The issue of five million taels of bonds and the expansion of shares in the four seas trade to the private sector were thus decided, Gao Yuan took the trouble to repeatedly tell the two of them some of the key points, and the two people who were originally full of sorrow said with a smile in a moment, and the two money bags couldn't wait to immediately give up their hands and leave, eager to start doing this matter immediately, and the next highlight was the expansion of the army, and the two didn't care how much it expanded, with this silver in hand, there would be no large-scale war, There is definitely no problem in supporting it for two or three years, not to mention, as time goes by, the area under the jurisdiction of Zhengdong Mansion will also begin to turn losses into profits, in short, one qiē and one qiē will slowly get better.

The two left, and Gao Yuan did not stop them, and set his eyes on Zheng Jun, the county guard of Liaoxi County, and Wu Ci'an, the county guard of Hejian County. The two glanced at each other first, Wu Ci'an made a gesture, Zheng Jun smiled, knowing that this was Wu Ci'an's humility, speaking of which, Liaoxi is the foundation of Gao Yuan's beginnings, and his qualifications are much deeper than Wu Ci'an.

He stood up, first bowed his hand to everyone, turned his head, and said to Gao Yuan: "Governor, in the past two years, Liaoxi has adhered to the policy formulated by the Governor and the Zhengdong Mansion, and has worked as one, and finally achieved a slight effect, and now there are more than 850,000 people in Liaoxi, an increase of 200,000 people compared with two years ago, and the estimated financial revenue this year should exceed 1 million taels after the autumn. ”

"Great!" Gao Wu high-fived and sighed, "In the past, when Liaoxi was in the hands of Zhang Junshou, Yin ate grain every year, and the annual income was only three or four hundred thousand taels. ”

"Don't dare, if there is no governor, no expedition to the Eastern Mansion, no expedition to the Eastern Army, even if I Zheng Jun has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to do this." Although humble. But Zheng Jun still couldn't hide his smugness, and glanced at Wu Ci'an.

Wu Ci'an stood up with a smile and owed a debt, "Hejian is a little different from Liaoxi, in the past history, Hejian is stronger than Liaoxi in terms of population and wealth, and Yan Yizheng handed over to me a complete Hejian, so the changes in Hejian in the past two years have not been big." This year's tax revenue is estimated to be more than two million taels of silver. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Zheng Jun was surprised, but even Yan Shenghao was also surprised, knowing that when he was in power in Hejian, his annual income was only one million taels.

"Wu Junshou, how did you do this?" Wu Ci'an is a square gentleman, and no one present will suspect that he lied about the numbers in order to be angry with Zheng Jun, you know, he is the queen of autumn. At the end of the year, this will be cashed out, and if it can't be taken out by that time or the gap is too large, it will be necessary to bear the responsibility of the government.

"First of all, there is the issue of land." Wu Ci'an smiled: "In the river." In fact, the situation of land annexation is extremely strict, the vast majority of the people do not have land, and the land is concentrated in the hands of a few people. Speaking of this, he glanced at Yan Shenghao. Yan Shenghao couldn't help coughing dryly.

Seeing this scene, Gao Yuan smiled and said: "When Yan Yizheng entered my Zhengdong Mansion, he gave all the fields under the name of the Yan family to Zhengdong Mansion. Our strict discussion of politics can be regarded as a clean house, Lao Wu, you have made such money in two years, you won't engage in any crooked ways, right? ”

"The eyes of the Governor are above, where do I dare to engage in crooked ways?" Wu Ci'an said with a smile, "Baokang, Yingkou and other places, after the field was divided into households, the local people were enthusiastic, and what they got that year was more than double that of previous years, and those squires who lost their land naturally couldn't sit on the empty side, and the silver that was compensated to them always had to find a way out, so most of them took this silver into the shares of the four seas trade, and some of them relied on their original connections to do business, and the silver was no longer buried in the cellar at home, and flowed, and as long as the silver money moved, we could collect taxes." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Baokang, Yingkou and other places were affected by the war that year, so it is easier to implement the division of fields into households, but it is not easy in other places in Hejian County, what method did you use?" ”

Wu Ci'an smiled embarrassedly, "I'm a rumor." ”

"Rumors?" Everyone present was greatly surprised, looking at Wu Ci'an, not knowing why.

"I arranged manpower to go down to the tenants, advocating that in Jishi County, Dayan County and other places, Zhengdong Mansion will divide the land to households for free, as long as you are willing to settle down, as long as you go, you will be given 100 acres of land, although it is raw land, but as long as you manage it well for a few years, it will be your own property."

Gao Yuan laughed, "You're not afraid that the people of Hejian County will run out?" ”

"Fear is naturally afraid, but what I am more afraid of is those gentry who own a lot of land. This rumor, oh, in fact, is not a rumor, this thing is true, a large number of tenants are ready to set off with their families, as soon as these people leave, a large number of fields will be abandoned, the price of the fields in Hejian County, as soon as a few days fall, the county guard will come to the door again, soft and hard, and then press down the price, so they will buy it from them, and then change hands to increase the price, and sell it to the original tenants. ”

"You're making money at both ends!" Gao Yuan shook his head and smiled. "But most of the original tenants are poor, can they afford it?"

