Chapter 167 Tax Farmer System

The small argument at the meeting was an end, and everyone continued to discuss other issues.

"So, is Hansel, the kingdom army is interested in our canned food, salt and the like?"

"Uh ... adults, because of the limited time, I just came into contact with the military officer of His Royal Highness of the Princess, but from his attitude, the cans are very in line with their needs."

"How many cans can they buy?"

"I didn't talk about it at that time, but the His Royal Highness of the Princess had about 8,000 people, and the demand should be very large."

Paul asked a little puzzledly: "What did you just say that you just came into contact with His Militance of the Princess?"

Hanssel explained: "The army still stationed in Jingyao is not all direct by His Royal Highness, and the troops under the generals are solved alone."

Paul understands that although these troops are loyal to the same object, there are soldiers and no unified logistics system. This is also common in the army of the old era.

"So we have to talk to those generals one by one."

"Lord Graman, I have a proposal, please organize businessmen and factories to go to Wang Capital to ask them to find sales by themselves."

"Trade delegation?"

"Trade delegation? Good names. Organized in the name of the lord's palace, I think those businessmen and factories will definitely participate. After all, it is very good to work under the banner of the nobility."

Paul agrees with this proposal, and he kept nodding.

"This is a good idea. You should cultivate the 'wolfness' of these merchants, let them find opportunities and work hard, otherwise Zuo Zuo and right and right will definitely not be a big climate."

Hamsell ethics said: "Adults are high."

As soon as Paul patted the table: "Okay, let's handle this" agricultural supervisor "to do it, haha! Oh, except for canned food, like porcelain, paper, businessmen who create these things also bring a lot, Wait until the opening of the sea route, we will be shipped directly to the south to sell it, and we cannot make the second -road vendors scrape another layer of oil and water. "

Hanser's right hand stroked his chest to Paul: "I will start to organize this matter."

"But ..." Hanser immediately threw a question: "Can our output keep up?"

"After I came back, I visited several factories in Huxin Town, not only canned food, but also paper factories and porcelain factories. These are very popular products. According to them, it is just to cope with the current orders, production capacity I already caught my elbow and saw it. "

"This is a problem, so I plan to let the newly arrived refugees find living in the factory instead of going to the field to plant land. You must inform the factories of Alida and Bayerdin, and let them get them. I do n’t want to raise people in the refugee group.

"Yes, adult."

Paul suddenly took care of his heart. He looked around everyone and said: "In order to alleviate the problem of insufficient production capacity, I have another idea -exempt from a group of serf slaves in the Glaiman family. I think so, with ' The use of mechanicals such as the harvesting machine, with the existing cultivated land area in the family, not so many people, simply avoid their slaves, let them choose their careers and feed themselves. "" "

This is reasonable. Everyone did not say any objections. Besides, this is the lord's own property, and it does not work for others.

"Not only that, I also need to promulgate a decree to encourage those landlords and gentlemen to take the initiative to release the serf at home, let them be workers, and then take the initiative to take out the money at home to invest in various emerging industries."

For a while, the crow was silent. Seeing that the people in the house were about to stay, Bulse added:

"Of course, only encouragement, just encouragement, just encouragement, important things to say three times. I don't intend to set any specific goals or indicators, so as not to take feathers with feathers. "" "

Only then did everyone slow down, Paul relieved, and continued: "For those who actively release the serf or invest in emerging industries, I will give a certain degree of taxation and exemption in terms of taxation."

Ford's head twisted his beard and said: "It is good to supplement the labor force of the factory by replenishing the work of the factory. However, if you use the tax reduction and exemption to promote this matter, I am afraid that the results are not great."

Paul is strange: "Why?"

Ford's director explained: "Because those landlords and gentlemen with a large number of serf ... often they are 'taxpayers' in their own village?"

"‘ Taxpayer ’? What do you mean?”

"Uh ... the so -called taxpayer is the meaning of tax contractor. The leader commissioned the head and face characters on a certain place, and let him be responsible for collecting various taxes on this place, and set a certain amount indicator. After completing this amount indicator, if it is not satisfied, he must use his own property to make up, and then pay the main tax number. Correspondingly, if the tax items are collected exceed the amount set by the lord, The wallet taxpayer can stay, as your own pay. "

The Ford's director pointed out that Paul's policy has little effectiveness: "How much tax actually collects the taxpayers themselves, the more they receive, the more they leave. How much temptation can they have at home at home. "

Paul suddenly jumped up from his seat, "Is this how our territory collects taxes?"

Governor Ford was startled by the earl's reaction, "In the lord's residence like Huxin Town and in the large town like Port Fulan, the lord's mansion directly sends tax officers to collect taxes, but in most rural areas, taxation is It was contracted to the local squire."

He was very surprised, hasn't everyone been doing this for thousands of years? Why did the lord react so violently? He seemed very unhappy.

He didn't know that now ten thousand alpacas were running through Paul's heart, not of course for the boss himself, but for this damn tax system.

It turns out that I didn’t know that there was such a situation. If I couldn’t meet the tax quota, I would use my own money to make up for it? Don't be kidding, can those landlords and wealthy people have such a consciousness? Even those who have this consciousness have long been eliminated by history.

Paul could guess with his buttocks that these so-called tax collectors must be under the banner of lords and desperately exploiting the peasants below. After taking out a sum of money to pay for the errands of the lord's house, they spent the remaining money Stuff them all into your pocket.

The earl was very heartbroken, partly because of the farmers who were overcharged a lot and kept in the dark, but what was even more heartbreaking was that the overcharged money did not go into their own pockets.

