After pondering for a long time, Zhao Jun waved his hand: "I already know about this matter and will make arrangements.
But the number of granaries is an immediate problem. With our expansion rate, twenty granaries will definitely not be enough.
Let's do this, triple the number of granaries built in each county, and build them based on the capacity to store our grain tax for three years.
Even with our current grain tax standards, three years of grain storage is enough for us to cope with many situations.
In addition, I have some thoughts on the current farming methods and grain tax collection in Nanli County and Woye County. I will discuss it with you sometime later. "
"I understand!"
Li Yi did not continue to ask Zhao Jun to make a decision now. He also knew that the matter was important and could not be decided easily and needed careful consideration.
After all, nothing is trivial when it comes to the military.
Putting aside the military restrictions for the time being, Li Yi continued to report on this quarter's tax situation.
"Your Majesty, in addition to the three times a year grain tax collection, this year's annual business tax collection has also been completed.
In terms of the collection performance of commercial and miscellaneous taxes, the performance of Nanli County and the newly entered Woye County is much worse than that of Yunzhou County. The combined commercial and miscellaneous taxes of the two counties do not exceed one million taels. However, Yunzhou County is due to iron products this year. The reason for the tax-free entry into the customs is that the tax revenue of this industry has increased significantly, which has tripled from the previous one million taels per year!
Reaching a new high of three million taels, plus the main tax industries such as salt, tea, coal and construction industries, as well as taxes from other industries in various markets, the tax revenue of Yunzhou County this year totals 43 million taels. One hundred and thirty-six taels!
Among them, taxes from industries such as iron, salt, tea, cloth, coal, and construction accounted for 70% of the total!
The remaining industries accounted for 30%.
Compared with last year's 38 million taels, the commercial tax has increased by nearly 5 million taels, setting a new high in the past! "
"It's gone up that much?"
Zhao Jun was surprised to hear that the commercial tax rate had increased by nearly five million taels of silver compared with last year.
Although he knew that as Yunzhou County accepted a large number of refugees and shouldered the burden, after absorbing these refugees, the economy of the entire Yunzhou County and its affiliated forces would usher in a period of demographic dividend.
The economy of the entire Yunzhou County will also rise as the originally insufficient population is filled.
But he didn't expect that less than half a year had passed, and there would be nearly five million taels more than last year!
You know, even the Song Dynasty's current annual tax revenue is only worth 200 million silver!
This is the amount of all taxes added together, including grain taxes.
And the annual commercial tax of a mere Yunzhou County reaches more than 40 million taels and close to 50 million taels, which is as much as a quarter of the imperial court!
This is still compared with the Song Dynasty. If compared with some small countries in the Western Regions, the tax revenue of Yunzhou County is comparable to the tax revenue of a country in ten years.
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Jun asked solemnly: "Excluding the operation and various needs of Yunzhou County, how much can be saved?"
Li Yi quickly calculated in his mind, compared last year's consumption and then estimated:
"This year, Yunzhou County first recruited nearly one million refugees on a large scale. In order to resettle these refugees, the Yunzhou County finance spent a total of 20 million taels of silver.
Coupled with the expansion of the army by nearly 100,000 people, it is expected that future military expenditures will rise from the current 5 million taels per year to 10 million taels.
This year is still the first year, and nearly 10 million taels have been spent just on training and purchasing equipment for the new army.
In terms of military expenditure alone, the total expenditure this year has been nearly 20 million taels.
In addition, we must maintain the normal operation of Yunzhou County and prepare reserves for the year to deal with unexpected situations.
Throughout this year, Yunzhou County will need to spend a total of 50 million taels of silver!
In the final analysis, although Yunzhou County's commercial tax this year was high, it was still insufficient, with a shortage of nearly six million taels of silver.
This year's fiscal revenue and expenditure are in deficit, and the reserves from previous years need to be used to make up for it! "
"hiss!"
After getting this result, not only Zhao Jun, but also County Cheng Jiang He and County Lieutenant Zhu Tuo, who had been listening behind Li Yi, couldn't help but take a breath together with Zhao Jun.
Who would have thought that the annual expenditure of a Yunzhou County could reach 50 million taels, which is as much as a quarter of the Song Dynasty's annual tax revenue!
Yunzhou County's historically high taxes are not enough. Instead, they still owe six million taels, and they need to use their reserves from previous years to make up for it!
Zhao Jun rubbed his forehead with a headache. He originally thought that with more than 40 million taels of tax revenue a year, Yunzhou County would become rich.
But when the results were calculated, it was not enough!
In an instant, he went from a rich man to a loser!
It really lives up to the saying that things in the world are impermanent!
When Zhao Jun had a headache, Li Yidan comforted him: "
Your Majesty, don’t worry. This year’s expenditure is due to expenditures on refugees and the military. That’s why there is such a high expenditure. It won’t be that much next year. Apart from anything else, as long as Yunzhou County no longer recruits refugees, the resettlement of the refugees will be Twenty million taels of silver can be saved.
As for the army, now that the new army has been formed and various armaments have been purchased, military expenditures only need 10 million taels per year.
Once these two items are saved, it will be 30 million taels. Next year's expenditure can be controlled at around 20 million taels, of which military expenditures will account for the bulk.
Judging from the current trend in Yunzhou County, commercial taxes will rise next year. It is expected that we will have a balance of nearly 30 million taels of silver by next year. "
Hearing this, Zhao Jun and the other three breathed a sigh of relief.
Yes, there are too many big things to do this year, and it is natural that it consumes a lot.
Just wait until next year and you will have a balance next year.
Zhao Jun could only temporarily suppress the thought that just came out of his heart. He couldn't do it this year.
We can only wait until next year, after all, once we start this matter, a lot of money will be consumed.
It can only be postponed for now.
This is Zhao Jun’s beautiful vision for next year.
Everyone thinks so too.
…
After sorting out his chaotic thoughts, Zhao Jun concluded: "In other words, we have a large surplus of food this year. Not only do we have no surplus in terms of silver, but we need to post some to be enough?"
Li Yi nodded first and then shook his head: "Your Majesty, we have too much grain and we cannot fully store it now, so a large part of it must be sold.
According to the current grain prices, even if grain prices fall because our grains enter the market in large quantities, we are expected to earn at least nearly 18 million taels of silver from selling 10 million tons of grains.
In this way, not only can part of the grain storage problem be cleared up, but this year's fiscal deficit can also be filled and there will be a balance of nearly 12 million taels. "
"Is there a balance of nearly 12 million taels?"
Li Yi nodded: "It can be used to build sixty granaries in each county. This year's revenue and expenditure should be balanced."
As soon as this conclusion came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
At first they hoped to have a lot of savings, but suddenly they felt that being able to balance their expenses was a good thing!
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(End of chapter)
