The Ming Dynasty started with caution

This is a sign of having money but not knowing how to invest. Liangxiang has many places to spend money. Yan Chengjin said seriously: "I ask you, what will Liangxiang build in the future, where will you find money?"

"Of course, report to Shuntian Prefecture, and Shuntian Prefecture will report to the Ministry of Revenue, but...what else should be built?"

Liangxiang does not need to build anything. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and everyone has food to eat and fields to plant. Zhang Xian can't think of what to spend money on: "Sir, these silvers are commercial taxes. If they are placed in the Liangxiang treasury, I feel as uncomfortable as if I had embezzled tax silver."

An honest person is not a good official, but a good official must be one who brings welfare to the people. Yan Chengjin decided to give him some advice: "Pay the arrears from last year, and the rest of the silver will be kept in the Liangxiang treasury."

"This..." Zhang Xian was in a dilemma. There were a lot of taxes owed last year, plus this year's summer tax, I am afraid he will have to pay twice the amount of summer tax in a year.

But, there will still be some silver left.

"Sir, the land tax is the land tax, and the commercial tax is the commercial tax. How can the commercial tax be used to make up for the land tax?" All the commercial taxes received must be handed over to the court.

"No, use the treasury silver to convert it into taxes to make up for the arrears of previous years."

The refugees had just been allocated land, and they were counting on this little grain to survive the winter...

The reserve warehouses in various parts of the Ming Dynasty were empty.

There was a landslide every ten years, a severe drought and locust plague every five years, a flood every three years, and a hailstorm every one or two years. The Liangxiang government treasury needed to have silver.

A lot of grain was stored in the merchants' granaries, and they used this to control the price of grain.

With silver, these grains can be exchanged.

"If all the land tax and commercial tax are paid, it will surely make Emperor Hongzhi happy. The new law is implemented in Liangxiang to let Emperor Hongzhi see the benefits of the new law. It must be carefully considered to implement it in the Ming Dynasty. This time is different from the rectification of the Beijing camp. The interests of the ministers in power and the lower-level ministers are consistent, and even consistent with the interests of the gentry in the world." Yan Chengjin thought to himself.

"The last time I rectified the Beijing camp, I offended many ministers. If I mess up the new commercial tax again, maybe many ministers will want to get rid of me."

The silver for commercial tax cannot be paid in full.

Zhang Xian said in embarrassment: "Sir, now that iron tools have been purchased for refugees, why do we need silver?"

Yan Chengjin turned around on the street and pointed to the vacant land on the side: "Whose land is this hundred acres? Why don't you plant it?"

Zhang Xian looked at him eagerly: "This hundred acres of land is yours, sir."

My land?

Yan Chengjin was lost in thought. There were too many land deeds at home, and he really couldn't remember that there was a piece of land in Liangxiang.

Zhang Xian was very sure: "According to the fish scale atlas, this is your land, which was granted to you by His Majesty."

Yan Chengjin remembered that this was the land that His Majesty had granted him before, and asked Lao Wang to use it to raise ducks. Now that the ducks have been sold, the land is empty.

Looking around, the 100 acres of good land that His Majesty mentioned... is a dry land. Even if the river water is brought in for irrigation, it is only inferior land.

"I don't want this 100 acres of land. Give me 100 acres of good land instead."

Zhang Xian looked embarrassed: "This..."

Land can be good or bad. If you are assigned to inferior land, the harvest will naturally be low, but the taxes paid are the same.

Some corrupt officials in the court will force the people to exchange bad land, or even directly occupy it.

What makes Zhang Xian embarrassed is that the number of superior land in Liangxiang is limited, and the land on the fish scale atlas is owned by someone. "Why did Lord Yan become a corrupt official?"

Yan Chengjin is not short of land, he just wants to return this precious land to Liangxiang.

"If it can't be exchanged, I don't want this piece of land. I will return it to Liangxiang and let the craftsmen build a thatched shed here."

