Upon hearing this, the Hongniang was furious and snorted: "Mr. Li, you are so disappointed. Look, the people are so miserable, not only do you not compassionate, but also need to increase taxes. Chongzhen only increased taxes all year round, which forced everyone to rebel. Do you want to learn from Chongzhen? What is your purpose in conquering the world?"

Gao Guiying chuckled: "Is someone's fox tail exposed?"

Li Xin said indifferently: "Matchmaker, since you mentioned taxes, I will tell you that the land rent of tenants is generally between 30 and 50% depending on the harvest of land. The Ming Dynasty tax was 30 and 1. Even if Chongzhen raised the tax to 10 taxes, it was still far less than the land rent. But the people still brought land to invest in ten. Why is this happening? It shows that the people's suffering is not because of the high taxes, but because of the problem of corvee labor and corrupt officials. Tax exemption is useless. The root cause is to implement Zhang Juzheng's use of money instead of service, and to calm down all kinds of bad habits in the world."

The Hongniang and Gao Guiying looked at each other and felt speechless, but Gao Guiying still said unanimously: "That doesn't affect your division of land, you can at least feel at ease if you divide the land."

Li Xin shook his head and said, "Dividing land is the worst method. Since ancient times, it has been said that plunderers have their own fields to be in harmony in the world, but can you really rest assured if you have fields?

One chopstick breaks when it is broken, but ten chopsticks are as hard as iron. One oar cannot row a big boat. The big boat will be opened after everyone rows. This fully demonstrates the importance of the group. It is no problem for me to divide the land, but each household is divided into several acres and dozens of acres. It is a problem to water and weed and worm-killing. If you encounter a disaster, you will definitely have no harvest. In the end, the farmers will not be able to survive. They either take the land to invest in the tenants, or sell the fields directly, and then become nothing.

Therefore, I have a better way to start a collective farm, and the farm is owned by the country. The farmers in the farm are counted as workers and pay basic money and grain every month to provide their lives. After a year, the year-end bonus will be given based on the farm income, and there will be a surplus. Isn’t it better?”

The Hongniang hurriedly said, "I understand, aren't you just like the Emperor's Village? The Emperor's Village's reputation is very bad."

Li Xin shook his head and said, "You still don't understand. First of all, we can see from King Fu that the output of the Imperial Village and the Imperial Village actually fell into the pockets of the prince or the royal family. Most of them were corrupted by the evil slaves below, and the Imperial Village was in vain.

Second, the nature of a collective manor is state-owned. What is state-owned? It does not belong to me or anyone, but to the entire country. The entire court, and the income is supported by the court. No matter how long the evil slaves have, they dare to put their hands into the court's pocket to pay? Moreover, the village is managed by the court, so the workers below can live a better life."

"Um?"

The two girls' eyes lit up.

Gao Guiying urged: "Then why don't you do it quickly? The government troops in the court will not come within three or two days."

Li Xin waved his hand and said, "We are wise people, but the people are ignorant and are waiting to divide the land. Now I suddenly told him that I will not be able to separate the land and return to the country. I am afraid that he will think that Li Xin will give him the land to plant. I will not bear this infamous reputation, but I will drag it down again and delay it to a great victory. If you talk about this matter, the resistance will be reduced accordingly.

Let's go, let's talk about everything after the war."

...

Before he knew it, five days passed. During these five days, Li Xin not only rushed to train the soldiers, but also sent scouts to inquire about the surrounding news. On the morning of the fifth day, news came that there were five thousand soldiers and horses surrounding nearly forty warships of all sizes and sizes in Huai'an, heading south along the canal, about twenty miles away from Gaoyou.

In Yangzhou, there were 3,000 soldiers and horses surrounded by about twenty warships of all sizes and sizes, heading north along the canal, nearly forty miles from Gaoyou.

"Ha, I'll cover both sides!"

Li Xin looked at the slightly panicked look from everyone below and asked, "Is there any movement in Nanjing?"

