In the palace, Governor Chen was sincerely frightened, and received Zhao Jiacheng, a herald from the capital, and he showed the token to Governor Chen, which was the identity certificate of the inner guards, and only the people around the emperor had it.

Zhao Jiacheng was sent by Wang Chengen to order Governor Chen to go to Zhangjiaxin Village, Dongshuanghe Town, for a private visit, and truthfully return what he saw and heard.

Zhao Jiacheng said to the prefect: "This private visit to the micro-service will be carried out in a low-key manner, and I will also go together." ”

After discussing with Zhao Jiacheng, Governor Chen decided that Zhao Jiacheng would disguise himself as a subordinate of the prefect and pretend to be a merchant to go to Xincun Weifu for a private visit.

After settling down Zhao Jiacheng and coming to the back hall, Governor Chen and his wife Lu talked about the private visit of Weifu, and Governor Chen said: "Today, the Holy Lord actually ordered me to visit the new village in secret, which is incomprehensible, and the construction of a small new village has attracted the attention of Long Live Live, I don't know if it is a curse or a blessing?" ”

Lu Shi asked nervously: "We won't be implicated, right, why don't we call our daughter back?" ”

Governor Chen shook his head and said: "A small new village, if it is really a disaster, the imperial court would have sent someone to exterminate it a long time ago, according to my judgment, it is very likely to be a blessing." ”

Lu Shi was relieved and said: "I think Yu Xiang is a good person, and our daughter has vision." If the imperial court can really take a fancy to him, he will definitely have a bright future in the future, and Siyi will not be small. It's time to get married, do you want to pierce this layer of window paper and complete the marriage between Siyi and Yu Xiang? ”

Governor Chen nodded and said, "Tomorrow for a private visit, I will act with the camera!" ”

Seeing that the old man was successful, Lu Shi settled down.

The next morning, the two carriages stopped in Dongshuanghe Town, and four people got down from the two carriages, they were Chen Zhifu, Zhao Jiacheng, Sun Master and the patrol messenger, Chen Zhifu was dressed as a businessman, and Zhao Jiacheng, Master Sun and the patrol messenger were dressed as subordinates.

Standing at the entrance of Dongshuanghe Town, I saw two thick wooden brackets, and a huge plaque was supported on the brackets, which read, "Welcome to Dongshuanghe Town!" "A few big characters in vermilion.

Governor Chen was looking up at these words. At this time, there was the sound of cars and horses behind him, and someone shouted from behind: "Objective, please give way!" Let's give way! Thank you! ”

Governor Chen hurriedly stepped aside, and a carriage passed by them.

A middle-aged businessman sticking out of the car window politely waved to Governor Chen's office and thanked him. The carriage did not stop and headed towards the town of Dongshuanghe.

Standing on the side of the road, Governor Chen saw that the road was full of people, walking on foot, carrying burdens, and driving carriages, with men, women, old and young, and the road was very lively.

Governor Chen stopped a man who looked like an old farmer and asked, "Uncle, why is this Dongshuanghe Town so lively?" Isn't it a holiday? ”

The old farmer smiled and said, "You are also a merchant who came here, right?" ”

Governor Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Exactly! Please also ask the old man for some advice. ”

The old man smiled even brighter and said, "Now the town is so lively every day, and it is not a festival. ”

Governor Chen asked, "Why is such a small town so lively every day?" ”

The old man replied: "This is the blessing of the long Tori, a few days ago, I hit. Black. Except. Evil, eradicated the ruffian bullies, but also Dongshuanghe Town to peace, now here to buy and sell fairly, Tong Su is not bullied, ten miles and eight towns, all love to do business here, lively ah, this is not, I took the vegetables grown at home to sell, in exchange for some money to spend. ”

Governor Chen listened and thought thoughtfully.

The old man also kindly suggested: "Objective, hurry up and go to the Xincun Yuelai Inn to register, it's late, I can't book a room, I, let's go, I have to sell a load of vegetables quickly." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he picked up the vegetable basket and left happily.

Hearing what he said, Governor Chen decided to go to the Xincun Yuelai Inn first.

