Yunzhou County is still not short of money, and although it must cost a lot to form an army of 100,000 people, it is not a difficult task for Yunzhou County, which has been in a wartime system since the beginning of its development.

Compared with the imperial court, the Zhongtian tax in the territory under the rule of Yunzhou County was as high as ninety, while the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was less than one.

In other words, with 200 catties per acre of land, Yunzhou County can receive 180 catties of grain, while the imperial court can only receive less than 20 catties.

This is the difference between the wartime system and the normal system.

Under the wartime system, priority was given to meeting the government's spending policy.

Individuals only guarantee a minimum supply of food, which is why there are such high taxes.

And Yunzhou County will also collect much more taxes in terms of grain reserves and silver money reserves than the same territory in the Great Song Dynasty, and the reserves will be more sufficient.

Can...... Due to the particularity of Yunzhou County, Nanli County and Woye County are both newly acquired land, and there is still this large area of borderless land in this place, so even in the case of ninety percent of the tax revenue, the people under Zhao Jun's rule are still better off than those in Guannei.

The main reason is the difference in per capita land, as long as you are immigrating three new lands in Yunzhou County, you will unify one person with ten acres of land.

Although tired and tax high, but the accumulation is a lot, one acre of land leaves 20 catties, and ten acres also have 200 catties of grain.

But for Kannai, many people may have less than ten acres of land in their own families.

The output of 200 catties, the Song Dynasty court harvested one percent, the local government set up a project to collect two percent, and the Xiongnu entered the country and added political border tax, and one more.

Coupled with all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, according to the output of 200 catties of one acre of land, the people may not even have 50 catties left in the end!

Ten acres and 500 catties, it looks like a lot, but to raise a family of five, in the south is fine, and the grain is twice a year.

But for the people in the north of the Great Song Dynasty, they could only grow one season of grain a year.

500 catties to raise five people, one person is only 100 catties, plus the daily consumption of vegetables, salt, oil, cloth, etc., it is not enough for the people to eat.

In order to survive, most of the people have to get up early and find some other work when the farm is slack, so that they can live.

But there are unforeseen circumstances, such days are extremely risky, the slightest wind and grass, these people who have been hovering on the food and clothing line will be in trouble.

Maybe it's an illness, maybe it's a heavy rain, or maybe some other job is lost.

Then the people who did not have the slightest ability to resist the risk had to rely on land sales to survive, and eventually became displaced people or tenants of other landlords in a vicious circle.

Then you owe the landlord money every year to live, and in the end, although you are still free on the surface.

But in fact, the people who owe so much money will eventually become contract slaves for generations, and one generation, two generations, or even three generations will not be able to repay the debts they owe, so they can only be driven by others.

And although Zhao Jun's side has a high grain tax, there are no other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes!

And because they were exempted from taxes for a year before, everyone has a sum of grain in their hands, and 600 catties of grain a year can't be eaten by one person, and they can sell some for silver.

Just farming, basic livelihood can be guaranteed.

If you have another skill, you can also go to the city to work to subsidize your family when you are not working.

Zhao Jun's three counties are basically still in the period of land reclamation, and there are more jobs that can be done, only those workshop owners can't find people, and there is no reason why no one can't find a job.

As long as you are willing to work, then you can live a better life.

Therefore, relatively speaking, Yunzhou County not only has money and food in the yamen, but the people are also much better off than in the Guannei.

After getting Zhao Jun's reply, Li Shaoshi, who was the director of the Armaments Logistics Department, thought for a while and then frowned and said: "Lord Wang, after the county guard government allocates enough funds for 100,000 sets of infantry equipment and 50,000 sets of cavalry equipment, our Armaments and Logistics Department can guarantee that all of them will be completed within four months and delivered to the army in mid-September."

But there is one thing, if the equipment of 50,000 cavalry is prepared in accordance with the instructions you set at the beginning of this year to ensure that the army will achieve one man and two horses this year, and improve the mobility and long-term combat capability of the cavalry in the army.

That means in the next four months.

Our armaments and logistics department not only has to purchase 60,000 new horses for the original 50,000 light cavalry and 10,000 heavy cavalry, but also complete the configuration of one person and two horses.

It is necessary to prepare an additional 100,000 war horses for the new army, so that the whole army can complete the configuration of war horses.

In other words, our Armaments Logistics Department needs to prepare another 160,000 war horses!

This amount is too large to be fully equipped by mid-September with the current reserves of our Armaments Logistics Division. ”

After talking about his difficulties, Li Shaoshi couldn't help but sigh, and a sad look appeared on his face.

At the beginning of this year, the system of one person and two horses proposed by the prince had already made him worry about finding a war horse.

Now that I have added another 100,000, where can I get it, isn't it embarrassing for me?

Zhao Jun also frowned after hearing this, he was not one of those gentlemen who didn't eat minced meat.

He knows that the problem of war horses is far more tricky than equipment, as long as you have enough wages and enough iron, then equipment is not a problem, and you can get it out no matter what.

But war horses are different, a qualified war horse is not one in a hundred, but not any horse can be a war horse.

The number of horses that are eligible for the conditions is often in the ratio of 10 to 1.

In addition, the war horse is a living thing, he is not something that can be made, and it takes time to grow.

If you really don't have a war horse, you can't buy it even if you have money!

Quantitative limitations, conditional limitations, all kinds of things contribute to the lack of qualified war horses.

War horses were indeed an important factor in limiting the number of cavalry in Yunzhou County.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Jun raised his head and asked, "How many war horses are there in the Armaments Logistics Division now?" ”

Li Shaoshi immediately replied after a little thought.

"Since the beginning of the year, when you gave the instructions of one person and two horses, our company has started the reserve work of war horses.

At present, our armaments and logistics department has about 40,000 suitable war horses in its hands.

It is already getting to know the military gradually.

The other 20,000 war horses could not be found in our company, and in the end we could only buy them from the naturalized Tatar infantry in the territory, and finally managed to make up the number of 20,000.

If the prince really wants to expand the army, then the current shortage of my equipment division is 100,000 war horses! ”

"One hundred thousand!"

Zhao Jun's brows furrowed even more solemnly, this is not a small amount, where are you going to get these 100,000 war horses back?

Zhao Jun asked Li Shaoshi a little unwillingly:

"Are those naturalized tribes in Yunzhou County really not having war horses in their hands?"

Li Shaoshi nodded affirmatively and replied: "Except for their own war horses, all the other horses that are adults and can become war horses have been bought back to the Armaments and Logistics Department by the lower officials."

Now the remaining war horses in the hands of the various tribes in Yunzhou County can either only be used as horses and cannot become war horses, or only half a large pony remains.

Adult and suitable war horses are really, really gone.

Alas......"

After finishing speaking, Li Shaoshi couldn't help but sigh.

Everyone in the hall fell silent.

At this moment, an official of the Grain Storage Department suddenly raised his hand weakly.

Jiang He, who was presiding over the meeting, saw it, and when he nodded, he signaled that he could speak directly.

Which official spoke up weakly:

"Since there are no war horses in Yunzhou County, why don't we buy them from outside Yunzhou County?"

"Outside Yunzhou County?!"

Zhao Jun's eyes lit up, but then he wrinkled deeply.

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Many people have a lot of complaints about taxation, so I have explained it in this chapter in the hope that you can understand, thank you.

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