The next day, the town's tax collector came to Zheng Zhilong's exclusive room in the center of the town.

"Tax rate?"

"Yes, Chief. We now have a population of 2,000 in cities and towns, 3,000 in rural areas, and the poll tax is two coppers a month for people in the city and one copper for people in the countryside. Ten copper coins for one silver coin, and ten silver coins for one gold coin. The poll tax adds up to seventy gold coins a month.

And the business tax...... There are still a few shops in the town, and they can sell a little something, about the same, and they can collect fifty gold coins a month.

In addition, the peasants in your territory are also your serfs after all, and they have to pay a field tax of thirty gold coins every month.

In total, at a moderate rate, you can receive 150 gold coins per month. ”

“...... One hundred and fifty gold coins. Zheng Zhilong knocked his head: "I remember that it costs a thousand gold coins to upgrade a high-level town center - I don't do anything together, and I can't upgrade a large town in half a year?"

"That's pretty much it, but you can also raise the tax rate, Chief. Nowadays, it is just an ordinary tax rate, and there are two levels of high tax rate and extremely high tax rate. ”

"Forget it. Zheng Zhilong shook his head: "How much money is left in the treasury now?"

"Almost five thousand gold coins. It's been saved by our tribe for decades of looting everywhere. The tax collector said.

"So, what will be the effect of lowering the tax rate?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"First of all, income will go down. ”

"Nonsense!"

"Secondly, it can attract some displaced people to join. ”

"- Okay, this one is enough. Let's lower the tax rate!"

"In this case, you will only earn a hundred gold coins a month, chieftain. Our army needs a maintenance cost of 300 gold coins per month, please be careful. ”

"Long-winded!"

After that, the mayor of the town.

"Where is it going?"

"That's right, this town is in ruins right now, and you can choose some buildings to build and develop this town. ”

"What are the agricultural facilities?"

"Basic farmland, you need five hundred gold coins. Duration: Fifteen days. ”

"Build!"

"The mill requires ten, five hundred gold coins in all, and fifteen days. ”

"Build!"

"The livestock fence requires a total of ten, five hundred gold coins, and a time of fifteen days. ”

"Build!"

"The bakery, ten in total, five hundred gold coins, and the time is five days. ”

"Build!"

In this way, a total of two thousand gold coins disappeared at once. However, Zheng Zhilong didn't care at all, the basic agricultural facilities were all at once, and the tax rate was lowered, so that more people could be attracted to join, more people to join, so that the town could be upgraded, and only after upgrading could it make more buildings, recruit stronger troops, and expand more forces.

However, this is still not fast enough. Zheng Zhilong spent five days calculating that an average of twenty homeless people would join the town every day. And upgrading large towns requires a population of 5,000. That is, it will take one hundred and fifty days, five months. That's a long time. And if you sit on the empty side, you won't have enough money to pay your troops, and of course you can also use the method of deducting military salaries - but that will definitely affect the morale of the army, and in serious cases, it will lead to mutiny or something.

"So, I had to rob it. Zheng Zhilong rolled his eyes like this. Made up my mind.

Biard's army numbered in the thousands, and was well equipped, with a cavalry of twenty men and a medium cavalry of fifty. Such a force can be counted even if it is put on the European continent. It must be easy to destroy a few small tribes around it. And not long after the life of the Vikings ended, the various tribes must have made a lot of money before that. They are not like Zheng Zhilong, who has such a gold-swallowing beast-like system to raise, and there must be no place to spend it. And after destroying their tribes, the old, the young, the sick, the disabled, and the young and middle-aged who surrendered, this is also the population. Fill it out this way, and the needs of large towns can be reached.

In this way, the money is there, the population is there, and the ambitious tasks I have received, it is unreasonable not to fight.

At the same time, don't take NPCs as people, and look at this family name as a meritorious service again. Zheng Zhilong has no psychological pressure at all to kill people or anything in this world. Maybe after a few wars, you can get a caste like ruthless slaughter and extermination.

That's it.

Zheng Zhilong wrapped himself in a robe, put on a fur cloak, and rode on a two-meter-high monster-level cold-blooded horse, the generals and guards were generally stationed in the barracks around the center of his town, Zheng Zhilong commanded the servants, and then the bell rang, and the well-trained guard knights quickly grabbed the long swords beside them and walked out, lined up.

Zheng Zhilong's icy gaze swept away, causing the bodies of the twenty guard knights to tense violently. At the same time, I couldn't help but stand straighter.

