Lu Ming

Chapter 567 Head Negotiation
After a lot of superficial communication, Sha Zhengming's inspection work in Qiongzhou for the first time was completed.

After that, as the crew of the fleet docked at the port disembarked, the Southward Fleet took over its home port in a true sense.

Although the current home port and even the infrastructure have just started, this is already a good start.With the continuous input of resources in the future, Sha Zhengming has reason to believe that Baisha New Port will definitely be built at a speed that is astonishing for a wise man.

When the first team of sailors boarded the pier, General Sha Shen and Shao Qiang "went home" with a group of officials—in Qiongzhou Fucheng, the masters of Futai are still waiting for the welcome banquet, and the adults cannot be allowed long wait.

Qiongzhou City in the Ming Dynasty was a prefectural city and monopolized most of the island's sea trade, so it was generally prosperous, not inferior to those third-tier cities in the mainland.

Sun Futai of Qiongzhou Prefecture is also a kind and interesting official.When General Shashen and a group of subordinates came to the government office, Sun Futai cheerfully set up a banquet in the flower hall to entertain the guests.

During the meeting, both the host and the guest enjoyed themselves happily. While enjoying the drink, the two sides also exchanged opinions and views on issues of common concern.

For the local bureaucratic group in Qiongzhou, today's banquet is still very important.Officials now desperately need to know what the next move will be so that they can cooperate and continue to benefit from it.

Of course, the premise of everything is that the negotiation goes smoothly.

So after drinking for three rounds, Sun Futai asked the general on behalf of everyone: "Is there still room to contribute to the general?"

General Sha Shen laughed loudly when he heard the words: "People, there is no shortage of anything right now, only people!"

After a few years in the seventeenth century, for the time travelers, they now know what they lack: people.

People are the primary productive forces.

Everything needs people to create.The time-travelers have infinite technology and relatively abundant resources, the only thing they lack now is people.

General Sha Shen's words did not exceed the expectations of the local officials.

Immediately, an official with a big beard and a dark red face stroked his beard and said, "To tell you the truth, it's the busy time of farming. It's the farmers who come to work right now, and it's the adults in the house who have resorted to tricks." That’s how it got done.”

"Therefore." The bearded official said with a sincere expression: "The people's resources are exhausted, and next year's taxation will definitely be in trouble, and the province will have to explain it."

If the bearded officer said, Sha Shen would be indifferent. Such matters are not under his control as a soldier, so he concentrated on munching on a Lingao roast suckling pig on the table without lifting his head.

At this time, District Chief Shao Qiang, who was wearing a long robe, appeared on the stage.He stood up and nodded to the bearded officer: "We already understand what Ding Tongpan means."

What Qiongzhou bureaucrats are worried about is indeed a problem.

For the ancient agricultural society, the most important thing for regional officials every year was taxation or taxation.To put it bluntly, the rest of the social service projects are incidental. When a superior evaluates an official, the most important weighting item is whether he can receive the full amount of taxes.

These officials in Qiongzhou Prefecture, this time, took advantage of the opportunity of their superiors to issue a document to travel through the crowd to pay the bill, and coordinated with the county officials below to mobilize the people's power to make a sudden repair of the harbor.

However, if these people's power is used for a long time according to the wishes of the crossing people, the officials will be a little bit overwhelmed.Because the people that officials can mobilize are all registered "taxpayers".If these people are tied to the construction site for a long time and no one is farming in the field, then the next season's grain harvest will not be harvested, and the officials will not be able to pay taxes, and they will collectively be analized by the provincial bosses.

As a people-friendly official who has lived in Daming for several years, Shao Qiang is well aware of this, and he understands what the officials think.

"Everyone, this matter is easy."

After Shao Qiang got up, he smiled and dropped a sentence, and then proposed a solution.

In the current situation, first of all, migrant workers must be recruited in large numbers. This is the basic principle.Now that the crossing people have come to Hainan, it is definitely impossible to build a port.Use long-term, large-scale infrastructure projects to promote yourself and peacefully evolve the indigenous people. This is the core task when traveling across the crowd to open sub-bases.

Then according to the internal document "Several Principles for Negotiating with the Daming Local Government" issued by the cabinet before, Shao Qiang easily proposed a solution: taxation.

Since Qiongzhou is worried about taxation, it is very good. This year's tax, the counselor of the General Military Mansion, solemnly expresses his position on behalf of the General Military Mansion: We will cover it.

That is to say, the New District is responsible for negotiating with the Guangzhou chief envoy Si Yamen for the payment of all grain and tax payments for Qiongzhou government this year. Qiongzhou government will only need to wait for the receipt and leave the rest alone.

The above is the solution to the external problem, and the next is the "internal problem" between the Qiongzhou government and the crossing people.

The internal problem is even simpler, it is nothing more than how to distribute the benefits behind closed doors.

