"Lao Zhu, what's the matter, slamming the door early in the morning?"

Blacksmith Peng Da Hammer came out of the house while fastening the buttons.

Last night, he drank some wine and fought with his mother-in-law and aunt for a long time, and now his brain not only hurts, but also a little confused.

When he walked out, he saw that Zhu Laosan, who was collecting taxes, was followed by a few people.

Different from Zhu Laosan's casualness, these people were neatly dressed, two people were holding a booklet, three people were leading pack horses, and a few boxes were on the horseback.

Including Zhu Laosan, they all wore "tax" clothes.

Peng Dazhui sighed in his heart, should he raise taxes.

"A few bad masters, my mother-in-law hasn't gotten up yet, so it's inconvenient to invite a few poor old men to sit in the house."

As he spoke, Peng Da Hammer carried a stool in front of them, and wiped it with his sleeve: "Please rest for a while, old man." ”

and he shall go into the smithy and carry his stools.

Behind Zhu Laosan, the official led by him raised his hand to stop him: "No need, we have something to tell you, and we will go to the next one after speaking." ”

"Well, you speak."

Peng Dazhui turned around and approached the tax difference, with a smile on his face, thinking about what to do if there were too many taxes.

The officer turned around and picked up a booklet, opened it, and after looking for it for a while, he asked, "Your name is Peng Dazhui?" ”

"Yes, my name is Peng Da Hammer."

"Is this your real name? Or is it a nickname? ”

"Real name. My family has been a blacksmith for generations, and my father's name is Peng Lao Hammer. ”

"Your mother-in-law's name is Tian Guihua?"

"Yes, the poor master is wise."

"No children at home?"

"Yes." Peng Dazhui's face turned red.

There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. If you want to have a child, you still need to fight with your mother-in-law at night.

"Your family has 5 acres of land under your name, including 3 acres of cooked land, 1 acre of cotton planting, and 1 acre of vegetable land, isn't it?"

The officer continued.

Peng Dazhui thought for a moment and replied, "It seems like that's the case?" ”

At this time, his mother-in-law Tian Guihua came out of the house and shouted: "The master, you are so muddy, you sent the master to check the land, why don't you take out the title deed?" ”

After scolding, she turned her face and smiled and said to the errand officer: "Master Cha, this is the title deed of my family, take a look." As he spoke, he took out a wooden box and opened it, revealing the title deed.

After the official took the title deed, he confirmed it according to the booklet, nodded, and returned it to Tian Guihua.

"You also have a blacksmith shop to your name."

The errand officer looked at the shop: "How many people have been hired to help you?" ”

"I didn't invite many people to the shop, only four or five."

As soon as Peng Dazhui finished speaking, Tian Guihua secretly touched him with his elbow a few times, disgusted that he spoke too straight.

Tian Guihua hurriedly added: "Don't get me wrong, they are not invited by the masters, they are apprentices." An apprentice is not a hire, you say. ”

"I don't care how many people you invite, I know the approximate size of your shop."

As he spoke, the officer asked the three men leading the horses to tie up the horses and began to measure the area of the blacksmith's shop.

After obtaining the area, write it out on a booklet with a brush dipped in ink, put it on a stool, and wait for the ink to dry.

Then the officer rummaged through the booklet held by the other man for the tax book.

Peng Dazhui and Tian Guihua looked at each other, and they didn't know what the tax difference was doing.

They secretly looked at Zhu Laosan, wanting to get some hints from Zhu Laosan.

Zhu Laosan squeezed his eyebrows and signaled them not to inquire.

After a few moments, the officer found the tax book and turned to the page with Peng's name.

"You have paid the tax on the blacksmith shop this year, and you have paid the tax on the sale of farm tools, a total of five cents of silver."

After reading it, the messenger asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

The land tax was not read, because that was to be paid.

Peng Dazhui and his wife combined, it seems to be such a thing, and I can't remember it clearly.

And the messenger brought the tax books before them and showed them them.

Peng Dazhui took the time to attend a literacy class, recognized a few words, glanced at it, and nodded.

"That's good. From now on, unless your blacksmith shop hires more people, you won't have to pay these taxes in the future. ”

The official said, "Pay taxes only according to the land." But if you expand and recruit more people, go to the newly built tax yamen to grant land and check taxes. ”

"What is a tax yamen?" Peng Dazhui asked hurriedly.

"It's a special place for tax management, in the east of the green mud valley, near the salt pan."

Zhu Laosan explained: "You will go there in the future and see how the tax is paid." Be conscious, once you are found to have expanded but do not report it, you will have to pay taxes or even go to jail. ”

"Understood."

Peng Dazhui understood, but he was a little confused, and secretly regretted that he should read more books.

Tian Guihua looked confused: "Poor master, do you mean that in the future, my family only needs to pay the land tax?" ”

"That's right!" Zhu Laosan nodded, "Pay taxes at the tax yamen on time every year, don't let the old man come to the door." ”

"Great, it saves a lot of money."

Tian Guihua listened to the first two words.

Peng Dazhui hurriedly pulled his mother-in-law behind him, for fear that she would anger the old man.

But the errand officer obviously didn't care about this, and after confirming the situation, he asked Zhu Laosan to go to the next house.

After they left, Peng Dazhui was like in a dream: "What is the tax yamen?" And why is only land tax charged? What is the report? ”

"Guess what, let's go to the place that Zhu Chaye said, and we'll know at a glance."

Tian Guihua urged.

The couple hurried to the salt works.

When they arrived, it was already crowded.

A brand-new yamen, the Tax Department, appeared in front of the people.

On the wall on one side of the gate, there is a notice.

There are two storytellers playing Allegro, while playing Allegro, while singing:

Take a look and take a look, please remember. Daming Yang Shuai has an announcement, and there are new tricks for Jinzhou to collect taxes. What's the trick? Let me tell you slowly.

Hey, the rent is only collected by the land, no matter how many people you raise. There is no tax on small stores, and no tax is charged on small people.

The store is bigger, there are more people, pay attention! If you come to our tax office and ask about it, you will have to pay taxes when the area reaches the regulations.

Merchants should pay attention to the fact that pig iron and paper are not taxed, and they are not allowed to carry private goods.

Look at the ranks, look at the ranks, there are captives in the north to disturb at any time, pirates in the south must be on guard, soldiers who kill the enemy, and sentry posts must pay taxes to do it, don't be a tax evader, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable.

These storytellers also have to walk the streets and alleys, using various tax regulations as bridges and telling them to the people in the township.

Yang Chengying wants to use this method to make the new tax law deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as soon as possible.

Something similar to Peng Da Hammer happened all over Jinzhou Town.

Hundreds of people and businessmen are learning the new tax law, which is a matter of vital interest to themselves.

By this time, many people regretted not attending literacy classes properly.

For a time, literacy classes everywhere were overcrowded.

The gentleman in the literacy class simply talked about the new tax law and became the new gentleman who answered questions.

As the protagonist of this matter, Yang Chengying stayed in the General Military Mansion of Gaizhou at this time.

In the backyard of the General Soldier's Mansion, he was chatting with Zhu Huixian, Tian Yingniang, and Shen Yirong.