuao: "So, you have seen the delicacies in the banquet, don't indulge in the so-called power and wealth, then everything is vain, our side is real, let everyone's life be good." ”

Chen Qiu Ao's eyes flashed, he made a gesture on the horse, and gave his hand sincerely: "Being able to follow Xianggong is a blessing that Qiu Ao has cultivated for several generations." ”

Yang He smiled and said: "Lao Chen, you have to find more time to study, my footsteps will not stop, whether you can keep up depends on your respective creations." ”

Deng Patrol sighed: "Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years!" Xia Guan was really taught. Hello everyone, it's really good. ”

Inspector Deng has long been accustomed to Yang He's endless new words, and he has long been willing to regard himself as a subordinate, and he said with emotion at this time.

Yang He laughed, this fat patrol ability is a little bit, but his eyesight is good, and he is well-informed and interesting.

They looked at the bazaar and talked, laughing from time to time, and the hungry people who followed behind were also surprised and happy, and everyone fled, all the way through the prefectures and counties, all of them were miserable, and they could not imagine that the north bank of this great river was so peaceful and happy.

They look at everything in front of them, it is so peaceful and stable, it makes people yearn for it.

Sure enough, the young adult was right, and when he came under his rule, he would have a good life.

Seeing their joyful appearance, the Zhuang people who led the team were also proud, and they wanted to behave in front of Yang Xianggong, and they shouted loudly, waving flags, and let everyone enter the camp according to their districts.

More than 100 steps away from the market, there is a refugee camp under the remote embankment on the east side of the road, in the past, this side was saline-alkali land, a large piece, quite dry, there are not many annoying lakes and tidal flats under the remote embankment, and the temporary shelter camp is built here.

After receiving a notice from Yang He, in addition to Xin'anpu, a temporary shelter camp was also built in the village, with Yangzi flags flying high and grass huts and tents.

It is also divided into four districts from west to east, from west to east, there are orphans and young girls in District A, widows and widows and lonely District B, those with a family in District C, and those without a family in District D.

Each district has porridge sheds, drinking sheds, bedrooms, toilets, etc., which are well organized.

If the refugees come, they can rest and recuperate for a while, drink water and porridge, and then go to Jiaoshanzhuang for resettlement.

However, most of the orphans, young girls, widows and lonely people will be placed in Xin'anzhuang.

If they cross the river late, they can rest in this temporary shelter camp for the night.

The refugee camp is under the management of the civil affairs office, and there are archers patrolling, after the reorganization, the archers of the inspection department have been under the management of Xin'anzhuang, and the training and conquest are the same, they have two teams, a team patrolling each card, checking the waist card, responsible for public security, and a team is stationed in the set, which is a round every three months.

In addition to them, there are also soldiers in Xin'anzhuang, and Yang He actually has the remaining villages that have not been selected to join the team soldiers, and the young and strong people of the road engineering team of the ploughing team, and regularly send instructors to train and assess the plan, keep the village in peacetime, and recruit according to the situation in wartime.

In this way, under his rule, a three-tier system of soldiers, defenders, and patrol archers will also be formed.

After the establishment of the containment camp, archers patrolled each area to prevent all incidents, and also reassured the merchants of Xin'anji not far away.

Another batch of refugees arrived, and immediately the various districts of the refugee camp were noisy again, all parties picked up people, checked, and basically ordered, Yang He also faintly heard Sun Zhaodi's loud voice: "Alas, that mother-in-law, you have a blue belt tied to your arm, follow the blue flag to District C, what can your man do when you are by your side, go to District D?" It's all singles over there! …… That man, do you have a mother-in-law? Follow the green flag to District D, how did you get to Area C? ”

"And who, you're forty, aren't you? What do you do when you go to the orphanage? Everyone to everyone, don't walk around, when you get to my Xin'anzhuang, you have to understand the rules and keep the order, you know? ”

Yang He looked over, and saw Sun Zhaodi crossed his waist, yelling at some hungry people who were scurrying around, many people had no sense of order, and when they saw that there was a good seat, they rushed over, and then they were scolded by Sun Zhaodi so that they couldn't touch the door and slipped out.

The hungry people who were in chaos returned to everyone, and they were busy walking with the flag, and the hungry people felt that this Xin'an Village was good, that is, there were many rules, and they felt the power of "order" as the female steward said, and they needed to adapt slowly when they first arrived.

Yang He saw that Sun Zhaodi was in high spirits over there, with a bookstore next to him, and several five big and three rough management women, all of whom were fierce.

The women who can survive in the troubled times have a strong physique, and they have been raised in the village for a few months, and they usually have exercises, and when the bandits come to commit crimes, they hold knives on the wall and fight a man one-on-one, so these strong women can suppress the hungry people who enter the camp to obey.

He nodded silently, managing this kind of camp, only Sun Zhaodi and others can suppress the position, if it is replaced by Zhao Zhongju and softly speaking, I am afraid that the effect will not be obvious.

And they also rely on their own efforts and struggles to achieve the status, and the male Zhuang people are also convinced when they see them.

Yang He thought about it, and in the past few months since he fled, especially after arriving in Xin'anzhuang, many people under his command have exercised themselves, because he is actually implementing a system of industrial system.

Under the influence of this kind of institutional power, many people can become good managers if they are released.

Even if they still have shortcomings, such as Sun Zhaodi's shortcoming, which is less literate, it is still much stronger than the loose agricultural management system outside.

Yang He thought about it, and finally smiled slightly, the horsewhip made a crisp sound in the air, and he ran towards Xin'anzhuang on the muddy road.

Chen Qiuao and the others all followed, the sound of hooves was mixed, and the muddy water was splashing.

Everywhere they passed, the pedestrians on the road watched with joy and awe, watching Yang Xianggong and his party go away.

On the side of the refugee camp, there was still a lot of noise, and the archers outside were watching with their swords and bows, while the refugees entered the districts in an orderly manner under the guidance of the banner.

Then wait for the placement and usher in their new life.

The tall Yang character flag is floating, and each district has a pole, symbolizing the power and majesty of the Yang River in this area.

It also seems that under the shroud of this banner, the people under his rule will usher in a sheltered and stable life.

And order.