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Now Star Seoul will make about 50 taels of silver this year. After deducting various expenses, as well as salary, etc., the remaining silver is fully calculated, and it can also be used for the expenses of a city.

If the shopkeeper has won dozens of cities, how can he have the money to support so many cities?So many officials, so many soldiers?

The shopkeeper made a head start, making the tax so low, it will be disadvantageous if you want to raise it in the future, if you don't raise it, you will be in a state of being unable to make ends meet, the shopkeeper should think twice! "

Li Daifu was also helpless.

The shopkeeper's idea is naturally good, but you can't just do it like this.

The source of taxation in the world is the people. Only by relying on thousands of people can the operation of a country be maintained, and the huge military pay and equipment wear and tear can be supported.

There are also salaries, and expenditures in some places in a huge country, etc.

Right now it's just a small star Seoul, so naturally there's no need to worry so much, and it's enough to be self-sufficient.

It's just that the shopkeeper's goal is not just such a small place, such a policy can't be messed up.

He can see far away, and he also hopes that the shopkeeper can look more towards the future.

Star Seoul is now uniquely blessed to be able to earn so much money. It is unrealistic to spread the model of Star Seoul to every place, right?

This guy has a good eye.

Regarding Li Daifu's words, Lu Chensheng did not intend to get angry, and the other party's consideration was still very good.

According to the country in the farming era, the taxation of the people is naturally extremely important, and only when it enters the industrial age will the economy enter into rapid development.

In the farming era, the economy was extremely stable, basically maintaining a parallel line.

The taxation of the people naturally became the top priority.

"You're really thinking well, but I know what's in my mind and I have my own considerations. Don't worry about this. People's taxes are based on this."

Lu Chensheng waved his hand and said something to the other party.

After Lu Chensheng said that, Li Daifu opened his mouth slightly, and then he could only nod his head in agreement, and then wrote it down.

"In addition, there is a tax collection for merchants. Anyone who opens a shop in Xing Seoul will be taxed based on the monthly profit. If the monthly profit is more than 50 taels of silver and less than [-] taels of silver, the tax will be calculated as a percentage of the total profit. [-] to collect taxes.

If the tax is above 50 taels and below 100 taels, the tax is 20.00% of the total profit.

If the profit is more than 100 taels, the tax shall be levied at 20.00% of the total profit.

In addition, when foreign goods are sent to Star Seoul, 5.00% of the goods will be charged as a city entry tax. Star Seoul provides a place for transactions and guarantees their safety and the safety of the goods. It makes no sense for them not to spend a penny. "

As Lu Chensheng said, Li Daifu jotted it down, and then wiped off his sweat.

"My lord, isn't this tax too high? With such an increase in tax, I'm afraid those merchants will not come here in the future, especially those foreigners."

Li Daifu had a bit of embarrassment on his face.

"You should learn more about these merchants, they will not stop coming easily, and charging them 5.00% of the product price is actually not too much.

They come to Xing Seoul, and the goods they bring can earn a lot of money every time they come because of the lack of resources in Xing Seoul. After buying the goods in Xing Seoul, they go back and earn dozens of taels of silver at a time. But easily.

Your annual salary is only so much, but they can easily earn tens of taels of silver in one go.

As for those foreigners, what other options do they have besides coming here?Go to those frontier fortresses and still have to be killed like pigs?Besides, the frontiers are not very friendly to them, and some things are forbidden to be sold.

When they come here, they can buy what they want, and the cattle and sheep they bring will be charged a tax of 5.00%, how is that too much? "

Lu Chensheng didn't think that such a tax collection would be more expensive.

Hearing this, Li Daifu couldn't help opening his mouth. He really didn't expect these merchants to come here and make so much money when they go back.

Thinking of this, he originally thought that his salary was a lot, but now compared with these merchants, he realized that his salary was actually so little.

"I heard before that some officials in the city actually took money from some merchants. They thought the other party was too stupid to collect the money with such a high salary. Now, after hearing what the shopkeeper said, I found out that they took money. It seems that there is indeed some reason in it."

