Pu Xingfeng also took out all his family funds. ”

On the stern of the battleship, Luo Fangren, Luo Fangli, Luo Fangxiao and others all gathered together, as well as the leaders of the other major families of Lan Fangguo, all gathered on Luo Fangren's flagship.

An overseas trade power like Lanfang can be regarded as a strong country in the use and construction of ships, although it has been helping the government military and naval divisions to build ships over the years, but its own ships are not few.

This expedition was the final decisive battle, and Lanfang and Sriwijaya and other countries also formed a coalition army, with more than 100 large and small ships and more than 10,000 personnel.

For two small countries, this is also an all-out effort.

But seeing the size of Pu Xingfeng's fleet and hearing those beast-like howls from afar, Luo Fangren's face also changed, and the faces of the rest of the people were similar.

"Are the adults of the government army sailors a little too anxious?" The leader of a small country said urgently: "Right now, it's just slowly boiling and depleting, the Pu Xingfeng Department is restricted and can't loot, and after ten years, their strength will definitely be exhausted, and it's not too late to make a move then." ”

"It seems that there is also a war in the Great Wei country, and the sailor may be in a hurry to transfer the main force back to China."

"Alas, Dawei has always been like this, only focusing on the country, and we will use it as a night pot for our Nanyang countries, take it out and use it when you use it, and stuff it under the bed when you don't use it!"

"Don't be so angry, this time His Royal Highness King Qin's sailor has been fighting in Nanyang for more than two years, and the officers and soldiers of the sailor have been killed and injured more than 10,000 people, can we still say such things?"

"I'm too anxious too......"

Everyone was speechless for a while, only looking at the fleet in the distance in a daze, there was a howl in the harbor all the time, and then the small boats swarmed out, followed by a large number of warships, and the ships were all celestial warriors with spears and scimitars.

"It's a big deal." Luo Fangren's face was calm and resolute, and he did not panic.

"It's going to work." Luo Fangren looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Liu Guanjun of the government army, who has been in charge of the army for many years, is not under the captain of the Great Wei in terms of status, since he is determined to fight, he believes that he has a chance." The reason why he didn't wait any longer was because he was afraid that Pu Xingfeng and the government army and sailors would fight guerrillas, and they would have to delay it for a few more years, and the battle would be fought because both sides thought they could win. Many people think that if they have to wait a little longer, it will delay time, and if they delay, something may happen! ”

"The prison is right."

"General Liu is a general with outstanding martial arts and wisdom, and Deng Wenjun next to him is a famous wise general, and their decisions will definitely not be wrong."

Everyone was talking, and while agreeing with Luo Fangren, they were also comforting themselves.

At this time, someone exclaimed: "Fleet, the main force of the government fleet is here!" ”

On the horizon, following the rays of the sun, a mast finally appeared, and more than a hundred ships appeared almost all together, followed by more fleets on the sea.

The sailors of various countries converged in Sriwijaya, and the main force of the naval divisions of the government army set off from the ports of various places in Lan Phong, met at sea, and finally completed the convergence for several days, and sailed to the port of Malacca.

The masts are like a forest, the ships are dense, and only those who are familiar with the family background of the military and naval divisions of the government know how many ships have come.

Luo Fangxiao said excitedly: "There are three 1,000-ton ships, 11 ships of more than 700 tons, 37 ships of more than 500 tons, more than 300 ships of more than 300 tons, 120,000 officers and soldiers of the main force of the naval division, nearly 50,000 sailors, and the main force of the naval division is all here!" ”

As he spoke, Luo Fangxiao almost lost his temper, and his two eyes were about to pop out.

His excitement is understandable, this person who came into service when the Eastern Domain was first developed, and has seen the sailors of the Eastern Domain develop from dozens of warships to the current point in a few years, it is strange not to be excited.

The most important thing is that the three thousand-ton giant ships were all built by the Eastern Domain itself, and they were completely built according to the huge ships of the Great Wei Dynasty when the sailors were in their heyday, and each of them was on each big ship

With more than 1,000 soldiers and dozens of artillery pieces, whether it is firepower or melee ability, it is completely crushing ordinary ships!

