Li Kuan looked at the huge pasture and muttered.

What is the Prosperous Age?

In Li Kuan's view, this concept is not determined by those in power, nor by the history books of later generations, but by the people of this era.

The standard by which the people define prosperity is very simple.

In the Sui Dynasty, we didn't have a job, but in the Tang Dynasty, we did, and this was the prosperous era.

We used to live in thatched houses, but now we can live in brick houses, and this is the prosperous age.

In the past, a man could not marry a daughter-in-law, but now he can marry, and this is the prosperous age.

I used to be unable to eat meat, but now I can, this is the prosperous age.

The prosperity that the people are asking for is very simple, just four words, better than before, it's okay.

They don't ask for meritorious achievements, they don't want to be brilliant, they can't tell whether they are being squeezed or not, they just want to be better than they once were.

Therefore, Li Kuan calculated, in a few years, part of the problem of eating meat among the people of Datang can be solved.

"Have you researched the water and stuff and packaged them into canned meat?"

"We sell authentic ham for 300 wen a piece, and we can sell this canned food made of water for 200 wen a can."

Li Kuan asked the director of the ham processing factory who had come to move with the ranch.

When the other party met him, the boss, he naturally had to report a wave of work.

The director of the processing plant said confidently: "We have done it." ”

"And it's selling very well, some local officials are ordering in a big way, and now they are all placing orders in advance."

Ordering in a big way, Li Kuan frowned and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The director of the processing plant looked at Li Kuan and asked, thinking that there was something wrong with this, and quickly explained:

"It is said that some local officials are engaged in a household registration subsidy policy, a family, as long as they take the household registration, they can buy a can of canned meat for 100 yuan, because they are shipped by themselves, we don't have to pay for the freight, and they are sold to them for 130 yuan."

"Any more, I don't know."

Hearing this, Li relaxed his tone, and probably understood what the people who bought canned meat were doing.

It is nothing more than fooling the people into dividing their families.

A family, as long as they register and make a register, can buy a can of low-cost canned meat by virtue of their household registration.

You can only buy one can for a family of ten people, and you can buy one can for a family of three people.

And this thing is still on a first-served, first-served basis, if you don't buy it, he won't have it for a while.

You buy it or not.

Of course I bought it, the canning factory sells 200 wen a can, the fool government sells 100 wen, I work in the factory, I can earn 400 wen a month, after the separation, I have a family of three, not some or even two, why not buy a can to eat?

As for paying taxes for a household, it's only a few dollars, and my monthly salary is enough, and I can earn it back by buying a few more cans.

As soon as the people calculated, of course, they found the official family, established a new household registration, and then bought canned food to eat.

The local officials' accounts are also very good, this can is 200 wen a can, I will transport it myself, the opposite side does not need to freight, it is only 130 wen, I only need an official subsidy of 30 wen.

In this way, I don't subsidize much, and after the people split up, they will pay more taxes, inside and out, and they will not lose money.

When the audit came next year, I looked at the increased taxes and people's accounts, plus I was not greedy, and I also implemented the benefits to the people, so that the people could say that Datang was good, and the audit officials had to pinch their noses and recognize my subsidies.

Li Kuan made a calculation, as long as the local officials really wanted to be promoted and raised, they would definitely not do anything to trap the people at this time.

During this period, because Confucianism has not yet rotted, officials pay attention to reputation, and they look very lightly at money, and what everyone wants more is that they can enter the county chronicles, enter the state chronicles, and enter the history, and after they die, they can add two more layers to the ancestral hall to show their status.

As for money, everyone's idea is that it is enough, and it is better to be rich.

As far as officials are concerned, I am a local official, as long as the government is rich and usually eats some special things, I can go directly to the official account, and no one cares.

Anyway, there is a loss of money every year, and it is not a big deal to spend some on food.

Officials who have solved their own food and housing problems naturally think about how to get themselves promoted.

So Li Kuan had an estimate in his heart about this matter, but he was still not very happy.

"In this way, there will be fewer jobs in transportation, and it will also be a headache."

Li Kuan felt that he was facing a big problem, that is, the number of jobs in transportation was decreasing.

In addition, there are fewer guard posts that benefit local garrisons.

Oh, and it's not less, he can ask those local officials for hiring.

The main thing is the transportation post.

When the director of the processing plant heard Li Kuan's words, he smiled awkwardly, this is not his responsibility, and the transportation has nothing to do with him, and the rest of the people have always been responsible.

The other party brings his own car and buys it by himself, so he will kill the transportation cost and sell it directly, so that the money and goods are cleared, and it is convenient and worry-free.

"Forget it, come back to Dingxiang and ask Yu Gong, he should know better, he has been sitting in Dingxiang, he should have seen everything that happened to you."

"The jobs that we hope to reduce will not have much impact on grassland management."

Li Kuan's heart was full of ups and downs, although he was very confident in Zhining, he was still a little scared.

After all, it was his fault.

Hearing Li Kuan's worried words, the director of the processing plant scratched his head and said casually: "It shouldn't have an impact, I see that Yu Gong has attached many poor grassland people to the pasture, and some of the rich households among them have allowed them to live and migrate with the pasture, and require us to collect the cattle and sheep sold by the grassland people." ”

Saying this, the director of the processing plant stopped again, a little hesitant, with an expression that he didn't know whether to say or not.

Looking at him, Li Kuan knew that there was something wrong with this guy, and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, if you don't say it, don't wait for me to check." ”

The director of the processing plant saw Li Kuan's unhappy expression and hurriedly said: "That's the case, Yu Gong asked me before if I wanted to do business on my own, and I could buy goods from the government." ”

"It's to set up a cargo station inside the processing plant to sell small snacks such as salt and sugar."

"Because many grassland people sell their cattle and sheep to our processing factories, and if they have money in their hands, they will most likely buy them from the cargo station in the field."

"I moved selfishly, got a cargo station by myself, and moved along with the processing plant and the ranch."

Rolling his eyes, Li Kuan thought it was something big.

Glancing at the director of the processing plant, Li Kuan pursed his lips and asked indifferently: "Lao Liu, how many years have you been coming to the grassland with me?" ”

"From Zhenguan for three years to the present." Director Liu said firmly.

"From the prosperous Chang'an to the poor grassland, you have also suffered a lot with me, do you think I will mind if you get a cargo station and make some money?"

Factory Director Liu lowered his head, he knew that King Chu didn't mind, but he was still afraid.

Shaking his head, Li Kuan didn't pay attention to him, and left on his own, but when he passed by him, he said softly: "Relax, you are from the Chu Palace, I am not so stingy that I can't see my own people making money." ”

(End of chapter)