In 1913, the Sichuan Arsenal spent 2.48 million yuan (not counting zero, good to hang to 250), and the main products of the Sichuan Arsenal at that time were Type 68 rifles and 6.8 mm caliber bullets and other gunpowder.

Nowadays, although grenades, steel helmets, bayonets, mortars and sapper shovels have been added to rifles, ammunition, gunpowder and other items, but only grenades are really expensive (mortars currently only have theoretical drawings provided by Yan Guang, and it will take a while to study them), so 3.5 million to 5 million is almost the annual funding of the Sichuan Arsenal in the future.

"Wang Er, after you go back, you can recruit a new army!" But after thinking about it, Yan Guang shook his head again and said. "No, let's wait for that thing to be decided, and your work can be easier with that thing."

"That thing..."Wang Er seemed to laugh rather than laugh. If you want our current Minister Song to agree, I'm afraid it's not a very simple thing. ”

"This..."Yan Guang scratched his head and waved his hand one last time. I'm the governor, and I'm up to what I decide! ”

"Yes, yes, yes..."Wang Er smiled. "Anyway, if this matter can be decided, it will really be a good thing for the people of Sichuan!"

However, it was really unexpected by the two, after hearing Yan Guang's decision, Song Dinghan did not shake his head against it, but made some additions and changes to it.

"It's a good idea to exempt all agricultural taxes, but at the same time it's very inappropriate to impose on all landlords that they can only collect 30 percent of their rent." Saying that, Song Dinghan looked at Yan Guang and Wang Er with a surprised expression, and continued to explain. "Although we have now occupied Chengdu, and many neighboring prefectures and counties have also taken the initiative to surrender, but they are only forced by the situation and not sincere, if we impose the number of rents at this time, it is tantamount to infringing on their interests, which will inevitably lead to a backlash."

Saying that, Song Dinghan glanced at the two of them. "Now the Manchu political axe has no effect in Sichuan, the gentry in the prefecture and county are definitely more effective than the local government, and the landlords account for the vast majority, if we enforce it, whether it is to surrender or is preparing to surrender, I am afraid that it will..."

"That? Do you want to delete this one? Yan Guang frowned.

Song Dinghan smiled and shook his head. "Of course not, we just need to change this to voluntary." As he spoke, he picked up a pen and wrote a few words on paper. "The Sichuan military and political axe decree will exempt all peasants from all agricultural taxes on their own land, and the gentry and gentry who recruit tenants to cultivate land in various prefectures and counties can also reduce all agricultural taxes if they voluntarily reduce the land rent to less than 30 percent or 5!"

"Voluntary? Will they volunteer? Wang Er said strangely on the side.

"There are still a lot of enlightened gentry in Sichuan, so at least some of them will be willing to do this, and they are saying," Song Dinghan smiled as he spoke. "Are we voluntary, when there are already gentry in the neighborhood who are willing to do this, then in order not to be poked in the back by the villagers, even if there are still some who are unwilling, they can only pinch their noses and do so, but if there is really an iron rooster who is not afraid of being poked in the back..." That's all I can say. ”

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the landlord's rent was generally between fifty, sixty and seventy, and now it has not yet reached the most chaotic era in China, plus there are a lot of enlightened gentry, so it is mainly more than fifty percent and six, and so on to the chaotic Republic of China period (such as a bullet flying mile, after the tax received for decades), it is the most common to seventy...

At this time, except for a few very bad landlords, the vast majority of landlords are still very concerned about their comments in the countryside, so if such an order is really issued, then there will still be some landlords who are willing to do so.

The most important thing is that in the past, whether it was in the new army or the patrol battalion, there were a considerable number of officers whose families were rich (they could send their children to school or even stay abroad), and in this era, the content of landlords in the rich class was definitely higher than that of merchants, so in the case of their own power, if they did not want to die ugly, it was best not to touch their interests.

However, when Yan Guang unified Sichuan and had troops that were truly loyal to him, it would be a simple matter to enforce the number of rents.

"Mmmmmm..."After listening to Song Dinghan's explanation, the two of them nodded together, but...

"How could you say yes so much?" Yan Guang and Wang Er said strangely, you must know that in their estimates, the most vocal opponent is Song Dinghan, the Minister of Finance.

Song Dinghan waved his hand and said with a smile. "It's just an agricultural tax, and it doesn't have much money."

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1911, the financial revenue of the Manchu political axe was 29,696 taels, which can also be counted as 300 million taels if rounded, considering that the second half of 1911 happened to be the period of the Baolu Movement and the Xinhai Revolution, so the real financial revenue of the Manchu political axe should be more than 300 million taels.

Among the 29,696 taels, the agricultural tax is 48.1 million taels, accounting for only 16 percent, the industrial and commercial miscellaneous tax is 204.41 million taels, that is, more than 200 million taels of silver, equivalent to 69 percent of the fiscal revenue, and the other income is 44.45 million taels, accounting for 15 percent of the fiscal revenue...

Putting aside the industrial and commercial miscellaneous taxes for the time being, after all, there is no customs in Sichuan.

However, in terms of agricultural taxes, the population at the end of the Qing Dynasty was about 400 million, while the population of Sichuan was 50 million, and the annual agricultural tax revenue of Sichuan was only 4 million taels according to the capita, and it was only about 6 million when converted into silver dollars, and the current income from Yanguang's Mexican oil wells was about 12 million per month...

Compared with Yan Guang's monthly income, the entire annual income of Sichuan Province is nothing more than a scum with a combat effectiveness of only 5...

Of course, at the moment, Song Dinghan didn't know how huge Yan Guang's income was, but after learning about Yan Guang's affairs in Mexico, Song Dinghan had collected a lot of information about oil and made up for it. And although Yan Guang is always a little nervous, at least in terms of intelligence, there is not much difference from normal people...

With this in mind, Song Dinghan's minimum estimate of Yan Guang's annual income is also more than 10 million...

Of course, these are not the reasons why Song Dinghan will agree with Yan Guang, the real reason is...

"Let's take a look at this, this is what you just received when you went to the arsenal." As he spoke, Song Dinghan took out a piece of paper from the drawer, which was the biggest reason why Song Dinghan would agree.

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