Chapter 910: Too Much

Lu Yang is a county magistrate under Shanglin Mansion. The Lu family was born in a business department. There are many families richer than the Lu family in the local area. However, when the Jinhe River was opened to the south, the Lu family was robbed because of a ship of cargo. Although they did not fall suddenly, they were also seriously injured.\\.com First release\\

Just when the family was in a difficult time, they resolutely headed south and became the first merchants to make a living by Jinhe. After that, the Lu family rose. In just a few years, the Lu family became the richest family in the local area. However, the Lu family was so prosperous. The head of the Lu family, Lu Zhengliang, who was only less than fifty years old, left in less than two days because of a recurrence of his old illness. Before the funeral was finished, the Lu family was expelled from the Lu family and the eldest son succeeded the family business.

This eldest son is Lu Yang. Lu Yang is fat and not fat. Although he is born in a business family, he is very knowledgeable and has some insights in business. However, since Lu Yang met Nalan Kui who came to Shanglin's Mansion in the county town, the smart new head of the Lu family has done a few confused things one after another.

The biggest one is to take over as the local county magistrate. You should know that this position is a bit hot, which means that the new Great Chu Kingdom stood opposite. Soon, the Lu family suffered the first blow and was kicked out of the house. Lu Shao, who only took a little property, saw the opportunity and joined the kingdom. Then he directly appealed to the Great Chu Kingdom to ask the Lu family for the courtyards, shops, etc. in the Great Chu Kingdom's Caixue Valley.

As a result, Lu Shao was naturally proud and seized the Lu family's property located in Chixue Valley. The Lu family's biggest wealth path was cut off all of a sudden. This incident made Lu Yang so angry that his teeth itch, but Lu Yang could only grit his teeth and continue to move on. Moreover, he was looking forward to making some achievements and getting close to the goddess in his mind. It can be said that the head of the Lu family was obsessed with it.

In midsummer, Lu Yang led his people to collect taxes in the county, and the villages and towns, but Lu Yang was different from those forced to desperate county magistrates. Lu Yang was not confused yet, because the Lu family started out as a businessman and did not have much land in the local area. In addition, the Shanglin Mansion did not experience too much war, so the Lu family was basically not affected.

Therefore, in terms of taxation, Lu Yang basically collected according to the instructions from the top, and did not collect much or did not use any tricks. Therefore, the tax revenue of the county where Lu Yang is located was basically completed smoothly, but it took more than a month to put the grain into the warehouse.

"Sir, after all these days, the local summer tax has been basically collected. The county is about 236,750 stones, and the official warehouse is full of them. However, there are two warehouses that are not used for a long time, but it is difficult to repair them for a long time. It is raining now. Should we exchange food for money as soon as possible? Our government offices, all the expenses are all paid out of your own pockets!"

The person who spoke was the old housekeeper of the Lu family. He gained from Lu Yang's glory and became the chief clerk of a county. It can be said that he had been a servant for his whole life and became an official all at once. This is a beautiful thing that the ancestors smoked. (, watch the latest update of this book)

Lu Yang nodded and said, "What is the price of food now?"

"The market price of one silver and seventy-six copper in the county yesterday is the highest in the past two years. However, if you go north, the price will be higher. However, if you take advantage of freight, you will have to pay less than two or three cents. But I heard that the price of grain in Zhongzhou and Qingzhou has risen badly. You can sell more than three silver coins in one stone, but it is not easy to transport grain in the past!"

"Stop messing around, just sell it to the county's rice shop. One silver and seventy-six copper coins. In total, there are more than 40,000 gold coins. With this money, life in the county will be much better."

"Well, we have spent more than 20,000 gold coins in the past six months. Not to mention anything else, the monthly salary of more than 300 city guard camps is more than 4,000 gold coins in the past six months. Including the weapons and leather armor we bought, there are more than 7,000 gold coins in total. This is better to choose a cheap one, otherwise it may be possible to spend more than 4,000 gold coins!"

"Okay, this is not a tax collection. With this money, you will live all the money. Originally, the merchants in the city were the big ones, but those guys!" As long as you think of Lu Yang, you will feel itchy, because the taxes from local shops were almost posted at Ping An Bank, which has become a popular trend in Chuzhou, and this part of the tax should belong to the empire.

However, the Great Chu Kingdom confiscated the protection fee for the garrison. If you want money, it is just a lawsuit without any heads, and Lu Yang did not expect to receive much commercial tax.

"By the way, when I transfer food, I will be more shocked. The Golden Rice Store is also an official in the Kingdom of Great Chu. Don't be swallowed by them!" Lu Yang was also in a lingering fear and told me.

"Sir, don't worry, we will deliver one by one, and we will sell part of the money and part of the grain, otherwise we would rather pile it in the warehouse and sweep the goods slowly!"

Only then did Lu Yang calm down and waved his hand to dismiss the great manager. Then he came to the backyard exhausted and walked straight to the newly acquired concubine's room. The concubine looked like Nalan Kui: "My baby, I miss you so much!"

