Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhao Dan nodded and said: "That's right, that's exactly the reason. So you don't underestimate the money economy, and don't underestimate businessmen. When a country's economy and business are running well, the country's national strength will continue to grow. But if a country's economy and business are in trouble, then the country's troubles will come. Speaking of which, you may not know that among the taxes received in the treasury of the widow last year, commercial taxes have actually been With nearly [-]%."

"Twenty percent?" Zhao Heng couldn't help but exclaimed in astonishment.

You must know that the views of businessmen in this era have always been relatively one-sided and discriminatory. From the mainstream view, businessmen do not create anything at all, they just hoard, buy and sell and make profits from it.

But it is such an industry that does not produce things, but it can supply [-]% of Zhao's taxes?

Considering Zhao's current territory and population, this is undoubtedly a very surprising thing.

It can be said that this is simply something that I didn't even dare to think about before.

After all, for a long time, the fiscal revenue of the vassal states has basically come from agriculture, or the taxes paid by farmers. Even in the Central Plains countries with developed commerce and trade, the proportion of commercial taxes has never exceeded [-]%.

"Yes, [-]%." Zhao Dan said with certainty: "In fact, if it weren't for the fact that many officials secretly concealed the income for the businessmen in their families, then this figure would likely increase to [-]%, or even more. many!"

We must know that commercial activities have always been inseparable from the government.

Zhao Guo, as one of the countries with relatively developed commercial activities among the six countries in Shandong, many nobles have already secretly intervened in many commercial matters.

For example, Guo Zong is a well-known iron merchant, and Lu Buwei's family is the largest dung merchant in Zhao State. With the mining of coal in Zhao State over the years, coal merchants have also begun to appear. Behind the largest coal merchant in Zhao State is The shadows of Zheng Zhu, Yu Xin and others, and Li Mu's border cavalry army also secretly intervened in the cattle, sheep and slave trade from the border.

Under such circumstances, in fact, many taxes that should be collected have been concealed and have not been collected.

If all these business taxes can be collected, then Zhao's treasury revenue can be increased a lot.

After listening to Zhao Dan's explanation, Zhao Heng's young face was full of anger, and he said angrily: "These ministers are too hateful, my father gave them status and power, but are they repaying my father's trust like this?" ?”

Of course, Zhao Heng has reason to be angry. As the prince of Zhao State, Zhao Heng will inherit everything in the future. Now that these ministers poach the corners of Zhao State, they are totally poaching Zhao Heng's corners!

Zhao Dan smiled, and said to Zhao Heng: "You have to remember, as a king, you must hold your breath at all times, otherwise you will be easily disturbed by anger, and then make wrong judgments." ,do you understand?"

Zhao Heng was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head, and said, "I understand, but I'm just angry."

Zhao Dan stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Heng's shoulder, and said, "It's good that you understand. In fact, these things may not be ordered by these important ministers of Longtai. Human desires are endless, and as kings, we must What is clear is which people only think about the family and not the country in their hearts, and which people are loyal to the country but also want to benefit the family. Naturally, we must resolutely crack down on the former, but for The latter is another matter."

When Zhao Dan said these words, there was a strange look in his eyes.

"It's another matter?" Zhao Heng couldn't help asking: "Father, what is it that is another matter?"

Zhao Dan glanced at Zhao Heng, with an unpredictable smile in his eyes: "From now on, every seven days, a secret report will be sent to your desk. You can read it from this secret report. How did the widow do it, and then think about how you might do it."

While speaking, the carriage stopped suddenly.Mao Sui, who was driving in front, knocked on the car door and said, "Patriarch, the place is here!"

Zhao Dan stopped talking, and smiled at his eldest son: "Okay, let's go with the widow to see how the widow's people are farming this year."

Chapter 962 Hopeful Zhao National Feelings (Third Update)

The father and son got out of the carriage one after the other, and walked towards a rice field not far away.

This rice field was actually carefully selected by Zhao Dan, it was the field of the old man who had been here several times before.

However, what surprised Zhao Dan was that when he came to this field, he only saw a farmer about 30 years old, leading several teenagers to work in the field.

It is said to be farming, but in fact it is to put a curved plow on the body of the cow, and then control the direction.

The children are mainly responsible for observing how the adults operate it, but judging from the current posture, it is obvious that the time for these older children to control Quyuanli by themselves is not too far away.

