Just when Fang Jinzhi was furious, Tianxing stood up and said: "There are younger members of our clan who are about to enter the officialdom. I would like to ask for leave and ask for advice on how to help the victims." "I hope that you will not be generous."
Give me some advice."
Hearing this, Huang Qiaoyun took a look at these people for the first time. He knew that businessmen who sent their children into official careers were generally not ordinary people. However, after seeing the faces of these people, Huang Qiaoyun felt that these people were not ordinary people.
People seem to be rich and noble. The autumn clouds are graceful, the springs are heroic and the military is extraordinary, and the sky is elegant and elegant. These people don't look like businessmen. But these have nothing to do with Huang Qiaoyun. Since it is asked of him, then he will give it to him.
These people explained it.
"Since you sincerely ask for advice, I will give you some advice." "I would like to ask you, who are the relief grains for?" "No need to ask, it is naturally for the victims." Fang Jinzhi said with a look on his face.
Huang Qiaoyun looked at Li Jin with retarded eyes. Huang Qiaoyun ignored Fang Jinzhi and continued: "Since it is for the victims to eat, what's the problem with adding some sand into it?"
Huang Qiaoyun said it was reasonable, but Fang Jinzhi and the three of them looked at him in shock. Especially Fang Jinzhi, who wanted to bite Huang Qiaoyun twice. Fang Jinzhi roared: "Aren't the victims of the disaster the common people of the Song Dynasty? Aren't the victims of the disaster not the common people of the Song Dynasty?
Are there people? Is the sand meant for people to eat?"
Huang Qiaoyun's face was still calm, and he said calmly: "Can the victims of the disaster still be considered human beings?" "What did you say?" Fang Jinzhi's eyes widened with anger, and he looked at Huang Qiaoyun in disbelief. Even the gentlest person
Qiuxia's eyes slowly became sharper when she looked at Li Jin.
Seeing that Fang Jinzhi wanted to kill herself, Huang Qiaoyun explained in a common way: "People who are about to starve to death can no longer be regarded as humans, they are beasts." "As long as they can survive, let alone rice porridge mixed with sand.
, they dare to eat even dirt." When Tian Xing heard Huang Qiaoyun's words, he finally couldn't help but taunted:
"This is really shocking coming from an official." Huang Qiaoyun ignored Tianxing's sarcasm and said:
"Of course you are shocked." "You are businessmen, so of course you don't understand the suffering of the people, let alone understand what the victims need?" "Have you ever seen people who ate Guanyin soil and swelled to death because of hunger?
?" "Have you ever seen the tragedy of people exchanging food for food?" "What the victims need is just a bite to eat. They don't care at all what the taste of this bowl of food is?" "They only care about this bowl of food.
Can you fill your stomach?"
Qiuxia, who has experienced countless hardships, of course knew that what Huang Qiaoyun said was true. After all, his parents and brothers starved to death just because of a bowl of food. But he still couldn't accept Huang Qiaoyun adding sand to the relief grain.
, this does not treat the victims as human beings at all. "But since you have already given them a bowl of food, why do you have to add sand into it?" "Isn't it unnecessary to let the victims eat sand every day?"
Huang Qiaoyun shook his head and said: "A few years ago, when I first came to Tianjing New City, this place was already deserted." "White bones were exposed in the wild, and there were no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. It was extremely desolate." "At that time, Tianjing New City was extremely desolate."
Everything is clear. In order to recruit refugees, I decided to open a warehouse to release grain." "But I found that after I opened a warehouse to release grain, there were not many victims who could be helped."
"Do you know why?" This time it was Fang Jinzhi and others' turn to be confused, and several people shook their heads. "Because after knowing that the official uniform distributed free food, those people who had surplus food at home also came to receive relief food."
"I don't have much relief food to begin with, and all these common people who are not victims of the disaster come to receive food." "Then how can I recruit refugees and provide relief to the victims?"
"So, I issued an order, that is, let all the relief points mix sand into the relief porridge." "This allows me to recruit more refugees and cultivate more fields." "
It is precisely because of this that Tianjing New City has such a grand scene." Tian Xing was a little confused after hearing this. What does this land reclamation have to do with sand mixed in disaster relief grains?
