Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

Yuchi Baoqi looked at Li Lizhi and saw that Li Lizhi nodded to indicate that she had no problem.

"How is this county magistrate's conduct?"

The steward thought for a while: "I came here last year. I think I heard that I was demoted. I work early and stay late. Our county no longer collects agricultural taxes."

Yuchi Baoqi nodded: "What is the pillar industry of this county?"

The steward thought for a while and said, "Young master, it's your mulberry fish pond. It seems that the county magistrate brought it when he came. However, the current income is average, and it will take time for the mulberry trees and silkworms to grow."

Yuchi Baoqi probably knew what kind of official the county magistrate was, so he asked the steward to inform the county magistrate to agree to his request for a meal.

Li Lizhi dragged Yuchi Baoqi to wander on the streets of the county town: "Husband, look, the shops on this street seem to be doing silk weaving business, there are so many embroiderers!"

Yuchi Baoqi looked at those shops where embroiderers were sitting behind the frame, embroidering patterns stitch by stitch.

"Actually, developing silk weaving here is not a very good choice. In the south of the Yangtze River, especially in Jinling and Suzhou, the silk weaving bureau has taken the silk fabrics of this era to the extreme."

Li Lizhi thought about it like this: "It seems that most of the silk products that are paid tribute every year are from the south, and there are still relatively few from Tibet."

Yuchi Baoqi nodded: "Silk fabrics can either be made to the extreme exquisiteness, far superior to those in Jiangnan. Or they can be made into affordable products, with small profits but quick turnover, and mutual benefit and win-win with the people."

Li Lizhi blinked her big eyes, her eyelashes flickering: "Which one does your husband prefer?"

Yuchi Baoqi smiled and took Li Lizhi's little hand: "Children only make choices, of course adults have to make choices! Grab it with both hands and use both hands hard."

Li Lizhi was puzzled: "How do you say it? Tell me quickly."

Li Lizhi rarely hears Yuchi Baoqi directly explain his production and development ideas to her, so she will definitely have to learn more this time.

"Find out the best embroiderer and gather the strength of the whole county to compete with Jiangnan. It doesn't matter whether you win or not. We must build up the momentum. Then the main direction of attack is affordable products. This is to use high-end goods to drive low-end products. sales.”

"For example, our current glass workshop mainly supplies our own cannery, and also makes some literary and artistic vases, pen washes and other things. If someone else opened a glass factory, then if it were me, I would choose to mass-produce civilian products. Everyday living utensils, but we must come up with one or even several pieces of literature and art as exquisite as ours to put a name on the glass.”

Li Lizhi raised her finger: "This is the so-called gimmick! In fact, it is impossible to mass-produce such exquisite glass, right? The purpose is to sell the goods that are mainly produced by yourself! You are really cunning, husband!"

Yuchi Baoqi: Huh?

Li Lizhi: "Scheming, scheming!"

Yuchi Baoqi's body was covered with cloth bags from Li Lizhi's shopping, while she was eating with a pot helmet bigger than her face.

The county magistrate did not expect that after he had carefully arranged things, he saw Yuchi Baoqi and the eldest princess being so casual.

"I see Princess Changle and the British Duke."

Li Lizhi held up half a pot helmet and shook it at the county magistrate: "No need to be polite, aren't you talking about eating?"

The county magistrate looked up and saw that the British male was almost full of bags, so he quickly helped to unload the bags.

The magistrate carried the bag and walked into the best restaurant in the county, leading the way for Yuchi Baoqi and Li Lizhi.

After the two extremely distinguished people sat down, the county magistrate began to pour tea and water again.

Yuchi Baoqi saw him busy and said, "Stop dazzling in front of your eyes. You look dizzy. Tell me, how did you get demoted?"

"The junior official was originally a county magistrate in Lantian. There was a snowstorm a few years ago. I submitted a report to the government to reduce some taxes for the people of Lantian."

Yuchi Baoqi frowned slightly: "This is a good thing. How could you be demoted? Tell me."

The county magistrate's anxious mood calmed down a little: "Well, the official reported that your majesty will be exempted from Lantian agricultural tax."

Li Lizhi, who had just drank the tea into her mouth, spat out: "What?"

Yuchi Baoqi didn't feel anything at all: "Your proposal probably didn't reach His Majesty. I haven't heard of it. It was probably decided directly by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue, but I think your proposal is really interesting."

The county magistrate slightly covered his face: "Only when I arrived at Jiannan Road did I realize that the life of the people of Lantian was already very good. It was because I was so excited that I... Oh, I regret it!"

After hearing this, Yuchi Baoqi was noncommittal, picked up the bowl and ate casually. The taste could only be said to be not bad.

While eating, Li Lizhi asked: "Husband, if no agricultural tax is collected in the world, what should we do?"

Yuchi Baoqi swallowed the food in his mouth: "This is a problem of supply and demand, and food is a relatively special situation. You also know that if supply exceeds demand, then prices will inevitably drop. If demand exceeds supply, prices will inevitably rise. This is the law of the market."

The county magistrate on the side took out the sketch pen and booklet bought by Baoli Trading Company from his sleeve and began to record Yuchi Baoqi's words.

"What will happen when one day the food produced by Datang every year cannot be consumed?"

Li Lizhi thought for a while: "The low grain prices hurt farmers, so they will inevitably adjust the amount of grain planted and plant some other crops."

Yuchi Baoqi snapped his fingers: "Yes, but there are some limitations. Because the imperial court will definitely intervene, and the imperial court and some grain merchants will buy the extra grain to resist risks, make profits, and feed livestock."

"You also know that Baoli Trading Company owns a large area of ​​land. This land cannot be returned to state ownership at present because the food in Datang is far from enough to feed so many people."

"Now it seems that Haiyan and the river are clear, and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, but is it really so beautiful? I don't think so. There are still many people who can't afford food and have to dig wild vegetables every day to survive."

"Now the land in the hands of Baoli Commercial Bank is concentratedly planned for farmers to plant. The farmers here are no longer farmers, but workers engaged in agricultural production."

"They don't have land, they are paid wages."

Li Lizhi still didn't understand and was waiting for Yuchi Baoqi's next words.

"In the future, our farmers in the Tang Dynasty will become such agricultural workers, that is, they will get paid for farming, and then use the rewards to buy food and other necessary things."

"Finally, Datang will no longer need agricultural tax, because agricultural tax has become the simplest commercial tax."

Li Lizhi understood: "In other words, all taxes will basically become various commercial taxes in the end, because money is flowing."

The county magistrate was surrounded by clouds and fog when he heard the two men talking, so he had to write it down and think about it slowly.

Yuchi Baoqi nodded: "When I go overseas to look for better food varieties, then the food production will be enough to feed the entire Tang Dynasty or even more. Agricultural taxes will be meaningless because the imperial court no longer looks down on these farmers." Tax."

"In order to ensure that Datang's grain production will not decrease, subsidies will be provided to agricultural practitioners to ensure the area of ​​grain planting."