Looking at the pile of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corns that Liu Baiyu took out, Magistrate Guan didn't have the same excited expression as in ordinary YY novels.

"Here, brother Liu Xian, can you be more reliable? Although I don't know what these potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are, the famine depends on the government's governance. It can make up for the famine with abundance. It always depends on one or two novel crops. Unreliable..."

This is why County Magistrate Guan thinks Liu Baiyu is an expert and saves a bit of face. In fact, he has seen potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, and has experimented with growing them, but the yield is really tragic...

Unlike what most YY novels say, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn have high yields when they arrive in China. At first, because they were not adapted to China's climate, the yields of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn in China were not as good as wheat and rice... Potatoes, sweet potatoes, The history of the domestication of corn in China was basically completed from Wanli to the early years of Kangxi. Relying on refugee food such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, the big story of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong was blown up.

However, Liu Baiyu has a heaven-defying plane merchant system. His seeds are the product of modern technology. The yield per unit area of ​​high-yield plots reaches 4,600 kilograms, and the laboratory yield is 50 kilograms. It is an out-and-out yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu!

"I can't explain it to people like you. At least potatoes and sweet potatoes can be grown on mountainous and thin land without picking the land, right? The main reason I came here this time is to buy 10,000 acres of land around the nameless valley. How much can I harvest? Ordering potatoes and sweet potatoes to help the victims can help you as the county magistrate, right?"

Liu Baiyu was completely speechless for this stubborn person.

Who knew that County Magistrate Guan patted Liu Baiyu on the shoulder and said seriously:

"You can't buy thin land in those mountainous areas. Dear brother, you really want to buy land. I can contact you with four hundred acres of good fields. But these fields are all on the border. Preventing refugees and bandits is a problem. But you can let Brother Zhang It won’t be a big deal if we allocate dozens of strong men to you..."

Damn it! Liu Baiyu is about to cry but has no tears. He opens his mouth and shuts up, dear brother. As a result, the 10,000 acres around my nameless valley have shrunk to 400 acres of good fields? This is really too...

"It's not a disadvantage. Magistrate Guan, you can report the 10,000 acres of mountainous land around the nameless valley as wasteland. Although it was abandoned seven or eight years ago, it can still be regarded as wasteland. It's not that the tax revenue will be halved in three years." "Huh?" Liu Baiyu said, still complaining in his heart that the Ming Dynasty did not have the power of the modern government. In modern times, it is called three exemptions and two halvings. The Ming Dynasty was good, with taxes halved in three years. It was stingy and the principle of letting the water go to fish I don’t understand, I despise, I completely despise!

Who knew that Magistrate Guan’s next words would make Liu Baiyu fully aware of the strangeness of the late Ming Dynasty...

"My dear brother, it's not what you think. The regular tax is not that much, but the floating tax, fire expenses, miscellaneous items... I can't even tell you how much it is! Not only do I not collect it myself, I also don't let the prefect collect it. My official position is already shaky, and the next county magistrate will probably charge more by himself. I am afraid that the harvest in your mountainous area is not enough, and you will have to pay for it yourself!"

I am xxoo! The floating revenue, fire consumption, and miscellaneous items sound like they are competing with the urban management and demolition offices. They all seem to be very fierce. Although Liu Baiyu can’t figure out what they are, it is also a cold war. He is sweating, but Liu Baiyu Bai Yu thought about it carefully and felt strange again. Regardless of whether it was a tax or a miscellaneous tax, one had to estimate the quality of the land. Even if the bandits kidnapped and collected money, they also had to estimate the money of the fat sheep. Could it be that the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were higher than those of the bandits? Not as good as that?

But what Liu Baiyu didn't expect was that the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was really worse than that of bandits! It doesn't matter whether your land is good or bad, these exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are collected directly according to the area! Why? There is a reason for this. One is that the good land is concentrated

In the hands of big landowners and big bureaucrats, they naturally do not want to be treated equally with small bureaucrats and small landowners. Secondly, the quality of the land is even included in the fish scale books of small officials, and these small officials are still in the fish scale books handed down from their ancestors.

They are all about the land conditions of the Yuan Dynasty, and even the Song Dynasty. How reliable do you think these data are by the end of the Ming Dynasty?

Since it is extremely troublesome to collect taxes according to the quality of the land, and it is not good for oneself, then it is better to cut it across the board! This result not only forces farmers who cultivate mountainous and thin land to flee and become refugees, but also makes a small number of wealthy middle peasants and rich peasants

They have also become sharecroppers. In this society, once the middle layer collapses, the pyramid structure will naturally not be able to maintain it.

As an aside, many famous fans always like to criticize Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng was originally a member of the system and wanted to be a small official waiting to die. You, the Ming Dynasty, promoted people without knowing their duties, and secondly, they did not allow others to work together.

