As a pacifier, it is impossible for Zhang Xiaochun to go on a guard without a escort. Even if he was a light cart, there were more than a dozen people following him. A strong man in his early thirties was the head of Zhucheng. He was the head of Zhucheng in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and was also the guide of Zhang Xiaochun's trip. Hearing Zhang Xiaochun's feelings, he nodded and agreed: "My husband Mingjian. Now the government in Zhucheng is really different from the past. Although all rules and regulations are bound, but when the new law is tried, no one dared to extend his hand without authorization. The high-ranking officials and minor officials do things fairly, and the people naturally believe it."

"Just like the terraces in this mountain, they are exempt from taxes for five years and are taxed for five and a half years after they are opened. When the people see profitable, their families work hard."

"But before, I have to work hard to build a field and farm, and I don't have much investment. After paying the land tax for a year, I don't have enough food left, so I don't have to pay the loss, so naturally no one will be working hard."

It takes a lot of effort to open terraced fields. If terraced fields are successful, it is also a lot of money to build a reservoir.

Otherwise, they can only eat according to the weather. In the end, they are not as rainy as in the south. If they eat according to the weather, they will not be able to collect a few grains of grain (terraced fields) in the end of a year, and there are not many left after paying the tax on the field.

And after you have to have too many terraces in your hand, it is difficult to guarantee that the government will not raise your household registration. No matter whether it is dry or paddy fields, not to mention carrying you from fourth to third level, or from fifth to fourth level, you will have to pay a lot of taxes.

The people naturally don’t want to do it if they do it, but they have little investment, and they don’t even lose it.

But what about now?

People not only offer tax reductions and exemptions when opening terraces, but also have direct rewards for money and grain. Although not many, this is an attitude.

Moreover, the government not only rewards money and grain, rewards the people with land and farming, but also provides loans to support the people in building reservoirs. These are all real great things.

The people are the most realistic. If you see profitable, don’t you just give your strength? For the vast majority of farmers, what is strength? What they least value is strength.

"Although I have never studied, I am also from a family of clerks. How could I not see that the previous world was ruined? Anyone who is an official or an official is greedy. Not to mention the Central Plains, in this Mizhou, there are many people who have no way to survive gathering people to beg for trouble. If the court does not give the people a way to survive, then the people will have to get up and beg for life by themselves?" The guide is already very adapted to the new rules of the new law. If it were earlier, he would have called the common people one by one. But now he is "the common people" one by one.

"This new law is really much better than before. Although the taxes seem to be quite large, the taxes are under the office, and without the urging of tax collectors, it can at least make the people take a breath, see the way of life and hope."

Zhang Xiaochun's face was not fluctuating. What could he say? He could only sigh that the good times of the past have really passed.

The facts were right in front of him, and he really couldn't say anything to the guide.

Although the new emperor has just ascended the throne, the pilot counties have been in operation for half a year, and the summer and autumn taxes have been collected. It is clear whether the new law can be feasible at a glance.

Although nearly ten times more officials came to a county, as local taxes were all included in the public office, the taxes paid by the people on the surface were more than twice the taxes in the past. However, without the urging and exploitation of tax collectors, the actual income of the people was more than before.

There are grain stations under the township offices, and the people of each village take their own grain to the grain station to pay taxes according to different dates.

For people in the 21st century, such an approach is definitely a problem, but for the people of Zhao Song, this is a rare good policy.

Think about the previous ‘branch’!

The first and second-class households are three hundred miles, the third and fourth-class households are two hundred miles, and the fifth-class households are one hundred miles.

The current grain station can be regarded as "no leaving home".

When the group arrived at the small village, they were respectfully sent to the security chief's home as soon as possible. The latter also welcomed him as soon as he received the news.

Zhang Xiaochun saw two vendors at his home, and a table of food that was ready but not yet started.

But I really caught up with a good time and met two familiar investors who came to trade.

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water. Although Songbai Township does not have any famous specialties, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers. In addition to farming, mountain people can always collect some mountain products. From pheasants and hares to some medicinal materials, pine mushrooms, daylily, ginkgo, tremella, fungus, etc., there are everything.

They used these to exchange for salt, oil, sauce, vinegar, needles, thread, cloth, candles, lamps, etc.

Born as a human being, many things are not produced by their own copycats, so they all need to communicate with the outside world. In the eyes of some people, isn’t this a business?

From the peddler who started out to the friend who became familiar with him later, the trust accumulated over the years has caused the two sides to reach a consensus in a sense.

On the one hand, when you need convenient and labor-saving transportation, no one wants to buy a catty of salt and run around the mountain road for dozens of miles to buy two needles; on the other hand, thanks to the supply of goods and low prices, and the fixed sales market, in a sense, this is unified sales and purchase.

The two merchants who appeared in front of Zhang Xiaochun were small vendors who worked hard in such hard trades.

They purchased salt, cloth, sauce, vinegar, needles, thread and other things needed by the mountain people from outside the mountain, and used the barter model to buy them from the mountain people at a relatively cheap price. It is naturally profitable to get it from outside the mountain.

Zhang Xiaochun immediately became interested. Not only did he invite the two to go to the table to accompany him, but he also took the initiative to ask the two about the details of the transaction. Is the life of the people here better? These two vendors should have more experience.

Although the words of the vendors can only be considered one-sided, it combines the self-reports of the people in this village, as well as the data on cultivated land clearance and the number of new terraces reported by Songbai Township, which obviously can be seen clearly.

Whether the people's livelihoods have improved or become worse is not only related to the implementation of the new emperor's new policy, but also to the country of Zhao Song.

"Facts are better than words."

When night came, Zhang Xiaochun was lying on the bed, but tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. There was only an oil lamp on the head of the bed, and the statistical data obtained in the afternoon and detailed data from each household were placed on the desk not far away. He had to read it many times. It has to be admitted that people's livelihood is really getting better.

This year is just a foundation. By next year, terraces will be put into production, and the lives of all households will only be better.

Zhang Xiaochun should be full of joy, but he is now going back and forth again and again. It can be seen that this person is not really convinced by the new law, which also means that he is not completely convinced by Zhao Gou on the dragon throne now.

This is like many civil servants who served for the new dynasty, who were "forced" and even if they "forced" them not only had Zhao Gou's great martial arts, but also had their own desires that they could not let go, and their official positions and authority that they could not give up.

Helplessly, this is the voice of many civil servants in the officialdom of Zhao Song. Zhao Gou has too many old men and young men. They knelt down and kowtow to Zhao Gou obediently, while on the other hand, they were in their hearts and bones but disagreed with Zhao Gou's ideas.

The inconsistency between body and mind, the contrary of reality and ideas, reflects the real scene like Zhang Xiaochun now.

He went down to Zhucheng to conduct research, and the most real reason was to understand the new method more deeply so that he could go further in the future. But after seeing that the new method had already taken effect, he felt a sense of dissatisfaction in his heart.

This kind of taste is not a good feeling. However, they cannot give up their selfish desires, so they can only contribute their strength to Zhao Gou under Zhao Gou's system.
Chapter completed!