This time, there were more than forty families who were fortunate enough to be invited by Wang Xuan to develop Xiaoliuqiu. The history of those families was not more than a hundred years, but most of them were two hundred years old. However, after so many years, they have accumulated a lot of wealth, but the land is still
It is limited, and at most one family has less than 30,000 acres.
The price of land seems to be only about five taels of silver per acre, but it is easy to buy scattered acres of more than ten or twenty acres, but it is impossible to buy more.
This is why these families were excited when they found out that they could develop so much land in Xiaoliuqiu. Even if it took ten years, it would far exceed the previous families' efforts of a hundred or even two hundred years.
If the family has developed so much under his own hands, then even after he dies and sees his ancestors, he can proudly say that he has lived up to their trust!
It was with the support of this belief that these old men, who had never experienced hardship, could endure this month of long-distance travel and wandering. By the time they returned to Fuzhou, they all felt extremely tired.
There's nothing I can do about it, I'm really too old.
Wang Xuan, who originally wanted to hold a meeting for everyone, also gave up this idea because he was afraid that someone would die on the way to the meeting.
It was agreed that everyone should rest for three days, and then they separated on the pier, and the carriages pulled the heads of each family and slowly disappeared.
Wang Xuan shook his head and smiled. If nothing else, at least dozens of large houses can be sold in this new city. After these people join the Xiaoliuqiu development plan, they will definitely stay in Fuzhou City in recent years, and
If you live in Fuzhou City, you must buy a house in Xincheng!
This time, tens of millions of taels of silver were obtained again.
In other words, even though the investment in building the city is not small, the real benefits are indeed amazing!
After returning to his mansion, Wang Xuan did not rest directly. He also had to arrange the remaining matters. Basically, he decided to start construction of three ports and three inland areas.
Basically, six places need to be developed at the same time. Of course, the three ports are developed based on inland cities, which are relatively smaller. The main energy will still be spent on inland cities.
Of course, the top priority for construction at present is definitely the port. When Xiaoliuqiu cannot produce cement locally, the construction there still needs to be supplied from Fuzhou Prefecture.
Fortunately, basic fired red bricks are still possible, and many material problems can be solved here.
After arranging the transportation of raw materials and workers to Xiaoliuqiu, Wang Xuan finally rested.
Three days later, Raymond Lam Academy.
It was still the hall on the third floor. After three days of rest, all the family heads felt a lot more energetic. After breakfast, they all arrived at the venue before eight o'clock. Before Wang Xuan arrived, they gathered in a group and started chatting.
Of course, this was just chatting, but in fact we were still discussing the matter of Xiaoliuqiu. After all, no matter how much land there is, it can still be developed, and none of us wants to take more and occupy it.
However, now everyone is just talking about it. After all, the specific plan still needs the approval of Mr. Wang Xuan.
At eight o'clock sharp, Wang Xuan arrived on time, and the venue was quiet for a moment, and then all kinds of greetings came to his face.
Wang Xuan smiled and waved to everyone, then walked up to the front desk, raised his hand to calm down, and said, "In one month, I took everyone on a field trip and saw with my own eyes the situation in Xiaoliuqiu. I believe that
Everyone has an idea and their expectations for the future are clear. Is there anyone who is unwilling to participate in the development of Xiaoliuqiu?"
A group of people laughed and said no.
"In this case, let me talk about something else first."
Wang Xuan's sudden change of topic made everyone stunned. What does this mean?
Looking at Wang Xuan, whose expression suddenly turned serious, everyone's hearts sank, and they all put away their relaxed expressions.
"Let's talk about the issues in FJ province first." Wang Xuan looked around solemnly, "The first issue is also the most fundamental issue, the tax issue."
tax?
This is a government matter, right? Why did Wang Xuan bring this up? Everyone looked at each other for a while but no one dared to ask questions and continued to listen.
"Everyone is well aware of the current tax situation, so I won't say more. But in the future, you will pay whatever tax you have to pay, whether it is commercial tax, agricultural tax, or in the mines. Everyone will pay the same tax."
Not even a copper plate is missing."
As soon as Wang Xuan finished speaking, the venue was immediately reminded of the buzzing discussion. After all, the people present here are all the top families in Fujian. Each family has a lot of properties, but few actually pay taxes.
There are many ways to seclude the population in the fields, convert large and small acres, and tax exemptions for scholars and scholars. Tax evasion has been a trend since ancient times.
This is only agricultural tax. On top of commercial tax, companies evade even more and almost never pay it. After all, the collection of commercial tax requires greater manpower and material resources, and monitoring is more difficult.
After hundreds of years of tax evasion, Wang Xuan now wants everyone to pay taxes. No wonder everyone present is making a noise. Even those who have interests entangled with Wang Xuan and those who rely on Wang Xuan for food are also
It is inevitable that there will be a noise.
