Under the many personal interrogations of the Son of Heaven, after the trial of the three divisions, the evidence of corruption and perversion of the law by Cha Dengbei and the other four was conclusive, and the law should be beheaded, and he was beheaded at noon on October 15, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, at the entrance of the vegetable market in the capital. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The mansions of Cha Dengbei and others were all searched, and the goods obtained were sold and filled into the inner treasury of the Son of Heaven.

When the news came, the world was shocked. Since then, the people of the world have known more about Li Zhi's greatness -- this Li Zhi actually relied on brute force to defeat the governor of Tianjin. The world doesn't know the anger of the Son of Heaven against Li Zhi in his heart, and they all say that the Son of Heaven was blinded by Li Zhi's military exploits. There are many people in Shilin who scold the Son of Heaven, and the scholars all say: If you let someone like Li Zhi slaughter Shilin gain power, then what's the point of beating Tartar? I'd rather give Liaodong to Tartar forever than let a villain like Li Zhi get his will.

In Tianjin's officialdom, there is even more mourning. When the civil officials heard the news that Cha Dengbei and the four people had been beheaded, they felt as if their family members had died, and they were all depressed. Tianjin has been regarded as a place where Sven swept the floor and did not obey education. Many civil officials were ashamed to be with Li Zhi, and they moved up and down to get through the joints, and they only wanted to be transferred out of Tianjin.

Of course, these activities are carried out in private. On the scene, out of fear, the civil officials in Tianjin were respectful to Li Zhidu, and when they saw Li Zhidu, they were courteous to Shangguan. Li Zhi is a character who can arrest civil officials at any time, who dares to provoke? Li Zhi basically said the same thing in Tianjin, and beat the Ming rules of literature and martial arts to a pulp.

The military attachés under Li Zhi basically walked sideways in Tianjin.

The civilian officials were suppressed, and even the status of the other military attaches in Tianjin was also raised, and the generals and guerrillas were no longer subservient in front of the civilian officials, and the silver sent over during the New Year's holidays was less.

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After the surrender of the civil officials, the collection of commercial taxes in Tianjin went very smoothly. Soon, merchants from all over the country lined up at the tax collection point one by one to file their taxes.

On 15 October, the results of the tax returns of 20 counties in Tianjin, one prefecture, two prefectures, and one town in Tianjin could collect 416,000 taels of commercial tax a year under the standard of no tax of less than 40 taels and 1 tax of 30 taels. Of course, this is tax income, and it is estimated that some merchants will underreport, and the actual tax collected after the tax audit will be more.

Of the 410,000 taels of silver, in addition to the 100,000 taels handed over to the Son of Heaven, Li Zhi also had a balance of more than 300,000 taels. These surpluses, Li Zhi plans to use to expand the troops.

Before recruiting, Li Zhi first counted the income and expenses of his industries.

Now Lijia Steel can sell 5,000 catties a month in January, and the monthly profit has changed from 4,000 taels to 7,000 taels.

Li Zhi's glass mirror industry also saw a significant increase in sales after the opening of the Hirado trade, and the monthly profit changed from an average of 21,000 taels to an average of 29,000 taels. Similarly, the glass and wine ware industry saw a sharp increase in sales after the opening of the Hirado market, and its monthly profit rose from an average of 17,000 taels to an average of 22,000 taels.

Li Zhi has two trading ships, with an income of more than 20,000 taels per month. Removing 30% of the shares of Chayun Ke Xinde, there is an average income of 20,000 taels a month.

In addition, the profits of the textile factory increased dramatically after the expansion of production: with the sales of Hirado, Japan, the textile factory expanded every month, and now it has tripled in size, and there are more than 5,000 textile workers. The profit of the textile factory also changed from 8,000 taels to 22,000 taels.

Now Li Zhi's monthly profit is as high as 134,000 taels of silver. Coupled with the fact that the commercial tax is evenly distributed to 25,000 taels of silver per month, Li Zhi's monthly income is nearly 150,000 taels.

This level of income has increased dramatically compared to before, and most of it is due to maritime trade. Sea vessels can make three trips to Hirado every two months, which has brought huge demand to Li Zhi's various industries and greatly increased Li Zhi's industrial profits.

In terms of expenses: Li Zhi has 12,000 elite soldiers and 130 city defense artillery, and the monthly money plus food costs 55,000 taels. In addition, the saltpeter gunpowder spent on target training every month was also quite a bit, about 3,000 taels of silver. Coupled with the expenses of the rifle workshop, the dragon tail car workshop, and various administrative staff, Li Zhi spends about 70,000 taels a month.

One plus and one subtraction, Li Zhi has a net profit of more than 80,000 taels per month.

With this 80,000 taels of net profit, Li Zhi decided to recruit another 8,000 recruits. A soldier spends three taels a month, one or five cents a month plus food, four taels and five cents a month, and 8,000 recruits spend thirty-six thousand a month. After removing the expenses of the recruits, Li Zhi was able to maintain a profit surplus of 50,000 taels and maintain financial health.

With a theoretical monthly income, Li Zhi could raise more soldiers, but that would be very dangerous for the finances. In this year, the war was chaotic and the industry fluctuated violently.

For example, from the autumn of the 11th year of Chongzhen to the spring of the 12th year, the Manchu Qing Dynasty invaded and plundered, and all the roads in Gyeonggi were blocked, and Li Zhi's industry had no raw materials to be transported in and no products to sell, and the work was suspended for more than half a year. If it weren't for the support of his previous savings, Li Zhi's industry and army would have collapsed.

In this troubled world, the business cannot be too tight financially.

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Knowing that Li Zhi was going to recruit 8,000 recruits, Li Xing, Zhong Feng and other officers were very happy. With 8,000 more recruits, their status will also rise and become more powerful and stronger. They gathered at the General Military Mansion to discuss mercenaries with Li Zhi.

"Big brother, if there are 20,000 elite soldiers, we can fight against 50,000 Tartars without falling behind!"

Li Zhi groaned and said: "The Tartars were slaughtered twice by us, I don't know if there will be a lesson and change the form of armament." Huang Taiji is a very cunning person, and he must be guarded against. ”

Li Laosi nodded and said: "The prince of the Tartars, the Baylors are all brothers and nephews, united and cunning. Now that we have suffered two losses, we will definitely try to change the tactics of war. ”

Zhong Feng said with a smile: "No matter what, with these eight thousand recruits, our strength will increase greatly." Those civil servants will have to listen to us even more in the future! ”

When the people heard this, they laughed and were very happy.

Li Xing waved his hand and said: "Even the Son of Heaven, when considering the problem of Tianjin, we can't help but consider our 20,000 army!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, very proud.

Li Zhi said: "Our tiger master is famous in the town, and there are many crumbs who covet and peep at us. This time to recruit new recruits, the number is far greater than in the past, and what you have to worry about is mixing in spies. The recruitment procedures should be strict, and the recruits must first have local village elders as guarantees, bring household stickers to apply, and have in-service soldiers of the Tiger Division as guarantees. ”

Zhong Feng said: "How many people can a soldier protect for? ”

Li Zhi said: "One soldier can guarantee five people, so we can select 8,000 elites from 60,000 conscripts. If the recruited recruits are mixed with spies, the guarantor will be killed! (To be continued.) )