The supplies, money and grain obtained on Dachen Island had already been transported to Gurong Village that night.

Four boxes of silver were placed in the courtyard where the two of them were staying.

After a rough estimate, if it is more than 65,000 taels, it will be converted into at least 130,000 taels.

In addition, there are 4,000 stone of grain and 80,000 catties of wrought iron that are not ordnance.

"One hundred guards, each person will be rewarded with a subsidy of one or two for going to sea, a subsidy of one or two for the backbone, and one or two for duty (guards). One hundred townsmen, there are subsidies for going to sea and backbone subsidies, but there is no duty allowance. Li Luo said.

Cui Xiuning wrote it down on a piece of paper: "The first and smallest items of military salary are five hundred taels." ”

Li Luo continued: "Five hundred newly enlisted Jurchens are strong, and each person will receive a subsidy of one or two for going to sea. ”

"Seven hundred field battalions, each person will be rewarded with a combat subsidy of one or two. plus one or two for those who have been caught. ”

"The Jurchen immigrants who came with us will receive a one-time subsidy of one tael per person for settling in and one stone for rations."

Cui Xiuning breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Okay! My heart beats as I have said, and this is the end of the reward. I'll go, this big item will cost more than 1,800 stone of food and 4,500 taels of silver! ”

No way!

Li Luo himself was also taken aback, this alone cost nearly half of the grain and a dozen of the silver!

originally thought that he could make a windfall and spend money willfully.

Who knows, you still have to be careful to make it!

Li Luo's voice lowered, "Grain, according to each person's bucket." The salaries of managers at all levels of the company are 15 taels per quarter for managers, 12 taels for deputy managers, 6 taels for directors and 2 taels for employees.

The head of the security regiment is twenty taels per quarter, the chief of the regiment supervisor and planner is eighteen taels, and the deputy of the regiment is sixteen taels. Ten taels of joint chiefs... Captain Six Two...... Private one or two. ”

According to the company's establishment of more than a dozen division chiefs and more than 100 staff, and the security regiment 1,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 8,000 taels of salaries and salaries are required a year.

If the plan of setting up three security regiments within a year is to be realized, then the budget for salaries and salaries will soar to more than 20,000 taels this year!

Cui Xiuning nodded while recording: "The salary expenditure is quite reasonable, and the grain distribution is no problem." What about iron? ”

Li Luo said: "The immigrants have brought farm tools, so they don't need to make farm tools, but they save a lot of iron. 80,000 catties of iron... 60,000 catties were used to make armor, and 20,000 catties were used to make knives, guns and arrows. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Haven't you always wanted to make firearms? Don't leave a little iron? ”

Li Luo smiled bitterly: "I want to make firearms in my dreams." But now you can't touch it. Without the backing of an army of 20,000 or 30,000, firearms cannot be built. For now, let's try to get cold weapons. ”

FirearmsIn fact, the Yuan army has begun to equip them. It's just that the Yuan army is equipped with the first generation of firearms, and the performance is very poor, which is far from enough to replace cold weapons.

What Li Luo and Cui Xiuning want to build is a modern firearm. Of course, this mainly depends on Cui Xiuning. Without her knowledge of the criminal gang's homemade guns and explosives (modern firearms), Li Luo would not have expected to make modern firearms at all.

If modern firearms are available now, the risks are too great, and there are too many uncertainties.

Once the Yuan army also mastered modern firearms, what would be the consequences?

This thing can only be manufactured on a large scale when the power has developed to a certain stage, the internal control is highly strengthened, and the entire system is working well.

Once it is taken out and used in large quantities, it must establish an advantage in the short term and not give the enemy enough time to imitate and turn the tables.

Therefore, Li Luo could only study firearms by himself behind closed doors with Cui Xiuning, and just get the samples out first.

This matter, for the time being, can only be kept secret in Lijiawu Fort. Find a few highly reliable craftsmen, set up a project team that two people personally manage, and work slowly.

"Other expenditures, such as shipbuilding and water conservancy, are not easy to budget, so put them aside. In short, there will be enough money for a year. Now let's talk about the goal plan, you talk about it first. Li Luo changed the topic and didn't want to talk about budget allocation anymore.

Cui Xiuning thought for a while and said, "According to the budget, our goal in a year should be planned like this. The first is the number of immigrants.

