"Not yet?! Why didn't the court send someone to come to the court for such a big matter like tax collection?"
"Is it possible that something important happened in the court that prevented us from taking care of the tax?" Xiao Jing murmured to himself.
After thinking about it, Xiao Jing suddenly became speechless and shook her head: "How much care does a person have to worry about, and he, a small mayor, still worries about going to court?!"
Without thinking any more, Xiao Jing turned to Niu Yang and said solemnly: "Master Niu, please handle this taxation matter well!"
Sitting up from his seat, Xiao Jing continued: "Master Niu also knows that I have a village myself, and there may be more territories in the future, so it is impossible to stay in Daliu Town for a long time until Daliu Town is stable. , I will go back to my village, and then this Daliu Town..."
Saying that, Xiao Jing glanced at Niu Yang meaningfully.
Niu Yang was distracted by the sight, and he quickly reacted. After reacting, his heart immediately surged. Could it be...
As if aware of what Niu Yang was thinking, Xiao Jing continued:
"I know Master Niu's talent and knowledge, so I am ready to reuse Master Niu! But the premise is that Master Niu must make enough contributions, otherwise I will not be able to convince the public..."
Hearing this, Niu Yang understood completely and was even more excited, but he still kept a calm expression on his face.
He originally took refuge in Xiao Jing, partly because he was impressed by Xiao Jing's powerful army. The grace of 300 soldiers defeating 3000 Yellow Turbans made him unforgettable for a long time.
On the other hand, due to Xiao Jing's status as "town mayor" and "chief of the best village in the world", plus the fact that he has never disturbed the people since he settled in Daliu Town, he followed the trend and...
But he didn't expect that Xiao Jing would be so "big-bellied" and take him so seriously regardless of his previous status.
In his excitement, he blurted out: "I see you, my lord!"
"Haha, Sir Niu, please wake up! We will work together and fight together in the future!"
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After becoming the mayor of Daliu Town, although there were a lot more things going on, I had to admit that the power Xiao Jing could control had greatly increased as a result.
Da Liu Town is not just a town, the area it can influence is actually very wide on this map of the Eastern Han Dynasty that has been expanded ten times.
Stretching from Woniu Mountain to the east, the vast desert to the north, and half of the Woniu Plain to the south, it can be said that with Daliu Town as the center, the area of 30 miles is the sphere of influence of Daliu Town.
Among them, Tushi Village and Qinghe Village were not originally affiliated with Daliu Town. They were only attached to Daliu Town under the threat of force from Daliu Town, and their output was turned over every month.
Even, to a certain extent, Xiao Jing's Huangshan Village was actually within the scope of Da Liu Town's influence and should also accept the jurisdiction of Da Liu Town. However, Xiao Jing's rise was too fast and his force was so strong that the former Da Liu Zhen didn't dare to move lightly.
In Shanwu County, Daliu Town and Xiaohezhuang have always been the two most important subordinate towns.
After all, the entire county's food supply depends on these two towns, so they naturally have a great say. Even the mayors of the two towns can speak out in Shanwu City or resist their decrees.
Therefore, even though everything seems to be calm after Xiao Jing captured Da Liu Town, this was based on the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Xiao Jing did not occupy it through capture, but Mayor Ma voluntarily handed over the official seal to Xiao Jing, occupying the town. 'In name', otherwise, do you think the surrounding towns will unite to wipe out Xiao Jing, and then carve up the tens of thousands of acres of grain fields in Da Liu Town on the Woniu Plain!
Of course, other towns are coveting the land of Daliu Town, and Xiao Jing is not coveting the land of other towns, especially Xiaohe Village, which is also located in Woniu Plain.
It was a big town in Shanwu City, with nearly 50,000 acres of grain fields!
"Xiaohe Village was besieged by the Yellow Turbans, and its strength was severely damaged. It dropped a lot!"
Xiao Jing's eyes lit up when he received the news from the spy.
"Although I can't obviously capture Xiaohezhuang, it is reasonable to occupy some of Xiaohezhuang's land! After all, the two towns are deeply in conflict! No one can say anything!"
Now that the Yellow Turbans are in chaos, Shanwu City is surrounded by the Yellow Turbans, and they can't spare any effort, so they can just take advantage of the opportunity to get some benefits.
This Xiaohe Village is running into a gun. After all, it had conflicts with Barren Mountain Village due to the 'salt mine', and now there are so many grain fields. If not him, who will we hit?
After making up his mind, Xiao Jing called his dog-headed military advisor Deng Ren and told him his thoughts.
After hearing Xiao Jing's thoughts, Deng Ren touched his beard with an expected expression on his face.
After all, he had long seen that Xiao Jing was unwilling to be mediocre and ambitious, but it was precisely because of this that he decided to defect to him. After all, a small town mayor's military advisor could not satisfy him!
Deng Ren nodded and said: "In principle, there is no problem!"
Immediately afterwards, he added: "But if you can avoid it, try not to occupy Xiaohezhuang without a 'name'. This will violate the taboo of the Han Dynasty!"
Because the Han Dynasty uniquely dispatched "tax envoys" to "towns", "counties", "juncheng", and "state cities" at all levels to collect taxes, whether the Han Dynasty admitted it or not, in fact, towns, counties, and Although there are differences in levels between counties and states, in a sense, their statuses are almost the same. After all, they can all reach Tianting!
Sometimes, wealthy and populous towns are even more valued by the Han people than some poor counties. After all, they pay more taxes!
However, the Han seemed to be aware of the increasingly serious 'independence' of various places, as well as the situation of large towns annexing small towns and cities occupying each other. Therefore, the annexation of various places was strictly prohibited! Once discovered, the Forbidden Army stationed everywhere will launch a annihilation!
The taboo mentioned by Deng Ren comes from this. In addition to arousing hostility and siege from surrounding towns and cities, it will also attract the imperial troops stationed in the county...
"Of course I know this. Originally, I didn't want to occupy Xiaohe Village. I also wanted to occupy Xiaohe Village's grain fields on Woniu Plain!" Xiao Jing said.
Although "War" is set in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is very different from the real history.
Deng Ren touched his beard thoughtfully, and quickly came up with a plan, saying:
"My subordinates have understood what my lord means. My lord, now that the Yellow Turbans are making trouble, why not take advantage of this opportunity..."
Hearing this, Xiao Jing's heart moved and she asked: "Is it possible that the intention of Military Advisor Deng was to disguise himself as the Yellow Turban and take the opportunity to invade their grain fields, and then..."
Deng Ren looked at Xiao Jing in surprise, nodded, and said:
"That's right, Xiaohezhuang is currently struggling to deal with the Yellow Turbans. I'm afraid they won't be able to send General Zhou to station in the grain fields like us!"
"In other words, the lord first sent some troops disguised as 'Yellow Turbans' to occupy the grain fields, and then the lord led the army to regain the grain fields occupied by the Yellow Turbans. Even if someone in Xiaohe Village saw something was wrong, they couldn't say anything. After all, we occupied This is the Huangjin grain field, not the Xiaohezhuang grain field!"
The words were a bit convoluted, but Xiao Jing quickly understood the meaning of Deng Ren's operation.
It's nothing more than a 'nominal' operation!
"Haha, great kindness!" Xiao Jing laughed.
