"These Yellow Turbans let them settle near Jinling. The cash-for-work method is still used, but this time most of the manpower will be used for the construction of Jinling Castle. ”

"There is no shortage of stone and wood near Jinling City, and it should be able to be built in half a year. Moreover, the surrounding land is fertile, and there is no shortage of water near the river, so millions of hectares of fertile land can be opened up at will, which is perfect in all aspects. ”

"Tian Feng, you are responsible for this matter. Send half of the craftsmen who are in charge of the construction of the house to build Jinling City for me. Remember, it must be large enough to accommodate more than a million people, and there are some requirements that I will write to you later. ”

"Shhh

Hearing Yuan Shu's words, the three of them all gasped.

"My lord, can accommodate more than a million people? Isn't this a bit too much? ”

Yuan Shu smiled: "Is it over?" Isn't it just the population of two Luoyang. Since we want to build a city, we must do it in one step. After all, before we can dominate the world, this will be our capital, so it will naturally be more atmospheric. ”

When the three of them heard that this place was about to be used as the capital before unification, they naturally withdrew their opinions.

At this time, Yuan Shu's heart began to liven up, and any underground tunnels and drainage holes had to be built in one step.

It is best to build a Xuanwu Lake like Nanjing, and wait until summer to go in and enjoy the coolness.

Thinking about it, Yuan Shu wandered again.

Seeing this scene, Tian Feng coughed lightly: "Lord, what about the Zhen family?" ”

Yuan Shu smiled mysteriously: "Since the Zhen family has come, then some things can begin." ”

Hearing this, everyone pricked up their ears.

After all, Yuan Shu once said that business is the bulk of future taxes, and although everyone didn't believe it, they were still curious about some of Yuan Shu's upcoming actions and policies.

"First of all, we in Yangzhou abolished all taxes except agricultural tax and poll tax, such as customs duties and money calculations."

As soon as these words fell, Tian Feng stood up: "The lord can't!" My Jiangdong tax revenue is already small, and if these taxes are abolished, how can we raise so many troops and maintain the normal operation of the government? ”

Yuan Shu sighed in his heart, knowing that these people would react in this way.

In fact, Yuan Shu originally wanted to remove the poll tax, but considering that Tian Feng was likely to admonish him to death, Yuan Shu decisively gave up this choice, take your time, anyway, there is no hurry.

As a result, these miscellaneous taxes, which could not bring much benefit, were also strongly opposed by Tian Feng.

"Yuan Hao, I understand your thoughts, but there is a give-and-take. These miscellaneous taxes are not a lot for us, less than 20% of the total tax revenue. The abolition of these miscellaneous taxes would attract more merchants to come, and they would bring more supplies. The money that can be circulated is the resource, and it is just a pile of scrap copper in the warehouse. The more businessmen, the more our wealth can really circulate, and only then can we produce greater wealth. And I'm not just going to abolish taxes, we're going to add a business tax, a transaction tax. ”

Tian Feng was silent after hearing this, he was not unaware of these things, but he had been taxed like this since ancient times, and Tian Feng couldn't accept Yuan Shu's changes for a while.

In ancient times, commerce and merchants were looked down upon, as unearning people who could not create resources.

Therefore, for these people, all the rulers subconsciously dislike it, and naturally collect as much commercial taxes as they can, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

Commercial taxes have been very harsh since the beginning of merchants, and all kinds of chaotic taxes have firmly bound merchants, making it difficult to guarantee their interests at all.

Although Tian Feng disagreed with this kind of thing, he couldn't think of how to refute Yuan Shu for a while, so he could only remain silent.

"Transaction tax?"

Guo Jia asked with some curiosity.

"That's right, abolish all miscellaneous taxes and only collect a transaction tax. That is, when the merchant has finished trading the goods, the merchant who sells the goods is taxed according to the transaction amount. The tax rate will be controlled at about 5% first, and it will be adjusted according to the goods traded, and the specific details will be handed over to Yuan Hao. ”

After hearing this, Tian Feng still said with some worry: "Lord, this method has not been practiced yet, should you be cautious, why don't you choose a city to test first?" ”

Yuan Shu waved his hand: "Yuan Hao doesn't need to say anything, just do it!" ”

Just kidding, this is a fact that has been drawn from countless historical practices.

The importance of merchants Yuan Shu knows better than anyone else, but after all, materials are relatively scarce in this era, unlike the general food and meat in later generations.

Yuan Shu still had to focus most of his energy on agriculture and animal husbandry, and commerce was only a supplement.

Yuan Shu's authority was absolute, Tian Feng stopped speaking after hearing this, and retreated from the team after being silent.

"By the way, Gongda, have you made any recent moves from those families?"

Xun You stood up: "My lord, although these families have a lot of complaints, they are generally quite honest. The lord ordered Yuan Si to slightly favor the Gu family and the Zhu family when appointing officials, which made the other families have a little dislike with these two families. However, recently, the Zhang family seems to have secretly made some changes, and some Shanyue people in Danyang County seem to be about to take action and have to take precautions. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shu instantly remembered another hidden danger in Yangzhou in addition to the family, Shanyue people.

These barbarians who hid in the mountains, refused to obey the king, and often came out to plunder and attack Han villages and cities, but there were some headaches in the history of Eastern Wu from beginning to end.

Now the Zhang family is hooking up with this group of Shanyue people, which is obviously not a good thing.

They should be in order to invade the city of Danyang and give themselves a dismount.

However, in the face of these Shanyue people who can't beat and run, hiding in the mountains, Yuan Shu is really helpless.

"Fengxiao, what is your good plan?"

Guo Jia pondered for a moment: "Lord, it is not difficult for these Shanyue people to defeat, but the difficult thing is to completely subdue them." ”

"Jia thinks that the Zhang family's collusion with the Shanyue people this time is not necessarily a bad thing, and we can just take the opportunity to solve most of the hidden dangers of the Shanyue people."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu's eyes lit up: "Oh? Bonghyo you continued. ”

"The purpose of these people is nothing more than Danyang County, why don't we use Danyang as bait to lure the army of Shanyue people here and catch them all."

"As long as these stalwarts of Shanyue are eliminated, then the remaining remnants of Shanyue will be easy to do."

Yuan Shu frowned: "But these Shanyue people are not stupid, there is a secret report from the Zhang family, as long as we mobilize the army, they will find out that it is abnormal." Moreover, the rest of the Shanyue people are hidden in the mountains, and they will inevitably find out and flee in advance when the army drives in, what should I do? ”

Guo Jia smiled mysteriously: "Others can't do anything about it, but you are different." Don't forget, your lord, you still have two trump cards under your hands! ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shu suddenly realized how he had forgotten about the trapped camp and the first to die!

These two are the elite of the elite, and they are even more invincible when combined.

One merit and one defense, combined with a hundred thousand troops, it is easy to do nothing.

Moreover, these two elites themselves are small in scale, and they are very hidden by Yuan Shu, so they will basically not be discovered by outsiders.

Even if they are transferred casually, they are not known, and there is basically nothing they can do to sneak into the mountains and attack the Shanyue people.

Thinking about those Shanyue people who are quite brute force, Yuan Shu is happy in his heart, it seems that there is no shortage of people who need to build roads and bridges by himself!