Two days later, in the county government office of Yuzhong City, in the study, Li Zicheng was excitedly writing and drawing something, both illustrations and text descriptions, busy and excited, his face was full of redness, and even Tian Jianxiu walked into the study, but he didn't notice it.

A glimpse of the whole picture, Li Zicheng is still a hooligan in nature, there are no rules and regulations to speak of, and he doesn't care about the details of daily rules and etiquette. Therefore, Tian Jianxiu dared to go straight in and came to the study.

However, the reason why Li Zicheng is so relieved is because there are soldiers guarding outside, if it is not someone who he confesses, or someone who is extremely familiar, who can enter his study so easily without a little movement?

"Haha, it's finally done, it's fun again!" Li Zichang breathed a sigh of relief, with a smug smile on his face, sitting there for a long time, his body was a little stiff, he couldn't help stretching his waist, and was just about to relax and twist his neck, only then did he find Tian Jianxiu standing there: "Hey, Jianxiu, why are you here?" When is it coming, why don't you remind me? ”

After finishing speaking, Li Zicheng still twisted his neck, and made a cheerful voice comfortably, and Tian Jianxiu's voice also sounded: "Hehe... It didn't take long to see what you were doing wholeheartedly, so I didn't dare to bother. ”

After a few polite words, Tian Jianxiu stretched his neck, looked at the things that Li Zicheng wrote and painted, and then asked curiously: "Hey~ Boss, what are you doing?" It looks like an awl, and unlike an awl, it has three grooves, and it is extremely sharp, I have never seen this kind of weapon. ”

Speaking of his own place of pride, Li Zicheng looked more relaxed and proud, and then took out a few other illustrations from below, displayed them on the bookcase together, and said while sorting them out: "The weapon you see is called the military stinger, which is my latest invention, specially used to equip our soldiers." ”

Tian Jianxiu walked up, tilted his head, looked at the pattern of the military thorn, his brows were sometimes stretched, sometimes wrinkled, and asked suspiciously: "Boss, is there anything special about this weapon called the military stab?" Daggers can kill, so why bother? ”

Li Zicheng nodded noncommittally, and then said: "Of course, in terms of killing people alone, there is not much difference between the two. However, the characteristic of the military spur is that the three grooves and three protrusions are evenly distributed, showing a conical shape, and once pierced into the human body, the opponent will bleed incessantly. The dagger is different, it does not enter the human body, as long as it does not cut the throat and pierce the heart, the opponent can stop the injury. In a short period of time, you will not die of ischemia. ”

Tian Jianxiu immediately suddenly, the scene of the military thorn piercing into the human body came to his mind, no matter whether the opponent pulled it out or not, it would cause blood to flow endlessly, and the enemy would definitely die.

Thinking of this, Tian Jianxiu looked at several other illustrations, on which he knew all the weapons, and then said, "Boss, why did you suddenly think of getting these things?" ”

However, Li Zicheng smiled mysteriously, did not answer, and asked instead: "Don't talk about this for now, you will know why in the future." By the way, what are you looking for me? It won't be for small talk with me again, right~? ”

Hearing this, Tian Jianxiu patted his head, showed a look of self-reproach, and hurriedly said: "Boss, there is already a candidate for the county order." The purpose of my coming today is to bring people over so that you can see how you are, and whether you can be qualified as a county magistrate? Here's the general profile of that person. ”

Li Zicheng took the small strip Chen, immediately unfolded it, looked at it, and said silently in his mouth: "Li Changmao, a native of Zhangqiu, Shandong, was born in Wanli, was twenty-five years old, proficient in mathematics, and good at solving people's livelihood problems. ”

"Shushu ~ People's livelihood ~" Li Zicheng's mouth kept repeating these two words, but he was thinking in his heart: "What is really lacking, and there is a need for management talents." Isn't arithmetic mathematics just the same as mathematics, which corresponds to the accounting staff before the crossing, and the people's livelihood does not correspond to the economy? ”

As soon as he thought of this, Li Zicheng was still looking down at the information, and began to say in a harmonious voice: "See Xiu, this Li Changmao is really timely, Yuzhong City needs such talents, and it is urgent to stabilize the people's livelihood in Yuzhong City, so as to create an internal stable condition for us to completely gain a foothold and expand our sphere of influence." ”

Hearing this, Tian Jianxiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, deeply knowing that the boss had already acquiesced to this candidate, and Li Zicheng's voice had not disappeared, so he hurriedly said: "Boss, the reason why this Li Changmao was finalized, I think so." There are very few literate people in our team, and there are only one who can manage a county. Therefore, when I saw this information, I met Li Changmao himself, and I chose him. ”

While speaking, Li Zicheng had already finished reading all the contents of the article, leaned back on the chair, nodded, and asked, "Hmm... Jianxiu, I believe in your judgment, this Li Changmao has the talent to manage Yuzhong City. However, he is from Shandong, so he can't stay in Shandong, how did he come to the chaotic Shaanxi? ”

Tian Jianxiu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the boss to ask this question, although he hesitated, he still replied: "Boss, I know what you mean, I haven't thought about this question, whether Li Changmao will be a spy sent by the Ming Court." However, you also know that it has only been two days since we opened Yuzhong City, so let's not say whether the court has received the news of our uprising, and even if the Ming court gets it, it is impossible to react so quickly and target us. ”

Li Zicheng nodded noncommittally again, did not dwell on this issue, and then said: "Okay, then call this Li Changmao in, and I will see if he really has the talent to manage Yuzhong City." ”

"Well, it's the boss, I'm going to call someone in." Tian Jianxiu agreed, and turned away.