After the conquest of the Japanese army, the shogunate only used a small half of its financial resources for daily expenses, and most of its financial resources were used for fifty percent of the water division, two percent for the government army, and three percent for buying horses and raising horses! Xu Zixian's determination and will are really far beyond ordinary people, once he recognizes that something is worth doing, he will do his best!

By the 16th year, the shogunate's revenue for the entire fiscal year had exceeded 90 million yuan, and the Middle Eastern Domain alone had exceeded 40 million, and 50 million yuan came from the independently calculated Haiphong tax and the tax cards set up in Fujian Road, Jiangxi Road, Liangzhe Road, Liangguang, Jingnan, Jingbei and other places.

Under the auspices of the shogunate, the local miscellaneous taxes were largely abolished...... What kind of money is enough to bastard, and there is a dry bone tax, and the people have to collect taxes from the people when they raise cattle, which is simply unreasonable and humane. There is also river crossing money, completely nominal tribute money, as well as accompanying money, land money, salt money, cowhide money, shoe money, arbitrary collection of money, many taxes are unreasonable, that is, complete indulgence of officials to take advantage of the richness, in order to complete the financial quota issued by the center, as long as the central wealth is paid in full, how can the local officials urge and oppress the people, as long as there is no large-scale rebellion and popular uprising, then you can let it go.

Even if there is a popular uprising, the official is dismissed, and he is still a rich man when he returns home, and he can enjoy the money he has looted with peace of mind. Many famous corrupt officials in the history of the Great Wei Dynasty were dismissed from office at most, and there was once a certain Zhizhou who served in Leizhou, which made the local infanticide and child trafficking become a trend, and later provoked a civil uprising, and more than 10,000 people died.

With such leniency, Emperor Renzong got the word "benevolence", but under his rule, until now, the people have suffered undeservedly.

In this way, although the financial income of 100 million yuan of Dawei has been maintained, the people have paid at least several times the burden that should not be paid, which is really killing chickens and eggs, and Dawei's financial bankruptcy is because of such greed and short-sightedness!

The shogunate of the Qin Dynasty completely abolished these miscellaneous taxes, but only retained the sea taxes, which was a constraint on the maritime merchants, and it was also a common commitment of both sides.

The other is the tooth deed tax, which is a normal commercial tax, whether it is a factory or a commercial bank, it must be levied.

Then there is the land and house contract, the people need to go to the government to get the deed to pay taxes, this is the government to provide legal endorsement and services, and it is natural to collect taxes.

Zhengfu is the land and raw silk tax, which is the national tax is also collected as usual, as well as rice and other kinds, these are all reduced by three percent, as usual by sea to Jinhai, sent to the treasury of the three divisions, in the north is still resisting the Donghu and pacifying the special period of the Liukou, even if Xu Zixian has already controlled the south, there are hundreds of officials who have driven away more than six grades, the two governments can only acquiesce to the status quo, and the bottom line is that all roads in the south should normally transport the national endowment and various miscellaneous materials, and the shogunate has always guaranteed this.

But no one could have imagined that after the abolition of the excessive miscellaneous taxes, the shogunate's revenue not only did not decrease, but did not increase steadily, but increased dramatically!

In fact, it is also very simple, although Dawei encourages industry and commerce, it still has always regarded agriculture and mulberry as the foundation of the country, which is a fundamental cognitive problem that is difficult to reverse in a short period of time.

However, Xu Zixian knew that once the overseas business route was opened, it would not only be maritime merchants who would benefit, but also all related industries would have large-scale development.

After the sailors restrained Pu Xingfeng, eliminated the two thieves in Luzon, and directly controlled the Wa Kingdom and Luzon, and affected the countries such as Lanfang Srivijaya and Siam Chenla, the export volume of Great Wei's products recovered rapidly, and the economic aggregate of the people exploded, and the increase in the total economic volume meant the amount of taxes

With the increase in the total amount of taxes, coupled with the strict control of the officials, the wealth does not go into the private sector but into the state treasury, and a large increase in tax revenue is a matter of course, but it is a strange thing not to increase.

