Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1010

Bao Guanjiao was naturally unhappy after being retorted by Zhou Li, and was about to open his mouth to refute him immediately.

However, in this situation, how could Zhou Li give him a chance to speak? Before he could even open his mouth, he spoke first:

"What we need to do is to split the thousand-mu farmland into one hundred ten-mu lots through pawning, and transfer the land by pawning instead of selling it."

"Remember, it can only be for poor or extinct households, not for fugitives. And clearly mark the years, and agree on the repayment upon receipt of the deed!"

"As long as the pawned land is less than the stipulated period, it cannot be resold or taken away. You can take it back at any time."

Everyone here knows what poor households, extinct households and fugitive households are, especially fugitive households, as they have quite a few of them.

After all, these people are either landlords or gentry. Although they have many normal tenants under them, there are even more abnormal tenants.

The so-called "extinct households" are families with no one left, but the household registration is still there, while the "fugitive households" are refugees who cannot pay the poll tax.

These people can be said to be completely in their hands. Without their help, they would probably starve to death in a few days.

But they couldn't figure out why Zhou Li singled out the fugitives.

Just as everyone was thinking about it, Zhou Li gave a direct answer.

"Everyone has heard about the current policy of merging the capitation tax with the land tax. The capitation tax has been integrated into the land tax, so there is no need to pay taxes anymore."

"Then those fugitives in our family won't have to flee anymore and can return to their hometowns to live a normal life."

"They have no leverage to control us, and coupled with the exploitation they've endured over the years, transferring the land to them is very risky."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement, and then someone immediately spoke:

"If they're local fugitives, then there's no problem. They can't leave anyway, so we can capture them at any time."

"Indeed, you can, but it's up to you to decide whether or not to use it."

Zhou Li nodded in response, but at this moment, Bao Guanjiao on the side interrupted again and said something.

"Boss Zhou, what we want is to minimize the losses. What's the point of dividing the land? If we split it into small plots, we still have to pay taxes!"

"You've been talking for a long time, but it seems you haven't gotten to the point yet."

Hearing Bao Guanjiao's words, many people present, except Zhou Li, frowned slightly.

Because they already knew what Zhou Li's idea was, but Bao Guanjiao still didn't understand it.

Zhou Li was too lazy to pay attention to Bao Guanjiao anymore, and turned his gaze to the others and explained:

"Regarding the transfer of land through mortgage and sale, you will still need to spend some money to bribe the government clerks to change the records."

After this was said, no one present said anything, except Bao Guanjiao, who became increasingly dissatisfied.

Seeing that Zhou Li ignored him, Bao Guanjiao spoke again.

"Boss Zhou!!! Are you humiliating me?"

"Hey!"

Hearing Bao Guanjiao's voice, which was obviously filled with anger, Zhou Li couldn't help but sigh, feeling helpless.

If he were the head of the Zhou family, he could just fight back right now. At worst, he would just stop doing business with the Bao family in the future.

But he is not. Even if Bao Guanjiao is a fool, he cannot bring trouble to the family because of this.

Helplessly, after sighing, he still had to explain.

"Master Bao, have you forgotten that our Ming Dynasty's system is based on the household classification system, where the people are divided into three classes: upper, middle, and lower."

"The upper-class households have more than 100 mu of land, their families are merchants and have shops, and they are wealthy. The middle-class households have 30 to 100 mu of land, and they cultivate their own land or run small businesses."

"Those with less than 30 mu of land, or landless tenant farmers and those who sell handmade small items are all classified as lower households."

At this point, Bao Guanjiao suddenly realized that this was what Zhou Li wanted to say, and he actually understood it.

He was just blinded by his own jealousy and didn't understand it for a while, but Zhou Li pointed it out to him in person.