"Marshal, my subordinates have something to talk about."

Liu Xingcai walked from the Jiaowu Hall to the street, and Su Quan caught up, pulled up Liu Xing's sleeves and walked towards his craftsman's yamen.

Seeing him like this, Liu Xing was stunned and asked, "What makes you so anxious, can you not pull me?" ”

Glancing back at Liu Xing, Su Quan said, "You have been busy running a school for the past few days, and you didn't follow the team out of the valley to clean up the golden dogs." Do you know, just in the past three days, how much food has been spent on my craftsman's yamen and your marshal's mansion? ”

Even more puzzled, Liu Xing asked, "How much does it cost?" ”

"Three days ago, Yang Xianfeng led his troops out of the valley, killing 2,000 enemies and capturing 300."

Su Quan was not ambiguous, continued to walk, and reported the results in his mouth: "Two days ago, Yue Xianfeng led his troops out of the valley, killing 3,000 enemies and 500 prisoners in a battle. Yesterday, after Yang Xianfeng led his troops out again, he also killed 3,000 people. After three days, there were enough enemies killed, but the gold and silver in the marshal's mansion and the treasury of the craftsman's camp were barely enough to pay the reward! ”

After a slight pause in his words, Su Quan continued: "I don't feel wronged to kill the enemy and reward me, but these two pioneers killed 1,200 people, 800 wounded, 1,000 seriously wounded, and 2,000 lightly wounded in three days. If you continue like this, the next time you want to personally lead your troops out of the valley, I'm afraid you can only take one battalion of the personal guard battalion with you. I can't even raise the consolation money for those brothers who died in battle and those who are disabled. ”

"You mean, we're running out of money?"

After listening to his words, Liu Xing finally understood: the Hunter Valley itself did not have a huge industry as a pillar, and all the expenses of the Red Turban Army during this period of time had been replenished and maintained by snatching them from the Jin soldiers.

And since the four generals of the Jin army led their troops to retreat into Wutai City, Yinshuke actually evacuated all the military villages within a radius of 200 miles near Wutai City, and transferred people and horses to Taiyuan to participate in the tragic siege battle, and the grain and grass were also withdrawn from Taiyuan at the same time.

As a result, the Red Turban Army attacked the city, and every time they rushed in, it was an empty walled city with no one and nothing.

In the past few days, in fact, Liu Xing has also been very clear that the Red Turban Army has fallen into a situation of sitting on the empty side......

Glancing back at Liu Xing again, Su Quan said: "It's not just that there is no money, but there is not much food and grass. Go, go, go, you can see with your own eyes how much military rations we have left. ”

Stopping suddenly, Liu Xing pulled him backhanded: "Stop, I don't look." The money and food will be handed over to you, and you will be responsible for all chores, and I will rest assured of you. Isn't there just no money and no food? I'll take the troops to rob and make up for you. ”

Looking back and looking at Liu Xing, Su Quan smiled bitterly: "Marshal, the grain and grass of the golden soldiers in Wutai City were burned by the brothers, and they were robbed of all that they could. Within a radius of 200 miles, there is no Golden Dog Military Village for you to rob, what do you give me to supplement? ”

Looking at Beishan, Liu Xing smiled coldly and said, "Can't Hedong grab it, can't Hebei grab it?" ”

Hearing this, Su Dong said in surprise: "What? Yuan, marshal, you want to lead the troops to Hebei to rob the village? ”

"What's the matter, can't you?" Sneering, Liu Xing looked at Su Quan again and said, "What is the main money and grain input of our army?" It's private salt, right? Didn't you say the day before yesterday that Shizui Town was occupied by a group of remnants of the Hui Libao and cut off the passage for our army to enter the salt? The master opened it first, and then rushed to Liu Yanzong's old man's Zhending Mansion. ”

"But, however, there are only less than a thousand troops left in the valley that can be driven by you, and all of them are horse troops. Do you want to take the horse army and the battalion of guards to attack the city and take the city? Su Dong still had a bitter face, and sighed lightly after speaking.

Hearing his words, Liu Xing also secretly complained in his heart: This Yang Yizhong and Yue Fei are fierce enough and good enough, but they have lost 4,000 combatable soldiers to the young master in just three days, which is too ruthless!

I don't know if Yue Fei's brilliant achievements recorded in later generations are also made by the end of the day.

