The people gathered in front of the notice at the gate of the city, noisy and bustling, and a young man who looked like a scholar read: "In order to make the agricultural tax more fair, the General's Office has decided to reform the current agricultural tax. For those who are less than 100 mu and more than 50 mu, the tax rate paid remains unchanged; For those under 50 acres, the tax rate paid will be reduced by 20 percent," read this, and many people who looked like farmers at the scene shouted happily. The young man continued: "For those who are more than 100 mu to 300 mu, the tax rate will be increased by two times; For those with 300 mu to 1,000 mu, the tax rate will be increased by five times," exclaimed from the scene.

"For those with more than 1,000 mu, the tax rate will be increased by 10 times."

The crowd of onlookers talked a lot, and a middle-aged man dressed gorgeously and elegantly said angrily: "Ridiculous! It's ridiculous! How can there be such a high tax rate from ancient times to the present? ”

The ordinary peasants looked at him with gloating eyes.

The gaze turned to Cai's house.

In the private warm pavilion in the backyard, Mrs. Cai was kneeling next to Zhang Lang and drinking with him. Mrs. Cai's hair was tied in a high bun, decorated with gold leaf beads, which complemented the mature and charming face, shining brightly; The face is full of makeup, willow-like eyebrows, and small red lips are extremely charming; He was wearing only a very light pink tunic gauze skirt, and the layers of mountains and deep valleys and ravines loomed, which was very attractive.

Zhang Lang took a sip of wine, put down the wine glass, glanced at Mrs. Cai, and asked with a smile, "How is the situation of the lawsuit?" ”

Mrs. Cai said: "Today, Lord Zhuge has been sentenced, and all the fields and industrial properties that originally belonged to my Cai family will be returned, and the three families are convinced. The beautiful eyes glanced at Zhang Lang, and raised the wine glass first, "Thanks to the general's help, the slave family is here to thank the general!" With that, he tilted his head and dried up a glass of wine. Zhang Lang looked at it with appreciation, he felt that there were only a few most charming postures of beauties, one of which was the appearance of drinking, especially the very mature beauties, when drinking, it was really charming and captivating!

Mrs. Cai put down her wine glass, saw Zhang Lang staring straight at her, smiled, and threw a wink at Zhang Lang.

Zhang Lang smiled and asked, "Do you know all about the agricultural tax bill introduced today?" ”

Mrs. Cai straightened her waist and picked up the wine jug to fill Zhang Lang with wine, "The slave family has already learned." ”

Zhang Lang took a sip of wine, "What do you think?" ”

Mrs. Cai smiled slightly, "The slave family thinks it's very good." ”

"Good? Hehe, but your Cai family has 10,000 acres of grain fields in their hands! ”

Mrs. Cai said: "The income of 10,000 acres of fertile land is not as good as that of a shop in Luoyang, so what's the use of asking for so much grain land?" "The beautiful eyes flowed," the slave family has decided to donate all the grain fields to the General's Mansion. Zhang Lang couldn't help but be a little moved, although the relationship between the two was tantamount to a dewy couple, but she was able to take care of the overall situation in such a way that Zhang Lang was a little unexpected. Zhang Lang hugged Mrs. Cai, and Mrs. Cai took the opportunity to fall into Zhang Lang's arms. Raising his head and looking at Zhang Lang, he saw the spring heart rippling in his beautiful eyes, and his red lips were slightly open and exhaling like an orchid.

Zhang Lang kissed her red lips, "You can decide like this, you didn't disappoint me." But I can't ask you for nothing, your Cai family's 10,000 acres of fertile land will be used as a tax, converted into market price! Mrs. Cai glanced at Zhang Lang, hooked Zhang Lang's neck with both hands, and said resentfully: "The slave family wants to do something for the general, but the general refuses to accept it?" ”

Zhang Lang's index finger moved, nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then I will accept it." ”

Mrs. Cai smiled, and then her beautiful eyes became fascinated, and she said faintly: "General, the slave family hasn't been caressed by you for a long time!" ”

Zhang Lang only felt a ball of flame rushing straight to his head, picked up Mrs. Cai, and walked towards the bed behind the screen.

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Zhang Lang's agricultural tax system was soon extended to the whole territory, and the vast majority of the people were in a trance, while the scholars who owned the most land held grudges, and there were many rumors in the society that slandered Zhang Lang, saying that Zhang Lang was a traitor who was more tyrannical than Dong Zhuo, a demon who ate people and did not spit out bones, and so on. Compared with the trance of the people and the resentment of the scholars, the attitude of the merchants is quite calm, this matter basically has no effect on them, even if they have a large amount of land in their hands, it is counted as money and taxes, and there will be no loss.

In addition to the above three kinds of people, there is another kind of people, that is, the enlightened scholars, who can make timely adjustments to themselves in accordance with the development of the times, and in the face of Zhang Lang's policy of inhibiting the scholars from encouraging commerce, they gave up the land in time to engage in commercial and trade activities, breaking into a new world.

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Zhang Lang went to a fortress on the west bank of the Yangtze River under the escort of Dong Ying, Zhang Liao and others, and looked into the distance, only to see the white sails dotted on the entire river, and a water village on the opposite river was like a city wall, and large and small warships entered and exited from time to time.

Zhang Lang frowned and asked, "Is this section of the river controlled by Sun Jian?" ”

Zhang Liao nodded, and said helplessly: "We don't have a navy, but the Jiangdong navy is unparalleled in the world, and the Yangtze River is almost controlled by the Jiangdong navy." We can only set up a barrage at the confluence of the Xiangjiang River and the Yangtze River and in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to prevent the entry of the Jiangdong naval army. ”

Zhang Lang asked, "Have there been any conflicts recently?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head, "No." The Jiangdong Navy was very careful, and they basically would not cross the middle line of the Yangtze River to this side. ”

Zhang Lang smiled, "They want to concentrate on arming and fighting!" ”

Zhang Liao said with some regret: "If we had a strong naval army in our hands before, we would have been able to attack Jiangdong in one go!" ”

Zhang Lang nodded and sighed, he also felt a little regretful and helpless.

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "General, the construction of this naval army must be stepped up!" Otherwise, we won't be able to attack Koto at all! ”

Zhang Lang pondered: "There is no way to carry out this matter for the time being, and the resources in our hands are limited. Zhang Liao sighed and nodded.

"Wen Yuan, about the People's Army, are you really sure that they are useless?"

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "Don't dare to deceive the general, my subordinates really think so." A huge contingent of civilian troops, which looks good, but is of no use. The subordinates did not dare to boast, but they were sure that with only 10,000 war horses, they could defeat the millions of people in the wilderness! Facing a big city with 300,000 civilian troops guarded by the Tiger Wing Legion, the last general is sure to capture it within three days! ”

Zhang Lang frowned and thought about it. Zhang Lang believed what Zhang Liao said, but he felt that the survival of the People's Army was always useful. On this issue, Zhang Lang was a little undecided.