Yes, if we let them plant fruit trees, it will definitely be pollution-free planting, without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. ⊙This is our advantage in Da Song, and we have to keep it. Li Yibai said seriously.

Ivanka nodded in agreement, "Although our pollution-free cultivation method is a bit laborious, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the yield of fruit is very low. But the price of the fruit is also very high. All in all, it is the same income as the fruit that is grown with pesticides. ’

'yes. In this way, our environment is also protected. These growers also have higher incomes than before, and after that, we can learn from the practices of developed European countries and give some subsidies to growers to increase their income. ’

Ivanka nodded, "Husband, in fact, fruit farmers don't need a lot of money to be happy, for example, there is a country called Bhutan in Asia. They have a happiness index. The happiness index of people in their country is very high, the so-called happiness index, it's just that you have a sense of happiness or not, people have solved the problem of food and clothing, have been educated, have free speech and a sense of security, this is happiness.

You don't have to live in a high-rise building, you have to have a car, you have to have a computer or a phone.

These modern tools are a good thing, but without them, it is not that people would not be happy.

On the contrary, if a country is to learn from the United States, everyone must have a car. The pollution of the atmosphere alone is so serious that even breathing has become a problem, and how can there be a sense of happiness, let alone the hard work day and night to buy a car. ’

Li Yibai's eyes lit up, "Ivanka, what you said is right. I think we are very interested in the farmers in the remote areas. Or ethnic minority areas. It should be on the basis of being in line with their cultural traditions. Just give them a sense of well-being, and there is no need to impose a requirement that they have to buy a car and use electrical appliances.

Happiness should not be measured by money, on the basis of solving the problem of food and clothing, you can freely enjoy life, you can go on vacation, you can watch movies, you can go to museums, you can go to the library. Access to education. This is the happiest life. ’

Thinking of this, Li Yibai ordered Xiaoqiang to recruit some homeless or poor farmers and organize them to plant fruit trees.

After the fruit trees bear fruit, Li Yibai buys them uniformly, so that they don't have to worry about sales. Moreover, in the two years of planting fruit trees, Li Yibai has paid for all the living expenses.

At the same time, Li Yibai instructed the elevator to take the personnel of the engineering company to explore the highway from Lin'an City to the surrounding towns and villages. He was going to build a road network near Lin'an. In turn, on the basis, accumulate experience and then build the highway from Lin'an to Jiangxi.

Xiaoqiang took the order and left. Xiaoqiang is very familiar with recruiting workers, and the previous recruits were organized by Xiaoqiang.

Now it's easier for him to do that. Because early on, some peasants complained, 'Why didn't Li Xie Yuan hire us as workers?' The workers in his factory were treated so well. It's a pity that he only accepts traveling merchants. ’

Now that they heard that Xiaoqiang was going to recruit workers, they all rushed to the scene happily.

'I'm going to participate. I want to participate. ’

'Let me do it first.' Let me do it first. ’

These people are scrambling. Because they know that Li Yibai recruits people and treats them well, and they treat them well.

Li Yibai's prestige in the Lin'an area is very high and he is very honest, even if he says that he will pay his wages after a year, the workers will believe it and follow without making trouble.

Everybody was quiet. Everyone was quiet. Listen to me, this time we're not recruiting workers. We're working with everybody, and you don't grow food. Let's plant fruit trees instead. Now our food processing plant is out of stock every day, and we urgently need to buy a large number of fruits. It's a pity that the products in the vicinity are not high, and the freight in the distance is too high to outweigh the losses, so we called everyone here to let everyone change to plant fruit trees and increase everyone's income. ’

Xiaoqiang stood on the podium and shouted.

When everyone heard this, they were all angry. All of them were like a shriveled balloon, and they were extremely disappointed.

'Little Qiang, it's not that we don't want to plant fruit trees. When we bought a large amount of fruit from Li Jieyuan's factory, we all wanted to plant it. It's just that we have our troubles. ’

Xiaoqiang was born in a martial arts family and didn't understand agriculture, so he wondered, "What kind of trouble, just say it, Li Jieyuan will help you solve it." ’

Everyone sighed and said, "Now the imperial court still has to collect taxes through grain, and you can also use silk to offset taxes, but you can't use fruits. If we all grow fruits, we will not be able to pay the taxes of the court for a while. We haven't had a year's worth of respite. And the whole family has to eat, there is no way to do it. After this fruit tree is planted, it will take at least three years to bear fruit, and we really can't wait for these three years. ’

Xiaoqiang's face was solemn, he knew that the imperial court paid taxes very much, and if anyone dared not pay, his house would be raided immediately. and dethrone your peasant status, and make you an army.

Although Xiaoqiang is a martial artist, he also sighs from time to time that the court is mediocre.

But what can be done about it?