Fang Jinzhi suddenly understood and said: "You are saying that the relief food is for the real victims. If sand is added to it, only those who are about to starve to death will come to eat." "And those who do not need to be relieved in the first place."
"People of this kind will definitely not be able to eat this kind of rice porridge. In this way, the real victims can be screened out." "This kind of relief porridge can really be fed to the people who really need it."
"Not only do we screen out the victims of severe disasters, but we also save food and help you recruit more people." "Brilliant, indeed brilliant." After Fang Jinzhi figured it out, he began to admire Yang Peng again. He was quick in thinking and knew how to adapt. This Yang Peng
He can be regarded as a talented person. However, Tian Xing was still a little confused and said:
"The people are all honest. Even if there are some people who pretend to receive food, they won't eat too much." "Isn't it inappropriate to mix sand into the food because of some people?"
Huang Qiaoyun heard this and began to say: "The heart is like water, how deep it is. The people's heart is like smoke, how chaotic it is!" "The people are a bunch of unruly people. Each of these people is selfish and will make their own calculations.
They are all people who like to be greedy for petty gains." "When one common person can get something for nothing and you turn a blind eye, then the second and third one will appear." "Until all the common people will follow and eat the relief food that they have obtained for nothing.
." "Only by turning relief food into rations that must be eaten to survive, these people and disaster victims will work hard to make progress and make their lives better."
"Instead of always counting on food relief, eating and waiting to die." "Only by guiding them to work hard can they have a good life, and only with this kind of atmosphere can a miraculous city like Tianjing New City be built." Fang Jinzhi remembered.
The young man I saw at the porridge shed was obviously one of those unscrupulous people who have plenty of food but want to take advantage of others.
After some teachings from Huang Qiaoyun, Fang Jinzhi felt that Yang Peng had indeed contributed a lot to the prosperity of Tianjing New City. Tianxing beside him couldn't help but frown and thought, feeling that what Fang Jinzhi said seemed to make sense, but there was
I always felt that something was wrong. Qiuxia, on the other hand, after hearing Huang Qiaoyun's words, her impression of Yang Peng changed greatly, and she felt that Yang Peng was a capable person.
Huang Qiaoyun saw that it was getting late and it was lunch time, so he said: "If you have nothing else to do, please leave." "There are many interesting places in Tianjing New City. You can go shopping around." After that,
Just pick up the tea cup and see the guests off...
Fang Jinzhi walked out of Tianjing New City in a daze, feeling that everything he heard today had subverted his understanding. "Holy girl, how are you? Is Yang Peng a corrupt official?" Wan Chun saw Fang Jinzhi coming out and hurried to Fang Jinzhi.
Next to him, he asked curiously. Fang Jinzhi nodded, and then shook his head. Even now, he is still a little confused about who Yang Peng is? Wanchun was confused when he saw Fang Jinzhi like this, nodded and shook his head, then
Is Yang Peng a good official or a corrupt official? He wanted to ask again, but Tian Xing stopped him and told them everything that happened inside.
"Is there such a thing as putting sand in porridge?" Qiuxia looked at Fang Jinzhi dumbfounded and said, "This Yang Peng really has the talent to govern the world." Si Fang was silent at this moment, even though he couldn't stand Yang Peng.
Peng, but I have to admit that this Yang Peng does have two skills.
Tianxing admonished: "Holy girl, since we have seen Yang Peng here, let's go back to Beijing." Fang Jinzhi still refused: "No, although we have seen Yang Peng, we think this Yang Peng
, he is definitely a wise master." "We must seize Yang Peng's handle to see if it is worth taking refuge." "Find an inn to stay first, we want to see if this Yang Peng is a good one here in Tianjing New City.
The world is unified."
Fang Jinzhi planned to stay in Shanghu County for a few days. He planned to choose an inn first and put his things and luggage in the room. After picking and choosing, Fang Jinzhi felt that the so-called Tianjing Hotel best met his requirements. From the outside
Look, Tianjing Hotel is covered with white tiles, which looks very clean and tidy. The architectural style of Tianjing Hotel is more Gothic, so it looks strange in shape, but it has a unique flavor.
