I’m The King Chapter 712: : The young phoenix’s Qing Ming shook the world (15)

The issue of five million taels of bonds and the expansion of shares of Sihai Commerce and Trade to the private sector were settled in this way. Gao Yuan took the trouble to repeat some of the key points to the two of them, and the two people who were originally sad-faced, in an instant. Then he said with a smile on his face, and the two money bags couldn't wait to hand over and leave immediately. They were eager to start to do this matter immediately. The next highlight was the military expansion. The two didn't care how much they expanded. With this money, As long as there is no large-scale war, it will definitely be no problem to support it for two or three years. What's more, with the passage of time, the area under the Zhengdong Mansion will start to turn from loss to profit. Everything will gradually get better.

When the two left, Gao Yuan did not stop them, and set his sights on Zheng Jun, the sheriff of Liaoxi County, and Wu Ci'an, the sheriff of Hejian County. The two first looked at each other, Wu Ci'an made a gesture, Zheng Jun smiled, knowing that Wu Ci'an was modest, speaking of it, Liaoxi is the foundation of Gao Yuan's fortune, and his qualifications are much deeper than Wu Ci'an's.

He stood up, first bowed his hands to everyone, turned his head, and said to Gao Yuan, "Dudu, in the past two years in Liaoxi, following the policies formulated by the Dudu and Zhengdong Mansion, and working together, it has finally achieved some results , There are now more than 850,000 people in western Liaoning, which is an increase of 200,000 people compared to two years ago, and the estimated fiscal revenue this year should exceed one million taels after autumn."

"That's great!" Gao Wu sighed, "When Liaoxi was in the hands of Zhang Junshou, every year he ate his food every year, and his annual income was only three to four hundred thousand taels. It's only been three years since you took over, and you've already done it. This is the result."

"Don't dare, if there is no governor, no Zhengdong mansion, no Zhengdong army, I, Zheng Jun, can't do this even if I have three heads and six arms." Although humble. But Zheng Jun still couldn't hide his complacency, and glanced at Wu Ci'an.

Wu Ci'an stood up with a smile, and bowed his body, "Hejian is a little different from Liaoxi. In terms of past history, Hejian is better than Liaoxi in terms of population and wealth. , and what Yan Yizheng handed over to me is a complete Hejian, so Hejian has not changed much in the past two years. Our tax revenue this year is estimated to be more than two million taels of silver."

As soon as this remark came out, not only Zheng Jun was taken aback, but even Yan Shenghao was also taken aback. It should be known that when he was in power in Hejian, his annual income was only a million taels.

"Wu Junshou, how did you do this?" Wu Ci'an is a gentleman, and no one present would suspect that he lied about the numbers in order to get angry with Zheng Jun. You know, he is the empress. At the end of the year, this will have to be fulfilled. If it is not available at that time or the gap is too large, you will have to bear political responsibility.

"The first is the land issue." Wu Ci'an said with a smile: "In Hejian. In fact, the situation of land annexation is extremely serious. The vast majority of the people do not have land, and the land is concentrated in the hands of a few people." Speaking of this, He glanced at Yan Shenghao. Yan Shenghao couldn't help coughing dryly.

Seeing this scene, Gao Yuan smiled and said: "When Yan Yizheng entered our Zhengdong Mansion, he gave all the fields under Yan's name to Zhengdong Mansion. Our Yan Yizheng can be regarded as leaving the house, old Wu , you have made so much money in two years, you can't do some crooked ways, right?"

"The governor's eyes are on the top, how dare I engage in crooked ways?" Wu Ci'an laughed, "Baokang, Yingkou and other places, after the land is divided into households, the local people's enthusiasm is high, and the harvest of the year is more than double compared with previous years. And those country gentry who lost their land naturally couldn't just sit and eat, and they had to find a way out for the money they were compensated for, so most of them used the money to invest in the shares of Sihai Trading, and some of them relied on their original connections to do business. Buried in the cellar at home, it flowed, and as soon as the money moved, we could collect taxes.”

Gao Yuan smiled and said: "Baokang, Yingkou and other places were affected by the war, so it is easier to implement the division of land to households, but it is not easy in other places in Hejian County. What method did you use?"

Wu Ci'an smiled embarrassedly, "I'm spreading rumors."

"Founding rumors?" The people present were all surprised, looking at Wu Ci'an, not knowing why.

"I arranged for people to go down to the tenants and advocate that in Jishi County, Dayan County and other places, Zhengdong Mansion will distribute land to households for free. Although a hundred acres is raw land, as long as it is managed well for a few years, it will become our own property."

Gao Yuan laughed, "Aren't you afraid that all the people in Hejian County will run away?"

"It's natural to be afraid, but the ones who are more afraid than me are those gentry who own a lot of land. This rumor, oh, it's not really a rumor. It's true, and a large number of tenants are ready to The whole family set off, once these people leave, a lot of fields will be abandoned, and the price of the land in Hejian County has dropped for a few days, and the county guard will come to the door again, using both soft and hard methods, and then suppress the price, and then buy them from them , and then resell it at a higher price and sell it to the original tenant.”

