Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Tu Lanlun originally wanted to suggest Zhang Yong to kill all these dozen craftsmen directly, because this way he could ensure that the secret would never be known.

Killing and silencing is always the best way to keep secrets, but Tulan Lun then thought about it and realized that his personality as the leader would definitely not agree with it.

After all, Zhang Yong would not do such things as killing innocent people indiscriminately, and to take a step back, this dragon's flying ability was completely given by the flying artifact.

And the materials used to make it, including the aluminum alloy for the skull, and the plastic for the claws and dragon horns, are all things that only the owner has.

Therefore, even if these craftsmen can live, they will not be able to copy the second one. If they know the method, they can copy the second one. Then even Zhang Yong. He should also agree to silence this group of craftsmen.

"Yes! I will put them under house arrest for half a year. After the entire land of Sichuan and Sichuan knows about the auspiciousness of this dragon, I will release them and not allow them to get together." Zhang Yong nodded and said.

Tu Lanlun's idea is very correct. These dozen kite craftsmen cannot be released because sometimes people's words are scary! Before it appears, no news can be spread.

Put them under house arrest for a period of time, and then let them go after Zhang Yong's dragon flies over all five state capitals in Sichuan and Sichuan for all the people to see.

As for the group of soldiers who follow Zhang Yong, they are still very strict as long as they give an order. After all, they have been following Zhang Yong for several years.

After test-flying the Kite Shenlong, Zhang Yong returned to the Chengdu Palace with all his soldiers, and then recruited a group of kite craftsmen.

A group of people knelt on the ground, raising their heads to look at Zhang Yong from time to time, but they all did not dare to speak.

"You did a good job this time. I am very happy and decided to reward each of you with twenty taels of silver and keep you in the palace for the New Year." Zhang Yong cleared his throat and said.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. However, we also have a family, and we hope that the King of Guanzhong will be kind and allow us to go back to visit our wives, children, and children." A craftsman stood up and said.

"You have done such a great favor to me, how can I not thank you? Let's just say that, all of you will stay.

I have sent a team of personal soldiers to pick up your family members. You will spend the New Year in my palace this year. When spring comes next year, I will let you leave. Zhang Yong waved his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, please spare your life! If you want to kill, just kill me and wait! No, don't hurt me and your family. Our family doesn't know anything!" After hearing Zhang Yong's words, a large number of kites were flying. The craftsmen felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and they immediately knelt on the ground and began to beg for mercy.

After all, what they made was very strange, and it was obviously of great use to the King of Guanzhong. In this case, it was a very normal phenomenon to silence them.

"You are worrying too much. I really just want to keep you here to spend the Chinese New Year together. I have no other intentions. I promise you that you can leave Chengdu Mansion in the spring of next year." Zhang Yong smiled. Smile and speak.

"Please make arrangements so that all the wives, children, and children of these craftsmen can live in the palace. All the daily food and clothing expenses will be allocated by the palace. Don't neglect them." Zhang Yong called the guard captain under him and spoke. said.

"Yes! Don't worry, Your Majesty, my subordinates know what to do." Zhang Yong's head guard nodded and said.

"Well! Okay, let's go down! You can have a good rest in the palace. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly." Zhang Yong smiled and said.

A group of craftsmen could only accept Zhang Yong's arrangement with a sad face. Although he was imprisoned for freedom, fortunately his life was saved.

Time flies so fast, and soon the autumn harvest has been completed, and not only the Bashu region, but also the tax officer of the Guanzhong region has sent an urgent report. Some tax collections in the Guanzhong region and the Xixia region have also been completed.

At this time, Zhang Yong's granary in Jingzhao Mansion in Guanzhong contains nearly 1.3 million shi of grain. This year, it will no longer be tax-free, so from now on, Zhang Yong will start paying taxes to the Mongolian Empire.

Of course, this is only for the Guanzhong area. The taxes in the Xixia area are still tax-free for a few years.

