"Why do you have to raise taxes?"

Pastor Praia looked at Wu Qingchen, not knowing for a moment how to answer this question that had been going on since ancient times.

"Of course it's taxed!"

When Pastor Praia paused and stood beside him, little Andre had already replied quickly: "What will happen to the church if there is no tax?" Where do we sleep? What do long ears eat? Where do maces and leather armor come from? What if the thieves come? ”

This consciousness of the ruling class......

"No, I'm not saying no taxes......"

Wu Qingchen shook his head: "I mean...... If you just want these buckwheat that doubles the seeds, you don't need to add taxes. ”

"Huh?" Little Andrei was very strange: "How can you get buckwheat without raising taxes...... Well? Are you saying that after the harvest, the villagers come to the church to worship the Lord? ”

"Don't count on that!" As he spoke, Andre sighed: "Brother Loos, there are some more devout villagers, who will remember the favor of the lord for them, and know that they should always go to the church to dedicate ...... But there are too few such villagers! The village of Ekri is mostly the bastards who do everything they can to pay their tithes! No matter how nice these bastards say now, when the harvest comes in the fall, they won't remember anything! ”

"yes, you know that!"

Wu Qingchen nodded again and again: "The tithes in the past couldn't be collected, and if they were higher, would these bastards who tried their best to pay their arrears obediently hand over the wheat to the church?" ”

"Humph!" Little Andre snorted heavily: "In the past, there was not much wheat, and there were not many villagers who were willing to get close to the church, but this year's harvest is so good, and Brother Los helps to treat the ploughing cattle and make a honeycomb, and when it comes to autumn, there must be many villagers who are willing to ventilate and report the news...... Well! When the time comes, I'll have to turn out all these daring bastards, ungrateful fools, and rats burrowing everywhere! ”

You even know that?

Wu Qingchen's eyelids couldn't help jumping.

Wu Qingchen's measures in the past two months have not only improved his status, but also stabilized the church's rule over the village to a certain extent. - This concept is not very difficult, not to mention that there are thousands of bureaucrats, bosses and other practitioners in various political fields to guide at any time, even if Wu Qingchen is allowed to think independently, it is not difficult to come to a basic conclusion.

However, behind closed doors, living within a radius of no more than ten kilometers, almost surrounded by illiteracy, the only semi-literate teacher, and the daily guidance time is no more than an hour, under such a premise, little Andrei can immediately think of the practical use of this influence when he mentions the tax increase.

Talent!

With such an understanding, it is no wonder that the staff group has always strongly advised Wu Qingchen to manage Andrei's favor well and establish a deep friendship since he was a child.

Fortunately, a 13-year-old child's thinking is far from being rigorous, and there are many opportunities for Wu Qingchen to erect a thoughtful and always correct tall image.

"Whistleblower?"

Wu Qingchen smiled, shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about the place where the villagers dig holes to hide grain, it is related to whether the whole family can survive the winter, and it is almost impossible for others to know...... Moreover, it is true that many villagers are willing to help the church now, but if the tax is raised, how many others are willing to approach us? ”

"Uh......"

Hearing the flaws pointed out by Wu Qingchen, Andre choked suddenly, he lowered his head, thought for a while, and quickly raised his head again: "Then find a parish!" Find the Baron! When the time comes, send more police officers over, and lead a few more dogs by the way! ”

"Then the church will have an extra piece of food to fill the bellies of these police officers and dogs...... Well, there is also an additional offering of dog officials......" When mentioning the title of "dog officer", which is very medieval, the expression on Wu Qingchen's face was very subtle: "By the way, the food back and forth on the road is not a small amount. ”

"Yes, I know......" Andrei shook his head helplessly: "That can't be helped...... What year is it that you don't ask for a police officer from outside to collect more wheat? ”

"The police officers outside will not be polite to the villagers of Ai Kri's village, and when they leave, there will be a lot of trouble in the village...... Wu Qingchen said: "Look, it's very clear, if the tax is raised, the villagers will stay away from the church, and the police officers outside will harm the village, and there will be ...... With to dig holes and find a way to deal with foreign police service, how much care do the villagers have to take care of the buckwheat? ”

"That can't be helped...... Andrei said again, "who let these bastards just not want to pay taxes honestly?" ”

"No......" Wu Qingchen shook his head vigorously: "If it is the tithe and the baron's favor, the villagers may not be very happy, and they will try their best to hide it, but this honeycomb is completely different." ”

"Huh?" Andrei frowned tightly.

"In the past, tithes and lords' taxes, whether it was pasture, beans, or wheat, from beginning to end, the villagers themselves planted them from the mud, ploughing, sowing, weeding, and watering...... Wu Qingchen wrenched his fingers: "...... Harvesting, threshing, drying ...... There's so much to do here. Neither the steward nor the church had the time, let alone the manpower, to keep an eye on every villager in Ekri's village. ”

"yes!" Andre nodded heavily: "As long as no one notices, these bastards will hide the wheat!" ”

"But bees are different!" Wu Qingchen said: "Whether it's a honeycomb or a wooden barrel, as long as it's placed on the edge of the land, you can see it at any time!" And as long as there are bees, the surrounding plots, when the autumn harvest comes, will definitely be able to have more wheat! ”

"Huh?" Andrei still didn't understand what Wu Qingchen meant.

"In that case......," Wu Qingchen said with a smile, "why should the church raise taxes?" Isn't it okay to sell honeycomb directly? ”

Sell honeycomb directly?

Andrei frowned tightly, as if he had thought of something, but as if he didn't know anything.

"Sell honeycomb?"

