Chapter Fifteen, Happy (2)
Lu Xukong's eyes were slightly bright, but hesitated and asked: "Reclaiming wasteland is indeed a real policy, but this man is a little embarrassed..."
Ning Yue smiled and raised his hand to invite the wine. Li Xukong drank with him. After Ning Yue put down the wine glass, he said again: "Mr. Zhou Mu has been here in Ganzhou for a few months. He has also understood some customs of Ganzhou in detail. I think the martial arts style in the Jiuxiao Heaven is prosperous, so most people are engaged in fishing and hunting, and few people are engaged in farming."
Ning Yue raised his hand and drew a circle, squinted his eyes and said, "In this case, it is because the Jiuxiao Heaven is rich in materials, so most people think that fishing and hunting are more convenient and easy than farming, and can get practical benefits faster. However, although there is a lot of manpower spent on fishing and hunting, the combined grain production is far less than stable farming. So I suggest that adults start from this situation, restrict fishing and hunting, and let them open wastelands, so that the tax revenue will be more stable and abundant in every season and year."
Li Xukong nodded while listening. Ning Yue said at the end, and couldn't help but exclaim, saying, "Mr. Bai's plan is indeed novel. If it can be implemented, it will attract countless fishermen and hunters to engage in farming. The result is indeed exciting."
Ning Yue saw that Li Xukong was moved, and smiled and invited him to drink again. The two of them drank a few drinks in a row. The atmosphere became much more relaxed, and they also started to have a dinner freely.
Luo Yaoji looked at Ning Yue and Li Xukong talking, and was happy, and her eyes looked at Ning Yue and she couldn't help but lit up slightly.
After learning that Li Xukong had arrived, Ning Yue summoned her directly to help Nan Sheng sort out some information.
She once suggested that Li Xukong be extremely tough, so that the other party would not dare to do anything adverse to the garrison. Although Luo Yanshi and others did not come, the suggestions they came were also like this.
However, Ning Yue did not follow their methods. When sorting out the information, he just said that Li Xukong is not a bad person. As long as he could find a win-win method, Li Xukong would definitely not go against them.
Then Ning Yue proposed the theory of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, saying that although there seem to be a lot of taxes in Ganzhou now, it is impossible to use these taxes to do everything well. Therefore, in the face of such differences that require reducing expenditure, we can't help but think about how to increase the source and increase taxes.
Luo Yaoji thought Ning Yue wanted to increase the tax types at first, so she couldn't help but persuade him, but immediately heard Ning Yue's theory of refining land and intensive agriculture, and was soon convinced.
So now she saw Li Xukong being persuaded by Ning Yue, and she felt inexplicably accomplished, thinking that Ning Yue was different from ordinary people.
Li Xukong had such a good suggestion, and his impression of Ning Yue was much better. He smiled at the banquet. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Ning Yue's method was extremely clever. He increased his skills and did not waste the people's money.
After three rounds of wine, Ning Yue put down his wine glass, looked at Li Xukong seriously, and said, "I just offered a plan to Lord Zhou Mu. I have another plan here, so please take a look."
When Luo Yaoji heard this, she immediately took out another wooden box and carefully placed it on the table in front of Li Xukong.
Li Xukong could not hide his surprise, pointed at the wooden box, looked at Ning Yue, and said, "Is there a trick here that is no less than before?"
Ning Yue just smiled and drank, and pointed at the wooden box with his fingers.
This time, Li Xukong personally opened the wooden box and took out the information compiled by Ning Yue.
Luo Yaoji's voice also rang out at this time: "This list summarizes the production of Ganzhou and countries around Ganzhou, and summarizes the prices of seasonal products. I believe that the provincial master encourages merchants to do business, and should know what they can do after knowing this news."
Li Xukong's eyes lit up again when he heard this, and the indifferent expression on his face almost disappeared. He held the information in his hand tightly and asked Ning Yue: "Does General Manager Bai also think that the prosperity of merchants can bring benefits to Ganzhou?"
This is not Li Xukong's suspicion. Ning Yue also encouraged farming in the previous information. This is the foundation of taxation. People's lives cannot be separated from food. If done well, it can make the people full of food and clothing, and it is beneficial to people's livelihood taxation.
However, when merchants act, profit is the first priority, and when merchants sell goods, there are many risks, which is different from the safe farming tax.
Ning Yue saw Li Xukong's doubts and replied with a smile: "This business is indeed different from farming. Businesses pay attention to huge profits. I saw that the adults recruited a large number of merchants and craftsmen from the Xia Kingdom and were working hard to open the trade route with the Xia Kingdom. He thought about why we could not open all the trade routes surrounding the bordering countries. In this way, as long as one success is enough to make up for all the losses in opening up the trade routes..."
Li Xukong smiled happily, raised his hand and raised the information in his hand, and said to Ning Yue: "With these preparations from the chief executive, I really have confidence in the prosperity of merchants, so I can expect it."
Seeing this, Ning Yue raised his glass and drank another cup with Li Xukong.
After Ning Yue put down his wine glass, he whispered: "I wish you success. If this business road is opened and the merchants are prosperous, you will be able to collect taxes and profits from it. I think it will definitely not be missing."
Li Xukong was quite happy when he got two suggestions from Ning Yue, but when he heard Ning Yue's words that seemed to have already pointed, he couldn't help but feel moved.
This time, the original purpose of his visit was to try to convince Ning Yue and ask him to hand over some of the heavy taxes he had. However, Ning Yue directly gave him two heart-warming suggestions. If it succeeds, a large amount of tax revenue could be increased without disturbing the public.
In this way, even if Ning Yue intercepts some garrisons from it, it is not a great thing.
Li Xukong had a decisive plan in his heart. He kept silent about taxes at the dinner party, but he had fun with Ning Yue. Without any concerns in his heart, both of them took the opportunity to deepen their understanding of each other, and their relationship became much warmer.
The next day, Li Xukong did not rush to leave the Ikchuan City and seriously went to the Beicheng Military Camp with Ning Yue to check. Ning Yue had strong soldiers and horses. Even though he had restrained himself early, his strong military appearance still made Li Xukong look at him seriously.
This time, Li Xukong had to admit that Ning Yue had a tough and strong man in his new land like Ganzhou, and he actually had such a strong army in his hands, which seemed to be even comparable to the four guards of the Bingma Temple.
Another day, Li Xukong and his entourage left and rushed back to Qianyuan City. The two policies proposed by Ning Yue were quickly issued to various towns and villages in Ganzhou.
Chapter completed!