"Is it a bad thing to be in a hurry? It's better than we don't have an acre of land, right, without land, you can escape from forced labor? ”

"Do small business, you don't have to pay all kinds of miscellaneous taxes? The tax card spared you, but you didn't pay the stall tax? ”

During the Apocalypse, the collection of various taxes and fees on the people reached a high level, and in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the silver income of the imperial court reached nearly 8 million taels, which was several times higher than the 2.6 million taels in the sixth year of Wanli.

It is still the same population and the same cultivated land, and the same level of in-kind taxation, and the increase in silver income can only be obtained from the increase in land and customs taxes, which means that the burden on the people of the whole world has also increased several times.

If we add in the severe natural disasters in the north during the Xiaoice Age, it means that their burden increased more than tenfold in the twenty or thirty years from the end of Wanli to the Chongzhen period.

Originally wealthy or well-off families are facing bankruptcy, not to mention ordinary people or the destitute class.

There was a lot of discussion among those present, and they felt that it was not a good thing to get land at this moment, and it could not be ruled out that there was jealousy at work, but in any case, this discussion would have been unthinkable twenty years ago.

At that time, I am afraid that the people present worked hard to buy a few acres of land for future generations, not to mention dozens of acres of land at once.

"You're ill-informed." A bowman holding a bird gun in his hand guarded the periphery, and after listening to the sound of discussion in his ears, he finally couldn't help but speak: "The land given to the family of the fallen soldiers is within the scope of the inspection department, the yellow list is handed over with silver, and the white list is inspected by us and the upper ring, at least half is paid, and the fields over there have water, and there are people who teach how to farm the land, at least five or six stones per mu of land, which is three or four times more than the land outside!" ”

"I've heard about it." At the beginning, the middle-aged man who spoke first said: "Zhang inspected the fields he bought to divert water from water trucks, invested a lot, and there were many ways to fertilize the fields, and the harvest was indeed very high. ”

"I've heard of this, and I've been there, we also want to learn, there is no silver, the waterwheel is at least a few hundred taels of silver, enough for us to earn ten lifetimes, even if we can't afford to make a share, we have to dig a ditch to divert water."

"Hate those landlords, the same as preventing Zhang Dongzhu from thieves, last year people wanted to buy land, our Xiucai over there did not sell it, and scolded Zhang for inspecting the fish and meat township, he kept the land, and the harvest of a hundred acres of land is not as good as a dozen acres of people, this dry field can be compared with paddy fields, and it is better to rely on oneself to eat by God after all."

"If there is a canal, I can carry water by myself without a water truck, and I am not afraid of hardship, but the nearest canal is five or six miles apart, and I can't pick up water even if I am tired."

"Alas, I don't know if there is still a shortage of people to carry work over there...... I want to move my family to live in Lizhuang. ”

"Is it your turn? Li Zhuang has long stopped accepting people! ”

"Speaking of which, we're miserable."

"Archer, I'm going to be an archer." A young man was also worried at first, and could only look at the family with envious eyes, but at this time he suddenly came to his senses, jumped up and said: "You can be an archer under the age of thirty-five, I am only twenty-five this year, I want to sign up." ”

"Yes too......" The middle-aged man's eyes lit up and said, "I'm Chinese New Year's Eve four today, and my body is strong and qualified." ”

Many men of age or feel that their physical fitness standards are still enough, and being an archer is actually considered a full-time soldier, but the treatment is good, the food is good, the clothes are good, and although the training is hard, the silver that can be taken is several times that of the border army.

It's really unlucky, dying in battle, but also to defend the township, not to mention a good reputation, but also to make the whole family eat and drink for the rest of their lives.

For him to suffer like this, it is really better to be an archer to fight!

There was a lot of discussion in the back, and Ma Chaoren and the others were also full of ears, but it was inconvenient for them to be distracted at this time, and they couldn't turn around and encourage these people to join the business group......

The merchant group has made great contributions, and it is scattered, and the general regiment in various places is not one person, for example, the Lingqiu merchant group is nominally Zhu Qingyu as the general regiment, this time Zhu Qingyu chose the right one in the incident of falling into South Korea, and turned against him a while ago, and pushed the killing of the lieutenant to the civilian training regiment, and pointed out that the militia regiment came from Han Qi's instructions and sent manpower, this matter may become the last straw that pressed Han Qi, plus Zheng Guochang became the governor, Zhu Qingyu is estimated to be promoted.

The biggest possibility is to choose the imperial history, or in Beijing, or in the local patrol press, for Zhu Qingyu, a civilian official who has actual experience as a seal official and has experienced "war", it is very likely that he will be released as a patrol press.

The head of Tiancheng and Zhenyu Liangwei was originally the commander Zhang Wuchang, and the commander Zhang was transferred, and the new commander made him hostile to the merchant group.

