Fortunately, the chieftains in western Guangxi were going to Nanning Mansion to receive their rewards, so Gao Pragmatic simply issued cards to the chieftains in southern Guangxi and asked them to come to Nanning to hold a meeting to discuss plans to make a fortune.
In addition to the chieftain, Gao pragmatic also wrote to Guilin to inform Zhang Ren of the incident, and also attached a private letter to ask how he had handled the poison problem.
At the same time, Gao Jingshi also discussed with Zhang Ren in a private letter about the tax issues after the establishment of Jinghua Industries in Qinzhou - Gao Jingshi theoretically had to pay very little tax, only the amount set by Gao Gong, but he Be prepared to pay an extra fee on top of this to "buy peace of mind."
Although the pre-occupation law is obvious and is a system that has been established in the Hongwu Dynasty, the "land" mentioned in the pre-occupation law is actually mainly the "field" that has been tacitly accepted by all Chinese dynasties. However, what Gao Pragmatic has to do is certainly not in Farming near Qinzhou Port, he wanted to engage in industry.
This was a missing item in the Ming Dynasty's legal system. Therefore, in order to ensure that no accidents occurred, he planned to ask Zhang Ren to establish a system in the name of the governor of Guangxi. Gao Pragmatic would rather pay some taxes, but also ensure that Qinzhou Port is legally It is clearly owned by his Jinghua.
In fact, before the advent of a truly rule-of-law society, many local administrative systems were formulated by local officials according to local conditions. Once effective, they would become traditions.
Gao Pragmatic actually has this power, but he can't make the decision to "sell" Qinzhou Port and nearby land to himself. After all, that may become a lever in the hands of political opponents in the future, so he has to find Zhang Ren to take this photo. Take the blame, or take the blame.
At the same time, in order to "be effective and become a tradition," he plans to spend a small amount of money, which is equivalent to paying a tax.
It goes without saying that the “tax rate” is definitely very low. There are not even a few human hairs to be found in the port area of Qinzhou Port. For the local government, isn't it just as many as possible? Even if you only receive one tael of silver per hectare of land a year, it is still money.
Gao Jingshi had enclosed several hundred hectares of land. In the Ming Dynasty, one hundred acres was one hectare. If Gao Jingshi used this to acquire tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, it would certainly cause controversy. But now this is just tens of thousands of acres of wasteland. It's useless to talk about it locally.
However, just this large piece of wasteland can actually collect hundreds of taels of silver every year, so why not do it?
You must know that a dignified Siming Mansion only pays this amount in a year. After all, this is Guangxi, not Suzhou and Hangzhou. Otherwise, a prefecture in Suzhou would be equivalent to the annual income of a province in Guangxi. How can it compare if they don’t cause any trouble?
Of course, the local people in Guangxi are very satisfied that they can continue to generate income by selling wasteland. If they were not so pragmatic as long as the port is nearby, I am afraid they would like to just pack up and sell the entire Qinzhou. Anyway, the population of Qinzhou has been declining for many years, and now only the remaining With a population of tens of thousands, it is impossible to collect a few taxes. From a financial perspective, it is not as cost-effective as selling land.
In fact, Guangxi places more emphasis on Lianzhou Prefecture, which is near Beihai City in later generations, because there are salt fields there, which can be used to profit from the salt. As for pearl fishing, although it sounds like it is very powerful, in fact The income is average.
Within ten days, Zhang Ren's urgent reply letter was sent to Nanning. Zhang Ren agreed to all the things Gao Pragmatic proposed, and said that he had long heard of Gao Pragmatic's reputation of turning stone into gold. Zhang Ren welcomed Gao Zhizhi's willingness to settle Jinghua's industries in Guangxi. I am especially grateful that he is willing to leave part of the profits to Guangxi.
Gao Pragmatic looked at the letter and couldn't help scratching his head. He thought that he had underestimated Zhang Ren before, but he didn't expect him to have such advanced ideas as "attracting investment"?
However, this was actually because he was overthinking it. Zhang Ren’s psychology was actually exactly the same as what he said in his letter. What he only valued was the highly pragmatic Midas touch and profit sharing, and he did not extend this idea to investment promotion. Attract investment to this level.
In other words, because it was a pragmatic matter, he thought it was wonderful and interesting. If it had been someone else, he might have lost interest.
After getting down to business, Zhang Ren mentioned the problem of his poison again. Through communication with Miss Ali from Luoyu Village, the poison in his body has been confirmed, and it was said that it was called Amina Gu... Okay, the name is not important. , the important thing is that this kind of poison can be cured.
However, Miss Ali said that because he did not get rid of the poison as soon as possible after being poisoned, even if he is cured now, he will inevitably have some sequelae in the future.
The main problem is physical weakness. In the future, you should try your best to avoid strenuous exercise and overexertion. Rest as much as you can. If you feel dizzy or weak, take a rest immediately.
Gao pragmatic felt that this was good news, at least he had saved a life, right? As for getting more rest, we need to see exactly how much work he has to do before he feels tired.
