: Paying tax for 100,000 taels

A few days later, Lord Zhang Wenbao smiled and escorted the 47,000 taels of tax silver. Huang Laifu was fine, Eunuch Ma, and the people in the fort were all reluctant to see the silver gone.

Forty-seven thousand taels of silver weighing several thousand kilograms, it took more than a dozen carriages to be packed. In addition to some of the servants Zhang Wenbao accompanied, Huang Laifu also sent some servants and some garrisons as civil servants to assist in escorting Zhang Wenbao to Taiyuan.

After Lord Zhang Wenbao left, within some days after the memorials of Lord Zhang Wenbao, Lord Andaishan, Eunuch Ma, Huang Laifu and others were handed over to the cabinet by fast horses, Wuzhaibao started to verbalize with the officials in the capital.

The Ministry of Works expressed its understanding of Huang Laifu's request. In the view of Zeng Tongheng, the Minister of Works, as long as the expansion of Wuzhaibao City is expanded, the Ministry of Works does not mind that Huang Laifu has the development rights in Shenchibao and Bajiao Fort.

However, Wang Lin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, had a different view. He believed that it was not impossible to have Huang Laifu own the right to develop wastelands in Shenchi Castle and Bajiao Fort, but should this tax grain be increased a little? According to his estimate, there are probably hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland in these two places. Although these lands were abandoned in the past, now that Huang Laifu has liked it, it is to show the value of these places. It is necessary to increase the tax grain appropriately.

On the issue of developing wastelands in the two places, everyone quickly reached a consensus, but when Huang Laifu asked to mine minerals in the two places, the cabinet minister Shen Shixing was undecided.

On September 12 this year, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun sent an internal minister to question the cabinet and asked someone to open a mine, why did he not see the Ministry of Revenue report? The chief minister of the cabinet Shen Shixing replied that the mine should be gathered, and the gathering should be prevented from chaos. In order to prevent problems and cherish money, it is better not to open a mine.

However, his reason does not exist in Shanxi Town and Wuzhai Fort. This area is a key border defense area. Heavy troops gather, and people gather will cause trouble. It is not necessarily true that the farms of Wuzhai Fort are all good? Moreover, according to Huang Laifu's style of work, letting him manage the minerals in these two places will not only not spend money on the court, but on the contrary, they can also charge a lot of taxes.

However, the chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Shixing, was worried. Once this example was launched, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun would vigorously send people to various places to collect mineral taxes. At present, the minerals in various places have been divided up by local forces and big merchants, and the interests of various places are deeply rooted. If the court sends people to collect taxes, it will be a big deal.

At this stalemate, Eunuch Ma from Wuzhai Fort submitted a secret note to Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun and proposed a good recipe. It is to include the management rights of these two places in the Wuzhai Fort garrison Huang Laifu, and the total tax collection will be collected every year. As for what Huang Laifu manages, it doesn’t have to be clear, just blur the past.

Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun was overjoyed when he saw the secret note. He asked the cabinet chief Shen Shixing and others to discuss this. Shen Shixing and Wang Lin thought it was not bad and could block the mouths of the people in the world. In the end, everyone discussed the total amount of tax-protected tax: Huang Laifu led the operation of Wuzhai Fort, Shenchi Fort and Bajiao Fort, which was tax-protected 100,000 taels per year.

The agreement on this amount. Originally, Shi Xing, Minister of War, said that the total tax amount of 60,000 taels in the three places would be fine. Shen Shixing, the chief minister of the cabinet, believed that 70,000 taels were appropriate. However, Wang Lin, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, had different opinions. He believed that Huang Laifu was very good at farming, and that only the three places collected such a little money was desecrated by Huang Laifu's talent. In the end, he insisted that the tax receivable of 100,000 taels of silver in the three places was 100,000 taels.

