In the blink of an eye, the hot summer days are coming to an end and autumn is begins. The autumn in the western part of Youzhou is very short, from the end of summer to the winter is only two months, for Yanbei, after these two months, and then mention the war-related things is next year...... Every time he thought about it, it made his heart relax a little.

The first three years of peace is a good year, but Youzhou's tax this year is 60% lower than last year. Zhuo County, which has one-third of Youzhou's registered population, suffered from military disasters, and the population plummeted by more than half, which is directly equivalent to the entire Youzhou people are less than 20%, not to mention that the fields are destroyed under the pace of military disasters and wars and the migration of people, and nothing can grow in the fields at all.

Not to mention, the benevolent Marquis Yan Zhongqing exempted the people of Zhuo County from paying taxes for two years.

Yanbei was not distressed at all, because he could only choose to exempt Zhuo County from paying taxes, and Zhuo County had almost no revenue in the autumn of the third year of the first peace, even if the state government wanted to collect taxes, it could not collect them, and it would force the people who were originally grateful to him into the mountains to cause trouble for bandits or exposing rods.

In recent years, Youzhou has never lacked heroic people, and has just recruited 20,000 soldiers in Zhuo County, Yanbei doesn't want to make trouble because of just taxes. When the time comes, it will be small to calm the chaos and shake the morale of the army.

A one-year tax reduction is Xun Yue's suggestion, and after listening to Xun Yue's analysis, Guo Jia said to Yanbei: It is better to reduce taxes for two years.

There is no need to explain anything, Yan Bei can figure it out in his heart. Before the advent of the Great War in these years, the enemy and us would send envoys to spread rumors to shake the morale of the other side and destroy the hearts of the people of the other side, in order to win without a fight. At this time, it is impossible to gain much gratitude for reducing taxes for one year, but if it is reduced for two years, the people will still remember whether Yan Zhongqing will live a long life next year...... Next year will be an extremely critical year for them, and instead of staring at the small profits of tens of millions of dollars in taxes in Zhuo County, it is better to appease the people first.

Yan Bei was not distressed at all when he made this decision, although a sentence exempted Zhuo County from taxes and 500,000 stone of grain and grass that might reach more than 40 million yuan in the coming year, but he was not distressed at all.

Because there were no three counties in Youdong in Youzhou's taxes last year, and this year it is 60% less than last year, and the three counties of Youdong are also not counted.

As a result, the tax payment in Youzhou this year is only more than 60 million yuan, and 270,000 stone grain and grass are put into storage, which is still due to Liu Yu's contribution to the Shanggu mutual market.

Relying on these alone, it is not enough to pay money to the officials of the state government and the generals from all over the country at the end of the year!

It is also easy to understand that the total amount of taxes that can be collected by Youzhou Mansion is only Guangyang, Zhuo, Dai, Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, and Liaoxi County, among which Liaoxi County has not had a Taishou in office for a long time due to the rule of Gongsun Zhizhong. This year, due to Yanbei's intervention in Yuyang County, most of the salt and iron affairs of the iron supervisor and the county magistrate are related to the Wang family, and they can't receive much; Zhuo County has become like this again, and the rest of the Hu and Han families live together for a long time in addition to Guangyang County...... This tax is expected in Yanbei.

As for why Yanbei is not distressed, it is because he has two taxes in his hands, one is naturally the six counties of Youxi in Youzhou Prefecture, which is not worth it; The other is the Youdong Governor Fu and his subordinate Liaodong Taishou Yandong, Xuanwu Taishou Zhao Fan, Lelang Taishou Shi Tao and other Youdong taxes.

This one is much more beautiful than the one in Youxi!

Youdong collected 970,000 stone grain this year, which was more than three times that of Youxi, and he also accused that it was because of the invasion of Goguryeo at the beginning of the year and the fact that all the official fields in Liaodong had been redeemed by the people, for fear that Yanbei would feel that the grain harvest was less. With the purchase of Guantian by the people in the county, Liaodong can only collect 80,000 to 120,000 grain and grass in the next year, and it will no longer be used as the granary of Youzhou, but the surplus wealth in the hands of the people can also be more, which is still good for Yanbei's hometown in the long run; The Tuntian of Lelang County under the governance of Yandong has achieved remarkable results, and all of them are official fields, and more than 500,000 grains and grasses have been harvested this year, which is the first in Youzhou.

The money was expected in Yanbei, counting the 20 million money that Goguryeo paid tribute after surrendering, and the total amount of taxes paid by Ma An and the Yan caravans and counties in various places added up to 78 million yuan. In his letter, he stated that because of the defeat and surrender of Goguryeo, this year, the Buyeo Kingdom, 52 of the more than 70 countries of Sanhan, and the Rulou composed of the Gusu Shen people all sent envoys to send letters to the state saying that they would pay tribute.

Youzhou under Yanbei's rule seems to have a sense of prestige outside the territory.

The transmission of the Youdong counties that can demonstrate the martial arts of culture and martial arts can make Yanbei feel a little comforted in the current situation of the great enemy.

At the beginning of the night, Yanbei wrote a letter to the Liaodong Conferral Office indoors, informing him that until the sea water in the winter moon froze, the warships of Shuizhai should not stop transporting grain, grass and ordnance, the more the better, and the money would be left in Liaodong for the next year's road construction.

Now the road from Xiangping to Dongdaocheng is about to be repaired, but the road leading to southeast Liaoning is not repaired well this year, not to mention that Yanbei also hopes that Xuanwu County, Lelang County, and Liaoxi County can be connected in the coming year, and the official road leads directly to Jixian County, so that it can avoid many troubles in the future to mobilize soldiers and horses, and transport ordnance.

This is not a small amount of money.

handed the letter to the guards, and ordered to send a rider Pegasus to Liaodong early the next morning, but he didn't want to gallop from the starry night of Zhuojun early the next morning. This made Yanbei feel quite frightened, and hurriedly sent someone to invite Gao Ran in.

"Ah Xiu, why did you run back?" Yan Bei watched Gao Ran enter the mansion, glanced up and down for a moment, and then said suspiciously: "It looks like you don't look like Wuruan Pass was lost and fled back, what's going on, what's so urgent?" ”

"The general can rest assured, Wuruan Pass is impregnable, and the nearest Jizhou army is still harvesting grain and grass in Tang County, a hundred miles away. For the time being, Captain Ziyi will take over the defense, and his subordinates will be able to rush back tonight. Gao Ran looked a little embarrassed, and said slowly: "As soon as the autumn harvest is over, Gongsun Chan will use troops to Youzhou, and his subordinates dare not leave the guard, and his mother can't be filial to his knees after his birthday, so he wants to ask the general to go back to Liaodong to visit his mother." ”

Such a request is a bit abrupt in Gao Ran's own opinion, but Yanbei can understand that in the early years, he and Gao Ran were promoted to worship his mother's friendship, and now Gao Ran is guarding the Wuruan Pass of Zhuo County for himself and cannot go away, so it is reasonable, and it is also reasonable to go back to Liaodong on behalf of Gao Ran. However, Gao Ran's request at this time is a bit interesting...... Zhen Jiang is about to give birth, which is something that the whole Youzhou knows.

Yanbei originally wanted to return to Liaodong, but he was reluctant to leave the state because of his unborn child, but if it was to visit the mother of the general, it would make sense.

Yan Bei nodded in response, and told Gao Ran to be more careful in Wuruan Pass, train the sergeants, and even if Gongsun Chan attacked, he would not go out to face the battle. In the following days, he arranged for the affairs of the state to be handled by a special person, and took Zhen Tuo, Dian Wei and others on the way back to Liaodong.