Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 170 Causation
As for whether the honor of being supported by Mingpai is too much.

Then I have to briefly talk about Daming's current taxation and economic issues.

The basic agricultural tax of the Ming Dynasty was set by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the tax was one for thirty. It can be seen that Lao Zhu is indeed sympathetic to the people.

As an agricultural country, the operation of the Ming Empire required the operation and protection of bureaucrats.

Therefore, although bureaucrat salaries are low, in terms of local taxes, officials of the Ming Dynasty can get a tax reduction and exemption amount linked to their own rank. Note that it is a reduction and exemption, not a direct tax exemption.

However, with the changes of the times, since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the scope and amount of the preferential tax exemption system have been gradually expanded through the efforts of Ming officials.

At the same time, with the addition of natural and man-made disasters during the Little Ice Age, as well as various tax increases, the people could only sell their land if they could not survive, and even sold themselves as slaves, which caused a sharp drop in land prices.

The official family took the opportunity to buy land and take in slaves. At the same time, they used the tax incentives and exemption system to make a fuss, avoiding and evading taxes, paying less or even not paying taxes.

The vassal kings of Ming Dynasty did this with great proficiency.

The farm tax is rotten.

Salt, iron, tea, mining and other profiteering industries, among which salt and iron are government-run, can always make more money.

Ok.

Princes of all walks of life, vassal kings, and some court officials or local officials said it was true.

But too much money.

At first, he just begged the emperor to reward him with a salt guide, and when he took the salt guide to pay for the salt, he took several times more from him.

As early as the Xuande period, the sale of private salt had become a stubborn disease that could not be cured at all.

Then, the business tax in the Ming Dynasty was still low.

So Zhu Yujian, who is poorer than Chongzhen now, finally has a profitable product that he can monopolize alone, and the bigger the scale, the more he earns. How can he not stick to it like a treasure?
Let me know what's wrong with Wang Chengen.

He has no official position, and he doesn't have many party members in Nanjing. He is even an eunuch. He is still old and has no godsons. On weekdays, he stays in a village and goes to the shipyard that is losing money every month.

Maybe he will leave on that day, and the [-]% of the sugar factory's profit will be transferred to Zhu Yujian's hands.

Now Zhu Yujian is happy as long as he thinks of Wang Chengen.

My lord!
Of course, if Zhu Yujian saw the workshops and the things made in Wang Chengen's Zhuangzi, Wang Chengen would have to go to the ground after calling out the nobleman.

"It's done!?"

"It's done, master! Foreman Li looked and looked at the blueprint! I'm sure it's right!"

Hearing what the servant said, Wang Chengen blushed with joy.

"Quick! Help our family get dressed!"

A moment later, Wang Chengen ran towards the back of the main house of the manor with steps that did not belong to a five or sixty-year-old man against the bone-chilling air-conditioning in the early morning of winter.

Open a seemingly simple wooden door, and go deep along the brightly lit tunnel. After a while, a large cellar that is as hot as a furnace appears.

There were more than ten people busy in the middle of the cellar. Seeing Wang Chengen coming, these people immediately knelt down on the ground.

"I have seen the master."

"Get up, where's Li Erchui!? Old Li! Where's that thing?"

Shouting twice, a bald old man who is thin but with protruding tendons pushed a person aside: "Master, those kids must not let these kids see those things, so they just do some handy work. There's something in there."

"Yes, yes, look at my memory! Quickly take our house to have a look!"

Li Erchui nodded, and led Wang Chengen into a separated room in the cellar.

As soon as he arrived at the place, Wang Chengen saw what he was thinking of at a glance.

Two cannons.

The two cannons are slightly shorter than the cannons used by the Ming and Qing Dynasties and even the Hongyi in the outer vassals. The whole body is not surprising at first glance, but there are Qiankun cannons inside.

"Where's the blueprint? Bring it to our family to see inside! Which one is newly cast?"

As Wang Chengen approached, he asked the workers next to him for drawings.

Seeing this, Li Erchui carefully took out the blueprint from his crotch, and thoughtfully held the lamp for Wang Chengen.

"This! Old man, I've watched it five times. If it wasn't for the master not allowing you to try it out, I would have liked to watch it."

"If you want our family to die, you can just say so."

"I can't, master, if you are dead, where can I find such a good meal, the whole family depends on you, master."

"You old dog, you have to pay attention to what you eat and drink. Our family sees that your apprentices are not good enough. Don't pass on your skills and people are gone."

As he spoke, Wang Chengen reached into the barrel of the gun and stroked it carefully, before nodding in satisfaction.

"It's really good!"

But Li Erchui shook his head at this moment and said: "This method of casting iron molds is really fast to make cannons, but it is indeed the same as what you said in your blueprint, master. The iron materials produced here are a little bit inferior. It would be great if you can try it out." Now, the old man wants to see the difference between the two cannons."

The old craftsman on the other side also interjected: "This kind of cannon has never been let go."

Wang Chengen's face was full of joy, but he also said helplessly: "Let's build it first. When we have saved enough twenty doors, our family will think of a safe way to transport them to the shipyard. When the treasure ship over there is completed, our family will Let's take you to the sea!"

"Thank you, Master, for your trust!"

Wang Chengen looked at the two cannons with a smile, and his thoughts almost flew away.

During this period of time, Jinyiwei was active in the Shandong area, and Wang Chengen, the envoy sent by Zhengheiqi before, had noticed it. He had carefully collected information about Zhu Youjian, just to know the current situation of his master.

At the same time, preparations were made for shipbuilding and going to sea.

That's right, Wang Chengen didn't just talk when he said he wanted to meet Zhu Youjian in person.

And since the treasure ship and other things that have special attack bonuses for him are in his hands, and now Emperor Longwu trusts him very much, so if he doesn't make a real one, Wang Chengen will feel that there are ants crawling on his body.

Then there is a ship, and the weapons that should be on the ship must also be there.

So the carron cannon is also on the agenda.

And now that everything is planned, the end result is a perfect treasure ship.

When the boat comes out, you have to sit on it and have a good time. Let's also drive to the sea where the emperor is far away from the sky and shoot two cannons.

Afterwards, it was all in the sea, so I simply walked along the waterway for a month to pay a visit to His Majesty Chongzhen.

The plan fell into place in no time.

The only question for Wang Chengen now is what to do with the manor after he leaves.

Therefore, I had to contact the twenty Jinyi Guards who followed His Majesty first, and ask them to take my place temporarily, and come back to change shifts after my pilgrimage is over.

　I'm afraid there won't be a three-shift in the past few days. I'll start the third shift as soon as possible. I'm sorry
　　
　
(End of this chapter)