The most important documents in the county government are the Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Book. With those, one can know how many people live in the county, how much land there is, how much tax should be levied, and so on.
However, sometimes the common people are unwilling to register because once they have a household registration, they need to pay various taxes and perform corvée labor for the government. Many prefer to remain hidden households rather than register.
Hidden households and hidden lands are common in Da Rong, and Yang Mingzhao must clarify all the population and lands within the county if he wants to allocate land to the people.
The townspeople don't need land distribution, but they own properties and shops and must pay business taxes, so they too must be registered.
On the third day after entering the city, Deng Xing and Han Lin each brought a hundred young men into the county town.