"This is the place." Fang Jinzhi waved his hand and took a few people with him to Tianjing Hotel. As soon as he arrived in front of the door, he saw several beauties wearing strange clothes standing on both sides of the door. In Fang Jinzhi's eyes
As they passed by, these beauties bowed neatly and said with a smile:
"Welcome to Tianjing Xincheng Hotel, I wish you a pleasant stay!!" Fang Jinzhi was surprised. Although he had never seen such a way of welcoming guests, he found it inexplicably pleasing to the eye. The clothes these women wore were a little revealing.
It's a bit too big. The skirt's slits reach to the thighs, which is really indecent.
Fang Jinzhi gradually walked to the center of the hall with curiosity. He found that this Tianjing Hotel was indeed different from ordinary inns. There were no tables and chairs in the hall on the first floor for people to eat, only a few items for food.
There is no furniture for people to rest. There are no other objects, giving people a simple and comfortable feeling. The decoration in the hall is also very luxurious. Just a huge glass lamp hanging upside down above the hall is probably no less than one hundred thousand taels of silver.
The floor was even covered with white ceramic tiles. It could be seen that the owner of this room was very tidy. Fang Jinzhi could even see her own reflection in those ceramic tiles.
At this moment, the waiter from the Tianjing Hotel saw someone coming and walked up to him kindly. "Guests, do you want to be a guest or staying at the hotel?" "Staying at the hotel!" "Okay, please give me.
I'll go to the front desk to register the information first." The waiter led Fang Jinzhi and others in the front, and said at the same time: "Our housing time here is from a quarter past noon on the day to a quarter past noon the next day." "If you want.
When checking out, please inform the front desk in advance, we will arrange special people to clean the room.”
With that said, a few people came to the front desk. Fang Jinzhi felt that this inn was quite satisfactory, so he casually asked: "How do you calculate the rent here?" The person who received the guests at the front desk was also a beautiful woman. After hearing Fang Jinzhi's question
After that, he immediately showed a sweet smile and asked Fang Jinzhi:
"I wonder if the guest wants a single-bed room or a twin-bed room?" "Oh, I wonder how much this single-bed room costs? How much does a twin-bed room cost?" The front desk continued to smile professionally and said:
"A single-bed room costs 8 taels of silver a night, and a twin-bed room costs 10 taels of silver." What! It costs 10 taels of silver a night? This is taking us for granted! "Do you think this is a palace? The charges are so high.
??" Wanchun immediately shouted loudly. "Where is your shopkeeper? I want to see your shopkeeper."
At this moment, the shopkeeper of Tianjing Hotel had just come down from upstairs. When he saw Wanchun shouting at the front desk, he hurriedly ran forward. "Sir, I wonder if there is anything that dissatisfies you?"
Looking at the chubby face of the shopkeeper, Wan Chun snorted: "Why are your charges so expensive? Even the best inns in Bianjing are not as expensive as yours!!"
"Do you think we are being taken advantage of?" The inn immediately smiled and said, "Guests, please don't be angry. Our Tianjing Hotel is expensive, so there is a reason for it." "Everyone, please move over and come upstairs with me to take a look.
, you will understand."
Fang Jinzhi and Wanchun didn't believe in any inn that could charge ten taels of silver a night. "Guide the way, if you dare to deceive us, we will destroy your inn." The shopkeeper immediately led Fang Jinzhi and the others upstairs.
Walking up to the fourth floor, the shopkeeper randomly found a free room, opened the door, and let a few people in.
"Please see, each of our rooms is integrated." "Not only is there a place to stay, but even the toilet is separate." "And you can also take a shower in the room. All of these are ready-made." "Please, sir.
Look here, this thing is called a faucet, you just need to turn it on slightly and water will come out."
As he said that, the shopkeeper gently turned on the faucet, and sure enough, he saw a stream of clear water pouring out. Fang Jinzhi and the others had never seen such a magical thing before, and they were extremely surprised. Qiuxia even reached out to take it.
I took a handful and tasted it. It felt the same as the water I usually drink. "This is called tap water. Although it is convenient, it costs money." "There is also this thing called a shower. You can take a shower just standing under it.
There is hot water here.”
"All these things are provided for free. Guests can also receive the breakfast service provided by our store for free every morning." Fang Jinzhi heard the shopkeeper's introduction, but he was looking around the room. The room was transparent from north to south.
, the window was wide open, and you could clearly feel the breeze blowing by. Fang Jinzhi looked at the big bed in the center of the room, which was covered with neat and clean white quilts.