Jinsui Rice Store, Liushui County Branch, killed the shopkeeper's room at the second counter and said, "Shopkeeper, the official office is here to sell rice. It is the boss of the county who comes to the door in person!"

"Ha, I thought they were not going to sell rice anymore. Since you came, you would be happy to entertain me. Our rice shop has always been fair and traded. Don't miss them any money you should pay. If you should pay, you will pay. As for the grain that was put into storage, you will be transported overnight and sent to the newly built water warehouse in the north!"

"The shopkeeper won't take a look!"

"What's the point? You have to take over the matter here as soon as possible. I may have to transfer it at any time, so you can do it for yourself!" The shopkeeper waved his hand and said.

"Hey!" Erguillot didn't ask much. They looked like they were just rice shops, but in fact they also had an identity in the army, who was affiliated with the military logistics department. It can be guessed from the flow of food that there may be some big moves in the north recently.

The grain delivery was very smooth, and there was no need to transfer the warehouse at all. There was a big truck on the rice shop directly to the official warehouse, and took away a large truck of grain and handed over a sum of money. It was not as complicated as Lu Zhubu thought.

The grain delivery lasted for a full week. In addition to leaving some of the grain in the warehouse, more than 37,000 gold coins were sold and all of them were received. The county government treasury that had been drying out finally had some foundation.

However, within a day when all the money for selling grain was received, a team of more than 20 cavalrymen entered the county town and headed straight for the county government.

The leader was a burly man with a big and thick body, a long tiger-back and bear-bear waist. The sound of his mouth was as loud as a bell: "Lu Zhubu, we meet again. I, Lu San, are here today, there is no other meaning. The garrison fee for your county is still a lot shorter. I heard that the county has just collected taxes and the superior asked me to come here to fill the gap!"

Zhubu Lu looked at the group of big and thick soldiers, and suddenly smiled and cried, "Mr. Lu, hasn't the military expenditure this year been offset by commercial taxes? Why are you asking for money again?"

"Commercial tax? That's only a few dollars. The brothers in our brigade have 5,000 yuan. Including the logistics camp, the number of people alone is less than 7,000 yuan. Each month, the food and salary alone costs 50,000 gold coins. This is not the daily training consumption of brothers, the replacement of weapons, and the expenses of feeding people and horses. There are so many things to take, and our brigade will cost 80,000 yuan a month!"

"From the twelfth of last year to August this year, well, this month is not counted, there are only eight months. It is counted as 640,000 gold coins. There are eleven counties in the two counties we are stationed in. Each county will share about 60,000 gold coins. So far, your county has paid less than 20,000 gold coins, and the gap is 40,000 gold coins!"

"You good sons don't pay the garrison. We soldiers have to drink the northwest wind. We can't even get the salary of supporting our family every month. This problem is very serious. If our brigade commander had not been pressing the lower body, we would probably have been doing it long ago!"

"You said it's easy for us to protect you without any effort, but in the end, we almost couldn't even eat. This is not very good for the friendship between our two countries!"

Zhubu Lu looked at this big and thick man, but who would have thought that this big man with a huge back and a bear-back had a mouth that could speak. Every time Zhubu Lu talked to the other party, he did not dare to breathe: "I have to ask my master to make a decision in this matter!"

"Go, go, you know that you are the little chief clerk and you can't be your home. Go and go quickly. If there is no result, we won't leave like this. By the way, brothers are tired all the way and have not eaten lunch yet. I have to go to the restaurant opposite to ask for two tables of wine and food, and there is no need to pay too much. Pig, beef, and mutton each have thirty kilograms, and other dishes must be sufficient. If you have less wine, just have a large jar of wine on one table!"

When Lu Zhubu heard this, his face was almost broken, but these guys couldn't afford to offend them. He didn't hear that some nearby counties killed more than a dozen local city guards on the spot because of a misunderstanding. There was nothing wrong with it. Instead, the county magistrate gave money and said all the good things before he sent them away.

"There is still 40,000 gold coins left. These soldiers are too bullying!" After hearing what the chief clerk said, Lu Yang immediately slapped the table. Although he didn't know how much the commercial tax in the county was in a year, last year, the various taxes paid by the Lu family in the local area alone were no less than 8,000 gold coins. The Lu family is not the largest business scale in the county. The foundation of the Lu family is actually in the Qi Xue Valley, where a shop there is worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

They traded most of the food, and only exchanged for more than 37,000 gold coins. These guys made a fuss, not only did they waste their work, but they also had to pay for money. It seems that after the autumn, these guys will have to slaughter them, and they may not have to speak much again.

But if he didn't give it, Lu Yang could imagine that this group of domineering big-headed soldiers would do something. If he gave it or not, Lu Yang was confused. He felt a little regretful that he had taken over the position of county magistrate, but now he still has a way out to retreat!


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