It is not difficult to find this inn, they soon came to the front of the Yuelai Inn in Xincun, only to see a lot of cars and horses parked in front of the inn, and the middle-aged merchant who just saw at the entrance of the town was asking the innkeeper: "When will the guest room be vacated?" ”

The guy politely took out a registration book and said, "Objective, you register first, we will reserve a room for you in the order of first come, first served, please come at noon to confirm." ”

The middle-aged merchant took the registration book and looked at it, and there were more than one page of people registered in front of him, and said: "With so many people registering, I'm afraid I won't be able to take my turn today." ”

The innkeeper said truthfully: "Don't say it's today, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get it in three days, the inn is full of regulars, and there are few people who check out." ”

The middle-aged merchant took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and put it in the man's hand and said: "We came from afar, and we also brought our daughter to do business, and by the way, we brought it to the marriage agency to find an aunt for our daughter in the new village, you can do it, help!" ”

The innkeeper politely returned the silver to the middle-aged merchant and said, "You can't take this silver, if you accept this silver, I will be driven out of the new village." ”

The middle-aged merchant reluctantly withdrew the silver, and said anxiously: "Look, there are several of us, we can't sleep on the road, you can give me some pointers, where is the right place for us to stay?" ”

The guy is a warm-hearted person, he said: "We can encounter situations like you every day, in fact, there are other inns in the town, and there are some private houses for rent, you can go to live, where the conditions may be poor, but the price is lower than this, if you find which one steals customers or has a poor service attitude, you can go to the business office to complain, once verified, that family will be severely punished, in the town, you can rest assured, the trade is fair, safe and secure!" ”

The middle-aged merchant was relieved when he heard the guy say this, and he continued to ask, "May I ask how to go to the Xincun Marriage Agency?" ”

The guy went out and pointed to the back street: "The marriage agency is in the back street, you can see it when you turn in front of you." ”

After the middle-aged merchant registered in the registration book, he drove to the back street.

The first time Governor Chen heard about the marriage agency, he consulted Zhao Jiacheng with his eyes, and Zhao Jiacheng also nodded his interest, so they followed the middle-aged merchant's carriage to the back street.

Walking on the back street, they were very surprised, originally thought that the back street was full of garbage and sewage flowing, but they didn't expect it to be very clean and tidy.

At a corner of the back street, I found that there were many people queuing, and there were many young women in the team, which was extremely rare, and the eldest girls who were not out of the cabinet rarely went out.

After Governor Chen saw that the middle-aged merchant was consciously lined up, he stepped forward curiously and looked towards the marriage agency.

Seeing that there were a few people and women in the house who were busy, I only heard the voice of an elderly woman: "Uncle Zheng, don't worry, now the new village is planting sweet potatoes, and I can't spare time for a blind date. ”

An old man's voice said anxiously: "I said Granny Zhang, you took the initiative to go to my house to propose marriage, saying that you were going to give my daughter to Mu Xiaoer, we waited at home every day, and there is no news until now, and now I have put my words out, and now my relatives know that I am going to marry Xincun, if this matter is yellow, it will not be a joke to say it?" ”

The old man's mother-in-law Zhang is the matchmaker Aunt Zhang, who is nicknamed matchmaker Zhang.

Matchmaker Zhang said: "Uncle Zhang, I have your matter in mind, I will go back and urge Mu Xiaoer, he is now the captain of the cleaning brigade, he is very busy, he usually has no time, you wait, you see that there are so many people queuing up behind, I am busy here, you go back to listen to the news first." ”

The old man still didn't give up, and begged: "Our whole family is anxiously listening, even the dowry is ready, if it really doesn't work, we don't want the bride price money, let's always do it, set the date earlier, save me from worrying all day long, and besides, our relatives are connected to relatives, you can help!" ”

After that, the old man took out a few copper coins from his sleeve, put them on the table and said, "Granny Zhang, this is the sugar water money I gave you, and I will entrust my daughter's affairs to you." ”

Aunt Zhang, the matchmaker, hurriedly stuffed the money to the old man and said: "Now I am not the matchmaker Zhang of the past, if I had stayed in the past, I would have accepted it boldly and boldly, but now, I am the director of the marriage agency, the introduction object, it is my job, I want to accept it, I am sorry for the chief, you take the money back, if not, I will not protect the media for your daughter." ”

The old man had no choice but to take back the copper coin. When he went out, he shook his head and said: "Nowadays, it is difficult for a girl to enter the new village, I knew that I would have contributed to this matter, so I would have no worries, hey~"

Governor Chen and Zhao Jiacheng looked at each other, there are still people in the world who are in a hurry to marry their daughters to others, but others are picky, pushing, procrastinating, this kind of thing is the first time I have heard of it.