"Listen, everyone, we Li Jieyuan can provide you with three years of rations for free. How's that? ’

The crowd shook their heads, 'No. We still have to pay taxes from the imperial court, we all have household registration, and we can't escape taxes. Unless we run away and become traveling merchants and live a life of displacement. ’

Xiao Qiang felt helpless, he lowered his head, and after a while, he said again, "Listen, everyone, don't worry. I believe that Li Xie Yuan will definitely take care of this matter to the end. I'll go back and report to the young master. I'll let you know again when I have news. ’

'Please Xiaoqiang Gongzi must tell Li Jieyuan. Our peasants live a very hard life. ’

'yes. It would be nice if Li Jieyuan were our local parent official, and he would definitely be able to help us reduce some of our taxes. ’

Li Xie Yuan is a good person, if he knows, he will definitely help us. He helped the out-of-town merchants. ’

That night, Xiaoqiang came to Li Yibai's house and told Li Yibai about planting fruit trees during the day.

Li Yibai's face was solemn.

'Young Master, are you in trouble? If we can't do it, we won't do it. I think the world is like this, we don't do it, we have already helped a lot of people, and we have already accumulated virtue and done a lot of good. ’

Xiaoqiang, who cares about Li Yibai, said.

Li Yibai raised his head and sighed, "I'm not looking solemn because I have difficulties. But we didn't expect the people to live so poorly.

The Great Song Dynasty is known as the country of prosperity. Jiangnan is also the granary of the Great Song Dynasty. Lin'an is also a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River. But I didn't expect that in the richest place, the people were still so poor. And the people of other remote areas are not even worse?

Ay. This damn Song Huizong has done nothing to such an extent. The entire government is in a miasma, and the people are complaining. ’

Xiao Qiang, who cared about Li Yibai, said again, "Young Master." This is the way of the world, what can we do? It's better to forget about it. If we provoke the government, I'm afraid we will get into trouble. ’

Li Yibai smiled faintly, "I'll be afraid of them?" I'm in charge of that. It seems that I have to be an official now. Only when I am an official can I use the power of an official to protect the people of one side. ’

Xiao Qiang said again, "But, young master, you haven't been admitted to the Jinshi how to be an official." And this official won't necessarily assign you to Lin'an. ’

Li Yibai said lightly, "I am free to do this thing." You stop this for now. I'm going to go to the DPRK and China to find an official. For the benefit of the people of Lin'an. I must bring this tax down. ’

Hearing that Li Yibai had made up his mind, Xiaoqiang didn't say anything anymore.

The next day, Li Yibai drove a sports car to see Liu Erqiu. He planned to go to Beijing with Liu Erqiu to meet Song Huizong and ask Song Huizong for an official.

Li Yibai got out of the car and entered Liu Erqiu's mansion.

Liu Erqiu was juggling the ball in the yard, and when he saw Li Yibai coming, he hurriedly stopped.

'Big brother, why are you here?' ’

'I've come to you to discuss something. ’

'Big brother, please sit down, sit down and talk slowly. ’

The two then sat down side by side.

Li Yibai said directly, 'Who is collecting Lin'an's taxes? ’

Liu Erqiu said, "Lin'an's taxes are collected by Lin'an's political envoys. I only have administrative power, not financial power. The central government has always kept the financial power of the localities in its hands. I can't control them at all. They are all Beijing officials sent by the imperial court, and some officials are even higher in rank than me. Many of them are officials of the household department, and at the same time, they are temporary political envoys. ’

Liu Erqiu is right, since the Northern Song Dynasty Taizu, in order to prevent the formation of local feudal towns, all the local financial rights, military rights, and human rights have been confiscated. Moreover, for the prefect, many general judgments were also sent to monitor. Although Liu Erqiu is a local prefect, he has no power at all over the collection of taxes.

Li Yibai nodded, "I understand." Now I want to get an official position. And to do it in Lin'an. I'm going to reduce taxes for the people here. ’

When Liu Erqiu heard this, he was frightened into a cold sweat.

'Big brother, if you want to be an official. This is easy. I'll drag someone to help you say a few nice words to the emperor, it's not difficult to get an idle official. But if you want to reduce taxes, it is estimated that this thing will not be easy to do. ’

Li Yibai said, "I have to do this." No matter how hard it is for him. I met the emperor and said to the emperor in person. ’

Liu Erqiu hurriedly stopped, "Big brother." Don't, don't tell the emperor. This will anger the emperor. Only two people can do this. One is the prime minister of the dynasty. One is the emperor.

The prime minister is the maker of national policy, and after he has formulated it, he proposes it to the emperor for his approval. Where he wants to pay high taxes, he can pay high taxes wherever he wants. Before our Great Song Dynasty, there was no commercial tax. Prime Minister Cai Jing saw that there was a large loss of people from agriculture, and most of the peasants fled the famine to become itinerant merchants, so he collected taxes from the merchants. Continue to maintain the huge expenses of the imperial court. So the prime minister is the one who controls the decision-making power of tax collection. ’

Li Yibai asked, 'Do you have any contact with Cai Jing?' ’

Liu Erqiu lowered his head and said disappointedly, "No." I was in the background of the court as Captain Gao Yu. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and faster!)