The work of collecting taxes is very cumbersome, but Xiao Zhu is still very impressed by some links, and because he has been advised by Mr. in advance, he is naturally very serious when observing.

Seeing that Zhao Liangchang didn't use the method of 'kicking the tip of the shower' when collecting taxes, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, his face was not controlled well for a while, and he couldn't help but show a little strangeness.

Zhao Yuanwai is accustomed to observing words and feelings, and when he saw his reaction, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching fiercely, and he said in his heart, what the hell is going on? With Li Qian's constraints, not to mention that he is missing an income, he has to give a lot of money to this book, otherwise it is difficult to ensure that he will make things difficult for himself------ which is really difficult to retreat.

"Hehe, little officials can rest assured, 'stay out' will not lose any of you." Zhao Yuanwai was very painful, and his money was not blown by the wind, but earned back by his own ability. If it is not necessary, who wants to take less for themselves and give more to others?

Xiao Zhu is also an old man in the yamen, of course he understands the jargon of 'stay out of breath', which means bad rules and regulations. He knew that even if he didn't collect the money, it would only end up in Zhao Liangchang's pocket, and the gains outweighed the losses. However, he still has a tender face, after all, there were not many opportunities to go out on business in the past, so he smiled a little shyly------

Mr. is right, Zhao Zhengcheng is indeed quite jealous of himself now.

At the end of the day, he found that in fact, the grain that Zhao Liangchang got was not much less, although there was a lack of such a flower head as 'kicking the tip of the show', there were still a lot of other tricks that looked good.

First of all, there is the issue of the rate of endowment, according to the regulations, the people should be divided into three classes and nine according to their land, wealth, and population.

The lower the rank, the lower the tax rate, and the higher the grade, the higher the tax rate. The lowest tax for the lower class households is 30 and 1, and the highest tax for the upper class is 10 taxes, and the difference between the upper and lower levels has reached three times------ so the people are usually more low-key and humble.

In general, the taxes in the Ming Dynasty were not high, because the households could operate in the dark and set their own households lower by bribing the government, so that they could pay less taxes------

The second is 'collecting and relieving two accounts', Zhao Liangchang used the white book approved by the government, and used his own private book when he collected it, and finally handed over the tax grain, in fact, only eighty percent of the collection, and the remaining two percent naturally went into his pocket------ but if you really want to talk about it, most of the people in the county have to thank him, why?

Because the people actually concealed a lot of household registration, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, after more than 20 years of recuperation, the population has actually grown a lot, but in order to avoid taxes, most of them hide and do not report, and become black households.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the taxes and grains paid by the people are actually very small, and they only need to pay more than the provisions on the household registration, which can be used to feed the local government and grain chiefs.

How will they understand that when this phenomenon of harming the public and private interests becomes more and more rampant, and there is a general collusion between the gentry class, the government and the grain chief, there will be more and more fields that can be exempted from taxes, and in the end, only the people at the bottom of the world will be the ones who are most exploited------ of course, this is still the early years of Hongwu, although there are drawbacks, but they are not very obvious, so there are really not many people who are aware of this.

In addition, when the scale is passed, the saying of the tidal pressure scale is used to achieve overcharging, as well as the addition of various names. Of course, the household scribes who accompanied the overseers also got many benefits from it------ the difference was that the grain chiefs ate meat and they drank soup.

Xiao Zhu's money is quite at ease, after all, the errand is all counting on these fat errands to make a fortune, you can't change such a system, and you want to put on a clean posture, and in the end you can only suffer yourself. Moreover, he also pursues the rule of "when the water is clear, there are no fish", and he is not willing to intervene in this regard------

After paying taxes, the sky was already dark, and Zhao Yuanwai was very polite to invite Xiao Zhu to his home for dinner, but he refused. Meticulously supervised the grain into the warehouse, and did not leave until the iron door of the warehouse was locked.

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When the eight-day tax collection work was completed, Xiao Zhu didn't even have time to return home, and rushed to Li Qian's residence overnight.

Li Qian listened to his report on the whole process, paced in the study for a long time, and was surprised to find that Zhao Yuanwai was very wary of himself this time, and he was stunned that he did not leave any handle for himself, and he ate very elegantly, and followed the 'old rules' of the government's default, and he would move his whole body when he was involved------

Originally, according to his plan, he also wanted to deal with the Zhao family after the tax grain was received, and the opportunity was to find it from the summer tax, but he didn't find it------ which is not very easy to do, and now it is the middle of June, and the tax grain will be escorted to Beijing by Zhao Yuanwai, if you only think of other ways now, start from other aspects, it is obviously too late.

