"How much grain did Lao Maozi scavenge in this area......" Yang Xingguo frowned and asked. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Now more than 3.5 million catties have been brought back, and the barracks in the barracks have all been filled with grain...... If you add the ones that are not shipped back, it is possible that five million catties will ......," Zhang Shanlin hurriedly replied......

"So much...... How could there be so much grain in Liaozhong......" Yang Xingguo asked rhetorically with an incredulous expression.

Zhang Shanlin replied with a serious face: "Commander, although there are no mines in Liaozhong, there is fertile land everywhere, and there are many people...... Our town alone has a population of five or six thousand......"

"As for the fertile land, there are even more...... I got a general idea of how to find out that here, ordinary people have four or five acres of fertile land per family. Those big landlords have thousands of acres of fertile land, as many as 5,000 acres, or even tens of thousands of acres......"

"Therefore, five million catties of grain are just ...... scavenged from the area controlled by Lao Maozi."

"There are still many villages and towns around Liaodong that are controlled by bandits and landlords and bullies, and if you add the grain in these places, you can harvest tens of millions of catties of grain a year......

If it is tens of thousands of catties of grain, wash the current foundation of the Liaodong Army, in order to buy the hearts of the people, Yang Xingguo must not want to return this grain to the local people.

However, when he heard that the total amount of grain was more than five million catties, he directly hesitated.

After some contemplation, he asked Zhang Shanlin: "Before Lao Maozi came, how much was the tax revenue of the imperial court here......

"Ten taxes and six ...... As long as there is no famine year, the remaining food will be saved, which is enough for them to last a year without going hungry......" Zhang Shanlin replied with a puzzled face.

Yang Xingguo nodded, and fell into deep thought again.

However, this time, Yang Xingguo did not wait too long for Zhang Shanlin to decide......

"The grain must be returned...... After all, our Liaodong Army will occupy this place for a long time in the future. If we didn't have the people's hearts and support, we wouldn't have been able to gain a foothold here......"

"However, it is obviously impossible to return them all...... Originally, the tax of the imperial court was ten taxes and six taxes, and now, when my Liaodong Army came, I must give everyone a good impression, so I decided to set the grain tax at ten taxes and five ............"

"If the people here can support our Liaodong Army in the future, support our Liaodong Army...... When our Liaodong Army further develops and grows, the grain tax will become four out of ten, or even three out of ten and two out of ten taxes may ......."

"Tell the people outside the barracks right away...... Our Liaodong Army is ready to collect grain taxes from everyone according to the ratio of ten taxes and five taxes...... Lao Maozi collected more than 30% of the grain tax, and my Liaodong Army will return it to everyone as it is......"

"Five days later, everyone brought the tax collection voucher opened by Lao Maozi and came here to receive food ......"

"Yes, Commander......"

Even if you return the thirty percent of the grain collected by Lao Maozi, there will still be three million catties left.

Three million catties of grain, if all used to eat, is enough for the entire Liaodong Army to eat for two years.

However, in the face of this unexpected joy, Yang Xingguo not only did not show any smile on his face, but had a little more sorrow.

Why?

Seeing Zhang Shanlin helpless in the face of ordinary people, Yang Xingguo suddenly thought that he had overlooked a very big problem......

In the past, when the Liaodong Army had no base area, as long as Zhou Zhongju led a group of people to manage the logistics of the Liaodong Army.

However, this is no longer the case......

After the Liaodong Army occupied Liaozhong, if it wanted to turn Liaozhong into its most solid base area, in addition to managing logistics and the army, it also had to manage the tens of thousands of people in Liaozhong as a whole......

If it is well managed, Liaozhong will become a continuous logistics supply base for the Liaodong Army...... If it is not managed well, the base area of Liaozhong will become a time bomb in the rear of the Liaodong Army, and it may explode at any time.

However, it is not a coincidence that he happens to lack a group of internal affairs talents who can help him manage the people......

No, it's not lacking, it's basically none.

The entire Liaodong Army, except for Zhou Zhongju, who has some experience, is ignorant of internal affairs.

Looking at the ordinary people outside the barracks, even with their own guarantees, they still did not leave. Yang Xingguo immediately made a decision.

In any case, you must solve this shortcoming in a short period of time.

Otherwise, the idea of building Liaozhong into a base area will become nonsense, and there will be no way to realize it at all.

At this moment, Zhang Shanlin, who was sweating profusely and looked helpless, hurriedly ran over.

Before Zhang Shanlin could speak, Yang Xingguo said: "These people must not have left without food!" “

"Zhang Shanlin, you immediately organize the brothers of the fourth battalion to return food to the people at the gate of the barracks...... According to Lao Maozi, they will be refunded according to the tax slip issued to them...... Lao Maozi collected eight catties of grain and returned three catties, and so on. ”

"When it's over, take back the receipt that Lao Maozi opened, and open another slip for the tax received by my Liaodong Army......"

After Yang Xingguo's order was issued, Zhang Shanlin did not leave, but replied with an embarrassed face: "Commander, aren't you embarrassing me...... In the entire four battalions, there are less than 100 people who can write their names...... As for those who can count and open receipts, they can't even find five people...... With these people, I can't accomplish this task by killing me......"

"This ......," Yang Xingguo's brows furrowed again.

Then, he replied helplessly: "That's it, I'll find a way to ...... this matter."

"However, you must assure me that there will be no chaos among the people outside the barracks......"

"As for distributing food, I'll immediately find someone else to make ......"

Two days later, Zhou Zhongju came to Liaozhong and appeared in front of Yang Xingguo.

After listening to Yang Xingguo's introduction, Zhou Zhongju first nodded, then shook his head again, and finally spoke.

"Commander, the more than 20 brothers I brought are all those who can write and count in the entire Liaodong Army. However, they can only do some small things such as distributing grain, collecting grain taxes, and managing logistics materials......"

"Let them manage the people and tens of thousands of people, I'm sure, they will never be able to do it......"

"In addition, according to your idea, Commander, Liaozhong will learn foreign management methods in the future, and the county will manage the town, and the town will manage the village...... In my opinion, except for those students who have stayed abroad, even those officials in the imperial court have no way to meet the requirements of the commander. “

Yang Xingguo's brows furrowed, and he subconsciously asked, "Student, where is this kind of student ......?"

"General Shengjing's Mansion ......," Zhou Zhongju replied subconsciously.

"There are many students in the Shengjing General's Mansion who have stayed abroad...... Those who studied military affairs were all arranged by General Sheng Jing to the new army...... As for those who studied internal affairs, in order to avoid impeachment by the imperial court, General Sheng Jing did not dare to use them, and all of them were arranged to be petty officials in General Shengjing's mansion......"