Shao Qiang proposed here: Since the General Military Mansion has paid taxes, the Qiongzhou Mansion must provide corresponding headcounts according to the total amount of official taxes in the official register, and during this period, more refunds and less compensation.If the number of heads is insufficient at that time, part of the money and food will be refunded to him.

In addition, Counselor Shao also kindly reminded: He is not a racist, and he does not discriminate against ethnic minorities such as Li and Miao on Hainan Island. So, my lords, you understand.

After listening to Senator Shao's overall employment solution, the officials present quickly whispered to each other and exchanged opinions in a low voice.

Soon, the officials reached a consensus with just a few phrases and glances: "The person who came is quite stupid."

The plan proposed by Shao Qiang is still very practical in the eyes of the Qiongzhou bureaucracy. After all, as long as someone pays the bill, there are not many things that cannot be done in this world.What's more, Shao Qiang's promise can't be faked. Aside from the large amount of cash before, in terms of taxes and taxes, the official affairs of the Guangzhou chief envoy are all open, and one can find out.

In this way, the officials realized almost instantly the advantage of taking advantage of this matter: as long as the number of heads that were required to pay taxes on the official book was sent to the military port, it would be considered as paying Shao Qiang's job.However, these heads can be collected from those who are not on the official list, such as the Li people and the Miao people, those fugitives from the four townships, etc.
As for after that, the head is enough, and the fool surnamed Cao went to Guangzhou to pay the tax. Hey, who stipulates that the gentlemen can't collect another crop of taxes on time?
After all, it is only natural for the government to collect royal grain and national taxes. By that time, it will be regarded as a great grace of the emperor to exempt those poor workers. But the regular taxes and miscellaneous items that everyone should pay, they still have to pay!

Think about the benefits that will be left in everyone's pockets after this is completed, and think about the gaps that the yamen at all levels can make up for in previous years after this is completed. At this moment, the officials at the banquet, the next moment, nodded and looked at bearded.

The bearded Ding Tong understood the thoughts of his colleagues.

As for Shao Qiang's proposal, it seems that there is no problem in the general direction.What needs to be done afterwards is nothing more than sending people to bargain and discuss the details of the amount.

So now the only thing standing in the way is one thing left.

The bearded Ding Tongsan immediately raised this question: maintaining stability.

The last worry of the officials is also very practical: assuming that a large number of people go to work on the construction site for a long time, then as time goes by, Qiongzhou, a closed "free trade zone" isolated overseas, will still have problems: food.

In the view of the officials, if a large number of people "do not engage in production" and go to work, the total grain production in Qiongzhou will inevitably decrease in the coming year.Even if Mr. Cao pays this year's tax, there will be a shortage of grain in the Qiongzhou market, and the price will definitely remain high. At that time, there will be turmoil everywhere, and the officials will "rule the government without peace", which is not conducive to "social stability".

Shao Qiang laughed out loud when he heard this.

Holding up two fingers, Shao Qiang immediately promised two more things.First, all the migrant workers who go to the port should be responsible for their daily rations, and Shao will be responsible for all the food. The food is imported from outside. These migrant workers do not eat a bite of local rice.

Second, Shao Qiang promised to open a food store in Fucheng from now on.Qiongzhou. At least the price of food in Qiongzhou's prefectural city will be maintained at a normal price as long as the naval base exists for one day.Even when there is no harvest, a large amount of external grain will be imported into Qiongzhou.

The officials looked at each other.

In the eyes of the natives, the exaggerated promise of "stable food prices in one place" is something that can only be achieved by the imperial court with great efforts, and most people don't believe it.However, thinking about the extravagant side shown by this group of people before, everyone seems to have a little bit of confidence in their hearts.

The next moment, Sun Futai, who had been silent since the negotiations, showed his true colors.He stared fiercely at Shao Qiang's face: "Shao Shen, is this serious?"

Shao Qiang looked around and found that everyone was trying to find evidence of guilt from his face, so he could only put on the expression of a rich man in the Upper East Side looking at a corn guy in a Virginia country to reassure the army: "Go back today and I Just send a message, and within seven days, 20 catties of rice and [-] catties of potatoes will arrive at the port."

"Is the potato the same fruit potato that has been sold in the market recently?"

"Exactly! This potato is a foreign species brought by my general from the Husky Kingdom in Haidong. After eating it, I will endure hunger and hunger. Lifus like it the most."

"emmmm"

Sun Taishou turned his head and looked around, and found a pair of fiery eyes, so he nodded decisively: "From now on, five catties of potatoes will be added to the market, and at least one catty of rice will be supplemented. This is a good thing." as well as!"

Shao Qiang said categorically: "Just do what Sun Taishou said!"

Shao Qiang really likes officials in these remote areas.

These people are not pretentious or hypocritical, only have money in their eyes but not Confucius and Mencius, they are open-minded and dare to think and do, everything can be discussed, and they are called kings behind closed doors. The most ideal object.

(End of this chapter)