Governor Chen hurriedly intercepted the old man and asked, "Why do you want to marry your daughter to Xincun?" ”

When the old man heard someone ask this, he sighed and said: "Don't you know, now everyone yearns for the new village, you look at Dongshuanghe Town, it used to be dilapidated and sparsely populated, but now, it is lively and rich." I heard that the new village is many times stronger than this Dongshuanghe Town, the girl can really get married, and she can live a stable and good life in this life, even if the man dies in the war outside in the future, the pension alone is enough to eat for a lifetime. Marrying a new village is equivalent to sending your daughter to heaven, and now many big families are vying to send your daughter to a new village! ”

When Governor Chen heard this, his heart was lively, and he remembered the matter of his daughter Chen Siyi, he wanted to understand the situation of Yu Xiang from the side, so he asked: "Is Yu Li married for a long time?" ”

The old man sighed and said: "We are ordinary people, how can we climb high, this is long, young and promising, decent, not yet married, I heard that he and Mu Village Chief have made a marriage contract, just wait for a good day and auspicious day, the two become husband and wife." The two are talented and beautiful, a pair is set in the sky, and a pair is made in the ground! ”

Governor Chen was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but worry about his daughter, and then shook his head again, and said in his heart: The daughter of a dignified court official is actually worried about marrying, and spreading it out must not make people laugh off their big teeth.

Zhao Jiacheng shook his head and sighed when he saw the prefect: "So he asked, Prefect Chen, what did you think of?" ”

Governor Chen was startled, realized that he was out of shape, and hurriedly said, "It's okay, let's go to the front street again?" ”

Governor Chen took people and turned to the front street to walk and see, there were a variety of goods on the street, buying and selling publicly.

When they came to a house with a sign on it, they saw a young woman directing several people to register the cashier, and after each money, a note would be opened, and a cashier would put the note in his pocket and walk out happily.

Governor Chen hurriedly stopped a banker and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

The cashier replied, "Pay the tax!" ”

Governor Chen asked, "What kind of tax do you pay?" How to deal with it? ”

The man said happily, "Today my business is done, and it looks like your first time here." I'll tell you about it. ”

Governor Chen thanked him again and again.

The man said, "For every two taels of silver I earn here, I have to pay one penny, and today I have earned more than six taels of silver, and I will pay three denarii." When today's business is done, I will pay the money and go home. Hahaha"

The man laughed happily.

Governor Chen asked, "Isn't this cutting you down?" ”

This man laughed and said: "You don't know about this, there was no tax payment before, but there was no one to manage it, the environment was dirty and messy, the rampant bullies, those who collected protection money, forced to buy and sell, abounded, and the fees paid secretly were much higher than this." Now in this town, everyone pays the money to the surface, you look at this. ”

The banker took out the voucher from his pocket like a baby: "With this voucher, you can be an honest merchant in the future, once you become an honest merchant, you may become a resident of the new village, and you can enter and exit the new village by obtaining the identity card of the new village. ”

Governor Chen continued to ask: "Isn't this Yu Li Chang doing land profits and doing business without capital?" ”

The banker felt that this was an attack on the chief, so he said angrily: "Don't people need to do the sanitation in this town?" Doesn't order need to be maintained by people? If we really don't collect money and go back to the way we used to be, we'll all suffer. If one day this town really doesn't collect taxes, I won't do it! ”

Seeing that this person was a little angry, Governor Chen said with a pleasant face: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that, I was just curious." ”

The banker continued: "We have a long and righteous heart, and our hearts are towards the poor, and those who trade less than two taels a day in the town are small and do not need to pay taxes. Only those with a transaction amount of more than two taels will be taxed. The amount of tax is not large, and it is possible to obtain the qualification to enter the new village, and everyone pays the tax voluntarily. ”

"Then do you estimate how much turnover there is in this Dongshuanghe Town in a day?" Governor Chen continued to ask.

The man glanced at Governor Chen, thought for a while, and said, "The transaction here is so active, it is estimated that there is always a turnover of several thousand taels a day." ”

When the man had finished speaking, he said that something was wrong and hurried away.

Governor Chen stood here and counted the accounts, if the transaction volume was two thousand taels a day, it would be one hundred taels of silver, and when he heard this person say that it was a turnover of several thousand taels a day, he was suddenly startled. Governor Chen remembered that Yu Xiang promised to pay taxes in the amount of four hundred and fifty taels of silver every year, and originally thought that he had taken advantage of it, but now it seems that his vision is still short-sighted.

Governor Chen was a little ashamed of himself, thinking that the order and safety of the city was too far behind that of Dongshuanghe Town, and he had heard that some merchants had moved to this town.

Governor Chen secretly said to Master Sun: "Write down these experiences well, go back to absorb and digest them, and learn from them!" ”

Master Sun said: "Master, the little one has long been careful, and when I go back, I have to think about the affairs of the tax office." ”

Besides, Zhao Jiacheng is also happy in his heart, today's Shengshang's financial resources are difficult, and the practice of Dongshuanghe Town is undoubtedly a brick and jade, which is worth learning from, and maybe it can open a new way to make money to alleviate the worry of the imperial court's lack of silver.