"What's going on with these kids?" Li Feng frowned, and when he came to a small village, there were several children curled up under the big tree, and their heads were bleeding for a piece of stiff black bread, and even the girls became fierce.

"They are all orphans, and their parents are either starving to death or dying in battle, and Edward doesn't care, let alone the knights of the estates, who live by digging through the garbage heaps or picking up the black bread discarded by the castle every day. ”

"Poor boy, I was like this at the beginning, but fortunately I met Brother Kurim and joined the thieves." Leah couldn't help but sigh and took out the food on her body and divided it, causing a rush to spark.

"Don't rob, don't rob, everyone has a share." Leah struggled to maintain order, and her mother's heart exploded, but unlike the female thief who killed decisively on weekdays, Lansha and Bick and others hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Li Feng looked at Kulimu: "How many children like this are there in Lukeling?" ”

"I haven't counted them carefully, but I've inspected them all, and I estimate that there are more than forty."

"You go back and send someone to collect them all, and I'll bring them back to Dialing."

Kurim bowed: "Yes~~"

In the evening, Lansha was drinking milk, Li Feng rubbed her big watermelon and asked, "Honey, I'll give you a task, I see that you are quite bored at home." ”

"Ahhh Let's chirp..·· Uh-huh... You said. ”

"When Kurim finds all the orphans led by Luke, I want to divide these children into two groups, the boys will be handed over to Vic, and Vic will train them in martial arts and loyalty from an early age, and the girls will be handed over to you, and you will be responsible for training them to be female spies."

Lansha wondered, "What is a female spy?" ”

"Female spy, it's ......" Li Feng explained in detail the concept and responsibilities of spies, skills, etc., and after feeding Lansha, he even picked up a pen and paper and wrote a spy training manual and handed it to her.

Lan Sha was extremely interested in this matter, sat on Li Feng's body, and twisted her waist: "My dear, Vic's organization is called Dark Guard, so what should my organization be called?" ”

Li Feng took a sip of grapes: "What do you think it should be called?" ”

"Dark Rose, what do you think?"

"Good."

"Come on, baby, let me feel your bravery."

........

After the-stirring stick was dealt with, the territory under his actual control was also expanded by as much as half, and Li Feng began to deal with the problem of surplus food in Dia's territory, which was also a very important part.

"Build towers and bunkers at the entrances and exits of the castle and two realms, replace wages with double the market price of grain, and recruit Luke's lords who can't eat."

"At the same time, expand the armory and granary, and the armory will mass-produce armor, crossbow beds, crossbow machines, heavy hammers, flower bones, horse swords and other weapons and equipment in accordance with the tactics and systems of the new army.

"Sell all the cultivators and farm tools in the castle to the farmers in the two territories, and at the same time buy a large amount of surplus grain in the hands of the lords, buy it with money, and barter it, anyway, you can't let these grains stay in the hands of farmers, otherwise next year's grain production in Dia Collar will not only not increase, but will decline, after all, no one will lie on the grain pile and cultivate."

The introduction of some of the above emergency measures made the people of the two territories cheer, especially the farmers of Dia Territory, many of whom took out the old grain of the past years and exchanged it for money.

If you have money, can't you spend it?

Smith and Tom are very smart, not only playing production in Dialing, but also engaging in the entertainment industry, brothels, horse farms, colorful halls, clothing stores, farmers' markets, furniture stores and other clothing, food, housing and transportation have all been done by him, and they are still being upgraded.

It's just that in this way, the food of Dialing's castle has been hoarded by nearly 10,000 tons, and various special products have been continuously developed, and the total population of the two territories is only more than 14,000 people, so these things cannot be consumed at all.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for an export to the outside world, to quickly sell things, especially grain.

Commerce and trade are currently the most direct and effective method.

Li Feng set his sights on the traveling merchants who were passing by Dialing.

Traveling merchants are the main group of merchants in this world, and their main business is to travel between various territories, peddling all kinds of goods, and communicating with each other in various closed territories.

They are well-informed, have a wide range of activities, and have a wide range of contacts, everything is based on interests, in the form of a convoy, although greedy, but it has to be said that the role they can play is very huge.

Because of this, even if there is a fight between the realms, it will not prevent the free entry and exit of the traveling merchants, including the current Diya Territory and Luke Territory, but in general, the taxes are very heavy.

After all, does the territory also need to make money, the barons still treat their farmers like mustard, and they are even more ruthless to the passing merchants who are not engaged in production.

The commercial tax is 40%, and the black heart has reached more than 50%, as well as the toll tax, rest tax, landing tax, flowering tax, meal tax, toilet tax..... There are all kinds of food, drinking, Lazar and sleeping to give you a clear and clear look.

When Li Feng learned about these taxes, he was simply amazed.

Take the landing tax, which means that as long as the goods on the cart fall to the ground, you can't pick it up, because it has nothing to do with you, it now belongs to the lord.

Blossom tax, which means that if you are active in the territory, you will always accidentally rub the floor and wall of the territory, as long as you leave a mark, it is a flower, and you have to collect taxes, well, it can be understood as a loss of money.

Needless to say, there are other toll taxes, rest taxes, and meal taxes.

It's just that the barons of this world are too imaginative, and they play extortion to the extreme.

Based on this, Li Feng ordered people to post a notice of investment promotion at the entrances and exits of the main roads in the two territories.

1. Only 10% of the commercial tax will be charged to the traveling merchants who have the ability to pass the route;

Second, there is a large amount of food for sale, as long as you eat, how much you want, welcome all merchants to buy, the more you buy, the more favorable the price.

3. Traveling merchants who pass through their skills are exempted from toll tax, rest tax, and landing tax... and all miscellaneous taxes, and, except for grain, all the consumption behaviors generated by the traveling merchants in their ability are settled at a 95% discount.

Fourth, the ability to buy a large number of gold, silver, copper, iron, sulfur and saltpeter and other materials, if there is one, hurry to transport it, the more the merrier.

5. If there is important information about each territory, it can be secretly reported to the skill steward, and the skill will be rewarded according to the degree of importance.

The traveling merchants stood in front of the notice, deeply attracted by the five above, and the tax conditions above alone made them unable to refuse at all, thinking of the wealth of Dialing, they did not hesitate to come.

Sonny is such a traveling merchant, he is of medium size, with more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages and more than twenty transport teams with knives and sticks.