Zhang Yong has already ordered officials in the Guanzhong area to hand over about 10% of the tax to Wo Kuotai.

The food income in Sichuan and Sichuan is even more terrifying. The tax revenue alone is enough to collect more than 27 million dan.

This does not include other supplementary foods, fruits, money, etc. It is really awesome, accounting for 1/3 of the tax and fiscal revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty.

It could have been more, but because of some of Zhang Yong's tax exemption policies, the people of Sichuan and Sichuan did not need to pay too much food this year.

Except for some fixed taxes, Zhang Yong was exempted from all other miscellaneous taxes.

But even so, Zhang Yong was shocked by the amount collected. He had never experienced any war, and the Sichuan and Shu lands that he had completely captured were richer than he had imagined.

"It is indeed a land of abundance! It is so rich." Zhang Yong put down the autumn harvest accounts in his hands and said with great admiration.

However, the huge surprise also brings a big problem.

Now he is thinking about how much he will pay when paying taxes to the Ogedai Mongol Empire next year.

Do you really hand over half of it? That is 10% of the total income. Zhang Yong still felt very distressed. I only received 20%!

Next year's harvest should still be more than 20 million, or even soar to 30 million. Zhang Yong's tax policy is to collect 20%, and if 10% of it is given to Mongolia, it will be more than 15 million stone grain. This is still Not counting other money.

This number is quite terrifying. If Zhang Yong really handed over this amount, then some other ruling areas of the Mongol Empire would go crazy.

They knew that Sichuan and Sichuan were very wealthy, but if they were so wealthy, they might not allow Zhang Yong to occupy such a big cake alone.

Therefore, Zhang Yong planned to find a way, but he could not report the truth in any case. Even with a population of more than 13 million in Sichuan and Sichuan, Zhang Yong did not intend to report it truthfully.

Zhang Yong thought for a while and immediately summoned Tao Jie secretly.

"I, Tao Jie, pay my respects to the prince."

"Well! You're free of charge when you come!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I wonder why Your Majesty called me here late at night?" Tao Jie asked.

"Tao Jie! We, the people of Sichuan and Sichuan, how much tax do you think is appropriate, and how much tax do you think is appropriate to hand over?" Zhang Yong asked very cryptically.

"My lord, I wonder how much the Mongol Empire wants?"

"According to Mongolian rules, one-tenth of the income of the entire Chengdu Prefecture is 10% of tax, but we only collected 20%." Zhang Yong said.

"Your Majesty! Now you are the person in charge of Chengdu Mansion. Officials of all sizes in Chengdu Mansion are waiting for you to pay them salaries. Although it seems that there are a lot of taxes, it will take a lot of money just to pay them. .

What's more, there are other expenses. If 10% is really handed over, then there will not be much surplus food left in Sichuan and Shu. "Tao Jie said.

Tao Jie immediately understood Zhang Yong's meaning. The prince's meaning was very simple, that is, collect as little tax as possible and make some false reports on population.

This kind of thing is a common occurrence for officials. It is even more terrifying in the Southern Song Dynasty. Many armies are on empty pay. As for the number of households reported by ordinary people, sometimes they are not correct. In short, they are all in Shaoli. Report.

"What do you mean? Tell me." Zhang Yong asked.

"Your Majesty, for the people of Sichuan and Sichuan, you can just repay more than 5 million yuan. As for the food, you only need to hand over 5 million shi. Plus some food from the Guanzhong land, you can make the Mongolians Very satisfied." Tao Jie said.

As a top literary staff member who had just gained the trust of the King of Guanzhong, Tao Jie was not just a freeloader, relying on Zhang Yong's power.

He has been crazy about learning about some things about the Mongol Empire recently, and he knows the actual taxation of various areas controlled by Mongolia.

Not to mention handing over more than two million, even if more than one million in stone grains were handed over, it was still a very huge amount for Mongolia.

In terms of population, the method of fraud is also very simple, especially after war.

