"Isn't that almost going to cost two families? Is it too much pressure on the people? Dong Yuan frowned.

Qin Youyu smiled slightly, and said: "No, now I have more than 4,000 soldiers under my command, I have investigated, Jiang Huai has more than 8,000 people, most of them are locals, we only need to issue notices in the counties of Hui'an Prefecture, saying that the original Shezhou soldiers can directly enter the military camp of Hui'an Prefecture, and there are pensions to take, those family members will definitely write to inform these soldiers, I expect that most of these soldiers will flee back, we can directly recruit, so that there are more than 10,000 people, and another 10,000 people can be called." ”

"Is Jiang Huai willing to take a break from this?" Luo Tai said in a deep voice.

"He overrecruited soldiers and took them away without authorization, although the court may have acquiesced to him, but after all, he violated the rules, and it is not good for him to make a big fuss."

"Sister Qin, there are 10,000 people left, I think we can try to choose among the new homeless." Sun Shaoqing suggested.

"Yes, it is also good for law and order to gather the displaced people, but this kind of training will need to test the ability of the generals."

Qin Quan said coldly: "General Qin, the remaining ten thousand people should be mine." ”

Qin Youyu nodded and said, "Yes, Lu Lang does plan to expand your city defense battalion by another army. ”

"That's fine, don't worry, General, I have my own way of taming them."

Qin Youyu clapped his hands and said, "The matter of the army is solved, but if you want to support this huge army, you still need financial support, I calculated that to raise 20,000 troops, it will take close to 150,000 taels of silver a year." ”

She looked at Sun Shaoqing and said, "Sister Sun, you can tell everyone about the financial situation." ”

Hearing Qin Youyu's question, Sun Shaoqing instantly regarded her as Lu Yuan, she sighed secretly and said:

"I checked the tax collection in Shezhou last autumn, and collected a total of 290,000 taels of taxes, and in the spring it was 310,000 taels, which means that there are about 600,000 taels of taxes a year, and the public funds we can keep are only 10%, that is, 60,000 taels."

"In other words, we are still short of nearly 90,000 taels, do you have any good ideas?" Qin Yu asked.

"We can make fake accounts!" Yuan Chi blurted out.

"How?" Qin Youyu smiled.

Yuan Chi pondered for a moment and said, "We can use our hands and feet on the commercial tax and cut 90,000 taels in it!" ”

"If we suddenly pay a lot less tax, the imperial court will inevitably perceive that this is contrary to the strategy we are secretly developing now." Zhang Dezhong, who had been listening silently, spoke out against it.

Yuan Chi nodded, his expression became a little cold, and he didn't speak again.

Sun Shaoqing pondered for a moment and said: "Then we can vigorously develop commerce, so that the commercial tax will inevitably increase, and we will keep the increased commercial tax and keep the tax amount unchanged on the books." ”

Zhang Dezhong smiled and said: "This is the reason why Lord Lu left Miss Sun behind, this method is feasible, and the old man will rectify the officials of other counties, I think they must have corrupted a lot of taxes." ”

Dong Yuan said happily: "Yes, this will not only be beneficial to the people, but also tens of thousands of taels of silver." ”

Qin Youyu smiled and said: "That's good, Lord Zhang and Lord Dong are responsible for rectifying the rule of officials, and the development of business is still handed over to my sister, and the accounting is handed over to Lord Yuan." ”

After a pause, she looked at Ji Yan and said: "Master Ji, the matter of learning will be handed over to you, what we will do in the future is very much in need of talents, and now we must train in advance, and we must also pay attention to the direction of training, don't help the court after completing the study, and go against us." ”

"The old man knows." Ji Yan said in a deep voice, he was a little silent today.

"General Qin, what should I do?" Zhan Yuan asked.

"Lord Zhan and Lord Hou are responsible for the security of Hui'an Mansion and the eight counties under its jurisdiction, as long as the law and order are good, it will be of great help to business."

"Yes." Zhan Yuan nodded with his hand.

Qin Youyu clapped his hands again and said: "Next, to discuss the last matter, I have investigated clearly, the name of the palace sent by the imperial court is Huo Wenliang, forty-eight years old, he was previously the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and at present, I only know that this person likes to write poetry, and the others are still under investigation, how do you think to deal with him?" ”

Qin Youyu saw that everyone else was frowning and pondering, but Zhang Dezhong smiled and asked, "Lord Zhang, doesn't he already have an idea?" ”

Zhang Dezhong glanced at Sun Shaoqing and said with a smile: "Not bad." ”

Qin Youyu's heart moved, and he said lightly: "Could it be that Huo Wenliang likes beauty?" ”

"General Qin has also heard of it?"

"That's not it, I saw you take a look at Sister Sun, so I guessed it."

