Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

For any method of using military force, a thousand chariots, a thousand leather chariots, a hundred thousand armors, and food supplies for thousands of miles, the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the materials of glue and paint, and the support of chariots and armors will cost a thousand gold a day, and then a hundred thousand The teacher has done it.

Qin Hao was fully prepared for this northern expedition to Fusang.

Let’s start with the inspection of the logistics. In those factories, the so-called students, or apprentices, who have good teaching skills, when they see the general coming to inspect, they often don’t cheer enthusiastically, but gather around and ask for advice on all kinds of questions they have encountered recently. .

Of course, there are also some apprentices who bring out some of their fantastic ideas and ask him whether they are valuable and whether there is any future for experimentation and promotion.

The Keelung Craftsmen Association has regulations that once a technique or instrument is adopted, the minimum reward is one hundred silver dollars and the maximum is one hundred thousand, and the patent will be retained for three to ten years.

This is why young people in Keelung risk their lives to work in factories.

If you are really talented, this is a shortcut to making a fortune.

"Sir, what do you think of the multiple rockets I designed?"

"General, do you think there are certain rules for the flow of molten steel? I have done experiments and found that at 3000°C, the liquid flows in a gel-like form."

"Sir, look at the hoe I invented. It is labor-saving and light. It will be great for agriculture!"

Among the many apprentices, some were reliable and worthy of further study, so funds were allocated for continued research; as for those who talked nonsense and had no relevance, their positions were revoked.

After completing the inspection of each workshop, it was the army.

The people who went out for this expedition were strictly selected. According to the standard of drawing one out of five, the 20,000 teams selected were even the most elite in auxiliary troops and logistics.

If you can carry a sword and a gun, you can go into battle, and if you can pick up a spoon, you can cook.

After half a month of inspection, even though Qin Hao prided himself on being young, strong and energetic, it was a bit overwhelming for him.

However, despite being tired, I am still in a good mood.

Factories at all levels, including the high-end manufacturing shipbuilding industry, the salt industry that pays large taxes, and some small shops, are all full of beauty, with hundreds of flowers blooming, and there is no place that is missing an arm or a leg.

Let him see the "Syndicate" seeds cultivated in his territory: industrial system, standardized production, assembly line operations, etc., which have gradually grown into small trees, begun to have their own little green shade, and are transported along the branches to all walks of life. nutrient.

"It's better to go home!" Qin Hao stretched out lazily on the bed, turned sideways, and looked at Bai Ling'er, who was sleeping soundly beside him, sleeping soundly among the brocades.

A unique smile appeared on the red face, and I immediately felt that such hard work was worth it.

He couldn't help but look at her with a smile on his face, which made her notice. She looked at him with some annoyance, "I've been watching this for a long time and I still don't get tired of it!"

"That's natural! I never tire of my own woman!"

"Hmph! Who knows if what you said is true?" Bai Ling'er said shyly, but she put her hands on Qin Hao's waist to help loosen his muscles.

The delicate and gentle technique made Qin Hao moan softly, completely immersed in it.

Comfortable, so comfortable!

Movies and TV shows really don’t lie, the little concubine is a charmer!

"Master, Madam." Mrs. Hu, a wife who was recently promoted to Bai Ling'er, reported to Qin Hao and Bai Ling'er with a low eyebrow, "The kitchen said that dinner is ready, can we eat now?"

"I'm indeed a little hungry. Let's go down and start dinner! By the way, tell sisters Xiangjun to come here for dinner. Also, don't call me master in the future. Am I that old?"

"Yes! Master!" Mrs. Hu turned around and retreated, calling the maid to go to sisters Xiangjun and Yujing's room to send a message, asking them to come to the wife's room for dinner.

"Husband, isn't this bad? After all, you are the head of the family. Calling you Young Master seems a bit frivolous and makes the servants think you are not so majestic."

"That's fine! Just listen to you!" Qin Hao decided to follow the good example and pinched Bai Ling'er's pretty nose a few times.

A faint fragrance floated by, and a woman called outside the door, "Master and Madam, Aunt Xiangjun and Aunt Yujing are here."

"Please come in!"

The curtain was lifted, and two sisters, Xiangjun and Yujing, who were being waited on by several maids, walked in slowly.

"I've met my husband!"

