I slept deeply.

Do you really live in a straw hut and have a comfortable home?

The next day, Zheng Lang woke up and heard Si'er outside shouting in surprise: "Look, the peach blossoms are blooming." ”

Zheng Lang got up and saw Si'er holding a purple and red peach blossom in his hand.

Spring has officially arrived.

But Zheng Lang set off again and went to Wuhu County.

summoned a large group of households and said a few words, not only outlining a bigger piece of cake for them, but also having an intention, commercial taxes and city endowments.

Real estate such as land and houses must be traded with bulk commodities such as agriculture and livestock, and the government levies a tax rate of 4 percent, also known as land deed money or seal deed money. The city tax is divided into house tax and land tax, and the house tax is divided into ten levels and pays taxes intermittently, and the land tax refers to the foundation of the house and the idle lot or vegetable garden, the tax rate is not very high, and it is better than the large amount, and it is also one of the important taxes of the imperial court.

There are also various forms of commercial taxes, including the farm tools that Zheng Lang asked the people to buy, and they also have to pay taxes, as well as craftsman labor, and buying, and some labor, and special cities will pay field and foreign taxes, mining taxes, and imperial court monopolies.

Aside from the monopoly income, the commercial tax also accounts for a large share of the imperial court's money tax, one-sixth when it is low, and one-half is stronger when it is high (the Song Dynasty has insufficient money, and there is money to pay taxes, as well as silk, grain, grass or other sundries to pay taxes, and the money tax accounts for more than thirty percent or forty percent). So as long as there is commerce, the carriage of the Song Dynasty can run slowly, don't rush it, break the carriage, and nothing can run.

The land deed money allowed Taiping Zhou to get more than 20,000 yuan, a lot, and as soon as the work started after the autumn, the money and grain were exchanged for work, and the money would be used faster than running water. There will be, in the future, with the repair of each Dawei, grain, rice, silk and hemp out, there will be people who buy land to do shops and workshops, some people like last year's fourth-class household said, there are only thirty or forty acres of land at home, can not operate in two places, rent both sides of the management and it is not worth it, not the main household, there are not so many people in the family to collect rent, so sell it, and you can get some money.

The city tax and the commodity transaction tax, the latter was levied at the beginning, and the former did not move. If you want to move, you can only see the investment, not the return, and everyone will not be very convinced, and if you go to the levy, there will be opposition.

Give them a cake in advance so that they can reduce some of their complaints.

It is also necessary to wait until after the autumn, when the grain of the two weis will come up, so that they can see a bright future before going to the levy.

Let's take a look first, just the title deed money got more than 20,000 yuan, how many transactions existed?

Get off the boat, board the chicken feather mountain bird's eye view, want to see far, to go up the Zhe Mountain, the chicken feather mountain and the Chizhu mountain these hills are too short. However, the center of gravity is not in the Zheshan area, or the Jimao Mountain is the main one, or extends to the south or to the north.

At first glance, it looks good, there are no 100,000 households, there are 7,000 or 8,000 households, and it is not like when I came, at a glance, there are all small thatched sheds, and many families have built beautiful green brick and brown tile houses, leaving a beautiful street.

If you don't stay, although the economic consciousness can't catch up with the descendants, the simple economic consciousness will always have, the shop will be more valuable than the house, more expensive, if you want the pavement, you have to exist in the street, all are spontaneously organized, and the streets are very neat.

In the end, that street became a bustling street, God knows?

Not only are houses being built, but there are also a few people speculating in land, and the price of good land has risen to 60 taels per mu of land, and the average land price has also risen from the original 35 taels to more than 30 yuan. The more it rose, the more it was bought, and some third- and fourth-class households also stripped their belts and bought some real estate. Zheng Lang didn't care, he was a human being in two lives, and one square meter was only about 20 yuan in kind...... Is it still money?

If you teach some experience of "making a fortune", it is possible for some smart people to speculate to 1,200 yuan per mu, and the land price is still a little low on the whole. But the major families are afraid, this house is built here, will it be useful, dozens of dollars to buy more than a dozen acres of arable land. Slowly, the atmosphere subsided.

But where are so many business transactions now?

In addition to the original county seat and the new wharf, as well as the area of the Monogram, forming three commercial points, only houses are seen in other places, either continuing to build, or the iron general has built the gate, and the door is full of birds. However, a large number of building materials poured in, so that the state capital received more than 10,000 yuan in commercial taxes. The big families did not get rich, but the state government made a small fortune first.

