The 50,000 troops of the Zhoushui tribe fought continuously for more than ten days with the 70,000 army of Shanjung in the Eagle Hand Mining Area, Beishuiquan and other places, constantly consuming the military strength of Shanjung. In the process, the feats of the player's legion cannot be erased.

In the end, under the leadership of the great chief himself, an army of 50,000 was personally commanded, and the last army of more than 20,000 in Shanrong was decided in the north of the Zhoushui Walled City, completely ending this protracted war that cost countless food and wages.

On January 3, in the decisive battle, thousands of players and NPC troops poured out and swept the battlefield with overwhelming superiority, killing tens of thousands of Shanjung soldiers and capturing more than 10,000 soldiers of Shanjung.

The joy of victory filled the entire Zhoushui Walled City.

Countless players shouted loudly and joyfully, leading a long list of NPC Shanjung slaves captured from the battlefield to return to their fiefdoms and let them plow the land or do manual work. Thousands of slaves were taken away by the great chiefs and ministers.

After solving the problem of the Shanrong army, Zhoushui Walled City was finally able to concentrate its energy and financial resources to show its strength.

Under the Great Chieftain Da Yue, he issued a special commendation order: in this battle, all player tribes with fallen warriors can receive 3 acres of arable land for each soldier killed. Anyone who kills the Shanjung player tribe will receive 2 acres of arable land for each Shanjung killed. In addition, players at all levels of Sima and NPC military attachés have different amounts of additional arable land rewards, including 400 mu for Sima, 200 mu for military Sima, 100 mu for Xing Sima, and 10 mu for low-level officers such as army commanders, chiefs, and centurions at all levels.

As soon as this order was issued, almost all the nearly 10,000 players in Zhoushui Walled City obtained new fiefs and carnivaled.

Xiao Ao was so excited that he almost cried, although the big chief dismissed him in a fit of anger, but the rewarder did not forget about him as a Sima, and still gave 400 acres of cultivated land, which is worth it, with these 400 acres of cultivated land, it is not in vain.

After the issuance of the commendation order. The 50,000 army formed by the player's four legions and the Great Chieftain himself were all disbanded and returned to their tribes to cultivate the fields and engage in production. Soldiers were conscripted into the army when they were fighting, and they could also work in agriculture and production in peacetime. Reduce the burden. After the disbandment of the four player legions, the original 32-player team was restored.

The only regular troops retained were still the 3,000 guards guarding the Zhoushui Walled City.

The government of Zhoushui Walled City finally got rid of the heavy financial burden of the 50,000-strong army and eased up. The war against the Shanrong invasion in Pinggang and Xiangping of the Yan Kingdom is still continuing, but it has nothing to do with the Zhoushui tribe.

That night, the Great Chief was overjoyed. A banquet was held in the lobby of the Executive Yuan, and ministers, NPC nobles, and dozens of players were invited to celebrate. Not only to celebrate the victory of the war, but also to celebrate that after this battle, the threat of the Shanjung tribe to the Zhoushui Walled City was greatly eliminated, and it was difficult to form such a large-scale army to invade the territory of Yan in a few years.

The most important thing is that the financial situation has finally stopped the unlimited consumption, and even the sleep feels much more steady. There is no need to worry about the money and grain in the warehouse being transported in large quantities by cart and consumed quickly.

The feeling of flesh pain is simply a kind of guilt that destroys the heavens. From the chief to the ministers, all of them deeply regretted this. Now it's okay, there is no need to fight, and finally there is money for a banquet.

The big chief raised his glass, full of pride, and said to the ministers present: "For our heroes, for the warriors of my Zhoushui tribe." Cheers. From today on, my Zhoushui tribe will once again gain precious peace, and I will no longer have to worry about the arrival of the Shanjung. Dry! ”

Everyone raised their glasses in congratulations. The defeated and captured chief of Shanjung was also invited to the banquet, and he raised his glass with a helpless smile to congratulate the great chief Ji Zhi.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone was lively. NPC ministers talked and laughed separately, while Qin Xiaobai, Blood Kill, God King, Thousands of Miles Without Staying, Becoming a King and other players acted as Simas, chatting and laughing, chatting about interesting things on the battlefield.

On top of the feast. The Great Chief Ji Zhi occasionally drank wine, with a smile of joy on his face, but his heart was as calm as water.

The war is over, but that doesn't mean the problems and troubles are gone. On the contrary, there are more problems than before the war. The most serious problem. It's a financial problem. As long as it's someone who has been in contact with the inside of finances. We all know the seriousness of the problem.

To be honest, Ji Zhi is not in the mood to set up any banquet now. A banquet costs at least tens of thousands of copper coins. In the treasury. That's about 1 million copper coins left. Moreover, the biggest problem is that fiscal expenditure is greater than revenue. The purpose of his banquet was actually to "collect money" and enrich the treasury.

He shook his head secretly, very dissatisfied with Situ, who was in charge of the treasury.