After listening to Wang Lin's opinion, the chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Shixing, also thought that Lord Wang Lin's words were very reasonable, and in the end he also supported Lord Wang Lin's opinions. In the case of Zeng and Heng, the Minister of Works, and Xu Guo, the Minister of Rites, also supported Wang Lin's Minister of Revenue. Lord Shi Xing, the Minister of War, could not compete with several adults, so he had to give up.

After discussing this approach, everyone was very satisfied, especially Wang Lin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Now, no matter how much money was paid by the Ministry of Revenue in the early days of the State Administration, all regions had to pay the money, especially the large-scale army. Take Shanxi Town for example. More than 50,000 horse-school officers in a town. The silver pay for a year is 220,000 taels. If you can collect 100,000 taels of taxes from Wuzhai Fort and three places every year, you can feed most of the military and horses in Shanxi Town. It can greatly reduce the burden on the Ministry of Revenue.

After the confirmation of Emperor Zhu Yijun of Wanli, the cabinet finally issued a document to Huang Laifu, Wuzhaibao, to see how he made the decision. The document was very vague, and did not say that Huang Laifu would farm in the two places, nor did he say that he would start mining in the two places, but only said that he would manage the three places.

After waiting for some divas, Huang Laifu finally responded. He agreed with the opinions of all the adults, but he complained in the memorial that Wuzhai Fort had not been updated for many years, and was tattered, making those who heard it cry and those who saw it were sad!

He hoped that the court would pull out some weapons and equipment to Wuzhai Fort, and it would be better to draw some artillery chariots. Also, Huang Laifu believed that the current residents of Wuzhai Fort were dense and vendors gathered. In order to prevent the enemy from robbing, the court asked the court to allow Wuzhai Fort to make some medium-sized firearms such as bird guns. He could ask the imperial envoy in the fort to supervise the situation on behalf of the prefecture.

After the cabinet finally discussed, it agreed to Huang Laifudi's opinion. The Minister of War Shi Xing issued a document to the Military Equipment Bureau and the Needle Industry Bureau in Shanxi and other branches, requiring them to transfer a batch of equipment to the garrison Huang Laifu of Wuzhai Fort.

Finally, the batch of equipment Huang Laifu received was:

There are 150 pairs of iron armor with eight-flap iron hat helmets, 300 pairs of ground armor with vermilion helmets and 300 pairs of ground armor with tiger squat cannons. There are 300 bird guns and 150 hand guns, equipped with fuses, medicine tubes, lead bags, gunsle sconces, gunpowder, and lead.

There were 300 bows, 200 bowstrings, 30,000 arrows, 2,000 waist knives, 2,000 long spears, 200 long rattan cards, 100 wolves, and 50 saddle guards. There were also military fat jackets, war shoes, military trousers, 2,000 sets of soldiers' fur hats, and 50,000 pounds of mature iron.

Finally, there were three chariots, which made Huang Laifu feel like he was treasured.

Of course, the Ming army had to pay when receiving the equipment from the arsenal at this time, but because the Ministry of War had a clear order, Huang Laifu would be more favorable. After paying nearly 10,000 taels of silver, Huang Laifu successfully obtained the equipment.

On the day of receiving the equipment, the soldiers were all happy on the horse farm outside the Wuzhaibao barracks.

Everyone gathered around the tiger squat cannons and three chariots, and kept talking excitedly.

Huang Laifu was also surrounded by crowds and carefully looked at the chariots. He saw these three chariots. Each of them had a double-wheeled long shaft, with two mules at both ends, and both ends were equipped with mules racks for advance and retreat. He used a side wing, each of which was placed on the left and right. He was 100 feet long, with one door at each end, and opened and closed in and out. Two large Buddha wolf machines were installed on each car. The majestic swept the cold light.

The Ming Dynasty's chariots have always been powerful. At that time, Qi Jiguang used a chariot camp to block the Tatars' attack, and then led the cavalry to encircle them, destroying tens of thousands of invading Tatar cavalry. With the chariots around him, the sense of security increased a lot when the infantry encountered cavalry in the field.

