"Your Majesty, the collection of autumn taxes for this autumn harvest has been completed half a month ago.
The population in Nanli County has doubled compared to the spring tax collection, and the cultivated land has more than doubled. Therefore, compared to the last tax collection, the autumn grain this time has more than doubled, reaching approximately 4,600 Thousands of stones worth of food.
According to statistics, the land of Woye County under the new income is about 1.5 times that of Nanli County, which is about 450,000 hectares.
The situation there is similar to that of Nanli County at the beginning. 90% of the county's arable land is but less than half of the land is used for growing food. Moreover, because of our war with Shendu Country, many places have been affected.
Coupled with the intentional damage done by the Shendu Army before their retreat, this season's harvest is only about half of what Nanli County had achieved at the beginning.
According to statistics, the autumn tax of Woye County collected a total of 12.93 million shi of grain.
The grain output in Yunzhou County is much less than that of the two affiliated counties. The arable land in the entire Yunzhou County is only about 2 million acres near the Liaoyun Pass, which is about 20,000 hectares, and Due to the soil quality, the yield from one acre of land will not exceed 150 kilograms.
The grain tax in Yunzhou County is set very low, only 10%, and Yunzhou County can only grow food in two seasons a year, spring wheat and winter wheat.
Now in the autumn harvest season, the entire Yunzhou County's grain tax revenue is only about 30,000 shi.
The total grain tax in the three counties totaled 59.96 million shi, which is about 60 million shi. "
Compared with the vast arable area of Nanli County and Woye County, the arable area of Yunzhou County is very small, even less than a fraction of the two counties.
With such little land, the people in Yunzhou County also own very little land. Except for a few, most people only have about two to three acres of land for farming.
If Yunzhou County had not been transformed into an industrial county, most of the people in the county would make a living from other industries, and this little land would not be enough to support themselves.
Yunzhou County has been in a state of food shortage before, relying entirely on the four major families to purchase grain from the pass. After the collapse of the four families, the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce continued to purchase grain from the pass and sell it, basically selling at a loss.
It was not until the expeditionary force captured Nanli County that the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce stopped this kind of business, which could be said to be a loss, and turned to Yunzhou County, where Nanli County transported food, to fill the food gap in Yunzhou County.
Therefore, Zhao Jun was not surprised at all when he heard that Yunzhou County's autumn grain tax was only 30,000 dan. He was already satisfied with even 30,000 dan.
After all, when I first came here, I didn’t even have thirty thousand dan. Even though one acre of land in Yunzhou County now has one hundred and fifty kilograms, it seems small.
You must know that when Zhao Jun first came, the average yield of the entire arable land in Yunzhou County was less than 100 kilograms! More than ninety pounds!
An acre of land can only produce less than a hundred pounds of grain. What is the concept?
This is the rhythm of the whole family eating dirt!
But there is a reason for this. First of all, the land where Yunzhou County is located is not fertile, and can even be said to be barren. The food cannot get the nutrients it deserves, and the natural yield is not high.
In addition, Yunzhou County was originally short of iron tools, and the plows and farm tools used by many people at home were made of wood. In addition, it was far away from the city, and it was inconvenient to get back and forth. Even fertilizing was not enough, so one acre of land was not enough. It's understandable that production is so low.
After listening to Li Yi's report on grain taxes, Zhao Jun nodded and said: "The output of nearly 60 million shi of grain is enough for our entire Yunzhou County.
There are even excess.
Nowadays, Yunzhou County does not have so many granaries for storing grains. Regarding the storage and disposal of excess grains, the county magistrate's office must come up with a plan as soon as possible so that the grains grown with hard work cannot be wasted. "
After hearing this, Li Yi nodded and promised:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have already discussed this at the meeting half a month ago. The county governor decided to set up twenty east-west and one thousand one hundred Forty meters wide and 355 meters wide from north to south, the city wall is about three meters thick and can contain a large granary with 700 cellars.
It is estimated that each granary can store approximately 3.5 million shi of grain.
Excluding the daily consumption needs of the three counties, it is more than enough to store the remaining grain even for the next year.
