Ever since Wang Jun took over Xuzhou, he didn't think much of it at first.
However, when there were too many things, big and small things came together.
Wang Jun suddenly recalled the scenes of him playing a business simulation game in the past, but it was not a game now.
If something went wrong with the government affairs, there would be a lot of trouble…
However, what made Wang Jun feel strange was that he actually played around with all the big and small things in Xu Prefecture…
Of course, Chen Deng's help was also indispensable. Who was Chen Deng?
Back when he followed Tao Qian, the big-eared thief, he was in charge of everything, big or small. What had he not seen?
With his help, Wang Jun immediately felt relaxed.
A local ruffian causing trouble? The chief offender shall be punished with a stick. If the circumstances are serious, he may be imprisoned, banished or beheaded according to the circumstances.
Those who thought that they could relax a little after changing their master were taught a lesson.
Although Wang Jun looked friendly, he was definitely not pedantic.
They would never show mercy to those who disturbed public order. A team of Xu Prefecture soldiers was dispatched, and immediately, no one in Xu Prefecture dared to cause trouble.
Regarding the livelihood of the common people, Chen Deng offered suggestions.
This was for the commoners who did not have anything. It was like the government paying for farming tools.
Renting it to the people to let them farm, they would pay a certain amount of tax in the coming year. This tax was not included in ordinary taxes.
It seemed that this decree increased the burden on the people, but it was not the case.
Physical strength had no value.
Countless commoners had come to Yanzhou's government to sign contracts to rent farming tools, so Chen Deng had no choice but to order the production of farming tools to speed up.
In addition, when Wang Jun went out to inspect the city, he saw that the people of Yanzhou were using manpower to plow the fields.
So he bought 500 cattle at a high price and rented them to the people.
It was just that the rental price was much higher than ordinary farming tools, so few people were interested.
This made Wang Jun feel helpless.
Wang Jun recalled the knowledge that his descendants had learned and changed the business tax, abandoning the decree of collecting taxes according to the number of people.
Change it to a transaction tax. Take an empty mansion in Xu Zhou City and rebuild it into a Chamber of Commerce.
It allowed all the large transactions in Xu Prefecture to be conducted here. If the transactions were successful, a certain amount of tax would be collected.
In addition, if the merchants did not trade here, they would all enter Wang Jun's small notebook. You'll be in big trouble in the future!
However, no matter what, other than the various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes of Xuzhou in the past, there was still a series of customs taxes.
The current tax on this transaction could not be any lower.
Regarding this, Chen Deng was also a little suspicious. He said to Wang Jun doubtfully," My Lord, if we remove all kinds of taxes.
If only this transaction tax was collected, then…Xu Prefecture's tax revenue would probably be greatly reduced!”
Wang Jun thought for a moment and said," Yuanlong, you have to look ahead!
You see, Xuzhou is also a big city. It's not like there are no specialties. Why isn't the business so developed?”
It's enough…Chen Deng glanced at Wang Jun, thinking that it was better not to say this out loud.
"If we change the way we collect taxes, do you think there will be more merchants coming here than before?”
"Oh?" Chen Deng thought about it in surprise and thought that it seemed to be true.
However, he still had some doubts in his heart." If there are more merchants, will they be able to subsidize Xuzhou's taxes?”
"Of course!" Wang Jun said confidently.
"In the future, I'm also prepared to remove the tax at the city gate!”
Wang Jun was referring to the head tax that had to be paid at the city gate guards when entering Xuzhou.
This was the tax that every feudal lord in the Great Han Dynasty had to pay.
"Ah?" Even Chen Deng was shocked by Wang Jun.
" This is an extremely important part of the tax collection! If it was abolished.
Where will Xuzhou get the money and food to expand the army and renovate Xuchang?
Take the current situation for example, just the expenditure of so many farming tools will cost a lot of money…"
"Don't panic, don't panic." Wang Jun was not anxious at all.
In any case, when he was bored in the future, he had read a lot of articles on taxation on the Internet. Now, he could learn and apply them.
"No, no, no!" Regarding the city gate tax, Chen Deng did not relent at all.
However, he wasn't doing it for himself. He was doing it for Wang Jun.
You said that Xuzhou needed money for many things, big and small. Now that Wang Jun had abolished the most important head tax at the city gate, how could this be?
The army wasn't going to be built? The officials of all sizes were not going to lead the fire?
It was fine to change some small government decrees, but this city gate tax was of great importance.
Don't just look at those few words. Just how many people enter and leave Xuzhou in a day? How much tax would that be?
Seeing Chen Deng's firm attitude, Nongdi Wangjun was also a little suspicious. Could it be that the knowledge of the later generations was not suitable for this?
Therefore, Wang Jun could only keep the city gate tax and only remove the pass tax to see the situation.
However, considering the soldiers guarding the border, Wang Jun issued another decree.
It was because Xu Prefecture was not so peaceful, and there were still a few groups of bandits from Xiao Gu who ruled the mountain.
Robbing passing merchants, granting special permission to the border guards to send some soldiers to escort the passing merchants. Of course, there was a fee for this!
This decree made Chen Deng's eyes light up. He stared at Wang Jun for a long time.
This lord who was usually invincible on the battlefield was not completely clueless about internal affairs!
This was equivalent to the later escorts, but this money did not need to be handed over to the border guards.
It was used to improve the living conditions of the border soldiers. As soon as this order was issued, many border soldiers were filled with good feelings for Wang Jun in Xu Prefecture.
The merchants who were originally in Xuzhou were initially anxious when they saw that Xuzhou had changed its tax system. However, after thinking about it, they suddenly smiled.
The original tax did not matter whether you traded in Xuzhou or not, as long as you brought goods into Xuzhou.
