Chapter 474: Private Interview on Weibo (Continued)

Several merchants were chatting, and they received a lot of new copper coins, and they all received a high degree of acceptance.

Zhang Yu is most concerned about their views on the new coins.

He is only launching copper coins now, and has not yet launched gold coins or silver coins.

Copper coins did not disgust the common people.

"In other words, this new copper coin is better looking than the imperial court's, and the quality is better. There is no reason not to accept it." A businessman said again.

"It's just that the imperial court has a rule that you can't mint coins privately." A businessman said worriedly.

"Haha, you don't know this. I have a relative who is a high-ranking Jiangdong executive. He revealed that Mr. Zhang minted coins according to His Majesty's imperial edict and the Queen Mother's edict."

In fact, Zhang Yu asked the intelligence department to spread the news secretly, and sometimes gossip is more effective.

Zhang Yu didn't announce the imperial decree all at once, because he was afraid that some princes would sit on the ground and raise the price and would not sell him the ore.

He is also afraid that others will follow suit, after all, it is not difficult at all to obtain the imperial decree.

So Zhang Yu spread it in the form of gossip. As long as the people accepted it, even Zhang Yu would not need the imperial decree.

"You guys are really serious. As long as Master Zhang does it, we have nothing to be afraid of. Master Zhang has never been afraid of anyone, and he is very good to us ordinary people."

"Yeah, so what if we were rich in the past, we couldn't wear good clothes when we went out, we couldn't take a car, and our status was lower than that of beggars on the side of the road."

Several people started chatting, and they talked about many good policies of Jiangdong, which made Zhang Yu very useful, and frequently pointed to Zhang Ning in embarrassment.

Zhang Ning smiled badly, not because he despised him.

They are not like husband and wife, but like lovers.

These merchants must be satisfied, because Zhang Yu practiced mercantilism.

Those who come here to drink tea are usually relatively free and have small assets. It is Zhang Yu's policy that they can do this.

So it's only natural for these people to keep saying good things about Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu and the others left after drinking tea for a while.

Zhang Yu must get to know people from other classes and how Jiangdong is governed.

Walking around the street, everything is more harmonious, and the people are relatively rich.

"Ning'er, let's go out of the city." Zhang Yu pulled Zhang Ning out of the city.

The two went out of the city, Zhang Yu teased Zhang Ning all the way.

"Ning'er, I didn't expect you to be so attractive in men's clothes, with a heroic and elegant demeanor." Zhang Yu said with a smile.

Zhang Ning gave Zhang Yu a gouged look. This was indeed the first time she wore men's clothing in front of Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu really felt that Zhang Ning had a special style in men's clothing.

Zhang Yu thought of the temptation of uniforms in later generations, and he suddenly thought of whether to make some uniforms for several wives to wear.

Zhang Yu and Zhang Ning went out of the city, and there were many villages outside the city.

For a period of time, there are cavalry patrols on the main roads in the countryside to ensure the safety of the territory.

However, according to Zhang Yu's vision, these patrol tasks will soon be replaced by the militia, allowing the main combat troops to concentrate on training.

Zhang Yu walked around the field. The fields were full of crops, and they were growing well.

It is not a busy time for farming, but there are many farmers in the fields.

"Master, I have nothing to do, what are you doing sitting here in the field?" Zhang Yu saw an old farmer sitting on the ridge of the field, doing nothing, just smirking.

"Hey, look at the crops." The old farmer said with a smile.

Zhang Yu was surprised, looking at the crops?

"Master, is it possible that someone will come to destroy the crops, so you have to watch?"

"No, no, no, how could anyone here dare to destroy the crops. I didn't see cavalry patrolling often. Who would dare to destroy the crops?" The old farmer quickly explained.

This made Zhang Yu even more confused. Since no one would destroy it, why did he sit in the field and watch?

Zhang Yu expressed his doubts, only to see the old farmer laughed again, and then said: "Looking at An Xin, seeing the crops grow well, I feel very at ease in my heart."

Zhang Yu didn't expect this to be the reason.

But it's normal to think about it. They haven't had enough to eat since they were young, and they almost starved to death before.

"Zhang Yu said again, how many years have you been farming in Jiangdong? Do you have enough food for your family?" Zhang Yu asked again.

"Enough is enough, the eight members of the family can all eat enough, and some of the food can be sold, and they can eat meat twice a month." The old farmer said happily.

Zhang Yu nodded, the people's family has enough food, so there is hope.

The old farmer continued to mutter, and he said: "Jiangdong is a good place, the land is fertile, and the most important thing is that the tax is low. You only need to pay 30% of the grain, and the rest is your own."

The tax of 30% is actually very high, but there is no way, the cost for Zhang Yu to resettle these refugees is already high enough, and a lot of investment is needed, so he can only charge a higher tax.

But the 30% tax is much better than other places.

Most of the people in other places are renting the land of the landlords. After paying the imperial court's taxes, they have to pay the landlords' taxes, and the remaining 30% are less than.

Landlords even exploited these peasants in different ways, lent them grain when the grain was harvested, and almost 90% of the grain was returned to the landlord after the grain harvest. It would be good if these farmers could get 10% of the grain.

But it is not used in Jiangdong, 30% of the tax is paid, and the rest is their own, and there will be no other taxes.

More importantly, Zhang Yu will not apportion corvee, even if the people need to work, they will provide food and wages.

The old farmer told Zhang Yu a lot of good things about Jiangdong, which made Zhang Yu very happy.

Zhang Yu traveled to many places and learned many things. The people here are indeed living better, at least they can eat enough.

Especially the promotion of crops such as sweet potatoes, the family has a lot of food.

However, the tax that Zhang Yu asked to pay must be grains such as rice and wheat. After all, sweet potatoes and other things are not easy to store, and they cannot be used as military rations.

And Zhang Yu will also buy some rice and wheat for storage.

Zhang Yu walked around happily, chatting with farmers everywhere.

"Husband, it's getting dark today, and there is no hotel outside the city. We are so late, and we can't enter the city yet." Seeing that Zhang Yu had forgotten the time, Zhang Ning complained to him.

Indeed, Zhang Yu and the others walked a long way after leaving the city, and it was already dark at this time, so it would take two hours to walk back.

And the city gate was also closed, so naturally, Zhang Yu's identity could be called to open the city gate.

"Hey, what are you afraid of? It's not like we haven't been in the wild before. We've been in the wild quite a few times." Zhang Yu rubbed his chin with one hand and laughed wickedly.

Zhang Ning's face turned red in an instant. The two of them did spend a lot of time in the wild, but they also did a lot of things in the wild.

Judging by Zhang Yu's expression, he knew what bad things he was going to do again.

Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to go back. Although there were many villages outside the city, Zhang Yu didn't intend to go to live with Zhang Ning, but wanted to relive their years with Zhang Ning. The strongest system to dominate the Three Kingdoms