But... Face is face, now the Liu family has lost the lining, and everyone came here together, not just for the sake of a long face.

Although Liu Yu had a smile on his face, he was still a little wary after all, but the words in his mouth were beautiful, and he said to Xu Qian seriously: "The old man once visited the Lingshi, and the Lingshi praised you. ”

The words are very polite, and it has been said that there are any difficulties in the future, although they come to the door, everyone still has a relationship, of course, borrowing the meaning of the black language is to say: This state has been expressed, and we are not outsiders, but why do you want to black the old man, it is not a fellow to see a fellow countryman, and shoot in the back. Or, an acquaintance touches an acquaintance and is kicked by you.

Since he talked about his teacher, Xu Qian naturally had to make a solemn and respectful look, and hurriedly said: "I dare not be ashamed." "Now I don't even dare to say it, people have said that it is a friend of the teacher in the past, if you take it again, it will be disrespectful.

Everyone sat down, naturally looking at the tea, Liu Yu ate the tea, and couldn't help shaking his head: "This tea is not good, I have heard that Futai is honest, but how to enter such tea, tomorrow I will order someone to send a few catties of hair, and please Futai smile." ”

After that, he looked at the official residence again, and couldn't help but say: "The adults have just arrived, I am afraid that the backyard of the yamen is not used to living, the old man is in Hangzhou, but there is a separate courtyard, and the adults are free, and they can occasionally go to recuperate." ”

Without waiting for Xu Qian to refuse, he drank all the tea, and sighed again: "Although Futai is from Zhejiang, and he is newly married, his wife is beside him, I don't know if there is a clever girl, if not, say hello to the old man......"

Tea is poured, and even the house and the girl are sent, which is definitely a big deal

And people are not bribing you in the name of bribing, it is because he has a relationship with your teacher, which is equivalent to giving you a little 'souvenir' for this late generation.

Xu Qian was silent and said: "I received the tea, as for the courtyard and the girl, I am not willing to accept the favor of my uncle, but I am really busy with government affairs, and I have no leisure to enjoy." ”

Seeing that Xu Qian's attitude towards Liu Yu was so low, everyone had a lot of hope in their hearts, and they all looked at Xu Qian, thinking in their hearts, this governor first thundered, looking like a storm was coming, but now it is like a spring breeze, which is really unreasonable. Could it be that the governor has just taken office, and he is afraid that the local tycoons will not obey, so let's get off the horse first, the so-called tax rate is just to scare and scare people?

When Liu Yu heard Xu Qian say the word official business, his eyes immediately narrowed, and he said, "Oh? This is also true, you are a new official, the boss also heard that Futai has always been busy with official business, this new official took office with three fires, I don't know where the first fire in Futai will burn? ”

This is clearly asking knowingly, the first fire has been burning, almost scorching Liu's predecessors, but people can still be patient, pretending to ask in a chic way, it can be seen that Liu Yu is very stable.

Xu Qian said: "This first fire is the tax rate. ”

When Liu Yu heard the word tax rate, Liu Yu frowned slightly, but said with a smile: "I want to hear about Lord Futai." ”

Xu Qian knew that he was about to enter the main topic, and said: "Zhejiang is rich, it is a province of imperial court grain endowment, these words, I don't have to say these words to you, but although Zhejiang is rich, but there are still many people who are hungry, since the official is in power, it is natural to give some care to these people, the so-called four seas Shengping, the first thing is to solve the problem of eating and dressing, as long as people have food to eat, clothes to wear, and then to educate, so, it is considered a great governance." ”

When Xu Qian said this, many people showed a little displeasure, what is this, it is your business if you want to govern Dazhi, you want others to have food and clothing, that is also your business, you have the ability to do it, but we provoked you? Take us under the knife and do your good governance, really take everyone for fools?

Liu Yu was not in a hurry, and said: "Lord Futai has a high view, loves the people, and teaches me to be ashamed, but... Since the common people are taxed at low or even exempt from taxes, where does this tax come from? ”

Xu Qian said: "Mulberry tax." ”

Speaking of which, it is already a dagger to see the poor and get straight to the point.

Liu Yu smiled and said: "The boss thinks otherwise, the mulberry tax will be levied, if it is only increased by one or two points, it will be good, the old man and the people here today will naturally support it, but now the adult has increased the mulberry tax several times, which... I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right? ”

Xu Qian suddenly came to his senses and said, "Since Uncle wants to settle accounts, okay, how about I settle an account with Uncle?" ”

Accounts...

I thought that this guy would talk to him about a big reason, but who knew that he would actually settle the account.

Are you still an official of the imperial court? Are you still a governor? Shouldn't you talk about a great righteousness and talk about the suffering of the people?

Originally, before Liu Yu came, he had deduced Xu Qian's rhetoric, and he almost expected in his heart that Xu Qian would definitely take the suffering of the people or something to gag his mouth, for this kind of debate, Ke Yu had already prepared, and he also made a good draft, so he was also a descendant of Liu Bowen. Obviously his forte.

