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Chapter 349 Private Talk
Standing in front of the 40-year-old Cheng Jinzhou, the 16-year-old Liu Bin is already a bad old man. Not to mention, standing next to the bright-eyed Liu Qingshuang, his competitiveness can be said to be infinitely close to zero.

Therefore, classmate Xiao Cheng took Liu Qingshuang's hand without hesitation and invited her to take a carriage instead of talking about the future of mankind and reform with his father-in-law.
Liu Bin followed up with a livid face. Father-in-laws among nobles are generally happy. They can command their half-son to do the work of the two sons. They can also see their daughter at any time and enjoy the happiness of having one more family... But Marrying a daughter to an astro-manager suddenly created more troubles for noble father-in-laws.Because the time period of the star warlock is too long, and the range of wandering is too far, so that it takes a long time to appear.On the other hand, their wages are high and their work is very busy. They rarely work for their father-in-law for free.The daughter of a noble marrying the son-in-law of a star warlock is like a forest wolf marrying an eagle. From the north to the east, the control is greatly weakened.

If it were any other young nobleman, Liu Bin would definitely pull him off the horse, and then get back on the horse after saying what he wanted to say.

But now, he had to climb into the carriage first.

It's not that he is really timid, but when the agreement in hand needs to be signed by Cheng Jinzhou, it is necessary for him to soften his attitude accordingly.

The airship was flying above the clouds, and the oxygen was thin. Cheng's mother was so sleepy that she fell asleep in another car.

After getting into the carriage, Liu Qingshuang smiled happily, leaving enough space in the carriage, and gently pushed Cheng Jinzhou with plain hands, saying: "You guys talk first, I have nothing to do."

"How is Hexi staying?" Cheng Jinzhou still asked.

"Everyone is very friendly, and sister-in-law Ningyun even made dumplings for me." Liu Qingshuang covered her mouth and smiled, "She can make dumplings for several people with the help of a little girl."

Cheng Jinzhou himself had never been to Hexi, so he didn't know who Liu Qingshuang was talking about, but he still smiled appropriately.

After talking like this for 2 minutes, and after asking all the things that should be asked after parting, Cheng Jinzhou turned to Liu Bin with a smile and said, "My lord father-in-law, what do you want me to see?"

"Final agreement." Liu Bin's black face was limited, and he deliberately threw the copy in his hand into the carriage in a fit of anger.

Everyone was sitting cross-legged in the carriage, Cheng Jinzhou picked it up and read as if nothing had happened.This kind of agreement is the real gentleman's agreement. If it is said that the binding force is small, it is nothing more than solving the immediate matter.

From a modern point of view, the agreement is not very standardized. It can only be said that the content is clearly stated, and it basically meets the requirements of Cheng Jinzhou. In particular, the commercial tax ratio of the four provinces is 60%. Very reserved.

From this point of view, within two or three years, the imperial court did not get any benefits, only some superficial brilliance.

Considering his own development after two or three years, Cheng Jinzhou smiled slightly, closed the document and said, "Master Liu, the future matters can be considered clearly, but in the last three months, the final calculation of the lijin collected by the four provinces is up to the higher authorities." Did not write."

"According to your six and four, it will be shipped to you the next day."

"That won't work. The four provinces didn't get my consent before. What they collect is lijin, not commercial tax, so they have to refund it to the merchants." Cheng Jinzhou said it with certainty, and said: "I won't tell you about this, if If any province fails to return the lijin to me the next day, I will personally trouble the local governor."

Liu Bin smiled wryly and said, "Jinzhou, it's a matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver..."

He really has the right to despise tens of thousands taels of silver. As a big noble, the Liu family has more than tens of thousands taels of property in any province. The Xiding Villa given to Cheng Jinzhou that day is proof of this.

However, Cheng Jinzhou also had his own position. He could not let the four provincial governments take the money and return it to the merchants out of his own pocket, let alone go back on his word.So he shook his head firmly and said: "If the four provinces don't pay back the money, it's a personal grievance. I don't want to trouble the court, but the governor..."

"You say that, who dares not to return it." Liu Bin sighed, put the document on the small table in front of him, and said: "Let's stop here for the official affairs, talk about private matters, starting next month, we will Tariffs have been collected, and my idea is to start collecting them from grain, although cloth and silk are rising, we should also consider it.”

"You call tariffs a private matter?" Cheng Jinzhou had never experienced real Daxia officialdom.The matters between the nobles are discussed and discussed in the nobles' territory, and many things have indeed changed from official affairs to private affairs.This is also the disadvantage of civilian officials. If you squeeze desperately, squeeze desperately, you will not be able to go where the nobles can go.

Liu Bin wrinkled his nose and said, "I'll charge [-]% of the grain tax. Let's see who dares to bring in the grain. If this continues, farmers won't be able to grow grain next year."

"I think it's because the nobles don't make money anymore." Cheng Jinzhou shook his head and laughed.The aristocratic manors in each county occupy the best land and produce the most grain, which is used for commodity trading, while the grain produced by ordinary farmers every year is actually mainly used for their own consumption.If it is a good year, apart from some problems in repaying debts, the impact is far less than that of the nobles.

Liu Bin smiled and said nothing. It is true that his reforms are aimed at the aristocrats, but it is not necessarily true that the whole person is against the aristocratic system.Just like those reformers in history, their reasons for demanding reforms are ever-changing, and their camps are also ever-changing.

"I have no objection to the tax on grain, but tax on linen cannot be imposed." Cheng Jinzhou told the latter without any concealment: "I want to use linen."

As expected, Liu Bin nodded, and said again: "Then copper and silver, these two, my opinion is that there is no taxation."

"Unless the tax is confirmed, the tax will not be collected." Cheng Jinzhou confirmed the basic principle in one sentence, and said: "Maybe you can study the content of export tax rebates to encourage exports."

"Export? What's the benefit of sending people's wealth outside the territory?"

"Come back for what we need." Cheng Jinzhou also really convinced his father-in-law, he and Cheng Yun'an are actually the same kind of people, they always care about their own class, and they care very little about other people.Lord Yun'an's concern is about ordinary people and literati, and Liu Bin's concern may be extended to the entire Daxia people, but the meaning is the same.

The two got out of the car while talking slowly, Cheng Zhai naturally had the corresponding etiquette.After all, Liu Qingshuang is a daughter-in-law who has never passed the gate, so there can be no excessive ceremony, and everyone passed the gate quickly and smoothly.

"Let's get some food first, and we will have dinner together after mother wakes up." Cheng Jinzhou explained, and then invited: "Father-in-law, please come together."

As he was speaking, there was a crackling sound unique to astrologists.

I saw Duan Rui flying straight down, before he landed, he said: "The astromancer is back again."

"Who?"

"Take away the boy from the Zhao family." Duan Rui panted, with a slightly nervous expression.

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(End of this chapter)