The tax revenue of the Xia Dynasty was divided into spring and autumn, and it was usually raised by each county itself, and then collected to the state capital and sent to Shangjing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 INFOKonaka is the first day of March for spring tax payment and the first day of September for autumn, so the first month and July of each year are the busiest months for each county.

The tax grain in Jimo County is collected in Beihai County and Zhiju County, and of course Zhao Min does not need to worry about the specific grain relief matters. Speaking of tax grain, I really have to thank his predecessor Jimo Ling Cheng Bi, when he privately purchased a lot of grain in order to conspire against the Xiahou family, but this time it was all cheaper than Zhao Min, who took over, so that he could raise enough grain almost effortlessly. Fortunately, Zhao Min was able to free up his hands and feet to do another thing.

Zhao Min's main job now is to preside over the spring festival. That's right, it's a variety of traditional activities such as sacrifices and hands-on farming that take place after the beginning of spring. According to the rules handed down by the founding ancestor of the Xia Dynasty, every year at the beginning of spring, the emperor needs to personally preside over the sacrificial ceremony, worship the sky in the south, south, north, and west, lead the royal family to worship the ancestors, lead the hundred officials to carry out the spring ploughing ceremony, etc.; Zhao Min, as the prince of Beihai on behalf of the heavens, in order to avoid being impeached by the rumors and officials, he also had to go through these ceremonies in the small Jimo. Although it is not as cumbersome as the emperor, the three-day ceremony still makes Zhao Min tired enough.

At this time, Zhao Min had just returned to the study after presiding over the spring ploughing ceremony, changed into clean clothes after washing, and made himself a cup of fragrant tea, intending to relax comfortably. Suddenly, my heart moved, and there was a new change in the 'main mission' in my mind:

Mission Name: The Wind Rises

Duration of the mandate: one year

Mission Description: The wind is from the dragon, the cloud is from the tiger, the continent is surging, and the troubled times are inevitable! You must take actual control of your county within a year, and you have to work hard!

Reward: 200 points

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Zhao Min suddenly became sleepy. 200 points! All along, except for the first task reward obtained by the opening reward when the system was first obtained, the rest of the tasks are only 50 points at most, and the only special task of 100 points 'Exploration' almost put a small life into it! If you guess that, this sudden 200-point mission is at least twice as difficult as the previous one!

But then again, if you get the actual control of the county government where you are located, that is, Beihai County, you will inevitably turn your face openly with Lu Xu, the guard of Beihai County, right? It's okay, he and Lu Xu have long been on a fire, and it was only a matter of time before he turned his face, so why be so entangled? Since the task is to force himself to get rid of that old boy, wouldn't it be just right to implement the plan that has been prepared for many days? The top priority now is to train the soldiers, reorganize the armament, and prepare enough capital for the future turnaround!

While thinking about it, the attendant outside the door reported that Mr. Meng asked to see him.

Zhao Min hurriedly got up and welcomed Meng Hou into the study to sit down, and then ordered someone to serve fragrant tea. Zhao Min saw Meng Hou's complacent appearance, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Mr. is suddenly here, but what happy events do you want to share with Min?" ”

Meng Hou smiled: "The King of Beihai is really like a god. Previously, the king of the North Sea has made a good batch of Quyuan cocoon plow, a few days ago has been put into production, did not think that the effect was unexpectedly good, only three days, reclaimed more than 700 acres of wasteland, this is still only one-third of the Tunpu using the result of Quyuan plow; If we look at this momentum, the harvest at the time of the autumn harvest will be twice as much as expected! ”

Zhao Min was also pleasantly surprised: "What Mr. said is true? "I didn't expect this thing to be so easy to use, he even thought about whether to exchange another technology product, but unfortunately there are only 14 points left after summoning Jiang Qin last time, and the reward of 'breaking the conspiracy' just completed is only 64 points, which is still a little short of the 100 points required for technology exchange.

