Qian Bangxin and Fan Wenguang returned home, took a few trustworthy family members, and dressed up as businessmen, so it took 20 days to arrive in Shunqing City in mid-April.

After bidding farewell to Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces, he disguised himself as a businessman and walked through the territory of the Great Western Army.

On this day, I turned over a pass and entered the territory of Wusheng County, and I saw a checkpoint set by the volunteers from a distance, and saw Qian Bangxin, Fan Wenguang and others passing by, and a man who looked like a servant stopped everyone and asked: "Everyone, do you have ID cards?" ”

The two glanced at each other, looked at the servant and shook his head blankly, and asked again and again: "This bad brother, what is the ID card?" We come from the area ruled by the rogues, and we don't know what an ID card is? ”

The official pointed to a billboard next to him, on which the announcement of the Yamen of Shunqing Mansion was printed in movable type, with the large seal of Shunqing Mansion stamped on it, and asked: "Everyone, you businessmen who have traveled from south to north probably know how to read, right?" This is the ID card ordinance promulgated by our adults.

You don't know, the Great Western Army spies are endless, and the local tyrants are mixed with the kind people, in order to prevent the Great Western Army from working in detail and preventing the local tyrants from getting in, we have specially established a household registration book and made ID cards for our ordinary people.

Just like the adults said, those dignitaries all have waist cards, as a status symbol, why can't we ordinary people have something to show their identity? ”

Qian Bangqi and Fan Wenguang looked quite surprised, looking at the announcement, while secretly wondering, this ID card is the waist card of the official?

After reading the announcement, the two were secretly surprised, this investment shop or something, doing business in the bazaar or something, actually need an ID card?

Could it be that this ID card is like a personnel certificate during the Shang Dynasty? According to historical records, Shang Ying fled to the border and wanted to stay in the guest house.

Could it be that the law of Shang Yang is implemented, and it is a crime to stay without a certificate.

Now that Yang Lin is implementing ID cards, he not only complains about the need for ID cards, but also does business in the bazaar or something, and it is also possible to check whether he carries ID cards.

The two looked quite resentful, but they didn't want to reveal their identities, so they immediately reported their pseudonyms, birth addresses, and where they went.

The secretary listened carefully and felt that something was wrong, how could this Qian Bangqian claim to be a northerner with a southern accent?

The secretary stood up and looked at it carefully, shook his head and said: "This uncle, you, you have to support our work, I know that you are a serious businessman, not a spy."

But you have to be honest, don't make up identity information. ”

Qian Bangxin felt that the big thing was not good, apologized repeatedly, and changed his birthplace from the Central Plains to Nanzhili, so that he could pass the test slightly.

After receiving the ID card, the secretary office repeatedly reminded everyone that they need to carry their ID card with them, and if they are found to have no ID card, they need to go to the government and need to be confirmed by their companions.

At the same time as handling identity information, it is also necessary to pay a commercial fee, if you carry more than 2 yuan worth of goods are required to pay a certain amount of customs, according to the proportion of Daming customs levy, the goods need to pay 5% of the customs tax, and the value of the goods is more than 40 taels of silver, so you need to pay 2 taels of silver.

According to the past custom, Fan Wenguang was ready to pay a few coins of silver, and then take a few coins of silver to the officials to be fanciful.

But to everyone's surprise, the official not only categorically refused the red envelope given by the entourage, but also insisted on levying a customs fee at 5% of the appraised value.

Seeing that the official was like this, Fan Wenguang didn't care, anyway, he was just pretending to be a businessman, and the 2 taels of silver were not too much.

After collecting the silver and passing the scales, the official tore up two invoices for 1 tael of silver, and reminded him that if he encountered other passes, as long as he handed over this invoice, he did not need to pay any more taxes.

In addition, this invoice can be deducted from Dingfu, according to the principle of proportion, these 2 invoices of 1 tael of silver can be worth 1 penny Dingfu.

Fan Wenguang stopped, looked at the movable type printed invoice, looked at the invoice and asked, "Brother Errand, this, this thing can actually be worth Ding Fu?"

The officer smiled and said, "Yes, we have said that through invoices, we not only cultivate the awareness of paying taxes, but also avoid corruption.

Old gentleman, you have traveled to the north and south to see a lot of knowledge, and you know that in the past, the society slandered our tolerance, claiming that we were corrupt and bribed, and now we have to tear up the invoice when we collect money, and if you don't tear the invoice, you can report us for corruption.

Invoice tax deduction, uncle, you are a scholar, you see, there is a seal of the house in the north, and it is specially noted, not to give the invoice and give the invoice less, it is a corruption act."

