As Hua Ping and Chen Ding expected, after Zhou Jian frightened Xiao Ba away, Zhou Jian's prestige in the entire Haidusk City had also reached a new height.

The scattered cultivation clothes all over the city are obedient, and the people live very freely. In addition, the problems of the army and the government have also completely entered the track, and everything is going according to Zhou Jian's will.

However, Zhou Jian had to do to feed so many troops in Haidusk City, and that was to feed the army and the officials.

If we don't turn all the troops into monks who are cultivating in the Qi cultivation period, how can we resist foreign enemies? The last time Xiao Ba came here, Zhou Jian could only shrink the army into the city, and this is a living example.

Therefore, the development of Haidu, the issue of generating income had to be formalized by Zhou Jian. On this day, Zhou Jian summoned Duan Hao, Xia He, Chen Shot and other officials in Haiyang City to discuss matters in the mansion.

In the bedroom, after Zhou Jian got dressed, he walked to the door.

When I opened the door, the sun was shining. Zhou Jian got used to it a little and started to go to the hall. When Zhou Jian came to the hall, Duan Hao, Xia He, and Chen Jian were already seated. Seeing Zhou Jian walking in, he bowed down and said, "Meet the king." ”

Zhou Jian first sat down on the throne, then raised his hand and said, "No courtesy." ”

In this way, Duan Hao and the three of them got up and sat down on their knees.

"How, yesterday the widow asked you to find a way to generate income for Haidu, and the plan will be released?" Zhou Jian glanced around at the three of them and said.

"Your Majesty, there are only five ways for the imperial court to generate income, one of which is to send a large army to strangle demon beasts and obtain materials. The second is to excavate ore veins within the jurisdiction of Sea Dusk City, whether it is a spirit stone vein or a spirit ore vein, which is a means to increase income. The third is to find a place with more spiritual energy and send special talents to cultivate elixir. The fourth is to raise demon beasts. The fifth is to collect taxes from the merchants in the city. Duan Hao was obviously well prepared, and raised his fist and said.

"Hmm. Zhou Jian nodded when he heard this, professional or professional. He also thought of several ways to make money, such as hunting demon beasts, managing the city and collecting taxes, and earning spirit stones himself.

And the five methods that Duan Hao said were taxation, planting elixirs, raising demon beasts, finding mineral veins, and hunting demon beasts.

There were more details than he had thought of, and the context was clearer. Not only that, Zhou Jian knew what Duan Hao said about planting elixirs and raising demon beasts It takes time, a long time.

So all Duan Hao thought of was planting elixirs and raising demon beasts to sell, which was not a problem. But Zhou Jian thought of more.

Since you can cultivate elixir, you might as well train some alchemists, and after hunting demon beasts, you can bring back the materials that can cultivate puppeteers.

Various ores can be used to train alchemists.

The collusion between officials and businessmen is a good model, and Zhou Jian alone is the government and businessmen, so there is no need to collude at all.

Use the army to hunt monsters, use the government to find and excavate mineral veins, gather all kinds of materials, cultivate all kinds of talents, form a huge business organization that sells a wide variety of things, and the money earned back feeds back to the government and increases the strength of the army. In such a cycle, why not worry about not being able to strengthen the country?

However, this also brings a problem, which is bound to lead to conflicts with merchants. Merchants cannot be eliminated, this is a big truth.

Just like when Zhou Jian was in Yubaozhai, Xue Hua told him that Chen Fuhai, the master of Dange Pavilion, was afraid that he would mess around, so he wanted to gather the forces in the city to deal with him. Zhou Jian's reflection is that the widow is the king, and he will not destroy the merchants.

However, soon Zhou Jian abandoned this problem, the money in the world is inexhaustible, and his joining is just one more huge competitor. There will be no life-and-death conflict with the merchants, just want a piece of the pie, this is not a big problem.

However, it will take some time for this to strengthen the country. It takes time for the army to be sharpened, and it also takes a long time to cultivate elixirs, captive demon beasts, alchemists, puppeteers, and refiners.

"First send people to explore the ore veins around Hailun City, and find a spirit stone ore vein, or a spirit ore vein, and send patrol soldiers to station and mine. At the same time, explore places where spiritual energy is more abundant, buy elixir seeds, plant elixirs, and send troops to station, both of which are low-cost and can be implemented immediately. Raising demon beasts is too expensive to consume, so it won't work for the time being. What is the current tax situation?" Zhou Jian first summed up, and then asked.

"Because the government of Haiyang City was not strong in the past, it has not been able to collect taxes from merchants. Duan Hao was a little embarrassed and said.

"The previous things were done by the previous prefectural commanders, and you don't have to feel embarrassed as your successor. Zhou Jian smiled slightly when he saw this and said.

"The widow doesn't want to embarrass the merchants, but the government's collection of taxes is a matter of course, and the widow can't let it go, what is the current tax revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty?"

"One out of ten. Shi Xiahe was more aware of this matter and replied.

"It's a bit high. Zhou Jian frowned slightly when he heard this, he didn't expect the commercial tax of the Great Zhou State to be so high, and the tax was high, although the country was rich. But the merchants will raise the price of goods, and the people will become poor. Therefore, monks are scarce, and there is no huge base of monks, so how can we produce monks who are cultivated in the foundation building period and the Jindan period? Boost the country's combat strength? Such a high tax is not good for the country.

Since Zhou Jian knew that the second-rate exercises were the best exercises in the Zhou Kingdom, he noticed the first drawback of the Great Zhou Kingdom, the lack of top-level exercises.

