In fact, the Marquis of Jiangyin also knew in his heart that this marriage was a certainty and it was unlikely that any mistakes would occur.

Is the marriage between the founding heroes and the heavenly family a child's play?!

But now he is extremely satisfied with Zhu Cha, and even the probability of a mistake is not allowed to happen.

The only wish of the old man now is to quickly build the Qi Wang Mansion, so that His Royal Highness and his youngest daughter can get married smoothly, and only then can the stone in his heart be firmly grounded.

Not to mention the Marquis of Jiangyin, if it were any father in the world, who could withstand the long army of potatoes like a dragon?

During the Ming Dynasty, many ordinary people still couldn't afford to eat, and countless people starved to death every year, even though there were no major natural disasters!

His Highness the King of Qi came to Qi and just a few months later, he got such a pleasant Dafengshou (Salad of assorted fresh vegetables), which is unprecedented. The yield per mu is 20 stone. Who can stand it?

Of course, a bountiful harvest requires taxation. The Ming Dynasty had relatively lenient taxation policies for the people, especially during the early Hongwu period when the national policy was to rest and recuperate.

Due to years of war, our homes have been in ruins, and everything is in need of revitalization. Whether it is various industries or populations, they have all withered greatly in the war.

Now is the time to restore vitality, and taxes cannot be too high.

The more a founding monarch, the more he values the importance of recuperation and rejuvenation at the beginning of the country's founding.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang himself came from a peasant background and had a natural inclination towards farmers. Except for areas with high grain production such as Jiangnan, the tax burden on farmers in other parts of the Ming Dynasty was basically around 5% to 10%.

This also includes the taxation of feudal lords within the fiefdom, known as royal taxation.

This year, the feudal lord of Qi, Zhu Cha, has already become a vassal and does not need to pay royal taxes to the court.

However, most of the taxes still belong to the court.

The foundation of the land tax system in the Ming Dynasty was the dual tax system, which means that the summer tax was levied in August of the lunar calendar every year. In the second month after the autumn harvest, the autumn grain tax will be levied.

But now it is not time to collect the summer tax, but the potatoes have a Dafengshou (Salad of assorted fresh vegetables) harvest ahead of time.

Potatoes are naturally classified as food and must be taxed to the court.

The governor of Qingzhou and other counties, including the governor of Jinan, Tie Xuan, have now learned that potatoes need to be stored in cellars for a longer period of time.

If it is cooked and dried, or even stored with salt or other methods, it will extend its shelf life again.

It can be said that it is a rare treasure.

However, if transported on the road and exposed to air, there are certain limitations on its storage time.

And once potatoes sprout, they cannot be eaten because they have already produced toxins inside.

This year is Qidi, the first time we have harvested potatoes. Everyone doesn't have much experience, so if we push the potatoes to Yingtian Prefecture during the summer tax season, everyone is worried that they will spoil on the way.

Because the temperature was higher at that time, would it make it easier for this thing to sprout?

So, after receiving the potato tax paid by farmers, the yamen of various states and counties immediately arranged for troops to escort them to Yingtian Prefecture.

It's a journey of several hundred miles.

In the era of the Ming Dynasty, it is not really close.

Tie Xuan of Ji Nan Mansion also intended to take credit. Although the potato was put forward by His Highness the King of Qi and promoted by him, the credit of Qi Di's Dafengshou (Salad of assorted fresh vegetables) should also be recorded on him, the chief executive.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi does not hold any political achievements, after all, he is already the king of the entire Qilu region and cannot be conferred any titles.

Moreover, Tie Xuan was the local governor and could go further, even stepping into the court.

Although he doesn't take the Seventh Prince seriously and feels that he is not valued by the emperor, and is also one of the many princes who is not very successful, this time, it has to be said that the Seventh Prince's luck is really good.

His good fortune made Qidi a Dafengshou (Salad of assorted fresh vegetables).

Tie Xuan couldn't help but applaud and exclaim!

Of course, the credit should belong to oneself and must not be left behind.

The memorial still needs to be written, and the potatoes should be transported to the capital city, so hurry up and transport them to the capital city.

Tie Xuan could already imagine the scene in the court. It was not yet the time for summer tax collection when Qi Di had already sent the tax revenue, which would definitely scare many people.

Tie Xuan was delighted in his heart, waiting for himself to return to the court, and even began to imagine himself becoming a prime minister.

Taking the water route is too slow and requires a lot of effort. All states and counties must take the land route.

So, a detachment of troops set off one after another, escorted by officers and soldiers, to Yingtian Prefecture.

Although it was a carriage pulling potatoes, most people walked to Yingtian Prefecture on their legs.

This cannot be compared to when Zhu Cha rushed to Qingzhou at a fast pace. The speed was very slow, and now Zhu Cha's asphalt road project has only just begun, completing the construction of various roads in Qingzhou City and extending them a little outside the city.

This ordinary official road is inevitably full of bumps and potholes, and the speed cannot be improved. When encountering rain, it is even more muddy and difficult to travel.

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