The county magistrate came to raise funds. This was expected by Zhao Min, and it did not make her feel strange. However, it surprised her: the county magistrate was really straightforward. As soon as we met, he praised her for her beauty and looked a little different from what happened. Now that the door has not entered and the tea has not yet been drunk, he opened his mouth to ask for money. It was really straightforward.

Zhao Min also prepared a lot of polite words but hadn't said it yet.

"It's rare that the county magistrate is here to come. The tea has not been served yet. Why not let's chat while drinking tea?" Zhao Min said with a smile.

The lonely man and the widowed woman chatted in public and watched the crowd. It seemed a bit awkward and not solemn enough. Zhao Min decided to do everything he could to give the landlord and give him a handle. It would be better to receive the county magistrate according to his father's words.

Hearing Zhao Min's invitation, Lu Haoshan said with a wry smile: "Now the tax task is heavy, and the people are overwhelmed by these taxes, and they are so worried that they can't even raise their heads. If they can raise money and food one day, the people will be liberated one day earlier. The Zhao family is a famous wealthy family in Jiang County. I hope that the leader of the Zhao clan has a kind heart and will be the first to be an example."

"Mr. County Magistrate, please come here." Zhao Min did not respond directly, but instead asked Lu Haoshan to enter the door with a smile. It turned out that before he knew it, the group had already walked to the center of Zhaojia Village, the mansion of Zhao Yuqing, the head of the Zhao clan.

In order to show his importance to the county magistrate, although Zhao Min was the master, he was half behind when he was by Lu Haoshan to show respect for him. Looking at Lu Haoshan's agile figure, Zhao Min thought to himself: Although this county magistrate is young, he is a master of affairs. He was called Zhao Lizhu at first, so he could see him even if he didn't see him. Because he was the emperor of a county, but when he asked for money and food, he changed his words to Zhao's chief. Although he only changed one title, the meaning was very different.

Avoid the suspicion of bullying the small by using the big one.

While Zhao Min was thinking, Lu Haoshan was the environment to visit here on the surface, but in fact he felt a little depressed. The main owner was not there and pushed a weak woman out, as if he had no interest in doing charity. In this way, it would be unfavorable for his own training and would be even more difficult to do in the future.

When choosing the Zhao clan, Lu Haoshan also considered it repeatedly. First, the family was rich, the second was good face, and third was that they were outsiders and had no foundation. Even if they suffered a little loss, they would recognize them. Lu Haoshan had already thought of many methods, but he didn't expect that with a move of typhoid fever, he would hit him in the empty space with one punch, which was indescribable.

Depressed, Zhao Yuqing avoided him, even if he talked, it would be useless.

"Mr. County Magistrate, this is a new white-haired silver needle. How about it? "After the maid, I made tea for the two of them, Zhao Min quietly asked Lu Haoshan to taste it.

The white-haired silver needle is produced in Jianyang, Shuiji and other places in Fujian. It is named after the color is as white as silver and as slender as needles. When brewing, there is a cup of floating tea milk. The silver needles stand up and down, and it looks very beautiful. The brown color is yellow and clear, and it tastes refreshing and sweet. It is the best tea. It doesn’t have to be drunk and it is a wonderful feeling.

It was also the first time Lu Haoshan tasted this kind of tea. Seeing the tea leaves standing upright like pine needles, it felt very interesting. He couldn't help but say, "Baihao Silver Needle? This name is well-known. It is not only appropriate, but also elegant. This is the first time I drink this kind of tea."

"This kind of tea is made in complex and it takes a long time to rub it. It takes a very familiar tea maker to make such a top-quality white-haired silver needle." Zhao Min said proudly: "Looking at Jiangyou, if you can get such a top-quality white-haired silver needle, you probably won't find a second one."

Jiangyou is located in the scope of the ancient Tea-Horse Road, and there are a lot of tea. However, the Central Plains occupies the dominant position of the ethnic minorities in tea. The poor ones are good, and the good ones are the best. The best tea falls into the hands of the officials, wealthy businessmen and wealthy people. This kind of top-quality white-haired silver needle is less than 100 kilograms a year, and ordinary people can't buy even if they have silver."

"I don't know how valuable it is for such a good tea?"

"About ten taels of silver per pack."

"One hundred kilograms per pack?"

Zhao Min smiled and shook her head and said, "No, one pack is two taels."

Lu Haoshan said in surprise: "The price of one bag of two taels is ten taels, so isn't a pound of fifty taels?"

"Yes," Zhao Min hesitated for a moment and said quickly.

"Tea is a good tea, but when I think that the tax cannot be paid, I don't know how many people want to lose their money and sell their children. Why can't I drink it anymore?" Lu Haoshan shook his head, looking depressed.

Zhao Min was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that County Magistrate Lu cleverly brought this topic back to the fundraising after a few words, making her feel guilty. Fortunately, she was extremely smart and quickly said: "The county magistrate is kind-hearted. It is really a blessing for Jiang You to have a parent like an adult."

"A good wife cannot cook without rice, and a good official cannot suffer from the pain of having no money. This time, the taxation will require you to pay more money and work hard for you, good-minded, good-natured, good-natured, and good-natured," Lu Haoshan said bitterly.

