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4 Chapter Seventy

The new taxes will naturally be of great benefit to the common people.

It's just that the merchants looked at it, and suddenly their faces sank slightly.

According to what is written above, if they come to Star Seoul with goods in the future, they will have to pay taxes, 5.00% is not too much.

It's just that the accumulation of time is enough to make them feel distressed.

Especially what is written in it, for business in Xing Seoul, the tax is not low.

Some people don't even know that some of them have already quietly started doing business in Xing Seoul City.

Most people think that taking a few more trips directly with the goods is definitely very profitable.

It's just that only those who have taken root in Xing Seoul and started to make voices understand that doing voices in Xing Seoul is actually very profitable.

People in Xing Seoul City, they are all very rich now, who doesn't have any money in their hands?

In terms of spending, they are not too stingy.

Therefore, there are no non-profitable shops that do business here and are already on the right track.

But now that the tax comes out, they will have to pay a lot of money in the future.

It's just that it doesn't work if you don't pay, after all, you can make money here!Even if you pay taxes, you can still make a lot of money.

Thinking of this, all the merchants looked at each other, and then sighed.

Coming here pays a lot of taxes, but also makes a lot of money, and they have no other way.

It can't be because of this that you don't make money, right?

The people on the side were still cheering at this moment. The merchants looked at the notice carefully, then turned and left. They needed to learn more about the details of the tax.

Some other people also came to their senses and hurriedly applied for land.

Some people still feel that they have a piece of land in their hands, and their hearts will be more at ease.

Anyway, I still think about planting a few acres of land next year.

In particular, they heard that Xing Seoul City has recently developed a method of farming, which can make the crops in the fields better, and the grain income per mu of land can reach as much as [-] Dou.

Thinking about it this way, they wanted more land.

Some are unmoved.

They figured it out, as long as they worked hard for a year, they could earn much more money than farming.

With the money earned in a year, you can buy a few acres of food for yourself with just a little spending, so why bother to farm?

It's better to worry more and make more money.

This is the true thought in their hearts.

Everyone has different ideas. Some people feel that they can feel at ease when they have a piece of land in their hands.

Some people think, what is the role of land?

It's better to earn a little more money. Anyway, if you have money, you can also buy food.

Regarding the thoughts of these common people, Lu Chensheng did not intend to guide them.

It is good that some people want to farm the land, but it is bad if there are no people to farm the land.

Many people have already started thinking about getting a piece of land, and Li Daifu immediately got busy, and began to give these people various approvals.

The hot summer passed quickly, and then autumn began.

Bai Yi had already discussed with some soldiers how to march into the grassland.

At the beginning of autumn, a group of cavalry set off at night.

Dodge some of the people in Old Town to avoid detection.

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Cheng Zhou.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the palace seems to be somewhat frozen.

"It's just entered the autumn, and the disaster has not started yet?"

The emperor of Chengzhou Kingdom sat on the dragon chair, trembling with anger, threw down the memorial in his hand, and cursed angrily.

When the ministers below heard the words, they all bowed their heads and dared not speak.

They have read all the memorials in it, and the content in it makes them extremely helpless.

Due to the drought that occurred in many places this year, the fields planted by the people have already failed.

But even if there is no harvest, some country gentry are not prepared to let these common people go, and directly start asking them to pay this year's tenant rent.

The common people have no way of life, especially this year.

"Your Majesty, the most urgent task now is to allocate funds!"

The Minister of Household Affairs on the side hesitated for a moment, and then said something.

"Appropriation?"

When the emperor above heard this, he immediately said angrily, "Do you have any money? Appropriate funds!"

The various floods in Da Cang Kingdom this year, when they arrived at Chengzhou Kingdom, they actually caused various droughts!

Thinking of this, he was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

They promised that if Zhou Kingdom had Da Cang Kingdom, half of the rainfall would not be like this!

When the minister of household affairs heard this, he immediately stopped talking.

It is true that there is no money, where did the money come from!

Some time ago, the palace collapsed in many places, and all kinds of precious wood were needed to restore it.

This was ordered by the emperor himself, and these timbers are not so easy to find.

In addition, the rest of the vassal kings are really nothing!

After Bai Yi left, he felt that there were not many generals who could fight in Cheng Zhou Kingdom, so he secretly joined forces to expand the army.

