Datang: My Peerless Talent Has Been Exposed

But for young people, as long as their knowledge and insights are in place, computers and the Internet are just indispensable tools in their lives and work.

On the day of its opening, tens of 10 people almost unanimously exclaimed as they watched the locomotive, which was painted like a dragon's head like the train running on the Pyongyang City Railway, roaring into the station with billowing steam.

The shock brought about by the crystallization of this industrial age is simply a magic weapon that breaks through the dimension for these Chang'an people who have struggled on the land all their lives and do small business at most.

Especially the little brother who was driving blew his whistle when he entered the station according to the rules, and the long sound of the whistle completely ignited the atmosphere.

Almost all the people in Chang'an wanted to come forward to take a good look at this amazing big guy.

It's a pity that Li Shimin, who knew that there would be many people watching the excitement, had already mobilized a whole four guards to maintain order.

It was these sergeants who kept everyone out of the safe area. You must know that when the sergeants maintain order at this moment, they don’t pay attention to the military and civilian fish and water like later generations, and they don’t know what civilized law enforcement is. After all, Datang does not have such a thing at present.

Therefore, for these Chang'an civilians who were desperately pushing forward, the sergeants dealt with it very simply. They roared a few times, kicked them without stopping, and then drew out their knives.

Not to mention hacking to death a few people on the spot, but it was definitely not a rare thing that day to chop a few fools directly on people with the back of a knife.

However, even if the situation is so fierce that it looks like this, when everyone sees a steady stream of goods coming off the train through the fence, and a large number of sergeants who have stayed in Pyongyang for a year or two and have not returned home get off the train. People still couldn't help exclaiming one after another.

And from that day on, the old Chang'an people had another good place to brag to their poor relatives from other places, that is, they brought their poor relatives who had just arrived in Chang'an to the train station to see what Chang'an city can only see.

However, less than a month after the traffic was opened, the civil servants and military generals in Chang'an City actually began to regret it, because Zhang Nuo had the foresight to build shops around the train station that were only rented and not sold, but the business was so good that it exploded.

Whether it is a small business or a small restaurant for eating, it can be described as making a lot of money every day. Whether it is a passenger who really needs to use the railway to transport goods or take a car, or a person who simply comes here to watch the excitement, they always have When you are hungry or thirsty, then there is a small restaurant with high quality and low price next to it, can you resist going in?

Not to mention the storage area in the train station, it was basically covered by various chambers of commerce immediately. They were afraid that they would not be able to grab the warehouse, so they basically begged Zhang Nuo to accept it with money.

Except for the railway station here in Lantian City, the entire railway line is actually gradually changing because of this railway.

These changes may seem insignificant temporarily, but when people look back in a year or two, they will feel that it is really different!

Chapter 745 Subtle Changes

Chang'an City is developing, Lantian City is developing, and Datang is developing at a high speed. This kind of change makes people feel dizzying.

It is not a change in one or two places, let alone a change in one or two places, but a change that can be felt by everyone in the entire Tang Dynasty and in all regions.

In addition to the most obvious thing about the train, the most real experience of the old people in Chang'an City is that there are more and more fresh goods in Chang'an City, and the prices of many things are getting cheaper and cheaper.

For example, seaweed, who used to know what this smelly thing was, but now anyone with a little background knows that several signature dishes of Zhang's restaurant are made of seaweed.

And as long as you have a little bit of channels, you will know that Zhang Nuo, the miraculous His Royal Highness the King of Qin, said that it is good to drink stewed seaweed with pork bones, especially for children.

Just Zhang Nuo's casual words, kelp, something that was looked down upon before, immediately went to Li Chengqian's table.

Others don't know, but don't they know that Li Shimin's eldest grandson and empresses know that Zhang Nuo's greatest skill is actually scratching his mouth. The things he said about other aspects may only be more reliable, but when it comes to food, it is absolutely reliable exist.

Sure enough, not to mention how effective food supplements are, at least Li Chengqian likes this kind of soup that has been boiled for a long time.

So it didn't take long for kelp to become a bestseller in Chang'an City!

