It's just that these tax-free fields have also become a major ill of the Ming Dynasty.

Contrary to the later generations of "the rich pay more taxes", the rich in this era did not have to pay taxes, and the poor had to pay more taxes.

Both the lifter and the jinshi can enjoy the preferential treatment of tax exemption, and if they achieve achievements in their careers, they also have great benefits. If the official reaches the fourth grade, it can be exempted from another 2,000 mu, and if the second grade is above, it can be exempted from tax by 10,000 mu.

On the other hand, ordinary people, the local county officials did not dare to attack those gentry class, but in order to make the results of grain collection look better, they would often do everything possible to squeeze some more tax grain.

In particular, Jia Yingchun, the secretary of the household department, proposed that "if the grain is less than 70 percent, local officials are not allowed to be promoted", and this pressure is very likely to be directly applied to ordinary people.

It is precisely the existence of such unfair taxation rules that leads to constant social contradictions and conflicts, and ordinary people are overwhelmed. In the decades that followed, peasant uprisings arose.

As a person with vested interests, Lin Haoran naturally would not take the initiative to criticize this unfair taxation phenomenon.

What's more, the fairness and justice of this imperial examination is here, and everyone has equal opportunities. And in order to achieve fame, they have also gone through ten years of hardship, which can only be said to be a reward after paying.

Standing in different positions, you are destined to have different views on things, especially those that are related to your own interests. For this point, Lin Haoran suddenly realized.

In the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon, and the courtyard outside was bathed in autumn sunshine.

Sun Jixiang walked in with a stack of papers and said to him: "Today, a total of 63 complaints of various colors have been received, including eight criminal cases, and the rest are civil disputes. As he spoke, he put eight of the criminal cases in front of the case.

Lin Haoran nodded slightly, reached out and picked up one of the criminal lawsuits to read, only to find that Sun Jixiang still had some lawsuits in his hand, so he looked up at him suspiciously and said, "There are special circumstances?" ”

"Yes!" Sun Jixiang nodded slightly, his face looked hesitant, and he put down the few lawsuits in his hand and said: "These lawsuits were caused by land disputes, but they were only verified, but they responded to the sentence 'eight hundred lords of the thousand-year-old field'." Many of the people who buy and sell land and property will not go to the government to register and make a register, so it is impossible to verify it at all, but the litigant cannot come up with real evidence. ”

Lin Haoran's brows frowned slightly, if there was no land deed to support this matter, the two sides would definitely have their own opinions, and this kind of case could not be judged at all. It is only out of self-interest, in this kind of dual choice, officials will often choose to let the big family win the case.

Sun Jixiang looked at Lin Haoran silently, so he put the lawsuits against the squire for seizure of property on the table, and then quietly withdrew. He knew that the owner didn't ask him for his opinion, and he must have an idea in his heart.

Ay!

Lin Haoran watched Sun Jixiang leave, opened the complaints, and quickly put them on the case again. He knew that there was a very high possibility of encroachment on the land, but he couldn't touch it lightly.

Of course, he can help one or two vulnerable people, but on the next announcement day, I am afraid that his mansion will be overcrowded, and finally force him to occupy the opposite side of the squire of Haikang County.

Most importantly, his plan to open the sea needed the support of the gentry of Haikang County, not this group of ordinary people who had no land.

After Lin Haoran finished handling the official business at hand, he got up and left the signing room, planning to go to the fish market with Hu Niu to buy seafood.

I just walked through the courtyard gate and saw the quiet courtyard, but I sighed. Only then did he think that the girl from the tiger girl had returned to her hometown, and at this time, I was afraid that she would lead a group of children to show off her power around the village.

Usually the girl is always noisy in front of her, and she doesn't think it's any better, and even this girl is a little annoying. It's just that now this girl is gone, and her heart is suddenly empty.

Lin Haoran gave up the idea of going to the fish market in the outer city to buy seafood, and left the mansion with an iron pillar, followed by several servants, and walked towards the workshop located in the east street of the town.

The workshop has been built, and when you come to the gate, you can hear the sound of weaving cloth "chirping", and there is a busy scene inside. Compared with the factories of later generations, the female workers here are more diligent and nimble.

The joint workshop is a joint venture, and the maintenance of the machinery is fully responsible for the Changlin Dyeing Workshop, but the more specific operation is a shopkeeper sent by the Weng family.

"Lord Fuzun, what kind of wind brought you here!" When the shopkeeper Weng saw Lin Haoran appear, he immediately greeted him from afar, with a bright smile on his face.

The magic of this shuttle loom, these days he is deeply experienced. With the production efficiency of this machine, Leizhou cloth will inevitably rise, and even replace the position of Songjiang cloth, which contains amazing benefits.

"I'm just idle, come and take a look, you're busy with yours, don't pay attention to me!" Lin Haoran waved his hand slightly, and then his gaze fell on the machine in the workshop.

The shuttle beats like a fairy, and with each beat, the cotton threads intersect with the warp and weft, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, a cotton cloth is slowly forming.

This scene has surprised countless people, and even shocked countless people.

"I'm not busy, it's an honor for a villain to be by my side!" The shopkeeper Weng said with a smile.

Lin Haoran turned his head to look at his fat face, knowing that this person was actually a descendant of the Weng family, and if he could have a posture, he was undoubtedly a mixed river dragon, and smiled with a little favoritism: "Weng shopkeeper, what difficulties can the workshop encounter?" If so, we will do our best to help you solve it! ”

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, and said seriously: "The joint workshop has indeed encountered a problem!" The villain didn't expect the efficiency of the machine to be so high, the cotton in this warehouse was almost exhausted, and if the cotton from Guangzhou could not arrive within three days, the workshop might have to stop. ”

Cotton?

When Lin Haoran heard this, a wry smile appeared on his face.

A long time ago, he knew that cotton was a shortcoming of Leizhou Mansion. Although he has the technology and can solve the problem of personnel, he has a big headache on this cotton problem.

Although it was possible to purchase goods from other places, the land freight in this era was not low, and it was difficult to get through by sea. And this method is actually a cure for the root cause, if there is no own cotton production area, this Leizhou cloth will always have to be controlled by others.

In later generations, there is a classic case of business war, which is the soybean crisis. After the United States took control of the soybean supply, China was wiped out, despite having many former refineries.

Lin Haoran wants to build Leizhou Mansion into a new cotton spinning center, and it is not enough to produce Leizhou cloth, he also has to solve the problem of cotton cloth production area, which is also one of his most important tasks in the future.