Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

The actual complexity of the situation in Bao'an County is far more complicated than what outside rumors say.

One-third of the tax revenue of Guangzhou Prefecture comes from Baoan County.

The reason why Baoan County is so chaotic is also related to this.

In fact, almost everyone with some influence in Guangdong has their own agent in Bao'an County.

The four major families rumored by the outside world are far from being as powerful as the rumors.

Bao'an County has three pillar industries. The first one is the salt farm. However, the salt farm is its own system. The county government has nothing to do except pick up some soup and water.

Next is Wanxiang. The main production areas of Wanxiang are in Wancheng and Hong Kong. These two places are almost outside the control of Baoan County Government.

The third pillar is shipping tax. Baoan has a large number of ports with many passing merchant ships, which brings a huge amount of shipping tax revenue.

Over the years, Li Jingshan has been carefully balancing the forces of all parties and controlling the tax revenue of these three major industries as firmly as Mount Tai.

This is the secret why he has been able to stay in Bao'an County Government for 30 years. In fact, the incidents of previous county magistrates really had little to do with him.

Everything happened to them for their own reasons. They just offended people who shouldn't be offended.

And their backstage is not strong enough. If there is no backstage in Baoan, wouldn't it be a joke?

To be honest, Li Jingshan actually hopes that Baoan County will have a strong magistrate to rectify it.

In recent years, those forces have become more and more outrageous, making the situation in the county worse and worse.

Although everyone is still in harmony on the surface, secretly they are fighting fiercely.

The rise of many evil forces in Baoan County in recent years is related to this.

After Hou Yao took office, Li Jingshan actually had some hopes. After all, he had the aura of Jinke Jieyuan.

It is also rumored that he is favored by Lin Lihui, the 'Military God' of Great Xia. Such a person cannot be mediocre.

As the actual controller of the yamen forces, he was actually ready to transfer part of his power to Xinzhi County.

The county magistrates have been changed too quickly in recent years, which has put Bao'an County in the spotlight.

If it weren't for the fact that Bao'an County's tax revenue had never been in short supply and was increasing year by year, he would have come to an end as chief bookkeeper long ago.

There are rumors in the outside world that he is the person in charge of Baoan County, but his family knows about his family affairs, and he has no control over it.

If he can't even control his own life, what else can he control?

After more than ten days in office, Hou Yao had no intention of intervening in any affairs of the yamen.

How it was before, it is still how it is now, as if he is a transparent person.

No matter who came to him to report something, they all responded with the same sentence:

How were things like this handled in the past?Then handle it as before.

Hou Yao's rogue behavior screwed up Li Jingshan.

I originally planned to slowly release some of the stress so that I could relax a little bit.

But I didn't expect that Hou Yao wouldn't accept the move at all.

Li Jingshan sat in the public room, stroking his forehead, thinking about what Hou Yao wanted to do.

Suddenly, he saw Hou Yao pushing open the door and walking in. This was the first time Hou Yao took the initiative to come to him after taking office.

Li Jingshan hurriedly stood up to greet him. At the same time, he was also curious about what would happen if Hou Yao came to see him:

"Sir, why are you here? If you have something to do, just ask someone to inform me. Why can I bother you to make this trip yourself?"

Hou Yao waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to be polite:

"It's okay, it's okay, I have nothing to do anyway, so I came over. There is such a thing.

Someone came to me and said that he wanted to set up a kiln factory in Bao'an County and asked me what procedures I should go through.

I'm not new to the job, and I don't know much about it, so I came here to ask you and learn a bit. "

Li Jingshan's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know whether Hou Yao's words "I'm free" meant something, or whether he meant it unintentionally.

But Hou Yao didn't call himself 'my official' just now, but used 'I', which is thought-provoking.

Calling myself an official representative is a matter of official business, but calling myself a representative has many more meanings. What does it mean?

"Sir, if it's a private kiln, there won't be any troublesome procedures. Once the kiln is built, just send someone to set the tax.

If you want to enter an official kiln, it will be more troublesome. You must first evaluate the grade of the kiln porcelain. This must be sent to the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau in Fucheng for appraisal.

Only those with appraisal results above Grade A are eligible to apply to become an official kiln. After the application is submitted for approval, the yamen will send people to the kiln factory to determine the tax. "

Hou Yao nodded in understanding, and then asked:

"Then I understand. By the way, the man also asked some of his homeless men if his kiln factory was built.

Can you help these guys apply for household registration in our county? "

A trace of surprise flashed across Li Jingshan's face, but he recovered in an instant and said:

"Sir, applying for household registration is easy, but it is very troublesome to not be able to pay taxes after applying for household registration.

It will also have a great impact on the evaluation of our yamen. The refugees' family property is not rich and there is no deduction, so they should act with caution. "

When Hou Yao heard that it was easy to apply for household registration, his heart suddenly dropped:

"Okay, as long as I can apply for household registration, that's fine. I won't bother you anymore. You can get busy first."

After speaking, he turned to leave.

Li Jingshan quickly stepped forward and said:

"Sir, I have something important to report to you, then..."