Meng Hou smiled: "It's true! Thanks to the ingenuity and ingenuity of the King of the North Sea, it is really a blessing for all people! ”

Zhao Min hurriedly waved his hand: "It's still Mr. hard work, Min is just doing his best, if it weren't for Mr. working hard for many days, and he insisted that the workshop be completed ahead of schedule, how could the people of Tun have today's blessings?" That's why I want to say, it has to be the gentleman who has made the most of it! ”

Meng Hou stroked his palms and laughed, "When the King of Beihai invited me out of the mountain, Hou Shang had doubts; Looking at it today, the king of Beihai is majestic, and Hou should be glad that he decided that day! ”

Zhao Min had no choice but to smile on the side, but he thought in his heart: What kind of eloquence is it, if you don't move the big stone above your head, everything is just a mirror!

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On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, a mighty and incomparably large convoy walked on the official road from Xixian County to Linyong, the capital of Qingzhou Prefecture. It was the cold winter season, and there was some snow in the first two days, and the roads were muddy, and from time to time people and animals slipped and fell, which attracted a burst of shouting and scolding, and even the flags with the words "Beihai County Shoulu" and "Fengzhi Yufu" on the convoy were also crooked, and there were many mud spots splashed on them, which looked extremely desolate.

This convoy is the food relief team from Beihai to Qingzhou Mansion. The distance between the drama county and the state is very close, and it is only one hundred and twenty miles before and after, so if you hurry up, it will be there in one day. However, the big car escorting the grain was already cumbersome and unbearable, and the road was slippery, and the speed of travel was extremely slow, so it was only half the way to Shenshi from Xixian in the morning.

Different from the imagination of ordinary people, the "fu" and "tax" of the Xia Dynasty are two completely different things. In fact, the level of tax collection is quite low, except for the occasional war years, when there is a tax increase, most of the rest are maintained at the level of 30 taxes, even the most ordinary poor people can easily pay, and the tax belongs to the local government's own fiscal revenue. As for the "endowment" given to the state, there are various names of this endowment, including "arithmetic endowment", that is, adults pay according to the capitation, there are "mouth endowments", that is, children's capitation endowments, and there are "more endowments", which are set up to exempt them from labor in the Wubian area, and there are also "household endowments", "flat endowments", and so on, and the amount of endowments also varies according to the level of each generation. For example, during the period of Emperor Xiaowu mentioned earlier, due to frequent foreign wars, the level of payment reached nearly 300 yuan per person per year! But even during the period of Emperor Xiaochun, who had the lightest endowment, the endowment was 120 yuan per person per year. The level of taxation in this dynasty is basically stable at about 180 yuan per person per year, and the population of Beihai County is 720,000, and the annual tax is about 130 million yuan, and half of it is 65 million yuan in the spring!

Generally speaking, the payment of grain is according to the proportion of money seven grains and three grains, that is to say, according to the tax level of Beihai County, 65 million yuan should be paid in the spring grain tax, of which 45 million is in the form of coins, and the other 20 million is converted into grain, and there are also 200,000 stones, which will fill more than 100 carts; On the contrary, there were fewer than ten carts loaded with coins. Under normal circumstances, the two places are so close to each other that there is no need to send soldiers on a large scale to escort them, but for some reason, Lu Xu arranged for a full 2,000 soldiers to carry out the escort work, plus more than 1,000 people who pulled the carts, it was really vast and impossible to see at a glance. But because of the large number of people, the front team and the back team dragged on too long, and it was inconvenient to communicate before and after, which further slowed down the team's marching speed.

Seeing that it was almost dusk, the military attache led by the forward team glanced at the slowly swallowing team, and called the deputy general beside him and said: "There is muddy water in front, you lead the team forward to the water's edge and camp first, and I will go and ask Gongzi for instructions." After the adjutant general responded, the military attache turned around and galloped towards the Chinese army.