"Order, the army is assembled, ready for war!"

After this order was given, the knights of the guard, who were also heralds, quickly divided into four men and mounted their horses and galloped towards the barracks scattered around the town. Ten minutes later, thousands of Viking warriors were trotting together in the square in the center of town.

Seeing that the army had been assembled, Zheng Zhilong ordered: "Go on the march!

After that, the Viking warriors, who had been holding back for a long time, cheered. The army quickly left the town and headed for its goal.

Although it was the first time to lead troops into battle. But some of the novels that I didn't read in my previous life also had a slight reference. I've never eaten pork and I've seen pigs run. In addition, when choosing the surname of the character, the natural general and the surname of the cavalry and infantry general given by the system, Zheng Zhilong is also decent to command.

The Tomahawk Cavalry were scattered around in small groups of five as scouts - although there was a systematic map, it was not shown on the map if it was an ambushed army. So that's necessary.

After that, there was the main force, and the four teams of Viking infantry at the front lined up in a phalanx - a phalanx, but in fact it was similar to a straggler...... Behind them, there are two teams of Nordic archers, with some homemade rocket oil, which can be used to meet the enemy if necessary. Walking in the third formation was the elite general guard surrounded by two teams of Viking warriors in the center, and Zheng Zhilong, who was very afraid of death, had already decided that if it was not necessary, these three hundred and twenty elite troops would not have to do anything other than protect his safety.

Looking at the map given by the system, there is no need to take the wrong path at all. However, the Scandinavian environment is just too bad. It was still windy during the day, but it was starting to snow at noon—and with the snow that had already fallen on the ground, the snow was almost knee-low. Even if he was wearing leather armor inside, and a fur coat and gloves outside, Zheng Zhilong still felt trembling. Looking at the Viking warriors next to them, they were all alive and well, and they didn't wear much, but none of them shouted cold. On the contrary, it is good to laugh at such a wind and snow to cover a sneak attack or something. made Zheng Zhilong feel a little blushing.

Forget it, let's spend a little more health to exchange the intermediate physique and the primary hardiness. Zheng Zhilong thought so, but the system elf said that he had now entered the battle mode, so he couldn't do the system work, and he had to wait until the battle was over.

That's it. Wait for the next time.

After a two-hour march, the army reached its first destination, a small Viking tribe with a typical and featureless tradition, with a total population of nearly 1,000 people, and nearly 300 young men who could go to war. If necessary, add the old and weak soldiers, and dozens of people can be gathered. But at that point, resistance is basically useless.

"Take a break and eat something. ”

After Zheng Zhilong gave such an order, the Viking warriors sat down on the spot, took out the hard dried meat and dry black bread from their arms, and tore off the snow and ate it bite by bite. The warriors had eaten six or seven minutes and then stopped, and then rested for a while. Similarly, Zheng Zhilong also jumped off the horse, moving his arms and legs, although the food was difficult to swallow, but it was able to fill his stomach. After eating six or seven minutes full, he began to close his eyes and recuperate.

"That's it. Chieftain. After ten minutes, the knight of the guard next to him reminded in a whisper.

"Hmm. Zheng Zhilong opened his eyes, nodded, then stood up and raised his battle axe violently, and shouted: "War! Kill! Plunder! We are the Vikings! The strongest people in all of Europe! The embodiment of death who came out of the Nordic storm! The embodiment of the fury that loves battle the most! Now, in the name of the chief, with the authority given to me by God, I command you to follow me! Beat up the scrap wood that is less than one-ten-thousandth of us! Chop off the heads of the enemies with a tomahawk! Plunder their wealth and women! Let's go! Warriors!Follow me!!"

After this impassioned speech, the morale of the Viking warriors was high - at this moment, after resting and eating, the Viking warriors had recovered their strength, and a kilometer away from us was the enemy tribe settlement!

"Armor! Get on the horse!" With the help of the two guard knights, Zheng Zhilong put on a complete set of Renaissance plate armor, and then turned over and got on the horse: "Forward!!"

At this moment, the small Viking tribe that is being targeted is unaware that they have been targeted by stronger predators. And because of the previous snowstorm, most of the people hid in the longhouse to roast the fire. Most of the warriors get together to drink, and by the way, complain that the current climate is really not good, and your sister's Vikings have passed the years of your sister. England's bones are so hard to chew, and so on......

At this moment, hundreds of rockets fell from the sky......

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