Beside the stream, a young man in short brown clothes squatted under a big tree, looking at the small piece of paper in his hand, lost in thought.
"Brother Luo! Brother Luo!"
Hearing a few shouts, the man looked back and saw a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old running towards him.
"Brother Luo, has your family paid taxes?"
The stupid boy came under the big tree and asked the older man.
During this period, the only thing discussed in the village was complaining to each other.
The man called Brother Luo looked at him blankly, nodded first, and then shook his head.
The stunned boy asked again: "Did you hand it over or not?"
Brother Luo replied: "Hand...Hand it over."
The stunned boy hurriedly asked: "How much more did you pay?"
He didn't ask how much he paid, but asked how much he paid in excess. It can be seen that paying more taxes is the national condition.
Due to the lack of currency among the people, the changes in the summer tax were very difficult.
Brother Luo shook his head and said: "No...no more friends."
There was a hint of joy and disbelief in his tone.
"How is that possible? Didn't you say yesterday that you don't have any copper coins at home? Since your official position has changed, can you not be allowed to pay more?"
"Really...really."
Brother Luo nodded: "I really didn't... didn't pay much. I... I only paid four buckets of rice this time."
"What? Four buckets?"
The stunned boy exclaimed: "How is this possible? Even if the official does not use the discount to ask for more money from you, we still have to bear the tax on the public land. After all, your family still has to pay 400 yuan.
Four buckets of rice can only be sold for 200 yuan at most at the moment, so how can I ask for less of your money?"
The official taxes of the Song Dynasty were not very high. The average summer tax was only about five and a half cents per mu of land. However, there were various conversions in between. At the same time, the official land tax and loss expenses were also borne, so these zeros totaled.
Down to three or four times is normal.
Brother Luo said confidently: "But my family only has a small amount of land. I could have paid three buckets of rice, but I still paid one bucket more."
The stunned boy said: "But it's always been like this, isn't it possible that the officer was compassionate."
"That's not true."
Brother Luo shook his head and handed the small piece of paper in his hand to the stunned boy.
The dumb boy took it and took a look, "What is this?"
"business card."
"What is a business card?"
"I...I don't know either."
Brother Luo shook his head and said: "Just now the official wanted all the food from my family. Then a man named Erbi Zhang San came. When the official saw this man, he seemed to be very scared and ran away without saying a few words.
Then the Erbi Zhang San told me that if the government charges us more money, we will go to him and he can guarantee that I will not pay any more money.
After that Erbi Zhang San left, the official came again to demand more, and I... I couldn't give him all the food, so I said that I had found Erbi Zhang San, and the official
In the end, all I needed was four buckets of rice."
It turned out that after Zhang Fei left, the official came back immediately. He had just lost face and had to earn it back, so he became even more vicious. Brother Luo was also forced to take the name of Zhang San.
As a result, the official was discouraged and wanted to charge such a small amount of money to avoid going to jail, so he just included the tax on the official land, which was only for one household anyway. How did he know that Zhang Fei wanted to do this business.
"Who is this Erbi Zhang San? Is he so powerful?" The stunned boy was startled when he heard this.
Brother Luo nodded.
The stunned boy said: "Then I also want to find him for help. Brother Luo, do you know where to find him?"
Brother Luo pointed to the small piece of paper in his hand and said, "His address is written on this card. It's a pity that I can't read."
"I can't read either! What should I do?"
"How about we go ask Mr. Lu? He knows how to read."
"Let's go, let's go."
...
In fact, Zhang Fei came back not for publicity, but more for inspection, or to explore the way, to see how the Song Dynasty collected taxes, or to put it bluntly, to see how they exploited.
This small business card is not given out many, only about ten or so.
When they returned to the city, they did not go home directly, but went to the Bianjing Law Firm again. When they arrived at the store, it was just after get off work, and all the ear pens in the store had been packed up and ready to go home. , Zhang Fei is working overtime now.
Back hall.
One hundred small business cards per person.
Every two people are responsible for an area, one old and one young, and they go door to door every day to hand out these little business cards.
"Sanlang, will your method work?"
An old tea-eater named Huang Mang asked.
We tea-eaters are all scholars after all, and we all sit down to work. If we are asked to go to the countryside to hand out these little business cards, isn't this a bit lowering our status?
The key point is that those farmers can't read a single word, so what's the use of giving this to them?
Zhang Fei asked: "Did Mr. Huang take a lot of money last month?"
Huang Mang quickly apologized and said with a smile: "We are all thanks to Saburo."
Zhang Fei asked again: "What did you just say?"
"Nothing! Nothing!" Huang Mang shook his head.
Zhang Fei nodded and glanced at me: "I don't object to everyone raising questions, but you must raise well-founded questions. I went out for a day today, and you are sitting in the shop drinking tea, and then you question whether my behavior is correct.
Use it? Go run around for a month and then come back to me and talk to me about whether it is of any use."
The entire back hall was silent.
Even the censor is afraid, how can they not be afraid?
Zhang Fei asked again: "Is there anything else you don't know about my arrangements?"
Everyone looked at each other and stopped talking.
Zhang Fei said: "If it is clear, if something goes wrong then you will have to take responsibility yourself."