Zhao Min was not touched by Lu Haoshan's concern for the country and the people. The feelings above Qicai were touched, but said lightly: "The county magistrate actually loves you. Others say how prominent and wealthy our Zhao clan is. In fact, it is rumored. We are not afraid of laughing at the county magistrate. Our Zhao clan has some money, but most of them used it when building a village and buying land. Now it is a superficial scenery, and it is sad in the dark. It has long been strong on the outside. In recent years, the people in Jiangyou are not spared. We are afraid that our Zhao clan is not strong enough. We are afraid that our hearts are strong and we have insufficient rest."

"It's not so good," Lu Haoshan said with some emotion: "The famous Zhao clan is in this situation, let alone ordinary people."

"Sir, I wonder how much money is needed for this taxation?" Zhao Min asked curiously.

Lu Haoshan hesitated for a moment and said, "Add Liao salary, a total of two silvers."

"Twenty thousand taels? That's too much." Zhao Min said in surprise: "If a county can have ten thousand taels, the court and the emperor don't have to worry so much."

"We have a lot of oil fields in Jiangjiang, but there are very few fields that can be exempted from land tax. The imperial court sent Liao tuitions to one cent and two cents per mu. This item alone is a huge hole. In addition, the taxes collected for one year will be collected, so the people will be burdened with more pounds."

Lu Haoshan was feeling a little complicated when he said this. Relatively speaking, the Ming Dynasty was very developed. During the Hongwu period, under the strong encouragement of the pragmatic Comrade Zhu Chongba, agriculture developed greatly. With historical materials, there were more than 1.8 million hectares of registered fields, which were evenly distributed to more than 1,400 counties in each country. Each county also had 1.2 million mu of land. No matter how light the taxation was, the Ming Dynasty's finances were not much worse. But in fact, the Ming Dynasty's finances could be said to be awful.

When the Ming Dynasty was rarely financially healthy, it often used to break the east and west windows. Zhang Juzheng was a great man. When he was in power, the national treasury had a surplus of several million taels for the first time. However, when the Later Jin Dynasty was in chaos, the little silver was completely ruined. During the Chongzhen period, the annual income of the treasury was between three million and four million taels. However, the annual expenditure of the Liaodong war alone was as high as about three million. In other words, the national income was almost filled in that bottomless pit, but the Ming Dynasty was so large that it was impossible to spend all the money in Liaodong. Therefore, the court shrank everything, the soldiers on the frontier owed wages and various expenses shrank. There was no way to increase the Liao pay. After the Liao pays, there was also suppression pays and training pays.

As an example, one cent and two acres were collected for one acre, and one county had nearly one million mu. The arable land was reduced at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Just one county had one million mu, and one cent was calculated. A county had one million taels of Liao gulf alone. There were at least hundreds of million taels of more than one thousand counties across the country. But in fact, the Liao gulf was distributed about 6.7 million taels, and the actual collection was only more than five million taels. Just this tax collection was used as an example. Jiangyou County had to pay 20,000 taels, and more than one thousand counties across the country, so that it would cost at least more than two million taels, but in fact, it was only one-third of the amount.

The reason is very simple. Those gentry and royal family occupy a large amount of land and do not have to pay taxes. They pass on labor and labor to the people. On the surface, they are levied less, but they are too tiring too many tirings and miscellaneous taxes. Fire consumption, food consumption, etc., all of which are put on the people. If they are levied, they are actually paid to the treasury. The treasury is empty and they are constantly levied. Can the people's lives not be difficult?

That is, the Chinese nation's hardworking and hidden qualities can endure this kind of life. However, it is also such a quality that the Chinese nation can always stand in the east of the world.

Lu Haoshan's words came from the heart and told the people of Jiangyou sincerely. Even Zhao Min was a little moved when she heard this. She turned her eyes and asked with a smile: "Help others and be kind. Our Zhao family has always been unwilling to be the descendants of others. We have contributed to the parents of Jiangyou. I wonder how much will the adults donate as parents in Jiangyou County?"

"I donated my salary for one year." Lu Haoshan said without hesitation.

"Okay, that little woman will donate ten times the salary of the adult on behalf of her father." Zhao Min said immediately. To her, these hundreds of taels were just a small meaning.

Lu Haoshan's annual salary is about 40 taels, and ten times it is only 400 taels. For ordinary people, this is an astronomical figure, but for Jiangyou's richest man, it's just a drop in the bucket, and Lu Haoshan naturally cannot be satisfied.

"I am a low-paying official, and I am still honest on weekdays. I cannot compare with the Zhao clan, but it makes the girl laugh. I am powerless and can only throw bricks and jade. Miss Zhao is powerless and has to ask you to give me some more effort."

"Oh, the county magistrate said how much is appropriate for our Zhao clan to donate?"

"Of course, the more you get better, the less unrestrained."

He was still unrestrained. He just donated 400 taels and was obviously dissatisfied. He spoke better than singing. However, Zhao Min had already had a solution and said with a smile: "The county magistrate has done his best for the people of Jiangyou. The little girl admires it. Although our Zhao clan has some wealth, it is not a strong wind. Given that the adults are so sincere, it is not impossible to do more. However, the little girl has a small condition."

Lu Haoshan immediately said: "What are the conditions? Miss Zhao just comes."
Chapter completed!