Moreover, he now has a more important task, which is to start preparing for tomorrow night's Oiran competition------

That's it, let him be arrogant for a while, and wait until the end of July.

In person, Li Qian didn't want to ask Xiao Zhu how much oil and water he had fished this time, some things were good if they knew each other, but if they asked too much, they would not be treated well------ in his previous life, he had already understood this.

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Early the next morning, Yang Qing came to the door, needless to say, naturally he sent money to Li Qian.

Li Qian actually doesn't know how much the highest price of an Oiran can reach, because this thing is similar to the auction of later generations, and when the opponent is angry, he will not hesitate to offer a sky-high price if he doesn't do it, just to frustrate your spirit------ this is actually similar to the reward anchor on the Internet, nominally a prostitute, but in fact it is also a kind of rich fighting program among the rich.

The task given to him by Song Zhong must be completed, otherwise he will put all the responsibility for the unfavorable investigation on himself, who will let the family be Jinyiwei?

And Zhao Yuanwai's true purpose is unknown, don't say that it is Zhao Yuanwai, Li Qian doesn't even know how Jinyiwei found out about the Zhao family, because Song Zhong will not report the progress of the investigation to him.

Therefore, he didn't know how much Zhao Yuanwai was willing to pay for this, but his ambition was conceivable, and he also passed the gas with Chunfeng Yixiao in advance. Otherwise, why should the Oiran be combed on tomorrow night, just after the tax and grain have been collected?

And the Zhao family's family background ------ less than 100,000 yuan, although it is not all taken out, the deterrent power is not small. Therefore, this time, many of the happy guests actually went with the idea of seeing the excitement, and casually shouted and shouted to try it, and never slapped their swollen faces and became fat after finding that it didn't work.

In this kind of matter, Li Qian didn't dare to ask his family for money, and he didn't even dare to say it in advance, otherwise it would be difficult to guarantee that his father would be angry and confined himself------

So until now, except for Yang Qing, no one knew that he would bid for the Oiran. Of course, it is estimated that tomorrow afternoon, the spring breeze will release the news------ no one may believe it, and those who participate in the Oiran bid still need to register in advance!

In the study, after a maid served tea, Li Qian waved her back, and told her to stay in the courtyard and not let anyone approach------

Then, he lowered his voice and looked at Yang Qingdao: "How about it, how much can you come up with?" ”

The soap business has stopped for a while, and after the impact of the previous quality turmoil, the sales are not as hot as when they first opened, but they are gradually improving day by day, and they can still make a lot of money.

From the first day of opening to the present, Li Qian has relied on this business to get a full share of three thousand taels of silver. But this was obviously not enough, so he had to borrow money from Yang Qing.

He didn't understand in his heart that as soon as the money went out, Jin Yiwei was basically not responsible for reimbursement, and at most he could give some privileges and conveniences in the future. Then, of course, you can also earn back the money little by little by virtue of the power in your hands------

Yang Qing took out a stack of treasure money from the sleeves on both sides, from the front of his clothes, and even under the soles of his shoes, and then put them on the table, piling up a large stack of ------

Li Qian looked a little straight, but heard Yang Qing say: "A total of 30,000 banknotes, don't be too little, this is all my net worth, I have to find my family to ask for more------ but if I don't tell where I want it, my father will not agree." ”

30,000 guan is still called a small ------ converted, that is a full 12,000 taels of silver, what is the family wealth? Young Master Yang is such a character, not counting his father's money!

Li Qian even regretted it a little at the moment, why didn't he blackmail him a little more before?

Yang Qing saw that he didn't answer silently, thinking that he was still too little, so he couldn't help but propose: "Or, I'll talk to Brother Shen and let him lend you the 10,000 yuan bill in his hand?" ”

Li Qian was actually mentally calculating, whether the twelve thousand taels plus the thousands of taels in his hand were enough. After listening to Yang Qing's words, he pondered carefully before he nodded and said, "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, so let's do it." ”

"------" Yang Qing was also a little stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Brother Zhongqing, aren't you crazy?" For the sake of a small Qinglou geisha, and not to redeem herself, to be a concubine at home, it is just a romantic night, can you afford to spend so much money? ”

It's no wonder that Li Qian couldn't tell him the real purpose of doing this, so he could only look at this matter according to common sense. The price of 20,000 yuan is combed, Yang Qing has really never seen it, and the person who doesn't want him to open his horizons will actually be Li Qian, and it will be the first gentleman in Hangzhou who once said "Liu Ruyan is not Erer" and degraded it as a 'vulgar fan'!

Now that I think about it, people are really called generous, and they don't blink a blink for their sweetheart, can't they afford the title of Hangzhou's No. 1 gentleman?