Looking at the eager gazes around him, Huang Laifu planned to use this equipment as follows.

Of course, each person will change into a new set of military uniforms. Among the 150 pairs of iron armor with eight-flap iron hat helmets, each servant has one pair. There are also officers such as the officers, including the general flag, small flag, etc., and each person will also give a pair of iron armor. In this way, these iron armor will be allocated. As for the 300 pairs of ground armor with vermilion helmets, they will be divided into those soldiers who have trained more hard during these times, so as to be allocated.

Bows, arrows, waists, swords, spears, etc. are temporarily stored in the arsenal.

Three tiger squat cannons are usually used to defend the city. They are pulled out during field battles.

Regarding bird guns and hand guns, each officer is equipped with a hand gun. Huang Laifu was a little worried about the quality of the firearm at this time. Sure enough, during the inspection, he found that the barrels of dozens of bird guns were in danger of explosion. In the end, Huang Laifu lost the idea of ​​using these bird guns and made it himself. Anyway, the court had already received the approval documents, and allowed Wuzhaibao to make bird guns. It was better to make things he made.

As for the use of chariots, Huang Laifu decided to form a miniature chariot camp and temporarily use a hundred households as a stake, which means he would follow Jiang Dazhong in person.

Huang Laifu still learned the actual training of military training. Each car sent twenty soldiers. It was divided into two flags of Qizheng.

There are one flag of soldiers and ten soldiers. Two are specialized in the Mule Head. Six are specialized in the Buddha Wolf Machinery, each with three. One car is specialized in the car, wearing a strong flag on the car, and the company is specialized in the car. One helmman, specialized in the transport vehicle, front and back, and divided into dense areas.

There are one surprise soldiers, ten soldiers, small flags hold flags, four bird gunners still have long swords, and they release bird guns in the car, and they first fire bird guns out of the car. The enemy uses a long sword near the car, and two middle-aged and young bones are used as rattan players. They set rockets in the car, drive stones out of the car, and use rattan cards near the enemy. They also use murderous intent to serve as wolf jaws, set rockets in the car, and set rockets in the car, and set rockets in the car, and use wolf jaws in the enemy. All of them are their responsibilities.

In this way, three chariots require sixty people, and some miscellaneous things, one hundred households are just right.

After handling the equipment matters, Huang Laifu also prepared to expand the city and territory of Wuzhaibao after the conditions stated in his own court. Since the Ministry of War gave him a large amount of equipment, it also saved Huang Laifu a lot of money and trouble in manufacturing weapons for at least a year.

This money is saved and is just used to expand the city.

Huang Laifu planned to pay part of the money himself and let the merchants in the fort share part of the land, money and grain.

Huang Laifu made a splash. Huang Laifu will give priority to the businessmen who performed well in the city construction this time. Moreover, Huang Laifu said that he had obtained permission from the court and obtained the right to govern Shenchi Castle and Octagon Fort. There are many wastelands and minerals there. If he cooperates in the future, he will have a lot of wealth.

The merchants of Wuzhaibao had already had some sufficient confidence in Huang Laifu. After Huang Laifu spoke, not only the Qu family, but also the Li family in Pingyao, the Hou family in Jiexiu, the Pan family in Wanrong, and the Yang family in Yangcheng and other big merchants also came to visit the garrison palace and were willing to donate generously. Soon, Huang Laifu paid 10,000 taels of silver himself, and the remaining tens of thousands of taels of silver were shared by various merchants and raised sufficient funds.

This shocked Ma Jiuying, An Daishan and others. They expressed deep admiration for Huang Laifu's ability to make money.

Building a city requires at least a few thousand people and a construction period of at least half a year. While Huang Laifu was busy formulating specific plans for the new castle with Andaishan Lord, reviewing design patterns, etc., he also arranged the list to recruit migrant workers everywhere.
Chapter completed!