My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

In addition, there were numerous exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in various parts of the Zhou Dynasty, which were not included in the official tax revenue of the court, but were collected by local governments for their own use.

Since the imperial court did not pay sufficient office expenses to local government offices, local governments had no choice but to apportion this part of the expenses to local people.

If corrupt officials take advantage of this to make money, the amount assessed will exceed ten times the official tax of the court, becoming the biggest burden on the people.

The same taxation for gentry would not allow farmers to transfer or sell their land to the gentry, which would lead to land annexation that every dynasty could not avoid.

However, the idea is excellent, but for a place to develop, it cannot do without financial support.

Putting aside the greed of human nature, sufficient financial support is needed to ensure the smooth development of various administrative affairs.

After Chu Yi thought about it for a while, he looked at Su Yunwan: "Then use income from land tax, business tax, labor tax, etc. as financial sources. Take it from the people first, and then use it to the people."

Su Yunwan nodded and said: "For details, please refer to the tax policy of this dynasty and make adjustments."

Qin Junyi looked at Qin Mu and Chu Yi seriously: "Wanwan will be in charge of this new county. Are you two willing to assist Wanwan?"

Qin Mu didn't say anything, and immediately stood up and clasped his fists at Su Yunwan: "Let my sister-in-law do what I want."

Chu Yi also stood up and bowed: "I will do my best to implement Madam's decree."

Su Yunwan waved her hand: "Sit down and talk."

After the two sat down again, Su Yunwan said: "I plan to separate the local military and political affairs, and ask the sixth son of Chu to serve as the county magistrate and take charge of local government affairs. The second brother will set up a Qianhu Military Station to lead the soldiers to conduct military training and carry out military tasks. Maintain local security. You all perform your duties and cooperate with each other."

Chu Yi and Qin Mu were in conflict with each other.

Su Yunwan added: "In terms of recruiting soldiers, I suggest using a mixed system of recruitment and conscription. Recruitment should focus on the qualifications and potential of the soldiers, while conscription requires two years of service. After expiration, the best can be selected to stay in the military camp."

Speaking of this, Su Yunwan looked at Qin Junyi: "Ziyuan, you can't compete with your second brother for troops."

Qin Junyi said with a smile: "There are only more than 10,000 of us in total. With a thousand households, there are not many young and middle-aged people left. Let them devote themselves to agricultural production and ensure the food harvest first. If there is a surplus of manpower, I will recruit more troops. No. It’ll get in your way.”

"That's good!" Su Yunwan laughed.

Qin Mu joked: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry. Brother and you are one husband and wife, and we will put you first in everything."

"That's what your elder brother should have done." Su Yunwan smiled like a flower.

Qin Junyi smiled fondly and nodded in agreement: "That's true."

Qin Mu covered his forehead with his hand. His eldest brother smiled with a worthless look on his face, and he couldn't bear to look at him.

Chu Yi was slightly absent-minded, then picked up a cup of tea and sipped it slowly.

The tea was obviously fragrant, but he drank it with a faint bitter taste.

After he put down the tea cup, Su Yunwan said again: "You go back and make a financial/military budget, and then ask me to allocate money. All the previous expenditures for the establishment of the new county are also summarized by me. Let's see together, how much is needed It takes a long time to break even.”

The light outside the window reflected on Su Yunwan, who was talking eloquently, and fell in Qin Junyi's eyes, as if his whole body was glowing.

*

Not far from the Qin family's residence, there is a three-in courtyard with earthen walls and blue tiles. This is the Chu family's residence.

In addition to the main courtyard, there are two cross-yards, east and west, which are enough to accommodate dozens of people from the Chu family.

The Chu family suspended land reclamation work early and asked all the dozens of men employed in the field to build houses and cut firewood instead.

Their house was completed a few days ago and they moved in one day earlier than the Qin family.

Chu Yi came out of Qin's house and was called to the study by Chu Shao as soon as he stepped into his house.

(Dear friends, I will make up for the shortcomings tomorrow, I can’t bear it any longer.)