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Chapter 130 It's not just His Majesty who is shocked
The emperor was just wandering around the world, so could the ministers just sit there and do nothing? There were more than a hundred people here, and since even His Majesty had said that they could move freely, it was obviously impossible for them to rub their backs in the clubhouse all day, right? Even the turtles in the Yellow River couldn't stand such a scrubbing.

Those who are too lazy to move can eat and drink in the resort, while those who are diligent will change into casual clothes and stroll around the county town to enjoy this rare leisure time.

Their route was actually very simple. To go from where they stayed to the county town, they had to pass through the "Cape of Good Hope". Almost everyone would climb up to take a look. It had to be said that the scenery of this place was indeed unique. Everyone was praising this place as a unique place, but no one noticed how difficult it was to build this road.

Sometimes there would be dozens or even hundreds of people queuing up to see the view. Even an old man living nearby brought a chair to watch these people climbing up and down to see the view. It really fits the saying "You stand on the bridge to see the view, and the people who see the view are watching you from upstairs". Anyway, I feel that these people are much more interesting than the view.

But the old man might never have thought until the day he died that those people who urged each other to hurry up were all high-ranking officials of the dynasty, whom he usually didn't even dare to look at, princes of the first and second ranks, and generals and ministers of the third and fourth ranks.

This point is already the busiest point in the county. The vendors have been open for business for a long time, and the merchant ships at the dock have begun to load goods. Some new merchants saw a huge dragon boat docked on the side when they arrived. After asking around, they learned that His Majesty lives here. But even though His Majesty is here, it does not cause any trouble to ordinary people. People eat and drink as they please, and the long street is still bustling. The bargaining at the vendors' stalls, coupled with the local dialect, sounds like a quarrel.

Gao Shilian was actually one of the people who climbed up to see the scenery. When he arrived at the market area in the town, he was actually shocked. It was hard to imagine what kind of governance ability could develop a barren land into a commercial hub that was not inferior to or even better than the big cities in the capital within a few years.

He is not good at business, but if it were not for his family group, Gao Shilian is actually a master in governing the country, and he is also a relatively versatile person. Thirty years ago, when he was 22 years old, he conquered Goguryeo and defeated them in the battle, which has been licking its wounds in the northeast corner until now. When he was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, he was able to implement Thirty-Seven New Policies within five years, which tripled the tax revenue.

Anyway, you can say he is bad, but you can never say he is incompetent. There are few real incompetents in the world who can become the prime minister. But such a person felt an unprecedented sense of crisis when he stood in the center of Fuliang County.

Lao Gao, who is in his fifties, finally felt fear when facing the impact of the younger generation.

The notice on the wall clearly showed last year's notice, which listed the county's expenditures last year on top and this year's expenditure budget at the bottom. Gao Shilian was shocked: "He even dared to write this?"

But there are more things that shocked him than that. Whether it is the taxes or the agricultural system here, they are really admirable, especially the agricultural and commercial taxes. People don't have to pay taxes if they simply farm the land, which means that there is no agricultural tax in Fuliang County. But at the same time, the land cannot be bought and sold. Whoever gets the land can use it until he dies. After he dies, the land will be given to his sons and grandsons. If a family has no descendants, the land will be taken back and distributed again. Those who are unable to farm can rent out the land to those who are able to farm.

It is rare to find a place without agricultural tax but still able to pay all taxes to the government. However, Gao Shilian found that what is even more terrifying here is that the commercial tax is actually different from other places. Primary agricultural products are not taxed, that is to say, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, grains, meat and eggs are not taxed. In other words, farmers get everything they do.

This is incredible. No wonder the population here can expand so quickly. Who in the world doesn't want to work without paying taxes? If you just work harder, won't your life be easy?
Gao Shilian was smart and he quickly figured out the secret, which was that this place was in the mountains and there was not much arable land. After people migrated here, they found that there was scarce or even no arable land, so they had to move to towns to work. With more people working, the amount of production naturally increased, and the taxes paid by those big merchants naturally increased. This would be much more effective than collecting a few small agricultural taxes, and could effectively support the development of the workshops here.

In addition, the workshops here can effectively consume the products produced in the fields, and then circulate them as commodities to earn money from other places...

Wonderful~
Gao Shilian took the fan he had just bought and slapped it on his hand: "I see...I see."

Otherwise, this would harm the prime minister. After standing here for a while, he almost reached the edge of Das Kapital by thinking on his own. If people with such brains in history had really used them in the right way, China would have been able to produce a star destroyer by 1640.

But the world is still a big makeshift team after all. There are few awesome people. Even most of the people in the court are hedonists who come here to enjoy all kinds of convenience and speed.

