The base color of Shayang County is green, but the surrounding area is yellow, and at a glance, it seems that there is a small green state standing in the middle of a desert. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Doesn't Shayang County seem small?" Qin Feng looked around at the seven people at the table and said lightly.

Everyone present was silent.

"If we just want to stay in Shayang County, then we probably don't need to change." Qin Feng's wrist flicked, and the black cloth in his hand unfolded and fell down accurately, completely covering the yellow patch. "We have 10,000 soldiers who are good at fighting, which is enough to help us defend Shayang County, and dominate this small area and do whatever we want. In the past few decades, Mrs. Liu has done just that. ”

"But if you want to go out and dye that yellow area green, then change is the only way."

Qin Feng's eagle-like eyes stared at everyone present, and asked sharply: "Everyone, please tell me, do you want to stay in Shayang as the emperor of the soil all the time, or are you willing to bravely walk out of this comfortable nest and sprinkle the glory of your family to a wider distance?" ”

After an embarrassing silence, Liu Xingwen still spoke: "General, we are naturally willing to go further, but with our strength, we ......."

"That's why Old Lady Liu chose me instead of any of you." Qin Feng sneered: "Pioneering, never admit defeat, this is the most basic thing we should have. ”

He picked up a letter from the table and said, "General Liu, this is a letter you wrote to Old Lady Liu, Old Lady Liu replied on top of your original letter, but it was not for you, but it was sent to me quickly, do you want to see your father's reply?" ”

Liu Xingwen stood up in shock.

Mrs. Liu's reply was very short, it was written on the envelope, only three words, but Liu Xingwen sat down like a deflated ball.

"By your will!"

Qin Feng glanced at Liu Xingwen and said slowly: "Shayang County in the past was a typical family world. That is to say, your family controls everything in Shayang County, Shayang County is you, you are Shayang County, which makes Shayang County have a cohesion that is incomparable to other places, but it also makes your eyes always fall on this small corner, which is difficult to break through. ”

"The family is a country, and countless small families make up the country, but you must know that the family is only a part of the country, but it cannot represent the country." Qin Feng said: "The new Shayang County will be a big family, but this big family is not the same as before, you are an important part of this big guy, but don't think that you can represent this big guy." ”

"Shayang County looks rich, but compared to the real powerhouse, it can be said that it is not worth mentioning. We can now assemble a team of 10,000 elite soldiers, but this team is not to mention compared with the Qi people, even if it is compared with the Yue Imperial Court, what is it? If we want to go out, we need to have more troops. And to raise more troops, you need more money. Wang Hou. Qin Feng shouted.

"General!" Wang Hou stood up.

"Let's settle accounts for you!" Qin Feng Dao.

"Yes." Wang Hou looked at everyone present, "Ladies and gentlemen, take an army of 10,000 people as an example, according to the current salary level of county soldiers, a soldier's salary for a month is one tael of silver, and a year will require 120,000 silver. But this is only the smallest part of it, the equipment of each soldier, with the most basic equipment of our Taiping army, the silver money spent on each soldier is 20 taels of silver, 10,000 soldiers, that is, 200,000 taels, and the other consumption of ordinary soldiers, when they are not fighting, is about 5 taels of silver per month, which is converted into 600,000 taels a year. Add these up, the most basic annual consumption of 10,000 soldiers is about 920,000 taels, don't remove a fraction, count it as 900,000 taels. If there is a war, then it is impossible to say, I am afraid that it will increase exponentially. ”

"Hear it, that's all it takes, it's close to a million taels." Qin Feng said: "Then let's take a look, what was Shayang County's income last year, right?" ”

Quan Yun's face suddenly changed a little.

"Xia Guan went to check the accounts today, and last year, Shayang County's financial revenue was a little more than two million taels." Wang Hou smiled.

"Two million taels, that sounds like a lot, doesn't it?" Qin Feng smiled: "But if we only raise 10,000 soldiers, we will account for half of the financial revenue of the entire Yangjun City, so do we have to do other things, do officials want salaries?" Do you want to develop people's livelihood, and if there is a natural or man-made disaster, do you want to subsidize it? Do we still want to develop? What if one day, when we need more troops, what will we do? ”

"Next, let's see, how much income did the Hao family have last year?" Qin Feng's expression turned sharp, and with a wave of his hand, several boys walked in with a large stack of account books and put them in front of Wang Hou.

