Ten days after the Governor's visit to Zhulong Territory, Zhang Tie took his wives, Tang De, and a group of people on a flying boat and set out from Zhulong County to personally inspect and accept a group of people from Ninghe County, Yanzhou. More than 100 million acres of official land.
Olina's words that night deeply touched Zhang Tie - giving the children a more promising future.
This sentence is the motivation for Zhang Tie's actions now, and it is also the motivation for the actions of mothers like Olina.
In the past few days, the women who took action have taken over the main office of the Zhulong Sect established by Tang De, and started to form a new organization - Tiexin Pavilion with the main office as the core.
Zhang Tie's joke at the time, "Lady's Cabinet," suddenly came true.
In Iron Heart Pavilion, Aurora is responsible for the government affairs in the Candle Dragon Territory, Olena is responsible for the economic and commercial fields, Sabrina is responsible for intelligence, the six sisters of the Spencer family, Linda and Fiona and others , in Tiexin Pavilion, they all found their place and what they can do.
Among them, Beverly and Fiona are responsible for the most critical internal and external information exchange and confidentiality of the most important sect master in Iron Heart Pavilion. This work is of great importance, and they also control the entire Zhulong Territory. All the secrets, and at the same time can directly contact Zhang Tie, only those who Zhang Tie absolutely trusts can be in charge.
The six sisters of the Spencer family are each responsible for accounting, auditing and other matters, while the two sisters Aimei and Aixue are responsible for property and inventory matters. Linda has a gentle personality and is very careful, and is responsible for the administrative operation of the entire Tiexin Pavilion. Equivalent to the role of internal manager.
All major issues in Tiexin Pavilion are decided by a group of women. If there is a disagreement, the women will vote to decide. If the votes are tied, it will be decided by Zhang Tie.
Just a few days. Zhang Tie's women burst out with huge energy one by one. Even Linda and others, who had always been relaxed, devoted themselves enthusiastically to the work of Tiexin Pavilion.
Zhang Tie's women became the leaders of Tiexin Pavilion. And the person next to the women, Olena. A group of confidants that Aurora brought from the ice and snow wasteland, as well as Sonia and others who had been with Linda and others all these years, also entered the Iron Heart Pavilion.
All of a sudden, Tiexin Pavilion was more than Zhang Tie's wife's cabinet. It had simply become a girl's country. There were no men in Tiexin Pavilion.
Today, before Zhang Tie called a group of people to Ninghe County, Zhang Tie's "Lady's Cabinet". Finally, for the first time, a clear order and instruction was issued to the entire Zhulong Territory—from next month, that is, July 1st, the consumption tax on alcoholic beverages in various cities within the Zhulong Territory, liquor, beer and other alcoholic beverages brewed from grain The consumption tax will increase from the current 30% to 180%, a full six-fold increase, while the consumption tax on fruit wine will remain unchanged.
This order is equivalent to controlling the scale of alcohol consumption in Zhulong Territory.
When Taixia was experiencing a food shortage, making wine meant competing with others for food. Raising the consumption tax on alcohol can curb alcohol consumption and use more food in key places. A pound of wine can't save a life, but in many cases, a few pounds of food can save a life.
It was Olina who proposed this suggestion. After Olina explained her reasons, this suggestion was unanimously supported by Mrs. Zhang Tie in Tiexin Pavilion, and then became a decree issued by the main office of the suzerain. Passing through the entire Zhulong Territory.
The order was issued before Zhang Tie's wives boarded the flying boat, but after they boarded the flying boat. Zhang Tie chatted with a group of women about the first order issued by Tie Xintang.
This order is not just a slap on the head. You can raise taxes as much as you want. It is a rigorous calculation after collecting enough data, and there are many considerations.
The current population of Zhulong Territory is close to 20 million people. After the consumption tax on grain alcoholic beverages is increased five-fold, the annual alcoholic beverage brewing and production scale in Zhulongling will drop by 80%, from the current annual alcoholic beverage production of 170,000 tons to about 30,000 tons per year. Therefore, almost 400,000 tons of food are saved every year. At the same time, due to the increase in consumption tax, Zhulongling's annual alcohol consumption tax will increase by 20%, which is another income of millions of gold coins.
