"Lord Baron can exterminate seventy-two pirates, this is the blessing of my Yanling County, and this official is very pleased.

Therefore, this official specially won military merit for you and applied for the title.

You've just done it, and you're just in time to take it back. Zhang Hongjiang said lukewarmly, and asked Master Zhou Tong to bring the official documents and others.

"Thank you, Lord Zhang, for your support!" Tang Wen arched his hand.

"The lord is polite, they all serve the royal family, they should be." Zhang Hongjiang said lightly.

"Lord Zhang, Lord Tang's personal guard captain was arrested by Kang Qingfeng of the Six Doors. Now in our prison, can you ......" Yang Yungang spoke, Zhang Hongjiang frowned and waved his hand, "Yang Zhutou, the official is burning his ass now, how can he care about this?" ”

"Well, my subordinates are incompetent and can't share their worries for adults." Yang Yun said with a look of shame.

"Just now, Yang Zhutou also told me about military salaries, and the Great Qin State brazenly attacked our Great Chu, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

Tang Wen: I am a member of the royal family of Chu State, so of course I have to contribute to the royal family.

I only hate Tang Wen, I have no power to restrain the chicken, and I want to go to the battlefield, but I have no heart. Tang Wen said.

"Now the squires in the city are generous, and they, like you, want to go to war, but they can't kill the thieves.

However, the higher authorities sent a lot of tasks to our county for grain, grass and horses, and tattooed a million taels of silver.

As long as you still have money in your hands, you should still make some efforts for the country.

Lord Tang, did you say? Zhang Hongjiang asked.

"Of course, of course, this, in fact, I have already told Yang Zhutou some time ago that I want to donate some silver to serve the country.

It's just that now his subordinates have been arrested, and the style of the six doors must be understood by Master Zhang.

I'm afraid that I will be crippled by them, and who will protect me then? Tang Wen said.

"Hehe, even if the official comes forward, it may not work, and you have to have your own ability, sir.

Otherwise, if you are the Earl, it will be easier for the official to come forward again.

Otherwise, they won't take you seriously, and the official's speech will naturally not work. Zhang Hongjiang smiled.

"Is that true?" Tang Wen looked at Zhang Hongjiang intently, knowing that he probably had discussed this matter with Yang Zhutou a long time ago.

Its purpose is nothing more than to use Qiao Xiao's matter to force himself to donate more silver to solve their urgent needs.

Of course, Tang Wen didn't accept it all at once, and of course he was bargaining.

"If the lord is so desperate to defend the country, I, Zhang Hongjiang, will not want to show this old face, and I have to talk to the six doors." Zhang Hongjiang said.

"How much feats does it take for Ben to be mentioned as an earl?" Tang Wen asked.

"Master Zhou, do the math?" Zhang Hongjiang's lips twitched, and he turned his head to ask Zhou Tongdao.

Zhou Tong took out the abacus and began to play with it, and soon replied, "About more than 170,000 taels, or a third-class earl." ”

"Didn't Yang Zhutou say 100,000 taels before? Why is it an extra 70,000 taels? Tang Wen asked.

"Hehe, Lord Tang, you may have misunderstood.

I'm talking about the fact that it costs 100,000 taels for a first-class viscount to be promoted to a third-class earl, but you're only a second-class baron now.

A second-class baron would receive 10,000 taels of silver if he was promoted to a first-class man, and a first-class baron would have to add fifteen thousand taels to a third-class viscount.

If the third-class viscount is promoted to the second class, he will have to add 20,000 taels, which will be 45,000 taels.

Further up...... By analogy, it is calculated that the third-class earl is more than 170,000 taels. Yang Zhutou said with a smile.

"In this way, it is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to be promoted to a first-class earl, and then the lord will pay it back, and there are no millions of taels that cannot be taken down." Tang Wen snorted.

"Hehe, I can't take hundreds of thousands of taels from the first-class uncle, who is the waiter, the marquis.

It costs 300,000 taels for a third-class uncle to be promoted to a second-class uncle, 700,000 taels for a second-class uncle, and 3,400,000 taels for a first-class engineer to be promoted to a third-class ear, which is multiplied.

Sir, please think about it, we have thousands of nobles in Dachu, but how many are there?

Moreover, most of them are members of the royal family of the Chu State, and how many are there with the surname Hou? Zhang Hongjiang said with a smile.

"It's too much, 170,000 taels, alas...... I'm powerless. Tang Wen sighed.

"This official has also learned that your Tang family moved from Liangzhou to Koh Samui, and everything is difficult at the beginning.

Koh Samui is still a desert island, so the official will collect a little tax this year, but next year he will have to act according to the rules, and he can't collect it this year.

