Xu Jiao was indeed a little tired, and rested comfortably in this princess's mansion for three days.

Zhong Xiangtai knocked on the door of the princess's mansion on the morning of the fourth day, breaking Xu Jiao's tranquility.

"Tell me, why are you looking for me so urgently?" Xu Jiao was lying on the couch, Zhu Qing and Mei Xiang were seriously dyeing her nails, and the begonia flower juice was dyeing her nails, and the red and beautiful ones were very beautiful.

"It's wrong to disturb the princess, it's just that the autumn harvest is coming soon, and you still need to decide this tax, the princess. Zhongxiang is now your fiefdom and no longer pays taxes to the court. ”

In Yuehua State, there is a fief, and everything in the fief is the owner of the fief, of course, the appointment of officials is decided by the court, and the owner of the fief can write a letter to ask the official, and the court agrees.

"How much were your taxes before?" Xu Jiao asked.

"Back to the princess, the previous tax was fifty percent, Zhong Xiang is too poor, even if it is the remaining fifty percent, the family's annual rations are not enough."

Zhong Xiang Taishou is a middle-aged man with little ability, but he is not a corrupt official, he is kind-hearted, and he watches the people in his jurisdiction not live well every day, and he even can't sleep at night.

At this time, he said this to tell the princess that the previous taxes were still too high.

In the wealthier places of Yuehua Country, fifty percent of the tax is paid, and the people can live, and they can also work a small job in the idle time to earn some money to fill the family.

No one made a sound in the room for a long time, and the sweat on Zhong Xiangtai's back was dripping out, and he thought that the princess was angry, after all, the taxes went into the princess's pocket.

Just when he was so scared that he was about to faint, Xu Jiao spoke: "In this case, the tax will be changed to twenty-eight." ”

Zhong Xiang Taishou didn't know if he had misunderstood, so he continued to ask: "It's the eighth of the people, are you the second?" ”

"You're only two." Xu Jiao said.

Looking at Zhong Xiangtai's pale face, she smiled and said: "I only collect 20% of the tax, and 80% is left for the people to live on their own. ”

Xu Jiao has elite soldiers and officials, if she discovers such a moth, she will immediately be replaced by a capable person.

On the fourth day of Xu Jiao's arrival in Zhongxiang City, a new announcement was posted here and the counties and cities below: from today onwards, only 20% of the tax will be collected, and the rest of the people will use it for their own use. If there are any excesses and miscellaneous taxes, the people will report to the Taishou Mansion or the Princess Mansion, and once discovered, they will be exiled for 3,000 miles, and will not be tolerated.

All of a sudden, the people of the city began to rejoice.

"Dad, we can have a good year this year." An old lady with a wrinkled face said to her husband.

The remaining fifty percent of the grain every year, plus the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, only three percent of their own family is left, they have three sons, all of whom have already started a family, each has two children, a family of eleven people, all pointing to the family's five acres of land to live, a few years ago because of insufficient food, the second daughter-in-law was pregnant and did not know, and fainted from hunger in winter and had a direct miscarriage. If you can leave eighty percent now, the whole family will be able to eat enough in the future.

"I heard that it was our place that became the princess's fief, and the princess ordered that only 20% of the tax should be collected."

"Why didn't the princess come earlier, if you came earlier, there wouldn't be so many people selling their sons and daughters every year."

The city was filled with these discussions for a while.

Xu Jiao was inspecting the barracks, and the 2,000 elite soldiers given to her by her father were in good health, all of them were young and middle-aged. The squad leaders are all veterans who have retired from the border passes, although they are older, but they are more experienced in the battlefield.

These soldiers were trained only in how to stab, chop, chop, and use weapons, and they could be called elite soldiers by young and experienced generals.

"The princess's expression, is she dissatisfied with these soldiers?" Lin Hai, who was accompanying Xu Jiao, asked.

"It's not the soldiers' fault." Xu Jiao said.

Is that the fault of this general of his? Lin Hai was puzzled, he treated the soldiers like his own brothers, eating and drinking together, and never deducted their food and military salaries, even in the camp of the national capital, his team can be called elite soldiers.

"I'll come back tomorrow, you can go back and rest." Xu Jiao decided to go back to the princess's mansion first and study how to train this team.

She has always believed that all linguistic talents can only be used to govern the country, but if you want to defend, or even lay new places, it is necessary to develop military power.

The first thing she did when she came to the fiefdom was to stabilize the army she could use, as long as she had soldiers in her hands, she was not afraid that she would not be able to give orders.

Along the way, everything she did was not only because she was grateful to these soldiers for escorting her, but also because of the use of imperial power to buy people's hearts.

Next, she has to train this group of troops to the maximum extent of her ability.

At this time, the system suddenly released a mission: the first branch mission of the second main line, training a qualified army of 2,000 people, with a passing score of 80, the current level, 20.

Xu Jiao was not surprised by the character's reminder, after the completion of the main quest in the first stage, the system seemed to have a complete emotional function, and the system had been chatting with her on the road these times.

She asked when the side quest would be opened, and the system told her that there was a chance to trigger it when she arrived in the fiefdom.

It was only now that it was triggered, and she felt it was time too.

The system mall refreshed a wave of goods, and she saw what she needed right now.

The next day, Lin Hai took what Xu Jiao gave him and looked at it with a solemn face.

This booklet contains all kinds of novel training methods, which are applied to the daily training methods of field units of modern armies.

"Princess, I've never seen these methods before, but here are some of the equipment used in training, five-step piles, high and low platforms, ladders, barbed wire, and what these things should look like? Where can I get it? Lin Hai asked, pointing to the physical training equipment mentioned in the booklet.

Xu Jiao had already started to prepare last night, and Ding Rong and the others who were brought over from the palace were living in the princess's mansion at this time, helping to repair and renovate the princess's mansion, and these things couldn't be simpler for them.

Last night she asked them to bring them a sketch and description of the equipment, and the reply was that it would be completed in three days. In fact, it can be completed in half a day, there is no technical content, and it takes three days because it is the first time to arrive here, and it takes time to find materials.

"I asked the palace craftsmen who came with you to make it, and in the next few days, you will take them to start training without these equipment, like standing upright and running with weights." Xu Jiao replied.

Lin Hai nodded thoughtfully, the physical training in this was very strict, and he was very skeptical that his soldiers could complete it.

Xu Jiao seemed to see the confusion on his face, and said to him: "Don't worry, physical training consumes a lot, I have ordered someone to bring enough rice, noodles and meat, let them eat with their open bellies if they complete the task, and only eat a small portion if they can't complete the task, so I don't believe they don't work hard." ”

Lin Hai let go of the doubts in his heart, they are all young and middle-aged, as long as they can survive, they can eat meat, eat white rice, and eat all-you-can-eat, he believes that they will all work hard to complete the training.

With enough meat and rice noodles, the soldiers' physical fitness will get better and better, so that a virtuous circle can be formed.