Chapter 2077 Leader

Although Song Yan did not show up, none of the officials present knew that they could get their salaries thanks to Mr. Song who led people to raid Yuanjia Fort.

Liangzhou Military Town.

Xu Xing had already learned that Song Yan raided Yuanjiabao and brought with him a large amount of grain and more than 200,000 taels of silver.

For a moment, his eyes turned red.

then.

Xu Xing summoned the generals to discuss the matter and informed his generals about the matter.

When they heard that the prefect's Yamen had received more than 500,000 catties of grain and more than 200,000 taels of silver, these generals, big and small, were all jealous.

Someone suggested: "General, how about we also check a few houses?"

"Stupid, if this general really does this, then Su Bingwen will definitely be the first to ask for help!" Xu Xing said angrily.

"Why, their prefects and yamen can confiscate homes and exterminate families, why can't we do it?"

The general said unconvinced.

Xu Xing sneered: "Because they are officials and we are soldiers! Although my official position is the same as Su Bingwen's, I still have to be controlled by him. Unless the prefect has an order, the general can mobilize the army. Otherwise, the general can mobilize the army without authorization. If Su Bingwen dares to mobilize the army, he will join me!"

"Then we can only watch the prefect's yamen eat meat, and we can't even drink soup?"

There are generals who are unwilling to give up.

Xu Xing said: "Who said they can eat meat? We don't even have to drink soup. You immediately send people to spread the news quietly and say that the prefect's Yamen plans to raid all the forts. So Song Yan can raid most of Yuan's forts." He caught the Yuan family by surprise! As long as those guys are on guard, it is impossible for him to plunder other families like he did the Yuan family. As long as they can't crack this hard nut, the prefect's Yamen will come to ask for help. Let’s, then our chance will come!”

Under Xu Xing's deliberate promotion, in less than a day, the news that Song Yan planned to take over all the families in Liangzhou Prefecture spread quickly. For a time, everyone in those families was in danger, and they all sent private soldiers He was pulled out and alerted.

But in the next few days, Song Yan made no extra moves.

However, Su Bingwen personally tried the Yuan family and convicted the Yuan family of treason.

This day.

Song Yan once again summoned the officials in the government office.

Directly assign tasks to collect taxes from families that owe tax money and grain to the government.

The inspection of the Yuan family not only solved the current predicament of the magistrate's office, but also greatly increased the prestige of Song Yan, the magistrate. Unlike the first time, when they heard that taxes were to be collected, everyone found various reasons to shirk.

But this time, they were more positive than the other.

An official goes to a house and is accompanied by three policemen or government officials.

Song Yan demanded that they not only hand over the taxes they owed, but also pay 10% as interest. The food and money the court owed were not in vain, and they owed it for so many years.

That night, the officials who were sent out to collect taxes returned to Fucheng with money and grain. Those who escorted the grain carts were all members of those families.

They originally thought that Song Yan would deal with them like he dealt with the Yuan family, but they did not expect that Song Yan would only charge them the tax they should pay. Although he also charged 10% interest, it was still acceptable.

Therefore, in just one day, those large tax arrears paid the taxes, money and grain they owed.

When Xu Xing learned the news, he smashed a tea cup because his plan to make a fortune failed, and Song Yan didn't follow the routine at all.

Solved the taxation of large households.

Song Yan began to sort out the taxes of ordinary people.

However, he did not rashly send people to collect taxes. Instead, he personally took people to the countryside to check.

To achieve the golden elixir, he has a spiritual mind and can tell whether they are rich or poor just by walking around a certain village.

After three days of visits, Zhou Qing visited nearly a hundred villages, but found that their lives were not easy. It was difficult for their families to have enough food to survive the winter, let alone pay taxes.

Next, he did not visit again.

Instead, he came up with the idea of ​​​​shops in the city. As far as he knew, there were hundreds of shops of various sizes in Liangzhou City, but the commercial tax received every year was only more than two thousand taels of silver.

Moreover, it was difficult to collect more than two thousand taels of silver.

After calling in officials who specialized in commercial tax management, Zhou Qing finally knew the reason. ,

It turns out that the hottest business in Liangzhou City is owned by Xu Xing. Even if it is not his, he will find ways to become his. Therefore, among the hundreds of stores, Xu Xing’s stores alone have reached One hundred and nine.

And Xu Xing is a general who controls an army of 5,000 people. Who dares to collect taxes from him?

There are also some sneaky people who have a relationship with Xu Xing's brother-in-law Liang Yu. They only need to hang a military town flag to avoid paying taxes.

Song Yan looked at the account book and found that this year's business tax was only over two hundred taels.

Let’s first talk about the composition and expenses of the prefect’s Yamen.

In the entire Liangzhou Prefecture, there are more than a hundred officials, big and small. Including government officials and police officers, the number is about 260.

In addition, there were three hundred city guards.

The city guards were under the control of the prefect's Yamen, so their salaries were also distributed by the Prefect's Yamen.

The salary of the three hundred city guards plus food requires about 400 taels per month. As for the more than 100 officials in the Yamen, the salary is also about 400 taels. The salary of Su Bingwen, the prefect, is twelve taels per month. Yan, the governor of the state, has twelve liang, and of course, there is food.

