Sun Zhizhou once summoned all the officials in the Huazhou Prefecture and asked them to come up with suggestions to solve the annual tax problem.

He pointed out that everyone is in a relationship of both prosperity and loss, and if he is not happy, everyone will also be unhappy.

However, throughout the meeting, except for himself, everyone else was black-faced, with their heads bowed, and no one spoke.

There's really no way, and if there is a way------ his first two are not stupid!

Sun Zhizhou jumped to his feet and demanded that all passing merchants should be charged twice the original toll!

The official in charge of commercial taxation couldn't hold his breath------ if that happened, the merchants would never pass through Huazhou------ which was originally a plain land, and might not even be able to collect the original tolls!

"And what do you have in mind?!"

Sun Zhizhou actually knew that his proposal was to kill chickens and take eggs, so he began to ask rhetorically.

The official was forced by him------ said that it was better to add a ------ to the people

It can only be so, it can only be so.

When the tax was paid in the autumn, the entire Huazhou area suddenly jumped up, and the highest tax in the history of Huazhou appeared, and the people had to hand over seventy percent of all the harvest!

Sun Zhizhou himself is going to take a waist knife to collect taxes------ but he is more reasonable.

He said, this is not to blame Sun Zhizhou, nor to blame the Great Khan, to blame those foreign pirates, they always die without dying, if the Great Khan does not prepare sufficient military rations, where does the Great Khan have a way to defend against foreign enemies?

If the pirates come in, they will burn your house, rape your wife and daughter, and use you as a slave!

The people were also stunned------ how terrible the pirates outside the country were? More ferocious than the crossing of the Great Khan's soldiers?? It's scary-------

In any case, the first year's tax was settled------ but it was still not completed, but it was less conspicuous than other states and counties------ and he was still warned by his superiors.

Sun Zhizhou was worried.

This year's winter seems to have been particularly cold.

Good fortune always comes when you are at your worst.

A man who looked like a merchant came to him in person, and the man said that he was from Jingxi Road, and asked him to help rent some dry land.

There has never been a shortage of dry land in the Huazhou area------ and in recent years of war, there are many people who have died and run, and there are many people in the situation of few people and many fields.

The man offered to grow cotton.

Sun Zhizhou's eyes lit up------ cotton is good, the value of this thing is far more valuable than wheat and corn, if it is as he said, plant tens of thousands of acres and hand it over to Huazhou for half of the rent------ he quickly calculated, enough to top his gap, and the people can also reduce it by one percent.

If you can reduce the people's taxes, you will win the hearts of the people, which is not only a matter of benefit and no expense, but also your reputation as an official will leave a name in history!

The man proposed to recruit a large number of peasants------ anyway------- he was also exporting grain and expenses during the slack period, so as to concentrate on sorting out the cotton fields, and he had the guidance of a farmer who was good at planting cotton fields.

Sun Zhizhou was about to laugh out loud after hearing this, where did he care if he was a farmer or not, but the merchant gave him a lot of benefits------ how much money was there? Inconvenience to talk to others-------

It's a spectacular sight to see thousands of people busy together!

Before the beginning of spring, Sun Zhizhou went to observe almost every day------ where there is half of him, where there is his future, where there is his people's heart.

But soon after, there was bad news: the tax was raised again this autumn------ but Sun Zhizhou was not afraid, the cotton seedlings in the cotton field were thriving, and any losses could be found from there.

Sun Zhizhou certainly does not understand such a philosophy: stillness is relative, motion is absolute, and we must look at things from the perspective of development.

But Sun Zhizhou knew that the cotton would eventually come out in the cotton field, so he was not worried.

Taxes are rising, his share of income is rising------ he can see the dissatisfaction that the renter has suppressed, but he can't help it, right?

In the past two years, he has completed the task of paying taxes for the first time, and has received excellent evaluation from his superiors, and he is just around the corner when he is transferred back to Jingxi Road!

He thought that if he was sure that he was leaving------ he could increase the share a little more, and go back to be an official, and it would not be okay if he had too little money in his hand.

Flowers are not red for a hundred days, and people are not good for a thousand days.

I was about to start picking cotton, but something happened.

The day of the accident was an ordinary day.

The city of Huazhou has fared better because of the cotton planting in the past two years.

Growing cotton requires manpower, and picking cotton requires manpower------ and the person who rents the cotton field never owes labor money, so many people have more income, and even attract many people from other places to work here.

When there are more people, there will be vitality, and everyone will have some income, and there will be vitality in the natural market.

The streets were full of people, and there were more people doing small businesses.

This year, more cotton fields have been planted than ever before, and it will be another bumper harvest year, which will surely give many people some good hope.

This morning, even the people guarding the city gate didn't notice that some outsiders walked into Huazhou City in twos and threes.

This is normal, and it is very likely that those people have come from other places to pick cotton.

Sun Zhizhou walked out of the state office in the morning, and saw that there were more people coming and going on the street, which was far more lively than before, and suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart------ this is all the credit of his management-------

But before he could finish his "ah", he suddenly heard a loud shout: Action!!

Out of nowhere, two strong men jumped out and pounced on him, and one of them knocked Sun Zhizhou unconscious with a slight wave of his palm.

When Sun Zhizhou slowly woke up, he found that he was tied to a tree in the yamen, and a group of people were going in and out of the yamen: they were carrying the objects in the treasury!

The Huazhou Treasury is located behind the state government, and there is only one entrance and exit------ which can be effectively guarded.

There are public goods in the treasury of Huazhou, but they are also the private goods of his Sun Zhizhou!

What's even more infuriating is that the errand who was originally standing guard at the gate of the yamen is also helping the guy to carry it.

That guy even brought several big cars!

Sun Zhizhou was out of fear, and he didn't think of his family first.

"Phew! Who are you thieves, in broad daylight, you dare to rob the state government!! You are not afraid to kill the sins of the Nine Clans!! ”

The errands who were busy with their work stopped and looked timidly at Sun Zhizhou, who was tied up.

A strong man stepped forward and kicked them one by one, and said with a smile: "Go and work, don't be lazy!" ”

After kicking away those errand soldiers, the strong man still said to Sun Zhizhou with a smile: "Who do you say is a thief?!" Your masters, the Tatars, were originally herding horses and sheep in the steppe, robbing everywhere with swords, horses, bows and arrows, and stealing the property of our people all day long------ who do you say are thieves!! ”

The "thieves" robbed the treasury, and there were still onlookers!

There were still people among the people who applauded the words of that strong man!!

Sun Zhizhou felt that the sky was about to fall------ he tried his best to scan the onlookers with majestic eyes, and sure enough, there were no more applaudors.

Another strong man came out, and he shouted: "This place was originally the land of my Great Song Dynasty, and the Jurchen robbers robbed it back then------ and then the Tatar robbers robbed it again!"

Now, I'm going to get it back!! ”

Sun Zhizhou was mad: "Who are you?!" ”

The strong man in front of him said with a smile: "We are the Xinwa Gangzhai Army, and we are going to save the people from fire and water!" ”