Although Zhu San didn't think that all the trees on the mountain had been cut down, but thinking that land reclamation would destroy the mountain, he thought it would be better for him to listen to his mother.

"The road construction has been solved, and the problem of keeping warm has been solved, then the third thing is the problem of food and clothing, which is also the most urgent problem at the moment..." Ye Yuran said, "I asked the people, and they barely had enough food before the autumn harvest in previous years.

Yes. It’s okay if there is no famine, but if there is a famine, you will be hungry.”

The reason why there are so many bandit dens in Qingyuan County is because they can't fill their stomachs.

What to do if you don’t have enough food?

Be a bandit.

If you become a bandit and you can rob others, you might be able to fill your stomach.

"So, my idea is that you need to send people to check the bottom first and then prepare in advance."

"In Zhujia Village, we have been planting paddy fields in recent years, growing potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins. There are many things to fill our stomachs. We can definitely discuss with County Magistrate Dai and use various methods to introduce food."

As for these multiple methods, which one they are needs to be discussed in detail.

What Ye Yuran and Zhu San discussed today was just a general direction. The specific details still need to be considered by Zhu San himself and then discussed with his subordinates.

One person is planning the shortcomings, and two people are planning the strengths. Now that Zhu San is both a master and a subordinate, he can come up with many better solutions than Ye Yuran, a non-native.

Sure enough, Zhu San took it to discuss with his master Luo Qiushan, and the other party did give him a lot of ideas.

"Well, if that's the case..." Luo Qiushan pondered for a moment and then said, "Your Excellency, you can divide several lines in parallel, one with the Zhu family as the representative, make a remote donation to the Qingyuan County Yamen and obtain the plaque.

On the one hand, the yamen will take the lead and initiate donations in Qingyuan County. If materials are needed, but if money and other items are needed, the yamen will do the operation on their behalf and purchase sweet potatoes and other items from the Zhu family.

Article 3, it’s okay…”

Luo Qiushan suggested that donations and purchases should be separated. Donations should be made in the individual names of villagers, while purchases should belong to the village collective and the target of the purchases should be Zhujia Village.

In this way, even if word spreads, people will understand that the villagers of Zhujia Village are kind-hearted and willing to donate food and help others; and the village collective represents the collective interests of Zhujia Village. In order to protect the interests of the villagers, it sells part of the food.

Exchanging money is also a normal behavior.

In addition, the county magistrate's mother, Ye Yuran, can also take the lead in guiding qualified people in Qingyuan County to "group buy".

This is a personal action of the common people, so whether they trade with the villagers of Zhujia Village or trade with the village collective is their personal choice.

Just to ensure the safety of the interests of the villagers in this county, this transaction process will be "supervised" by the Qingyuan County Government.

"This will not only solve some needy households, but also meet the trading needs of other people." Master Luo Qiushan continued, "As for the gentry and businessmen in this county, you only need to speak to the county magistrate of Anjiu Town.

It's enough to say hello and sign a 'preferential security contract'."

The governments on both sides have opened the door to facilitate businessmen or gentry holding tokens. For them, this is the biggest advantage.

Of course, Zhu San did not forget to bring up concepts such as "patent fees" and "commercial taxes" determined by the county.

He said that the cement was his family's recipe, and he could not let them hand it over for free, but the Qingyuan County government did not have the money to buy their recipe, so they could use "royalty fees" to ensure the recipe.

It benefits the sub-owners and also allows the Yamen to use it for free.

"Patent fees do not need to be paid by our yamen. Anyone who wants to contract for road construction will pay the patent fees themselves, and the income from the road construction process will be earned by the merchants." Zhu San said, "Of course, we cannot let the merchants

All the benefits are taken up, so we can make businessmen pay a 'commercial tax'..."

Master Luo Qiushan suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining brightly.

He is committed to dedicating his life to the Yan Dynasty, serving the country and the people, so as to leave a name in history. He has experienced several county magistrates and seen many customs and customs. The most difficult things to solve are food and clothing, preventing corrupt officials, and how to

Suppressing businessmen and other issues.

However, now, the emergence of Zhu San can not only alleviate the common people's problem of food and clothing through paddy field cultivation, sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkins, corn, etc., but there is also a way to solve the problem of businessmen's pursuit of profit?!

"Sir, are you sure that this 'commercial tax' can really curb the proliferation of businessmen and affect the survival of the people?" Master Luo Qiushan was very excited and asked quickly.

Zhu San already vaguely knew that Luo Qiushan was the emperor's man, so he did not hide it and said very sincerely: "I can't guarantee it, but this is an attempt, isn't it? Regardless of any problem, practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

Only if we try it can we know whether it is feasible."

He roughly talked about how "commercial tax" works.

Especially when it came to the issue of "tax rebates", Luo Qiushan was even more surprised.

For those who are suppressed, there will be no mercy and heavy taxes will be imposed; for those who are encouraged, not only will the tax be low, but after the event is completed, points will be rebate to encourage other parties to behave.

If this rebate is given to farmers who farm the land, and the land tax paid by them is reduced...

Master Luo Qiushan said: "Wouldn't this indirectly reduce the tax problem of farmers?"

Compared with the "tax reduction and interest reduction" proposed by many people throughout the ages, Zhu San's method of transferring commercial taxes to supplement agricultural taxes is truly beneficial to the country and the people, allowing farmers to enjoy the benefits, right?

He could already predict that when ordinary people who farmed their own land found that even if they paid taxes for farming, they would get various "rebates", which was much more comfortable than those businessmen who had to pay heavy taxes, would they still be able to farm their land well?

After cultivating the land well, they will not be hungry. When the time comes...

Zhu San said: "I don't know if it can be done, but we can try it, pilot it on a small scale first, and if it succeeds, then expand it. We can start with the cement tax and rebate it to the houses built by the people...

…and then extend the name to other things, while doing it, crossing the river by feeling the stones, and once a problem is discovered, make adjustments immediately... I don’t believe Qingyuan County is like this now, how can we make it even poorer?

"

Master Luo Qiushan burst out laughing, right? Qingyuan County is already in such a situation. Just building roads and the emergence of sweet potatoes and other crops can already improve the strength of Qingyuan County. Even if Zhu San makes troubles, Qingyuan County

No matter how bad the county is, it won't be any worse.

The two of them made more detailed and thorough considerations on the future development plan of Qingyuan County.

This negotiation lasted several days.

On one side, development plans are being decided, and on the other side, the yamen are already in action, notifying the local gentry and wealthy families to hold a meeting and contracting for road construction projects; on the other side, notifying the villages under their jurisdiction that they are coming to the county for a meeting to discuss the "Warm Winter Plan".
Chapter completed!