As soon as Naijae-sama entered the door, he shouted, "You can't just throw money in order to buy people's hearts!" ”

Dutu seemed to have been prepared, and when he saw the angry Neizai, he handed over a silk book before he could speak.

The old man was stunned, it turned out to be a specific plan for tax adjustment. Digging into Tununu's mouth, motioning for him to take a closer look.

"Uchijae-sama must be worried about the tax reduction, right?" "Yes, I'm trying to buy people's hearts, and I know we're financially tight, so I'm not going to do it just by cutting taxes," he explained with a grin. ”

Nejae glanced at him, casting a distrustful look.

"You see, I have researched it, and there are many kinds of commercial taxes, such as general, qualitative, fine, and penalty, which can be disposed of separately according to different categories. As long as there are rises and falls, a little calculation can ensure that the total number does not decrease. "I thought to myself, I'm a science and engineering man, and I'm a young man in politics, and mathematics is always better than you ancients.

"First of all, I will temporarily increase the tax rate of merchants by half, and the tax rate of merchants will be halved. A merchant is a person who runs goods everywhere, and a merchant is a long-term resident in the store. Doing so, at least in the short term, will create an atmosphere that encourages people to move to the capital. He looked at Nezai triumphantly, and seeing that he didn't refute, he continued: "I halved the tax rate for warehousing and halved the deed tax on transactions, but increased the penalty rate for violations by five times. This not only encouraged merchants to do business, but also gave the impression of a holy king with clear rewards and punishments. ”

In the end, Di Tu smiled slightly, and mysteriously leaned over: "Moreover, according to my recent observations, the two countries have been neglecting the capital all year round, and businessmen are violating the law, so I am afraid that our taxes will rise sharply in the short term." ”

Hearing this, Neejae couldn't say anything more. He was very helpless about this son, but he had a little admiration for the analysis just now. I really don't know if having a clever monarch is a curse or a blessing for Zheng Guo.

After getting the internal slaughter, Dutu let go of the new commercial tax. As soon as this trick came out, it was really popular. Industrious and legal businessmen reduced their taxes and were willing to settle in the capital, and a small number of businessmen who broke the law were fined and ruined, so they had to work honestly and hard, and the government's income increased a lot in a short period of time. So far, the new monarch has completely won the hearts and minds of the people.

There is another advantage that merchants value very much. These people are well-informed and actually form a potentially vast intelligence network. It's a pity that the princes at that time looked down on it, and they all relied on their own spies to collect all kinds of news. This primitive way can be used by few people, and it is not easy to hide. However, merchants are all over the place, and there is no shortage of chickens and dogs, and digging up some privacy is simply a matter of provenance. Therefore, the digging sent special personnel to visit the market every day, collect what they saw, and even buy news in a targeted manner.

Soon, he got the first important information: Father Yu Shi had sent someone to the Dongyu Kingdom!

When Nejae heard this, his face became even more ugly. It seems that on the Yellow River that day, although everyone hid to avoid a frontal encounter, Yu Shifu still knew the whereabouts of Zheng Guoren through other means. As soon as his people came, no matter whether they were bad or not, at least the news of the Gyeonggi chaos could not be hidden.

"Do you want to speed up conscription?" Digging asked tentatively.

Nejae was silent, and it seemed that he was still reluctant. He smiled and didn't force him. He was so patient this time because while buying people's hearts, the organizational structure of businessmen in all walks of life was gradually being figured out. He found that these people were not scattered sand, there were guilds, general chambers of commerce and other organizations at all levels, which showed that they could be quickly organized when they were urgently needed.

A few days later, the merchant came with a second news: the envoys of the Dongyu Kingdom and the Yi Kingdom had a secret meeting in Guancheng!

Now the fool can also see that the news has leaked, and the two countries may be secretly discussing how to kill the newborn Zheng Guo.

Sure enough, Yu Yi wrote immediately afterward. On the surface, their tone was really caring for Zheng Guohe and Di Tu. The letter said that there had always been many robbers in the capital, and that the two countries were worried that Zheng's national defense strength was insufficient, so they decided to send a hundred troops to assist in the defense, and they would arrive in three days.

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw it, who could be deceived by this pediatric scheme. If I really let you in, I won't even leave.