At the same time, the consumption tax on grain drinks has been increased but the consumption tax on fruit drinks has not been raised. This is to guide the drunkards in Zhulong collar to drink fruit wine when they want to satisfy their greed. As a result, the demand for fruit wine will expand. If this is passed on to the supply side, it will cause a tight supply of various fruits that can be used to brew fruit wine in the Zhulong Territory. In order to alleviate the tight supply of fruits, more people in the Zhulong Territory will find ways to grow more fruits.
With the current high price of food, if the fruit farmers in Zhulong Territory want to grow fruit, they will not be able to occupy the grain fields where food is grown. Instead, they will find ways to open up wasteland in the mountainous areas where food cannot be grown and expand the area of orchards. .
The supply of fruit wine increases, and the tax revenue brought by fruit wine also increases, which can increase the annual financial income of Zhulongling.
The expansion of the orchard will increase the intensity of land reclamation in Zhulong territory and the value of land in the wilderness, driving local economic development.
The diversification and increase in quantity of fruit supply also indirectly laid a solid material foundation for the Zhang family to produce full-effect pharmaceuticals on a large scale in Zhulongling in the future.
The 400,000 tons of grain saved each year through this decree can be purchased at market prices with the increased alcohol tax and used as grain reserves in Zhulongling. The more grain reserves there are in Zhulongling, the greater the food supply in Zhulongling. The more secure and secure the food supply is, the more people from various states can be attracted to settle in Zhulong Territory, gradually expanding the population size of Zhulong Territory, making Zhulong Territory more prosperous and more confident in facing crises.
After listening to what all the women said, Zhang Tie had nothing to say except sighing about how unworthy he was to let such a bunch of women stay by his side to help him.
Zhang Tie was impressed by Tie Xintang's small test.
"With the ladies here, I won't have to worry about the affairs of the Zhulong Territory in the future. I always heard about matriarchal clans and matriarchal societies in the past. Today, as soon as you ladies take action, I feel that it is actually not bad for men to live in matriarchal societies! "
Zhang Tie's words made all the women laugh.
"I agree with this!" Tang De said seriously.
"Thanks to Manager Tang for smoothing out many aspects of the Zhulong Territory these days. Otherwise, we would have just arrived. Not long after arriving in Zhulong County, how could we be able to share the worries of our husband so quickly!" Aimei said with a smile. , "Sister Olena's vision is also admired by all the sisters!"
"It was only that day that I suddenly heard Fiona accidentally say that men drink and cause trouble, and I suddenly thought that I could do something with the alcohol tax. I first discussed with Aurora to separate the alcohol into grain wine and fruit wine. The suggestion was made by Aurora!" Olena didn't dare to take credit.
Aurora also shook her head, "I also heard Beverly mention that Golden Crow City is convenient for growing fruits, and brewing a full-effect potion requires a lot of fruits. Drinking too much of the full-effect potion at one time will have the same effect as drunkenness, so I suggested Olena separate the wine. …”
Beverly was also shaking her head, "Mattia's sisters are still good at actuarial planning..."
"That requires Sister Linda to prepare all the information. That is the most troublesome job!" Mattia also quickly declined.
Seeing that even Linda had to speak modestly. Zhang Tiecai smiled and shook his hand, "Okay, madams, don't be modest. This time, everyone has contributed. Madams are really good wives for their husbands. Manager Tang De has also worked hard. I hope everyone can work together in the future. Do things well in Zhulong Territory..."