Wang Xianling brought a few small officials to greet him.

Zheng Lang said: "Wang County Order, hard work. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, no matter how bitter you are, you don't know how bitter you are." Wang Xianling rubbed his hands. He had a sudden belief in his heart, and two large polders were built, and when he saw the polder, he relaxed. If such a levee is broken, all the small polders in the entire Taiping Prefecture will not be able to keep it.

But another thing made his heart go up and down, and he asked suspiciously: "Zheng Zhizhou, are there too few people in the county?" ”

It's not easy to explain that in such a circle, all the big families have come to buy land and build houses, and if it can't be developed, it is also very sad.

"It won't be less, you will see in two years, and we will continue to build houses in the future, otherwise there will not be enough to live in." But by then, he must have left office.

Wang Anshi said: "Doctor Zheng, I have an idea, the state government will organize a prison and set up a weaving, how about it?" ”

"That's a competition with the people."

But after Zheng Lang finished speaking, they laughed together. Competing with the people for profit, that is the saying of the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse! In the Song Dynasty, not only did they compete with the people for profit, but even many industries set up franchises domineeringly. As long as you can make money, whether it's black money or white money, it's good.

However, a few students realized that the teacher's statement was not to compete with the people for profit, but to take into account the mentality of various large households, who were originally just investing money and not seeing the money, and the government would come to rob them of their future profits, which would inevitably lead to more unhappiness.

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment and said: "Doctor Zheng, this is also the golden mean, if the country is divided into three groups, one is the imperial court, the second is the rich households, and the third is the poor people. The poorest are the state and the poor people, and the same way is to adjust the money. ”

It seems to make sense that those who have money are rich, so their money must be squeezed out and distributed to the state and the people. He has done this in history, robbing the rich and the poor, and helping the country...... So Zheng Lang said: "Not only that, there are many large transactions in the country, such as grain, silk, porcelain, medicinal materials, etc., which are all operated by merchants. In the event of a disaster, the rice collected for 50 yuan per bucket can be sold for more than 100 yuan. ”

"Yes, the annihilators are hateful."

"Can we let the imperial court invest all of it and operate it in a unified manner, so that it will not earn the poor people's money, and the court will also make huge profits?"

"It's ...... good"

"It seems to be good, but think about it, with the rigid and rigid system of the imperial court, can the officials who exist [***] below run it well?"

Wang Xianling asked strangely: "Why can businessmen do well?" ”

"People's hearts, one for themselves, naturally do their best, for the country, the surname is completely different. How important is the commercial tax, once all handed over to the state to operate, without mentioning disputes, or more than ten years, all the commerce will shrink, lose the commercial tax, do you want to learn from the Tang Dynasty? ”

Several people shuddered.

The annual income of the imperial court of nearly 100 million yuan is still beyond its means, and what will become of the tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty, which is only 2,000 yuan a year?

"Those who have the ability to make business bigger are still big households, they are harmful, but also beneficial, and they can only be adjusted, not generalized." Zheng Lang said, to put it a little ambiguously, the gap between the rich and the poor in the Song Dynasty was very heavy, but how to control it? Besides, the Song Dynasty was not poor, but all the money was used inappropriately.

"For example, the resettlement of Xinwei this time ......," Lu Gongzhu said carefully.

"Sort of."

"Why?" Wang Xianling listened to the conversation between these five masters and apprentices, and felt that it was unheard of, almost a theory that he had never heard before, and he didn't understand this sentence.

"Dr. Zheng's approach is to rely on large households, the opposition is very loud, and there are many consequences, so he does not restrain them, but through the encirclement to create more wealthy families, such as resettlement of 8,000 households, as long as they are not lazy to eat, and get so much fertile land, after three or five years, they will all become third-class households and fourth-class households, which is also a kind of adjustment."

"......I see," Wang Xian Ling muttered, and then wiped his sweat with the two little officials behind him. I thought to myself, sure enough, there are inhuman masters, and there are inhuman students, these teenagers are not very old, but they can't really be treated as young people.

Yan Rong said: "But I think Wang Sanlang has a good idea. ”

"Tell me why."

"Doctor Zheng, for example, a well-known restaurant in the capital, there will be many small restaurants around that will be affected by the benefits of this restaurant......"

