Several merchants were chatting, and they received a lot of new copper coins, and they were all very receptive.

Zhang Yu was most concerned about what they thought of the new coin.

He's only launching copper coins now, not gold and silver coins.

Copper coins did not disgust the people.

"In other words, this new copper coin is better looking and of better quality than that of the imperial court, so there is no reason not to accept it." A merchant said again.

"It's just that this court has a rule that you can't mint coins privately." A businessman said worriedly.

"Haha, you don't know this, I have a relative, who is a high-level in Jiangdong, and he revealed that Lord Zhang minted coins at the behalf's holy decree and the Empress Dowager's decree."

In fact, these news were secretly spread by Zhang Yu to the intelligence department, and sometimes the gossip is more effective.

Zhang Yu did not announce the holy decree all at once, because he was afraid that some princes would sit on the ground and raise the price and not sell him the ore.

He was also afraid that others would follow suit, after all, it was not difficult to get the decree now.

So Zhang Yu spread it in the form of gossip, as long as the people accepted it, even Zhang Yu couldn't use the holy decree.

"You guys are really, as long as it is done by Lord Zhang, what do we have to be afraid of, Lord Zhang has never been afraid of anyone, and it is good to us little people."

"Yes, what if we had money before, we couldn't wear good clothes when we went out, we couldn't ride in a car, and our status was lower than that of beggars on the side of the road."

Several people began to chat, talking about a lot of good policies in Jiangdong, which made Zhang Yu very useful, and frequently signaled to Zhang Ning.

Zhang Ning smiled evilly, not to despise him.

The two are not like husband and wife, but like a couple.

These merchants must have been satisfied, because Zhang Yu practiced mercantilism.

The people who come here to drink tea are generally people who are more idle and have small assets, and they can do this because of Zhang Yu's policy.

So it is natural for these people to say good things about Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu: They drank tea for a while and left.

Zhang Yu must get to know the people of other classes and understand how Jiangdong is governed.

Walking around the streets, everything is relatively harmonious, and the people are relatively rich.

"Ning'er, let's go out of the city for a walk." Zhang Yu pulled Zhang Ning out of the city.

The two went out of the city, and Zhang Yu teased Zhang Ning all the way.

"Ning'er, I didn't expect you to be so attractive in men's clothes, heroic and stylish." Zhang Yu said with a smile.

Zhang Ning glanced at Zhang Yu, this was indeed the first time she wore men's clothes in front of Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu really felt that Zhang Ning had a different style when he wore men's clothes.

Zhang Yu thought of the temptation of uniforms in later generations, and he suddenly thought about whether to get some uniforms for a few wives to wear as well.

Zhang Yu and Zhang Ning walked out of the city, and there were many villages outside the city.

For a period of time, cavalry patrols were patrolled on the main roads of the countryside to ensure the safety of the territory.

However, according to Zhang Yu's vision, soon these patrol tasks will be replaced by the militia, allowing the main battle army to concentrate on training.

Zhang Yu walked around the field, and the crops were planted in the field, and they were growing well.

This is not the time to be busy with farming, but there are many farmers in the fields.

"Uncle, you have nothing to do, what are you doing sitting in this field?" Zhang Yu saw an old farmer sitting on the ridge of the field, not doing anything, just smirking there.

"Hehe, look at the crops." The old farmer laughed and said.

Zhang Yu is strange, looking at the crops?

"Uncle, is there someone who will come to destroy the crops, so you have to watch?"

"No, no, no, how can anyone here dare to come and destroy the crops, I don't see that there are often cavalry patrolling, who dares to destroy it without opening their eyes." The old farmer hurriedly explained.

This made Zhang Yu even more puzzled, since no one would come to destroy it, why did he sit in the field and watch?

Zhang Yu expressed his doubts, only to see the old farmer laugh again, and then said: "Look at the peace of mind, watching the crops grow well, my heart is extremely steady." ”

Zhang Yu didn't expect it to be such a reason.

But it's normal to think about it, they haven't had enough to eat since they were young, and they almost starved to death before.

Zhang Yu said again, how many years have you been farming in Jiangdong? Do you have enough food at home? Zhang Yu asked again.

"It's enough, all eight people in the family can eat enough, some of the grain can be sold, and you can eat meat twice a month." The old farmer said happily.

Zhang Yu nodded, the people have enough food at home, so there is hope.

The old farmer continued to chatter, and he said: "Jiangdong is a good place here, the land is fertile, and the most important thing is that the tax is small, as long as you pay 30% of the grain, the rest is your own." ”

The tax of 30% is actually very high, but there is no way, the cost of Zhang Yu to resettle these displaced people is high enough, and a lot of investment is needed, so he can only collect a high tax.

But the 30% tax is really much better than in other places.

Most of the people in other places rent the landlord's land, and after paying the taxes of the imperial court, they still have to pay the taxes to the landlords, and the remaining thirty percent is less than thirty percent.

There are even landlords who exploit these peasants in different ways, lending them grain when they are not harvested, and when the grain is harvested, almost 90 percent of the grain goes to the landlords, and it is good that these peasants can get 10 percent of the grain.

But in Jiangdong, you don't need to pay 30% of the tax, and the rest is your own, and there will be no other taxes.

More importantly, Zhang Yu would not apportionment of forced labor, even if he needed the people to work, he would provide food and pay wages.

The old farmer told Zhang Yu a bunch of good things about Jiangdong, which made Zhang Yu very happy.

Zhang Yu has traveled to many places and learned a lot of things, and the people here are indeed living better, at least they can eat enough.

Especially for the promotion of sweet potatoes and other crops, there is a lot of food at home.

However, the taxes that Zhang Yu demanded must be grains such as rice and wheat, after all, sweet potatoes and other things are not easy to store, and they cannot be used as military rations.

Moreover, Zhang Yu will also buy some rice and wheat to reserve.

Zhang Yu walked around with great interest, chatting with farmers everywhere.

"Husband, it's dark this day, and there are no hotels outside the city, so it's so late that we can't enter the city." Zhang Ning saw that Zhang Yu had forgotten the time, so he complained to him a few words.

Indeed, Zhang Yu and the others walked a long way after leaving the city, and it was dark at this time, and it would take two hours to walk back.

And the city gate is also closed, naturally, Zhang Yu's identity can be called to open the city gate.

"Hehe, what are you afraid of, it's not like the two of us haven't been in the wild, and we've been in the wild a lot of times." Zhang Yu touched his chin with one hand and laughed evilly.

Zhang Ning's face turned red instantly, the two of them did have a lot of times in the wild, but they also did a lot of things in the wild.

Looking at Zhang Yu's expression, he knew what bad things he was going to do again.

Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to go back, although there were many villages outside the city, Zhang Yu did not plan to stay with Zhang Ning, but wanted to relive their years with Zhang Ning.

(End of chapter)