"It's not just a Zhulong leader, this time. The Zhulong leader has extended its power to Ninghe County, but the governor is too... too much. This is a trap... cough... cough..." Tang De coughed twice. Even at this time, I don’t dare to say bad things about Taixia Governor. “Last year, Ninghe County had good weather and a bumper grain harvest. Last year, the grain output in the official fields of Ninghe County was 10% more than before. According to last year’s 50% The land is rented, and in normal years, it takes seven or eight years for the output of those official fields to be so high. In normal years, the output, even if there is no natural disaster or insect infestation, is only 90% of last year's output, Supervisor The 50% land rent that your Excellency requires is equivalent to 55% of the normal rent. From this point on, even if the government fields in Ninghe County can return to their previous average grain output, the grain on the ground will eventually fall to us every year. What I have on hand is only 45%!”
"Only 45%?" Zhang Tie rubbed his nose.
"Only 45%!" Tang De nodded affirmatively and sighed, "This 45% is our total income from those official fields, including the cost of farming. Those costs include hiring people. With large expenditures, farm laborers, farm heads, stewards, etc. in government fields not only have to take care of food and housing, but people of different levels are also given at least a sum of money and grain every year to give them hope and profit. In addition, those who farm We are responsible for grain seeds, agricultural tools, fertilizers, grain harvesting, and rough processing. The expenditure on this area can account for about 40% of the grain production income of a land. Even if grain prices are high now, the proportion of farmers’ money spent on grain A little less, but farm laborers always have to eat. Being able to reduce these costs to 25% depends on your ability. In this way, the annual fixed expenditure of those official fields is more than 80% of their field output. If there is a slight disturbance, , sometimes God is not kind and it rains a little while your grain is ripe, or there are some pests and diseases, then it is a 100% loss-making business!"
"Didn't anyone come to rent the official land in Ninghe County before?"
"I have inquired around in the past few days. It is not that there were no dignitaries in Xuanyuan Hill who wanted to acquire the official land of Ninghe County. However, the land rent for everyone can only be gritted and the highest is 40%. No matter how high it is, , then there is basically not much profit, and like this year, there is no food harvest in various places, and everyone plants the food without knowing whether it will grow in the future. The soil fertility of any land where demonized seeds are planted will be affected. Even if the seeds are fine, The output will also be affected. People everywhere are panicked, and no one dares to rent the official land in Ninghe County at such a high price. The governor is famous in Taixia official circles for his black face and black heart. Almost no one If you dare to offend me, I really have to agree to the governor's right to rent more than 100 million acres of official land in Ninghe County at 50% of the land rent. If the official land has been harvested for several consecutive years, I am afraid that most wealthy families will want this official land. It’s so dragging me down that I’m going bankrupt…”
Zhang Tie shook his head. He knew the intention of the governor. The governor was a big player, and he also wanted to see what he could do under the name Qianji Zhenren. How could these 120 million acres of government land be used for several consecutive years? There is no harvest every year, and the price of food in Taixia is so high now. No matter which wealthy family puts in the output of 60 million acres of fertile land every year, they will definitely vomit blood.
Zhang Tie was not anxious about Tang De's words. He has a plan in mind. Crisis is only a crisis for people without strength, but for those with strength. All crises are turning points and opportunities for further progress.
Zhang Tie is not in a hurry. His woman was a little anxious. The women of the Spencer family looked at each other, and just calculated silently in their hearts, they felt that this was a big pit. Diana looked at Zhang Tie and said, "The Governor and the Have you signed the contract? If not, you can still talk to him about it!"
Zhang Tie smiled bitterly. "I know what you mean, but in Taixia, everything does not count until you sign a contract!"
"Ah, how could this happen?"
"Arxue, please explain to Diana that some of Taixia's customs are different from those of the Holy Kingdom of Iceland, especially those of Ewendalla!"
"Okay!" Arche smiled and explained to the woman from the Spencer family.
Both the Governor and Zhang Tie are people who stick to their word. Since the Governor has "leased" all the official land in Ninghe County to Zhang Tie, and the lease is for 100 years, then. Even if there is no contract, the agreement will come into effect from the moment the Governor leaves the Candle Dragon Territory.
In Taixia, the so-called contracts are used by people who do small business. People with real status discuss and decide things, especially business matters. If you are worried about what others say, you have to get a contract. Sign and sign for others. In the eyes of many people, that is doubt and insult to themselves. This business will definitely not work. Generally, shopkeepers with some status in large business groups will not sign any contracts. Not to mention people like the Governor and Zhang Tie.