And he could see that the Mongolian cavalry under Zhang Yong had great trust in the King of Guanzhong, and they would not say anything nonsense as long as benefits were given.

"Okay! I will report that there are more than five million people and more than one million households in Sichuan and Sichuan. We will pay two million dan in taxes this year, plus some money and food." Zhang Yong said.

Directly cutting off 1/3, the original number of households in Sichuan and Sichuan should be 270 million, with a total population of more than 1300 million. This kid had exactly what he thought. Zhang Yong also planned to report this way, but he wanted to report a population of four million.

There are also some literati around Wo Kuotai, but after all, these people have never been to Sichuan and Shu. It is impossible to specifically calculate the tax revenue of Sichuan and Shu.

The most important thing is that in this attack on the Kingdom of Jin, Zhang Yong provided all the food and grass.

Due to emotion and reason, Wo Kuotai would not say anything, because the number already surprised Wo Kuotai.

"Your Majesty! This year you have reduced some taxes in Sichuan and Sichuan. The common people have a good reputation for you. Please refrain from raising taxes in a short time!" Tao Jie said.

"Don't worry, I won't increase the tax issue in the short term." Zhang Yong said.

"That's good, Your Majesty, you will definitely be able to secure the land of Guanzhong and the land of Sichuan and Shu." Tao Jie said.

Now it occupies the entire land of Sichuan and Shu, as well as the land of Guanzhong, and even some areas of the Xixia people. Most of the people in Tubo have surrendered to King Guanzhong.

The current power of the King of Guanzhong is not much worse than that of Qin back then. All he lacks is time. As long as there is enough time for these areas to develop, then it is not a big problem that the comprehensive national strength exceeds that of Mongolia itself.

It is not impossible to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty. When the world is truly unified, the King of Guanzhong will probably no longer look at the faces of the Mongols, and even the Mongols will become his subjects.

"Go and prepare now. Prepare 300,000 to 450,000 shi of grain and grass, 30,000 civilians, use the pack horses and donkeys I brought back, and transport them all to Guanzhong to prepare for next spring's grain. ." Zhang Yong said.

The autumn harvest has been completed, and now we can start transporting grain to the front line. 400,000 shi of grain and grass have been transported, and it would be good to have more than 200,000 shi left.

This is still the result of using a large number of pack horses and donkeys. If it is sent by manpower, it is estimated that one hundred thousand dan can be sent to the front line.

In ancient times, the biggest consumption of transporting grain and grass was actually eaten on the road. After all, the people in the grain transport team also had to eat. Fortunately, the Mongols had a large number of pack horses, as well as transport livestock such as donkeys.

If it were transported by manpower, Zhang Yong estimated that he would have to take out one million stones of grain and grass, and in the end, only two to three hundred thousand stones of grain would be successfully transported to the front line.

When the Southern Song Dynasty's army went to war, the biggest problem in food and salary consumption was transportation. Otherwise, the Southern Song Dynasty's army would not be so weak in combat effectiveness.

In terms of horse transportation, the northern grassland people naturally have a certain advantage. The weight of a horse is much stronger than that of a person, and it can carry five or six people.

And the horses only consume licorice.

"Well! Get ready, draft a decent account and copy right away, and then give it to me." Zhang Yong winked at Tao Jie and said.

"Prince, don't worry, I will make a decent account, absolutely flawless." Tao Jie immediately understood what Zhang Yong meant and said.

Making a false account is something that officials like them can easily do.

Soon, a copy of the tax details of Sichuan and Sichuan, as well as the consignment of grain and grass, were sent to the front line, heading to Wokuotai.

A month later, Wokuotai received a letter from Zhang Yong, and a full 300,000 shi of food and grass were also sent over.

On the day when the grain and grass were delivered, Wokuotai personally came with his army to inspect. After checking and accepting a total of 300,000 stones of food and grass, Wokuotai returned to his tent with satisfaction.

