Leping County Post House lobby.

Cui Yu brought six officials to meet Wu Yanzhi, and after Wu Yanzhi met with them, he learned that those people were officials of Leping Metallurgical Prison.

(A metallurgical supervisor has six officers, one each a supervisor and a supervisor; Four overseers. The supervisor is the seventh rank and the lower rank, the Cheng is from the eighth grade, and the supervisor is from the ninth grade. ）

These supervisors are actually skilled smelting workers, and they are gradually admitted to the internal quality officials; That is, the outflow into the inflow, and they all have many years of metallurgical experience.

Cui Yu has already rented a big house for Wu Yanzhi and completed a lot of official work.

"Very good, Inspector Cui has only arrived ten days in advance, and it is not easy to accomplish many things. This recruitment matter, you can discuss it with Luo Jian, Secretary Jiang and others; Supervisor Luo, how much is the hardware tax of this prison in a year? He asked.

"Qi Yu Shaoqing! Silver, copper, gold, and iron are mainly produced here, and the income varies greatly from year to year.

If we take last year as an example, according to the one-tenth tax rate, the cashier is 2,110,000 taels and 33 yuan; copper 12,000 coins and more than 650 catties;

three hundred sixty-eight taels of gold; 29,723 pounds of iron, 25,760 pounds of lead! Supervisor Luo replied. He was well aware of the number.

"I remember that the state-owned silver mine in Yinshan had an income of more than 123,000 taels last year, what is the situation this year? How much income can I have? Wu Yanzhi asked.

Because Supervisor Luo just talked about taxation, and Yinshan also has a large state-owned silver mine. There was a supervisor and two supervisors who were responsible for the management of the mine.

The silver mine is also the first silver mine in Dazhou!

"This year may be less than last year, because there were two relatively large safety accidents, and it was stopped for more than half a month!"

Wu Yanzhi thought that he had to go there to help them do a good job in safety production management. Then he said:

"Good! I believe Judge Cui has already told you that this main bile water point must be mined by a state-owned copper farm, and no private interference will be involved.

As for other places, according to the laws of the imperial court, the common people can be allowed to mine, and we can collect taxes according to the law.

But beware, those who deliberately evade taxes must be severely punished! Judge Cui, you discuss it with Secretary Jiang, and immediately issue a notice to the smelting fields in several nearby counties:

In the past, there were people who evaded hardware taxes, as long as they paid all the money within one month, they were not to blame for the past; If they refuse to repent, if they are verified, the punishment will be doubled; and whipped 100 and sent to the county government for sentencing.

In the future, if there are any more evasion of hardware taxes, the whole family will be exiled to Lingnan, and they will not be spared! In addition, in the wide posting of notices, let people report tax evaders, once verified, reward them 30%! ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

Wu Yanzhi hadn't finished arranging the affairs yet, and someone outside reported that He County Ling and Qi County Cheng of Naleping County had arrived.

When I got out, after being introduced, I saw that He Xianling was less than forty years old, and his height was definitely no more than one meter sixty, and he was very fat, he should be about one hundred and sixty pounds, but he was very energetic.

Looking at Naqi County Cheng again, Wu Yanzhi was stunned! This man is nearly thirty years old, about the same height as himself, angular, very handsome, and has an excellent temperament.

Wu Yanzhi looked at it coldly, but only Qi Xuan seemed to be very open, and he didn't feel restrained, he couldn't help but secretly feel that this person was extraordinary!

After chatting a few words, Wu Yan said: "Because of this, I have bile water, so I opened a copper factory here." According to my estimates, there is no problem with the mining of this bile water for a hundred years.

Although the population of this copper mountain is not large now, after my copper farm is opened, there will be 70,000 or 80,000 people here.

If you have relatives, you can build more houses and buy land. In the future, there will be no problem with five or six times the appreciation! Wu Yanzhi showed his hole cards to increase their confidence.

When everyone heard this, they were very happy and began to think about the way to make money.

……

Dinner.

This county Cheng Qi Xuan, who was 20 years old, became a county chief bookkeeper, and only came here this year to serve as a county leader!