Standing next to him, silently listening to the conversation between the two students, hearing this, Pastor Praia's eyes lit up: "How to sell honeycombs?" ”

"It's the same as this one!" Wu Qingchen pointed to the Echo Village Honeycomb Tax Collection Plan in the hands of Pastor Praia, "Whoever wants honeycomb, he will carry the food to the church himself." ”

"Hmm......" Pastor Praia nodded slowly, "...... Very interesting. ”

"This ......," Andre began, "what's the difference! Isn't it the same to ask for wheat? ”

"Of course it's different!"

Wu Qingchen explained: "The tax increase is that after the villagers have harvested, we will divide another share, of course everyone is not happy; Selling honeycombs is because the villagers themselves want to harvest more buckwheat and stuff the wheat into the church. ”

Since in the medieval world, the honeycomb is already the property of the old man, sitting on such a high-quality monopoly resource, how unwise, how low-end, and how rigid it is to use taxes, or even tax increases, to obtain the derivative benefits of bee production!

Little Andre wanted to raise the tax, and what he wanted was to quickly lay the cellular network of the whole village, give the free people of Ecklee's village a share of land, and then take a part of the harvest from the villagers.

Wu Qingchen's proposal to sell honeycombs is to first show the effect of increasing honeycomb production, and then let the free people of Aikeli's village choose for themselves whether they are willing to accept the gift of the church.

Tax collection, obvious regime actions, and hatred, and manpower consumption, also need to clean up the aftermath.

The sale is completely commercial, voluntary, one-time charge, and fair and reasonable.

"This ...... This ......" Little Andre's head was confused, he thought for a long time, vaguely thought of a certain detail, pointed to the parchment roll in the hand of Pastor Praia, and Little Andre said: "If you sell honeycombs like this, at this time, which villager can come up with so much food?" ”

"Huh." Wu Qingchen smiled slightly.

"Andre ......" At this time, Pastor Praia had already cleared his mind, and he said with a smile: "This requires another mercy from the church." ”

"Knowing that it is not easy for the villagers to take out so much food at once...... waving the parchment scroll in his hand, Pastor Praia said: "The Lord is merciful, the church is considerate, and specially allows everyone to come to the church to pay for the food that needs to be handed over to buy honeycomb after the autumn harvest." ”

"Isn't that the same as tithes before?" Little Andrei didn't know what the meaning of this was at all: "When the time comes, these bastards will find a few places, dig a few holes in the middle of the night, and hide the grain inside, and the church will still not receive anything!" ”

"Huh." Wu Qingchen continued to smile.

There are people in arrears all over the world, but how many people are in arrears on electricity bills?

"Ha......" Pastor Praia also smiled: "Let them dig holes!" Hide it casually! If I don't pay this year's grain for honeycomb, when I wait until next year, I want to see what they can use to make buckwheat produce more wheat seeds! ”

"Ahh

Andrei finally came to his senses.

Unlike in the past, when the grain was about to be harvested, the freedmen could of course try their best to work in the field, or simply hide the grain in the middle of the night; The honeycomb that Wu Qingchen made had to be placed on the edge of the plot at all times for two or three months in order to achieve the effect of increasing production, and there was no difficulty in supervising the church at all.

"Not bad......

Pastor Praia smiled, looking at the tax collection plan in his hand, and the priest beckoned: "Come, Andre, take this parchment scroll in...... Well, by the way, go to my bedroom, there are a few more in it, all on the table, you go and get it, they all scratch well......"

"Huh?"

Little Andre's face was a little distorted: "Teacher, the tax increase has become the sale of honeycomb, but the saying is different, you don't need to scrape it all, just scrape the top, right?" ”

"Humph!"

Pastor Praia snorted: "With the method of selling honeycombs in Los Angeles, the police officers outside will not be used, everyone will not have to be distracted to dig holes, and the villagers will take care of the land with peace of mind, and no one should dare to default on it...... If there is no arrears, why should the church collect so much? ”

"Huh?"

Little Andre knew that because of the concealment and arrears, the tax form in the hands of the priest Praia was indeed a little higher than when it was actually collected in the future.

But......

Little Andrei looked at Pastor Praia in surprise: Teacher...... Hmm, is there anyone who hates too much food?

"Go, go."

Pastor Praia waved his hand.

Little Andrei is too young to understand that many times, if the levy is too high, it is not a good thing.

First of all, this time the tax is raised...... Well, the act of selling honeycomb is completely the first time it has been implemented, and there is no precedent at all before, and the fewer factors that lead to accidents, the better.

Secondly, the method of selling the honeycomb almost completely cut off the possibility of concealment and arrears, and if it were still levied in the way that the parchment had already taken into account the shortage, it would indeed be possible to get a large sum of grain in one go this year, but what would be done if the appetite of the barons and the parish was raised at once, and so on, and next year, and next year?

Finally, these mud-legged men of Ackery's village, though cunning and hateful, did not the Lord have brought me here so that these poor lambs might know His glory?

Not......

"That's right......"

Thinking of this, Pastor Praia looked at Wu Qingchen with an extraordinarily soft gaze: "By the way, since there is no need to raise taxes, it doesn't matter if the size of the land is large...... If you sell honeycomb now, your family's share of land and the people you promised will be much easier...... These companies buy honeycomb food, you think of a number yourself, and tell Andrei later. ”

"Thank you, teacher!"

Wu Qingchen hurriedly thanked him, and sighed in his heart:

Who said people in the medieval world were stupid?

Look, as long as you have the right way of thinking, when you declare to your superiors, this old man casually sacrifices the routine of internal prices.

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