"It's a saying," Zheng Lang couldn't help but ponder, he was different from others, he could transfer those weaver girls from Zhangjiazhuang, anyway, it was the workshop of the government, and the income was also the income of the imperial court, and under their leadership, there would be exquisite silk weaving works. It can be established now, in order to accelerate, Zheng Lang persuaded the people of Liangwei to buy half of the mulberry seedlings to come over, not to buy small mulberry seedlings, grow fast, and the income is faster. If you live immediately, you can pick some mulberry leaves, although the amount is not large, but some people in the polder have already cultivated spring silkworms. There is also a large amount of mulberry hemp in other places, and raw silk is far cheaper in Jiangnan than in the capital. If it's arranged, you can make a profit in a few months.

I also have manpower, and I have to admire the supernatural power of these big families, and I have arranged 3,000 households by myself, but I actually got 2,500 households from nowhere, and it has not been stopped. But they did not come for the workshop, but to rent land and be tenant farmers.

This can't be counted on, but it turns out that there are still some families in the county, and there are many women in their families, and they are using assembly line production, and it is impossible to make a large workshop of 1,000 people, at most two or three hundred people. Manpower can solve it completely.

He looked a little hesitant.

Sima Guang said: "There is a strategy to appease, such as letting them visit, it happens that Zhizhou is in Taiping Prefecture, imparting technology, and establishing a model for them to learn." Then no one has anything to complain about, on the contrary, they will applaud Zhizhou. ”

"Yes, you can tell me more."

"Zhizhou is here, and there is another advantage, you can treat employees well, and it is also a model." Lu Gong wrote.

"There are fewer people and fewer goods, and with the government as a workshop, you can attract merchants from all over the world in advance, and gradually the city will prosper."

Zheng Lang was happy, a seemingly impossible thing gradually became possible, and said: "In your opinion, let's think about the details again......"

The five masters and apprentices were stunned by Wang Xianling, and began to discuss every detail of this workshop.

…… Say and do, buy 19 acres of land in the south of the city, all change the landlord, four families, when they bought it, there were more than a dozen yuan, and one family only spent three yuan, but now it is different, Zheng Lang is not allowed to buy and sell, the government must also be consistent with words and deeds, and compare with the surrounding prices, and one acre of land 32 yuan bought back.

Zheng Lang sighed and said, "I knew that the government would also invest in buying more land. ”

Sima Guang and the others laughed happily.

Incomparably shrewd teachers sometimes miscalculate.

But I don't know that Zheng Lang has already thought of it, but he won't do it.

Fortunately, the plots of the various warehouses in the future have long been prepared and stayed, on the edge of the Qingyi River further south.

Set aside a batch of money silk, divide the nineteen acres into three, leave two doors in front, separate them by the courtyard wall, communicate with the arch in the middle, the west is the warehouse, the east is the workshop, the length is about 100 meters, the width is nearly 10 meters, only a little wall and the top pillar support in the middle, become a whole, retain a huge space. Some flowers and trees were planted in the yard, and a pond was dug with lotus roots. Once it grows up, it will be a very elegant small courtyard, so Zheng Lang wrote three words: Jinrust Garden. Behind are rows of houses. It's not about imparting a skill, it's about dwelling. The husband and wife come over, the woman works in the workshop, and the man can teach them some words, some arithmetic, and even abacus, and there will be employment opportunities in the future. Once you've made the plan, write two copies.

The Zhang family's workshop was handed over to the imperial court, and the consent of the imperial court was required.

There are many places where money is used, and I don't ask the court for money, and the court can't ask me for money and food for the time being. If you have to pay taxes, in another two years, then I will hand over all the account books to the imperial court, how much I have earned, how much I use, and let the imperial court check them one by one.

Then let the messenger ride Xiaoqing to the capital and hand over the two copies.

Having a horse also has great benefits, as it increases speed and efficiency.

Only then did I return to Taipingzhou.

Sima Guang stood on the bow of the boat and asked, "When is the time to cultivate the mean?" ”

Asked several times.

It's not entirely for merit, but in his heart he thinks that this book with a gentle attitude will be helpful to the imperial court, and it will come out sooner rather than later.

No, once this book is successful, the meaning conveyed is still reformist, but not that radical, but once this mildness is subverted, it will have a greater destructive effect on the decaying system of the current Song Dynasty.