Sitting down, Fang Jinzhi felt as if his whole body was sinking in. He stood up suddenly, and only then did he realize that the bed was so soft. The shopkeeper looked at Fang Jinzhi with a smile and asked:
"Now, guest, do you think these ten taels of silver are worth the money?" Fang Jinzhi walked to the balcony, through which he could clearly see the whole view of Tianjing New City. There is also an independent toilet, bathing area, and service in the room.
Such thoughtfulness, why does it cost so much? "Give us four single-bed rooms." Fang Jinzhi and Qiuxia shared one room, and the remaining three people shared one room each.
"Okay, Sir, please come down and register the information." After the shopkeeper came down, he ordered the waiter to put the luggage of several people in the room. He also asked the front desk to register the information for Fang Jinzhi and others. This is needed at this time.
Fortunately, Fang Jinzhi was prepared. Their road guide was the business information of the capital city. After everything was registered, Zhu Yuanzhang paid the money and was about to leave, but the front desk stopped them.
"Sir, please take your consumption bill!!" Fang Jinzhi was confused again. Bill? What is this for? "Sir, is he a foreigner?" At this time, the shopkeeper also stepped forward to explain. "
This bill is your consumption record. You must provide a bill for buying and selling anything in our Tianjing New City." "Our merchants must pay taxes to the Tianjing New City Tax Office based on this bill." Fang Jinzhi can understand the bill, but since
It's something that businessmen use to pay taxes, so what does it have to do with themselves?
"You merchants can just keep this thing, why do you need to give us a copy?" Even if the tax stamp is used to pay taxes, it has nothing to do with the customers. The shopkeeper continued to explain: "This thing is not only for paying taxes, but also for paying taxes."
A kind of voucher." "Just imagine, sir, if you buy something but don't know whether it's genuine or not, and when you find out it's fake, if the merchant doesn't return it to you, wouldn't you suffer a big loss?" "This
At that time, you only need to show this bill to prove that this item was indeed purchased here."
"In our Tianjing New City, merchants who sell fake goods will have to pay ten for every fake product." "This is also a way to protect your customers." After hearing this, Fang Jinzhi immediately understood. He didn't expect that there would be more in the consumption bill.
This function. He reached out to take his bill and saw the amount of the current consumption written on it, as well as the amount of tax to be paid. When he saw the tax amount, Fang Jinzhi was a little confused. He saw that it said
The consumption amount was 32 taels of silver, but the tax amount reached an astonishing 3.2 taels, a full 10% tax.
Wan Chun suddenly became furious and shouted: "Why is this tax so high? One tax per ten?" "Our laws in the Song Dynasty clearly stipulate that the commercial tax is only one tax per thirty."
The shopkeeper said: "This is stipulated by my city lord. In our Tianjing New City, you have to pay one tenth of the tax." "No one can evade taxes. Once discovered, their home will be ransacked and deported immediately." Fang Jinzhi was confused, and then
Is it this Yang Peng? In the Song Dynasty, we only had 30 taxes per tax, but he raised it three times?
Is he still a human being? A dog official. We have to kill him! Yang Peng’s business tax in Tianjing New City is 1 out of 10 taxes. This made Fang Jinzhi furious and wanted to rush into the government office right now and kill this dog Yang Peng.
thing.
Fang Jinzhi said angrily: "Are you just going to let a dog official like him exploit you? Won't you go to Beijing to complain?" The shopkeeper, who was still smiling, suddenly turned serious when he heard Wan Chun scolding Li Jin. "Don't insult.
My Lord, the City Lord." "It is only natural that the Lord, the City Lord, charges one out of ten taxes." "No one in Tianjing New City owes our Lord the City Lord a favor. Anyone who can live in Tianjing New City must be grateful to my Lord, the City Lord.
grown ups."
"Don't talk about ten taxes and one, even five taxes and one, we are willing." "If the guest dares to speak rudely to my city lord again, please leave immediately. We will not entertain you in this store." Fang Jinzhi stared at the shopkeeper's changes before and after.
, respectful at first and arrogant at the other? Just because he called Yang Peng a dog official, the shopkeeper had this attitude towards him? Seeing this, Tian Xing hurriedly came out to smooth things over:
"Don't be angry, shopkeeper. It's just that the head of my family heard that the tax of 10 per cent is too high, so he is just trying to avenge you." "After all, we are also businessmen, and we have never heard of such a high tax."
