Chapter 60
The rain outside kept raining, and Sun Erlang and his two companions had to sit there, drinking and talking about gossip.
Wang Anshi checked the accounts and discussed the price with the shop owner. When Sun Erlang heard this, he couldn't help but step forward and bowed: "I forgive the people for being abrupt. The official said that the store is going to be sold for 130 yuan, so the price is worth it."
Turning around and looking at Sun Erlang, Wang Anshi said, "Why, this customer is interested in buying it?"
"I'm really interested in returning to the official position. I just don't know if I'm selling it in the county?"
Wang Anshi looked at the salutes of these people and said, "Look at you, you are a businessman, not a local."
"I am a man from Shuishi County, Mengzhou. His family lives under Gubailing. His surname is Sun. He calls me Sun Erlang. Although he is not from my hometown, he is not far away. This shop is just for people to manage, and there is no limit to my hometown, right?"
Wang Anshi pondered for a while before saying, "It's not limited to the villagers. It's just that after buying a store, it's tax-free for one year, and you have to pay taxes in the future. If you want to buy a store, you should be insured. It's best to have a property in this county."
To protect the person, he is worried about committing crimes in the county, such as fraud and theft, and there will be some place to investigate if he commits a crime. If he has a property, he will be deducted when he does not pay taxes. This is a common practice in this era, and this is generally required.
Sun Erlang said: "I recently agreed with Sister Tang, who made clothes in Luoyang City. Most of the cloth clothes in his place were sold by me. This county is a big county with many households and the business is much better than that in Sishui County. The young man originally intended to buy an industry in this county, but this store was sold just in time. At the intersection, there are always customers coming and going to take care of the business. It is not far from the dock, so it is very convenient for me to buy and ship the goods. If you say that the guarantor, just wait until the business is about to be done, and you will find someone who purchases goods from me and sells them to the surroundings. Do you have a family property? I bought this store, isn't it the property in this county?"
Wang Anshi nodded: "It's a must-have to say this. I'll send someone to the list tomorrow. You just need to pay the deposit when you reveal the list and go to the county government to pay the deposit."
Sun Erlang thanked him so much that he was overjoyed. His business was too big and he wanted to open a branch in a few counties with many households around him. Gong County is close to his home and a large county nearby, so of course it is the first. Now that business is going to the city, the store in the city must be expensive. Sun Erlang is doing country business, so it is better to choose here.
After talking about this, Sun Erlang and his partner agreed to let them return home with the goods and stay here for a few more days. The money he brought with him was not enough, so he could only pay a deposit first and ask his family to send the money as soon as possible. One hundred and thirty cents is not a big figure for their business club, and it is not difficult to take it out.
Seeing that the rain was still raining outside, Sun Erlang did not leave and said to Wang Anshi: "If the official has time, I wonder if he can give our club a name. The young people have no knowledge. Several households set up clubs that day, but they didn't even have names."
Wang Anshi thought for a while and said to Sun Erlang: "You are buying and selling goods and being merchants, so what is called Huitongshe? Hui is the collection, Tongshe is the scattered, buy and sell, is Huitong the world available, can you still be satisfied?"
Sun Erlang was overjoyed and kept chanting: "Huitong, Huitong, is such an excellent reputation! Thank you for your official!"
While saying that, he took a few stakes of money from his arms and handed it to Wang Anshi with both hands: "I don't respect you, the official will take it to drink."
It is common to choose a name to receive Xie Yi. Many officials rely on this and Runbi as extra money. However, Wang Anshi did not accept Sun Erlang's money and returned it to him and said, "You can take the money back. In the future, as long as the official is interested in doing business, don't commit crimes, it's enough."
Sun Erlang thanked him so much. Wang Anshi did his best to the end and asked the shop owner to take the paper and pen and write the name of the club for Sun Erlang.
Seeing Sun Erlang and others watching and discussing around the society, Wang Anshi thought in his heart. Large places such as Luoyang City are in charge of industry and commerce according to companies, but these rural communities do not have certain rules. They do not deposit money from banks, nor do they borrow money from banks, and cannot find the cause of establishing companies. The finances are not controlled by the court, so there is a possibility of tax evasion. Now they rely on setting up checkpoints on the road to collect business taxes, and many people evade taxes. In the past, they rely on local governments to block heads, spread all over the city and rural areas, leaving merchants with nowhere to evade taxes. The silence of the heads was too harassed by the local governments, and the means were rude, and they could do everything they could to blackmail merchants, which was extremely harmful. The Secretariat had issued an edict to ask local governments to cancel the heads within one or two years, and they would find another way to do it in the future.
People set up their own societies to do business, which is considered a small partnership, and it is not easy to collect taxes. It is easy to say that if they do it big, they can force them to follow the company system. These small societies spread all over the city and the countryside are really difficult to manage. Whether they are not allowed, if the tax is leaked from them, they will have to collect more from others, which is unfair to others. If they want to manage, they must find another way.
Seeing that the rain was getting lighter outside, Wang Anshi took the people and didn't look around, so he went straight back to the county government. Before leaving, he ordered the shop owner again to go to the county government to find him tomorrow and arrange another errand for him.
When he returned to the county government office, Wang Anshi ordered people to invite County Wei Cui and Chief Li to his official office.
They each gave their own lectures and sat down. Wang Anshi said, "I'm asking you to come here to discuss things. The imperial court ordered that the servants in various places, especially in front of the official yamen, would have to be in the future. Moreover, in the past five years, they would have to be sent from inferior households. I wondered what to do with these people who are currently serving. Do you have any ideas?"
County Magistrate Cui said: "This is easy to do. If the new ones are missing, the old ones will let them go home."
Wang Anshi shook his head: "This matter is a bit inappropriate. The Lizheng Yaxian is a heavy service. Now, who is a servant who is in charge of the worker has spent a lot of money in the past few years? Now they are not allowed to ban official property and to protect taxes. The Lizheng Yaxian is not a heavy service. Not only does it lose the harm of the past, but now there is still money to pay. How can the person who is in charge of the worker have no complaints in his heart?"
Li Zhubu said: "The prince said this, and I think he had already made up his mind. Let's say it, I will do what I want."
Wang Anshi said: "I have an idea in my mind. If you two consider it, it will be feasible."
The magistrate Cui and Li Zhuan stood up and asked Wang Anshi to give orders. The county was not as good as the state, and there were magistrates, officials of the court and officials of various cadres, and the prefect could not do anything. The county was the magistrate who had the final say, and the magistrate obeyed the order. Wang Anshi said that he was asking the two to come over to discuss, but in fact he was giving orders that he could not tolerate the two of them against him.
Let the two sit down, Wang Anshi said: "It was not easy for us to work in the town to think about the common people. The families who work as servants may lose their property in a few years, which is really pitiful. If you have enough money and food today, the court will consider the common people and no longer let them lose their family because of work. It is a great policy. You should seek perfection. Therefore, those who have not expired, I want them to come to the county government and replace officials with service. Being an official is not as hard as a servant. There are still some money and food. Isn't that a good thing?"
Li Zhubu was surprised: "In this way, how should the county officials deal with it now?"
"The court has issued an edict to prevent the establishment of silo heads in various places and taxes are collected according to the system. This is not easy to do, so let the public officials in the county government go ahead. They have been doing official business for many years, and they know the degree of responsibility and must do well! In addition to silo heads, there are also various supervisory officials in the county, which can be done by officials to avoid accidents."
Chapter completed!