The middle-aged man who was pacing and reprimanding was also dressed in a tax police uniform, and he was the director of the Far Eastern National Tax Bureau. This man's name was Chubais, and Roland had dealt with him, at the time Krasburg was still called "Fort Atonement", Chubais was a major of the city guard, and at the behest of Colonel Camper, Roland was secretly brought into the city through a tunnel to help him rescue Archbishop Philip.

After the independence of the Far East, Chubais was the deputy chief of the capital police and later the chief of the State Revenue. The tax collection system in the Far East was inherited from the imperial tax police system, which was the mainstream model in the Varesian countries, and the tax department naturally had a strong policing color.

Roland had a good impression of the shrewd and capable IRS commissioner, and walked over to listen to what he had to say.

Chubais was remembered by Roland as a calm and pragmatic man, and his advice to young tax policemen who lacked experience in the countryside also reflected a pragmatic personality.

"The three most important things to work in the countryside are patience, patience, and patience."

"The peasants do not understand the national tax law, may be hostile to the tax collectors, this is normal, you should treat the villagers with a friendly attitude, patiently explain the national tax policy, if persuasion and education can not solve the problem, you have to take coercive measures, you must communicate with the squire, the village head, the commune leaders and the local people of high moral standing in advance, get their support before you can take action, this is not a legal letter, but the experience summed up in the actual work! You must keep in mind that when working in the countryside, you should not work alone and be arrogant! Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" Most of the tax police are veterans, and they still retain the spirit of the army, and they can be called morale like a rainbow when they promise in unison.

Roland wanted to hear more, and overheard Anthony coming across the platform, so he turned and waved to him.

Anthony turned his head to look over, and was stunned for a moment before he saw the slight but effective makeup on his face, and hurriedly ran over and asked with some emotion: "Do I want to wear a costume too?" ”

Roland glanced at him lightly, "With your face, let alone in the countryside, even on the streets of Krasbourg, few people can recognize it." ”

"Well, I'm not a celebrity, so there's really no need to put on makeup." Fogel's pride hurts.

Roland walked side by side with him to the train, noticed that this guy was plump, and asked him with a smile, "Should you really wear a cuirass in it?" ”

Anthony patted his chest, and there was a chain rattle from under his coat, "The cuirass is too cumbersome, I bought a chainmail shirt at that adventure gear shop next to the city gate." ”

Roland shook his head speechlessly, not knowing what to say about him.

There was a long string of carriages dragging behind the butt of the magic locomotive, and Anthony actually counted it carefully, turned around and told Roland with a stupid face: "A total of fifty carriages!" ”

"Well, 44 of them are wagons ready to load rations, and only 6 are carriages reserved for passengers." Roland replied.

"Need so many wagons to transport grain?" Anthony was deeply skeptical.

"The average yield of early rice per mu in Hongshiqiao Farm is 700 pounds, a total of 35,000 mu of paddy fields, and you can calculate how much you pay according to the proportion of 20%." Roland said lightly.

"700 pounds per mu...... You're not kidding, are you? Anthony was stunned, "How can the yield of early rice be so high!" ”

"In fact, the yield reported by the farm management committee is higher than this, as for whether it is true or not, you can know with your own eyes, but according to my experience in inspecting the countryside these days, it is unlikely that the yield of 700 pounds per mu can only be regarded as the upper middle level among all the pilot farms in the south, and I have seen more than one or two farms with a yield of 800 pounds per mu." Roland said with surprise, "In fact, the 44 wagons can barely hold the part of the public grain collected, and as for the treasury grain purchased from the peasants, it is not certain how much can be purchased, and if even these are counted, I am afraid that the train will have to run back and forth two more times." ”

Anthony had to be convinced: "When I saw your policy of halving the agricultural tax, I thought that your Kolas government was killing itself, but now it seems that this policy has not only caused you to fall into a crisis of food shortage, but has instead hoarded food that you can eat without opening your belly, and your rural governance and farm management plan has proved to be effective." ”

"I need not be modest about the fact that the agrarian reform is bearing fruit, but this year the vast majority of the people of the Far East no longer have to worry about starvation, and even have a surplus for export, not mainly because the grain production of the two hundred pilot agrarian reform projects has doubled, but because they no longer have to endure the exploitation of the imperial authorities, and they no longer have to contribute most of the food they have worked so hard to grow to those who regard us as hereticals." Roland said expressionlessly.

Anthony scratched his head in embarrassment. Although he was born in a family of imperial officials and merchants, he had to admit that what Roland said was to the point.

At this time, the train blows its whistle and urges the passengers to get on the train. Anthony was about to move when he was squeezed by the crowd behind him and almost fell. Looking back, the crowd of black people rushed to the car door. The capacity of the Far Eastern Railway has always been tight, and overloading is normal, but these crowded passengers are all carrying suitcases and backpacks, and carrying a lot of luggage, which is not normal.

"Isn't this train going to Redstone Bridge Farm? It's just over 200 miles from Krasbourg, and it's not a long trip, so why do passengers bring so much luggage? Anthony asked Roland in surprise.

Roland smiled slightly: "Their boxes and backpacks are full of goods wholesaled from the city, from clothes, shoes and socks, needles and threads, sickles, shovels, pots and pans, sweets and biscuits and other daily necessities, to soap, mercury mirrors and even watches and other luxury goods, which are brought to the farm to sell." ”

"It's all hawkers...... But that's too much! Anthony was particularly puzzled, "One or two hundred small traders form a group to go to the countryside, this kind of thing is simply unheard of, is the business really that easy to do?" ”

"Don't believe it, today's business is so good, otherwise these shrewd little traders wouldn't have rushed to the market." Roland said with a smile.

"The countryside is indeed very lively when there is a market, but most of the peasants go to the market to exchange grain or meat, eggs and milk and other agricultural products for cheap daily necessities such as salt and lamp oil, so how can they have spare money to buy soap, mercury mirrors and clocks? Even if you have money, you can't bear it! Anthony was increasingly puzzled.

"The traditional way of bartering of the countrymen is indeed bartering, but this tradition is becoming more and more unsuitable for the modern pace of life, and I am working to change this backward way of trading, and the expropriation of public grain is a good opportunity." Roland whispered.

"What exactly are you going to do?" The more Anthony listened, the more confused he became.

"Come with me, you'll see for yourself." Roland turned and walked towards the back of the train.