Wang Hou picked up the top one, opened it, and cleared his throat, "The Hao family used to control the dock business outside Shayang County and the construction business of the entire county, plus a large amount of land, last year's gross income was ......" He paused and said: "Two million three hundred thousand taels, excluding expenses, costs, etc., the net income is about one million taels." ”

Hearing Wang Hou read the Hao family's income in a frustrated manner, the faces of everyone present changed, as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

"The Hao family is like this, I think, everyone here will never be worse than him! Taking the Hao family as the most basic standard, last year, the total income of the six families in Shayang County was 6 million taels, which was three times the income of the entire Shayang County Treasury. Qin Feng laughed, "Shayang County is a typical person with thick limbs and a small mind!" ”

The five families, represented by Liu Xingwen, were all breathing heavily.

"Where did you get all this money?" Qin Feng didn't seem to notice everyone's embarrassment, "Let's talk about the land first, almost half of the land in Shayang County is not recorded in the county government, and under the name of the Hao family, there are nearly 100,000 mu of land that have not been registered in the government, what does this mean, this means that these lands have not paid any taxes and taxes, and they have not paid any taxes. How many of you have in your name? ”

"Let's take a look at the commercial tax of our Shayang County, hehe, thirty taxes and one is twice as low as that of Southern Chu, which is rich in the world, Southern Chu is twenty taxes and one tax, and compared to the ten taxes and one of Qi State, it is far inferior."

Qin Feng glared at everyone, "Everyone, Shayang County is very poor, very poor, but you are very rich, very rich, this time, Chen Jialuo led 5,000 people to the expedition, and you easily made up the military salary and the cost of this battle, but the treasury couldn't take it out, is this normal?" ”

"Do you probably think that now that Shayang County is safe, you can sit back and relax?" Qin Feng sneered: "I can tell you that Shayang County is now facing an unprecedented crisis, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as being attacked from all sides, the Qi people are eyeing each other, Mo Luo is bent on taking Shayang to become the source of his wealth, and Yue Jing, not to mention, Zhang Ning's thoughts have long been revealed." And these three parties, except for Mo Luo, who is slightly weaker, the other two enemies, any of them, really have to make up their minds, and they can easily clean us up. ”

"We need to be strong, we need more troops, and of course, we need more money. Will we come to you when we are short of money? To put it mildly, after it becomes a habit, will it directly take away your wealth in the future? Qin Feng's words made everyone's faces suddenly look extremely unsightly.

"If the skin doesn't exist, the hair will be attached?" Qin Feng softened his tone, "Without Shayang County, even if you still have a lot of money, it's just someone else's meal, let others knead it, if you let someone like Mo Luo come in, you are afraid that there will be nothing left." ”

"This time to clear the acres of land is only the first step in my reform of Shayang County, after this step is completed, the next step is commercial tax." Qin Feng said slowly: "Shayang County needs to change. In the past, we are not to blame, but in the future, there should be new rules. ”

Stretching out his hand, the black cloth covering the golden area slowly flew up and landed in his hand, "Everyone, why are your eyes only on Shayang County?" Haven't you thought that if you go out of Shayang County and take more territory, more wealth will roll in? ”

"Clearing the acres of land and raising the commercial tax seems to be taking money out of your pockets, which is indeed a painful thing, but if we have more money to strengthen our army and make our strength stride forward, we can fight Shayang County, to seize more land, control more population, and even one day, we can take Yuejing City, at that time, will you make less money than now? No, it's just too much, so much that you think that money doesn't mean anything to you at all. At that time, you will no longer be the five families of Shayang County, you will be the five families of Yue Kingdom. ”

In the hall, at the round table, the sound of everyone's breathing became heavy.

"When the emperor of Yue Guo rebelled, he took out his family's savings for hundreds of years, and he had nothing but an army, but in the end, he owned a country. Now, I don't want what you have, I just want you to withdraw from what you don't deserve, and you will probably reap something similar to his, why do you feel so embarrassed? Without paying, there is no gain, and the more you pay, the more you gain, which is the most simple and basic truth. I believe that with your intelligence, you should be able to clearly calculate this account and weigh the benefits. ”

The hall was silent, and everyone lowered their heads, their faces changing, intentional and distrustful.

Liu Xingwen pinched the reply letter from Mrs. Liu in his hand, and kept stimulating his eyeballs with the three words of Junyi, and after a while, he sighed and stood up: "General, it's Liu who is short-sighted, Liu family, retreat." (To be continued.) )