Soon after, under the leadership of Tian Jianxiu, a young man dressed as a scholar walked in, looking in his twenties, similar to Li Zicheng's age. However, the smell of the book's anger is very light, the posture is very upright, the complexion is slightly dark, and it is often exposed to the sun at a glance, which is very suitable for the description on the article, this person likes to travel.

As soon as he looked at people, Li Zicheng knew that he was Li Changmao, the kind of bookish temperament that was not strong, and his dark and strong body immediately won Li Zicheng's good favor.

At this time, Li Changmao was just about to bow down and say anything, Li Zicheng waved his hand very heroically, and said heartily: "Hehe, Mr. Li, we are mostly rough people here, don't pay attention to those false courtesies, don't be so troublesome, just do it rashly." ”

"Then thank you to the big boss~!" Even so, Li Changmao still gave up his hand to Shi Shiran, without too much pretentiousness.

Although he had a very good impression in his heart, Li Zicheng did not forget his purpose, and immediately asked straight to the point: "Mr. Li, since you are going to apply for the position of county magistrate in Yuzhong City, you must have a certain understanding of us people. I won't talk about anything else, but I'll just ask one thing, can you increase our income without affecting the daily life of ordinary people? After all, our team has not been established for a long time, and all sides are in dire need of silver and food reserves. ”

Li Changmao was stunned, but he didn't expect Li Zicheng to have such a problem as soon as he came up, instead of asking himself first to confirm his identity.

Although I don't know the meaning of the word application, but throughout the whole question, Li Changmao has already understood a general idea, and he groaned slightly, not knowing whether he is organizing the language or thinking about countermeasures, and after a while, he replied very affirmatively: "Hmm... As long as the big boss can trust me, I am more than eighty percent sure that I will be able to raise money and food. ”

Li Zicheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Oh, what kind of trust do you want?" And what are the ways and means to get silver and grain? ”

"It seems that this Li Zicheng is not so uneducated, he is still quite smart, and he can immediately find the key point of the problem." After this thought flashed through Li Changmao's mind, he immediately replied: "Big leader, it's very simple, I hope that you and your subordinates can cooperate with the policies I have formulated and abide by my regulations. With this kind of support and trust, I am sure that I will be able to raise a sum of money and food within 10 days. ”

"As for the way, it's very simple. Whether it is Yuzhong City, or the whole Shaanxi, or even the whole world, the taxes levied are too simple, and they are too biased towards farmers. If the objects of taxation were passed on to the merchants, wealthy landlords, and magnates, the amount of grain raised would be much higher than the amount of silver grain that had been extorted from the common people. ”

The light in Li Zicheng's eyes became more and more blazing, and he had deeply recognized Li Changmao's talent, and he sighed in his heart: "It is worthy of the Ming Dynasty, although it has been declining and is going downhill, there is never a shortage of talents in the world, and some people's understanding is very insightful and far-reaching, forward-looking." For example, this Li Changmao has already set his eyes on the rich with tax eyes. ”

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng wanted to test it, and couldn't help but ask with great interest: "Oh~ How are you going to tax those people?" In what name? After all, once the operation is not good, it is very likely to cause riots in Yuzhong City and destroy the foundation laid in the early stage. ”

This time it was Li Changmao's turn to be surprised, after such a short contact, between the verbal answers, Li Zicheng was still a martial artist's performance?

The words are sharp, close to the key link of the problem, and he respects himself even more, and the title of Mr. completely breaks the impression of Li Changmao's inquiry about Li Zicheng!

Vaguely, Li Changmao felt that Li Zicheng had the characteristics of a superior, and that faint rogue atmosphere was regarded by him as a manifestation of his uninhibited, sincere, and true temperament.

With a positive evaluation, Li Changmao naturally became less restrained, as soon as Li Zicheng finished speaking, he also stopped thinking and judging in his heart, and then replied: "Big boss, this is simpler, you and your subordinates protect the safety of Yuzhong City, maintain the stability of the city, as a ruler, of course, you have the right to collect taxes and fees." ”

"As for how it will be levied, it will be levied according to their monthly turnover, and 20% of their profits will be taken as a tax. Those landlords and magnates, who were cut off in the previous two days as rich and unkind, and people who ran rampant in the villages, had their fertile land ranging from a few hundred acres to thousands of hectares, and they were levied grain or silver according to the yield per mu. ”

"And you and your subordinates have been stationed in Yuzhong City for more than a month, nearly two months, and they will be levied according to one month, which is also a lot of silver and a lot of grain. In this name alone, they have to pay taxes. ”