"Sir, the officials from other towns are asking about the autumn harvest of potatoes planted by the people. So, the only tax to be paid is potatoes. I was wondering if you have any good ideas?"
Lord Wang sorted out some of the questions raised by the officials and spoke to Shen Nian tactfully.
Lord Cao understood immediately, "Sir, this potato harvest is good, and it's not easy to preserve it if we have to pay taxes."
Chen Nian didn't think about this, he just wanted the people to harvest more and grow more crops.
But for potatoes, the government cannot require the land used to grow potatoes to pay taxes in the same way as rice, so they can only say that they pay for what they grow.
"That's a problem." Shen Nian nodded. He had to think of a way to solve this problem.
We can’t just leave the food we collected with great difficulty in the warehouse to spoil, right?
"Also, potatoes take up a lot of space. If we harvest too many, the warehouse may not be big enough." Lord Li also raised other issues.
Shen Nian wrote down all these questions.
I believe the imperial court will also be worried about this issue at that time.
"Let's leave it at that for today. Let's all think of a better way to preserve it."
"Yes, sir." The other three agreed in unison.
After a while, Shen Nian returned home!
I've been away for three days, and I haven't had a good time with Xia Tian and my son. I'm still a little worried about them.
"Brother Shen, how is it? How is the autumn potato harvest?" Xia Tian asked impatiently when he saw Shen Nian come in.
She was the one who promoted these potatoes, so naturally she wants to know what the effect is.
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