And this one-out of ten commercial tax is the second drawback. However, Zhou Jian did not veto this in the end, because he was now short of spirit stones.

Take one out of ten, strengthen yourself first, and then seize the Zhou State.

"Okay, let's take one out of ten, first gather the merchants, and the widow will personally negotiate with them, and do this thing, and increase the first income for the city of sea sunset. After pondering for a moment, Zhou Jian nodded and said.

"No. ”

Duan Hao promised.

When he said, Duan Hao issued a royal edict for Zhou Jian, and ordered the merchants of all sizes in the city to enter the county government to discuss major matters.

Since Zhou Jian entered the sea dusk, he first eradicated Wei Xiang, Xu He, Wu Qing and others, so as to control the official mansion and be domineering.

Then gather soldiers to boost the prestige. Zhou Jian himself did not have the intention of eradicating the businessman, but the businessman was prepared for danger in times of peace and thought that Zhou Jian was aggressive.

Zhou Jian took away the details of Xiao Ba, and the businessmen didn't know. But I know that even Xiao Ba can't help Zhou Jian.

Suddenly, Zhou Jian issued an edict and summoned merchants. This naturally caused a great shock in the city of sea dusk. However, under the prestige of Zhou Jian today, the businessmen did not dare to slack off, and came to the county hall together.

In the city of sea dusk, there are thirty-two merchants of all sizes, from selling pills, magic weapons, array flags, puppets, demon beasts, etc.

Therefore, there are 32 people seated in the hall, among them, Xue Hua, the owner of Yubao Zhaizhai, and Chen Fuhai, the master of Dange Pavilion, are the main ones, and the two are the first to sit on the left and right sides, and the rest of the merchants are ranked in the back by size.

At this moment, Xue Hua and Chen Fuhai could still maintain their composure, but the rest of the merchants were mostly uneasy.

"Two uncles, does this King of the Sea Dusk want to integrate the merchants in the city to supply the army?" Finally, someone told Chen Fuhai and Xue Hua the uneasiness in his heart.

Xue Hua looked up and saw a young man looking at him with anxiety. This young man's name is Dandong, he is indeed young, about twenty years old, and his cultivation has not yet reached the sixth level of the Qi cultivation period. However, his family is quite powerful in the city, and they operate in pills, which are an industry passed down from their ancestors. It is Xue Hua, Chen Fuhai's junior.

"The king of the sea is the king, and he will not embarrass us and other merchants, so the virtuous nephew can rest assured. Xue Hua smiled slightly when he saw this and said.

"Thank you, uncle, for mentioning. Dandong was relieved when he saw this, and hurriedly saluted.

As Xue Hua spoke, the merchants present were also like Dandong, and they breathed a sigh of relief. Only Chen Fuhai had a sneer on his face, this Xue Hua himself colluded with Zhou Jian, so naturally it would be fine. But we, huh.

"The king has arrived. ”

At this moment, with a loud shout, the sound of footsteps came from far and near. Soon after, Zhou Jian walked in. Wearing a crown prince's head, dressed in formal clothes, and stepping on boots, he has a graceful bearing. followed by the county magistrate Duan Hao.

"Meet the King of the Dusk. Many merchants put away their thoughts and bowed.

After entering the hall, Zhou Jian came to the top and sat down, and Duan Hao knelt next to Zhou Jian.

"Excuse me. After sitting down, Zhou Jian raised his hand and said.

"King Xie Haidu. All the merchants bowed and thanked in unison.

When the merchants raised their heads, Zhou Jian raised his head and swept over these merchants one by one, and on Chen Fuhai's face, Zhou Jian stopped more.

Xue Hua's reminder let him know that this person was hostile to him.

"Hmph. Chen Fuhai was a monk on the third floor of the foundation building period, how could he not sense Zhou Jian's special attention, and snorted coldly in his heart.

Not long after, Zhou Jian retracted his gaze and said loudly: "The widow is summoning you today, but it is just for one thing. Speaking of this, Zhou Jian paused, and then said: "The imperial court has a clear rule that all merchants in the city must pay taxes to the government, and one out of ten will be used. And in the city of sea dusk, there has been no tax collection for many years, and the widow can ignore the things in the past, but now, do you have to understand the difficulties of the widow?"

Zhou Jian said very politely, forget about the matter of the county order in the past, but the widow is now in the sea and has no income, should you also be considerate, and pay some taxes to the widow in accordance with the clear regulations.

These words, wherever they are placed, are reasonable. Because this is stipulated by the imperial court, there are documents to check, not extortion.

But the problem is that the merchants have not paid taxes for many years, and now they suddenly have to pay taxes, which is equivalent to scraping off a piece of their meat.

Businessmen are greedy, that's the last word everywhere. Therefore, when Zhou Jian said this, many businessmen were embarrassed and not very happy.

Zhou Jian couldn't help frowning when he saw this, and there was some anger in his heart. These guys are making money by opening a shop in Haidu. But when the monsters attacked the sea dusk, these guys were the first to roll up and escape.

When the sea is newly built, it will come back. He didn't contribute at all, so why should he gain a foothold in Haidu? What's more, he collected taxes not for selfish desires, but for the purpose of feeding the army, so that he could guard Haidu.

"If you find it difficult, that's fine. However, there is a sentence in front of the widow, you can not pay taxes, but please don't open a shop in the sunset. Zhou Jian's tone turned cold and said.

(To be continued)