There are also police officers and government servants, and their salaries are almost five hundred taels.

Therefore, the monthly expenses of the prefect's Yamen have reached about 1,500 taels, and the military town needs to give them 15,000 taels a year and 1,250 taels per month. Finally, they need to go to the military town. The amount given to the court requires two thousand taels and fifty thousand catties of grain every year.

Based on this calculation, the monthly expenses of the prefect's Yamen will reach 3,000 taels.

Because Liangzhou is located on the border and is often harassed by barbarians, it is good to receive 30% of the annual agricultural tax.

Except for the part paid to the court, it could not even maintain its own expenses.

No wonder Su Bingwen left everything to him when Song Yan came, because there was really nothing he could do about his shabby yamen.

Even though so much grain and money were confiscated from the Yuan family this time, and the taxes, money, and grain from other large households were collected, this kind of thing could only be done in one go, and it was accumulated over many years.

It would be good to receive 100,000 catties of grain and thousands of taels of silver from these large households next year, but it would not be enough to maintain the operation of the prefecture's Yamen.

Therefore, business tax must be collected.

Weiguo did not impose a heavy tax on businesses and divided shops into three levels: upper, middle and lower.

Low-class shops only have two taels of silver a year.

A medium-sized shop earns five taels of silver a year.

A good shop earns ten taels of silver a year.

There are 225 low-grade shops in Liangzhou City. If all the commercial taxes are collected, there will be 450 taels.

There are 80 medium-sized shops, and the total commercial tax collected is 400 taels.

There are one hundred and twenty high-quality shops. Among these one hundred and twenty, if we can collect them all, there will be one thousand two hundred taels.

The total business tax should be more than 2,200 taels.

Seeing that the new year was approaching and business taxes had to be collected as soon as possible, Song Yan decided to send someone to re-count the shops tomorrow. After all, the shops recorded by the yamen were all determined five years ago.

Over the past five years, these shops have collapsed and grown in size.

Therefore, the things recorded above are countless.

Closing the book, Song Yan was ready to return to the inn.

Yes, it has been almost ten days since he arrived in Liangzhou City, but he is still staying in the inn.

He did not sit in a sedan chair or ride a horse, but walked to the inn.

Halfway through the journey, Song Yan paused slightly and shouted: "Come out!"

"Master Song has such a keen sense that he can actually find traces of me!"

The figure flashed, and a middle-aged man in black appeared a few feet away.

The opponent stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a master. His face was white and beardless, and his face was quite handsome. There was no trace of energy leaking from his body.

But Song Yan could still see through the other party's cultivation level at a glance, and he was a mid-stage grandmaster.

"Are you the leader of the Black Sky Demon Cult?"

Song Yan looked at him and asked.

"Yes, it's me!" The middle-aged man in black nodded.

"It turns out that the leader is here. What's the matter with more than just the leader?"

Song Yan said calmly.

"Master Song, how about I buy you a drink?"

The middle-aged man in black said with a smile.

"OK!"

Song Yan nodded.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Song Yan and Heitian Cult Leader were sitting opposite each other in a restaurant.

"Master Song, I respect you!"

"good!"

Song Yan nodded, picked up the wine glass, bumped it with the other person, and drank it all in one gulp.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere between the two parties seemed much more harmonious.

"Master Song, I have a request."

Suddenly, Lord Krishna put down his wine glass and said.

"Please speak!" Song Yan nodded.

Leader Heitian said: "The bad disciples have offended many people before. I wonder if Mr. Song can give her face and let me take her back and educate her!"

Song Yan looked at him and asked with a smile: "With the power of the Black Sky Demon Sect, the leader should know where Li Xin'er is!"

"Know!"

The other person nodded.

"Since you know, why don't you just take her away?" Song Yan asked again.

Leader Heitian said: "To be honest with Mr. Song, I do have that idea, but I am even more curious as to who captured that scoundrel so easily, and even more so, I lost a lot of good men in my teaching!"

"What now? Changed your mind!"

"Indeed! After meeting Mr. Song, I changed my mind!"

"Come, leader, I'll give you a toast!"

Song Yan raised his glass.

After drinking another glass of wine, Song Yan put down his glass and said, "Your decision is very wise. Fortunately, you didn't do that. Otherwise, not only would you not be able to take your disciple away, but even the leader would have to stay in Liangzhou City as a guest." !”

Hearing this, the leader of Heitian suddenly narrowed his eyes, and there was a flash of light. He stared at Song Yan, as if he wanted to see through him, but after a while, he gave up: "Master Song, maybe you are right, I You can’t see through Lord Song’s cultivation!”

"Okay, that's it for today!" Song Yan stood up: "I will let Li Xin'er go after I go back!"

"Thank you, Mr. Song!"

Lord Krishna cupped his fists gratefully.

Song Yan nodded and walked out of the restaurant with his hands behind his back.

Soon.

As soon as Song Yan stepped into the small courtyard behind the inn, Xiao Yu'er greeted him and shouted loudly: "Miss, my uncle is back!"