After Shi Zai followed Hui Feng and left, Su Wan took Sun Xiang and Xun Xun to the outer courtyard. There was a special place for entertaining guests in the house, and the name was changed to Changting Garden.
There is a pool in the middle of the courtyard that separates the two sides. During the banquet, the male guests and female guests are on each side. Lotus flowers are planted in the pool. There is also a covered bridge. The beam bridge is cleverly designed and can be separated on both sides for viewing. used, can also be connected together to connect both sides.
The place for entertaining female guests is on the right side of the yard. There is a main room for receiving guests. There are also two-story small viewing buildings on both sides of the main room. You can drink tea and watch the scenery above, which is very pleasant.
There are pavilions and rockeries in the courtyard, and all kinds of flowers are planted. It is summer now, when trees and flowers grow most luxuriantly, and many kinds of flowers are blooming.
Su Wan reached out and touched a small pink flower that was in full bloom, and looked up at the pavilions in front of her.
Sun Xiang looked at the courtyard and sighed: "A courtyard like this is actually used to entertain guests. I think your house only entertains guests once every few years. In fact, it is wasted."
This courtyard is a good place to enjoy the scenery. It must be extremely comfortable to sit here and enjoy the cool air in summer.
It's a pity that Su Wan doesn't like to be lively and pushy, so there won't be many places for the Li family to entertain guests in the future.
"It's not bad."
The garden next to Jingping Garden is much better planted than here. There are also transplanted fruit trees, grape trellises, swings, waterside pavilions, fish and lotus flowers. Su Wan often goes there for walks in the past few days to cool off, and enjoys it very much.
Sun Xiang also remembered this matter: "I heard that the Jingpingyuan where you live now was built on the site chosen by the Master when we got married, and a garden was set up next to it. However, some people have been there, and I don't know what happened?"
Su Wan said: "It's quite good. After all, it's been so many years, and the flowers, plants and trees have been planted beautifully. Come over someday when you have free time, and I'll take you for a walk."
Sun Xiang also had nothing to do, so he nodded: "I'll come over and take a look in a few days."
"Okay." Su Wan agreed, and then asked about the Xu family's residence, "How is your place?"
"After we got married, the young master pointed out a house to us. We live there now. It is a public house over there, and all the officials live there. There are big and small houses, and our yard is the largest of the lot. .”
"There are three main courtyards and four small courtyards. There is also a small garden inside, which is also quite nice."
This is already the best treatment. There are really not many people who can get such a yard. However, how many overseas industries Jiubian has opened up for Licheng and how much money he has made over the years is what the Xu family deserves.
Sun Xiang smiled: "As soon as we moved in, someone sent food, vegetables, fruits and meat. However, there was a lot of food, and the vegetables and meat were only for two days. They said that they were delivered to the street where we live every day for the people in the house to take. Go buy it by the brand.”
"It was also said that there is no need to spend money every month. The government subsidizes it, but there is a limit. If it is not enough, you have to spend your own money."
Sun Xiang found it very interesting: "I didn't expect that we could still live like this."
"Everyone in the city has a brand. It is said that they can use the brand to buy food, salt, oil, meat and other things every month. Everyone is rationed according to their age. Within the limited amount, they can buy it at half price. Old people can buy it at half price. There are other supplies for the child.”
"I have heard of this place before. Many people from all over the world want to come here. They say that this is a land of abundance. The people live a good life. Both men and women can read and write, and women can also go out to work."
“Their shops and land are owned by the public, and many of the shops are run by the public. Private renters have to pay taxes, and ordinary people pay 20% of the tax for planting fields. When renting a store, they have to pay store rent, and they also need to pay 20% of the tax. "
Sun Xiang has been here for a month and knows a lot about it. This may not be a place where one can venture into with passion and bravery, but the people live and work in peace and contentment and have no worries about food and clothing. This is a place that many people in the world yearn for. .
After all, in this world, most of the wealth is in the hands of a small group of people, and the rest are ordinary people, who are more difficult and busy all year round and never have enough to eat.
For the common people, this place is so happy.
Take farming as an example. Even if you own your own land, you still have to pay taxes. If you rent someone else's land as a tenant, you have to hand over part of it to the owner. It's really a busy year and it's just enough to survive.
Here in Licheng, the land is owned by the public. You have to rent it, and if you have time, it will be planted for you, and you only need to pay a 20% tax.
Don’t you see how many people in Shangyang City have been turned away and can’t even get in?
Su Wan was very happy. She knew before that the people here were living a good life. Although she had not seen it with her own eyes, she was happy to hear Sun Xiang say so.
In fact, Licheng has been operating for two hundred years and has cultivated many high-yielding or delicious varieties. Even if the ancestor of the Li family was a layman, he provided Grandpa Yuan's research ideas and achieved success after two hundred years.
The price of local grain in Licheng is controlled by the public grain store, and the price has always been maintained at a certain level. However, according to the population, you can buy grain at half price. Except for those with a particularly big appetite, the basic limit is enough.
Licheng does not allow private grain stores to trade in grain, but they do not care about transactions between individuals. They need this grain store to adjust prices and not raise prices, leaving the people without food.
The grain grown by the common people can be sold to grain banks at a normal price. Merchants have to buy grain from the people. If the price is lower than the grain store's price, they will not sell it.
But if the price is higher than the price given by the grain store, other grain stores will sell it at the same price. If you sell it at a high price, no one will buy it, and if you sell it at a low price, you will not make any profit.
After the government purchased the grain, it retained enough for domestic use, and some of it was shipped outside. The price of grain inside the country was cheap, but the grain outside was expensive. If you sell it like this, you can make a lot of money.
Someone asked again, why not do a private business of reselling grain? You can make money by shipping it out and reselling it!
The key is that food cannot cross the border!
Goods are subject to inspection when transported across the border. It’s okay if you bring a few kilograms, but more than that is not allowed!
With this operation, even those who lost money on half-price grain in the country made back their profits.
If it doesn't work, then make wine, then use it for other things. In short, you can't lose money.
Controlling food prices is indeed to ensure that the people have enough to eat and to prevent merchants from raising prices. However, if it is not handled properly, the problem of low food prices will arise.
The grain that farmers have worked so hard to grow cannot be sold at a high price, which is also very difficult for the people who farm the land. Many people would rather go out to work and buy food to eat than farm the land.
Like Licheng, if you give farmers a good price, they will be happy to plant. If you occupy the land and don't care, if you don't plant well, be careful and someone will report you.
I don’t know who came up with this method. Su Wan can only say that it is amazing.