Halfway through the banquet, the Grand Chief announced several important decisions in public, and he said with a smile: "Ministers, although this battle is victorious, there are still some things that need to be resolved as soon as possible. ”

There was a sudden silence in the lobby, and everyone was almost holding their breath. Many people have speculated that the big chief will not be as simple as just setting up a banquet tonight, and more importantly, that is, the distribution of interests and the distribution of results.

Sure enough, now the main topic comes.

Players don't dare to take it lightly, listen carefully, once it comes to the distribution of interests, the struggle is very cruel. It's not just that players may fight with each other, but some highly intelligent NPC ministers and nobles are also very good at this, and if they are not careful, they will capsize.

The Great Chief looked at the ministers in the hall with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "In order to destroy the Shanrong army, my Zhoushui tribe has paid a lot of price. The biggest price is that the treasury is empty, and the grain bank is empty. This is very difficult to do, and Lone plans to build a new city to build a trade road to Jicheng. All the ministers are the pillars of my Zhoushui tribe, what can you do to fill the treasury and grain depot? ”

The NPC ministers and the nobles looked at each other and quietly tightened their wallets. If you want to talk about money and grain, in fact, there is still some land in the Zhoushui Walled City, but it is all in the warehouses of the big nobles, not in the warehouses of the official government. Is it possible for them to come up with private money and grain to fill the public treasury? Isn't that going to kill them?

The rest of the money is in the hands of the player. Among them, the most are Qin Xiaobaiwei's chambers of commerce and Xing Sima players.

The big chief saw that the ministers and nobles shrank their heads one after another, and they didn't say a word, and they couldn't help but snort with disdain in their hearts: It's not that you want your money and food, what are you doing so quickly. He swept around, but no one spoke, so he said, "Lord Situ, let's talk about it first!" You have been in charge of the income and expenditure of money and food, what can be done to make the money and food in the warehouse full? ”

Situ, who was sitting at the table, stood up apprehensively, glanced at the rest of the NPC ministers and nobles a few times, and then bowed down to the big chief and said, "Weichen can look at it, you can collect money and grain from the shops, workshops, and cultivated land in the city. Because our Zhoushui tribe has always implemented a light tax, encouraging handicraft workshop production, trade exchanges, and the policy of enriching the people by reclaiming wasteland, the income in these aspects is very light. In terms of arable land, there is almost no food income. As long as these three taxes are introduced, they can immediately bring in a lot of income. ”

The NPC ministers and nobles nodded their heads and exchanged words, "Yes, it's time to raise taxes." "It's always been a low tax, which is not good for my Zhoushui tribe." "Your Ministers agree!"

The Great Chief nodded in satisfaction and looked at the players. As long as the Sima of the public line has no opinion, Situ's proposal can be passed.

But the attitude of the players of the crowd is the same as nbsp; None of the players spoke publicly, and they all talked in low voices. In his heart, he had already scolded Situ with blood, and the old man's heart could be stuffed directly into the ink tank, and when he took it out, it was definitely blacker than the squid.

You have to start from the beginning to understand what is going on.

The initial population of Zhoushui Walled City was about 10,000 people, all of whom were the population of the NPC Zhoushui tribe. There is less arable land, few workshops, and less trade.

Later, a large number of players "migrated" to the Zhoushui tribe with their own tribes, and the population of NPCs increased significantly. At present, the player population alone has reached more than 15,000 people, and the population of their tribe NPCs needs to be multiplied by 50, so Zhoushui's cultivated land, workshop production, and commercial activities have rapidly increased and prospered.

The population brought by the player is native; Therefore, no matter how much arable land, workshops, and shops are cultivated by the ministers and nobles of the original NPCs, they are not as many as the players. For every 1 copper coin collected from all ministers and nobles, almost 75 copper coins were collected from all players.

Situ said that he wanted to raise taxes in these three aspects, to put it bluntly, that is, to ask for a large amount of money and grain from the hands of players to fill the treasury. And the money and grain in the warehouse are under the control of the government, and the government says it will be used for whatever it wants, and it will do it, all for the sake of nbsp; And among the thirty-two Xing Sima players present today, which one of them doesn't own a large number of production workshops, cultivated land, or chamber of commerce shops?

Xing Sima players are naturally dissatisfied with this proposal.

However, the state's collection of taxes is a matter of course, and they cannot find a reason to refute it, and they cannot say it for a while. If you don't pay it, the treasury will have no money, and it won't benefit anyone. If they turn it in, the amount is not a small amount, and their own interests will be greatly damaged.

What to do?

The linemen talked in a low voice, exchanging information.

"Brother, do you say you want to pay it or not?"

"A few days ago, the snow disaster reduced the grain production, and some slaves were arrested, and the food is tight, where is the surplus grain handed in!"

"yes, my land has just been cultivated, and I haven't planted it for a few days. My farmers are going hungry! ”

"What then? If you don't pay taxes, can the big chief agree? ”

"Hmph, is the big chief all the way to the ministers and nobles, can he not face the ministers? Whether you agree or not, the result will probably be the same. ”