Chapter 53 Tax increase!
"Sir, how about we arrange for an innate master to come over? The gang composed of acquired warriors is really too weak. Plus this time, it has been destroyed four times in this year." The middle-aged man suggested.
The young man in golden clothes shook his head and said: "That's not right. A group of gangs established by the Houtian realm are just hooligans. They are harmless and cannot get into the eyes of the higher-ups. It's different if there are masters of the Xiantian realm. As soon as they show up, they will be targeted by the Zhenwu Division. , even if there is family mediation, it will be useless, Xiao Zhenfu is an upright person and will never be accommodating!"
"A group of Houtian realm minions, there are as many of them as there are in Beiyu City. If one of them is destroyed, they will be supported. As long as it does not affect the collection of military pay, it doesn't matter how many times they are destroyed!"
"Young Master is right!" the middle-aged man bowed and said.
"How much is the shortfall in military pay?" the young man in brocade asked.
"This year there was a rebellion in Yannan, and the imperial court had to form a new army. The money allocated was only one-fifth of the army's salary. Plus the pensions for the soldiers who died in the previous battles, the deficit was huge."
"[-]% of the pensions issued have been recovered so far, but less than [-]% of the tasks sent by the family master have been completed." The middle-aged man lowered his head and said.
The young man in brocade took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes, "Add two hundred copper coins to the tax on killing barbarians, and collect a tax on winter clothes. The soldiers are guarding the border in the bitter cold in the north, and winter clothes are indispensable. The tax is collected by the ding, and every ding is collected. One hundred coppers."
After a pause, the young man continued: "The tax on shops in the city will be increased by [-]%, and the tax on businesses entering the city will be increased by [-]%. All caravans passing through Beiyu City must pay tax!"
"Sir, the caravans coming and going are from military generals' families. They are different from ordinary people. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to impose additional tariffs. Moreover, the merchants in the city are backed by major families..." The middle-aged man's face showed a smile when he heard this. A look of embarrassment.
"The head of the family allows me to act cheaply and collect military pay at all costs, without having to worry about them. The caravans travel between the north and the south, dumping my Dayan products in the northern barbarians. The profits are huge, and they can afford to increase the commercial tax by [-]%. As for the merchants in the city, there are shops Here, even if there is a loss, it is expected that it will not close in a year."
"As for those general families, don't they have county guards here? He is the county guard of Beiyu County. If something happens, let the people from the family go to him! Let's do it like this!" The young man said firmly, he can be sent by the Li family to secretly He naturally has some skills in taking charge of Beiyu County.
"Yes!"
Chu Jiang was not clear about the situation in Beiyu City. At this time, Chu Jiang was leading a middle-aged man with thick arms and a slovenly appearance towards the forge in the military town.
This was the junior weapon master summoned by Chu Jiang. When a group of teams were completely annihilating the Bliss Gang, Chu Jiang received summoning points, a total of 390 points, which was enough to summon a low-level weapon master.
Chu Jiang didn't hesitate at all, and directly summoned the weapon forger named Gu Nan, a genuine low-level weapon forger, and also a ninth-level acquired warrior! Forging weapons also requires the physical fitness of a weapons-forging master. To become a low-level weapons-forging master, one needs at least the martial arts cultivation of an acquired , it is easy to become a martial artist the day after tomorrow, but it is difficult to become a weapon master. The average martial arts master is not low in martial arts. There are [-] weapon masters in the Tang Youwu Guard, so there is a lot of room for choice. Chu Jiang directly chose the one with high cultivation. Gu a while, Chu Jiang took Gu Nan to the military foundry in C-shaped military town.
It was said to be a military casting workshop, but it was actually just two larger sheds. There were seven or eight shirtless men working inside. When he saw Chu Jiang approaching, a burly man immediately put down what he was doing and saluted, "See you, official." Come on, Sir Yingwei!"
"I've met Mr. Battalion Commander!" A group of blacksmiths also hurriedly saluted.
After seeing the ceremony, the burly man said: "Sir, are you here to repair the weapons, or to fight something?"
"No, let me introduce to you. This is Gu Nan, a genuine weapon maker. He will be stationed here in the future. Lao Xie, you guys know each other." Chu Jiang said.
"Weaponsmith?" Lao Xie's eyes lit up instantly.
"Yes, it's the armorer, Gu Nan, give Lao Xie Liang a hand!" Chu Jiang said.
"Yes, my lord!"
After receiving Chu Jiang's order, Gu Nan immediately entered the weapons foundry and started casting weapons. In about an hour, he created a ten-forged iron embryo, which directly stunned everyone in the weapon foundry.
Looking at this scene, Chu Jiang smiled with satisfaction, turned and left.
The man called Lao Xie was the only weapon-casting apprentice in the C-shaped military town. He had a high status in the C-shaped military town. Chu Jiang was afraid that something would happen, so he took Gu Nan here directly. .
Gu Nan is considered to be the most skilled among the junior weapon forgers, and it takes about four hours to completely build a sword. However, with Lao Xie, an apprentice weapon forger, and a group of blacksmiths, it can be completed in about three hours.
It takes about two days to create three ten-forged soldiers. Every time three or five pieces are produced, several teams are leaving, returning to Liangshan City, and joining the Liangshan Army in batches.
(End of this chapter)