Waiting to die, and then being violently demanded for wages, didn't you ask for this? Do you really think that the people below are just trash?

But no matter what, Guan County Magistrate did not allow Liu Baiyu to buy land. He simply said that it was a trap and Liu Baiyu could not be allowed to jump...

This... Since I really couldn't explain it, I had to lie. Liu Baiyu winked at Zhang Tianhong. Zhang Tianhong smiled at Magistrate Guan and said to go out and get some gifts that Liu Baiyu gave to Magistrate Guan.

County Magistrate Guan thought it was nothing more than local silver, so he waved his hand and continued to persuade the stubborn Liu Baiyu:

"You have to listen to me on this matter! The 10,000 acres of mountainous land around the Nameless Valley is definitely a bottomless pit, and even mountains of gold and silver may not be able to fill it all..."

"To be honest, what kind of farming is just a cover-up. In fact, I want to build a factory and put it in the valley, which can guarantee business confidentiality!" Liu Baiyu began to lie.

"It's not as simple as you said. Even if you have good goods but no strong backers, the petty officials along the way will try their best to kill you! And the appetites of strong backers are very big. If you are not careful, you may kill yourself.

Everyone got involved! You outsiders don’t understand how dark the officialdom is..."

"You have to take a look at what goods my factory produces! Those are good goods!"

"What good stuff can I get? I have been to the provincial capital and the capital. Don't think that I am some country bumpkin county magistrate." County Magistrate Guan almost turned into a country bumpkin in front of Liu Baiyu because of the government affairs book. Naturally, he flaunted himself everywhere.

However, when Magistrate Guan took over the paper box with hesitation, he was shocked. The box looked very smooth, as if it had been coated with a layer of glaze, but its light and thin weight proved that it was definitely not porcelain. Carefully,

After observing it, he immediately realized that it was a cardboard box due to the burrs on the edge.

Guan County Magistrate thought: This Liu Baiyu is really knowledgeable and generous, and he has some unique secret techniques. He carefully opened the box, and inside was a small oval flat box, made of neither jade nor porcelain, but also like

It looks like a carton with a layer of porcelain glaze, but the color is an extremely delicate pink that has never been seen on porcelain. It is very light to buy.

Magistrate Guan sells goods all year round and is well-informed. He has seen foreign goods, but he can't tell what they are made of. It looks similar to the powder box used by the woman. When he tried to lift it, the lid of the box looked like this.

It opened like a shell, but I saw a bright area inside. Looking at it intently, I couldn't help but feel ashen!

He couldn't help but be shocked. He had lived for more than twenty years and thought that he had a wide-ranging vision. Not to mention that this powder box was very rare to be made of neither porcelain nor jade. There was a priceless face inlaid inside.

He had only seen the ground crystal mirror a few times when he was in the capital. Although the size was much larger than this and the price was easily a few thousand taels of silver, it was not as bright as it. He could tell Fo Langji that it was crystal clear.

An experienced merchant in the maritime trade said that this crystal mirror is only found in one city in Europe. The workshop is built on an island and is heavily guarded. It has always been a secret craft. The best crystal mirrors are rare even in France.

.Not to mention in China and in this small county.

After seeing the powder box, Magistrate Guan was very interested in Liu Baiyu's goods. First, it was the kind of powder box he had seen, but this one was a greasy light green, and then it was completely transparent.

There are some nice patterns on the glass. Although the transparency of this cup is much higher than any other cups that Magistrate Guan has ever seen, it is not beyond the scope of his knowledge, so he thinks it is nothing more than that.

Then there were several porcelains of various types. The appearance and glaze color were not outstanding. When I picked it up, I felt it was very light. It didn't feel as cold as porcelain, so I knew it was not the same thing as porcelain. Just when I was thinking that this thing was not worth much, Liu Baiyu thought

As if knowing his thoughts, he pushed several bowls and cups to the ground.

Magistrate Guan was startled, thinking that Liu Baiyu had lost his mind and gone crazy, but he saw that these things did not fall to pieces on his square tile floor, but just spun around a few times, unscathed.

Zhang Tianhong on the side quickly picked up the things and handed them to Magistrate Guan with a smug expression. Magistrate Guan snatched them away and looked at them carefully for a long time. There were no cracks or cracks at all. He thought that Liu Baiyu's

Things are really weird.

Then there are some transparent boxes, some square and some round, all with lids that can be closed tightly. Although they are very similar to the glassware bought by the powerful people in the capital from the Francois, they are much lighter and not afraid of falling.

There are also some shiny knives, a hooded cloak made of a material that looks a bit like glass but is as impermeable as oilcloth... They are all strange things. Looking at this dazzling table of things, County Magistrate Guan became more and more interested

I don’t know what Liu Baiyu means anymore.
Chapter completed!