Bian Yujing is older, in his twenties, with smooth muscles and bones, and elegant manners. Her lips are red without any spots, her eyebrows are green without paint, her face is like a silver basin, and her eyes are like apricots. Every frown and smile is enchanting and charming.

Li Xiangjun is in her twenties and eight years, with eyebrows that look like frown but not frown, eyes that look like joy but not joy, petite figure, graceful and graceful.

For a high-spirited commander like Qin Hao, the lethality of the two women was absolutely top-notch, enough to make him sing every night, and the king would never go to court again.

Wenwen Township is the Tomb of Heroes, I will not deceive you if you are honest!

At this time, the elder sister Yujing has a pair of ruby ​​earrings hanging on her ears, while the younger sister Xiangjun has a pair of green emerald earrings that look like they can drip water.

The same color as the jewelry, Yu Jing wears a red coat, and wears a bra that is very popular in Keelung, which outlines the lines of her figure very clearly;

Xiangjun wore a light blue dress, which made her youthful look more innocent and cute.

The robe made of silk, worn on Bian Yujing, who has a soft waist and slender figure, only gave Qin Hao the impression of "sexy, charming, graceful and graceful, and not windy!"

The long skirt made of Hsinchu cotton silk, resting on the smaller and cute Li Xiangjun, is like "the sorrow of two dimples, the disease of the whole body. There are a few tears, and the breath is slight. The tranquility is like a beautiful flower shining in the water "The action is like a weak willow supporting the wind." It makes people feel pity.

"Wearing these two clothes, it makes the sisters' eyebrows look more beautiful. It's really Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu who are still alive." Bai Ling'er praised sincerely.

"I've met my husband, I've met my wife." Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing bowed to each other one by one.

The two people bowed down. Their sleeveless daisy coats made their exposed arms look even more dazzling. With the movement of their hems, several gold necklaces on their wrists collided with each other and made a tinkling sound. .

Huamei, who was standing next to Bai Ling'er, looked at the two aunts from Jinling and felt a burst of jealousy in his heart, "Bah! Hu Meizi! You know how to use these things to enchant the master!"

But after taking a closer look at the attire of the two sisters in front of her, Huamei had to admit that this outfit was very exciting. Even Huamei herself, who was also a woman, couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

It’s really beautiful!

"Humph! What the hell! If I were wearing this outfit, I would definitely be much prettier than them!"

"Get up!" As the housekeeper wife in charge of the inner house affairs, Bai Ling'er, although younger than the two of them, has an absolutely commanding temperament. "Two sisters, my husband has almost handled all the things today, so he will join us." Let’s have dinner together.”

He motioned to Mrs. Hu and others on the side to set up seats for Xiangjun and Yujing, and explained to them the purpose of calling them here.

To be honest, the two of them have been in Qin Hao's inner house for a long time, but they have rarely eaten at the same table with Qin Hao, let alone eating with Bai Ling'er like today.

Qin Hao's official duties were too heavy. In the past few years, he had either fought with Zheng Zhilong or had a decisive battle with Fusang. After today's meal, he didn't know when he would have another chance.

"I must not get drunk today and stay in my room at night!"

If he doesn't seize this opportunity tonight, Qin Hao will probably not be able to sleep, and the three women also look shy. How can they say such a thing on the table.

Bai Ling'er wanted to pinch Qin Hao with her hands to ask him to pay attention, but Qin Hao directly pulled her into his arms and started to caress her.

Then came Xiang Jun and Yu Jing, none of them could escape.

While playing around, the maids and wives served hot and cold dishes like water.

Although Xiangjun and Yujing had been in Jinling for a long time and had eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, they had never seen such a grand banquet.

In the past few years, the Department of Agriculture has focused on production, resulting in an unprecedented abundance of agricultural and sideline products.

Chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, cattle, and sheep have become normal varieties that people in Keelung can eat in their daily lives. They are all available. As long as you work hard, you can eat them every day, instead of being luxuries that only a few people can afford.

A large number of oil crops, such as peanuts, rapeseed and sesame seeds, especially the large-scale cultivation of rapeseed in the Hsinchu Agricultural Demonstration Zone, have greatly enriched edible oil.

Now you can buy a kilogram of Keelung Tongbao for ten Wen, and you no longer need to buy pigs to boil oil to survive.

What is now on the table are dishes made with these as the main ingredients.

However, as a time traveler, it seems that you should not only make your own contributions in technology and system, but also leave your own mark in the way of food.