Qiu Zhengwen raised his hand tremblingly and said: "Third brother, there are so many things like overcharging taxes. Even if we can get business, we won't be able to handle it!"
Almost everyone nodded.
This business cannot be done!
This lawsuit may not be completed from the beginning of the year to the end of the year!
"The key point is that it doesn't make any money!" Another person whispered.
Zhang Fei said: "I have observed today that the court collects more taxes, and there are only a few tricks to go back and forth. I believe you should know better than me, so we can divide this situation into several categories, and select from each category.
As long as a representative can win the lawsuit, we can introduce examples and break the law, and the rest will be much easier to handle without spending too much effort.
After you finish counting, I will divide you into several groups, each group will be responsible for one type. If you still can't win, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation."
Fan Li on the side said: "Sanlang, it is the government that collects the money. We are going to file a lawsuit with the government again. Can the government let us win?"
Zhang Fei said: "I will be responsible for this."
No one questions this sentence. The third brother can really be responsible for this.
Fan Li opened his mouth, glanced at the other people with ear pens, and closed his mouth again.
Zhang Fei added: "As for making money or not, let's calculate it based on the middle price of the tax price, which is one hundred cents per household per year. This doesn't sound like much, it's almost like giving it away for free, but you
Think about it, ten households are equal to one thousand guan, ten thousand households are equal to one thousand guan, and one hundred thousand households are equal to 10,000 guan.”
A man named Wen Feng said: "One hundred...one hundred thousand households? Can we find so many?"
Zhang Fei said: "As long as we can prove it, we can help them exempt them from the extra taxes, not to mention 100,000 households, it is possible for 200,000 households."
Huang Mang asked again: "How many people are needed to calculate taxes?"
They ask if they can make money because they think the cost is too high and their remuneration is not low.
Zhang Fei sighed: "You really have no business sense. This is a once-and-for-all transaction. They are all farmers, and their property does not change frequently."
If we can give the government a certain deterrent, can the government still ask for more money from them? But don’t those farmers dare not cooperate with us? In this case, although we have 100,000 households, in one year, we may not be able to
Just fight a few lawsuits and earn the money while lying down."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
That's what happened.
One hundred thousand households sounds very scary, but if it can be achieved, the government will not dare to collect more taxes. If everyone does not offend the river, there will be no lawsuits to be filed. Isn't this money just lying around and earned?
Even Xu Zhiqian, who was standing by the side, could not utter a word to refute this kind of profiteer behavior.
One hundred cents is only a mid-range price, mainly for those middle and upper-class households. One hundred cents a year is really not much for them.
But the key is whether there is a lawsuit or not. You have to pay this money every year, because you have to calculate taxes every year, and if you calculate taxes, it will not change if you don't buy or sell the land.
But for example, first-class households, Zhang Fei is divided into several grades. The highest-level first-class household costs almost ten thousand dollars a year, or at least one thousand dollars.
Because the first-class households include some large and small landowners, their fields change more frequently. This price is only for agricultural tax, and business tax is another expense.
Of course, for now, he has just set this price, and it is estimated that no big landowner will come to him to calculate taxes for the time being.
Since money is not a problem, then there is no problem for everyone.
work hard and harder.
Hurry up and find the customers. After all, they are paid on commission, and they all feel as if they have been given a shot of chicken blood.
At the end of the conference room, Zhang Fei suddenly said to Qiu Zhengwen: "Zhengwen, you go to Kaifeng County Government tomorrow and help me sue someone."
Qiu Zhengwen hurriedly asked: "What lawsuit?"
Zhang Fei took out a piece of paper and handed it to him and said: "There is a naughty man who teases Madam Xu and beats me."
Xu Zhiqian felt very embarrassed when she heard this. She rolled her eyes at Zhang Fei and said, "Just say it, why did you drag me in?"
The people who had just stood up and were about to leave all stopped and looked back at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei saw everyone looking at me and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, I'm fine, he just pushed me."
Who cares about you?
We just want to know who is so ignorant that he dares to offend Zhang San.
Have you never heard the story of Zhang San and Sinong?
Qiu Zhengwen looked at the form, nodded and said, "I understand, I'll go there early tomorrow morning."
After they went out, Fan Li said: "Sanlang, do you need to think carefully about this matter?"
Zhang Fei said: "I know what outsiders are worried about, but outsiders must understand that the law is a tool for us to make money. All non-compliance with the law will hinder us from making money, and cutting off people's financial paths is like killing their parents. Therefore, we and This kind of behavior is a sign of sworn hatred."
Fan Li immediately said: "Then if we do this, we will cut off the financial resources of those officials. Can they let us go?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "But there is only so much money. If we want to make more, they have to make less. Do you think it is better for us or them?"
Fan Li said sarcastically: "That's the truth, but the question is, can this be done?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Isn't that what business is all about?"
Is this a business? This is simply life-threatening! If it were anyone else, Fan Lifei would have to spray him with blood. Is he tired of living? But it was Zhang San who asked again: "But these people have all been sent out. , what should we do in our store?”
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Don't worry, there will be a group of talents coming to our store to help, and it will be free of charge."