Fan Wenguang looked quite surprised, looked at the errand and asked, "Then, then are all the customs fees you collect paid to the government?" ”

The officer smiled, nodded and said, "Of course, we will register and make accounts every day, and the officials above will check it tightly, and now that one dares to mess around." ”

After thinking about it, Fan Wenguang smiled and said, "The officials of the Ming Dynasty are low, then, how do you live?" ”

The official smiled and said: "In addition to the basic salary of 5 taels and 5 yuan, the rest is the commission, and we will receive a commission of 5%.

Since the establishment of the checkpoint, the value of the goods has been about 300 taels, and 15 taels of silver can be raised, which is enough for the four of us. ”

It took two pillars of incense to do this, and it took a group of ten people to register their identity information and leave the checkpoint, Fan Wenguang smiled and said to Qian Bangxin next to him: "This, this Yang Lin is interesting, it seems that he is a financial expert." The old man has been in the household department for many years, and he has never thought of this method. ”

Holding the identity certificate in his hand, Qian Bangxin shook his head and sighed: "What the adults said is good, this Yang Lin is not an easy person." In my Ming land, the method of openly restoring Shang Yang is really incredible. ”

After thinking about it, Fan Wenguang smiled and said: "Qian Yushi, don't say anything else, this method is still useful, just like your Qian Yushi was found to be flawed, and he was almost arrested as a fine work."

Qian Yushi, think about it, you are still like this, what about those Great Western Army and local tyrants? ”

Thinking of the dilemma just now, Qian Bangqi laughed silently.

At this moment, a family member next to him pointed to a rock in the distance and said, "My lord, look, someone actually has lime to write something on the rock, this, this is really strange." ”

Along the way, there are various slogans painted on the rocks every ten miles or so, mainly the propaganda slogans related to the expropriation of Tianfu, Ding Fu and Shangfu, the propaganda slogans related to the measurement of land, the cleaning of household registration and ID cards, and the slogans related to the resettlement of displaced people.

Seeing this, Qian Bangxin couldn't help laughing and said: "This Yang Lin, there are still quite a lot of local methods, since ancient times, it has been about openness in government affairs, and various edicts of the imperial court are pasted on the south wall in front of each yamen.

Yang Lin is good, he actually wrote out the levy quotas of Tian Fu, Ding Fu, and Shang Fu clearly. ”

Fan Wenguang shook his head and said, "This, how is this possible, the high-grade paddy field is only 6 points per mu?" In the past, there was no increase in three salaries, and the local tax was also levied to 1 yuan of silver, and the addition of three salaries of 2 and 3 dollars was considered less, how could it be that there were only 6 cents of silver per mu? ”

Qian Bangxin said with a smile: "The greatest wish of the people is political clarity, that is, to be lightly endowed."

Although it is good to write it out in this way, everyone clearly knows how much local taxes should be, but if you can't do it, it will be bad to live up to your words. ”

Fan Wenguang turned his head to look at Qian Bangqi who was smiling, and said with a smile: "Qian Yushi, you, you don't want to impeach this Yang Lin anymore?" Look at your posture, as if you are preparing to impeach Yang Lin? ”

Qian Bangxin smiled, pointed to the farmers who were working in the fields, and said with a smile: "The old man wanted to impeach this Yang Lin, but he saw that the people were still living and working in peace and contentment.

You see, in early April, farmers are planting seedlings, whether it is in Chongqing Prefecture, Zunyi Prefecture, where there is a lot of wasteland, and many fields are growing grass half a person high.

You see, we passed through these towns, everyone was planting rice, and everyone was working hard.

In this troubled world, just this point, the old man will not impeach this Yang Lin for the time being. ”

Everyone laughed, although the official army had just restored Wusheng County and Nanchong County for less than two months, there was no turmoil along the way.

There are two kinds of customs levies, 3% of the county, 5% of the government, Qian Bangxin and others paid this time to pass the government customs tax, only need to pay once in Wusheng County, and there is no need to pay again after entering Nanchong County.

Novels in the Ming Dynasty were particularly popular, Fan Wenguang once read a novel about a person learning to do business, encountering more than ten levels in a row, paying taxes far more than the value of the goods, and in the end he had to throw away the goods and lose all his money.

In addition, the last thing that everyone is used to is being checked for ID cards, and basically everyone is used to being checked every time they go to a market.

Now since it is only more than 20 miles away from the city, in addition to the simple expropriation, the road is much quieter, natural disasters and man-made disasters at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there are many robberies in the local area, everyone has been robbed in Chongqing two or three times, but in the jurisdiction of the volunteers, they have walked more than 200 miles, and they have not encountered any robbers, which is probably a great fortune of misfortune.

Seeing that we are going to Shunqing Mansion tomorrow, everyone is going to stay at the hotel next to the bazaar so that they can enter the city tomorrow.