In fact, in this era, kelp basically played the role of monosodium glutamate or chicken essence. The deliciousness of the stew was definitely something these inland bumpkins had never touched before.

In addition to the prosperity of the commercial market, there is another huge change, that is, after the new year this year, Li Shimin's first imperial decree reduced the agricultural tax by half.

To be honest, if it weren't for the earnest remonstrance of others, Li Shimin, who loves face and loves his bones, would have exempted the agricultural tax in one go.

However, although Datang today has the support of commercial taxation, which makes the national treasury much richer than before, with the emergence of various new things and measures by Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo, there are also railways, airships, navies, and city buildings. With various construction projects emerging one after another, the expenditure of the national treasury is more than a little more than before, and it is rolling upwards.

That is to say, those people in the household department have improved a lot in sorting out accounts and mathematics after receiving the school training from Zhang Nuo. Otherwise, they would probably have to cry in the face of this situation.

But even so, the treasury of the entire Tang Dynasty is still struggling on the verge of precariousness. Once any major event outside the budget occurs, Li Shimin's internal funds must be used to rescue and fill the hole.

It is precisely because the situation is not as prosperous as it seems on the surface, so when Li Shimin said that he wanted to exempt the agricultural tax, the Ministry of Households cried the most.

Although the proportion of commercial tax is getting higher and higher, it doesn't mean that there will be no money from agricultural tax. The income from agricultural tax is still a large figure, okay?

You must know that when there were no new types of grain, let alone a large piece of land newly occupied by Goryeo, the previous agricultural tax supported the expenses of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, after presenting the facts and reasoning and even persuading him for a long time, Li Shimin finally agreed to exempt half of it first.

But at the same time, a decree was issued directly to check and measure all the land in the world, and half of the agricultural tax was exempted. No one will continue to hide it.

At the same time, along with this decree of the investigation, there is another order, that is, from now on, all private land transactions in the entire Tang Dynasty will not be allowed, only lease, but the lease period is only ten years at most.

This further cracked down on the behavior of landlords hoarding land. You can have money, and you can get more land if you want, but if you want to buy tens of millions of acres of land at one time to be a local tyrant, then you can’t do it. If there is a real industrial need, then rent it and return it to others when it expires.

After such a decree, combined with the policy of halving the agricultural tax, many farmers immediately felt that it would be better to work as tenant farmers for others. As long as they work hard for a few years, it seems that they can live a good life, nothing. big deal.

And some with a long-term vision and more courage, rented out the land decisively, and then invested in workshops or small businesses without hesitation.

No one can say which choice is right, it is their own choice anyway, as long as they feel good, then which choice is right.

However, this also brought a new impact, that is, with the continuous opening of workshops, the monthly salary of workers, especially skilled workers, is getting higher and higher.

It's not that there are no people who have just escaped from slavery to find work, especially those Korean captives who have long limited their time as slaves and can release themselves from slavery.

After these people came out of the slave team, they finally really felt the benefits of being Datang people. Anyway, they already have household registration, even if they still stutter in Datang dialect, at least the officials and people in the village discriminate against them.

This is the ethos of Datang. Datang tolerates all foreign races. Even when they were slaves, as long as they were obedient, no one discriminated against them indiscriminately. There are more and more people from other nationalities joining the big family of Datang.

As long as you get the household registration of Datang, it proves that you are from Datang, but the ethnicity is different, but if you want to rebel or rebel against Datang, then there is no need to say, it is definitely worse than those old Datang people.

This is also a policy formulated by Datang. After all, as long as you have a household registration in Datang, you can enjoy the better and better welfare policies of Datang. But if you rebel, you will be a white-eyed wolf, so why not keep it if you are not killed? ?

These people who have just obtained their household registrations are basically the most diligent and intelligent slaves among the slaves, and the last ones are those who have mastered certain skills. These people have just obtained their household registrations, and they are basically laughed at by the workshop owners. I quickly got rid of it.

After all, these people are really capable, and they are all able to stammer and speak Mandarin in Tang Dynasty. Although communication is still a bit difficult, they are smart and willing to work. Not trying to find myself a drinking buddy.