Zhang Xian thought he had misheard. One hundred acres of land, to build a thatched shed, how big would this shed be?

Yan Chengjin thought about it. Song Jing knew nothing about architecture, and the craftsmen in Liangxiang had never built such a big shed.

Back to the palace, he went to the Ministry of Works to ask Zeng Jian for help.

Zeng Jian was a little surprised to hear that a hundred acres of land was used to build a big thatched shed, "My nephew, is it to build such a big thatched shed for refugees to live in?"

"It's not for living, does Lord Zeng have any solution?"

"Yes, give it to Chang Zhong, the chief clerk of the Ministry of Works."

It's not that the chief clerk of the Ministry of Works knows architecture.

The Ministry of Works is divided into four Qingli Divisions: Yingshan, Yuheng, Dushui, and Tuntian. Chang Zhong is the chief clerk of Yingshan Qingli Division.

Yan Chengjin asked: "Is there any palace in the palace that was drawn by this person?"

Knowing that this boy has always been cautious, Zeng Jian thought for a while: "In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, the Empress Dowager's Qingning Palace was burned down, and it was this person who was responsible for rebuilding it. There are also some dilapidated palaces in the palace, which are all repaired by this person. Don't worry, nephew."

After receiving the order from the Ministry, Chang Zhong went to Liangxiang. On the way, he met many merchants and couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect that a poor and remote place could be so lively."

On the official road in Liangxiang, from a distance, there was a huge waterwheel next to Liangxiang.

Chang Zhong stopped and watched for a long time.

When he arrived in Liangxiang, he took a walk.

At Shenshi, he remembered to go and see the 100 acres of vacant land.

It is not difficult to build a big thatched shed, but the Ministry gave him many requirements, waterproof, windproof, fireproof and hailproof...

Such a cautious person, the only one in the court was the censor named Yan Chengjin.

Chang Zhong had met Yan Chengjin several times in the duty room of the Ministry of Works. He had never thought that this guy would be so hardworking and build such a big straw hut.

"You guys level the ground and lay out the lines. I'll see if the ground is flat."

The craftsmen he brought stretched out the lines. Chang Zhong was experienced and knew it was not flat at a glance.

There was nothing to worry about. He could just fix it when he dug the grooves and excavated the foundation.

It's called a thatched hut, but it can't be covered with grass. It will burn down with a fire.

The roof must be covered with tiles, and the base must be solidified with big stones, several meters high to prevent water from entering during heavy rain.

It took less than half an hour for Chang Zhong to draw a sketch.

After receiving the sketch, Zhang Xian ordered people to spread the news that those who came to build the thatched hut could use it to pay for the iron tools owed.

Liangxiang is not short of craftsmen. The refugees have been fleeing for a long time, and everyone has some skills. At the very least, they can dig the soil.

They all came in a swarm to pay for the iron tools, fearing that they would be rejected if they came too late.

Yan Chengjin saw that thousands of refugees were working on a hundred acres of land, and the hundred acres of land seemed a little crowded at this moment.

This is the labor force that Daming does not need money.

There is nowhere to go, and there is a lot of surplus.

In the mountains of Liangxiang, there are huge trees that can be used as platforms, which are cut down by refugees and used as supporting pillars.

Yan Chengjin just wanted to build a market shed in Liangxiang. From digging the trenches to laying tiles on the felt back, it was completed in ten days.

The newly built shed was built beside the street in Liangxiang. From a distance, there was a huge thing between the houses, as if Liangxiang had expanded.

The court reports were originally written by the court, but there were also newspaper houses in the folks who copied the court reports, extended the contents of the court reports, formed new court reports, and transported them to various places for sale.

The news shook the counties and prefectures of Shuntian Prefecture, and even the entire capital.

Liangxiang, shops for rent!

Merchants who came to Liangxiang brought silver and rushed to Liangxiang. Who didn't know that Liangxiang is now a gathering place for merchants in the Ming Dynasty to purchase, gathering merchants from all over the world.