This is cutting flesh on everyone's body, and not just a little bit, which naturally makes everyone feel extremely uncomfortable. Even if Wang Xuan is powerful and powerful, it is inevitable that he can't suppress it.
You know, throughout the Ming Dynasty, 75% of the tax revenue came from agricultural tax, 10% from salt tax, 5% from other mining taxes, 5% from Huangzhuang and the like, and the remaining 5%.
Business tax.
If they really paid according to the rules, the big family of more than 40 people present would suffer huge losses, and their annual income would be reduced by almost half.
After all, taxes are levied based on output, and these large families also rent land to tenants, and what they receive is only a part of the tenants' payments.
In the past, part of the tax showdown could be handed over to the tenants, but if Wang Xuan was in charge of collecting taxes, then this kind of messy trick would not work at all. After all, if money was still being taken from the tenants, then Wang Xuan would not do this at all.
At that time, I told everyone this solemnly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing the people below talking endlessly, Wang Xuan just sat quietly on the Diaoyutai and said nothing. Gradually, there were fewer and fewer voices in the venue. After all, they were talking.
It's useless no matter how much you talk, it still depends on what Mr. Wang wants.
The large piece of land in Xiaoliuqiu still intrigues them. After all, compared with the land in the hands of each family now, the interests on the island are greater. If they don't have this opportunity, these families will be given hundreds of years to
You may not be able to expand your farmland to more than 100,000 acres.
Therefore, no matter how angry or angry you are now, you must suppress it and talk things over with Wang Xuan.
This is the reason why Wang Xuan brings it up now. Damn it, if you take my bait, you still want to run away, but there is no way!
The head of the Chang family stood up. He actually didn't want to stand out. However, with the power of the seven major families, he was one of the highest-ranking people in this group of people. Wang Xuan did not pursue their previous affairs.
I'm a little distracted, and I was acting rather outstanding some time ago, but now I can't even think of getting ahead.
Looking at Wang Xuan, the head of the Chang family twitched the corner of his mouth fiercely for a few times, and then asked bravely: "Mr. Wuzhou, this taxation is a matter of the government. This, this..."
He wanted to say that he had nothing to do with you, but when he saw Wang Xuan's expressionless face and cold eyes, sweat dripped from his head.
The more he spoke, the softer the Chang family leader's voice became. In the end, he simply lowered his head and did not dare to look into Wang Xuan's eyes. Thanks to Wang Xuan's profound internal energy, otherwise, he might not be able to hear what he said from such a distance, "This, Mr. Wuzhou, this,
Why do you have to stand up for the government..."
"Louder!" Wang Xuan said suddenly, and the head of the Chang family was so frightened that he sat down. Fortunately, there was a chair behind him, otherwise he would have been embarrassed.
His cold eyes swept across the faces of everyone in the audience, and Wang Xuan said in a deep voice: "Look at how you all look. Why do you think I, Wang, am trying to covet your three melons and two jujubes?"
"Don't dare, don't dare."
"No, definitely not!"
When Wang Xuan glanced at him, a group of people immediately shook their heads.
"Hmph, I see there's nothing you dare not do." Wang Xuan stood up from his seat. The aura of being aloof and controlling life and death suddenly burst out. He looked down at everyone, like an elephant looking at ants.
"Just the last time I confiscated the seven major families, I confiscated more than 25 million taels of property and 1.2 million acres of land. That's it. It doesn't matter that all of you here have lost a lot of money."
"However, these 25 million cannot keep up with the value of my own property. Will I, Wang Xuan, care about your little money?"
"You think too highly of yourselves!"
You must never look down on me...
It's really nice of you to look down on me...
Damn, the grass on the grave is more than three feet high now because of your high regard...
Wang Xuan's words are not bragging. How much is a new city worth alone? What's more, two steel plants with an output equivalent to the entire Ming Dynasty's iron production also involve deep processing.
In addition, it is definitely not an exaggeration to say that shipyards, cement plants, textile factories and other industries are worth 25 million. This does not include the 30,000 troops under control. They cannot be purchased with much money in the traditional sense.
Measured.
Of course, these are fixed assets, not cash, but if any household owner is asked to choose, they would rather choose fixed assets than cash, because these people understand that money alone is useless.
Wang Xuan's words were extremely rude. It can be said that these families have never been pointed at by others and said to look down upon them for so many years. But at this moment, everyone felt relieved and a little happy in their hearts.
All I can say is that they are all bitches.
Regardless of whether they are cheap men or not, what these people are more concerned about is why Wang Xuan suddenly had such an idea. Moreover, it seems that they have been prepared for these guys to be the head of the family, who is not a guy with more hair than a monkey.