It's all for the court, not to mention, the court belongs to you nobles.

We are all your minions, working for you. Zhang Hongjiang's mouth is very slippery.

"But it's really hard for me to come up with 170,000 taels?" Tang Wendao.

"Hehe, you go back and think about it. However, the people of the Six Doors may not be able to say, if there is a trial tonight, your men will not have to suffer a lot of flesh and blood.

Talent is rare, I heard that Qiao Xiao is good.

Although we say that there are many martial artists, there are not many masters.

Now it is another year of famine, riotous people are rampant, and robbers are on the run.

Even if you have a fortune, if there is no one to protect your life, what is the use of keeping it? Zhang Hongjiang said.

"If Lord Zhang agrees to let him out, I will let him out." Tang Wen deliberately gritted his teeth and said.

"Aren't you pushing the official?" Zhang Hongjiang snorted.

"Lord Zhang, Lord Tang is also in a hurry." Yang Zhutou said on the side.

"Forget it, you are anxious and I am anxious, and the matter of grain and grass is about to kill the official, if it is not a big deal, the official will promise you." Zhang Hongjiang shook his hand and said.

"This is 170,000 taels, please take it." Tang Wen immediately took out the silver ticket.

Zhang Hongjiang was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "Okay, you Lord Tang, you are bluffing your own official." ”

"This is more than half of my Tang family's net worth, alas...... Who told Qiao Xiao to be so loyal to me?

The money was originally intended to be used for farming on Koh Samui, but now the money is gone.

This matter of clearing the wasteland and farming has to be put on hold, and it is not easy to ask Master Zhang to sympathize with the Tang family.

Can't this year's tax empowerment be exempted? "Tang Wen is also bitter with a bitter face, you act Lao Tzu to accompany you.

"I'm sure it won't work, don't think I'll talk about my Zhang Hongjiang's favoritism, and when the time comes, I'll fly with this Dai Ke.

However, you are also difficult, and you can cut it in half.

If you want to receive it, I will collect 2,000 quintals of grain from you, but next year it will be at least 8,000 quintals. Zhang Hongjiang said.

"Eight thousand quintals, Lord Zhang, you know, because the barren land that has just been reclaimed on the island is barren, two or three quintals of grain will be collected for one acre of land.

According to this tax, we must at least reclaim tens of thousands of acres of land?

Otherwise, all of them will be handed over, and nearly 1,000 people in my Tang family will all starve to death.

It is impossible to cultivate so many fields in such a short period of time.

Because, we are short of people? Tang Wen said.

The yield of rice per mu in the Great Chu State is only about three or four quintals, and it is necessary to have a good paddy field, and the yield per mu of ordinary paddy fields cannot even reach four quintals of grain.

"Lack of people? Can't you recruit people if you have money? Zhang Hongjiang was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Of course, I can recruit people with silver, but I have just contributed 170,000 taels to the court, and I don't have much silver in my family, so I can't buy a large number of slaves." Tang Wen shook his head.

"Why sell, you can rent the land to them." Zhang Hongjiang said.

"Where's Tian?" Tang Wen asked.

"Don't you have Koh Samui, just open up the wasteland.

At that time, you can sign a contract with the tenants and ask them to reclaim the land.

In the first year, they could not collect rent, and in the second year, they would collect less, so that they would be willing to reclaim the wasteland. Zhang Hongjiang said.

"They are all dying of hunger, and they can't wait for next year's harvest to come out.

If I don't have land, how can I form tenants with them? If you don't have to pay the 170,000 taels.

I still have some ground left for them to reclaim the land first, but now they can't. Tang Wen shook his head and said, having gone around in such a big circle with Zhang Hongjiang, he just wanted to use his strength to get some people.

Otherwise, what is a few thousand quintals of grain?

Moreover, Tang Wen's mind was not on food at all.

Although the yield per mu of modern hybrid rice is three or four times that of the Chu State, the profit of grain is not high.

If you want to make a fortune from it, it is simply impossible, Tang Wen's goal is to plant and breed.

For example, the profit of growing medicinal herbs is much higher than growing food.

The air of the Great Chu Dynasty contains aura, and the medicinal herbs grown are full of aura, and the growth rate is much faster than that of modern society.

At that time, the medicinal materials will be ripe, and they will be sold in the Great Eastern Republic, and they will definitely be able to sell at a good price.

Even if you sell it to those Danshi pharmacists or pharmacists in Da Chu, you can also make a lot of money.

Because, the Great Chu State has not yet planted this concept.

Even with this kind of generalization, they can't cultivate seedlings, and the planting technology in modern society has matured early.

Therefore, their medicinal materials are all wild, so there is a professional profession of medicine pickers.