After all, prosperity has the benefits of being rich, and the people in the Wuyue area are no longer threatened by war, and their lives are getting better and better, and even the cities are becoming more and more prosperous.

In the past, if you want to talk about Wu Yue, Jiangdong is simply a place of exile, and now many people in the Central Plains still want to move there. At the same time, there are also some people who have made enough money and moved back to the Central Plains, and in the final analysis, it is difficult to leave their homeland.

After the two imperial examinations, the people have become more confident in the imperial examination system, knowing that Li Ming wants to interrupt the family's monopoly on talents, coupled with the fact that books are so cheap now, and private schools are everywhere, the number of people studying has begun to grow explosively. Even if you don't go to the imperial examination in the end, it is still very beneficial to be literate and know how to settle accounts.

"The latest white porcelain, the latest specialty of Poyang County, look at this sound, look at this color ......" hawkers' cries attracted many people to come to see the goods, and there were many people who bought them. It has been several years since the development of special products has been advocated, and new products continue to appear in the local area every year, which is not the development of new special products in Poyang.

There is no need for Li Ming's guidance at all, just need to give them a general direction, knowing that farming is not profitable, the families are doing business at the same time, they are also trying their brains to improve varieties and develop special products.

If you don't have the technology, you can think about how to make the grain output in the field more, after all, you can make money if the quantity goes up. Some are improving varieties to make rice and wheat tastier, and some are even growing corn again, but trying to improve the taste.

The rich have become the main consumers of high-end goods, and in the face of special products, ordinary people have money to spare and are willing to buy some to try. At the end of 199 A.D., the last fiscal tax statistics found that this year's tax revenue had doubled compared with previous years.

It's just that Zhang Zhao and Xun Biao, who were transferred back, saw this data, but they didn't show much joy, but just looked at Li Ming meaningfully, with a hint of depression in their eyes.

"I'm going to be upset when you look at me like that!" Li Ming was suddenly looked at with a wry smile, he knew very well that a lot of the consumption in this skyrocketing double tax came from these officials.

Even if Zhang Zhao may not be a person who likes to consume, his eldest son Zhang Cheng does not spend less, not to mention the wife and concubines at home, plus daily expenses, at least eighty percent of the monthly income has to be spent.

"The lord wants to increase taxes, and his subordinates have nothing to say, but the green building, kiln and gambling house are all monopolized by the lord, isn't it good?" Zhang Zhao put forward his opinion, after all, there are many people in these three profiteering industries.

"That's how it has been in recent years!" Li Ming knew what he meant, "After all, I gave the idea and standardized the rules of the three industries, so of course I have the right to enjoy the benefits it brings for a few years." Ten years later, these three industries are officially open to the outside world, but the rules cannot be changed, and the government must also invest in supervision, after all, this can be related to future taxes, as expected, the tax brought by these three industries is also very considerable! ”

"That's ......" Zhang Zhao couldn't say anything when he heard this, Li Ming once advocated the concept of patents, and even allowed local people and families to go to the government with their secret recipes to file patents. Every year, the patents will be compiled into a book and distributed to the local government for the record, saying that it is a severe crackdown on piracy and unauthorized use of this technology.

Obviously, these three industries are also currently in the 'patent period', and ten years is indeed nothing compared to the general 15 or 20 years patent period. And if you really understand these three industries, such as him, who manages finances, you will find that the profits are not so big, after all, the taxes are very heavy. This is also the reason why they will not really blush these three industries.

"Well, the fiscal revenue has come up, and everyone is still ready for what to invest in next year's finance. I don't know how you think about the budget system that I advocated before? Li Ming looked at everyone.

"The budget system is very subtle, it can also avoid the waste of local finances, and at the same time, it can also give great support to poor counties. Nowadays, the method of counting and double-entry accounting has begun to be popularized, and the promotion of the budget system is not a problem! Zhang Zhao replied.

"Well, starting next year, we will try to carry out the financial budget system in Yangzhou, so that all counties and counties can do a good job of financial budgets. After three years, if there are no major changes, it will be promoted to the whole territory. Li Ming nodded, and then explained.

The matter has been settled in this way, and it is conceivable that starting next year, all counties and counties in Yangzhou will have to jump again.

Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the people have begun to purchase New Year's goods for the New Year, and as expected, this year is another fat year. Under Li Ming's rule, the people's lives are getting better and better, and they also think that Li Ming will simply be called the emperor, otherwise they will really change back to the way they were before, how can they live? From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, maybe this is the true portrayal of human nature, right?

"That Liu Ting actually ......" Originally, Li Ming had planned to go back to celebrate the New Year with his family, who knew that when he was twenty-five years old, he received a piece of information that the imperial court took advantage of the recent months to launch an attack on Bingzhou, and had successfully defeated the two counties of Taiyuan and Yanmen, and at the same time, the Black Mountain thieves were recruited by the imperial court, and the Taihang Mountain area had all fallen into the hands of the imperial court.

The imperial court has already begun to present troops on the border and is ready to attack Youzhou and Jizhou. Yuan Shao can be said to have been caught off guard, he had just received a letter from Gao Gan asking for help, but the result was that the troops had not yet been mobilized, and the enemy had already hit his home.

It is said that a subordinate had proposed that Yuan Shao move the administrative office to Bohai County, but the latter did not agree.

"It's nothing more than learning from our Shouchun War, but there is one thing worth noting, that is, they used a lot of coal in this war. Without this coal for heating, their soldiers would not have been able to fight in winter. Guo Jia analyzed, "Bingzhou is a large coal-producing region, and we also have a lot of coal purchased from them, I am afraid that the imperial court will prohibit the sale of coal in the future, we must be prepared!" ”

Coal is also needed for ironmaking and steelmaking, and of course there is also coal in Jiangnan, but Li Ming did not mine it out of the local resource protection strategy, and besides, through Wang Yu, it is also cheaper to buy coal in Bingzhou.

"It seems that we still have to open a mine here...... Li Ming nodded, "Is there a new report from Wang Yu's side?" ”

The imperial court has already begun to move, and it is impossible for the royal court to be without action.

"Not yet, they have only received the information in the past two days, and it is estimated that it will take two days to send the report." Guo Jia hurriedly replied when he heard this.

"Then wait two days!" Li Ming nodded.

Around the twenty-ninth of the year, Wang Yu sent a report, and unexpectedly, in the report, Wang Yu made it clear that at the same time as this report was issued, they had begun to march north.

"This Wang Yu ......" Li Ming was speechless for a moment, "Send a letter to Xu Huang and tell him to go all out to conquer Youzhou!" No matter what, it can't be cheaper than the imperial court! ”

"Whoa!" Guo Jia naturally understood Li Ming's intentions, and hurriedly found someone to write a letter and sent someone to send it to Xu Huang. It's not easy to sail in winter, I'm afraid I have to take the land route, considering that this Guo Jia plans to go by water. Rao is like this, I am afraid that it will take more than ten days before this letter can be delivered to Xu Huang.