Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 545 The Preparatory Meeting of Donggang Shipping Division

Liu Mu, as the host, sat on the right seat of the upper head, but the position of the left seat of the upper head was pushed aside for a long time.

In the end, Xiao Yu sat in the first guest seat as Zuo Pushe.

After everyone is seated, a small table is placed in front of each person.Willow high tables and chairs have become popular in Chang'an, and they are found in many noble homes, mostly study rooms and living rooms.

As for banquets, the nobles of the Tang Dynasty prefer low couches and tables. They can sit on their knees, cross their legs, or even lie down halfway.

The maid began to push the small carts forward. Each cart was the kind with a stove, and there were refined small cages on it. To the surprise of the nobles, not everyone followed the exact same rules. on their desks.

The maids let the nobles see the food in the cage, and then they choose by themselves.

There are more than [-] kinds of different foods, which makes people dazzled.

The nobles of the Tang Dynasty did not have the virtue of CD-ROM action in the later generations. If it weren't for the limited space for short tables, they would be willing to fill the table.

"When it comes to gourmet food, Chang'an depends on Liu Concubine." A nobleman praised after tasting a shrimp dumpling.

After many people agreed, Liu Mu said a few words modestly, and the topic ended there.

After drinking for three rounds, Liu Mu raised his teacup at this time, and everyone who was chatting stopped, and it was time to talk about business.

"I'm a member of the Westport Shipping Department, and it doesn't matter how much money I invested."

Liu Mu's words are not nonsense, he has absolute self-confidence, and these nobles also agree with Liu Mu's words, it doesn't matter how many coins you invest, but how many coins you can create.

"This time, Donggang Shipping Division, the investment we need is huge, not just investment in coins."

This remark made the nobles have a sense of identity. Since Liumu can raise the funds needed by the West Port Shipping Department from the people of Chang'an, then the East Port will also have enough funds.

"Another problem is that the sage has ordered the renovation of many canals, irrigation canals, and land reclamation plans of nearly [-] hectares in the east of Shannan Road. As a result, nearly a million monks who have returned to secular life, and some refugees will transfer Go east to Shannan, and then we will have no labor to use."

When Liu Mu said this, Zheng Yuanxuan said: "You don't have to go around in circles, Liu Concubine, and you don't have to be euphemistic. I know some things about the court, so just say what you want."

"People." Liu Mu only answered this one word.

"What kind of person?" Zheng Yuanxuan asked on behalf of everyone.

"The Xiao family and the Xie family have gathered [-] tenants in charge of the mulberry forest. I want this number to reach [-] in the next year. The composition of the [-] households is as follows."

Liu Mu didn't just say it with his mouth, and ordered someone to send a plan to each noble present.

After everyone had the plan in hand, Liu Mucai said: "The composition of the [-] households is as follows: at least [-] households are needed for raw silk processing, [-] households for weaving clothes, [-] households for wandering doctors, [-] households for blacksmiths, and [-] households for blacksmiths. One hundred families of carpenters."

Why didn't Liu Mu mention the number of people? Basically, the craftsmanship that belongs to the status of a tenant farmer like this is passed down from father to son.

For example, You Fang Langzhong, then the whole family will get started.

It can be understood that a household is a small hospital structure, even the nurses and handymen are the same family.

"For the rest, another [-] households of mulberry farmers will be needed. Among the [-] households of mulberry farmers, at least one can be selected from each family, and there will be a dozen of them. In the end, they will be homeowners and tenants of mulberry farmers. "

This number is not too much, and evenly distributed to each family is not much, and each family can draw people.

Moreover, there were nearly 10 slaves in the recent Great Conquest to the North. These people can be bought by each family to supplement the tenants, making these people even more inferior slave labor.

"This number can be increased by [-]%, but each household must select a daughter who is waiting to be married." Someone suggested.

"No!" Liu Mu refused directly.

Before anyone else raised the same objection, Liu Mu said again: "I can return 3 young women to you, but the time limit is half a year later. Then I need your support for the next thing. It is a matter above the court, not for me, a person without an official, to decide."

Another proposal is in hand.

On the cover is written four large characters "Stand Ding into Mu".

"I transferred 12 households to Wa Island, plus some corresponding slave soldiers. Then the total population is at least [-]. I hope to give them at least a quasi-civilian status. They are the citizens of the Tang Dynasty. .But according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, there must be a rent-employment transfer, but in a place outside the territory, I hope to try a new rule."

Willow explained.

Many people began to leave their seats, and gathered in twos and threes to discuss the new rules of willow wood.

Liu Mu understands that just now someone proposed that each household choose a young girl who is waiting to be married to stay, in fact it is to ensure the population.The tenants are not on the register, and all those in the Tang Dynasty have to pay taxes, and the most indispensable of them is the population.

The population includes three items: tax, service, and tax.

"Liu Mu, what are the benefits of doing this? I don't see any benefit to us, but this may be a trap for us in the future." Wang Jun, the head of the Wang clan in Taiyuan, saw that this was the biggest for the nobles. Trouble.

Liu Mu walked in front of Wang Junyu: "You always say this, and this junior also says something ugly, don't you always go against your will?"

Hahaha!Wang Jun laughed out loud.

Liu Mu also laughed a few times.

"You..." Wang Jun was about to refute Liu Mu, when Cui Junsu came out to stand in front of the two of them: "Old Wang, you are my grandpa in terms of seniority, and my wife calls you uncle in terms of relatives. But at this time I want to Say a word to Concubine Liu."

"You speak."

"Today's sages have suppressed the titles of the clan. Can't you still not see that the matter of Yintian is already on the surface, and there is only one chance to strike first."

Cui Junsu's hidden land refers to some farmers who entrust their land property to the nobles, and they would rather turn the common people into tenant farmers.

This is a legacy problem left over from the former Sui Dynasty.

The land equalization system was established at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and now there is an additional rule compared to the real history, that is, the sale of cultivated land is not allowed, and the land reclaimed may be official land, or those who have no land will enjoy some tax relief policies after reclaiming wasteland.

Liu Mu also said at this time: "Old Wang, how much can your fields produce in a year? If you can really rely on these fields to maintain the luxury of the top nobles, then you would not be sitting here today."

"Let the old man think about it." Wang Junyi didn't say anything, he needed to think about it.

Datang now has fields that do not pay taxes, and people who do not pay taxes.

(End of this chapter)