Paul announced: "I will immediately issue a decree to abolish the tax collector system. From now on, the Government Affairs Council will directly send people to the countryside to collect taxes!"

Old Ford stood up in a hurry, waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please think carefully!"

"Huh? Why? Didn't I give them the power to collect taxes? Can't I take it back?"

"Uh... Theoretically, that's true, but..."

Manager Ford thought for a moment about what to say, and then slowly began to persuade: "Many tax collectors have been passed down from generation to generation. Before the Graiman family was granted the title here, they controlled this business in villages everywhere. You have been in power for a long time. If you act rashly, it may...may cause...unrest in the place. I am not afraid of them, but I am afraid that they will join forces to cause trouble."

After listening to the words of the old manager, Paul was very depressed. Aren't these just a bunch of local snakes? His "powerful dragon" couldn't suppress them?

Army Battalion Commander Bryce stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the First Battalion of the Army is at your disposal at any time. You can safely and boldly take back the power of the tax collectors from that group. If anyone dares to disobey the order, The Army will capture him and execute him with cannon."

A few days ago, the navy stole the show by wiping out pirates of all kinds. This made Bryce, an army boss, very unhappy, and he immediately saw the opportunity to jump out and ask for a fight.

Paul nodded to Bryce with relief. Fortunately, the army was on his side.

However, he still stretched out his hand to signal Bryce to sit down first, and asked Director Ford: "Is this method of tax collection common?"

The old manager replied: "Yes, this is an unwritten system that has existed since the ancient Beira Empire. It is still used by the lords of most countries. Oh... the city-states in the Cape Bay area may not Do this.”

"I don't understand which nobleman invented this weird tax collection method."

The old steward actually didn't understand why the Lord found it strange. In his opinion, this was normal, but he still replied:

"There are various reasons for the formation of the tax farming system. Some are because the new lord has just arrived and must rely on local leaders to support his rule. The tax farming system is a kind of cooperation. Some are because the lord is extravagant, owes a large debt or is in urgent need of borrowing money. Money has to be paid off with tax collection power or mortgaged.”

Paul thought depressingly: "It seems that strengthening centralization is the way to go. Huh! Serfdom and tax farming are two big mountains pressing on my head. That's all. I'll just tolerate it for now. I'll be tougher in the future." , pick them up slowly.”

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He waved his hands feebly: "Okay, then I won't bother with anything for now. But the decree to encourage the release of serfs still needs to be promulgated. It's better than nothing. Manager Ford, Miss Ladi is not here, so you can draft it for me. One portion."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Manager Ford secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the lord did not mess around.

In fact, as the Chief of Government Affairs, he is also happy to see the tax collector system abolished and the Government Administration Council responsible for direct taxation in the territory. However, this matter must be done slowly and cannot be rushed.

"That's right, everyone!"

Paul suddenly thought of something and asked everyone: "Do many of you here have a lot of fields and serfs in their homes?"

Everyone looked at each other and admitted: "Uh... yes, Lord."

People like Controller Ford, Bryce, Cecil, and many other leaders in the Government Administration Council. Many people belonged to the "landlord class" and naturally owned many serfs.

Everyone felt nervous. Could it be that the lord wanted to set an example?

Paul laughed, waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone, I won't force you to let go of the serfs."

Only then did everyone feel relieved.

"However, if you plan to take the initiative to free the serfs, it is not just a small tax reduction. After all, after serving in the Graiman family for so many years, you will get more rewards."

Everyone's eyes lit up, who would be in trouble with the interests?

Paul raised his voice and said: "I declare! Anyone who works for me, if they take the initiative to release the serfs at home, can obtain a corresponding proportion of shares from the property under the Graiman family's name."

Oops! The people in the room suddenly became enthusiastic.

It is obvious to all that the profits of the factories established by the Earl are high. With his current financial resources (including taxes), he can actually support a standing army of more than 2,000 people. This was unimaginable before. The head of the Man family will definitely be shocked when he sees it.

Now, the Earl actually wants to give them part of the shares? This is simply a piece of cake falling from the sky.

Although this was in exchange for freeing the serfs, they had heard Paul speak of the kind of farming model he advocated - employing 'agricultural workers' to farm the land.

In other words, after freeing the serfs and spending a little money to hire some people, you can continue to farm your own land, but you can get a lot of profits from the Earl's factory.

I just don’t know how much the “corresponding proportion of shares” among adults can correspond to.

Seeing everyone's eager eyes, Paul smiled with satisfaction.

"Everyone should go back and think about it first. If you are interested, please come to me."

It really needs to be considered, including himself. He has to find some time to think carefully about how many shares correspond to how many serfs. If the price is too high, he will feel heartache.

In short, the meeting continued in a lively atmosphere.

Hansel stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Earl, I have another proposal. According to the information I found in the royal capital, in the spring of next year, the main army of the kingdom will go south to quell the rebellion."

"Well, what is your proposal?"

"Once a war breaks out, their demand for iron - and furthermore, their demand for weapons will definitely surge. Should we also seize this opportunity?"

Paul had mentioned to him before about increasing steel production, but it seemed that he had no plans recently. However, Hansel had been thinking about it because it was related to his future.

Paul also thought of his previous plan: "You are right. With the iron ore in Bairding, we can indeed increase the production of steel. But manpower in this area is also a problem."

Hansel suggested: "Then how about I write to the office stationed in the royal capital and ask them to focus on recruiting blacksmiths and miners?"

Paul agreed: "Yes, and we will use new smelting technology."

New smelting technology, he suddenly had many ideas in his mind.

It was written too hastily, and I feel that this chapter is a bit awkward to read. Please just read it. o(*￣3￣)o