Since these merchant groups were nominally not under Zhang Han or He Yusheng, and they accounted for the name of group training, Zhang Han decided to expand two more bureaus for each of the merchant groups in various places, and it was expected that by the end of the first year of the Apocalypse, one division would be expanded, so that Zhang Han could control the archers of the twelve divisions, and the number could reach nearly 8,000 people.

This is also based on the current good operation and abundant financial resources of Heyusheng, whether the expansion can be completed, but also depends on whether the next financial resources are sufficient.

The training is also carried out according to Li Zhuang's training syllabus, and the personnel must also carry out normal exchanges, so that in the end of the first year of the Apocalypse to the spring and summer of the second year, the team of about 8,000 people will be stabilized, and the level of each department should be about the same, but it must still be the first and second divisions with a strong combat level, after all, they are the closest to Li Zhuang Factory, and the latest military products are prioritized, and then the number of veterans and experienced officers is the largest.

This is also what Zhang Han meant, the level of the merchant group must catch up, but it is also necessary to maintain the existence of the two most elite teams, giving latecomers a little space to catch up, no matter what kind of army there are elite and ordinary, Zhang Han hopes that his subordinates will be like flowing water, not so easy to be satisfied with the status quo and decay.

These things will not be known to ordinary people in the team, but Ma Chaoren is very clear, of course he expects the business group on Tianchengwei's side to be stronger, not that he wants to be able to use this force, but whether it is Ma Chaoren, even Jiang Dalin, Zhang Yanhong and others understand at this time, only with the business group is there, can the safety of the Chamber of Commerce and his own net worth be protected!

After finishing this bereavement work, Ma Chaoren, who returned to the carriage, closed his eyes and recuperated, Jiang Dalin and Zhang Yanhong were relatively much more relaxed, they sat on the other side of the carriage drinking tea and chatting, and also enjoyed Ma Chaoren's secret snacks.

In a slight jolt, Ma Superman glanced at the two old companions.

These two people are also quite hard, Ma Chaoren has calculated in his heart, and plans to invoke these two people into the council next year, or to hold important positions in the council, according to the news that Ma Chaoren received, new chambers of commerce will be established in various places in the future, and the share capital requirements for entry have been lowered...... Zhang Han hopes to take care of more small and medium-sized businessmen, and also make more small and medium-sized businessmen in the chamber of commerce speak out and be able to represent their own interests.

After all, the council is the daily management body of the chamber of commerce, even if the chambers of commerce in various places uphold Zhang Han's will, but Zhang Han does not have a doppelganger technique, and cannot carry out complicated daily management, and the situation of the chambers of commerce in various places is also different, and Zhang Han does not want to send branches for vertical leadership...... Zhang Han felt that there would be problems with such a system, there would be disputes between the "central" and "local", the businessmen in various places must give priority to their own interests, and the vertical branch agencies must give priority to the interests of the headquarters, the disadvantages of the dispatched agencies are greater than the interests, limited autonomy is much more efficient than direct management, and the best way is to eliminate the rupture or complete separation from morality in the conflict of interests, the best way is the autonomy of the councils established by the local chambers of commerce, but Zhang Han also wants to ensure that he can fully control the local chambers of commerce, The majority of the share capital is only a part, the board of directors is small and fine, and the staff is small and easy to control, which is what Zhang Han needs.

As for the establishment of the council, of course, it is for balance, the council is small and fine, and the power is huge, Zhang Han does not have the energy to take care of so many chambers of commerce at the same time, in order to prevent the council from being too powerful, of course, it needs to be restricted, and the council composed of small and medium-sized businessmen is an effective constraint on the council.

When they returned to the Chamber of Commerce, the three merchants were surprised to find that the gate of the Chamber of Commerce was surrounded by soldiers.

Of course, it was not the archers of the merchant group, nor the border army, but the guards from Tianchengwei who surrounded the chamber of commerce.

It was evident from the tattered barely colorless mandarin duck jackets, the faded worn iron mesh boots, and the rotten spears and rusty spear heads, that it hardly required any inquiry or inquiry to be sure.

About three or four hundred soldiers surrounded the Chamber of Commerce and seized the passing personnel, including several trucks carrying goods from the Chamber of Commerce's storage area.

There are more than 20 family members among the soldiers of the guard, and they are obviously the backbone.

A conductor named Li Guohua happened to ride over, and saw a few supermen from a distance, and the two sides looked at each other, and Li Guohua's face was full of embarrassment.

"Lao Li!" Ma Chaoren's identity and status are far above a four-grade hill, he pointed to the scene in front of him and said sharply: "What kind of tricks are you doing!" ”

"Who am I the rulers?" Li Guohua said with an aggrieved face: "It's not that there is an order from above. ”

"Upper?" Ma Chaoren said with a calm face: "What kind of phlegm did Commander Zheng commit?" ”

Not to mention the strength that Ma Chaoren has now, taking his previous identity and family background as an example, there is really no advantage in front of him with a palm print.