The middle-aged farmer obviously noticed the existence of Zhao Dan and his son. After saying a few words to the children around him, he handed over the position of the plow to one of the oldest boys, and then turned to Zhao Dan and the others. Walking over, he saluted first, and then said very politely: "Your Excellency, do you need help?"

Although it is said to be a white dragon fish suit, the silk robes worn by Zhao Dan and Zhao Heng and his son are still very conspicuous, not to mention the carriage behind them, which is not very expensive but is not trivial.

Zhao Dan smiled, and said to the farmer in a very gentle tone: "That's right, I would like to ask, where is the old man who has been cultivating this land all these years?"

The middle-aged farmer couldn't help but looked at Zhao Dan and Zhao Heng suspiciously, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that the nobleman is the one my father mentioned."

Zhao Dan smiled and nodded.

The farmer sighed, and said, "So that the nobleman can learn that my father passed away last winter."

Zhao Dan was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting this result at all, and finally said after a long while: "I'm sorry, please let me express my condolences."

The farmer smiled and said: "My father was already sixty-two when he passed away. It was a joyous funeral. There is nothing to be sad about. My father once said that the nobleman is very interested in moisture and harvest, and he will always ask about it when he comes. I don't know this year. Did you come here for this too?"

Zhao Dan calmed down and said with a smile: "Exactly, I see that your farming now seems to be much easier than your father's before."

The farmer smiled and said, "That's natural. Now, with the combination of the curved plow and the cattle, the farming speed is much faster than before, and it also saves more labor."

Zhao Dan nodded, glanced at the cattle and Quyuanli not far in front of him that were steadily advancing under the control of the half-grown child, and watched the pieces of land being cut apart by Quyuanli's progress , I also have a more intuitive understanding of the efficiency of a tool like Qu Yuanli.

But thinking about it, this is also very normal. After all, since the invention of Quyuanli until the early 21st century, in some rural areas in China that have not applied mechanization, Quyuanli is still playing its role.

Zhao Dan glanced at the farmer in front of him again, and found that he was the same as his child. Although the linen clothes on his body were relatively inconspicuous and full of dirt, he didn't see any patches.

So Zhao Dan couldn't help but said: "It seems that your life is good, and you can afford new clothes for the whole family."

"New clothes?" The farmer froze for a moment, then looked at the linen clothes on his body, and couldn't help laughing: "Your honor is joking, whose family will wear new clothes to the field, I'm afraid it's not to make trouble for the mother-in-law. "

"Huh?" Zhao Dan was stunned. Isn't the emotional clothes new?

The farmer raised his head quite proudly, and said: "The nobleman doesn't know, the days are getting better now, and in the past, when he could only buy a few feet of cloth, he just gave the whole family a new set of clothes carelessly. Maybe it’s not enough. But now, it’s hard for others to say, but each person in my family can have three sets of clothes every year, and this doesn’t include the woolen sweaters for the New Year.”

Zhao Dan was really shocked now.

According to the farmer, each person in this family has four sets of clothes a year?

Although Zhao Dan is also very clear that the peasants he came into contact with are actually relatively wealthy in Zhao Guozhong, the so-called "shangnong", but no matter how rich the peasants are, they are still peasants. People are shocked.

What is this concept?You must know that in the 80s and even the 90s, most people in the later Huaxia Kingdom could not afford to buy four new sets of clothes a year.

But now, in the country of Zhao more than 2000 years ago, there are farmers who can do this! ?

Zhao Dan subconsciously glanced at Mao Sui behind him, and Mao Sui blinked at Zhao Dan, obviously the farmer was not lying.

As the king of Zhao, anyone who came into contact with Zhao Dan will be secretly investigated by the monitoring guard afterwards, not to mention that the farmer's old father has chatted with Zhao Dan for so many years. It is said that they even found out how many mice there are in the house.

After getting Mao Sui's answer, Zhao Dan was even more puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "So where did the money in your family come from?"

The farmer couldn't help laughing, and he settled a debt for Zhao Dan with his fingers.

First of all, with the improvement of farming efficiency, coupled with the [-] mu of land awarded by farmers when they participated in the war in the past, farmers now have as much as [-] mu of land in their hands.

You must know that most of the two hundred acres of land are in the upper fields and the rest are in the middle fields, which is not comparable to those in the lower fields with low yields.

In addition to food, the farmer's family will rush to plant a season of soybeans after harvest.

Due to the presence of manure, the output of both grain and soybeans is better than in previous years.

In addition, there is also an income from sericulture.