Hou Yao interrupted:

"Master Li, no matter what happens, I believe you are capable of handling it properly. There is no need to make a special trip to report it to me. Okay, I have other important matters, so I'll take my leave."

After saying that, he walked away quickly without looking back, as if there was some savage beast behind him.

Li Jingshan looked at Hou Yao's leaving figure, recalling the scenes of the conversation just now in his mind, and felt extremely anxious.

What on earth is this Hou Yao going to do?

If he hadn't just asked about the household registration for the refugees, he might have regarded him as a timid little white flower.

There are three major taxes in Daxia: land tax first; head tax second; and finally commercial taxes and miscellaneous taxes of various names.

The reason why counties do not register household registration for homeless people is because they are afraid that the capitation tax will not come up.

The head tax has always been an important indicator for each county's assessment, but it is also the most difficult tax to collect.

Conflicts over the poll tax are common every year, and even deaths occur from time to time.

Anyone who is registered must pay a poll tax, which is also the main reason why there are a large number of refugees in Daxia.

When refugees evade taxes, they are evading the poll tax.

When working as a parent official anywhere, the most difficult problem is always how to raise the head tax.

It cannot be said that there are no counties that can actually collect the poll tax, but they are definitely very few.

In fact, a large part of the head tax every year is filled by money collected by the local government through other channels.

Among them, the head tax that fills the most is the head tax of the people who work in the yamen, not only them, but also their families.

If the government did not pay for these people's head tax, almost none of them would be left.

This is also the main reason why government servants' wages are extremely low, but they can still support the family.

After registering the household registration for the refugees, a head tax must be collected from them every year. If they cannot pay it, the government must pay for it.

This was a huge stake, and Li Jingshan never believed that Hou Yao would not be able to figure out the stakes.

But since he knew it and knowingly committed the crime, where did he get the confidence to be so bold?

Li Jingshan shook his head slightly and couldn't understand. He really couldn't understand that this new magistrate actually made him feel overwhelmed.

……

Hou Yao returned to the official residence excitedly, holding Yu Xiuer's hand and spinning around happily:

"Madam, it's done. The man named Li said that as long as you can pay the poll tax, it will be easy to apply for household registration.

Let's go find Lao Xiong. They will ask him to come to the Yamen tomorrow to report. We will recruit some people locally first, and then slowly bring our people over.

As long as we have household registration, we can develop our own power openly. "

Yu Xiuer nodded, with a complicated expression on her face:

"Well, sir, let's go find Master Xiong first."

Hou Yao changed into his regular clothes and took Yu Xiuer and Zhou Tiesheng out of the east gate of Nantou City.

There is a large sand river east of Nantou City.

Eight days ago, Xiong Yushi took a few experienced people ashore and landed outside Nantou City.

After contacting Zhou Tiesheng, everyone has been looking around for a suitable location to build a kiln these days.

Finally, it was discovered that a highland near the Dasha River was very suitable for building a kiln.

This place is about four or five kilometers away from Nantou City, neither close nor far. There are several villages around, but there are not many fields and there are not many disputes.

You can go directly to the sea along the Dasha River, which also facilitates the transportation of glass.

So Hou Yaodang decided to build the kiln here.

In just a few days, several wooden houses have been built here, and the main part of the kiln is almost completed.

Hou Yao and the other three drove the mule cart over, and Xiong Yushi was directing several newly recruited refugees to dig the third cave dwelling.

"Old Bear, come here."

Xiong Yushi turned around and saw Hou Yao coming in. He didn't dare to delay and ran forward quickly:

"Sir, why are you guys here in person, Gang Leader Yu?"

Hou Yao smiled and said:

"I just came over to see your progress. It's very good. It was built in a few days. It looks like the kiln is ready to be opened."

Xiong Yushi nodded naively:

"I also want to open the kiln as soon as possible. It's been almost a month since I've fired the kiln and my hands are itching."

Yu Xiuer smiled slightly:

"Are you addicted to burning kilns?"

Xiong Yushi smiled and said:

"The gang leader doesn't know something. I, Lao Xiong, used to think that burning a kiln was a hard job.

But since I learned the technique of burning transparent glass from the young master, I feel that firing the kiln is becoming more and more interesting.

In the past, I only knew how to work kiln after kiln in the old way, but now I feel that every kiln is different.

Every time I fire a kiln, I gain new insights. The master said that glass is far more than what we can make now.

What other explosion-proof glass, fire-proof glass can even be used to build houses?

My old bear wants to burn glass that can build houses as soon as possible.

I want to see what a house made entirely of glass would look like. "

Hou Yao laughed loudly:

"Okay, Old Bear, if you have such an idea, I am indeed right about you. Very good, very good.

Just keep this thirst for knowledge, and sooner or later you can burn glass that can build a house. "

Zhou Tiesheng suddenly reminded vigilantly:

"Sir, the two people following you have caught up."

Hou Yao turned to look at Yu Xiuer and said:

"Have you figured out where they came from these days?"

Yu Xiuer nodded:

"The people who come to follow us come from different places every day. The people we followed yesterday ended up in Pengcheng, and the group of people who came to follow us the day before yesterday went back to Sihai Class.

Now I have the impression that these two people are from the Hong Gang and have come to stare at us once before. ”.