With the help of Amorim and other Spaniards, a large number of American plants were successfully introduced, and a large number of seed imports improved the possible degradation of native seeds.

Under the above hardware conditions, Qin Hao was very proud to cook a number of famous dishes in Fuzhong: mainly peppers, such as twice-cooked pork, kung pao chicken, mapo tofu, etc.; mainly sweets, such as lotus roots, fruit sweets, etc. and so on, which are already the signature dishes of many restaurants in Keelung Prefecture.

"Duck intestines, tripe, eels, shrimps, scallops, oysters," a woman in charge of the kitchen muttered while placing small plates on the table.

Seeing this, Xiang Jun couldn't help but twitch her index finger. She had only heard of this scene of dozens of big dishes being served together before, but she had never had the opportunity to see it.

The maids and women who were serving the meals were getting all kinds of food for their masters. Whatever they wanted to eat, they could just look at them.

There is no rule in this land that the emperor should only eat three mouthfuls of a dish. If you find something you like to eat, you can eat as much as you want without restraint.

"Ling'er, with such an expense, will the house's expenses be enough?"

"Husband, do you still know how to care about your family's expenses?" Qin Hao asked this, and Bai Ling'er was a little unhappy.

She put down the lily porcelain fruit cup in her hand, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and wiped away the fruit juice from the corners of her mouth.

"Now there is less than thirty thousand taels of silver in the house!"

No way!

Why are there so few? !

Qin Hao was a little confused. He had just seen the dividend accounts of several "large joint asset companies" such as Qinhan Company not long ago.

For example, among the shipbuilding, dyeing, saltworks, glass workshops, ironworks, cotton spinning and other industries under the Qinhan Company, which one does not distribute dividends and make the shareholders smile and tremble?

Li Yi, Chen Hu and other old shareholders had wives and concubines from seven to eight families. How could they be pitiful when it was their turn?

Thirty thousand taels?

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

"Isn't it that Qinhan Company can get more than 13,100 taels of silver per share? We have the largest shareholding in Qinhan! We still have 3,000 shares, which theoretically means more than 300 taels of silver. Could it be that someone is greedy? When he said this, Qin Hao's face gradually darkened, and he unconsciously put the chopsticks in his hands until the evening.

If this is really the case, it seems that before going north, I will have to carry out a major purge!

"Do you know what scholars in Ming Dynasty say about us in Keelung?" Bai Ling'er pursed her lips.

"Why is it related to the Ming Dynasty or the literati?" Qin Hao was a little confused and confused, "How did you say that?"

"The people of Ming Dynasty will pay 10,000 taxes to Keelung!"

This was what Gu Gongming, the head of the taxation department in charge of Keelung Port's tax affairs, came to the house with a sad face and told Bai Ling'er that day.

The initiator of these words was a fellow countryman of his same age.

It was also a good thing for Gu Gongming. He always felt that wealth and honor were not returning to his hometown, just like walking in brocade at night. Many people had returned to their hometowns before, and he was also thinking about it.

I am doing well in Keelung, not to mention prosperous, but I am very proud of myself. Although I am not able to go home to show off because of my official duties, it would be good to invite my old friends to visit Keelung. Well!

Having money to pretend to be sexy is the happiest moment for everyone!

Under his warm invitation, these "good friends" literati Shi Shiran came to this "land of barbarians, a land that does not respect kings".

After eating and drinking, and even taking and stealing things, Gu Gongming was tormented for a while. When he left, he did not forget to leave a famous aphorism, leaving behind the words "Keelung's tens of thousands of taxes, the people cannot make a living". Eight-character comments.

A mute eats Coptis chinensis and cannot tell of the pain!

He was embarrassed in front of many colleagues!

"Poor scholar, ignorant of good and evil!"

Hearing this, Qin Haorao, who usually prides himself on being well-educated, couldn't help but slam the table. With such force, the bowls, plates, etc. on the table clinked against each other, shocking him. The maids and women who had to wait on the side had pale faces.

"This is still a small matter. I comforted Gu Gongming a few words and asked him to see how much tax he should pay on the properties and income under the name of the General's Mansion according to the tax types and tax rates promulgated by the Taxation Department.

After all, it doesn’t matter!

The income of more than 10,000 silver per share, according to the unified progressive tax rate of the Department of Taxation, suddenly disappears to 5,000! "

Qin Hao thought about it in his mind, it was wrong!