As soon as these words came out, someone on the side immediately became dissatisfied.

"It's because this guy doesn't know what to do! Master Li, don't say that he doesn't know, there are still many people in the rest of Xinghan City who can't get enough to eat!

Now the people in Star Seoul can already eat their fill. Now you are comparing the people of Star Seoul with those wealthy merchants. Do you think this comparison is appropriate?

The salary given by the shopkeeper is already very high. Compared with the officials in other places, the shopkeeper has never treated them badly!

How dare he eat the salary of the shopkeeper, and rely on the power given by the shopkeeper, use his power for personal gain, he deserves to be killed! "

The guard on the side frowned, with a murderous look on his face.

Li Daifu also felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly knelt down.

"Xiaguan didn't mean that, but felt a little emotional for a while, so he said the wrong thing."

Li Daifu said with some panic.

Lu Chensheng waved his hand, motioning for him to get up.

"There's no need to be so frightened, it's just that some words are not enough to punish you."

Li Daifu breathed a sigh of relief at Lu Chensheng's words. After touching the sweat on his forehead, he stood up.

"Let's explain the taxation in this way. Don't underestimate the merchants. The future income will basically depend on them."

Lu Chensheng waved his hand, signaling to the other party to follow this release policy, "By the way, by the way, the land outside the city has been planned. If you want to farm, you can get the land and start farming."

"Yes!"

Li Daifu was originally responsible for the planning of the fields outside, and now he is naturally responsible for distributing the fields.

Regarding the shopkeeper's order, Li Daifu naturally nodded repeatedly, not daring to neglect.

After solving Li Daifu's matter here, Lu Chensheng continued to scroll down, looking at other matters to be dealt with.

In a day of teaching in the school, there are too many things that have been accumulated and not dealt with in an instant.

Chapter 469

Lu Chensheng returned to his residence while explaining the matter.

He still had a few binoculars in his hand, and when he got home, he handed the binoculars to Bai Yi.

"What is this?"

Bai Yi looked at the telescope in her hand, was slightly stunned and said curiously.

"This is called a telescope. These ladies can distribute it and give it to Cheng Xue and the others. There is this thing on the battlefield, and it can be used to predict the enemy's opportunities."

Bai Yi took the binoculars and used them according to what Lu Chensheng said, and then her beautiful eyes widened.

The scenery in the distance is suddenly brought closer to the front. An ant in the distance is crawling, and it can be seen clearly, with every detail visible.

"How did this thing do it?"

Bai Yi looked at the thing in her hand, with some thoughts in a daze.

Lu Chensheng looked at the telescope in Bai Yi's hand, "It's just using a convex lens to refract the light closer."

Lu Chensheng said something simply.

It's just that Bai Yi still didn't understand. She still didn't understand what light refraction was.

However, this thing aroused her strong interest.

"With this thing, when fighting, you can directly predict the enemy's opportunities, predict the enemy in advance, and be able to ambush, etc."

Bai Yi immediately understood the usefulness of this thing in her hand.

If the barracks were equipped with this thing, it would be like a tiger with wings added.

It's a pity that she is pregnant now, otherwise she would really like to try what kind of situation it would be like to go out with this thing.

"Well, a few have been made right now, and the lady can distribute them as she likes."

Lu Chensheng is not very clear about the situation in the army, who should be allocated to let Bai Yi do it.

Bai Yi nodded, and put away the binoculars, she had already figured out how to distribute them.

"When summer is over and autumn is over, I want to send the heavy cavalry out once."

Lu Chensheng sat down, Xiaoyu came over and quickly poured a glass of frozen juice, and then served a few plates of snacks, all of which were pastries and the like.

Xiaoyu is now good at handicrafts, and has recently learned to make a lot of pastries, such as crystal cakes, mini cakes, red snow maidens, and so on, and even makes them easily.

These snacks are still extremely labor-intensive. Some of them need to use some beans or fruits, which are cooked thoroughly, and then rolled into powder, which needs to be very, very fine.

