After dealing with the affairs of Shendan and the Southern Wei people, Zhao Yao began to be busy with the establishment of a water mill workshop. Previously, he made a waterwheel to solve the problem of irrigation in Lingnan. Later, he made windmills to solve the problem of harvesting, but after harvesting, the rice had to be processed to turn into rice.

In terms of grain processing, not to mention Lingnan, the entire Great Zhou Dynasty was processed with pestles and mills handed down from the previous dynasty. These two things process grain, which is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also does not make much grain, and the efficiency is really poor.

Zhao Yao didn't notice this aspect of the problem at first. It was only at these days, when the whole of Lingnan was busy harvesting the second crop of rice, that he discovered this problem.

He thought of Zhao Yao's dream about the Song Dynasty's water mill processing of grain in the world history, so he planned to get all the water mill workshops in the Song Dynasty.

To build a water mill workshop, water conservancy is needed, but fortunately, the most important thing in Lingnan is water, in addition to the sea, there are many rivers, he feels that he can use these rivers to build a water mill workshop by the river.

These days, Zhao Yao and Zheng Cheng first made a water mill, which was specially used to grind rice and flour. After that, they made a large spinning wheel for twisting linen yarn. They also made a tea mill to grind tea.

Speaking of the tea mill, we have to mention Zhao Yao's new way of drinking tea. He got out the tea of the Song Dynasty in the world history of Zhao Yao in his dream, and also got out the "Tea Hundred Opera", but he didn't expect it to be very popular.

He thought that the way of drinking tea by ordering tea would not be accepted, after all, he had come up with the way of drinking tea by brewing loose tea many years ago. Since then, the entire Great Zhou, and even foreign countries such as the Western Regions and Annam, have enjoyed this novel way of drinking tea.

Compared with the way of drinking tea by brewing loose tea, the steps of ordering tea are more cumbersome, and drinking is still tea powder, which should not be very popular, but I didn't expect that ordering tea is more popular than brewing loose tea.

Seeing that everyone liked the way of drinking tea, Zhao Yao simply made the "Tea Hundred Operas", which caused a sensation in the Swamp Mansion.

Nowadays, there are many teahouses in the swamp house, and many people watch the performance of the "Tea Hundred Opera" in the teahouse every day, and there are also people fighting for tea, and the fight is also "Tea Hundred Opera".

Having said that, the construction of the water mill is not only convenient, but also increases efficiency, but also increases income.

In the beginning, water mills were built by yamen in various places. Later, the people began to build various water mills on their own. For a time, many "small factories" were set up by the private sector.

In the past two days, Zhao Yao and Zheng Cheng have been busy improving the water mill. They came up with the technology of "three things of the water wheel", that is, the water wheel axle can do three things, grinding, grinding, and grinding. This technology is more convenient and efficient than the previous one. The most important thing is that it's easier.

They also made the technology of "five-turn continuous grinding", that is, one water wheel can drive five grinding discs. With five grinding discs, you can imagine how much the work efficiency has improved.

In addition to using the water mill for grain processing, Zhao Yao also used it for iron smelting, which also improved the efficiency of iron smelting.

During this time, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household were very busy. If the people want to build a water mill, they must first go to the local yamen to apply, and then the yamen will apply to the Ministry of Industry, and after the Ministry of Industry agrees, it will send people to help the people build the water mill.

The people only had to pay for the construction, after which the water mill was his, and he could use it as he pleased. Of course, if there is a problem with the water mill, you can also ask the yamen for help, and the Ministry of Industry will send someone to repair it. Repairs are not free, and people need to pay for them.

The Ministry of Works is responsible for the construction of the water mill and the maintenance of the water mill. The household department was busy collecting taxes, not for the construction of the water mill, but for the business of the water mill.

Zhao Yao encouraged the people to build a water mill, and also encouraged them to use the water mill to make money. He has always not emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, but encouraged the people to do business.

Today, various water mills have been established along the Lingnan River in Marsh Province, and most of them are already in use. As a result, the banks of the Lingnan River become very lively.

Zhao Yao saw that so many water mills were being built on both sides of the Lingnan River, so he began to build various shops on both sides of the Lingnan River. Merchants also saw the business on both sides of the Lingnan River and rented shops one after another. Of course, merchants can also rent land and build their own shops.

The land on both sides of the Lingnan River can only be rented, not bought.

In the past few days, there have been a lot of people who have come to the shops agreed by the Ministry of Industry, and the people from the Ministry of Industry are too busy. The Ministry of Industry is busy with no time to eat.

"Your Highness, it's not that the ministers are here to complain to you, but you're too busy." After the end of the trade conference, the Ministry of Industry was busy building schools, building residential houses, building libraries, building commercial areas, and building roads. Now, the Ministry of Industry is busy building all kinds of water mills, and also building all kinds of shops on both sides of the Lingnan River, and they are really too busy. "Your Highness, the Ministry of Industry is already short of manpower, and now you have to establish a commercial area on both sides of the Lingnan River, which is ...... It's really too busy. "The commercial area in the city of Swamp Mansion has not yet been built, and His Royal Highness wants to build a commercial city on both sides of the Lingnan River, which is really ...... I'm going to exhaust them.

