Chapter three hundred and ninety-eight is subtle
After gaining great efforts from the Central Plains, people began to renovate the water transportation and travel to the fields. Although Li Jia felt a little relaxed, his vigilance was even higher.
There are so many difficulties in action. The Northern Song Dynasty will definitely find it difficult to send troops this year, so it has begun to practice hard internal skills. Nanping and Hunan are safe for the time being, so there is time to move the capital by themselves.
However, this also means that the Northern Song Dynasty had already survived the founding crisis and began to run like a sports car. It was not that Li Jiahao was tempted by the Central Plains, but that the Han people had reclaimed for thousands of years. As long as they were all kinds of water conservancy, coupled with the hard work and rich farming experience of the people in the Central Plains, the GDP and finance of the Northern Song Dynasty must have soared.
The population base is there, with a population of tens of millions of people in the Northern Song Dynasty, while Li Jia's New Tang Dynasty was only more than two million, and it took four or five times the effort to barely catch up. The gap is really too big.
However, the Northern Song Dynasty had to face the threats of the Northern Han and the Khitans, and heavy troops were used to guard the northern border, which was naturally different from the stable south, and the consumption was naturally different.
Lingnan has been stable for decades. Even if Li Jia subverted it, it would be limited to turmoil and was generally safe. Therefore, it is imperative to register households and people this time. Lingnan's potential must be completely forced out and then taken into the hands of the court.
Therefore, while Li Jia was staring at Lingnan households, he patrolled the road construction situation. The people from the wing army patted their chests and said that before the autumn harvest, they would definitely build the road to Changsha Prefecture.
Li Jia didn't comment. The road was getting slower and slower, the more mountains there were, widening, digging holes, etc., and it could no longer be as fast as near Chengtian Mansion.
As long as you follow the steps, Li Jia doesn't care about that much, so naturally someone is watching him.
At this time, an old friend suddenly came, an old friend from Yongzhou.
Li Jia was in a state of interest, and she also met people while creating people!
The person who came was quite tall, half a head taller than an ordinary person, about 1.8 meters tall. Although he was already wearing the Han robes, he was uncomfortable and twisted unconsciously, just restlessly.
Li Jia recalled it carefully, and then she remembered that this person was the master of the cave in the sixty-eight caves of the Mandor, Long San Ge, who was very obedient to the Li family. He has always been a representative of the pro-Li in Jiangzuo and Jiangyou. Now that he has to go to Beijing, something must have happened.
When he met an old friend, Li Jia looked very good and looked happy. Brother Long San was obviously familiar with the Han culture. He was very reserved and more reserved than in previous years. He sat half of his butt on a chair with a simple expression as he was like a Han people.
"San brother, why did you arrive in Guangzhou?" Li Jia was very relaxed and tolerant of such familiarity, but for Brother Long, the young man in front of him was powerful and the emperor of Han'er, and he was very powerful. Even if he said something, he was a little scared.
"Back, your Majesty, we come to the capital. We have always been close to the imperial court and have never delayed recruitment. However, the new officials who have recently come too much! We can only ask the emperor to make the decision for us. We are loyal to the Li family! We are generous in sending troops, just like before, saying that we would not enter Yongzhou City, we would not enter..."
Seeing that he was talking in a mess, Li Jia was so distracted. After listening carefully, he realized that some officials had gone to Jiangyou, Jiangyun, and were preparing to form households and people, and were preparing to pay taxes.
This suddenly made a hornet's nest. Although the living habits of those familiar men gradually became the same as those of the Han people and they could speak Chinese, if they were asked to pay grain and pay taxes, it would be impossible.
As for the Han people, it doesn’t matter, but you have to resist paying food and taxes.
However, the existence of the Jianwu Army and the power of the Li family for decades made them afraid to act rashly, so they spent money and sent people to the capital to ask for the familiar emperor.
After hearing this, Li Jia instantly thought about it. He knew a lot about it. He sent these people to test the bottom line of the Sixty-Eight-Dong Manliao.
Now, it is clear that the rapid increase in trade between Li and Liushibadong over the years is inevitable for the cave owners who allow them to enjoy the benefits, especially wine, salt, sugar, iron pots, etc., which are indispensable. Unless they are broken by the death, they will not cut off.
Therefore, when they encountered the forced force of officials, they immediately spent money to bribe them, and then sent people to the capital for help. This is a typical Han thinking.
"I know so!" Li Jia nodded in a pretentious way, and then said with some embarrassment:
"But sending officials to conduct a prosecution is the unanimous decision of the court. Although I am the emperor, I cannot change the orders every day. In this case, how can I, the emperor, have face?"
Li Jia's words were very straightforward and particularly straightforward, so Brother Long understood and knew that if he, the cave owner, decided to go hunting, and all the cave people would go, and if he decided not to go again, there would be fewer obedient people in the future.
So, he agreed, but he still said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, we have always been obedient and have never violated each other. Look at us for so many years..."
Faced with Brother Long's bitter plea, the emperor thought about it repeatedly and then said solemnly:
"In this way, if they want to check, let them check. After registering, just act like this, and your taxes will be exempted. You will never have to pay them anymore. It is the same as before, but it will be replaced by military service!"
"What is military service?" Brother Long San was puzzled.
"That is to say, every year from now on, one of you will come out to fight for me. This is military service!"
"Do you have any reward?" Brother Long San continued to ask. The people of the Sixty-Eight Caves were never afraid of war, because they were able to get money, and the warriors were never afraid of death.
"Of course, as long as you serve in the military, you have money to get it every month. As the cave owner, you have money to get it, and you can spend 100 yuan per person!" Li Jia said seriously, and it made Brother Long's appetite swell.
"This is good news, good news!" Brother Long San said happily. It's great that it can allow the cave people to make spare money and also get money himself.
"After you go back, you go and tell the cave owners that if you check the people, let them check them. In the future, they will send troops to send more troops and do not need to pay taxes. You are not Han people, so you have a status after registering. You can also buy a house in the city and buy something on weekdays. If you have hunted good things, you can also go to the city to sell them, and you can get more money..."
After hearing the emperor's explanation, Brother Long suddenly felt that it was nothing to register a household registration, but it was a little troublesome. He was still a cave owner and didn't have to pay taxes. Moreover, he could make money by joining the army and entering the city in the future. It was very convenient...
Chapter completed!