"Yes, yes, it's not spring yet, it's just winter, and this guy has brought food and grass here.

With these 300,000 stones of food and grass, plus what this guy brought here before, we will have enough food and grass even if we fight until next fall. "Wokuotai said.

Now that the food and grass problem has been solved, and it was solved in advance, Wo Kuotai is in a very good mood.

"Yelu Chucai, come and take a look. This is an account book sent from Sichuan and Shu. It records the population, household registration, and income of money and food in Sichuan and Shu." Wo Kuotai took out the account book that Zhang Yong gave him. He handed the account book to Yelu Chu before speaking.

This account book was written in Chinese and he couldn't understand it, so it was better for Yelu Chu to read it!

Yelu Chucai nodded, picked up the Sichuan-Sichuan account book and started to look through it.

"Great Khan! There are more than 1.1 million households in Sichuan and Sichuan, with a population of more than 5.4 million. The grain and grass tax revenue collected this year is more than 1.1 million shi." Yelu Chu then put down his hands. After reading the account book, he spoke.

It's really scary! In this land of Sichuan and Sichuan, the income of one place is equal to that of the whole of Hebei, a little more than the whole of Hebei.

"More than five million people? Ten million grains. This land of Sichuan and Sichuan is really rich! It is indeed the legendary land of abundance." Wo Kuotai said with great admiration.

Next year, as a prodigy, I will be able to harvest more than five million stones of food.

The entire Xiliao region, plus some people in the grassland area, can't grow as much grain as Sichuan.

"Great Khan! The land of Sichuan and Sichuan is indeed very wealthy, but I think the accounts collected are still a little short.

According to my estimation, the total population of Sichuan and Sichuan should be more than 10 million people, definitely not less than 10 million. Yelu Chu then spoke.

Although he has never been to Sichuan and Sichuan, he, Yelu Chucai, is not that easy to fool!

The total population of Sichuan and Shu should have exceeded 10 million, with a population of more than 5 million. This King of Guanzhong is a bit too much.

"Great Khan! The tax on this food is wrong, too little! Although it seems like a lot, it is still too little for the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, the land of Sichuan and Tianfu." Yelu Chu said.

According to his estimate, the food tax in Sichuan and Shu should be 20 million shi and 10 million shi of grain. King Guanzhong, you have cut everything in half.

Even if the Great Khan favors you again, Yelu Chucai will tell you this.

"As for population and food taxation, Zhang Yong also told me in his letter that after he led his troops into Sichuan and Sichuan, some areas did not surrender.

The sergeants along the way also massacred some local people, resulting in a slight decline in the population.

Especially Chongqing Mansion, where Zhang Yong carried out a massacre.

It is inevitable that some population losses will occur, so it is good that he can save more than half of the population. "Wokuotai said.

Zhang Yong had reported to him before. After the Mongolian army entered the Sichuan and Sichuan lands, they caused a lot of massacres, and even directly massacred many people in Chongqing Prefecture.

Therefore, the land of Sichuan and Shu, which originally had a population of 10 million, now has only half of the population left.

He Wokuotai could still understand this matter. After all, he knew better than anyone else what kind of virtue the Mongolian army had.

It is a great blessing to have half of the people left. According to Wokuotai's rules, if you lead your own troops, it would be good to have 1/10 or 2/10 left.

That is to say, there are only one or two million people left. Now Zhang Yong can keep more than five million people.

It was also able to raise taxes, which was beyond his expectation. If he had sent any Mongolian generals to go there, what he would have conquered would have been ruins.

Moreover, Wo Kuotai also got a lot of the property seized by the Chongqing government.

The Mongolian soldiers who came to escort the grain and grass were all extremely rich, and they carried large sums of gold and silver. These things must have been obtained through robbery.

Therefore, it is very normal for Wokuotai to lose half of the population of Sichuan and Shu.

When Yelu Chu heard this, he didn't say anything. What on earth are you doing, King Guanzhong? (End of chapter)