Chapter 223 The day of establishing a sect has finally arrived
Xiao Ying was a little surprised. It was all completed so quickly? It seemed Xingyue had put in a lot of effort.
She smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's time to get ready. Tomorrow, go tell Xiao Xing and Xiao Zhi to get everything they need in order as soon as possible."
"Don't worry about the sect plaque, I'll prepare it myself. I plan to leave the ceremony matters to Xiao Qian, and the rest of you just need to cooperate."
"Three days later, I will personally go to the sect to hold the inauguration ceremony."
Chen Xingyue was immediately surprised and the smile on her face became even brighter.
"Don't worry, Mom. I will definitely convey this message tomorrow. They will definitely be very happy!"
Xiao Ying nodded. Not only did others feel excited, but she herself was also unusually excited.
After nearly five months in this world, she is finally going to establish her own sect.
This speed was faster than she had imagined, mainly because she made money smoothly and the money laid a solid foundation for her.
Secondly, after making some money from the Dark Night Pavilion, Xiao Wei's joining greatly improved the efficiency of many things. Otherwise, it would be difficult to find so many capable talents.
She immediately called Xiao Qian and asked her to be responsible for all matters related to the ceremony.
"I plan to make you the head of the Ceremonial Hall in the future, so let's start with the founding ceremony."
Xiao Ying had already decided in his mind who would be in charge of each department of the sect, and Xiao Qian was the candidate for the head of the auditorium.
The ceremonial hall is mainly responsible for receiving guests, holding ceremonies and sacrifices, etc. Although Xiao Qian has a cold personality, he is bold and careful, and has vision and knowledge. I believe he can be competent for this position.
Xiao Qian was surprised. She was just a killer before and had no contact with ceremonies. She was not a cultivator either. Could she really hold such an important position in the sect?
But she quickly calmed down. Since her master intended to promote and train her, she could not refuse his kindness.
"Please rest assured, Master. I will do my utmost to hold the founding ceremony successfully!"
"I believe you." Xiao Ying showed some approval, and then said, "If you need anything, just tell me. Here are two thousand taels of silver notes, which should be enough to hold a ceremony."
She handed a stack of banknotes to Xiao Qian, who was shocked. Her master really trusted her, giving her so much money at once.
She secretly thought that she must perform well this time and never let her master down.
Xiao Ying instructed, "You can call upon the servants and guards at home at will. For now, the most important thing is the sect's ceremonials. You can also consult Kang Ruolan appropriately. Perhaps she can give you some advice."
"Yes, Master."
Xiao Qian suddenly became more confident. Her master had given her such great authority, there was no reason why she couldn't do a good job.
So the whole house and Xiao Wei became busy. Except for those who followed Chen Xinghe and Chen Xingyun to protect them, all the others were mobilized by Xiao Qian, including Ling Yun and Xiao Jin.
No one was unhappy at all. This was a major matter concerning the future, and no one dared to be perfunctory.
Xiao Guoze was entrusted with an important task by Xiao Ying, who asked him to make a plaque for the sect.
Xiao Guo was naturally very excited. This was a challenge for him and he absolutely could not fail!
While everyone was busy preparing, a big event happened in the village.
It turned out that the autumn harvest was over and the yamen runners began to collect taxes and grain.
The tax rate in Yue State is 1 in 30, which is paid based on the yield of 240 catties per mu, that is, 8 catties of tax per mu.
This is not a heavy burden for the common people. In many dynasties, the tax rate was 15% or even 10%. If you add other exorbitant taxes and levies, it would be impossible to survive.
However, in addition to the tax grain in spring and autumn, a head tax is also levied every year.
The head tax is one dou per person and is usually paid together with the autumn tax grain.
As a result, families with many people and much land will have to pay a lot this time.
But Xiao Ying was different. Although she bought many servants, the servants were not subject to the head tax, so she could avoid paying a lot of food.
Although she had a lot of land, most of it was newly reclaimed, and newly reclaimed land was tax-exempt for three years, so she only had to pay taxes on the four acres of land.
Four mu of land weighs 32 jin, and five people weigh 5 dou, which is equivalent to 60 jin. Xiao Ying directly paid 100 jin of potatoes.
The yamen runners looked at each other, not knowing whether potatoes could be used instead.
They knew that the county magistrate attached great importance to potatoes and even submitted a memorial to the capital.
Maybe potatoes could be used instead of rice?
The last clever whisper reminded that potatoes cost at least ten cents per pound, while ordinary rice only costs about three cents.
If it really doesn't work, the worst that can happen is that I can sell the potatoes and exchange them for rice. At least I can buy more than 300 kilograms, so it won't be a loss at all.
So the yamen runners happily accepted the potatoes and even hoped that other families would use potatoes instead, but no one was willing to do so.
“There won’t be any tax revenue in the future, right?”
After the bailiffs left, Xiao Ying asked Kang Ruolan, she really didn't understand any of this.
Kang Ruolan said: "For ordinary people, there is only October's corvée labor left. The corvée labor is 20 days, and males aged 16 to 50 in the family need to serve."
"Usually it involves building roads, constructing city walls, digging canals, and so on, and you need to bring your own food."
Xiao Ying was stunned for a moment. He actually had to perform labor service?
In other words, someone in her family would have to serve in the military? According to age, that person would be Chen Xinghai.
Of course, there are many servants at home now, so we can let the servants or Xiao Wei go when the time comes.
She couldn't help but feel fortunate that Xinghai was still young before she traveled through time and did not need to perform labor service. Otherwise, with her disabled legs and feet, she would have suffered a lot of grievances.
"Can I pay it with silver?" she asked.
"Sure." Kang Ruolan said, "If you don't want to do the corvée labor, you only need to pay two taels of silver."
The family she used to live with just paid two taels of silver every year.
Xiao Ying felt relieved, this was good.
Kang Ruolan added, "But Madam has become a merchant because she opened a workshop, so she still needs to pay business taxes at the end of each year."
"Well, I know that."
Xiao Ying nodded. A workshop cannot be opened casually and requires approval from the county government.
Once you register at the county government office, you must pay taxes.
With her current wealth, she naturally doesn't care about this money.
For her, opening a workshop is just for making money, and establishing a school is the most important thing.
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Three days passed in a flash.
This day has finally arrived, the day of establishing the sect has arrived!
Early in the morning, Xiao Ying led his entire family, including all the servants and Xiao Wei, to the sect's headquarters.
In order to save time and conceal his identity, Xiao Ying sent most people into the Immortal Palace, leaving only Ling Yun and Xiao Jin by his side, and entered the back mountain in a low-key manner.
It took the three of them a quarter of an hour to reach the foot of the main peak.
A three-meter-wide bluestone staircase has been built here. It is smooth and shiny, and it is obvious that it was built at a high cost.
As you walk up the steps, you can see that the branches on both sides have been carefully trimmed and none of them extend onto the steps.
When he reached the top of the mountain, Xiao Ying was even more surprised by the scene before him. The top of the mountain had completely changed!
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