They would have to pay taxes, and they would have to pay taxes according to the price of their goods. This was the common way of collecting taxes in the cities of the world today.
But now, although the head tax to enter the city gate was still there.
It didn't matter that the price it set for merchants was dozens of times higher than that of ordinary people.
If there was no transaction, then there was no need to pay taxes. Only when the transaction was successful would a certain amount of tax be collected.
This was simply a blessing for merchants.
The merchants informed their relatives and friends through their own channels, and more and more people knew about this.
Merchants from the east of the country rushed to Xuzhou. For a time, Xuzhou had almost become the commercial center of the east of the country.
No matter what kind of goods you bought, you could buy them here.
The arrival of a large number of merchants greatly stimulated the commerce and consumption of Xuzhou.
Some businessmen with excellent foresight came to the Xuzhou government office, wanting to set up shops in Xuzhou.
Wang Jun thought for a moment and drew a plot of land in the west of the city.
According to the perspective of the future generations, the land was priced one by one and sold to those merchants. Moreover, the land was set to be for a five-year period.
Chen Deng couldn't help but look at the sky-high price of the land.
Chen Deng could only shake his head. However, just as he was about to persuade Wang Jun, he realized that a large group of merchants were scrambling to place orders.
However, the merchants 'attitude towards the price was to pay a two-year deposit in advance. How could Wang Jun agree? He insisted that it would be five years.
The two sides were at a stalemate, but as more and more merchants competed, they felt the same.
The merchants who were originally in Xuzhou immediately felt pressure and proposed a three-year advance.
Every year, they would sell a certain amount of Xuzhou rice at a price that was half a layer lower than the market price.
Food had always been the main source of income during the Three Kingdoms period, and Wang Jun was somewhat hesitant about this.
While Wang Jun was negotiating with the merchants, Chen Deng kept winking at Wang Jun.
Alright, stop while you're ahead! You originally planned to leave that piece of land empty. It's already good enough that you can sell it now!
Wang Jun glared at Chen Deng and pretended to be helpless as he agreed to the merchants 'request. However, he added two sentences,"
Firstly, if the price was the same, the merchants would give priority to selling the grain to Xu Prefecture!
Secondly, Xu Prefecture reserves the right to make the final explanation!
The merchants could understand the first sentence, but they couldn't understand the second sentence? What was the right of final explanation?
Chen Deng asked Wang Jun curiously, but Wang Jun's answer almost angered him to death.
"The final right to explain? Actually, it's very easy to understand. Everything is based on what we say!”
Chen Deng was instantly speechless and prostrated himself in admiration.
As a result, the large open space that Wang Jun originally planned to empty or build houses for the people to live in suddenly became similar to the commercial street in the future.
Those shops were filled with all kinds of goods, causing the original shops in Xu Prefecture to lose their luster.
Many aristocratic families came to Wang Jun's place under the banner, asking him to sell them a few pieces of land in the west of the city.
Initially, Wang Jun didn't like them. However, Zheng Xuan came with a straight face, so Wang Jun gave them some face.
Wang Jun thought about it again. If the shops in Xuzhou were merged together, it could also rectify the market in Xuzhou.
Therefore, he agreed with a smile. However, Wang Jun also made a request, that is, you want the land in the west of the city.
"Sure, but I won't treat you badly if I exchange your original Shop Land. I'll exchange it for as much as you originally had!
This immediately baffled the aristocratic families of Xu Prefecture. They thought about it carefully.
He still couldn't figure out the profundity behind it. Even Zheng Xuan had a puzzled look on his face.
After that, Chen Deng asked Wang Jun in confusion why those aristocratic families had to give up their original land in exchange for the land in the west of the city.
Wang Jun said," If you want to do it, do it big! Also, don't you think that all the businesses are in the west of the city?
Isn't it good for the commoners to live in the east of the city?”
"Just for this?" Chen Deng looked at Wang Jun in a daze.
Isn't this very orderly?"
" I thought you moved all the shops to the west of the city to stabilize the prices in Xuzhou…" Chen Deng was speechless.
Unexpectedly, Wang Jun smiled and said," The reason why aristocratic families are called aristocratic families is because they have food and savings. Now, there are so many merchants in Xuzhou, and they are all in the west of the city. I want to see how they control the price of food!”
Chen Deng looked at Wang Jun in surprise and thought to himself,'So he's not stupid…'
If he wanted to do it, he would do it big! Wang Jun really followed this program completely.
Gradually, all the shops in the east of the city were moved to the west of the city, and the east of the city was only used as a place to live.
As for the west of the city, three streets were expanded. Wang Jun waved his pen and named the first street, the second street, and the third street in the west of the city.
The first street was mainly filled with food, ores, and a series of armaments.
The second street was mainly filled with ordinary shops, such as cloth shops, pharmacy shops, and other daily necessities for the common people.
The Third Street was a big deal. More and more merchants came here. The original trading chamber could no longer withstand such a large traffic.
Wang Jun made up his mind and opened up a separate street for the merchants.
Therefore, the third street was used to buy and sell large quantities of goods. Sometimes, there would be warhorses and iron ores.
As time passed, those aristocratic families gradually realized that Wang Jun had clearly had bad intentions when he had put them together with those merchants.
Now that the flow of goods in Xuzhou was increasing, the market price was no longer up to them.
However, at this moment, they could only grit their teeth and swallow the bitter fruit.
After all, there were so many merchants in Xu Prefecture now. What was the use of the aristocratic families raising the price?
Could it be that he was going to let those foreign merchants earn all the money?
Zheng Xuan had also heard about this matter. He originally wanted to use this matter to build a good relationship between Wang Jun and the aristocratic families.
Unexpectedly, he was used by Wang Jun, so the old man hurriedly went to argue with Wang Jun.
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