Zhang Dezhong shook his head and smiled: "General Qin is so keen to observe, yes, I have indeed heard of this person, I heard that he often lingers in the song workshop in Jinling. ”

Sun Shaoqing said coldly: "Mr. Zhang, doesn't you want me to show my beauty in person?" ”

Zhang Dezhong smiled bitterly: "How dare the old man have such thoughts, it's just ......"

Sun Shaoqing snorted: "There is a person under me named Ping Hongsleeves, she may be able to take on this important responsibility." ”

Hearing the name of Ping Hongsleeve, Yuan Chi's heart tightened.

"It's okay, this matter will be handed over to Sister Sun."

"What if the beauty trick is useless?" Ji Yan asked in a deep voice, he always likes to consider the worst outcome.

Sun Shaoqing felt that he liked to dismantle his own platform, and glared at him.

Qin Quan said coldly: "Then we will directly control him, anyway, we will only need less than a year, and we should not be discovered in a short time." ”

"Not bad." Sun Shaoqing nodded in agreement, his eyes still staring at Ji Yan.

Sensing that there were faint signs of discord among the people, and some people didn't say a word, Qin Youyu sighed in his heart and said, "There are only a few things to discuss today, and everyone can go back." ”

After the assembly, Hou Kaishan walked out of the second hall in a daze, he really found it difficult to understand why Qin Youyu and Zhang Dezhong could still be so sensitive at the moment, and there was still a smile on their faces.

Since Lord Lu left, he felt dizzy in his head, thinking about everything half a beat slowly, he was born in the rivers and lakes, and he valued kindness and righteousness the most, Lu Yuan was as kind to him as a mountain, and every time he thought about it, he couldn't wait to fly to Jinling to save him.

It's a pity that his martial arts are low, and Qin Youyu didn't agree to his request to go with Lord Ma.

Back in the back house of the county government, the small figure that can always be seen on weekdays is no longer visible, she has been taken by Qin Youyu to live with her, and Hou Kaishan himself has to move out quickly, because this is about to become the residence of the new mansion Yin Huo Wenliang.

After looking in the house, Hou Kaishan found that his kid was not at home, this situation was very common, and he was not worried, he threw himself on the bed with a "snap", and he didn't take off his boots, so he fell asleep like this.

On the other side, Hou Yue heard that Chen Zhi was looking for him, so he was naturally ecstatic, and ran to the gate in a few steps, and after seeing the familiar figure, he was overjoyed: "Sister Zhi, why are you here?" ”

Chen Zhi brushed her hair and said softly, "Are you happy to see me?" ”

"Of course."

"Then why haven't you come to me all this time?"

Hou Yue smiled and said, "Isn't this busy? And my dad told me to go to the Eagle Claw Gate as little as possible. ”

Chen Zhi snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly: "Your father is a big official, so he looks down on the Eagle Claw Gate, doesn't he?" ”

Hou Yue hurriedly ran behind her, hammered her shoulder, and flattered: "How can it, it's all your father's fault, every time he calls my father over, he either asks him to stuff the Eagle Claw Gate disciples into the yamen, or eats with the merchants in the city, which makes my father afraid." ”

Chen Zhi said aggrievedly: "We just came here, so we naturally have to have a good relationship with the locals, and the reason why we defected to your father is not because he is an official here, so he can take care of us." ”

Seeing her demeanor like this, Hou Yue hurriedly reassured: "My old man is very stubborn, he only knows how to be loyal to Lord Lu, and he will not talk about personal feelings, if you have anything to do in the future, I will be promoted to the head catcher now!" ”

Chen Zhi smiled and said: "This is what you said, don't talk when you don't talk at that time?" ”

"That's nature!" Hou Yue's chest slapped loudly.

After a pause, he asked, "Sister Zhi, is there something you are looking for me?" ”

"Don't worry, I want to go into the mansion to have a look, can you take me in?"

"What's not to do then, come with me." As he spoke, he led the way before his head.

After walking a few steps on the road, Chen Zhi suddenly exclaimed, pointed in one direction and asked, "Isn't that Miss Cao?" ”

Hou Yue followed her finger and found a man and a woman, the man was Yuan Qing, and the woman was indeed Cao Yin.

He laughed, "yes, do you know her?" ”

Chen Zhi said in a low voice: "She came to my father to ask for a dart, and invited a few uncles to be bodyguards, and my father said that she was a local giant businessman, and I saw her so young at the time, so I was very impressed." ”

"Why are you still doing the dart game?" Hou Yue exclaimed.

"It's not that your father won't take care of us, for the sake of life, we naturally do everything." Chen Zhi snorted.

Hou Yue tugged at his chin with his hand, and suddenly asked, "Sister Zhi, have you lost your martial arts?" ”

"If you want to know, confirm it yourself." Chen Zhijiao said with a smile.