No wonder there are so many people smuggling goods, and the food supply in Yongping and Xuanfu has always been high.
Because before Han Xi came, one of the places for mutual trading was in Zhangjiakou in Xuanfu.
The other place is Xifengkou in Yongping Mansion.
A large amount of food is smuggled out of the two countries. How to prevent local food prices from soaring?
But this is a good thing for Han Xi. Only in this way can he collect more taxes.
Looking at the crowd, there were many children playing and playing.
Han Xi couldn't help but smile knowingly. It seemed that even in this prosperous capital city, the people were very simple.
After walking around several towns, Han Xi returned to the palace.
After returning to the palace, Military Advisor Xun walked in and reported soon after: "Your Majesty, there are many Mongolians in Zhangjiakou who want to join us. Will these people accept them?"
"What's going on? Is it a craftsman sent by Hou Jin?" Han Xi asked doubtfully.
Military Advisor Xun shook his head when he heard this, and then briefly informed Han Xi of the situation on the Mongolian grassland at this time.
It turned out that Lin Dan Khan was fighting everywhere, so there were many defeated Mongolian tribes who wanted to come over.
Han Xi began to think deeply after hearing this. Lin Danhan seemed to have given up his original territory after being defeated by Huang Taiji, and now stayed in Guihua City, north of Datong.
"Then take in some honest ones," Han Xi agreed to take in a Mongolian horse, mainly because he wanted these people to raise horses.
At this time, Han Xi had 40,000 cavalry, all of which were one person and two horses. They were good horses that could wear heavy armor, and there were also two ordinary horses carrying loads.
This adds up to one person and four horses, or 120,000 horses.
Ordinary horses can be fed with fodder, but war horses must be fed with refined grains, otherwise they will lose meat and become ordinary horses.
Therefore, 120,000 horses need at least more than 500,000 grains per year.
It feels good to adopt a few Mongolian tribes and collect forage.
When Military Advisor Xun heard this, he did not object. Instead, he smiled and said, "I believe that Lin Dan Khan will not last long. In less than two years, your Majesty will be able to get a place to raise horses."
"Oh?" Han Xi looked at Military Advisor Xun with some surprise. Lin Danhan did not have a few more years to live. It would not be long before Huang Taiji drove him to Qinghai and died of illness on the way to escape.
"Then send one more army to Xuanfu. If the opportunity is right, we can directly capture the Monan Grassland." Han Xi said calmly.
Now the capital is much more stable, with 10,000 government officials and 50,000 Black Wind Army guards more than enough.
"I accept the order." Military Advisor Xun bowed and accepted the order, then retreated.
Han Xi stood up and looked at the map behind him, which was marked with circles of various colors.
Looking at the map, Han Xi thought that if he captured the grasslands around Hetao, he could capture Datong as well. In this way, his territory is larger than Hou Jin's.
"Mongol Tatars, Hou Jin, Ming Dynasty, and bandits." Han Xi touched his chin and muttered the names of these forces in a low voice.
These are his future enemies.
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, another three years have passed.
Han Xi did not attack south as planned.
Instead, they sent troops to recover the grassland area and launched an offensive against Datong.
The grassland disaster was very serious. When Han Xi's army passed by, a large group of tribes surrendered.
In the end, it only took the army half a year to defeat Lin Dan Khan, occupy the Hetao area, and recover hundreds of thousands of herdsmen.
Then in the fifth year of Chongzhen, he launched an attack on Datong.
The drought in the grassland also affected Datong. The officers and soldiers of Datong, one of the nine sides, were as thin as firewood and vulnerable to a blow.
Moreover, bandits were rampant at this time, and cholera in the west of Datong attracted most of the Ming Dynasty's official army.
Therefore, it took the army less than half a year to capture Datong.
A year later, the army followed the bandits and attacked Taiyuan and Pingyang Prefecture.
Unlike thieves who robbed and ran away, Han Xi's army attacked the city and captured the land and sent a large army to occupy it.
At this time, the army had captured Taiyuan and was besieging Pingyang Prefecture. The territory was also connected to Yichuan County.
The bandits have already captured Zezhou Prefecture in Shanxi and are entrenched in the Taihang Mountains.
In order to reduce the pressure on Pingyang Prefecture, the Hebei Ming Army launched several multi-line attacks with hundreds of thousands of troops on the capital, but they all ended in failure. Han Xi's army even captured Tianjin Sanwei and Cangzhou along the coast.
At this point, half of Hejian Mansion fell into Han Xi's hands.
After more than two years of continuous fighting, Han Xi discussed with several military advisors.
Finally decided to stop using the military and take a year's rest.
Inside the palace city.
Han Xi had changed into a python robe at this time, and his whole temperament had also changed. His face no longer had the hip-hop aura of a few years ago, but was more majestic.
Han Xi clicked on the system to check.
Population: 6,151,002
Maximum troop strength: 300550/307550
Money: 50, 516, 200 taels/silver
Popular support: 20
Food: 87,756,600 stone
Supplies: 1,896,000 pieces of cloth, 920,000 cotton...
In the past two years of the campaign, the consumption of the two hundred thousand troops was still very large, probably consuming five to six million in food. If the land of Sanfu alone was not enough, it would not be possible to feed such a large army.
But it is not without gain, that is, the entire army is maintained by the system.
There are also 200 million imperial coins saved.
The money in the treasury is more than 50 million, and the food is even more terrible, with 87 million.
If you continue like this, you will soon be able to save hundreds of millions of grains and hundreds of millions of silver.
In this way, if we recruit an army of millions and march southward, who can stop us?
【Ding! A vulnerability has been found in the system and is currently being patched]
[Repair 10%]
[Repair 20%]
.....
[Repair 100%]
[Vulnerability patching completed, please check the host for changes after patching]
Han Xi, who still maintained a majestic face, could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
I was a little surprised when I heard that the system actually had voice.
But at this point it was more of a fuck.
Han Xi checked the so-called patching of the system.
Soon, Han Xi breathed a sigh of relief. The reduction was not too severe.
However, in the future, the price of taxed grains is not decided by Han Xi, but by the system.
Taking Yichuan County as an example, one tael of potatoes per stone is the price set by Han Xi.
But now the system tax will not be collected based on the price of one stone and one tael, but based on the average selling price of potatoes in the territory under Han Xi's rule.
Moreover, if Han Xi uses money to buy potatoes from the people, the money will be deducted from the treasury.
The meaning is obvious, that is, Han Xi is not allowed to interfere with the price of potatoes.
Forehead!
In this way, the price of potatoes will soon cease to be that of a miscellaneous grain, which is four cents of silver per stone. Even if an output of twenty stones per mu is required, the income will only be eight taels of silver.
In this way, Han Xi's tax revenue may be cut in half, and then cut in half again.
The tax revenue that originally amounted to more than 10 million a year may only be 2 to 3 million this year.
"Hey!" Thinking of this, Han Xi couldn't help but sigh.