"I can't fix it for the time being."

"Why?"

"Take a look at the Rust Garden."

"Rust Garden?"

"My own thinking is not mature, how to repair books, how to accurately convey my thoughts through words."

Sima Guang was a little dizzy, what year would he have to wait until his thoughts matured?

"I want to repair it, but I've also thought about it in the past few days, once the autumn harvest comes up and the two polders of rice are ripe, what will the people think? How will the rest of the people react? For example, last month, I thought that the people who did not get the land would make a fuss and oppose it, what was the final result? ”

"That's a good leader led by Zhizhou."

"This is also the power of morality, which shows that the people have morality in their hearts, otherwise if I take the lead, the people will quarrel for the sake of early profit."

"Yes......" A trace of confusion finally appeared in Sima Guang's eyes.

"Don't worry, you and Lu Sanlang will participate in the Kefu in a few years, focusing on academics. Even if you revise the book in the future, you can't put too much thought into it. But soon, after the autumn, we will live in the shed, and while handling government affairs, we will repair books with you, how about it? ”

The more affairs he handled, the more confused Zheng Lang was. Thinking of this, he let out a few long howls at the vast river, and the whistle spread far away, startling several river birds to fly into the sky and quickly disappear on the vast river surface.

...... "Why did you go for a few more days?" Cui Xian said angrily.

Zheng Lang talked about the Rust Garden again.

"Good idea," Cui Xian said.

How the people are, her husband likes them, but in Cui Xian's heart, what she values more is her political achievements. If you need money right now, you don't have to hurry, and in two or three years, all kinds of income in Taiping Prefecture will be submitted, and you will see 10,000 yuan, or 30,000 yuan, or more. In addition to a large amount of grain and silk, there are huge political achievements.

When night came, Zheng Lang looked at the women with a smile again.

After a few days of recovery, my spirit is better. Cui Xian made a look, Huan'er and Si'er walked to the inner room, and only Jiang Xing'er was left.

"What did you come up with again?"

"It's Cui Niangzi who wants to accompany you." Jiang Xing'er said, shyly undressing.

"Isn't it a little early?" Zheng Lang hesitated.

"It's not too early, you promised last winter's ......," Jiang Xing'er said, throwing her smooth and soft body into Zheng Lang's arms.

The jade-like chest was pounding.

In the blink of an eye, five or six years have passed, aren't we waiting for this moment to come?

Zheng Lang didn't speak again, Jiang Xing'er is twenty-one years old this year, which is already a terrible age for modern times.

Gently stroking her hair with her hand, Ren Jiang Xing'er slowly untied her clothes...... The wind picked up outside, and after a while a dense spring rain fell, sparsely hitting the corrugated and making a gentle sound.

Jiang Xing'er stayed in Zheng Lang's arms, and said in a coquettish voice: "The slave is so happy." ”

"Where is the pleasure, here...... Is it here? ”

"Official, don't be kidding, it's the heart of a slave, here." As he spoke, he took Zheng Lang's hand to her chest.

This night, the four students did not know.

But the next day, Sima Guang keenly felt that something was wrong, and asked suspiciously: "Little Master, why do you look wrong today?" ”

"What's wrong?" Zheng Lang shouted as a thief.

But I also thought of a question, among several students, Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhu gradually grew up, in another year or two, should they buy another house for them and divide it into several small yards?

What are you thinking! Teach them to "learn badly"!

A few days later, I went to Liangwei again.

There are many people who come to see, tourists come to see the strange, big households come to see the growth of crops, and the people who have not yet received the land are even more concerned, and they come to see it once every three or two days.

The scenery is very gratifying, these silts are after tens of millions of years of precipitation, accumulated countless plant decaying nutrients, last winter encircled, after months of exposure, how fertile is the soil? In fact, there is no hurry, if it is ploughed out, and then after a winter of exposure, the effect is better.

That's it, that's enough, all crops are growing like crazy.

Looking at the seedlings in the field, some people are worried, if they grow like this, the seedlings must be deducted when moving, but how much should be deducted?

Everyone's eyes heated.

Somewhere, the same miracle is quietly happening, and no one knows. But finally someone knew that one day, a fisherman landed in Heisha Prefecture, looked inside, and opened his mouth and never closed it.

It's another miracle......