There were more than 3,600 immigrants who came first, and we brought more than 1,800 this time, adding up to more than 5,500 people on the island. I mean, more than 10,000 more immigrants in a year, bringing the total number of immigrants to 20,000.

Only more than 20,000 high-quality immigrants can provide 3,000 troops in a year as planned.

The number of tuntian fields to be cleared is 50,000 mu this year.

Let's talk about taxes. There is no hope for this year's summer grain, it is too late, and you can only count on the autumn grain. Autumn grain will be sown in June, and now we must rush to open up wasteland and live in water conservancy. There are more than 5,000 people, and the average per capita planting is more than two acres.

That is, more than 10,000 acres of fields can harvest autumn grain. The land here is very fertile and easy to irrigate, and I estimate that at least two or three stones can be harvested per acre of land. That's nearly 30,000 stones, maybe more.

With nearly 30,000 stone of summer grain, how much should be taxed? We need to maintain order, law and order, defend against rebellion, provide public services, and it is appropriate to pay 20% of the tax. That is the field tax of five or six thousand stone grain, which is equivalent to five or six thousand taels of silver. ”

Cui Xiuning said this in one breath and waited for Li Luo to digest it.

After a while, Li Luo spoke.

"The target for the number of immigrants is OK, and the target for the number of land reclamation is OK, which are both more realistic and feasible plans. But according to the 20% field tax, today we can only have five or six thousand stone of grain income. ”

Cui Xiuning nodded: "The field tax revenue will be at most 6,000 stone grain this year, and it will only be possible if the wind and rain are smooth." Want more unless you raise the tax rate, but I'm not in favor of that. ”

Li Luo frowned, "I don't want to raise the tax rate either, it's a short-sighted behavior that only focuses on immediate interests." But this year, I can only receive 6,000 stone of grain, which is a big loss. ”

Cui Xiuning smiled: "If you want to raise soldiers, how can you not lose money?" Do you think this is really business? However, the autumn grain tax is only the big one, not all the income. ”

Li Luo nodded: "There is also the autumn silkworm tax, how much is estimated?" ”

Cui Xiuning said: "I inquired in the afternoon. For decades, there have been Han immigrants here, although they were all killed, but the mulberry forest left behind is still there, accumulated over the years, more than 1,000 acres. It's really the predecessors who planted the trees and the later people who enjoyed the shade.

More than 1,000 acres of mulberry forest, even if it is an autumn silkworm, it can produce 2,000 stone cocoons, right? ”

Li Luo groaned and said, "Yes." Looks like you've asked the villagers. ”

Regarding the data, Cui Xiuning has always been conservative and rigorous, and the numbers she said will not be bad.

"Even if it is two thousand stone cocoons, we can collect four hundred stone silkworm taxes. Now one stone cocoon and two taels of silver are eight hundred taels. ”

"Then there's the fishing tax. According to the current population, a maximum of 3,500 taels of fishing tax will be collected this year, and no more can be collected. ”

Li Luo did the math, "According to your data, our agricultural tax revenue this year is more than 7,000 taels. Hey, if you had migrated a few months earlier and caught up with spring ploughing, it would have doubled. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Don't be too greedy, there are so many agricultural taxes on the island this year." ”

"Agricultural tax, you still missed one item. Because I'm going to pay taxes to the students. Li Luo smiled.

Cui Xiuning said: "It's not impossible. However, Shengfan is mainly hunting and gathering, supplemented by only planting some upland rice, and does not use metal currency, what can be levied? Fur and prey? ”

Li Luo smiled: "Fur and prey are one, and the other is a big tree. If we want to build ships, we need large materials suitable for shipbuilding. ”

Cui Xiuning shook his head: "It's really yours." It seems that only those who are willing to pay taxes can live. ”

"The police are smart." Li Luo said lightly, "Those who are obedient to pay taxes and abide by the rules can survive." Those who do not pay taxes and are disobedient will all die. ”

Cui Xiuning raised his fingers: "Even if there are only 10,000 people willing to pay taxes." On average, one animal skin per person this year is 10,000, which is about 2,000 taels of silver.

Five stones of wood per person is 50,000 stones, and four ships of 500 tons can be built, and the value of wood is more than 2,000 taels of silver. ”

Li Luo said with a smile: "So, at least some agricultural taxes must be added." ”