If it was simply a human head to pile up the battle exploits, then at least Yue Fei was not really so good that no one could compare. At least the master himself went out, so he didn't have to die so many people.

Now there are less than 1,000 cavalry left, and there are only 1,500 people in the battalion of the master's personal guard. How can this make the master go to attack the city and grab money and grain to supplement the deficit in the valley?

If you want to fight and have no soldiers, you will mourn it greatly! Liu Xing thought of this, and his head suddenly flashed into his head: he didn't have much control over the use of troops externally, so why didn't the master collect the money that was scattered internally?

Thinking of this, Liu Xingmeng raised his head and said to Su Quan: "Pass on my handsome order, all the one-story houses facing the street in the forty surrounding buildings on Xizhi First Street will be changed to shops for sale. Remember that they only sell and do not rent, and are billed at one tael of silver per zhang, and those four hundred and eighty storefronts can raise at least more than two thousand eight hundred ingots of silver for the Marshal's Mansion. ”

"Selling shop?" Hearing this, Su Quan's eyes lit up: "Is the marshal going to really sell the property that originally belonged to the marshal's mansion to those brothers who have been rewarded in the army and the rich people from outside the valley?" ”

Nodding slightly, Liu Xing said: "Yes, let them own their own property, which can not only make them take root, but also pull those people with their property is very much our real heart." What's more, once these shops are opened, you can collect business taxes from them. It doesn't have to be high, a one-time tax, just do one of twenty. ”

Without waiting for Su Quan to speak again, Liu Xing continued: "In addition, the forty-five walled buildings on Xizhi Erdao Street that will be completed soon, and the first-floor pavement can be pre-sold. In addition to the houses near the towers on the four corners, other houses are also pre-sold, and those who come in from outside the valley are allowed to pre-sell, and the price is positioned at three zhang and one tael of silver. and told them that they were allowed to sublet whether it was a shop or a residence, and the marshal's mansion would no longer be inquired about. ”

There are at least 1,800 houses in the 45 walled buildings on Xizhi Erdao Street, which will be completed soon, and Liu Xing is thinking that as long as he sells them, he can get back 3 or 4,000 ingots of silver. With the addition of the shop, how can more than 6,000 ingots of silver be raised as rewards and military expenses for the next battle.

Su Quan obviously settled the accounts faster than Liu Xing, and after he heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Hehe, in this way, not to mention the input of 6,400 ingots of silver, it is enough for the marshal to capture a few more walled cities and use them as rewards." ”

When Su Quan laughed, Liu Xing suddenly thought of one thing: that is, many people who had newly entered the Hunter Valley would definitely not be as good as the Red Turban Army soldiers in terms of money and relationships.

People with connections and rights compete for property and monopolies with civilians, and that kind of thing happens in later generations. As a result, there was a lot of public discontent, forcing the authorities to strike hard.

Rather than waiting to be forced to crack down on real estate and property monopoly, it is better to take precautions and set a rule for him first, so that those who have money and power in the Red Turban Army have no chance to become "Uncle Fang".

Thinking of this, Liu Xing's face sank and said: "But at the same time, I have to issue an order, every brother who can fight in the army, regardless of his official position, is limited to buying one house and one shop." Who dares to give me the opportunity to be a house overlord when the master lets go of the industry and buys himself, his property is all confiscated, and those who have official positions are directly demoted to your craftsman camp, and they are never allowed to be officials again.

In addition, when subleasing a house, the rental price is set by the Marshal's Office as a guide price. Anyone who dares to rent out a house beyond the guide price will be fined ten times the amount of the fine. If the order is violated twice, the house will be confiscated. This guide price is initially set at one-twentieth of the homeowner's purchase price. That is to say, the house shall not be rented more than one tael a year, and the shop shall not be rented more than three taels a year. ”

Su Quan wanted to speak when he heard this, but Liu Xingyi waved his hand to stop him and continued: "For those who don't have much money in hand but want to buy a property, they can be allowed to pay 30% of the amount of the shop and house in advance. The remaining seventy percent will be repaid in 20 years with property pledge and three points of interest.

For those who want to open a shop and lack funds, you can make a silver number for the yamen and Wang Mingde's transfer yamen. It is responsible for lending them money, supporting them to open shops, and at the same time collecting official loans with a maximum interest rate of no more than five cents. But keep in mind that the official loan must form a certain safe proportion to the borrower's assets. ”