Li Ze's decision to carry forward the Yixing Society and regard the Yixing Society as one of the most important foundations for his development naturally came from what he had seen and heard in his previous life. However, in his previous life, such an organization was called a party, and he had seen the party's strong mobilization ability and strong ability to act, and he thought that these were things he could learn from.

Of course, in this era, it is still practiced that the gentleman is not a party, so he can do things well by changing his name and selling dog meat on the head of a sheep. Just like the four-sea trade that fished for shizi, it can actually be regarded as a loose party organization. But such an organization does not meet Li Ze's requirements. What Li Ze wants is a strong community organization that works together and everything revolves around a center.

"The economy of the three places is a game of chess." Li Ze said to Xia He, Yang Kai, Sun Lei and others. By the time the meeting arrived, the military personnel had already left, and the rest was economic. "Wuyi is the strongest now, although Xindu has suffered a military robbery this time, but the old foundation is still there, and it is easy to recover, plus the Yixing Society has been embedded, I believe that it will soon be able to regain its vitality, the most difficult thing is Shiyi, the foundation is too thin, and it is basically necessary to rebuild the economic order, Xia He, tell you about our family background now."

Xia He opened the account book in front of her, and a blush appeared on her face, now on her account, it can be said that it is a bumper harvest, since she took charge of the economy, she has never seen Gongzi's account so large. But think about the next expenses, these figures, I'm afraid it will be drastically reduced.

"Childe, we have gained a lot from this war against Texas." Xia He said: "The seized property has been put into the treasury, and there are two million yuan. Others, such as satin cloth and all kinds of utensils, are countless. ”

Hearing this number, Yang Kai and Sun Lei were both in good spirits.

"But our expenses are even greater, although we have won a great victory this time, but more than 500 soldiers were killed in the battle, according to the earlier pension policy, the pension cost of 100 yuan per person will be 50,000 yuan, and the disabled will be subsidized by 20 yuan, which will probably cost about 10,000 yuan."

"This money cannot be saved, and it must be disbursed as soon as possible and in a timely manner." Li Ze emphasized: "This is about our credibility, and it is also a point of great concern to all soldiers. Yang Kai, the supervisor in the Yixing Society, must keep an eye on the full amount of this money to be distributed to the relevant personnel, who dares to rub oil from it, severely punished, and will never be spared. ”

Yang Kai nodded yes.

"The cost of the bereavement pension is just a one-time expense, and it is nothing, and the real big part is the military spending." Xia He continued: "Childe, now we have 3,000 regular soldiers and horses, including 500 people in the guard battalion, 500 people in the Qianniu guard, and 2,000 people in the Liangqu infantry soldiers. Our current income is still mainly used for military construction, so half of it is used for military spending, so half of the two million guan is allocated for military spending, and this money, if there is no war, is enough for us to support us for 10 months. ”

The army has always been a money-burning machine, and there is a ten-month buffer, Li Ze is still greatly relieved, if there is no war against Texas this time, he will not be able to afford the cost of this army at all.

"The other million yuan will be spent on people's livelihood, and the biggest one is still on the cost of buying food." Xia He said: "High prices in, parity out, every month we lose tens of thousands of dollars in grain." This situation is expected to continue for more than a year, and after the autumn harvest this year, our situation will not be alleviated, but will be more serious because of the influx of displaced people in Texas, because by that time, these people are estimated to have no more food to bring, and this year has passed the spring plowing season, even if we organize replanting now, it is impossible to plant staple food. Therefore, it is estimated that the relief of grain will not really calm down until the year after next year, so in two years, we will continue to lose more than 200,000 yuan in grain. ”

"The expenses of Yixing Society and the governments of the three places need about 10,000 yuan per month, which is just a regular expenditure, and in case of abnormal circumstances, it will increase significantly, and it will take 100,000 yuan in a year."

Xia He ignored everyone's expressions, listed them one by one, and everyone heard that two million yuan, under Xia He's budget, in the blink of an eye, there was not much left, and the previous joy withered.