This kind of thing happened deliberately to let the emperor know.

The emperor knows, how can he not be worried, not in a hurry?

In desperation, he quickly began to expand the army.

All of a sudden, the Ministry of War became a gold-swallowing beast, asking for money in all kinds of ways!

Most of the money went into the other party's pocket, and the rest was just casually, spending a little there, spending a little here, there is still money there!

The Minister of Household Affairs was also helpless.

Those feudal kings made up their minds to deliberately play the emperor like this!

Otherwise, the other party secretly expanded their armaments, and all of them expanded at the same time, how could they let the emperor know all of a sudden?

The other party wants to drag down the strength of the imperial court!

Those feudal kings are all very rich!

Not to mention being rich, he still asks the court for money every year, and this year it is even more ruthless.

Originally, he had done some transactions with Xing Seoul in the past two years and made some money.

But no matter how much money you earn, you can't afford such expenses.

Now it's all right, the local drought and locust plagues, the people have no crops, how can the imperial court not take action to save them?

But no money!

The Minister of Household Affairs wanted to allocate funds, but after thinking about the money in the national treasury, he shut up again.

There is no money in the treasury, even if he wants to provide disaster relief, he has no money.

The rest of the ministers had no choice. Seeing that the ministers of the household department had nothing to eat, how could they dare to talk too much?

The emperor looked at the ministers below, seeing that none of the ministers below said a word, he was even more angry.

These things that are raised on weekdays are actually useless when it comes to critical times!

All of them are now dumb.

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"Are you all dumb? No idea?"

The emperor was also angry, looked at these people in front of him, and saw that none of them spoke, and their faces were full of anger.

The ministers looked at each other, then bowed their heads in silence.

On the other hand, the minister of the Ministry of Industry couldn't stand it, and raised his head and said.

"Your Majesty, with such an expansion of armaments this year, almost all the money in the treasury has been spent, and there is really nothing to do right now!"

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and they don't even have money, so how can they think of a way?

The emperor was also angry when he heard this.

"Don't expand your armaments and wait for those vassals to rebel? When they come to fight, it will be theirs even if there is more money!"

Listen, listen to what these words are!

What is such an expansion of armaments?Don't they know what those vassals are thinking?

They were already dissatisfied with the previous order to cut the feudal clan, and each of them was suffocating in their hearts.

Originally, with Bai Yi in charge, these guys couldn't beat them after thinking about it, so they simply calmed down.

But now, with Bai Yi gone, they felt that they could do it again.

The decree of cutting the feudal clan also requires strength.

He didn't think of this before, he just thought this strategy was too good, and then released it.

After arriving, Bai Yi was dismissed from the position of general, and then ran away with that man, and these vassal kings were ready to move.

These guys, after so many years, the territory they occupy has become a small country, and their families are unknowingly rich, and dozens of vassal kings have expanded their armaments together.

This is how much money the imperial court needs to spend to feel that they can hold on?

Hearing this, the minister of the Ministry of Industry's face became a little unnatural.

If you think about it carefully, the emperor certainly did nothing wrong, but the problem is.

Now that the money is all spent, and the vassal king hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, what should we do now?

And, that's not the most important thing.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced at the minister of the Ministry of War.

Minister of the Ministry of War came out, "Your Majesty, according to reports from our spies in the grassland, the Zanda clan has united with Jurchen, and is now preparing to go south. If the other party goes south this time, their strength may reach millions."

"Millions?"

When the ministers in the hall heard the words, they all gasped and panicked for a moment.

Everyone knows that the prairie cavalry are ferocious, but if their strength reaches millions, how can they fight?

Even at this moment, the emperor above heard this, and his face became extremely ugly in an instant.

"If the Zanda family goes south, and these vassal kings take advantage of the opportunity, then..."

This is what Shangshu of the Ministry of War was worried about. In fact, he wondered in his heart whether the vassal kings knew the news, so they started to set up troops.

By the way, let the imperial court also station troops.

Otherwise, the imperial court would be defeated easily, and they would have to deal with those Zanda clans at that time, which would be a bit of a waste of money.

"Is there a clever plan to deal with it?"

The emperor held his breath and asked in a concentrated voice.

"Your Majesty, the only way to unite the two countries is now, otherwise we may be hard to resist just relying on our inheritance of the Zhou Kingdom."