Chapter 282 (1/2)
City Lord's office, Council hall. The high-level meeting of the state of Qi was held again.
Compared with the first high-level meeting, some new people were added this time. First, Gu min, who joined with 30000 soldiers, followed by Hetai, the prefecture governor of Yi'an County, and the general guarding the city, followed by Gongsun, the prefecture governor of fan County, and Miao Peng, the general guarding the city.
Song Yan looked around the people, and Lang said: ”today I have two things to announce when I call you together. But before I announce those two things, I want to inform you of the good news that the paper produced by us has caused a huge sensation in the state of Chu, and up to now, we have received 37 million yuan only by buying paper.”
Hearing the figure of 37 million yuan, Gu min, Meng Bozhao and others didn't feel anything, but song Xiu and Shen Du, who were in charge of the internal affairs, were shocked.
As you know, the annual tax revenue of a middle county is only about 10 million yuan.
37 million yuan, which is comparable to the tax revenue of three counties in one year.
Song Yan continued: ”at present, the paper factory is speeding up its expansion. However, the guard work should also be done well. After all, wealth is very popular. Who knows if other countries will send someone to steal our paper technology?” Speaking of this, song Yan looked at Meng Bozhao: ”general Meng.”
”Subordinate.”
”From now on, he sent 3000 troops to look after the paper factory for me.”
”Please rest assured that the general's subordinates will take good care of the paper factory.” Meng Bozhao said excitedly that the paper factory is now the chicken that lays the golden eggs in the state of Qi. Song Yan gave the paper factory to him to guard, which is his value.
After finishing the paper factory, song Yan's words changed: ”the first thing I want to announce today is to reduce the tax. From now on, the agricultural tax has been reduced from 50% to 10%
”General, is it too low to be ten?” Shendu reminds me.
”No, it's not easy for ordinary people to live in these decades of continuous wars on the mainland of Shenzhou. As far as I know, more than half of ordinary people can't even eat enough. They can't even eat enough. Where can they work hard!
Of course, the agricultural tax is not reduced free of charge. There must be a supplementary condition. For the civilians who want to reduce the tax, everyone has to cultivate three mu of wasteland for the country. If the civilians who open the wasteland want to cultivate, they can grow their own food, and they will enjoy the tax exemption for three years.
Three years later, the tax will be 10%
Everyone's eyes brightened as soon as they heard about it. This tax-free method can definitely increase the enthusiasm of civilians. At the same time, three years later, the country will be able to increase millions of acres of good farmland.
”Brilliant general!”
”The general's vision!”
Everyone quickly flattered.
Song Yanbai waved and began to say the second thing: ”then, the second thing is to build a school, which is funded by the state. Every county in the three counties will build a school. Anyone who reaches the age of seven can come to the school for three years free.
If you do well, you can go to three prefectures and cities to study. Once you pass the examination, you are qualified to be a local official. ”
There are too few scholars in this world, and those who can afford to read are the children of the powerful family. It can be said that most of the civilians are illiterate.
This is also the reason why song Yan set up a school.
In addition to Meng Bozhao and Shen Du, other people were enslaved by song Yan with a puppet deity. Naturally, they would not object to his opinion. Therefore, the construction of the school will soon be settled.
The two orders of the general soon spread among the common people of the three counties.
When we learned that as long as three acres of wasteland were dug, our taxes on good land could be reduced to 10%. Everyone was crazy and went to the government to register and expressed their willingness to open wasteland.
When the cause of opening up wasteland was in full swing, the construction of the school was also carried out in an orderly manner under the auspices of the government.
At the same time, the people of Zhao state also learned that ancient min had fallen into Qi State, and that Yi'an county and fan county had fallen into Qi State's hands.
For a while, the whole country was shocked. Zhao kingdom in the palace fell several wine cups in a row. In anger, he killed a concubine with his sword.
In addition, the name of song Yan, the general of Qi State, was also spread in Zhao state.