Zhang Ren also expressed his gratitude to Gao Jingshi in his letter. After all, Gao Jingshi himself had no obligation to save him, but in the end, even when he was "captured", Gao Jingshi did not forget to do this for him. Worry, it would be unreasonable not to thank you.
Gao Pragmatic is also very happy. Although he has experienced a lot since coming to Guangxi, looking back, overall it was relatively smooth, at least judging from the results.
Now, all that remains is to get Annan.
Of course, before taking Annan, we must first unite the chieftains of Guixi and Guinan under our own banner and bind them with interests, so as to ensure that there will be no trouble.
The current overall situation is generally good. At least the heads of the Cen and Huang families are basically guaranteed to listen to Gao Pragmatic's greetings, and the Cen and Huang families are the leaders of the chieftains in these two places. As long as they move , it’s hard for other toasts to stay still.
This is like suppressing a rebellion in Lingyun City. The four chieftains of the Cen family expressed their support, and the other chieftains followed suit. Anyway, if the sky falls, there will be taller ones who can hold it up.
The reason why Gao Pragmatic deliberately showed his "arbitrariness" in the two counter-insurgency processes, even somewhat inconsistent with his previous style, was actually to strengthen his "tall" image in the minds of the chieftains - this Just like the civil servants have to suppress the military attaches in terms of etiquette and other aspects no matter what, to put it bluntly, they constantly strengthen the thinking of "I am better than you", so that the military attaches become accustomed to it, and later on, they subconsciously feel that they are indeed You can't argue with civil servants, otherwise you will definitely die ugly.
In this way, the civil servants succeeded. Similarly, if you treat the chieftains in this pragmatic way, you can also achieve success.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic does not have hundreds of years to strengthen this kind of thinking, so he must prepare both soft and hard.
Needless to say, the "cake" that will be laid out at the Nanning Conference is the sugar-coated bullet that has been prepared for a long time: turning stone into gold and seeking truth will lead them to make big money together, and who is more obedient and willing to spend money? The more cake is distributed.
The hard hand actually needs to be divided into two. The first one is the identity of the patrol censor, which is the basis for him to be able to subdue the chieftains righteously; the second one is the five thousand servant guards who are about to complete the reorganization and adaptive training.
In terms of number of people, Gao Pragmatic's five thousand people were not too many. At least he estimated that if troops were to be sent out by then, Huang Zhiting and Cen Ling alone would have to send out almost tens of thousands of wolf soldiers from each family.
Then, the less powerful chieftains like Cen's Tianzhou and Zhen'an Prefecture, Huang's Jiangzhou and Xiangwuzhou, had to send troops ranging from three to five thousand.
But Gao Pingshi's five thousand people were not ordinary officers and soldiers, but all servants, which was amazing.
Historically, Li Chengliang had nearly 9,000 servants at his peak, and most of them were elite cavalry. This strength made him the de facto king of Liaodong, suppressing Nurhachi and others from even daring to move. If it hadn't been for the heavy losses in North Korea and the accidental death of Li Rusong, the second generation of the Li family who was the most capable, Nurhaci might not have had a chance to rise.
However, Gao pragmatically brought out five thousand servants this time, and even brought them all the way from the vicinity of Gyeonggi to Guangxi. The energy contained in it, whether it was force or financial resources, was enough to bring Guxi and Guangxi to Guangxi. The chieftains in the south have weighed it carefully.
Five thousand servants, it is hard to say whether it is possible to make up five thousand servants out of the 50,000 officers and soldiers, and Gao Jiantai's servants and the chieftains have all seen it before, so it is really not the level of making up the numbers.
Although they didn't win any battles when they were in Siming Prefecture, they made an appearance in Lingyun City.
Although the chieftains did not see it with their own eyes at that time, after all, with less than 300 troops, they defeated Huang Ma's wolf soldiers who had gathered to take down the government office with two volleys of guns, and killed Huang Ma's second brother on the spot. Performance is always the last word.
Therefore, having five thousand servants at this level should be enough to create a certain degree of intimidation, at least much more powerful than the short-term patrol.
Besides, when there were only 300 servants around, they certainly didn't have any artillery, but now that there are 5,000 servants, it's unreasonable to have no artillery. Jinghua produces artillery itself!
Moreover, Gao Pragmatic is a cautious person, especially for military aspects that he is not very good at. He would rather over-prepare than use the weak to attack the strong. Therefore, the firepower he prepared was already beyond the standard. The ammunition he prepared and the purpose The number of excess weapons required for possible battle losses is as high as 70%.
For example, in addition to one Longqing II musket, he also prepared an additional 3,500 guns, which are now on their way to Qinzhou. Other supplies are basically prepared at a ratio of 50 to 70%, and more ammunition is prepared.
In a word, he would rather be better prepared than risk his own servants. It is better to crush with hard power than to put hope in unguaranteed situations such as the other party making mistakes or falling into traps.
Having no money means playing without money, and having money means playing with money. Gao Pragmatic is not very confident that he can build an iron army like Prussia, but at least in this period, he can use money to build a World War II army. The US military is coming!
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