The shopkeeper's face softened slightly and he explained: "My city owner treats merchants favorably, and even attracts investment in Tianjing New City. He treats merchants equally and actively develops business." "Except for Tianjing New City, I have never seen a county with such a business atmosphere.
"Not only that, the city lord will also promise the merchants that the backend of the merchants who pay taxes is the government office." "If anyone dares to cause trouble in the merchant's shop, the city lord will severely punish them or even directly execute them."
"In Tianjing New City, after paying this tax, we don't need to pay attention to any other taxes. This is the promise given to us by the city lord." Fang Jinzhi was silent. Although they implemented the policy of reducing corvee and lowering taxes for merchants during the uprising in Hangzhou
.However, the status of businessmen has always been looked down upon, which has also led to businessmen being bullied wherever they do business. Not only do officials and government servants have to pay for their business, but even the gangsters on the street have to collect protection fees.
After conversion, not to mention ten taxes and one tax, even five taxes and one tax are not enough. Yang Peng implements the ten tax and one tax system here, but he Yang Peng also does practical things, telling all businesses that their backend is the county government. It is them.
The city lord Yang Peng. In this way, merchants will not be oppressed by officials, and the gangsters on the street will not dare to provoke the county government. In the end, the merchants will still make money. Tianxing naturally knows the reason, and then said to Fang Jinzhi:
"It's almost noon, why don't we go get something to eat first?" He handed Fang Jinzhi down the steps. Fang Jinzhi nodded, and then left the Tianjing Hotel with a few people. "Tianxing, why do you think Yang Peng
Is there always something unexpected?"
After Fang Jinzhi came out, he couldn't help but ask Tianxing. Tianxing stroked his beard lightly and said, "There are always amazing things done by talented people and strangers." "I think this Yang Peng is the so-called strange person."
Fang Jinzhi thought for a while and said, "Do you think our strategy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business back then was wrong?" Seeing the prosperity of Tianjing New City now, Fang Jinzhi had doubts about his approach. In his imagination, all dynasties had
The past dynasties have been based on agriculture. Only when farmers farm the land will the country's taxes increase. When the national treasury is sufficient and the people can have enough to eat, it will be a peaceful and prosperous age.
This is also Fang Jinzhi's ideal prosperous age. But in Tianjing New City, Fang Jinzhi feels that this prosperous scene is not the prosperous age he expects? Could it be that his strategy is wrong? He should encourage business like Yang Peng.
Can the world enter a prosperous age? Tianxing began his own analysis:
"Every bustle in the world is for profit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit." "If the people in the world abandon their land instead of farming because they are making money through business." "No matter how prosperous business is, it will only be a rootless enterprise.
Ping, water without a source, wood without water." "It is precisely because of the agriculture in various places in the Song Dynasty that it can support the commerce of Tianjing New City."
"Let's go eat first, and then take a closer look at how prosperous Tianjing New City is." "Holy Girl, the barbecue in this restaurant is so delicious. This is the first time I have eaten such delicious meat.
." Wan Chun held his belly and bent over, still mumbling something.
"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat, so you can't eat less." Fang Jinzhi looked at the bill in his hand angrily. He saw twenty taels of silver, half of which was eaten by this bastard. But Tian Xing looked at it lovingly.
Wan Chun said: "Being able to eat is a blessing, Wan Chun is a lucky person."
"My military advisor still loves me." Wan Chun hugged Tian Xing's arm very happily and started to cheer. Fang Jinzhi shook his head helplessly. If he stayed in Tianjing New City for a few more days, he was afraid that Fang Jinzhi would
Broke. "Tian Xing, do you know what spice you just ate?"
"Why does it feel so fragrant? Sprinkled on barbecue, it is simply a delicacy on earth." Tian Xing frowned and thought for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "It seems to be called Parthian fennel, also called cumin." "It is a kind of Parthian country.
Spices." After hearing this, Fang Jinzhi said, "How come we have never seen this thing before?"
"An'an is thousands of miles away from our Song Dynasty. This cumin is indeed very rare." "It's surprising that we can eat it here." Tianxing explained.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.