"For now, let's take Luo Shixin and their group of men and horses, the Tamna people once lit a beacon fire when we landed, and it is very likely that Baekje already knows about this side of the matter at this time, so we should quickly gather the army to prevent Baekje from sending troops to attack!"

Although Liu Zhi had speculated that Baekje was unlikely to send troops to Jeju Island due to the pressure brought to them by Goguryeo in the north, the necessary military preparations were still necessary just in case, so as not to be too caught off guard when such a low-probability event happened. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Qin Qiong nodded, and immediately prepared to send a fleet to pick up Luo Shixin and them, while Liu Zhi took several officials from the Tamna Kingdom to patrol the island with great interest.

"Sir, this is the household registration information of our Tamna country, which records the location and population of each village in detail, so it can be said that as long as there is one more person, there will be a record on it!"

When this official said this, he was still proud, thinking in his heart, I am afraid that such accurate statistical work will be difficult for even the powerful Great Sui to do!

"Oh, is it? What is your name? ”

Liu Zhi still has a deep impression of this person, he speaks Chinese well, and he has learned a lot of Han culture, although Tamna is relatively close to Baekje, but their culture is the culture of the Central Plains, and even the official text and prophecy are in Chinese, which makes Liu Zhi's communication with local officials very convenient, if they say their own local prophecy, it will be very difficult.

"Villain Wang Jian, what do you want from Mr.!"

Wang Jian put away the smile on his face and changed it to a serious expression, looking ready to obey orders at any time.

Liu Zhi just likes his attitude, very obedient, although he loves to brag.

"How did you get to this before, and why are you so detailed about the demographic data?"

Wang Jian said indignantly: "This is mainly because our king is greedy, if he wasn't so greedy, the people below us wouldn't be so such a thing!" ”

"Oh? Why is that, and does his greed have anything to do with it? ”

Wang Zheng didn't know if he was greedy Liu Zhi, but from the so much gold, silver and jewelry he hid, it could be seen that he must love money.

"Sir, don't you know, we don't have any special field on Jeju Island, lack of minerals and resources, even tools are lacking, so the development has not been fast, but Wang Zheng he loves money very much, so he stipulates that every household must pay tax according to the head, up to the old man in his seventies and eighties, down to the baby who is waiting to be fed, he has to collect a head tax, and each person must pay a stone of grain head tax every year, although there is a lot of land on this island, but because of the lack of iron, agricultural tools are relatively scarce, and there is no large livestock, so farming must rely on manpower, Originally, the yield was not high, more than 2,000 households only 30,000 acres of land, a total of only more than 10 acres of land, the output of an acre of land is only two or three stones, and the annual output of more than 10 acres of land is only 30 stones, among them, a family has to eat at least 20 stones of grain a year, and also pay 20% of the land rent, and the rest of the grain is only enough to pay the poll tax, this is still a good harvest year, if there are any natural and man-made disasters, such as last year's drought and the ensuing locust plague, then the people's harvest is not enough to see, However, His Majesty the King stipulated that the poll tax must be paid in full, and the land rent could be delayed for a while, which led to a lot of population losses last year, and it was precisely because of the poll tax that the people did not dare to have more children, because the children had to pay the poll tax after they were born! ”

Wang Jian was furious after speaking, his eyes were full of anger, obviously he was very dissatisfied with such a policy, speaking of which he was still an official of the Tamna State, although his position was not high, but after all, he was an official person, even people like him were so dissatisfied with the king's policy, which can be seen that this king is indeed a little unpopular in this country.

Liu Zhi nodded, no wonder the population on this island is only more than 10,000 people, more than 1,800 square kilometers, the area is not small, there is no problem at all to feed four or five hundred thousand people, but because of the kingdom's policy, the people below do not dare to have more children, otherwise not only will they not be able to raise it, but even they will be at risk of starvation.

Such an unreasonable policy is naturally to be abolished, as for the rent, it is really a little raised, five out of one, this is simply forcing the people to die, and it is really difficult for these people, if they could still go fishing and hunting, I am afraid that they would have starved to death a long time ago.

"By the way, you say that your king is greedy, but why did he ask for so much food? I have found less than 2,000 stone of grain in your treasury, which is not enough for your poll tax for a year! So where does the rest of the food go? ”

As if he knew that Liu Zhi would ask this question sooner or later, Wang Jian replied: "The grain has been sold by him, there is no gold mine on our island, sir, the gold, silver and jewelry in the dozen or so large boxes found by your army in his yard were all bought by him with the money from the sale of grain, and these grains were mainly sold by him to Baekje or Silla, and sometimes the Japanese people in the east would also send ships to buy it, this is the main source of his gold and silver, the gold, silver and jewelry in those dozen chests, It was their Wang clan who spent hundreds of years selling millions of stone of grain in exchange for it, and he would not only sell the grain, but even the population! ”

Wang Jian's last sentence made Zhang Yang stop abruptly, selling the population? Is there such a thing in this world, and it is also a thing done by the king of a country?

"Tell me what's going on!"

Liu Zhi's expression was serious, the matter of population is related to the society, and it is necessary to understand the reason for this.

"Yes, sir, here's the thing, because the three countries in the north often have wars, so the number of dead and wounded between the countries is very large, although Baekje and Silla in the south have formed an alliance, but the population and territory of these two countries are not as good as Goguryeo in the north, so in all dynasties, the king of Baekje will recruit mercenaries overseas and form a special army, called - Yingkui Army, the composition of the Yingkui army is very complicated, including Turks, Tatars, Khitans, Wa people and our Tamna people, This army is well-equipped, the number is small, but the combat effectiveness is very strong, we in the country of Tamna every year to select 300 of the most outstanding young men to send to Baekje to serve in the army, and in return, the Baekje people will give back 30,000 taels of silver, all this money flowed into the pockets of the royal family, they gradually accumulate wealth day by day, but unexpectedly lose all their property in one day, what a retribution! (To be continued.) )