From full-effect potions to candle oil, these businesses can easily earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of gold coins every year, but Zhang Tie has never signed any contract with anyone, so it is settled. Not only Zhang Tie, but also his brother Zhang Yang is in charge of the Golden Crow Business Group. Nowadays, he rarely signs any contracts. At his brother's level, if he really talks about business and makes a good deal, it will be settled by high-fiving each other, and the earth will move. It doesn't change even if it shakes.
The same was true for the bet between Guan Qianzhong and Zhang Tie, the commander of the Black Armored Army, and even the Taiyi Xuanmen, the leader of the seven major sects in Taixia. Anyone who breaks promises and defaults on debts will definitely be infamous in Taixia, just once , it will be difficult to get up again.
This custom in Taixia is different from the business rules in the Western Continent and Ewendala. In the Western Continent and Ewendala, everyone is accustomed to acting in accordance with contracts and contracts, and is used to writing those things and terms on paper. On the market, everything is done in a strict manner, but in Taixia, verbal agreements are often more effective.
"The contract between the Western Continent and Ewendara is written on paper, while many contracts in the Eastern Continent are written on a person's personality and reputation. Therefore, the agreement between the Governor and the husband, even if there is no contract, is definitely over. It cannot be changed. If the husband breaks the contract, the husband's reputation and reputation will take a huge blow!" Aixue concluded in the end.
Arche's words made Zhang Tie nod secretly. Listening to Arche's words, even Zhang Tie wondered why some people would say that the Chinese had no spirit of contract some time before the catastrophe. This was simply nonsense.
"Ah, what should we do?" The women in the Spencer family frowned slightly.
"Sisters, don't worry. Have you ever seen him worried?" Olina pointed at Zhang Tie with a smile.
Several women looked at Zhang Tie, and sure enough they found that Zhang Tie only had a calm and calm smile on his face. He didn't seem to mind at all the "big hole" dug for him by the supervisor.
Even Tang De became curious, looked at Zhang Tie from beginning to end, and asked hesitantly, "Do you know how to farm? Why didn't I find out before?"
"How can I, Master Qianji, be a person who deserves a false reputation!" Zhang Tie said with a serious face...
This is Zhang Tie's humor. In Zhang Tie's imagination, he felt that if he said such shitty words, the people who heard him would definitely look at him with contempt, and then "cut" together, and the atmosphere would be relaxed and joyful...
In the past, Tang De might have jumped up and hit him directly on the head - you brat, your tail is up again.
In fact, the reality is that after Zhang Tie said these words, he realized that Tang De and Olina were all looking at him with reverence, their eyes shining, and they felt that he was not enlivening the atmosphere, but... It was a solemn promise, and I didn't feel the "unique" humor in his words at all...
At this time, Zhang Tiecai suddenly realized that he seemed to be no longer suitable for such humor, because everyone would take what he said seriously.
For a moment, our Qianji Zhenren could only touch his nose, feeling as lonely as snow...
Ninghe County is in the southeast of Yanzhou. From Zhulong County to Ninghe County, you only need to pass through Gaoping County in Yanzhou and go all the way south. There is only Gaoping County between Zhulong County and Ninghe County. For Zhang Tie, who owns a flying boat, this distance is probably equivalent to a person living in a Class A city taking a city bus to the busiest business district in the city. A trip to Ninghe County, and so on. The speed of the flying boat only took more than two hours. Zhang Tie talked to Tang De and the ladies on the flying boat for a while, and the Iron Dragon flying boat had already arrived at Ninghe County.
Looking from the sky, the ground in Ninghe County looked like a piece of ink had been splashed across it. It was completely dark for thousands of miles.
It is estimated that no one on the flying boat has ever seen such a scene in their lives.
The snow scene is white. Everyone has seen the scene of thousands of miles of snow. If the snow scene is replaced by black, that is the scene on the ground in Ninghe County now... (.)