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Look at the corner of the jade seal filled with gold.

If the jade seal that suppresses a country's luck is damaged, then the dynasty's luck will inevitably be lost, which is no wonder why the Han Dynasty is declining day by day!

With the jade seal in hand, he returned to Huaiyin City.

Zhang Liao and many other generals saw that Xu Fei defeated Yuan Shu like a god and won the jade seal of the country, their faces were full of excitement, and they knelt down and said:

"The lord has obtained the jade seal of the country, which can be described as the destiny of heaven!"

Xu Fei didn't care about throwing the jade seal of the country to Zhang Liao.

Frightened, Zhang Liao hurriedly caught the jade seal with both hands.

"Lord, this~"

"If your own strength is insufficient, this is just a broken stone, if it is wishful thinking, then the end will be the same as Yuan Shu!"

Listening to Xu Fei's words, the generals once again admired him even more in their hearts.

"Clean up the battlefield and withdraw the troops back to Qu County!"

Listening to this order, Zhang Liao said suspiciously: "Lord, shouldn't we continue to march with a great victory now?" ”

"If the army is withdrawn at this time, then Yuan Shu's Huainan land will be occupied by others!"

Xu Fei didn't explain too much, but still ordered the withdrawal of troops.

For him, it was easy to conquer territory and seize the world.

The real enemies that Xu Fei has to face are actually those who want him to disappear.

For the time being, it is not appropriate to make a big move, so as not to stimulate all their plans and push Xu Fei in one go.

For Xu Fei, the best choice now is to continue to accumulate strength, so as to respond to all changes and deal with their moves one by one.

When they have nothing to do, and Xu Fei is strong enough, he can dominate the world like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

Although the generals felt pity, they still obeyed the order and followed Xu Fei back to Qu County.

The news of Yuan Shu's defeat spread all over the world.

The heroes were shocked.

At the same time, Xu Fei did not take the opportunity to retract, and Yuan Shu's behavior was puzzled.

Isn't it that the other party is not in the world?

Thinking about it, I think it's impossible!

Xu Fei gives the impression that he is also a hero, how can a person like this be willing to take sides?

In my heart, I am willing to believe that the other party has other plans.

But half a year has passed.

Xu Fei really didn't take any action at all.

Organize the people to reclaim the fields, cast sea boats to go to sea to fish, establish academies to teach and educate people, and refine sea salt to accumulate money......

Xu Feizhen is in Xuzhou to handle political affairs and develop people's livelihood with peace of mind.

And Yuan Shu's Huainan land has also been taken by Sun Ce.

Xu Fei's lack of reaction completely convinced the heroes that he, the Xuzhou Muzhen, had no ambitions, and liked to govern the people's livelihood in a safe place, so he expressed disdain for him in his heart.

It's good to have one less strong enemy!

Without Xu Fei's big trouble, they began to wantonly conquer the Quartet and expand their territory.

Time passes quickly

Fast forward two years.

Yuan Shao of Hebei defeated Gongsun Zan of Youzhou and became the largest overlord in the north by sitting on the four prefectures of Merge, Hebei, Qingdao and Youzhou.

Although Cao Cao considered himself Yuan Shao to be the leader of the alliance and was subordinate to him, he also owned the land of Yan and Henan.

During this period of continuous warfare, Xu Fei's Xuzhou developed rapidly, and the degree of richness was beyond the imagination of outsiders.

In the mansion, Xu Fei listened to Sun Qian's report on the people and taxes in Xuzhou this year.

The land of one state is comparable to the sum of the four northern states!

"My lord, now there have been wars in other state capitals, and the people there are constantly pouring into our Xuzhou."

"Now the number of people in our Xuzhou has exceeded seven million!"

"My subordinates feel that the way we collect taxes needs to change."

Xu Fei raised his head and looked at Sun Qian calmly: "How do you want to change it?" ”

Sun Qian replied: "The lord promised before that as long as the land is cultivated by himself, it belongs to the landowner himself. ”

"At that time, there were fewer people and more land, so the lord taxed grain according to the number of fields."

"But now the people from other state capitals are pouring into Xuzhou, and now there are more adults and less land."

"We should return to the previous system of collecting taxes on the number of people, and collect taxes according to the number of people."

"In this way, Xuzhou's tax revenue can be increased by more than 30%!"

Xu Fei did not directly answer Sun Qian's proposal.

Instead, he asked him: "Is there still wasteland in Xuzhou that has not been reclaimed into fields?" ”

Hearing the inquiry, Sun Qian immediately replied, "Yes!" ”

"Is it much?"

"Many!"

"It is said that all the reclamation is completed, what will be the number of acres in Xuzhou?"

Sun Qian replied honestly: "Compared with now, the number will increase by three or four times!" ”

Xu Fei looked at him with a smile: "In that case, why don't you wait a little longer, and let those people turn the uncultivated wilderness into fertile land."

At that time, there will be fewer people and more land, and the tax revenue will not only increase by a few percent, but double, right? ”

Hearing this, Sun Qian didn't know how to refute for a while, lowered his head and pondered.

In fact, his real purpose is to let Xu Fei restore the human tax!

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Xuzhou has been sparsely populated, and many fertile fields have been abandoned and turned into wasteland because no one cultivates them.

Xu Fei collects taxes according to the number of acres of land cultivated, which is equivalent to reducing taxes to a very low level.

Those wealthy families with a large population in Xuzhou are naturally very happy.

But since Xu Fei ordered the reclamation of wasteland, the reclaimed acres of land belonged to the reclaimers.

Now Xuzhou is prosperous, full of fertile land.

If there is more land, more food will be grown, and then the tax will be higher!

It's not just a wealthy family with a lot of fertile land

Even the commoners who worked hard to carve out large fields felt that the taxes were too high.

I thought it would be better to restore the adult tax, so that I could pay a lot less tax!

Xu Fei tapped his fingers twice on the board in front of him.

The crisp voice caught Sun Gan's attention.

But what he saw when he looked up was Xu Fei's cold eyes full of murderous intent.

Frightened, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed!

I only heard Xu Fei's cold words in my ears: "We share hardships and hardships, but we can't share wealth and prosperity!" ”

"Some people feel that their pockets are bulging, and they can't help but have other thoughts in their hearts!"

"Gongyou, what do you think I should do with these people?"

When Sun Qian heard this, he was directly frightened and fell to the ground, feeling the invisible might, and the clothes on his back were wet with sweat.

"Gongyou, some people can listen to their words, but some people can't!"

"In the future, you should be careful, don't let people be used as gunmen again!"

Listening to Xu Fei's words, Sun Qian couldn't stop kowtowing.

"Alright, you go down!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

After Sun Gan thanked him, he stood up tremblingly and left cautiously.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Xu Fei shook his head slightly, and ordered his subordinates to summon Mi Zhu.

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(End of chapter)