As a result, Xu Qian's guy actually wants to settle accounts with you!

Liu Yu pretended to be calm, showed a reserved smile, and said in his heart Since you want to count, then forget it.

Xu Qian immediately said: "Dare to ask uncle, how many acres of mulberry fields did the Liu family plant the year before last?" ”

Liu Yu pondered for a moment and said, "At that time, there were few plants, but only 5,000 acres. ”

But 5,000 acres, you can see the pride of the Liu family, 5,000 acres of land, enough to feed 5,000 people, but in Liu Yu's mouth, it's just that. Apparently he still thinks it's less.

Xu Qian said: "I don't know the geometry of silk production? ”

Liu Yu recalled: "It seems to be more than ninety dans. ”

One load is 100 catties, and when it is calculated, it is equivalent to 9,000 catties, which is really a lot.

Xu Qian asked again, "Then last year, how many acres of mulberry did the Liu family plant?" ”

Liu Yu said: "More than four or five acres. ”

Xu Qian smiled: "I don't know how much silk is produced?" ”

Liu Yu said: "Nearly a thousand quintals." ”

It can be seen that the Liu family saw that silk production was profitable, so in the previous year, large-scale silk production had begun.

Xu Qian said: "The silk production of the previous year was 90 quintals, and the silk production of the previous year was close to the previous burden, so the official wants to ask, after the raw silk was sold the year before last, how much did the Liu family profit, and how much did the previous year profit." ”

Liu Yu said: "The price of silk rose high the year before last, so a pound of silk was worth two taels of silver, more than 90 quintals, and a total of 18,000 taels of silver were put into the account. However, the price of silk plummeted by sixty percent last year, and although it was a thousand quintals of raw silk, only 80,000 pieces of silver were recorded.

Xu Qian smiled: "Dare to ask uncle, why did the price of silk plummet last year?" ”

"This ......" is not only Liu Yu who was asked, but most of the people present were asked.

The year before last, the merchants were trying their best to collect silk, and a pound could be sold for a high price of two taels of silver, but the previous year, they only sold seven or eight dollars of silver, but the price charged by others is so, what can you do? You can't tie him up, but you have to sell him for two taels of silver.

Xu Qian sighed; "Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why the price of silk plummeted is because the price of silk has been rising the year before last, and all the fertile fields in the south of the Yangtze River have been changed to mulberry fields. The reason why the price of silk soared the year before last was because the demand for silk increased in the past few years, and the merchants had to try their best to produce silk for sale, so they had to collect silk at a high price. The biggest key here is on the mulberry field, everyone goes to plant mulberry, everyone is counting on planting mulberry to earn silver, everyone knows that planting mulberry is higher than growing grain, so everyone is producing silk, if I estimate that it is good, this year in Zhejiang, the price of silk will plummet, and may even fall to the bottom, three or four dollars of silver can be collected a catty, do you believe? ”

Liu Yu was stunned, everyone was stunned, everyone couldn't help but discuss in a low voice, what Xu Qian said was indeed reasonable, the year before last, everyone didn't dare to produce silk with all their might, so they just took some dirt and planted it casually, and as a result, the price of silk was two taels of silver that year, and everyone made a fortune. Since then, many people have been out of control, such as the Liu family, the year before was 5,000 acres, and the previous year directly increased to 40,000 or 50,000 acres, which is equivalent to their own land, all of which have been changed to mulberry fields, not to mention the Liu family, although the government is trying its best to stop it, but everyone's enthusiasm is getting higher and higher, a county, everywhere you can see grain fields in the mulberry field, Xu Qian said that this year's silk prices will plummet, not unreasonable, even if the silk harvested by the merchants will increase every year, but Zhejiang produces more silk, almost all of them are doubling every year, This year's silk price fell by two or three dollars, which is by no means to scare everyone.

Xu Qian said: "You must know the painstaking efforts of the official, everyone goes to produce silk, the final result is that everyone has to lose money, last year the Liu family accounted for 80,000 taels of silver, this is the price of seven or eight dollars of silver and a pound of silk, if the price of silk continues to plummet this year, the income of the Liu family this year, I am afraid that there are only 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver, to curb the collapse of silk prices, we must reduce the output of raw silk, reduce the output, we must encourage everyone to grow grain, but to everyone grow grain, how easy is it to say, if you do not give a reward, who is willing to grow grain? And the official's method is to tax exempt the grain fields, and raise the threshold of silk production, so that most of the people are blocked from the silk production, and only let some powerful squires produce silk, so that the annual output of raw silk is maintained at an amount, and the merchants want to collect silk, they must maintain the price within a reasonable range, for example, the price of silk is maintained at around one catty and one tael or four yuan, then the annual income of the Liu family can reach 140,000 taels. The government will draw another forty percent of the tax, and the Liu family still has a surplus of **10,000 taels of silver. Take this money, and then subsidize the grain households, so that they can grow grain with peace of mind, and do not compete with you, so that your income can be guaranteed, and the income of ordinary people can also be guaranteed, isn't it the best of both worlds, and everyone is happy? ”