Seeing that Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry looked like he was about to cry, Zhao Yao was a little weak-hearted. He clenched his fists to his mouth, coughed lightly twice, and said, "Ahem, there is really no way, so I will rent out the land on both sides of the Lingnan River and let them build their own shops." ”

"That's what I mean." If the merchants were allowed to build their own shops, it would save a lot of trouble.

"But you can't just build it, your Ministry of Industry has set the specifications and let them build the shops according to the specifications." If you let the businessmen build it casually, they don't know what kind of ghost it will be built, and when the time comes, the crooked melons and cracked dates built by the shops on both sides of the Lingnan River will affect the city's appearance too much.

"Your Highness, how about following the specifications of the commercial city in the city?"

"It's not good, the commercial city is built the same, what's the point." Zhao Yao glared at the Ministry of Industry, "The commercial city on both sides of the Lingnan River, you have to design it, and then let the merchants build shops according to the regulations." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." It is better to design a commercial city than to build a commercial city.

"By the way, the commercial city on both sides of the Lingnan River must have Goolan Courtyard."

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu exclaimed: "Goolan Courtyard? ”

"Where do you want to go, don't mention Goolan Courtyard, what you think about is a brothel." Zhao Yao planned to refer to Zhao Yao in his dream, the Goolan tile city of the Song Dynasty in the history of the world. "Goolan Courtyard is specially used for performances, such as singing, storytelling, performing, shadow puppetry, etc." Goolan Courtyard is actually an entertainment venue.

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu blushed and was ashamed: "The minister understands." ”

"There must also be a night market in the commercial city......," Zhao Yao told the Ministry of Industry in detail about the layout of the commercial city on both sides of the Lingnan River.

While listening, the Ministry of Industry wrote it down carefully.

"When the commercial city is built, the curfew will be lifted." Because the swamp province is still under construction, the curfew has not been lifted. After the construction of the commercial area in the swamp mansion city, Zhao Yao plans to lift the curfew.

"Your Highness, isn't it inappropriate to lift the curfew?" Since ancient times, there have been curfews. Except for the lifting of the curfew on the Shangyuan Festival, the curfew has never been lifted on other days.

"There's nothing wrong with that, it's really lively at night." Zhao Yao said, "Only by lifting the curfew can the Swamp Mansion become more prosperous." ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu thought that the lifting of the curfew was not something he should worry about, and besides, the commercial area in the city of Swamp Province had not yet been built, so it was a little early to worry about the lifting of the curfew.

Zhao Yao told the Ministry of Industry to do some things, so he let him leave. Later, he summoned Zheng Qian and Wen Daoji to discuss matters related to taxation and laws related to business.

When the Marsh Prefecture was first established last year, a series of taxes and laws related to business were enacted, but in the current situation, they are not perfect, and they have to be added.

Since the people are encouraged to do business, it is necessary to improve the law in this area, so that the people will not be cheated in the process of doing business. Of course, it is also necessary to improve the laws to protect buyers, so that buyers cannot be victimized by sellers.

Although Zhao Yao does not suppress business, it does not mean that the commercial tax is lower than the agricultural tax, and the commercial tax must be higher than the agricultural tax. However, the business tax in Lingnan is lower than that in the hinterland, so as to attract more inland people to do business in Lingnan.

Zhao Yao encouraged the people to make money by buying and selling, and at the same time, he would also raise the price of grain, so that farmers could have security in farming. He also intends to reduce agricultural taxes. The climate and environment of Lingnan are suitable for growing a lot of grain and fruits, if you can't let the farmers make money, then the farmers will also run to become businessmen to make money, and then who will grow the grain and fruits.

He also encouraged women to do business. If a woman does business, then the tax can be reduced by a third.

In terms of protecting women, he also enacted a number of laws to protect them. First, women have the same inheritance rights as men. Of course, women and men also have maintenance obligations. There is no longer a situation where the daughter who marries out is like spilling water.

Second: Women have fields just like men. If the daughter marries, then the field can be used as her dowry.

Thirdly, women can read like men, and parents have no right to prevent women from studying.

When the free school is built, girls who have reached the age of six can go to the school.

Fourth: Protecting women's property. After a woman marries, her husband's family cannot be greedy for ink, and her family cannot occupy her dowry at will.

When a woman's husband dies, she has the right to inherit her husband's property. Even if she remarries later, her husband's family will not be able to usurp the money she should inherit.

Fifth: After a woman gets married, if her husband abuses her, she can apply to the yamen for reconciliation. Husbands who commit domestic violence will be severely punished. If a woman kills her husband in the course of domestic violence, she is not guilty.

Sixth: If a woman is raped, the rape will be executed.

Seventh:......

Zhao Yao originally planned to let women take the imperial examination and then become an official. However, the timing is not right. If he had brought it up now, he would have been opposed. Before, allowing women to go to the academy was strongly opposed by the ministers. After a few years, more and more women will be engaged in business, and then it will be proposed to let women become officials.

Improving taxes and laws in business is not something that can be negotiated in a day or two. Zhao Yao first brought up the places he wanted to add, and then asked Wen Daoji and Zheng Qian to fill in the places they wanted to add, and then discussed together whether it would work. (End of chapter)

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