In the Yanti-Secretariat, Xu Ping looked at the income accounts of the new openings and shops in the past two months and calculated silently. His plan was to try to slowly replace the physical transactions around the capital with various currencies, which involved the government's taxation and scientific purchases. Only when the government cut off physical trade first can the people slowly guide this.

The simpler the form of commercial transactions, the more conducive it is to government management and the higher the efficiency. What is more important is to have statistics that are beneficial and data-related, and the pros and cons of various policies can be seen in a very intuitive form. Only in this way can endless debates and even unnecessary repetitions when various policies are introduced.

Xu Ping is now very cautious in every step. One important reason is that the pros and cons of each reform are not difficult for professional officials to make clear judgments. Without data, it is sometimes difficult to explain the reason clearly.

Just when Xu Ping was impressed, a notice from the guard general came from outside the door: "Report to the deputy envoy, judge Guo Zi, returned to Beijing from the West Road of Jing, and asked for a visit outside the door!"

Xu Ping came to his senses, quickly put down the account in his hand, and whispered: "Come in quickly!"

As soon as the talk slip was over, Guo Zi came in from outside the door and greeted Xu Ping: "Secretary Guo Zi, I have met the deputy envoy!"

Xu Ping pointed to the stool beside him and said, "Sit down, how many months have you been there, tell me how the situation is on Jingxi Road? How can the trial of Xiaotiqian in several states be smooth? How is Fang Tianyan's new tea sold on Jingxi Road?"

Guo Zi thanked him, sat down at the bottom, bowed and said, "Report to the deputy envoy, everything goes well!"

After taking a breath, Guo Zi continued: "Tang, Ru, and Cai Sanzhou have small iron coins, and now they are open to the public. At the beginning, there were people who were unwilling to collect iron coins, but now they are parallel to copper coins, and no one deliberately refuses to collect them."

"Okay, okay!" Xu Ping nodded repeatedly, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. "But this kind of thing is untrue. After you return to Beijing, you should write a memorial and take it to me first. Don't just talk in vain. You should list various data in detail, how many states are prosperous, how much tax revenue increases, and how much benefit the people have gained."

Guo Zi was a little embarrassed: "I will remember the deputy envoy, but I have all recorded private business transactions. Including several towns and even the grass markets in the countryside, there were many sellers in the past, how many sellers could sell every day, and now there were many sellers and how many goods could be sold. Local and county officials have all named and stamped. However, although the tax revenue has also increased, it is not much compared to these."

"Why?" As soon as Xu Ping said that, he understood, "Are those who use iron coins all these small businesses, which are always tax-free. No matter how much transactions increase, there is not much tax revenue?"

"Yes, the most iron money is used in the countryside grass market, where there are very few taxes."

Since the reign of Taizu, it has been stipulated that the people of the country will sell their own vegetables, fruits and melons to the market for tax exemption. There are a large number of people who carry baskets in the capital, which is also related to this kind of business behavior. If you have a fixed stall and a shop, the government will collect taxes, while the businessmen who carry their own hands will not pay taxes.

The denomination of iron coins is small, and the main thing that stimulates this kind of small business. At the beginning, the tax revenue will naturally not increase much. You can only wait until the income of the people below increases and then upload it to consumption of other items to increase, so that the tax revenue will increase significantly. This requires a process.

After thinking this out, Xu Ping said to Guo Zi: "It's nothing. There is nothing to do. You just need to write this situation clearly in the memorial. Remember, the main purpose of passing the small iron coins is to facilitate the people. Increased tax revenue from the government is just a matter of icing on the cake. Don't reverse the main and secondary."

"The official understands."

"Okay, then how about Fang Tianyan's new tea sold in the north of Jingxi Road?"

Guo Zi smiled on his face: "When I first arrived in Ruzhou, the new tea was not very good. They all said it was loose tea, which was extremely cheap and worthless. No matter whether it was poor or rich, they were unwilling to buy it home. Fang Tianyan was smart. Seeing that the momentum was wrong, he added the new legal tomato tea to be sold on the market. The new tomato tea has a strong flavor, can brew, and can also make tea, and is not prone to mold and bad, so there are more people buying it. When I came back from Jingxi Road, the number of new tea sold had already caught up with the old tea. Moreover, the new legal tomato tea was sold, and loose tea gradually became better."

"Okay, Fang Tianyan is down-to-earth and flexible in his work. He is a rare talent."

The new crochet tea is actually the fermented tea from Xu Ping's previous life, such as Pu'er Lu'an tea. These teas are pressed into cakes, which are similar to the current crochet tea. However, in terms of technology, fried green instead of steamed green, and have gone through the fermentation process. For example, today's tea is much more resistant to storage.

Green tea makes people develop the habit of brewing and form a specific cultural atmosphere not something that can be done in a short time. Fermented tea between green tea and tundra tea is much easier to accept and may not be a promising path. Moreover, fermented tea is conducive to long-distance trafficking and will not easily get moldy and is more suitable for trading with surrounding countries.

When he was in Yongzhou, Xu Ping had little contact with Fang Tianyan. Unexpectedly, he was really a talented person. If he could really promote the new tea method, he could be promoted.

After letting the servants come to tea, Guo Zi took a sip of tea and told Xu Ping in detail about his situation on Jingxi Road in the past few months.

Although Ruzhou, Tangzhou and Caizhou are closely adjacent, the mountains are continuous in the middle and the transportation is not convenient. It is really hard for Guo Zi to come and go and cross mountains. It is precisely because of the inconvenient transportation that the iron coins pilot was carried out there to prevent the impact of Jita Prefecture and County. Otherwise, the three prefectures belong to the two yamen of the Jingxi Road Transport Department, so management is inherently inconvenient, so why choose there?

The situation in Ruzhou is the best, because Zhao Xu Ping was the governor there in the same year as Xu Ping, and everything was taken care of. Caizhou magistrate was Wang Su's brother Wang Zhi, and his operation was smooth, so the situation in Tangzhou was worse.

Xu Ping was most concerned about the use in the countryside, because there was often no demand for commodity economy for the lower-class households in the countryside. Oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were often exchanged directly for grain, and even waited for the peddler to arrive in the village and did not even go to the Cao Market.

Guo Zi said, "The deputy envoy said this reasonably, but according to what the officials saw, there are often tiles in the grass market. Although it is extremely simple, only a few people say some jokes, it can attract many people to watch. They all only charge cash. In the past, even if they only charge a penny of copper coins, it was extremely difficult to recruit people. Now, with iron coins, villagers who go to the city to sell grain and vegetables, they often spend one or two iron coins in to watch for a while. There are even children who join in the fun. A few go to the river to catch some fish and shrimps, exchange a few iron coins in the market, and gather together in the tiles to watch. The iron coins in the countryside are much more affordable."

Xu Ping said: "This is the best. As long as it is really useful, when it is leap month, it will be expanded to the nearby prefecture."

If Yingzhou, Chenzhou and Xuzhou can be added, you will be in Kaifeng Prefecture, and you will be able to pass through the capital if you succeed in using it. As long as the capital is successfully used, there will be no big obstacles to pass through the whole country.

(Note: The transfer envoy of Jingxi Road was set as Wang Yong in the first place, which was about two or three times earlier than the actual tenure in history. As a result, it collided with Wang Zhi in Caizhou. The book was not easy to change, so I apologized to readers. According to the avoidance method, the two could not serve in this way. This is a loophole that was not considered in the book. In reality, there is no such situation.)

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