Huang Hai bowed and said: "Commander-in-Chief, the military affairs of Nanjing are led by the eunuch Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch Zhang Yunhan, the eunuch Sun Xiangxian, the eunuch Sun Guangyu, the garrison Fang Yiyuan and the co-organizer Qiu Weizhen and Yu Rong. The brothers did not find out the specific situation, but Nanjing did not send troops. It seems that he heard that Chongzhen transferred Zhu Dadian to lead troops north to rescue Luoyang. It is believed that Nanjing's troops were empty and it would be difficult to recruit troops to invade me in a short time."

Hong Niangzi followed and said, "This is good news. The only enemies we are facing for the moment are Yangzhou and Huaian. It is not difficult to win a battle."

Li Xin nodded and said, "What the matchmaker said makes sense. Since Shi Kefa comes first, we will concentrate our troops to attack Shi Kefa. Don't panic. Although the total strength of Huai'an and Yangzhou is several thousand more than ours, don't forget that the Ming army is negligent in the exercises, and those who are in the army are afraid of death. And he is divided and I will be dedicated, so it is not difficult to repel this round of attack.

Now listen to my order, Jiang Zhi, you bring half a bow and arrow regiment, Lu Yiming leads the infantry regiment, Wang Qiang brings a cannon battalion and fifty boats, and a hundred mines. He goes out of the city and stations in Mengchengyi. When the ships in Yangzhou approach, they first burn the fire boats and then release mines. Jiang Zhi temporarily controls them."

"Get orders!"

The three of them bowed with fists.

Li Xin said again: "Zhang Quan, you will lead the infantry regiment and your other half of the bow and arrow regiment to stay in the city, and the rest of the manpower will all go out of the city to fight with me!"

The Hongniang said in surprise: "There are only so many people left in the city? If a large family makes trouble, I'm afraid there will be insufficient people."

Li Xin smiled coldly: "The power of the big households is scattered. What kind of climate can each household have for dozens or hundreds of servants? If you want to do something, you have to connect in advance. Someone can take the lead. I hope he can make trouble. This is justified in this way. But I think it is unlikely that the siege of the country is not good. Those rich and gentry are also winked. Zhang Quan, I will leave your home for you. From now on, the whole city will be martial law and no one is allowed to go out. You must pay close attention. Those who dare to connect will arrest them on the spot and wait for me to come back to question them."

"Get orders!"

Zhang Quan was a little disappointed that he could not participate in the war, but when he heard that he had left his home for him, he felt that the responsibility was heavy and hurriedly bowed.

"Set off!"

Li Xin waved his hand violently.

Currently, there are 7,500 revolutionary troops, 3,000 stationed in Mengchengyi and Liucheng. There are 4,550 people following Li Xin to fight Shi Kefa, including two musket regiments and an artillery battalion.

As the order was issued, the manpower quickly concentrated towards the canal. A hundred small boats were prepared by the river, half of which were full of firewood.

"Commander-in-Chief, here!"

Huang Hai suddenly pointed forward.

About ten miles ahead, there were shadows of sails and Ming troops walking like snakes along the east bank of the canal.

Li Xin turned around and said, "Matchmaker, I've given it to you on the shore. I've already told you about the tactics. Come step by step. Don't mess up the military formation. If you have someone to retreat privately, you can immediately rectify the Dharma and don't be ruthless. Is there any problem?"

"Young Master Li, don't worry. With my Xing Hongniang here, I will never teach the Ming army to get close to Gaoyou."

The Hongniang gritted her teeth.

Li Xin found that the Hongniang was in a wrong state, so he said softly: "The most important thing is to take care of yourself. Don't do it recklessly. If the city is gone, we can find opportunities to make a comeback, but if the people are gone, we can't cry."

"Um!"

The red lady's nose was slightly sour and she nodded.

"Sister Guiying, let's get on the boat!"

Li Xin pulled Gao Guiying up and walked towards the boat.
Chapter completed!