Han Jiang brought some drawings of craftsmen and new steam engines back to Chenzhou. It had been several months since then. Du Zhongxiao heard that the car and ship had been made, but the steam engine was installed on it and it was not smooth and was constantly improving. This new thing cannot be easily achieved overnight. It can only be done with patience and manpower. When the effort comes, there will naturally be a day of success.

After the New Year, it was summer before we knew it. It has been nearly two years since Du Zhongxiao left his hometown. His parents sent a message to him in the autumn. When the winemaking business at home was taken care of by Han Lian and his wife.

In the back yamen of Yongcheng County, Xiaoqing plays the piano and Jingjing sings the songs. The moonlight between heaven and earth is like water, as if it is like a fairyland on earth.

At the end of the song, Xiaoqing and Jingjing went to play, Du Zhongxiao and Han Yueniang sat leisurely in the moonlight.

Seeing the two little girls having fun there, Du Zhongxiao whispered to Han Yueniang: "Dad and mother are coming in a few days. Do you know what they are most anxious about now?"

Han Yueniang said: "After two years of separation, the old man certainly misses his son. Your family is the only son again, so they must have been thinking too tightly."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head slightly: "I have married and started a family and a career. What the two elders think of now is not my son."

Han Yueniang said with a smile: "If you don't miss you, who do you think of? You won't miss me."

Du Zhongxiao sighed: "Do you pretend you don't know? They are thinking of grandsons. We have been married for two years and have not given birth to a child, so how can the old man be in a hurry? Your belly has not moved anymore. When the old man comes, he still doesn't know what to say."

Han Yueniang said calmly: "Can I do the right thing like this?"

Seeing that Han Yueniang didn't take it seriously, Du Zhongxiao sighed and didn't say anything. He had the knowledge of his previous life, so of course he knew that this kind of thing could not be blamed entirely on the woman, and he couldn't say that something was wrong. Unfortunately, there was no pre-marital examination in this era, so there was no way to know the truth.

Looking at Du Zhongxiao's expression, Han Yueniang spat: "Looking at your appearance, I must be blaming me in my heart. Do you think I'm not in a hurry? But I'm not doing well, what can I do! - Fortunately -"

Hearing Han Yueniang's tone change, Du Zhongxiao hurriedly asked, "What's the good thing?"

Han Yueniang smiled slightly: "I have always liked to eat sour things these days and I often feel disgusted. I heard from people - forget it, I don't know what happened in the end, maybe I'm sick. Just pretend you don't know, don't be happy in time and space."

Du Zhongxiao laughed: "What kind of joy is that such a good thing should naturally be happy!"

After saying that, he ordered Xiaoqing and Jingjing over there to prepare wine and celebrate.

Since that night, Du Zhongxiao received the news that Han Yueniang was happy, and Du Zhongxiao suddenly became energetic and became energetic in everything he did. This was the season for summer tax collection. According to the law, it was originally enough to be sent to the state before July 15th. Du Zhongxiao suddenly became full of energy and was collected at the end of May and sent to the state.

The summer and autumn taxes are generally the main principle, and the summer taxes are collected from money and silk, and autumn taxes are collected from grain and rice. This is a major principle. In fact, the names and colors of the two taxes vary according to the local area. Generally speaking, the northern summer taxes are collected from wheat, silk, and silk and money in the south. The regular tax amount of the two taxes is not high, and the people are burdened with heavy surcharges. Du Zhongxiao has been to Yongcheng for nearly two years, and there are two major sources of wealth in commune and field affairs. It is stipulated that the county only collects three types: wheat, silk and miscellaneous money.

Miscellaneous money was a variety of miscellaneous taxes inherited from the late Tang and Five Dynasties. It had many names and was uniformly combined into a single number. Adding wheat and silk, it was still within the scope of the people's responsibility. As for the previous branches, folding, and additional consumption, it was also outside of miscellaneous money.

Du Zhongxiao's summer tax collection is equivalent to reducing taxes by more than half of the county. Not only did the people actively and quickly pay taxes, but the whole county is also full of praise.

Xia Shun received the news that he was the first to pay tax in Yongcheng, but he couldn't believe it. After repeated confirmation, he realized that it was not a false statement. The officials paid the tax on time, and the earlier they paid, the better the exam. Xia Shun suspected that Du Zhongxiao had stripped the people of his political achievements and secretly sent his slaves to Yongcheng to inspect.

Three days later, Xia Feng sat in the flower hall, gently shook his fan, looked at Meng Dahai who had returned from Yongcheng, and said in a deep voice: "What is the reputation of the magistrate there when he went to Yongcheng? The Xia Taxation was collected together in early May, and after July 15th, he actually sent all the money to the state at the end of May. If it weren't for the minor officials to harass the people and strip them freely, how could it be done?"

Meng Dahai said respectfully: "I went back to my husband. The young man came to Yongcheng and visited everywhere. He did not hear that the yamen collected taxes and disturbed the people. The people there not only did not complain, but also praised Du Zhongxiao, the magistrate of Yongcheng. Some people even wanted to build a temple for him!"

"How is that possible!" After hearing this, Xia Feng couldn't help but hold the table down. "It's the most difficult thing for local officials to collect taxes. I started with a county chief, and I have never heard of tax collections that don't disturb the people. Have you missed your business and been blinded by Du Zhongxiao?"

Meng Dahai crossed his hands: "The young man was given the orders of his husband, so he was extremely careful. No one could see through his identity. Yongcheng has many merchants, and the young man only pretended to be a traveling merchant from the state, and he stumbled around and walked around many villages, and all he found out was the truth."

Xia Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at Meng Dahai. After a while, he said, "Then tell me, what's going on? How did this young Jinshi Du Zhongxiao pay taxes more than a month in advance in order to take the exam?"

Meng Dahai calmed down his mind and bowed, "My husband, there is nothing wrong with this matter. Du Zhongxiao's tax revenue came early, and the people had no complaints, just because of one thing. - He exempted the county from various transfers, changes, consumption, etc., and only collected regular taxes and miscellaneous money. In this way, the people paid more than half of the taxes compared to previous years, so they naturally paid taxes enthusiastically, and there were no complaints."

Xia Shu looked at Meng Dahai with sharp eyes and said in a deep voice: "The transfer and change of various miscellaneous taxes are not just collected by Yongcheng County, but many of them are also collected from the state! The money and grains that Yongcheng has transferred from the state are not bad compared with previous years. Du Zhongxiao did not collect them, so where did he change these money and grains? - I know that he is also in charge of the land business, but the land business is not part of Yongcheng County, so he moved the money and grains of the land business, hum!"

Meng Dahaidao: "My husband, the young man knows that this matter is important and the visit is accurate. County Magistrate Du did not misappropriate money and grain for land management."

"Well——" Xia Shu put down the fan in his hand and frowned. "Then where did his money and food come from? Could it be that he used his own money to pay taxes for the people? Not to mention that there is no such good official, the court does not need such an official!"

Taxes are collected by the court, and spending their own money is to give favors to the people. Not only is it ineffective, but it is also guilty.

Meng Dahai bowed: "My husband, this is not the case. It is because Du Zhongxiao has good financial management skills and has made up money and grain from other places. Last year, Du Magistrate ordered the county's public officials and servants to pay the money together and set up a community called Yongcheng Commune. Before the end of the year, the money earned by the commune paid back the borrowed capital, and the money earned from then on was jointly managed by the public officials and servants in the county and the people. The amount of money that was insufficient in the state was paid was that the Yongcheng Commune paid, not from the people. This money was earned by the industry, not from the people, but everyone applauded."
Chapter completed!