Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 138

It’s time to actually pay the taxes.

Large households have various methods to evade taxes, such as "escape from the fields", "deceitful sending", "flying", "moving hills", "changing sections", "changing registration" and so on.

Otherwise, why would you work so hard to get land in your arms?

Not to mention that information and supervision methods were so backward in ancient times. In modern society, information technology is so advanced in later generations. Rich people still come up with various ways to evade taxes and exploit loopholes in the law.

Every time the amount of tax evasion is revealed on the Internet, the amount is astronomical, constantly refreshing people's awareness.Because just those who have the money to evade taxes, ordinary people will not be able to earn it in a hundred lifetimes.

In the Ming Dynasty, the common people will be even worse.

If the land tax cannot be collected, it will sometimes be allocated to other tax items.

In other words, if these wealthy households pay less tax, ordinary people will have to pay one more cent.

in the cabin.

The girl named Hu Ye looked at Li Jin with doubts in her eyes.

"Li Jin, you are a scholar, tell me. Why do richer people pay less taxes? What does the emperor think?"

Li Jin was speechless.

outside the house.

A middle-aged uncle was vigorously waving the hoe in his hand to cultivate the wasteland in front of him.

boom! boom! boom!
Although they were far apart, at this moment, Li Jin actually heard the sound of Uncle Hu plowing the land.

That hoe seemed to hit his heart directly.

Yangzhou.

The glass factory infrastructure was finally built.

Yang Xian finally established the initial team of the glass factory, mainly composed of the group of glaze craftsmen brought directly from the Beijing Glaze Bureau by Zhu Biao.

After building the kiln, it was natural to start trying to make glass.

However, after several furnaces were burned, the products that came out were either green or yellow. In this era, they were naturally considered high-quality glazed wares.

But what Yang Xian wants to burn is transparent glass.

These glasses doped with impurities have poor light transmittance and are far from meeting Yang Xian's requirements. In his opinion, they are naturally inferior products among inferior products.

He randomly piled these inferior glaze wares in the utility room nearby, filling the whole room.

Of course, in the eyes of Yang Xian, the scraps are treasures worth as much as gold and silver in the eyes of others. If those people knew that Yang Xian just piled these treasures in the utility room so casually, they would go crazy.

"Mr. Yang, according to the method you mentioned, there are indeed no bubbles in the glassware produced, and each piece is crystal clear. They are all rare treasures. Why do you look so unsatisfied?" Master Jin stepped forward and asked carefully. road.

"Although I want to make the legendary stain-free glassware as soon as possible, this kind of thing cannot be rushed."

Master Jin thought that Yang Xian was discouraged because he failed to make a stain-free glassware, so he stepped forward to comfort him.

Yang Xian smiled and did not explain anything.

In fact, Yang Xian already knew how to make transparent glass.

In his opinion, there are simply too many impurities in the sand, and most of these impurities are iron.As long as these impurities are removed, transparent glass will be ready.

He was not only dissatisfied with this, but also with the quality of the glass.

The reason for this difference is that the raw materials for firing are not good enough.

It seems that we need to find someone to explore some high-quality quartz sand ores and thenardite ores.

But even so, with the improved technology and the skills of these royal craftsmen, the glaze wares produced are more exquisite than all the glaze wares on the market in the Ming Dynasty, including those that flowed into the Ming Dynasty from Hu merchants. "I got it. Thank you Master Jin for your concern. Let's take a rest for two days first. You guys haven't been to Yangzhou for a long time. Later, Master Jin, you can take everyone with you to the Finance Department to advance some money and relax for a few days. God, you have worked hard these days." Yang Xian said.

"I would like to thank you on behalf of those brothers." Master Jin bowed and said. For them, Yangzhou does have many novel things.

Things are not rushed at the moment.

Yang Xian looked back and saw that the room was full of scraps.

He didn't intend to just waste these things. In this day and age, these things would be nothing but money.

The problem now is how to sell them.

Naturally, Yang Xian could just ask Wang Yuemin to set up a shop selling Mingji colored glaze ware in the capital as before.

However, considering that more exquisite stain-free glassware would soon be available, Yang Xian did not intend to let this batch of "inferior products" flow directly to the capital.

Moreover, Yang Xian has doubts about how much oil and water these distinguished ministers in the capital can still produce after repeatedly cutting leeks.

Yang Xian wanted to cultivate this leek field in the capital first.

Moreover, all the noble ministers in the capital have seen glazed wares, and their families will usually receive one or two rewards.

But that may not be the case for local ministers, gentry, and wealthy businessmen.

For them, this thing is even more precious.

Yang Xian thought for a while and immediately had an idea in his mind.

These rich people kept all their silver and copper coins at home for no use. Yang Xian was doing meritorious deeds so that the money could circulate quickly.

After returning to the government office.

Yang Xian used a printing press to print out notices one after another. The content of the notices was very simple.

On the seventh day of next month, a batch of exquisite glassware will be sold in Yangzhou City, inscribed with Yang Xian, the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty.

After that, he called people and asked them to go to various places in the south of the Yangtze River and Huaixi to distribute this kind of advertising paper to the local wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen.

At the same time, it is pasted on wealthy streets and various public places everywhere.

If it were anyone else, this might not work.

But these four words, Daming Shenhou, are now the guarantee of credibility.

Last year's disaster relief was successful and hundreds of thousands of refugees in the Sanjin area were saved. Word of mouth spread, and now the name Yang Xian is well known to everyone.

And this kind of glazed ware that can show one's identity has a fatal temptation for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty.

Because many times, people are such creatures. The more they lack something, the more they care about it.

Soon advertisements about the sale of glazed wares in Yangzhou were flying all over Jiangnan Road.

All kinds of gossip are also spread like crazy.

It is said that the batch of glazed wares in Yangzhou were taken from the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty by Yang Xian during his northern expedition to Mobei.

It is also said that Yang Xian's glazed wares came from overseas.

There are all kinds of speculations, but no one doubts the authenticity of these glazed vessels, because the four words Daming Shenhou are more real than gold.

Naturally, all kinds of rumors were heard in the capital.

Prince Zhu Biao had no choice but to take this trip to Yangzhou in person.

Fortunately, there are rail trains now, making travel convenient.

(End of this chapter)