Even with such a tax, there is still more than one million taels of income?

“Also, the urban maintenance and construction tax and flood control tax are levied in the same scope as the value-added tax. Except for those who farm in the countryside, they are not required to pay. As long as they work in the city or in the town, they must pay!

The tax rate also differs according to the taxpayer's location: 7% in big cities like Keelung and Hsinchu, 6% in other counties and towns, and 2% in rural areas, but it is not charged at this stage.

In addition, the scope of taxation of labor surcharge is also the same as that of value-added tax. If the annual taxable sales are more than three hundred taels of silver dollars (inclusive), the tax rate is 5%, and the labor surcharge payable = (actual value-added tax paid, Consumption tax and business tax (tax amount) × 5%. "

Bai Ling'er has a good memory and speaks very fluently. In the blink of an eye, he can clearly explain several major tax categories.

"Do the math. In this way, more than half of the money will be taxed! Add 7% to 5%, add 45% to it, and nearly 60% of the income will go to the tax department. ?”

When Qin Hao heard this series of figures, his heart really ached, and he felt heartbroken. Naturally, he couldn't afford to pay a penny, so he couldn't help but blurt out, "Then have you paid the taxes?"

"Of course I handed it in! Not only did I hand it over, I also asked Gu Gongming to bring over the tax receipt. After I checked it, I made a copy and sent it to Qinhan Commercial Company and asked them to publish it in "Keelung Business News".

As for the original bill, I asked Huamei to paste the tax receipt on a board and hang it on the bulletin board outside the gate of the camp. I wanted all the farmers, industrialists and merchants in Keelung who passed by to see it. Don’t say anything about Keelung’s 10,000 taxes. Even the people of Keelung The same goes for the general's family.

They all have to pay taxes! Moreover, my family pays the most taxes! "

"By the way, there's also the surcharge on education fees, and I'm so angry!"

When Gu Gongming left that day in the same year, he said a few words lukewarmly, "Under the banner of a saint, he carried out the work of plundering the people's fat and anointing, but he did not teach the saint's way to the people, and spread education in this barbaric land. Instead, he taught A little bit of bad behavior, alas!

This additional tax on education fees is the only share of the General's Mansion. It is Qin Hao's additional expense to support the school. Who calls him the honorary principal of schools all over the country?

Your portrait hangs in the school, and your students will be trained. If you don’t pay, who will.

For such a good thing, the general is naturally bound to move forward.

"That day, my sister asked people to open the warehouse in the mansion, count the boxes of silver coins, and let people from the tax department take them away. The whole Keelung mansion was in a sensation. Countless people watched the excitement at the gate of the camp, treating each car as a cart. The money was pulled out of the door by people from the tax department, and everyone on the street was silent.

Looking at the tax receipts hanging at the gate of the camp, those who don’t want to pay taxes dare not say anything. Later, Mr. Gu from the Taxation Department personally came to thank my sister, saying that this move made many thoughtful people pay their taxes immediately. "My sister Xiangjun applauded Bai Ling'er's heroic feat at the side.

"After calculating this, we only have more than 30,000 taels of silver left in our family, so we can only invite you, young master, and two girls like flowers to save money. If my husband hadn't come back today, I can't bear to spend thirty taels on a banquet." Bai Ling'er knew how difficult it was to be a housekeeper, so she felt a little distressed by the thirty taels.

Thirty taels?

Not much, just enough for Guangxu to eat fifteen eggs!

Guangxu's egg-eating joke can be thought of in his mind, but he cannot say it out loud, otherwise he will be scolded.

"Ling'er, thank you for your hard work." Qin Hao couldn't help but have a headache when he thought about the trivial housework.

"It's not hard work, we are husband and wife." Taking this opportunity, Bai Ling'er quietly clarified her status in front of sisters Xiangjun.

"Yu Jing and Xiang Jun, you two have been in the government for some time, and you should share some of your work with your wife for some things." Qin Hao pointed at Xiang Jun sisters.

"When I go out this time, you and my wife will take care of the house together. Take good care of my wife and don't make her work too hard."

Qin Hao followed the steps, and Bai Ling'er could naturally see it, so there was nothing more to say, and the family began to have dinner in harmony again.

There will be a big fight in the evening, so it won’t be fun if you don’t have enough to eat!

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