Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 118
Sun Xin invited Zhang Wenyuan to drink tea in the hall, and Zhang Wenyuan smiled and said, "Major Sun Zhuang, don't you want to find a quiet place?"

Sun Xin shook his head and said, "The courtyard is full of my cronies, but it doesn't matter."

Zhang Wenyuan nodded and said with a smile: "Before I came, I had seen clearly the taxes on this farm. The owner of Sun Zhuang will pay [-] shi for the [-] mu of land this year."

"However, as long as I go to the yamen to talk about it and make some leeway on the account, the tax on this village can be collected at three hundred shi this year."

"If the owner needs to trick a few of his customers into becoming registered households, the tax amount to be paid can be increased!"

After Zhang Wenyuan finished speaking, he made a clear look with Sun Xin, and drank tea with a smile on his mouth, but Sun Xin's expression gradually cooled down.

He had also learned about the laws of this year before, and knew that the reason why Zhang Wenyuan would use this matter of taxation as a topic was because the tax laws of this year still retained part of the tax subsidy system.

As the owner of the Sun Family Manor, Sun Xin must be the taxpayer of the Sun Family Manor, and the amount of taxes collected on the Sun Family Manor has little to do with Sun Xin. These taxes are all paid by the tenants who lease his land.

If Sun Xin was an ordinary landlord, he should have colluded with court officials at this time to find ways to collect more taxes.

Because as long as this is the case, in addition to getting a stable share of the field tax that the tenants have to pay, he can also get a commission from the tax collection every year. The more taxes these tenants pay, the more commission he will get.

As for Zhang Wenyuan, if he can charge more than 100 shi in taxes, he will definitely be able to eat a large part of the fat.

Moreover, collecting more taxes is also a kind of power, because these tax openings are all in the hands of Sun Xin and Zhang Wenyuan. When those tenants can't pay the money, they ask Sun Xin to do it. Pleading with the officials, and then notifying Zhang Wenyuan to loosen the hole here, he really exempted the tenant from a few buckets of tax and grain, and the tenant has to thank Sun Xin for his kindness in return—this kind of favor often means that the big family accepts slaves and maids good way.

The master has given you kindness, is it reasonable if you don't send a few children to the master's house to work?

Sun Xin remained calm, and asked Zhang Wenyuan with a smile, "I wonder if Brother Zhang helped open this hole, or should I ask Mr. Qianliang Kongmu?"

Zhang Wenyuan was waiting for Sun Xin to ask this question, so he slapped his chest and laughed: "Although the owner of Sun Zhuang now has thousands of acres of land, the only thing that needs to pay taxes this year is the [-] acres of land, and the [-] acres of land will not attract us. Lord Kongmu's interest is that this year I can do it alone, and the owner of Sun Village can rest assured. As long as more grain is harvested, I will collect the Sun Family Village's land tax next year if it is not guaranteed."

Sun Xin nodded.

It seems that Zhang Wenyuan wants to rely on the over-collected [-] shi of grain to operate as a money and grain official in Dengzhou City next year, and this year's plan to encourage himself to increase the tax amount is all Zhang Wenyuan's plan, and he has not kept up with Kong Mu, who is above him. collusion.

Now he was relieved, he was already planning to punish him.

But the whole Zhang Wenyuan is not difficult by himself, but if Kongmu in Dengzhou City is also involved, it will be a lot of trouble when he does it himself.

For other landlords, the farmer is nothing more than refugees without land. Even if the tax rate is too high, the farmer will leave the land and flee to the landlord, and the landlord will not lose money. Wheat cannot feed people, but it is enough to pay taxes.

But Sun Xin is different. His farm implements the contracted land system, and all the taxes are paid by himself. Zhang Wenyuan encourages him to pay more taxes because he wants to spend more money out of his pocket. stupid.

Moreover, Sun Xin wanted to renovate his own Sun Family Village into a fortress for future development, so how could he go with Zhang Wenyuan to harm his family's farmer?
But the arrival of Zhang Wenyuan now shows that his Sunjiazhuang has been targeted by these officials.

Sun Xin knew that if he didn't act ruthlessly to let these officials see how powerful he was, there would be Wang Wenyuan and Li Wenyuan after Zhang Wenyuan left, and they would definitely trouble him tirelessly.

Then let yourself take this Wenyuan to make an example to others!
Zhang Wenyuan asked: "Master Sun, how much tax do you think is appropriate..."

The corner of Sun Xin's mouth turned cold suddenly, he suddenly threw the teacup on the table, and the tea splashed all over the table.

Zhang Wenyuan was taken aback, and saw Sun Xin standing up suddenly, pointing to the outside of the house and saying: "All the households in my Sun Family Manor have earned their fortunes by digging through the soil with me, how can you let you beat the bones and suck the marrow like this?" ? This year’s land tax is two hundred shi. I will go to Dengzhou city to solve it myself.

Zhang Wenyuan was stunned, and really couldn't figure out why Sun Xing's expression suddenly changed when the two of them were talking in a friendly manner.

After a while, he realized that Sun Xin was not joking with him, and his face gradually turned cold.

He put the tea on the table, and said with a sneer: "Master Sun Xin, why bother?"

"Could it be that you are really speaking for those mud-legged people? You are a landlord now, and you are no longer a farmer digging in the soil. I came down from the county government in a serious way. We are all decent people. There is more or less tension between the two of you." Is there some sympathy?"

Sun Xin sneered directly: "You want to harm my farmer, why should I show you favor? Come!"

When talking with Zhang Wenyuan before, Sun Xin deliberately did not drive away the farmer, and the farmer who was helping in Sun Xin's yard today saw the officials in the yamen come to collect the land tax, and they all wanted to know what Sun Xin would do this year. How much tax do you want to arrange for them.

Sun Xin didn't chase them away, so someone was already listening to the wall by the door.

Just now when Zhang Wenyuan said that he and Sun Xin would join forces to increase their taxes, these dealers heard it with their own ears, and they were naturally shocked and angry.

But they were afraid of offending Sun Xin and dared not speak up, but they didn't expect Sun Xin to say that he would never let Wen Yuan harm his dealer.

At this time, all the dealers in the courtyard were extremely grateful to Sun Xing, but when they thought of Zhang Wenyuan, they all hated him.

Sun Xin called for someone to come, and immediately a few big and round dealers walked up with their arms and sleeves rolled up.

Sun Xin pointed to Zhang Wenyuan and said, "Fork it out!"

"What? You...you dare to treat me like this!" Zhang Wenyuan's face was full of disbelief, but seeing a few dealers approaching him with fire in their eyes, he finally knew how to be afraid. He usually did too many things to deceive the people. He knew how much these peasants hated him, these mud legs could eat him alive if they got angry!
Zhang Wenyuan's small face turned pale with fright. Seeing several dealers coming with their arms and sleeves rolled up, he hurried out of the yard before everyone could do anything, and fled in despair.

(End of this chapter)