"Fengxiao, how is the autumn harvest going?" Ye Chen gathered a few people in the Taishou Mansion.

"Now that there is plenty of labor, most of them also have farm tools, and the autumn harvest is fine, but the tax collection is a little complicated." Guo Jia said tiredly, it seems that the recent events have made him a little tired.

"If the peasants' taxes are uncertain, they can not collect them first, after all, the situation in Liaodong is more complicated, we have promulgated various policies, and many peasants' tax situations are different, and they would rather not collect them than let the peasants chill." Ye Chen said to the county chiefs below and some officials in the county.

"Lord Taishou, some families use old grain instead of new grain, you see what to do." A prefectural order said.

"We still have a lot of refugees to support, we can give them first, and it won't be wasted. And when you collect your taxes, you can ask them if there is any surplus old grain, and we can buy it at the price of new grain. ”

Old grain, for the Ye family who need to consume a lot of food every day, it really doesn't matter, Ye Chen also thinks that these families are cute, at least they just use old grain to replace new grain.

These families who have replaced them with old grain have at least succumbed and dare not resist, but they are just resentful.

Now that Ye Chen is conducting large-scale measurements in Liaodong, it is already difficult for those families to conceal the acres of land, at least not much, if they can still conceal it in this case, it is also a skill.

"Lord Taishou, the families in our county are dragging it, claiming that the grain has not been harvested yet, and I understand that most of them have already harvested it." Another county order said.

Ye Chen pondered for a while and said: "It's okay, just send someone to urge you in the future, these families will deal with it when they have their hands free, and now they will solve the problem of farmers in the county first, and they can't let a farmer be treated unfairly." ”

Ye Chen sneered in his heart, these families can only come up with some small tricks, now the counties are very busy, there is no time to pay attention to them, when they have their hands freed, if they dare not pay taxes, Ye Chen will definitely not let them have a good time.

"Lord Taishou, there are families in our county that are shoddy, and some of the grain is moldy and buried underneath, and they refuse to admit it when we look for them." The magistrate of a county stood up and said, his expression angry.

"Hmph, how can this be reasonable, these families dare to deceive me like this, they will not let them have a good time, you give them an ultimatum to the Taishou Mansion, pay all the taxes owed within the time limit, the time limit is within three days, if they don't pay it after three days, then report to the Taishou Mansion, and they will not be happy."

Using moldy grain to pay taxes has already made Ye Chen Ye Chen angry, if those who use old grain instead, or drag it out and don't pay it, just complain and create some trouble for Ye Chen, then these people are already openly provocative.

"Lord, this matter must be dealt with, otherwise there will be more trouble in the future, and those who are dragging their feet are estimated to have gotten the news and are waiting and seeing." Guo Jia gave Ye Chen a speech.

Ye Chen nodded, he understood this truth, but this degree is not easy to grasp, the development of Liaodong is currently inseparable from these families, these families have huge resources, if Ye Chen knocks them down all at once, there will be a power gap, which will cause chaos, which he does not want to see.

Ye Chen thought for a while and said, "Give them an ultimatum first, if these people don't give in, they will start making trouble for them." For example, they searched criminals several times a day, and inspected their shops. The deadline I gave was also three days, and if they didn't comply, then I would have to go under the knife. ”

Ye Chen's eyes were full of murderous anger, he didn't want Liaodong to be in chaos, but if someone dared to violate the policies he had formulated, then Ye Chen didn't mind using a knife, even if Liaodong would be in chaos.

In fact, it is always the people who suffer when they get into chaos, and it has little impact on Ye Chen, and the disposal of these families can even make it easier for him to control Liaodong, but Ye Chen hopes that this process will be carried out slowly, and he does not want to use the most drastic way.

The bottom line is drawn, whoever touches it will die.

The meeting continued, in addition to the autumn harvest, then the next thing is that winter is coming soon, Ye Chen ordered, all counties to prepare for disasters, because the climate in recent years has been more extreme, in later generations is the Xiaoice period, the weather is very bad.

In Liaodong, a few people often die in winter, and Ye Chen can't completely eliminate it, but it's still okay to minimize losses as much as possible, and at this time, the militia that Ye Chen arranged in various villages and villages has played a role.

The militia are all young and strong, they have this ability, and they are all trained by retired soldiers from the guard battalion, and the cohesion is very high, and the most important thing is that they are the beneficiaries of Ye Chen's government, and their support for Ye Chen is very high.

Ye Chen found that he could control the people at the bottom through the militia organization, and this control was unprecedented, directly affecting the farmers at the bottom and controlling the lives and conditions of the farmers at the bottom.

This was completely unexpected, Ye Chen had improved the militia organization before only to increase the potential of future wars, and he could quickly recruit enough qualified soldiers when necessary, but now he found that they also played an important role in grassroots management, which had to be said to be an accident.

Ye Chen asked each county to withhold a part of the money and grain taxes according to their own circumstances for disaster prevention and mitigation in winter, and let each county implement their responsibilities one by one, these are all county orders elected by the Ye family, and they are very loyal to Ye Chen, and they have been trained in systematic knowledge, and their ability is good, and there is no problem in handling the government affairs of a county, so Ye Chen doesn't have to care so much, just assign tasks.

Then it is to count how much grain can be produced in the autumn harvest, these are very important to Ye Chen, this is the first year he took over Liaodong, and he must know his strength.

Of course, he didn't talk about these things at the meeting, and there are some things that don't need to be known to too many people, at least not for now.

"Fengxiao, how much grain can we harvest this year?" Ye Chen left Guo Jia alone.

"The land of a county is too small, if we follow the standards of the Han Dynasty, we can raise 8,000 to 10,000 soldiers, if we follow the standards of the guard battalion, we can only raise 3,000 soldiers, and they are infantry."

In history, Liaodong did not have many soldiers and horses, it was still the result of them collecting all the resources and completely ignoring the people, if Ye Chen did not collect the people, then he could only raise a few thousand soldiers.

"Our foundation is still too shallow, and now we can rely on the Ye family to feed so many soldiers, which is very detrimental to our long-term development, and we must find a way."

"Lord, the main thing is that we still have a lot of tax cuts and exemptions in the first three years, and after two years we can collect more taxes, and it is expected that we can at least double the tax revenue after three years."

"Doubling the tax revenue is not enough, it seems that the only way to increase the number of farmers or increase the land is to increase the land." Ye Chen's eyes were deep, he knew the importance of the background, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would not fail in the future war, but he wanted to ensure that if he failed in one or two wars in time, he would be able to recover quickly.

The war is fought against the population, that is, the money and food, and he uses the accumulation of the past few years to make it easier in the future.