Nejae couldn't laugh at all. Although the craftsmen and merchants had saved up enough chariots, horses, weapons, and food and grass through the efforts of the craftsmen and merchants, they were just decorations without soldiers. Cutting down the defenders of the city, he can't even gather an army of twenty times. At that time, there was no strange person like Zhuge Liang who dared to play empty city schemes, so the ministers had nothing to do.

"Then quickly recruit the merchant's children as soldiers." Digging finally waited for his chance, and smiled evilly.

At this point, Lord Nezai finally couldn't resist anymore and said, "I have to do this." However, apart from the question of merchant loyalty, he began to worry about something else, because these recruits were only enough to train for three days, and they could not go to war at all.

Digging and teasing him: "If you listen to me earlier, you will have time to train." ”

Nejae was speechless.

"Don't worry, I've thought about this for a long time, and I have my own clever plan." Digging and playing mysticism again.

That night, the leaders of various guilds such as Candle Xing, String Xing, and Suo Xing received posts from the government and went to the palace for a banquet. It was the first time that a businessman received this courtesy, and people immediately rushed to tell each other, and the whole capital was boiling. When they reached the palace, they saw the fire burning all over the court, like day. The hall is played with bell chime strings, and there is a Dingdou kettle, which is also full of wine and delicacies, all of which are good things that these people can't enjoy in their lives.

When the leaders were seated and digging out of the field, an old man exclaimed: "It turns out that you are our new lord!" ”

Dutu smiled and greeted, this person was the old man of the Xian clan who was chatting on the street that day. The man hurriedly lay on the ground, kowtowed like garlic, and shouted in his mouth: "Lord Shengming!" Lord Shengming! Lord Shengming! The other leaders probably heard the old man tell this story, and they all knelt down and licked it.

Faced with such a scene, Lord Neizai shook his head. In his eyes, it was a great rebellion and a serious violation of etiquette. If it weren't for the urgency of the enemy situation and being put on the spot by Gongzi, he would definitely have to stop this kind of bad behavior.

The businessmen, on the other hand, were in a completely different mood, and they went from the suspicion when they were reassuring the people, to the welcome when they reformed the commercial tax, to the gratitude they are today. It can be said that the dug has firmly grasped the loyalty of these people.

The mood of digging is also mixed. Isn't this situation similar to the King's Landing that he had fantasized about many times in his mind before he traveled through it? Although it is only some unruly businessmen who have fallen at his feet at the moment, it is enough to give him the confidence to continue fighting in this game. He silently thought in his heart, one day, this earth youth will be admired by the emperor of the royal city, worshiped by many princes, and admired by the wise men of the world!

With the passionate emotions of everyone, Di Tu raised the wine lord high: "Thanks to the spirit of my ancestors in the sky, I will help Zheng Guo move here in the east." In order to protect the foundation of Qianqiu, it also depends on everyone's loyalty to me. I swear an oath to you! ”

"We swear to you!"

"I have no rebellion, I have no force, no beggars. Erli is a treasure bribe, I don't know. He recited the oath written in advance, to the effect that "you will not betray me, I will not buy or sell by force, and I will not rob you of your belongings." If you sell treasures, I won't ask. "It's simple, but it goes straight to the point where businessmen are most concerned. In layman's terms, it is to give them a "Property Law" to ensure that private property is sacrosanct!

Although this view is commonplace in modern times, it can be described as shocking in ancient times. The merchants were overwhelmed with emotion, and they truly felt that they had met a holy lord that they had never met in the world.

At this level, everything else is easy. For all the things that defended Zheng Guo, the merchants were very enthusiastic. Lady Naizai successfully negotiated the conscription with them, and achieved a series of additional results, such as the establishment of an organized intelligence agency, Hyakma, and finally felt a little more relaxed.

The next day, the leaders of various industries came forward and organized the men in their clans to report in the army. The Zheng military camp was crowded for a while, and the number quickly multiplied several times.

Lord Naizai organized the original regular army into one division, and the children of merchants into other divisions according to their clans. The regular division was divided into five brigades, each of which adopted a new division for training. The content of the training required by the excavation is mainly superficial articles such as lining up and drilling, and the skills in combat are slowed down first. Although Nejae didn't know what medicine he was buying in his gourd, there was no better way.

Three days passed quickly, and the spies came to report that the army of Yu Yi was about to arrive.