"Wu Shaoqing, Qi County Cheng Ke is a great talent, and he was originally promoted to supervise the imperial history last time.

But because he offended King Liang, he put a lot of pressure on Yao Xianggong and Yang Xianggong, and the result fell short! He County ordered.

When Wu Yanyi heard this, he was very surprised, how could he, a small county prince, have an intersection with Liang Wang Wu Sansi? So he asked, "I don't know why Qi Xiancheng offended him?" ”

Na Qi Xuan shook his head and sighed: "Wu Shaoqing doesn't know, this matter is also simple: two years ago, I was the chief bookkeeper in Linqing County, Beizhou, and King Liang's feudal household was also in Linqing County.

The foot fee, that is, the travel fee, is more than double the regulations of the imperial court! In addition, the quality of corn paid by many closed households is actually very good. He just wants to say that the quality of others is not good, and he has to give a seven, eight-fold discount! The humble post was unbearable, so he gave a copy to the court.

As a result, he was forced to return some of the belongings of the closed household. Later, the imperial court issued a book, and those who ate the real seal were not allowed to go to various states and counties to collect taxes on their own, and all of them were collected by the local states and counties and handed over to the feudal lord.

In this way, the people have benefited, but the interests of the feudal lord must have been affected to some extent! Therefore, King Liang was naturally very unhappy.

The contemptible supervision of the imperial history was also disturbed by him, and thanks to Yao Xianggong's work was not bad, the contemptible people only waited for a year, and they got this Leping County.

Although the position is relatively leisurely, it is much better than those officials who have been candidates for five or six years! ”

"Oh? I said, why don't you send someone to Donglai to collect the rent now, it turns out that it is the credit of Qi County? You've caused me to lose a few hundred dollars a year! Wu Yanzhi said with a smile.

"Then I'm sorry for Wujun Gong, and the contemptible people are also official. Let the local states and counties collect it uniformly, although there are also drawbacks, but it is much better than those princes and princesses who send people to squeeze it wantonly, at least the standard is unified! He said lightly.

"Don't worry about Qi County, I'm just a joke, I want to thank Qi County Cheng for the people of the world!" Wu Yanzhi said with a smile.

"Humble knows! He had already heard Inspector Cui talk about Wu Shaoqing's deeds, and learned that Wu Shaoqing was generous and arrogant, and his righteousness was thin and cloudy!

It is said that Shaoqing has a thaumaturgy that increases the copper and iron of my Great Zhou Dynasty dozens of times, and he is a rare genius in the ages! But really? ”

"This is not bragging, this kind of technology, contemptible people really have!" Wu Yanzhi nodded!

Seeing that Wu Yanzhi was a little conceited, Qi Xuan said disapprehantly: "Although Wu Shaoqing's outstanding ability is unmatched by few people in the martial family, if it is not handled well, this may not necessarily be a good thing." There is a word in the humble position, I don't know whether to say it or not! ”

"Oh? Qi Xiancheng said it, I'll listen to it! Wu Yanyi listened to it, and he didn't know what good advice he had.

"That's good! Let's take a sip of wine first! I saw him take up his glass and drink it all.

Then he said: "Wu Shaoqing! Now the position of the crown prince is unknown. If the Wu family is interested in the position of the crown prince, there should only be two people, Wu Chenghei, King of Wei, and Wu Sansi, King of Liang;

Needless to say, the Li family is of course only the imperial heir Li Dan and the king of Luling Li Xian. The intelligence of the two kings of the samurai family is extremely mediocre, and the possibility of becoming a prince is extremely small.

It is actually very likely that one of the imperial heirs Li Dan and Li Xian, the king of Luling, will become the crown prince. Therefore, if Wu Shaoqing's credit is too great, he will definitely suffer from the suspicion of the prince of the Li family! So it's better to plan ahead! ”

After hearing this, Wu Yanzhi smiled slightly and said, "Qi County Cheng's words are reasonable!" I won't talk about this topic today, and I'll ask Qi County Cheng for advice another day......"

He thought to himself, these things, I still don't know?

However, this Qi Xuan is very bold and strategic, with a unique vision, but he is a talent! There is a shortage of such manpower around me, so it is better to hire him as a judge!