"Your accounts are wrong." At the Lantian County mine, Zhangsun Xin looked at the accounts and roared.
"What's wrong?" Shopkeeper Liang was on duty today. He didn't understand what Zhangsun Xin meant.
"Where? I … I don't understand. What do you mean by one table equals two tables plus three tables, two tables equals four tables plus five tables, three tables equals six tables plus seven tables?
There are so many tables, and your accounts, borrowing and loaning. Aren't you guys annoying? How can you keep accounts like this? "
Zhangsun Xin was in a bad mood. The tax hadn't been collected yet, but he came to check first.
The mine gave him face. Empress Wang's brother-in-law let him check. The accounts were sent up, and there were tables.
Zhangsun Xin was numb. His whole body was numb, and his ears were ringing non-stop.
"It's Li Dongzhu's request. Otherwise, it wouldn't be convenient for him to check the accounts. There are also accounting reports. Do you want to take a look?"
Shopkeeper Liang suddenly felt a sense of superiority and was happy.
Every month, there would be a monthly accounting report. There would be data and text introduction in it.
Did the production increase or decrease? What was the situation? Why?
Next year, there would be a year-on-year comparison. All kinds of data, including tables, would be provided.
Shopkeeper Liang looked at Zhangsun Xin and thought, So what if you're a fourth-rank official? This is called professionalism.
You want to check our accounts with your little ability?
Zhangsun Xin, who was despised, didn't want to look at the accounts. He asked, "What are your stones used for?"
"Some can be used as fertilizer. It depends on what kind of plant and the pH of the soil. We have been collecting and crushing them. They haven't been sold yet.
When we sell them, there will be a lot of them, and we will have to pay a lot of taxes. We don't care if we sell them in advance to avoid taxes. "
Shopkeeper Liang explained the situation. They would wait for the taxes to start before selling them.
Zhangsun Xin curled his lips. "The people don't know. You want to sell them, but can you sell them?"
"Inspector Zhangsun may not know, but we only need to sell them to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
When the taxes start, the Li Family Zhuangzi isn't a mining place, so they don't need to pay taxes to Lantian County.
In the future, we can even sell uncrushed fertilizer ores to the Li Family Zhuangzi at a low price.
The Li Family Zhuangzi will process them, mix them with other mineral fertilizers, and sell them to others at a high price. It has nothing to do with us. "
Shopkeeper Liang was very patient as he slowly explained to Zhangsun Xin.
Tell Zhangsun Xin that we can easily escape the tax, but we won't. Don't think that you are checking the accounts.
Zhangsun Xin was dumbfounded. So there was such a trick?
"Since you have a way, why don't you use it?" Zhangsun Xin asked subconsciously.
"Li Dongzhu took out two hundred and fifty thousand taels to build the road to the Shu Lands. He can also take out one hundred thousand taels to give to the soldiers at the border. Is he short of money?"
Shopkeeper Liang despised him even more. You're the Empress's brother-in-law!
Zhangsun Xin wanted to cry. What little money? Was it easy for him to earn money? Now, he had to buy new sandalwood to make the Qiangong step bed.
Sure enough, business tax should be collected. You merchants earn so much, yet you don't take it out.
"Inspector Zhangsun, the accounts are complete. Other than fertilizer, there are also additives for making new paper, which are also ores.
There were also ores for burning cement, ores for improving the quality of ceramics, and ores for smelting metals. Gold and silver were not included.
But some of the associated ores have copper. This copper, in the end … … you can't control it. It will be done at Zhuangzi's place. "
Shopkeeper Liang did not hide anything and said everything. The place they occupied was marked out by Li Yi.
There were too many mines in Lantian County, and they all had great uses.
"I am the Inspector. I can restrict your business." Zhangsun Xin finally found the key.
"Among the people working in the mines, there are more than one thousand and one hundred people from Lantian County. There are more than six hundred people in the auxiliary jobs.
Adding the others, there are more than two thousand people working in Lantian County. Behind each mine is a family.
The safety of the mines is good, and the wages are high. The people have a way to live.
Inspector Zhangsun wants to cut off the livelihood of more than two thousand people in Lantian County? If you force him, the people will rebel. "
Shopkeeper Liang looked into Zhangsun Xin's eyes. His gaze was sincere.
He was not lying. The people working in the mines and the auxiliary services earned more than three times the money.
More than two thousand households. Lantian County was a county with many households and people, but there were only two thousand households.
How close was Lantian County to Chang 'an? If the people were to rebel, not to mention you, a fourth rank official, ask the prime minister if he would be afraid.
"No, no such thing. You can't talk nonsense." Zhangsun Xin's intelligence was finally online.
"Inspector Zhangsun, speaking of which, help me take a look at this broken stone. I really don't recognize it. Please take it back and ask someone who knows."
Shopkeeper Liang saw that his goal of intimidation was achieved. He immediately took out a piece of jade, Lantian Jade.
It had not been ground yet, let alone polished.
There was a part of the stone outside. The method used to remove the jade was to take a thread.
The thread was dipped in water and sawed bit by bit to remove the stone outside.
The Lantian Mountain of Lantian Jade was under the control of the imperial court. It was occasionally found in other places.
It was a nephrite jade. It was relatively easy to carve, but hard jade was difficult.
To carve hard jade, one needed to use stones from other mountains, such as diamond.
Zhangsun Xin did not consider the problem of carving. He looked at the jade in his hand that still had other stones. His breathing became hurried.
He suddenly felt that Shopkeeper Liang was a good person. This person was just a bit too straightforward.
"Okay, okay. I'll find someone to ask. I'll let you know when I find it." Zhangsun Xin smiled.
"Thank you, Inspector Zhangsun." Shopkeeper Liang showed a grateful expression.
Thus, Zhangsun Xin, who had come over to do official business, left in a good mood after finishing his official business.
Li Family Zhuangzi, night.
"Brother Yi, if you were an official, would you be able to get money?" Li Longji asked on behalf of the officials.
"Is it from the accounts or from the hands of merchants?" Li Yi asked.
"Both." Li Longji added.
"It's more troublesome to get money from the accounts. If the goods need to be taxed with 20 taels and 300 taels, I'll just write 20 taels and 200 taels.
In the case of 100 taels, the merchants won't haggle. I'll keep the extra 100 taels and have to share it with my colleagues.
The accounts are there and can't be changed. This is a tax account. If you don't cooperate with the merchants, don't even think about touching it. "
Li Yi said that if the triple coupons were carefully examined, there would be no cheating. There were also records of the amount and coupon number outside.
How could the tax collected be too little?
"What about the latter?" Li Longji was relieved.
"Cooperating with the merchants is simple. For example, the merchants transport dried fruits and hazelnuts. The prices are different because of the quality.
I cooperate with the merchants and lower the prices. If the price is low, the merchants will share some with me and the merchants will bribe others.
The price of a ship is 100 taels. If we bribe the merchants, we will pay 80 taels and the merchants will still earn 20 taels. "
Li Yi said another method of cooperation to cheat the imperial court.
Li Longji frowned. Sure enough, it's still a problem with people. No matter what the law is, it has to be implemented on the people.
"However, this method can still be investigated. It's not as safe as the first method. Just earn a little money and don't think about getting big."
Li Yi said the situation inside. Cooperating with the merchants to cheat, one check will be accurate. Do you think auditing is a waste of time?
"What if you are a merchant?" Li Longji asked from another angle.
"If I'm a merchant, it's much simpler. I can also sell hazelnuts and I can pay less tax." Li Yi said and laughed.
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