In the past six months, Yuan Shu can be said to have dug up a lot of corners in the three states north of Yangzhou.

Combined, these three states have a population of more than 2 million people. To the rest of the world, these homeless people and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans looked like a bunch of burdens, or a large piece of cake that could not be swallowed and could be easily stripped to death.

But in the eyes of the powerful Yuan Shu, it was a gluttonous feast. Originally, this feast in history was skillfully swallowed by Cao Cao, although it was a little indigestion, but it still achieved the foundation of Cao Cao's hegemony, and now Yuan Shu picked peaches in advance.

Tian Feng didn't know what Yuan Shu was thinking carefully, and continued: "In the past six months, a total of more than 8 million yuan in taxes have been collected, but the growth rate is very fast every month, and there are 3 million yuan in taxes this month. But! ”

Hearing these two words, Yuan Shu suddenly had some bad premonitions.

Sure enough, Tian Feng raised his head and glared at Yuan Shu angrily: "Because of the various policies issued by the lord and the arrangements for displaced people, I have spent a total of more than 300 million yuan in Yangzhou in the past six months!" My Yangzhou's treasury, plus the lord's father-in-law from the Yuan family, has a total of more than 700 million yuan, and now nearly half of it has been consumed! ”

Looking at Tian Feng's angry expression, Yuan Shu's ass moved back slightly, and his face showed a weak expression.

I was very satisfied with the results of the crazy construction in half a year, but I didn't expect to spend so much money, and I went a little too far.

In addition to the more than 200 million yuan spent in Yangzhou, in addition to buying people and grain, cattle and horses in various places, the remaining nearly 100 million yuan was spent in Yangzhou.

Now the people of Yangzhou are a little rich, and on average, each person can have eight or nine times, so that Yuan Shu has to raise the salaries of soldiers and officials again. This is also where Tian Feng is even more resentful.

"Moreover, in addition to the huge amount of money consumed by the lord to buy supplies abroad, it now costs about five million yuan per month to maintain the army, officials, and people's livelihood. 150,000 soldiers, an average of three per person per month, and a month's expenditure is nearly 800,000 yuan not counting food! ”

That is to say, until now, the Yangzhou government under Yuan Shu's management is still in a state of tax loss, but Yuan Shu estimates that it should be able to maintain a balance in half a year at most.

I can't complain that Tian Feng has a stinky face all day long, Yuan Shu spends money so lavishly, and he spends nearly 400 million yuan in half a year, and everyone is afraid of it. Tian Feng was very worried that if this continued, Yuan Shu would die of poverty in half a year.

Yuan Shu saw that Tian Feng didn't make a sound after saying this, and kept looking at himself with resentment, and his heart was even more empty.

coughed lightly: "Yuan Hao, let's talk about the harvest." ”

Tian Feng retracted his gaze at this time: "The lord has spent more than 200 million yuan outside, and the harvest is also extremely obvious. In the past six months, a total of about 70,000 head of cultivated cattle, 40,000 good horses, 50,000 bad horses, 70 million stone of grain, and a number of other materials have been purchased. There are also about 20,000 craftsmen. ”

"Now I have about 60,000 craftsmen in Jiangdong, 14,000 officials, 12,000 stone of grain, and 100,000 cattle. There are hundreds of large and small farms, including more than one million, more than two million ducks and more than 200,000 pigs. ”

Speaking of this, Tian Feng couldn't help but be a little shocked. If it weren't for the fact that I had checked it many times, it would be hard to imagine that Yangzhou is so rich now.

And Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief at this time, so much money was sprinkled, if he didn't even have some results, Tian Feng would probably kill himself.

In addition, nearly 1,000 water conservancy projects have been built, and tens of thousands of projects have benefited the people. The main transportation routes in the four northern counties have also been completely repaired, and only the main roads have been repaired in the two southern counties. ”

"The new laws and taxes have also been preliminarily improved, and the arrangements for the examination of officials are also smooth. Hospitals, canteens, cloth villages and other facilities have also tended to be improved. The school is also on the right track because of the many books provided by the lord. ”

Speaking of this, Tian Feng's tone paused slightly, and he took a deep breath and said the big head of his summary.

"In the end, I now have more than 9 million hectares of cultivated land in Yangzhou, and nearly 5 million hectares have been reclaimed in the past six months. Of these, about 5 million hectares are in the hands of the common people and 1 million hectares in the hands of the families. The remaining more than 3 million acres were used by the lord to build large farms, and the reservists and displaced people from the counties were used for farming. ”

A trace of excitement flashed in Tian Feng's eyes: "It can be said that now the people of my Yangzhou are not worried about the lack of arable land at all." ”

A string of data came out of Tian Feng's mouth, and everyone in the audience was shocked. They also know that Yangzhou is very rich now, but they didn't expect it to be so rich!

Yuan Shu was not surprised, he had already provided so much help, and with the simplicity of the people in this era, such results did not surprise Yuan Shu.

"How is the Maison now?"

Yuan Shu asked another question that he was most concerned about.

"Because of the thunderous action of the previous lord, these families did not dare to act too rashly. However, he still took advantage of this time to snatch a lot of benefits. ”

"Feng made a preliminary estimate that although they lost tens of thousands of black households, they also successfully reclaimed more than 300,000 acres of fertile land, and about 10% of the money spent by the lord in Yangzhou went into the pockets of these families."

Yuan Shu had long known that these families must have taken the opportunity to pick a lot of peaches, but such benefits were harmless, after all, he had dealt them a lot of blows during this time. Yuan Shu didn't care about these either.

"Are there any people under them who are starting to focus on business investment?"

Tian Feng nodded: "Under the various policies of the lord, the treatment of being a businessman in Yangzhou is really too generous. One by one, these families have frantically seized the market in Yangzhou, and the entire Yangzhou three-percent transaction is secretly dominated by these families. Lord, do I want to limit it? ”

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Yuan Shu deprived the family of many benefits, so naturally he had to give something as compensation. And this business is one of the concessions made by Yuan Shu.

"There is no need to restrict, but we must improve the law and increase the intensity of inspections. As long as there is no collusion between officials and businessmen and unfair competition, it is fine. In particular, on the issue of collusion between officials and businessmen, Yuan Hao should pay attention to the fact that people of the same clan must be prohibited from doing business in the areas under the management of officials. Competition and suppression among them are allowed, but there must be no unfair competition. ”

"In addition, two more decrees will be issued."

"First, from this day onwards, all the newly cultivated land belongs to the government, and all land cannot be bought or sold unless it is sold to the government, and the government is not allowed to sell the land. However, if someone cultivates land, the government will give a certain monetary reward, and it can be rented to the people for free for five years. ”

In other words, from now on, all newly cultivated land in Yangzhou will belong to the Yangzhou government in perpetuity, and others will only have the right to lease. The details of the specific rental, then you study it and hand it over to me for review. ”

"Second, the government allows and supports private individuals to set up factories, farms, and farms, and can provide certain loans and assistance according to the situation."

Now that the time is basically ripe, Yuan Shu is also ready to nationalize the land step by step and release the capital.