In the past, there was only one county in Wuyi, but only twenty or thirty thousand people, but now it has suddenly increased to three counties, more than 100,000 Dingkou, and there are more than 3,000 regular soldiers and horses

Li Ze smiled and said to Xia He: "The difficulties are out, let's talk about the favorable side, don't scare everyone." ”

"Yes, Childe." Xia He smiled, "What I just said is the problem we have to face, but with the influx of Texans, it also brings a lot of opportunities. Like our Wuyi county, land prices are soaring now, and housing prices are soaring. Many wealthy people in Texas who have migrated here are asking to buy houses, they don't want to live in ordinary mud houses, and now the housing prices in Wuyi have skyrocketed several times, and many local people in Wuyi have sold their houses and turned to buy those adobe houses to live in. Yang County order, there is still vacant land in the city, I think we can vigorously build some such houses. ”

Yang Kai nodded and said, "This is nature, it is already being built, not only in the city, but also outside the city." Including the Sindu side, they are also doing the same thing. ”

"The money that the Texans who migrated over are being spit out by the transactions of houses and land, and we are very profitable, and the common people will each get a certain ration field, but a big family like the Hou family will naturally not be satisfied with this bit of land, and it has become an inevitable thing to buy land from outside, so the price of land is also rising three times a day, Childe, the land on both sides of the river you renovated a year ago is now sold at a good price." Xia He said with a smile: "This is tens of thousands of acres of land, because it covers the fertile soil dug out of the river, and it is close to the river, and there is no risk of drought and flood after the river is stopped, the price of these tens of thousands of acres of land is as high as 20 per mu." ”

"When the river was renovated last year, I really didn't expect it to be sold for such a good price, but I just thought that the soldiers should be trained, and the river should be repaired so as not to harm the people, which is also an unexpected joy. In this way, the income from these lands is hundreds of thousands, which can be regarded as a purchase without capital! ”

Last year, it was the soldiers who were invested, and what was spent was the soldiers' strength and daily food. It can really be regarded as a no-brainer transaction.

"It's 750,000 in total." Xia He said: "Of course, not all of them have been sold yet, but only the Hou family has bought 5,000 acres of contiguous land, and they are really rich." ”

"The seven families in Texas are all rich people, rather than snatching them clean and making a hammer deal, it is better to get them over and let them continue to create value for us." Li Ze smiled and said authentically. "Now their money is still spit out?"

"The seven families are separated from Wuyi and Xindu." Xia He said: "Their arrival has indeed played a great role in stimulating the local economy, son, in the future, every time we lay down a land, we will move those rich families back, so that it will not take a few times, our Wuyi will be rich in the world." ”

Li Ze couldn't help laughing: "Wuyi is too small, our vision should be long-term and broader." Okay, you go on. ”

"Yes, Childe!" Xia He continued: "In addition to these, the soldiers we went out this time, including the black-clothed army brought by Tu Erye later, have also made a fortune, these people, most of them have got hundreds of pieces of property, and there are less than twenty or thirty times, whether it is money or goods, they will inevitably appear in the market, too many goods will lead to a drop in prices, I suggest that the government should buy a large number of these goods, and then sell them to the outside, from which you can earn a large amount of price difference." ”

Tu Hu said: "Yixingtang is already doing this, opening the door to buy these goods. However, what annoys Wang Mingyi is also doing the same thing, and his participation has made the price of goods rise a lot. ”

"Let him go, his eyes are red when he sees us rich." Li Ze laughed. "Now we all have a full understanding of our family background, the crisis is not small, but opportunities coexist, as long as we can deal with it properly, seize this opportunity, our strength, will be rapid development in a short period of time, a year later, that is, after next year's autumn harvest, we will completely stand firm, at that time, we will no longer be afraid of anyone."

Everyone nodded yes.

"Next, it is the time when we focus on internal affairs, now there are many rich people in Wuyi, but there are also many poor people, resettlement, pension, special attention should be paid to this group, all localities should encourage the cultivation of wasteland, but where the landless people reclaim the wasteland, no taxes will be collected within three years, and it can be owned by them privately after three years. However, all localities must pay attention to the registration of land, and we collect taxes based on acres of land, so we must put an end to things like hidden fields. ”

"Childe, what if there is a large-scale land annexation," Yang Kai asked.

"Don't worry, this can be limited on top of the policy. The more acres of land, the more taxes must be paid, and Yang Kai, we must limit the rent charged by the landlord to the tenant cannot exceed a certain limit, at most not more than fifty percent. At the same time, it is not allowed to transfer taxes to tenants, and we need to pass on these policies through Yixing Society, so that we can effectively curb land annexation. While Li Ze said this, he thought in his heart that once the Tang Dynasty started the melee period of the envoys, the population would continue to decrease significantly, and it would not be a matter of more people and less land, but a large amount of land would be uncultivated.