In addition to the deed tax, the shogunate also set up tax cards on the official roads and important checkpoints, and the general merchants were to pay the contract, and the merchants added donations, on the grounds that the government soldiers and soldiers levied and suppressed the rogues, and it was extremely expensive to go out to do the war, and the extermination of the rogues and bandits was also for the safety of the merchants.

Of course, this is an additional burden on the merchants, but it is always much better than looting the common people.

Moreover, the businessmen are also quite willing, just like when Xu Zixian set up a card in Nan'an Town to collect donations, as long as the safety of that area is protected and the Jiang bandits and bandits are exterminated, the businessmen would rather pay some money and are willing to leave Nan'an Town and store the goods in the Nan'an warehouse, which is also the same reason.

Southern Zhulu, in addition to paying the positive endowment, there are 90 million yuan of income handed over to the shogunate, and the people actually feel that the days are getting more and more relaxed, the original heavy shackles have been opened, discarded, people's living standards have risen significantly, the government is still mending the official road, Yicang, Yishe, Yizhuang, Salesian Bureau and other welfare institutions have also been allocated, although in Xu Zixian's view this is only the lowest level of people's livelihood welfare expenditure, but for ordinary people it is already a grace of heaven.

Before that, they were oppressed by officials, oppressed by wolf-like officials, paid a lot of miscellaneous taxes, and at least seventy percent of their annual income was plundered, and the rest was barely enough to make ends meet.

Fortunately, the industry and commerce in the south are developed, and the climate is mild, if it were like in northern Shaanxi and Henan, if it encounters disasters and the population density is large, I am afraid that there will be large-scale civil uprisings and outrages in the south.

Even so, when Li Kaiming erected the flag in Jianzhou, 100,000 people gathered under his banner in a short period of time, which was unthinkable decades ago, and the people would rather flee in exile than commit themselves to rebellion and become rebels.

To the center of the imperial court, the affairs of the south were unimaginable and unaware of them, but the huge increase in taxes formed the huge fleet in front of them.

The number of officers and men of the naval division has skyrocketed to more than 100,000 people, and the size of the fleet has expanded dozens of times! From only more than 20 capital ships of more than 200 tonnage, to the annexation of more than 400 capital ships of the Nanyang Naval Division, and then the merger of Wang Zhi's department to reach 100 ships, the Kang family provided another 100 ships, plus the ships of the Nanyang countries and big families, as well as the shipyards in the Eastern Domain, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou to start building warships with all their might, in less than three years, the naval division has owned nearly 400 capital ships of more than 300 tons, and the previous 100-ton and 200-ton Fu ships, such as the Zhong No. 1 and Fu No. 1 ships of that year, have all been changed to merchant ships. It is no longer seen as a warship, it is part of the fleet.

As for the officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division, at the beginning of the establishment, it was only the strength of an army, and when they fought with Yan Qi and Liu Dan, they took the risk of fire attack, which brought out the spirit of the Sailor Division.

When the shogunate entered Fuzhou, Xu Zixian opened the mansion as the king of Qin, the water division also expanded rapidly, from one army to more than ten armies, and the water division had more than 60,000 people in 20 armies when the battle was conquered, after more than two years of war with the Pu Xingfeng Division, a large number of outstanding young people on Fujian Road and Guangdong South Road joined the water division, and the best of the immigrants from the Nanyang countries were also absorbed into the army in large numbers, and the water division already had more than 40 army more than 120,000 people, plus the logistics engineering baggage personnel have been 150,000 people, this number, It was also the scale of the Great Wei Nanyang Naval Division when it was at its peak, Xu Zixian spent just five or six years to completely destroy the Nanyang Naval Division, which no longer existed, and rebuilt it so hard!

When such a huge fleet appeared on the horizon in the distance, one can imagine how excited and shocked the Han elites, leaders, family patriarchs, and elders of the Nanyang countries, including Luo Fangren!