I don’t know when it started. Anyway, he used to look at the Three Kingdoms, and the protagonists in it almost used commercial tax to gradually replace agricultural tax. In fact, this is the mainstream even in later generations.

It was just that considering the singleness of goods, population, mobility and transportation methods, the economy in the Eastern Han Dynasty was not so easy to develop.

Just like in the past two years, with the war everywhere, everyone has gradually discovered that good wine is worse than scattering more grains, and sales have declined. In particular, there are so many copycats, and the profits have begun to decline, and they have fallen to the point where they can only be used for export.

In any case, the sales volume of "Yuhuchun", which was first mixed with high wine and ordinary wine, has increased. The price is lower than that of Jiuxian Brew, but it is more mellow than many wines. Of course, the former is the most important.

The winery people did not mention whether to reduce the price and sell it. Liu Tao was the first to not allow it. The brand should look like a brand. No matter what others do, they cannot reduce the price. Not only will they not reduce the price, but they also have to raise the price slightly and restrict purchases at the same time.

There is no results yet, and the domestic market is just like this. It is hard to say in the future, especially when the people in his territory live a stable life for a few years and start to have money. This is a magical tool for pretending to be a country or abroad, both in ancient times and in the past.

The population is not small, but they are almost all poor. There are wars everywhere, and there is taxes required for wars. There is no money in itself, and it seems that even if you have to sell yourself, you can survive.

Not to mention liquidity, it means that you have no need to leave even if you want to leave, and you have no conditions to leave. Where to travel, you have no money!

This also involves the issue of transportation conditions, so basically walking. Having a horse is equivalent to a carriage in later generations. Even if it is a donkey, it is also a Santana. When riding on it, you can still ask proudly: "Do you have one?"

Horses are scarce. After all, if you want to fight, war horses are in urgent need, and slow horses can be used to transport goods. People's horses will always be recruited as soon as possible. Warlords are just such a thing after all.

Therefore, when mobility, population and means of transportation are lacking, commercial activities, mainly private business activities, have also begun to become depressed.

The only thing that can be maintained is the government procurement transaction. In other words, the big businessmen who are active in the market are basically all official businessmen!

"We are short of this now; then there are transportation conditions. We need a method to quickly transport soldiers, food, etc. to the front line, and the energy loss has decreased." Liu Tao said slowly.

An army of 1,000 people needs about 2,000 civilians to transport materials. Not only food, but also tents, pots and medicines.

The civilians responsible for transportation also need to eat. Even if they have two meals a day, the meals they eat are of course deducted from the escorted grain. So after arriving at the destination, about 30% of the food was consumed by these civilians.

The more primitive the means of transportation, the greater the consumption. If you carry it with your shoulders, it can even reach 50%. For a cart, it can be about 40%, and if you want to transport it, it can be about 30%.

If transported by railway, a large amount of food and grass can be transported by replacing horses. There is not so many civilians who can help consume it, and the transportation time can also be reduced.

The loss rate of grain can even be reduced to 10%. The 20% of the grain saved is profitable.

When you don’t fight, you can also serve as freight for merchants. Anyway, if you have horseshoes, the loss rate of horses can be reduced. In addition, Liangzhou and Bingzhou can also buy horses themselves, so it is no problem to supplement horses.

After all, how much benefits can a railway from the clouds reach Jinyang and passing through Dingxiang County along the way? It can be earned in about three to five years, but the cost is almost the same. After all, the laborers need not pay much salary.

Especially during the slack season, corvee labor can be charged for about one or two months. Of course, according to Liu Tao’s request, the mobilized civilians must prepare meals for them.

If you have the conditions, you will naturally have to pay a salary, which is only lower than the average salary for working.

"I need to go back and calculate this. If conditions permit, I will discuss with the Secretary of State how to implement it." After so many years of influence from Liu Tao, Xun Yu's eyes are actually not bad. After hearing Liu Tao's words in detail, he obviously had already made some mistakes.

But if there is no accurate number, he will not be at ease. After all, from publicity to poaching people to resettlement, a lot of manpower and material resources are required. At the same time, the management work must be in place. No one can imagine where the hands of local officials will come from.

Even if you see me and chop me once, you will have the mentality of a gambler as long as you are a person. Especially after one or two successes, your courage will be completely fatter and you will start to become crazy...

"Well, discuss it carefully, but don't delay it for too long... Next autumn, an encore will be held, and this will be promoted in place. I hope they can study hard for a year." Liu Tao nodded, not too embarrassed Xun Yu.

It is not easy to be a steward of a country, but there has always been insufficient staff in all aspects of money. Now the Ministry of Rites does not second it, and the problem of population shortage is even more serious.