Then use manual, all kinds of soft dough, and all kinds of procedures, all in all, it is very labor-intensive.

Therefore, although Xiaoyu is only in charge of the family, but among the busy people, Xiaoyu is also ranked among the top few.

"The taste of dim sum is getting better and better."

Before it was time to eat, Xiaoyu specially brought pastries, and was going to let Lu Chensheng cushion his stomach first.

Hearing the uncle's praise, Xiaoyu's eyes narrowed into crescents, looking extremely happy.

Xiaoyu is extremely happy to be praised and liked by my uncle.

Bai Yi sat on the side, listening to what Xianggong said, her eyebrows lightly clustered.

"Is this too risky? Although heavy cavalry is powerful, if you encounter light cavalry and the opponent is on guard, it is easy to be exhausted by the opponent and then trapped on the battlefield."

Heavy cavalry is powerful, but it also has great weaknesses.

That is, it is obviously inferior to the opponent in terms of maneuverability. If the opponent is on guard, it will turn around and run, and then harass it from a distance, but it is also very fatal.

However, due to the three generations of smelting technology, even if they are kited, the heavy cavalry can still ignore the bows and arrows of the light cavalry.

But it's still somewhat risky.

"With some light cavalry as spies, with binoculars, it is feasible to enter the opponent's tribe at night when they are not prepared. The Tartars go south every year, and now it is time to change.

Last year, the opponent was beaten by us once. If the opponent goes south this year, he will definitely avoid our heavy cavalry. If we attack first, the opponent will be trapped on the grassland and dare not go south rashly.

In addition, you can also consume the opponent's strength, you can't just watch the opponent accumulate strength, and then go south in a big way, right? "

Lu Chensheng had his own thoughts, and felt that it would be better to attack once.

What's more, the opponent never expected that they would take the initiative to attack.

When Bai Yi heard this, she nodded lightly. Anyway, what Lu Chensheng said made some sense.

If he took the initiative to attack and gained the upper hand, and charged wildly at the opponent's rear, that would be a great thing.

"Since the husband has made a decision, the concubine will come to discuss with them tomorrow and formulate a battle strategy."

Lu Chensheng nodded immediately when he heard the words, "Well, this matter will be handled by the lady."

Lu Chensheng is not very clear about the situation on the grassland. Bai Yi is more familiar with wars and so on. It is better to leave these things to Bai Yi.

Bai Yi thought about how to surprise those tribes in the grassland.

Lu Chensheng was planning the logistics. He had made some military rations before, but this time it could come in handy.

You don’t need to bring much, the grasslands are full of cattle and sheep, and they can be supplemented as military rations if you grab them at any time. However, in terms of taste, soldiers can still have more choices.

The next day.

Li Daifu, who communicated with Lu Chensheng, also posted notices on the street.

The notice stated the future tax matters, as well as the reclamation of fields outside the city.

If there are people who want to cultivate, they can go to him to apply, but they can't apply indiscriminately.

If after applying, there will be no crops in the field in the next autumn harvest, then a fine will be imposed.

In addition, the common people only have the right to farm, but in fact the land still belongs to Lu Chensheng.

These terms are written very clearly.

The common people gathered around, and the illiterate and literate people explained that after hearing what was written on it, the common people suddenly cheered louder and louder.

"Great! With such a tax, even if you don't have work in the future, you can support yourself by farming!"

"Isn't it? It's great that you only need to pay one bucket of grain per mu of land!"

The common people cheered again and again. Although there had been no taxation before, now such a tax was suddenly added, and they didn't feel it was a bit abrupt.

Hearing that the tax is so low, and there are no other corvees after detailed inquiry, I am even more happy in my heart. This is a meeting with a wise master!Treat people like children!

Some people were moved in their hearts, and only felt that it would be their honor to live in Xinghan City for generations to come.

The people were very happy, but the faces of the merchants on the side were not very good-looking.

Because the taxes written above are much higher than other places, this is for them.