"Arrange something for me. My kang bed seems to be leaking. Is it because of the chimney?"
At the Chang 'an Workers' Union, a person asked the staff for help.
"Okay, we'll arrange it for you." The receptionist recorded the situation with a professional smile.
"If it were two years ago, we could've just found a few people to fix it. Why would we need to come to the Workers' Union? Everyone is busy making money this year. If we find someone else, we'll just be wasting their time. "
The person who came to the Workers' Union explained why he couldn't find anyone.
After the autumn rain, all the farm work was done. Those who wanted to plant greenhouses were busy looking for money to arrange a plot of land.
Those who didn't plant greenhouses planted the winter wheat and immediately found a job at the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Old men and old women used sorghum stalks to make things at home all day.
There were also mountain pickers who went up the mountain in groups.
When they needed to work and wanted to find someone to help, they suddenly realized that there was no one around.
It wasn't just a person whose kang bed didn't work that came to the Workers' Union. There were also people who wanted to change their door panels, make a set of furniture, and paint their houses …
The entire capital government suddenly felt that there was a shortage of manpower.
"Next year, more things will be shipped to the capital government, especially live livestock, food, and fodder."
A group of people sat in a private room in Earthly Paradise. Looking at the people outside who walked faster than usual, Yao Chong came to a conclusion.
"Someone actually hired shoeshine children to work!" Bi Goo shook his head when he saw a man walking with four shoeshine children.
Obviously, he didn't ask the children to go to his house to shine his shoes. Unless his house had a lot of shoes, or he was a shoemaker.
There must be some work that the children could help with. The pay was high, so the children were willing to do it.
"Huai Shen went to the Li Family Zhuangzi to see a doctor. I don't know when he'll recover." Zhang Shuo felt the atmosphere.
He realized that Li Longji was taking more care of them. It was different from usual. Things were abnormal.
Song Jing ate a hazelnut. "The capital government's people's income is high, so their expenses are also increasing. The Ministry of Revenue collects more business taxes, so their lives are better."
"Prices are also high." When it came to the Ministry of Revenue, Bi Goo had the most right to speak.
He had been sending people to collect data on the prices of various commodities in daily life and found that the prices of dried fruits and meat had risen.
Just as Yao Chong said, there would be more people and things sent to the capital office next year, especially to Chang 'an.
The more money they made, the more things they bought. Then, when the prices rose, the merchants would find an opportunity to buy things from other places and ship them here to sell.
The more things they sold, the more taxes the Ministry of Revenue collected.
Bi Goo believed that if this continued, the business tax collected by the capital office alone would be twice as high as the rent of the entire Tang dynasty.
Next year, Luoyang would also be taken over. At the same time, they would also be able to rent a mu of land. Both of these would be enough to support the Tang dynasty in its military operations.
In the Li Family Zhuangzi, Li Chengqi and Li Yi said the same thing.
"The road conditions from Luoyang to Chang 'an are good. Even if the Yellow River is shallow, the transportation of goods will not be affected much."
Li Chengqi said as he looked at the other side of the Ba River. There were caravans passing by. Some of them went directly, while others stopped for a while to drink free soup at the bridge.
It was cold. Drinking a mouthful of hot soup could help them stay in the city even if they could not unload the goods for a while.
"Brother, do you want to buy land?" Li Yi seemed to be talking about two different things.
"Buy land? Where? "Li Chengqi asked after thinking about it.
"The docks, the area around Lantian County, above the Imperial Plantation, and in Weinan County." Li Yi named a few places.
"Build Zhuangzi?" Li Chengqi first thought of Zhuangzi.
"Repair the warehouse. If you don't want to move the capital, then the capital office will be an important political, economic, and cultural center. At the same time, it will also be a production, manufacturing, and logistics transfer center."
Li Yi talked about the land. The property prices in Chang 'an were already very high.
But it was not enough and would be even higher. When the Silk Road was reopened, goods from other places would be transported to Chang 'an, and Chang' an would then be transported to the Western Regions.
In the past, the status of Chang 'an was not very high. When people could not eat, they had to go to Luoyang.
Now, people in Chang 'an did not have to go to other places due to lack of food. The turnover of goods required warehouses.
Of course, Li Yi would not buy land anymore, at least not in the capital office.
Other rich businessmen would definitely see the opportunity and give Li Yi a reminder.
"Will the houses and land in the hands of the common people be more valuable? Is the land of the government also the same? "Li Chengqi thought for a while and found the problem.
"The land of the government cannot be sold casually. The houses of the common people …"
Li Yi paused and thought of something.
How to restrict the inflow of capital? Of course, it was to restrict the sale of houses.
How to restrict the sale of houses? Set a qualification, for example, how many years have you lived and worked in Chang 'an …
He thought of this idea but felt it was wrong.
There were still a lot of empty land in the capital office. As long as it was planned well, it would be enough to accommodate the population.
Moreover, the Tang dynasty was an era of agriculture. The common people would not give up their own land in Chang 'an.
"Don't worry about the common people's houses. If others want to buy them, it will be very expensive. The houses in the capital office are connected to the land. It will not be easy to buy other people's Yongye Fields. "
Li Chengqi smiled. He was not worried about whether people would come to the capital office to speculate in real estate. The common people had always lived there. If they sold their houses, where would they live?
He was thinking about another matter: "Brother Yi, the government's land has been built into a warehouse. Can it be rented out to others?"
"The Ministry of Revenue collects the money." Li Yi thought of Bi Goo.
"There should be more warehouses. Pay attention to fire prevention. At the same time, the roads leading to the warehouses should be repaired.
Then build a hotel not far from the warehouses. The merchants can stay there.
The place built by the Ministry of Revenue for the merchants to communicate is not bad. They also collect the taxes. "
Li Chengqi talked about the trading hall built by the Ministry of Revenue. A lot of methods were used, including the brokers.
The merchants liked it very much. A few of them thought they were clever and used the inside and outside price to avoid taxes. When they were caught, they were punished with a loss.
After being punished several times, the merchants realized that the imperial court was already prepared. It was impossible to take advantage of such things.
"Yes!" Li Yi nodded.
"But they can't be subcontracted. They must be managed by the Ministry of Revenue and be supervised by the Tang dynasty's inspection team."
Li Yi talked about the management. Generally, the officials would take advantage of the development.
Then, to save trouble, the imperial court would subcontract the warehouses. The contractor only needed to pay the contract fee with food, and the rest of the money would go to the contractor.
In order to make more money, the contractor would find ways to make the merchants who needed to rent the warehouses pay more.
The merchants would transfer the money to the retailers, and the retailers would transfer the money to the common people.
To put it bluntly, the imperial court's incompetence made the common people suffer.
The Tang dynasty's inspection team was not bad. There would be new people joining them in a few days.
They did not get along well with each other. Whoever dared to intercede for others would be impeached by others.
In this way, the stable operation of the warehouses could be guaranteed.
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