The only thing that is thankful is that most of the work this year has been implemented some time ago. As he expected, Liu Tao did make trouble in the second half of the year, but fortunately he has spared time in advance to deal with this matter.

The following series of policies of the Han court suddenly caught people off guard.

The local army took over the local granary as soon as possible. Before the local officials could react, the censor had arrived secretly and began a thorough investigation. During this period, the Jinyiwei was also secretly following up to confirm who the censor had contacted during the execution of his mission.

There are some places where there are indeed problems with granaries. Fortunately, at least 60% of the counties have no problems with granaries. Some are also bad debts before Liu Tao ascended the throne. According to the agreement, this part can be ignored.

In the county where there was a problem, the county magistrate and the county officials were dismissed from office. In the absence of people, they went directly to the military control. A curfew began at 7 pm, and at the same time, they were almost executed against the crime.

The Jinyiwei was secretly supervising. If the army had any violations, there would naturally be a military law office to find them to have tea.

Xu Sheng, who had been drinking with Liu Tao, was also down. Liu Tao gave him a chance, but unfortunately he didn't cherish it. Or he was too involved with Yang and could no longer get out.

On the day he was escorted to beheading, his wife took her children to cry and scream on the execution ground. Unfortunately, the fact that the house was raided and asked for death could not be changed. His wife and children were also sent to Wuyuan and engaged in physical labor for three years.

However, no one dared to say that Liu Tao was cruel. The Ministry of Rites had cooperated with this action and spread everywhere why he did that. What did these people who were searched and asked about the deaths?

In fact, it is not necessary to say, the local people know what Xu Sheng did. The day he was beheaded, the people cheered.

Many scholars who planned to criticize Liu Tao had been taken down by the Jinyiwei before they could take action.

It is said that these scholars have never appeared since that day. Later, some people said that they were seen in the border county, which was different from their previous elegant appearance. The long-term work made them almost unable to recognize them like savages.

In cooperation with the crazy propaganda of the Ministry of Rites, the people suddenly discovered that Liu Tao was a wise monarch who ruled for the people and really wanted to change the current situation of the Han Dynasty. For a time, the support rate of Liu Tao by the main ordinary people reached a new level.

As for the Hongnong Yang family, Liu Tao did not directly attack it for stability, but Xu Sheng helped them illegally seize the territory, not only did they confiscate all of them, but also imposed a fine.

The treasury made a lot of money because of this, and of course it completely offended these old families... It was not the first time anyway, so Liu Tao would not care about their opinions.

Or if you dare to have any opinions, then the Hongnong Yang family’s children should not take the imperial examination in the future! Anyway, no one begs them to participate in the imperial examination!

If there is a shortage of local officials and even has to enter the level of military control, it is natural that a group of new officials will be selected.

Soon, the imperial court also publicly stated that next autumn, an enrollment exam would be held, that is, to shorten the three-year imperial examination to a level that can be referenced next year.

This news was not only informed by the Han Dynasty, but also by the Wei and Han Dynasty. Even with the merchants, the news was spread to all parts of the world.

If it was three months in advance before, due to the speed of message delivery, many people still had no way to know, and they didn’t have time to come. This time, there was a whole year. No matter how slow the message was, could it be less than a year?

Not to mention the rule of the Han Dynasty, the people outside received news that they had the conditions to plan to go to Jinyang. The education system there has been improved. Now, after studying hard for a year, are there any greater opportunities?

But what should I do if I don’t have money to go there? As a result, there was a sudden rumor in the market that there was a certain so-and-so and the ability to send people there.

When asked how much money it would cost to help, he was told that he didn't need to spend money, and he could arrange land and houses in the past. He just had to work for the court for two years, mainly building a railway or something.

They don’t understand what railways are, but they arrange land and houses, and they can also read and read. It is really tempting to take the imperial examination.

Finally, as it was spread, new news came out, saying that the servants went there, and the previous contract of selling their bodies was invalid. After working for two years, they directly arranged their household registration and farmland, and they would become free people in the future.

This message was delivered the fastest, and I felt that all the squires from all over the country... all the servants at home knew about it.

Excluding those families who have raised children since childhood, they have a sense of identity with the owner because of their childhood education. Most of the servants have sold themselves in recent years because they can't survive.

Now I have the opportunity to become a free man and can arrange land and houses. Not to mention working for two years, I am willing to go through five years.

Then, finally, someone willing to eat crabs appeared. At first, it was one, and soon someone found out that it was really possible, so there was a second and a third...

Local gentry, powerful and scholars, no matter how hard they are, it is useless. After deducting their direct and side-line family members and some families to have children, to put it bluntly, who is not a servant?!

"This Liu Tao is going to drive us to death!" A noble family in Jizhou started crying.
Chapter completed!