The basic tone of Shayang County is green, while the surroundings are yellow. At first glance, it seems that a small green state stands in a desert.

"It looks like Shayang County looks very small?" Qin Feng looked around the seven people by the table and said lightly.

Everyone present silently.

"If we just want to stay in Shayang County, then we may not need to change." Qin Feng shook his wrist, spread the black cloth in his hand, and fell down accurately, completely covering the yellow color. "We have ten thousand soldiers who are good at fighting, which is enough to help us defend Shayang County, and do whatever we want in this small area. This is what Mr. Liu has done in the past few decades."

"But if you want to go out and dye that yellow area green, then change is the only way."

Qin Feng stared at the people present with a falcony-like gaze and asked sternly: "Everyone, please tell me, do you want to stay in Shayang and be the local emperor, or are you willing to bravely walk out of this comfort zone and spread the glory of your family to a wider distance?"

After a moment of embarrassing silence, Liu Xingwen still spoke: "General, we are naturally willing to go further, but with our strength..."

"This is why Mr. Liu chose me instead of any of you." Qin Feng sneered: "Traveling and never admit defeat. This is the most basic thing we should do."

He picked up a letter from the table and said, "General Liu, this is your letter to Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu responded to your original letter, but it was not for you, but it was delivered to me. Do you want to see your father's reply?"

Liu Xingwen stood up in shock.

Mr. Liu's reply was very short, just written on the envelope, with only three words, but it made Liu Xingwen sit down dejectedly like a deflated ball.

"By your will!"

Qin Feng glanced at Liu Xingwen and said slowly: "The past Shayang County was a typical family. That is, your family controlled everything in Shayang County. Shayang County is you, and you are Shayang County. This gives Shayang County a cohesion that is incomparable to other places, but it also makes your eyes always fall in this small corner and it is difficult to break through."

"The country, country, countless small families constitute the country, but you must be clear that the family is only a part of the country, but cannot represent the country." Qin Feng said: "The new Shayang County will be a big family, but this big family is different from before. You are an important part of this big family, but don't think you can represent this big family."

"Shayang County looks rich, but compared with the real strong, it can be said to be worth mentioning. We can now form an elite army of 10,000 people, but this team is not compared with the Qi people, even if it is compared with the Yue court, what is it? If we want to go out, we must have more troops. And to raise more troops, we need more money. Wang Hou." Qin Feng shouted.

"General!" Wang Hou stood up.

"Get a calculation for you!" Qin Feng said.

"Yes." Wang Hou looked at the people present, "You guys, take the army of 10,000 people as an example. According to the current salary level of county soldiers, a soldier's monthly salary of one tael of silver is one tael of silver, and a year requires 120,000 silver. But this is only the smallest part of it. The equipment of each soldier, with the most basic equipment of our Taiping Army, is twenty taels of silver spent on each soldier, and ten thousand soldiers is twenty taels of silver. When the other monthly consumption of soldiers is not in battle, it is about five taels of silver per month. In the conversion, it is six hundred thousand taels per year. To sum these, the most basic consumption of ten thousand soldiers is about ninety-two thousand taels per year, which is exempt from a fraction of the amount, and it is 90,000 taels per year. If there is a war, it is not certain, and it is afraid it will increase exponentially."

"I heard it. Just this is nearly one million taels." Qin Feng said: "Then let's take a look at how much Shayang County earned last year?"

Quan Yun's face suddenly changed a little.

"The Xiaguan went to check the accounts today. Last year, the fiscal revenue of Shayang County was a little more than 2 million taels." Wang Hou said with a smile.

"Two million taels, it sounds a lot, right?" Qin Feng smiled: "But we only support 10,000 soldiers, which will account for half of the fiscal revenue of the entire Yangjun City. So should we do other things, whether officials want salaries? Should people's livelihood develop? Is there a natural disaster there? Should we need subsidies? Should we develop? What should we do if we need more troops one day?"

"Next, let's see how much income the Hao family had last year?" Qin Feng's expression turned sharp and waved his hand. Several boys walked in with a large stack of books and put them in front of Wang Hou.