"You're making money at both ends!" Gao Yuan shook his head and laughed. "But most of the original tenants are poor, can they afford it?"

"Naturally, they couldn't afford it, so the county government still gave them credit, and agreed to pay off all the arrears within three years. If the payment is not paid, the county government has the right to take back the land and sell it again. Commander, in order to make these lands their own after three years, these original tenants are also very hardworking. Apart from working hard in the fields from dawn to dusk, even in this winter, they have also given up their usual winter habits. , one by one came out to find work, and the county government also timely launched some road construction and water conservancy projects during the slack season. When the people came out to work, the county government only provided food, and their wages were counted as their income. In this way, in fact, we did not spend much money, and we did a lot of things.”

"This method, Wu Junshou is worthy of being a person who has read the book thoroughly, but he can come up with such a method." Jiang Jiaquan clapped his hands and sighed, "When it comes to these specific methods of herdsmen, I am not as good as your Excellency. "

Wu Ci'an quickly stood up, "Jiang's administration is too modest, and his administration is high-level, with gaps in his chest, how can he be compared with lower officials. We build water conservancy and roads for the benefit of the people. Water conservancy can benefit the people's farming and roads. It is conducive to the development of travel and commerce, and the money obtained by the gentry from selling the land, with a little guidance from the county government, will flow into commerce, and a large part of it will join the global business."

"Those tenants who are planning to come to Jishi County and Dayan County to divide their fields, will they give up their free 100 mu of land and buy yours with money?" Yan Shenghao asked.

"The most difficult thing is to leave the hometown!" Wu Ci'an said with a smile: "If you can still survive, who would want to leave your hometown and go to a strange place, so there are not many people who are really lost, and the price we sell to them is really high. It's fair."

"The governor of Wujun is brilliant!" Zheng Jun sighed and said, "I'm not as good as you."

"Mr. Zheng must not say that. Hejian and Liaoxi are different from the beginning. The so-called three miles have different customs, and ten miles have different pronunciations. What's more, Liaoxi and Hejian?" Wu Ci'an said.

Gao Yuan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, the two county guards kill pigs and tails, each has its own way of killing, both of them are capable officials in my conquest of the East Mansion, Gao Yuan is lucky to have the help of two , thank you very much here." Standing up, he bowed solemnly to the two of them. The two hurriedly returned the gift, not even daring to say anything.

Watching Gao Yuan salute the two, Wu Kai on the side couldn't help but say a little sourly: "Compared to the two, my Jishi County is far behind. I feel ashamed that the government subsidizes part of it!"

After listening to Wu Kai's words, the people in the council hall couldn't help laughing. Jishi County Xun Liaoxi and Hejian are different. The Huns who voted were not only taxed very low, but a large part of them had no tax. According to the original promise, it would take three years to collect taxes from those who were assigned to the fields. This year, it has just reached the third year , although it is possible to start collecting taxes, the tax amount is extremely low, but because Jishi City has now become the political center of the Eastern Mansion, the business is extremely developed, and the business tax collected is quite considerable. But compared to the above two counties, it is naturally not as good.

"Wu Junshou doesn't need to smash the jar of vinegar. I can guarantee that within three years, your income in Jishi County will definitely exceed that of Hejian and Liaoxi." Five million taels, Sihai Commerce and Trade maintains a large share capital. Although we don’t know how much we can earn, hundreds of thousands of taels can always be expected. This money is enough to support our financial expenditure for two years. At the end of the year, Hejian, In the west of Liaoning, there are three places in Jishi, and we have an income of more than three million taels. Our life is much easier. Governor, the money problem is solved, so let's discuss the most important issue today, the expansion of the army. The army is the levy The basis for the existence of the Eastern Mansion is without a strong army~IndoMTL.com~ we can’t stay here, the commander, the expansion of the army, should we expand the existing four field armies or form a new army?”

When Jiang Jiaquan said this, He Lanxiong, Ye Zhong, and Ye Zhen all pricked up their ears, and looked at Gao Yuan nervously. This matter has a lot to do with them, especially Ye Chong and Ye Zhen. Both of them are top-heavy now, and their strength is seriously insufficient.

Gao Yuan smiled and shook his head, "If the four field armies are fully prepared, each army will have more than 60,000 people. If auxiliary troops are added, there will be 70,000 to 80,000 people, which is enough. So , I am going to train the new army."

He Lanxiong, Ye Zhong, and Ye Zhen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when they heard Gao Yuan say that, but fortunately, the benefits didn't go to the other three families, so they were calm.

"I am going to cancel my personal guard battalion and reorganize the Young Guards." Gao Yuan looked at the crowd, "I will personally command this army, and at the same time, it will also serve as a mobile force for the East Army. There are half and half riders, divided into two infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions. Each division is approved to have 5,000 people, and four divisions, 20,000 people." (To be continued.)

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