"Naturally, they can't afford it, so the county government still gives them credit, agreeing to pay off all the arrears within three years, and if they can't pay it back, the county government has the right to take back the land and sell it again. In addition to getting up early and greedy in the fields to find a fight, it is in this winter that they have also given up their consistent cat winter habits, and they have come out to find work one by one, and the county government has also launched some road construction and water conservancy projects in the agricultural slack season in due course, and the people come out to work, and the county government only provides food, and their wages are counted as their money to buy fields, so in fact, we have not spent much. I did a lot of things. ”

"This method, Wu Junshou is worthy of being a person who has read the book thoroughly, and he can actually come up with such a method." Jiang Jiaquan stroked his palms and sighed, "When it comes to these specific herdsmen's methods, I am really not as good as Your Excellency." ”

Wu Ci'an hurriedly stood up, "Jiang Yizheng is too modest, the politics is from a commanding height, and there are ravines in his chest, how can he be compared with the lower officials." We build water conservancy and build roads, but also for the benefit of the people, water conservancy can be conducive to the cultivation of the people, roads are conducive to travel and the development of commerce, and the money obtained by the sale of land by the gentry, with a little guidance from the county government, has flowed into commerce, and a large part of them have joined the trade of the four seas. ”

"Those tenants who are going to come to Jishi County and Dayan County to divide the fields, are they willing to give up the 100 acres of land that don't cost money and use the money to buy your land?" Yan Shenghao asked.

"It's the hardest thing to leave your hometown!" Wu Ci'an smiled: "If they can still live, who wants to leave their hometown and go to a strange place, so there are not many people who are really lost, and the price we sell to them is really fair." ”

"Wu Jun Shou is smart!" Zheng Jun sighed and said: "I am not as good as you." ”

"Zheng Junshou must not say that, Hejian and Liaoxi are originally different, the so-called three miles are not customary, and ten miles are not the same sound, not to mention Liaoxi and Hejian?" Wu Ci'an said.

Gao Yuan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, the two county guards, killing pigs and tails, each has its own way of killing, both of them are capable officials of my expedition to the Eastern Mansion, Gao Yuan is fortunate to have the help of the two, thank you here." He stood up and bowed solemnly to the two of them. The two hurriedly returned the salute and didn't dare to say anything.

Looking at Gao Yuan saluting the two, Wu Kai on the side couldn't help but say a little sourly: "Compared to the two, my Jishi County is far behind, I'm afraid I still won't be able to break even this year, and I have to subsidize part of the government, I'm very ashamed!" ”

Listening to Wu Kai's words, the people in the council hall couldn't help laughing, Jishi County is different from Liaoxi and Hejian, this newly built county accepts all displaced people, retired disabled military households and Huns who come to vote, the tax is not only very low, but a large part of it is no tax, according to the original promise, three years later, can collect taxes from these people who have been allocated to the fields, and this year, it has just reached the third year, although it can start to collect taxes, but the tax amount is very low, but because Jishi City has now become the political center of Zhengdong Prefecture, Commerce is extremely developed, and the commercial tax collected is very considerable. But compared to the above two counties, it is naturally a little inferior.

"Wu Junshou doesn't need to smash the vinegar jar, I dare to guarantee that in less than three years, the income of your Jishi County will inevitably exceed that of Hejian Liaoxi." Jiang Jiaquan said with a smile: "Okay, you can get five million taels from the issuance of bonds, and the four seas trade protects the large share capital, although I don't know how much income I can make, but hundreds of thousands of taels are always expected, this money is enough to support our financial expenditure for two years, and at the end of the year, Hejian, Liaoxi, and Jishi have more than three million taels of income, and our life is much better." Governor, the problem of money is solved, then we will discuss the most important issue of the day, the expansion of the army. The army is the foundation of the conquest of the eastern province, without a strong army, we will not be able to stay at anything, the governor, the expansion of the army, on the basis of the existing four field army groups or the formation of a new army? ”

As soon as they heard Jiang Jiaquan say this, He Lanxiong, Ye Chong, and Ye Zhen all pricked up their ears and looked at Gao Yuan a little nervously, this matter has a lot to do with them, especially Ye Chong and Ye Zhen, both of them are top-heavy now, and their subordinates are not strong enough.

Gao Yuan smiled and shook his head, "The four field group armies, if they are fully established, each group army will exceed 60,000 people, and if you add auxiliary troops, there will be 70,000 to 80,000 people at that time, which is enough." So, I'm going to train a new army. ”

Hearing Gao Yuan say this, He Lanxiong, Ye Chong, and Ye Zhen couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but fortunately, the benefits did not fall to the other three, and they were also calm.

"I am ready to abolish my personal guard battalion and reorganize the Young Guards." Gao Yuan looked at everyone, "This army is under my personal command, and at the same time, it is also used as a mobile force for the Eastern Army. This army was divided into two infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions. Each division was approved for 5,000 men, four divisions, 20,000 men. (To be continued......)