It's just that it's too late this season. Except for the retained ones and certain reserves, the rest of the county governor's office plans to sell them to the pass through channels.
Feiyun Commercial Bank may need to cooperate in this aspect. Yunzhou County Government does not have such a huge sales channel. "
Zhao Jun immediately agreed upon hearing this: "I will ask Yunli to cooperate with your work. I think the construction of the granary is still too conservative. With the current strength of our Yunzhou County, it is only a matter of time before we expand the territory again. In terms of body and poison, Not our match at all.
And after plundering the population of Liaodong County before, I made a rough estimate and found that the population of Song people in our Yunzhou County has exceeded two million, right? "
Li Yi nodded and replied: "Your Majesty's calculation is good. According to the latest statistics from the County Sheriff's Office, there are nearly 2.2 million Song people registered in Yunzhou County. Among them, there are people working in various industries in Yunzhou County. 1 million, and the agricultural population in Nanli County and recently moved to Woye County is nearly 1.2 million.
In addition, there are about 300,000 people who have transferred to the military, including military family members.
The total population of the Song people in Yunzhou has reached 2.5 million. "
Zhao Jun understood and said slowly: "Two and a half million people, even if we form an army based on the number of people drawn from ten, our Yunzhou County can form nearly 30,000 more troops.
In addition to the current 200,000 guards, the number of guards alone can reach 230,000. In addition, there are nearly 50,000 naturalized Tatar troops, and nearly 500,000 troops from all over Nanli County. A local security servant army composed of indigenous poisonous people.
The total military strength of our Yunzhou County has reached nearly 800,000! "
At this time, Li Yi hurriedly said helplessly:
"Your Majesty, the combat strength of the 500,000 people in the Poison Servant Army is equivalent to 10,000 to 20,000 in the escort army at most. They can only do ordinary security maintenance tasks and let them go to the battlefield. I am afraid that tens of thousands of elite troops from the opposite side will be able to kill them. Break up this rabble.”
Zhao Jun waved his hand and said:
"It's okay, after all, the number of people is there, and they won't be the main attacker.
The generals on the front line are not stupid and will only use them as cannon fodder.
And isn’t the opponent we are facing also a poisonous person?
With our support, their fighting power is a little stronger than their opponents. They can't beat the strong ones, but they can still bully the weak ones.
Moreover, they are large in number and can very well maintain our rule locally. However, we must control the leaders of these poisonous servants. Otherwise, not only will they not be able to help us, they will most likely become our trouble. "
Li Yi nodded solemnly:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we all understand this. We have never relaxed our vigilance against the poisonous servants and we will never let them threaten us."
"That's okay. With so many people, our current territory is far from enough. Even if it is enough for now, when there is sufficient food, the population explosion is extremely fast, so even if it is for our descendants, we must To occupy more land.
I think you must be aware of the military's desire for land, right? "
Li Yi's face became extremely solemn at this moment: "When the prince said this, the official wanted to remind the prince that the current atmosphere in the army is very dangerous.
It is a good thing that the military hopes to expand its territory, but its unlimited thirst for land will create huge hidden dangers.
Although the population of Yunzhou County has been replenished, it is still limited. It is extremely difficult to occupy the land of the three counties. If the military continues to expand without limit, even if they can defeat it, no one can defend it. Take control of it. "
Zhao Jun sighed and said helplessly: "I also know that our foundation is too shallow after all, but this kind of atmosphere in the army has been formed. How easy is it to curb it?"
Li Yi immediately said: "Your Majesty, what I want to say here is from the bottom of my heart. I am not deliberately hostile to generals as a civil servant, but a qualified political system should be able to firmly control the army. The army must only If there is one thought, it is the thought of the controller, but they cannot have their own thoughts.
Otherwise, this is a very dangerous thing. Although it is difficult to restrict it now, it will be even harder if it is delayed any longer.
In order to avoid greater trouble in the future, I think it is necessary for you, Your Majesty, to set restrictions on the army from now on.
This is my loyal advice, please consider it carefully! "
After listening to Li Yi's words, Zhao Jun fell into deep thought.
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(End of chapter)