Wang Hou picked up the top book, opened it, cleared his throat, "The Hao family used to control the dock business outside Shayang County and the construction business in the entire county town, plus a large amount of land, the gross income last year was..." He paused and said, "Two.3 million taels, deducting expenses, costs, etc., the net income is about one million taels."

Hearing Wang Hou's remarks and contemplation of the various incomes of the Hao family, everyone present changed their faces, as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

"This is the case with the Hao family. I think everyone here will never be worse than him! Take the Hao family as the most basic standard. Last year, the total income of the six majorities in Shayang County was 6 million taels, three times the income of the entire Shayang County treasury." Qin Feng laughed, "Shayang County is a typical example of thick limbs, but a small mind!"

The five great masters represented by Liu Xingwen all breathed heavily.

"How did this money come from?" Qin Feng seemed not to notice the embarrassment of everyone. "Let's talk about the land first. Almost half of Shayang County's land is not recorded in the county government. In the name of the Hao family, there are nearly 100,000 acres of land that have not been registered in the mansion. What does this mean? This means that there is no tax or grain payment for these lands. How many are there in your name?"

"Let's take a look at the commercial tax in Shayang County. Haha, thirty taxes are twice as low as Nan Chu, which is richest in the world. Nan Chu has twenty taxes, and far inferior to Qi's ten taxes."

Qin Feng stared at everyone, "Everyone, Shayang County is very poor and poor, but you are very rich and very rich. This time, Chen Jialuo led 5,000 people to fight, and you easily collected military pay and the cost of this battle, but the treasury could not be taken out. Is this normal?"

"Everyone probably think Shayang County is safe now, and can you rest assured?" Qin Feng sneered: "I can tell you that Shayang County is now facing an unprecedented crisis. It is no exaggeration to describe it as being attacked from all sides. The people of Qi are eyeing him, and Molo is determined to take Shayang and become his source of wealth. Not to mention, what Zhang Ning thinks is already obvious. And except for Molo, these three parties, except for Molo, are slightly weak, and any of the other two enemies, have to make up their minds and easily deal with us."

"We need to be strong, more army, and of course, more money. Will we come to beg for alms with you when we are short of money? To put it bluntly, if it turns into a habit, will we take away your wealth directly in the future?" Qin Feng's words made everyone's faces extremely difficult to see.

"If the skin is gone, where will the hair be attached?" Qin Feng calmed down his tone, "Without Shayang County, even if you still have a lot of money, it is just someone else's meal on the plate, and let others knead it. If someone like Moro beats in, you're afraid that nothing will be left."

"This time, clearing the land is just the first step for me to reform Shayang County. After this step is completed, the next step is commercial tax." Qin Feng said slowly: "Shayang County needs to be changed. In the past, we have not blamed us, but in the future, we should have new rules."

He stretched out his hand and covered the golden area with a black cloth slowly flew up and landed in his hands, "Everyone, why are your eyes only in Shayang County? Haven't you ever thought that if you walk out of Shayang County and seize more territory, more wealth will come?"

"Cleaning the land and raising the commercial tax seems to be paying out of your bags. That is indeed a painful thing, but if we have more money to strengthen our army and make our strength move forward, we can attack Shayang County, seize more land and control more population, and even one day, we can take down Yuejing City. At that time, will you make less money than now? No, it will only be more, so much more that you think the money has no meaning to you at all. At that time, you will no longer be the five masters of Shayang County, you will be the five masters of Yue State."

In the hall, beside the round table, the breathing of the crowd became heavy.

"When the Emperor of Yue was in charge, he took out the savings of his family for hundreds of years. He had nothing except an army, but in the end, he owned a country. Now, I don't want all of you. I just need you to withdraw from the part you shouldn't have got, and you will likely gain something similar to him. Why do you feel so embarrassed? Without giving, there will be no gains. The more you pay, the more you gain. This is the most simple and basic truth. I believe that with your IQ, you can clearly calculate this account and weigh the benefits and losses."

The hall became quiet, everyone lowered their heads, their faces changed, they were moved intentionally, and they were distrusted.
Chapter completed!