Anyway, they didn't expect that in this small town in the south of the Yangtze River, they could buy carpets from Persia, fine grape wine from the Qin Empire, also known as Rome, white sugar from India, and all kinds of strange and exotic things that were hard to find even in Jinling.

However, they could not imagine that these things were local specialties, and were given those strange names just to keep it secret.

The carpet is woven with wool from the grassland, the wine is from the Western Regions, but the luminous cup is a local specialty. The wine is not very delicious but the cup is very beautiful. As for sugar and soap, they are all produced in local workshops. The sugar is made in a fertilizer factory prepared for the future, and the soap is made in a pesticide factory.

But after changing the name, it was shrouded in mystery, hey... it really fooled most people. At the same time, Emperor Hong Bao was leaning on the wall to watch the kiln workers open the kiln. He had been watching for an hour, watching the exquisite porcelains being taken out by the strong kiln workers. Whenever he saw a porcelain that looked very good but was defined as defective and was broken by a hammer, he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. He was stingy and really couldn't bear to see this scene, so he came to the largest kiln next to it, because he had seen that the kiln here was about to open.

Just as he was about to climb up and tiptoe to watch the kiln being opened, he heard the supervisor inside shouting, "You better be careful later, this is a gift to His Majesty. If you get bumped, I can't afford to compensate you even if I throw you into the kiln and melt you!"

The kiln workers below all agreed, and Emperor Hongbao at the foot of the wall sighed and thought, "A gift to me? Interesting, let's take a look."

The kiln cart was pushed in slowly, and first a few big ones were pulled out. The kiln bowls alone looked amazing in size. When they were uncovered layer by layer, the exquisite blue and white dragon patterns were revealed to everyone little by little.

A three-meter-high porcelain vase does not need to be called an antique in this era but a national treasure. The dragon pattern on it is clearly visible and it can be said to be the pinnacle of painting technology. After hundreds or thousands of years, even a piece of the bottle will be priceless.

Emperor Hong Bao was shocked when he saw it outside. This thing was too exquisite. Even though he was used to big scenes, he couldn't react for a while and couldn't help but exclaimed.

The blue and white dragon pattern on the white porcelain makes one feel as if they are really seeing a dragon flying in the sky, making one unable to take their eyes away.

What's even cooler is that this thing has a pair. Emperor Hongbao doesn't even dare to think about putting one on each side of the palace. If the foreign envoys come, won't they be envious? Even if the foreign envoys don't come, it's comfortable to just look at it, right? Ah? This color? This pattern?

And the next things still made Emperor Hongbao continue to turn into an ignorant country bumpkin. Hey... that big dragon basin, hey... that big dragon jar, they were definitely the emperor.

Looks good, loves watching it, very beautiful!

"Boss, do you think our kiln will become an imperial kiln?"

"It's hard to say. If it can become an imperial kiln, we will be rich."

Emperor Hong Bao is watching on the wall right now. Of course, he is not the only one watching here. People from other kilns are also leaning over and watching. After all, this represents the pinnacle level of porcelain making technology of this era. Who wouldn't want to take a look?
Of course, there are not only large items in the kiln, but also many small items. When each item was taken out and placed aside for ventilation, the sunlight just happened to be biased to this angle. The supervisor stood on a chair with six people supporting him, and then he looked for flaws on the bottle bit by bit. His precision and carefulness made people dare not breathe deeply, for fear that their breathing would disturb him and cause some flaws on the bottle.

Emperor Hongbao was no exception. He stared at the porcelain bottle intently without blinking, fearing that there might be any mistakes. It would be a pity if this thing was smashed by a hammer.

Emperor Hongbao had already made up his mind at this time. If there were some flaws on the bottle and it was about to be smashed, he would jump over with a knife, reveal his identity and say that this bottle was so time-consuming and laborious to make and it was so exquisite that it would be a pity to smash it. In the name of the emperor, I will forgive it for its minor flaw.

The plot was all thought out, but the supervisor came down. He let out a long breath and laughed a few times: "Flawless!"

The whole audience cheered immediately, and even the people outside the wall cheered with joy. Emperor Hongbao breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed, "Interesting, interesting... This is so interesting."

At this moment, the supervisor walked into the house with a smile, took out a stack of red paper packets and began to distribute red packets to the onlookers outside the wall: "Thanks to everyone for borrowing the light! It's just a small token of respect!"

Emperor Hongbao took the red envelope of five cents and left happily. He used the money in the red envelope to buy a bowl of mung bean soup. He took a big sip of it and it was so sweet and he felt very happy!
(End of this chapter)