I saw that Yang Ziqing smiled very calmly, and then said, "Hehe! It is said that you Duxiu Mountain has opened 12 restaurants on the boundary of Jiaozhou County, and each of them is full of guests and friends every day, and customers linger, so the business is so good that it bursts! According to the official's opinion, it must be full of money and money! However, this is nothing. We have also heard that the eight strongholds in Duxiu Mountain have had a good grain harvest this year. According to reliable sources, it is said that the granaries of your eight strongholds have been piled up and full. It's really enviable! ”

"Humph! What's wrong with the rolling money? What about the piles up? Does this have anything to do with your government? Luo Yunxiao couldn't help but secretly think to himself in his heart. But there is another rhetoric: "I really can't imagine that our small achievements here have been infinitely exaggerated by the outside world." It is true that this year is a good year and the people live in peace, so that our rice harvest and the income of the restaurant have achieved good results, but you must know that we have to raise tens of thousands of people and horses! The cost is so huge that it's almost the same in terms of income and expenditure. In this way, there is not much left, and according to Luo, it is naturally difficult for those scattered people to fall into the eyes of your government. "To put it simply, there are many dolls at home, there is a lot of food, and the consumption is very large, so we are still very poor!

Yang Zhubo didn't have the slightest intention of refuting, but still showed a calm and breezy look, and saw him smile slightly: "Commander Luo, can this official come and ask you a few questions?" ”

Luo Yunxiao was slightly stunned, and soon, he made a gesture of please, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Naturally, there is no problem at all." Please ask Lord Yang Bo but it doesn't hurt to ask, he will definitely say everything and answer all questions. ”

Yang Ziqing deserves to be a well-known debater, and in a few words, he took advantage of the situation to bring Luo Yunxiao into the topic he set. But seeing that he asked very confidently: "Then this official, may I ask Commander Luo and all the leaders of Duxiu Mountain, are you still considered to be the people of our Great Jin Dynasty?" If I make my own living in the land of Dajin, don't I have to pay a certain amount of taxes? So do you still have the existence of the royal law in your heart? Do you still recognize the legitimacy and authority of our government? ”

Wow! What a sharp question! This is indeed a matter of thinking clearly and thinking thoroughly before giving the right answer. According to normal logical thinking, there is no doubt that the people of Duxiu Mountain are of course the people of the Great Jin Kingdom! You can't always be high-sounding and openly provoke to tell the other party that we are bandits and robbers, and we are not the people of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. There is no doubt that this is tantamount to declaring war directly on the government, but now starting a war with the Eastern Jin Dynasty is simply a strategy, and it belongs to the rhythm of self-seeking death and self-destruction!

As for whether there is a royal law in my heart? Without hesitation, you can think: "Naturally, there is no royal law." But this kind of words can only be understood, not spoken, and must be hidden in the depths of the heart. If you want to say whether you recognize the legitimacy of the official family. Authority. On the surface, of course, you have to admit it! If you are doing all kinds of business on other people's territory, you have to follow the rules of the game set by others, and implement them according to the requirements given by others. If you want to talk to them at this moment, it means to pull your face down, which means to turn your face with others. }, that would be equivalent to competing with the entire country of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and fighting for strength. This is obviously a very unwise choice for Duxiushan, which is still in the development stage.

As a result, Luo Yunxiao already knew clearly what he should do next.

After Luo Yunxiao thought for a moment, he said with a deep face: "Lord Zhu, Lord Yang." Although we wait for Duxiu Mountain to occupy the mountain as the king, the grass as the coward. But there is absolutely no idea of wanting to be an enemy of the government. My answer to the three questions Yang just asked is yes. I hope the two adults can learn from it. ”

Yang Ziqing continued to smile and said, "Okay, with these words from Commander Luo, both the official and Zhu Tongju will be at ease." Next, before we negotiate with Commander Luo, this official will first explain to you the background of our Jiaozhou County. I also hope that Commander Luo and the leaders will not be long-winded with this official. ”

Luo Yunxiao couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was being sold in his gourd for a while, so he wanted to make another plan after listening to what he said. Then he nodded and said, "Please say it to Lord Yang, I will definitely listen to it later." ”

Yang Zhubo pondered for a moment, paused for a while, and then spoke: "The total population of our Jiaozhou County is currently 3.26 million, and the number of registered acres is 1.22 million mu. In fact, those who occupy mountains and kings like you are not registered with our government. Let's take Jiaozhou County as an example! There are more than 300 large and small hills in the entire Jiaozhou County, and the amount of land they occupy is more than four times that of the entire government registration, which is close to 5 million mu. And the grain produced in these fields, our government can't even get a stone. Therefore, we can only calculate the total output by 1.22 million mu every year, that is, around 6 million stones. However, only about 800,000 koku of grain can be collected into the treasury every year. It is less than one-eighth of the total harvest. ”

"There are more than 11,000 officials at all levels, as well as soldiers at all levels, and about 25,000 people serving in the entire prefecture and county, government offices, counties, townships and towns, which must be supported by extremely large amounts of money and food. However, the imperial court only allocated us 200,000 taels of silver and 300,000 stone of grain every year, plus the 800,000 stone of grain collected, which is all the expenses of our state and county. It can be said that the days were quite tight and improvised, and in a miserable phrase, we were almost to the point of unsustainability. ”

"Now, since we've said everything to this point, I might as well open the skylight and say something! I waited for this time to discuss with Commander Luo whether you can play a leading role in the current status of Duxiu Mountain in the rivers and lakes and pay some money and grain to our government. As you have said before, you recognize the legitimacy and authority of our government; At the same time, he also recognized the fact that he was a subject of the court; And there is the law of kings in his heart. That's enough. The imperial court has such a royal law, that is, as a subject, it is the responsibility and obligation to pay a certain share of tax profits to the government every year, and work together with the government to solve problems for the government. It is also the responsibility of the people. ”

He said such a big truth, and Luo Yunxiao and a group of high-level people in Duxiu Mountain were about to be dizzy. What a sharp mouth for a debater! If he is the spokesman of the State Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or the Ministry of National Defense, then he must not call those foreigners crazy.

Luo Yunxiao also had to admit that this was the most vain person he had ever met since he traveled to this time and space. And it made him powerless to fight back. From the very beginning, he has completely fallen into the trap set by others, and he is still trying his best to cooperate with others to act in this play, he is really being sold, and he is still counting the money for others. Alas! It seems that this time it is a big deal, not only in terms of money, but more importantly, in terms of face!