In the middle of the procession, I saw a green radish umbrella cover from a distance, and a circle of people gathered below, and a noble man in Chinese clothes sat on a soft sedan chair without a lid, closing his eyes and recuperating. The military attache galloped forward, jumped off the horse and walked to the soft sedan chair, and respectfully arched his hand and said: "Qi Yu Gongzi, the front is going to the turbid water, and the last general will see that the sky is getting dark, so I have come to ask for instructions, is the whole army rushing to cross the turbid water today?" ”

The son of Huafu is Lu Min, the only son of Lu Xu, the Taishou of Beihai. I saw that he didn't open his eyes, kept a half-lying posture and slowly spoke: "How about rushing to cross?" What if you don't rush to the ferry? ”

The military attache hurriedly replied: "There is only one bridge connecting the muddy water with the official road, which is no more than two zhang wide, and only allows one cart to pass through, so the whole army can only travel through the stream, which takes a long time. Seeing that it was getting late, the last general considered whether the whole army would spend the night by the river for the time being, and then set off at dawn tomorrow. ”

Lu Min frowned, "The one we are waiting for is the imperial endowment, and the stakes are very important, how can we allow it to be delayed at will?" Taishou explained when he set off, no matter what the reason, he must not stop on the road, do you want to disobey the order? ”

The military attache said hurriedly: "But crossing the river at night, the line of sight is not clear, and there is a fear of damage between the heels of the vehicles......

Lu Min impatiently interrupted the military attaché's words: "What is a little personal injury?" Needless to say, pass my order, and the whole army will rush to cross! ”

The military attache had no choice but to reply: "Wow" and turned away.

Turbid water runs through the main arteries of the Beihai Qi country, and naturally there is no only one bridge; But from the straight line of the two places, the nearest is the stone bridge that runs through the official road of less than two zhang, otherwise it will have to detour seven or eight miles upstream to have another bridge. It is no joke that the whole army crosses the river from a narrow bridge, the first thing to do is to assemble the whole army and recount it. You said that one by one, the first to cross the river? What are you kidding, there is no computer statistics and classification these years, all the vehicles and people are numbered one by one, once the single will be messy, and when the time comes, a few people will escape with food, who can afford it? So all that was left to do now was to assemble the convoy and cross the river one by one, in the order in which they set off. But with hundreds of carts and more than 3,000 soldiers and civilians, how could they be easily unified and organized for a while? What's more, there are hundreds of horses and cattle, so the entire muddy water bank is full of neighing and horse-roaring for a while, and it is very lively.

Lu Min came to the river, and when he saw the chaotic scene by the river, he was very impatient. But fortunately, he also understood the severity, and forcibly crossed the river in an irregular manner, the damage to men and horses was small, and the damage to food was great. Therefore, I had to be patient and wait.

Just as he was anxious, the military attache of the forward suddenly stepped forward, happily hugged his fists and said to Lu Min: "Qi Yu Gongzi, I just visited the Malay newspaper, there is an inn on the other side of the river, it is better to leave some school officers here to rectify the team, Gongzi moved to the inn on the other side to rest for a while, find some hot food and drink a glass of water and wine to warm up, it is better than blowing a cold wind here?" ”

Lu Min was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in his heart that this guy is quite sensible, and being able to go to the house to take shelter is of course much better than watching the messy whole team of these soldiers and civilians here, but thinking of his father's instructions before leaving, he still shook his head and said: "This son is responsible for himself, how can he leave without permission?" Let's wait here. ”

When the military attache heard this, he knew that he was moved, and now he was just pretending, so he immediately persuaded: "The prince has a public heart, and the general will admire it!" However, this place is the heart of Qingzhou, and the distance between Xixian County and Linzhu is only dozens of miles, how can anyone dare to twist the tiger's whiskers? Besides, the son is just going to take a break and find some food, and it's not too late to come to supervise after the meal! ”

When Lu Min heard this, he pretended to hesitate for a while, and finally nodded and said, "It's okay, it's up to you to wait." But remember to remind me later, come and supervise when you finish your meal. ”

Everyone around him was overjoyed, and responded in unison: "Don't worry, son, I won't dare to forget!" ”

Everyone crossed the bridge, and sure enough, they saw a lonely courtyard standing by the river. When I got closer, I saw a flag erected outside the courtyard gate, and the flag was lonely in the wind, with four big characters on it: there is an inn.