"Lord Liu, this is the income from the Jiangning Prefecture Ministry of Revenue last month. It's now the middle of the year!”A scribe came to Liu Hao with a thick account book and quickly said,""Lord Liu, according to the usual practice, we have to do an accounting in the middle of this year!”
"Oh?" Liu Hao narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Jiangning Prefecture's Ministry of Revenue?" Liu Hao curiously opened the account book in his hand, but his face revealed a slightly stunned expression.
" In January of the 45th year of Qianlong, the salt tax was 30,000 taels of silver, the customs duty was 45,000 taels of silver, and the land tax was 93,423 taels of silver. 140,000 dan of grain…"
The dense data made Liu Hao's scalp tingle.
The Qing Dynasty's tax revenue was much higher than the Ming Dynasty's. The Ming Dynasty's tax revenue was mainly based on physical goods, but the Qing Dynasty's tax revenue was mainly based on silver. However, other than silver, grain was still collected.
No matter how old and muddle-headed Qianlong was, he knew very well that food was his basic dish.
Silver had to be collected, and food had to be stored in the national treasury.
Compared to the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty had a lot of taxes and was extremely complicated.
Liu Hao frowned slightly, then looked at the scribe and said,""You want me to calculate?"
"Exactly!" The scribe quickly said,"I still have to trouble Lord Liu. I need to do the accounting within three days!"”
The accounting would be completed within three days?
Liu Hao frowned slightly.
Li Chaodong must have made things difficult for him.
In this era, the methods of accounting and accounting were too primitive. The staff of the Ministry of Revenue only added and deducted on the accounts.
This was an extremely complicated process. During the transportation of resources, there would also be losses. Since there was an entry, there would naturally be a cashier in the process. As a result…the Ministry of Revenue's income and expenditure at the end of the year were extremely large. Moreover, the calculation of such deductions and deductions might not be accurate. It would need to be calculated again and again. Because of the shocking amount of calculation, there had to be specialized personnel working separately, calculating separately, and finally tabulating.
Liu Hao narrowed his eyes and looked at the stacks of accounts on the desk. A faint smile appeared on his face."Alright, I understand!"
For this kind of accounting, a doctor would usually need a few scribes who were proficient in arithmetic to help.
However, Li Chaodong did not arrange for a scribe for Liu Hao.
Even if he had arranged for a scribe, Liu Hao would not dare to use it. All he needed was a word from Li Chaodong and he would be able to delay things. If things were not done well, it would definitely be Qianlong who would come looking for trouble.
If he couldn't do these things well, then Qianlong would definitely have an opinion of him.
After thinking for a moment, a cold smile appeared on Liu Hao's face.
Actually, the problem of accounting was not difficult for Liu Hao. In terms of the standard of calculation, it was not Liu Hao who boasted. No one in this era could surpass him.
He had a crushing advantage over the people of this era. To put it bluntly, just a simple differential equation, Pythagorean theorem, or differential equation was enough to improve the ancient people's arithmetic level by hundreds of years.
Of course, Liu Hao didn't plan to take these things out for the time being.
As for calculating it himself, that was even more impossible.
He could go to En County and find the accountant to settle the accounts. These people had been trained quite well and could be put to good use.
While he was thinking, another scribe came to Liu Hao.""Lord Liu, the Military and Political Affairs Office wishes to meet you!”
"Understood!" Liu Hao nodded slightly.”
Military and Political Affairs Office!
Liu Hao was no stranger to this place. After all, Liu Hao still had the title of Junji Zhangjing.
"Student Liu Hao greets Lord He!”Liu Hao bowed slightly.
He Shen was now the leader of the Military and Political Affairs Office. Although there were some people in the office who did not get along with He Shen, He Shen's power was gradually growing and there were many people who fawned over He Shen.
After taking the Military and Political Affairs Office, he would make a move on the six departments.
"Sit, sit down!"
He Shen made a hand gesture and pulled Liu Hao to the side room,"I called you here today to tell you that His Majesty has already decreed that this En County will be established in a few days. I called you here today to ask you what you think about this En County, the county magistrate, and the county magistrate!”
He Shen was clearer than anyone else.
This En County was quite unusual. The children of En County, whether it was business or farming, were not subject to taxes. They only needed to take out 30% of the profits and hand it over to the Internal Affairs Office. The other 30% was He Shen's, and the last 40% was used to continue developing En County.
Don't think that taking out 60% of the profits was a lot. In fact, if an ordinary person wanted to do business in the Great Qing Dynasty, they would encounter all kinds of exploitation. It was already very high to have 1% of the profits in their hands.
En County was like a special economic zone of the Qing Dynasty!
Moreover, the profits that Liu Hao made were indeed high enough.
He Shen was very clear about the stakes here. This En County was developed by Liu Hao, so naturally, He Shen had to ask Liu Hao.
"Lord He!" Liu Hao narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment before saying,"I have my considerations. This county cannot be used casually. I understand that there are many people in the court who are on good terms with Sir He. I am certain that if we use these people, our income will be…!”
Liu Hao didn't continue, but He Shen understood what he meant.
This was a huge treasure trove. If he really casually arranged for people to be on duty, especially when these corrupt officials gave him money, what was the point? Wasn't it to better corrupt people?
Giving En County to them would be a huge loss for him.
"Other than that, the county magistrate must be honest and capable. He must have the same ideas as the lord and the officials!”
Liu Hao slowly said," During this period of time, I feel that a part of En County can be put in an important position. If Lord He trusts me, why don't we let me handle it? We can spend money to buy him an official position and let him be the county magistrate. On the one hand, we can grasp the general direction. On the other hand, we can give him some room for development!!”
He Shen pondered for a moment before speaking,"I can talk to the Ministry of Personnel Affairs. It's fine as long as you think the person is reliable!”
"Other than civilian jobs, there are also military jobs!" Liu Hao slowly said,"Now that the students are still the Thousand Households of En County, we have to choose some trustworthy people!"”
He Shen nodded." Liu Hao, at this time, you can arrange it yourself. However, it's a little. Now that the Emperor is very concerned about this En County, you can't mess it up!"”
"Don't worry, Milord!" Liu Hao smiled and continued,"The income of this En County will definitely not be less than a million taels of silver a month!"”
A million taels of silver a month meant that his dividends were close to three hundred thousand taels.
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