"Minister Bi, the tax collected by the Ministry of Revenue in seven days is 1.82 million yuan," the assistant minister kindly reminded him again.
This was more than 800,000 yuan. Last year's rent and transfer were converted into money, so it was 9.2 million yuan.
The greenhouse vegetables could still be sold for many days. Even if the price dropped later, it would not be a problem to collect hundreds of thousands of yuan in tax.
The Li Family Zhuangzi's kerosene lamps and thermos bottles were still sold, and there was still money.
"We should collect business tax. Yes, Xiao Yi is good. She took the initiative to pay business tax and even suggested the idea of collecting tax.
Even if the tax is 1 in 30, how many taxable transactions are there in the Tang Dynasty every day? Other places … "
As Bi Gou spoke, he became unhappy when he talked about other things.
This was Chang 'an City. There were many rich people in Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yizhou, Luoyang, and other places.
Other places did not have so much money, and it was impossible for people to spend more than 100 yuan on vegetables in seven days.
In fact, the people in Chang 'an City spent more, but they bought it before the New Year and wrapped it in newspapers or oil paper to store it.
"Minister Bi, we should quickly promote the collection of tax in the entire Tang Dynasty." The assistant minister was even happier.
"No, we must promote it steadily. Don't be impatient. We can't bring harm to the merchants. As long as the merchants pay taxes normally, the Tang Dynasty will have a lot of money."
Bi Goo suddenly calmed down. He was scared.
Money needed to go through the hands of local officials.
The imperial court said to collect taxes, but the local officials had a name. What would they do?
Yao Chong waved his hand and asked the assistant minister to leave. He sat down and began to write a memorial.
He wanted His Majesty to strictly control the local officials and come up with a new plan.
Ten percent tax, twenty percent tax, thirty percent tax, as long as the merchants paid the normal taxes, the Great Tang would have enough money.
If the merchants were harmed because of this, would there be any eggs left after the hen was killed?
Li Family Zhuangzi.
"Brother Yi, I brought you 200 kilograms of pepper. You can eat it without worry. It's too expensive. You even feed the horse."
When Li Chengqi got the pepper, the first person he thought of was Li Yi, so he sent it to him.
"Jiangnan East Road?" Li Yi asked.
"It's from the southwest. We can plant it there, but not anywhere else." Li Chengqi pointed in the southwest direction.
"Big Brother, there's a problem. This pepper is most suitable for growing in Guizhou and Rongzhou under Jiangnan East Circuit, Lingnan Circuit, and Qianzhong Circuit.
Especially the Thunder Prefecture. Pepper grows like crazy there. Millions of pounds of pepper can be harvested in just one year. "
Li Yi named the most suitable place to plant pepper.
Now, it was actually being planted in the southwest where there was a conflict with the southwest barbarians. Of course, it was expensive.
As for Lei Zhou, which was also Hainan, at that time, he produced more than 40 million kilograms of dried pepper a year.
"That lousy Thunder Prefecture …" Li Chengqi's eyes widened.
In the Thunder Prefecture, if an official was exiled there, he would be killed.
It wasn't as good as places like Yuezhou, where people had a way to survive.
How many millions of catties of pepper could be produced in a year?
Li Chengqi was sweating. He was completely frightened.
Pepper was very expensive. Only the Li Family Zhuangzi cared about the horses and would occasionally give them a handful.
If there were millions of catties of pepper, then … then it wouldn't be expensive. It wouldn't make more money, unless there were restrictions on the sale.
"Big Brother, send people to plant pepper. Otherwise, why should others sell it to us and make a lot of money?"
Li Yi thought of the surplus of pepper in other places, which was disadvantageous to the Tang dynasty.
"Yes, send people. Who should we send? You have to make it clear that it's not an exile. You have to give them medicine and floral water. There are a lot of mosquitoes there. "
Li Chengqi began to filter the list in his mind. He wanted the people he trusted the most and told them that he was going to plant pepper.
Li Yi thought for a while and said, "Why don't I go there? In less than a year, I can take care of the local villagers and ask them to help plant pepper."
"That won't do. Brother Yi, you must stay in the manor. I have someone in mind. "Li Chengqi refused without hesitation.
He knew that no matter where he sent Brother Yi, the local area would be under Brother Yi's control.
But he couldn't send Brother Yi to Chang 'an. Brother Yi was the most useful person.
Moreover, Brother Yi's medical skills were the most important. If anyone fell sick and couldn't be cured, they could directly ask Brother Yi for help.
It's a matter of saving lives. If Brother Yi goes out and everyone falls sick, what will happen if they die?
"In that case, Big Brother, you can arrange it. There are two ways to plant pepper. One is to grow seedlings and the other is cuttings.
Cuttings grow faster than seedlings. Seedlings grow faster by using seeds.
If you want to cuttings, you need to find pepper trees and take branches from them.
I will write down the two methods for you, including what kind of land to plant, how to fertilize it, and how to take care of it during the growing period.
In other places, it can be harvested in four years. In Leizhou, it can be harvested in three years. "
Li Yi said and took a pen. He wanted to write down and draw some pictures so that people could see the pictures more clearly.
"Three years is enough. It's not much. Pearl culture still needs many years." Li Chengqi actually hoped that he could plant pepper this year.
Fortunately, he didn't lose his mind and knew that it was impossible.
He looked at Li Yi writing and drawing and sat quietly beside him drinking tea.
He didn't think that Brother Yi didn't know how to plant pepper and was just blindly writing and drawing.
He was thinking about how to arrange people. In three years, he wanted the most loyal people to go there.
After three years, when the harvest began, should this person be transferred back or continue to stay there?
If he was transferred back, he would be treated very well. Otherwise, he would be thrown away.
Just like pearl culture, pearl culture used shellfish shellfish. After putting in the shellfish, the pearls would be produced.
The stewards had agreed that after the pearls were produced, they could come back immediately if they wanted to. If they didn't, they could stay for a while.
It turned out that there were so many places suitable for planting pepper, especially in Leizhou.
The local mountain people were troublesome. Why wasn't there another person like Brother Yi?
Li Chengqi was worried. If he sent someone else, it would be too slow and not good enough.
"Big Brother, you have to trust some people. If you tell them the specific problems in advance, they will have countermeasures. There are many smart and capable people."
Li Yi seemed to have seen through his brother's dilemma.
He was efficient in the past because he was rich. If he spent money, the mountain people would feel his friendship.
Others might spend less money and achieve better results.
Looking at the officials fighting for power in the imperial court now, none of them were given for free.
Because those who couldn't do it had been eliminated long ago. They were not even qualified to enter the imperial court.
Some people helped Li Longji to seize the throne. They were given an official position, but they were thrown away in the end.
Some people felt lost. When the power they obtained was gone, they couldn't recover.
Some people were capable enough. They still worked in the local area and then returned to the imperial court.
This was the Emperor's plan, to wash away the sand with great waves.
"Brother Yi, write another method about local governance. I will let someone learn it."
Li Chengqi didn't know that Li Yi's thoughts were wandering. He wanted someone to do it.
"I will write a few methods for people to refer to. They don't need to follow the instructions completely. They can be used flexibly."
Li Yi agreed. After all, the profits from Pepper were obvious.
Even if the annual production was 2.5 million catties, it was still a good price in the Tang dynasty.
If it was half the price, more people would buy and eat it.
If it was one-tenth of the current price, people who were willing to buy it would pay at least 20 times.
A pair of shoes that cost 1,000 yuan might only be bought by 10,000 people.
A pair of shoes that cost 100 yuan would definitely not be bought by 100,000 people. It might be bought by 1 million people.
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