Chapter 123 Liao State Chatter
Yang Jiulang went to Liao again, and when the emperor's uncle and nephew accompanied him to drink, he finally explained his intention.
"Uncle Huang, Emperor, do you remember your 10,000 cavalry? Their cattle multiply very quickly, and more than 30,000 cattle and horses have been slaughtered this year."
"So fast? Is it possible to collect taxes this year?", the second emperor brother was immediately excited,
"Yes, but how to collect it? I don't understand the laws of Liao, so I came to ask for advice."
"They all understand, it is estimated that it has been left for a long time, you just need to ask the officials to inform them", thought about it, and spoke again,
"The cattle and horses that the eldest brother wants are not easy to handle this year, because the grass is insufficient, and most of the livestock are not in a herd, and the herdsmen may wait another year", the emperor opened his mouth, and Yang Jiulang laughed after hearing it,
"Second Emperor Brother, do you know who the more than 30,000 cattle and horses have been sold to?", the Emperor of Liao reacted and stared at him blankly, Yang Jiulang smiled again, and then spoke,
"I really didn't buy it, I asked the cavalry to gather the cattle, horses, and sheep to be sold, and led the more than 60,000 peasants who wanted to buy them, but in less than half an hour, they were all robbed, and I wanted to eat fresh mutton, but as a result, our whole family didn't even get a single wool", everyone laughed,
"So, the remaining tens of thousands of households let them buy it again next year." Back to the fiefdom, Yang Jiulang believed in the words of the emperor of Liao, the reason why last year's royal capital was full of livestock under the horse shed was because the livestock to be sold in the whole Liao country were all concentrated in one city, and this year, only the royal capital and a nearby city have, or not all recovered, Yang Jiulang also analyzed the reason, this year's weather in Liao is a little dry, the grass in the pasture is not very good, this situation is inevitable, and the reason why the fief is not affected is because the pasture is too big, even if the pasture grows badly, all the livestock can not be eaten, and the herdsmen only need to move a few more times。
The fiefdom of Wolf Prefecture is finally fully opened, this year's pasture everyone sings and laughs, everyone is fortunate to be able to become a local resident of Wolf State, because Yang Jiulang made it clear that he will not accept local residents anywhere in the short term, even the loss of soldiers, will only be selected from the children and grandchildren of local residents, and the joy of the farmers is not bad, although this year's grain production has been reduced due to the drought, but the newly opened sixteen cities, so that their vegetables have a market, the most important thing is that this year's drought is not only Wolf State, the Great Song Dynasty has not been spared, grain production has also decreased, grain prices must have risen, so, the income from selling grain in the end is higher than last year, even if they pay all kinds of taxes, they are not less than last year's income, so the taxes paid by the pastoral area, that is, the sheep, except for half of the wolf state, are all bought and killed by them.