Ten days after Lord Governor Zai visited Candle Dragon Leader, Zhang Tie took his wives, Tang De, and a group of people to take a flying boat from Candle Dragon County to personally inspect and receive more than 100 million mu of official land in Ninghe County, Yanzhou.
Olena's words that night deeply touched Zhang Tie to give the children a more hopeful future.
This sentence is the driving force for Zhang Tie's current actions, and it is also the driving force for the actions of Olena and these mothers.
In the past few days, the women who have taken action have taken over the key points of the Candle Dragon Collar Sect Host that Tang De had built, and they have begun to form a new organization, the Iron Heart Pavilion, with the key points of the Sect Leader as the core.
Zhang Tie's joke at that time, "Madame's cabinet", suddenly came true.
In the Iron Heart Pavilion, Aurora is in charge of the government affairs in the Candle Dragon Domain, Olena is in charge of the economic and commercial fields, Sabrina is in charge of intelligence, and the six sisters of the Spencer family, as well as Linda and Fiona and others, have all found their own positions and things they can do in the Iron Heart Pavilion.
Among them, Beverly and Fiona are responsible for the most critical internal and external information exchange and confidentiality of the most important sect hosts in the Iron Heart Pavilion, this part of the work is very important, and they also have all the secrets of the entire Candle Dragon Territory, and at the same time, they can also directly contact Zhang Tie, and they must be able to serve as someone Zhang Tie absolutely trusts.
The six sisters of the Spencer family are responsible for accounting, auditing and other matters, and the two sisters Aimei Aixue are responsible for financial and inventory matters.
All the major matters in the Iron Heart Pavilion are decided by a meeting of women, and if there is a disagreement, the women will vote for one person, one vote, and if the number of votes is equal, it will be decided by Zhang Tie.
In just a few days, Zhang Tie's women burst out with huge energy one by one, and even Linda and others, who had always been relaxed, enthusiastically devoted themselves to the work of the Iron Heart Pavilion.
Zhang Tie's women became the heads of the Iron Heart Pavilion, and the people around the women, Olena and Aurora's henchmen brought from the Ice and Snow Wasteland, as well as Sonia and others who have been by Linda and the others all these years, also entered the Iron Heart Pavilion.
At this moment, the Iron Heart Pavilion is not only Zhang Tie's wife's cabinet, it has simply become a daughter country, and there are no men in the Iron Heart Pavilion.
Today, before Zhang Tie called a cadre to Ninghe County, Zhang Tie's "Lady Cabinet" finally issued a clear order and instruction to the entire Candle Dragon Territory for the first time: Starting from next month, that is, July 1, the consumption tax on liquor and liquor brewed from grain will be raised from the current 30 percent to 180 percent, a full six times, while the consumption tax on fruit wine will remain unchanged.
This order is equivalent to controlling the consumption scale of alcohol in the Candle Dragon Territory at once.
When Taixia is in the midst of a food shortage, winemaking is to compete with others for food, raising the consumption tax on alcohol, which can curb alcohol consumption and use more food in key places.
It was Olena who made this suggestion, and after Olena explained her reasons, this suggestion was unanimously supported by Mrs.
Zhang Tie in the Iron Heart Pavilion, and then it became a decree issued by the main body of the sect, and the entire Candle Dragon Territory was passed.
The order was issued before Zhang Tie's wives got on the flying boat, and after getting on the flying boat, Zhang Tie chatted with a group of women about the first order issued by Tie Xintang.
This order is not a slap of the head and a mess of raising taxes as much as you want, but a rigorous calculation made after collecting enough data, with a lot of consideration.
The current population of the Candle Dragon Collar is close to 20 million people, after the consumption tax on food and alcohol is increased by five times, the annual liquor brewing and production scale in the Candle Dragon Collar will be sharply reduced by 80 percent, from the current annual wine production of 170,000 tons to about 30,000 tons per year, so that the saved grain is almost 400,000 tons per year, and at the same time, because the consumption tax has been raised, the annual liquor consumption tax of the Candle Dragon Collar will increase by 20 percent, which is the income of millions of gold coins.
At the same time, the consumption tax on grain wine was raised but not on fruit wine, which is to guide a dry drunkard in the candle dragon territory to drink fruit wine when they want to satisfy their hunger, as a result, the demand for fruit wine will expand, and it will be transmitted to the supply side, which will cause a shortage of supply of all kinds of fruits that can make fruit wine in the candle dragon territory, and in order to alleviate the shortage of fruit supply, more people in the candle dragon territory will find ways to grow more fruits.
Under the current situation of high grain prices, if the fruit farmers in the Candle Dragon Territory want to grow fruits, it is impossible to encroach on the grain fields where grain is grown, but will find ways to open up wasteland in the mountains where grain cannot be grown, and expand the area of orchards.
The supply of fruit wine has increased, and the tax revenue brought by fruit wine has also increased, which can make the annual financial income of Candle Dragon Collar more.
The expansion of the orchard has increased the intensity of land development in the Candle Dragon Territory and the value of land in the wilderness, driving local economic development.
The diversification of the supply of fruits and the increase in quantity also indirectly laid a solid material foundation for the large-scale production of all-effect medicines in the territory of the Candle Dragon Territory in the future.
The 400,000 tons of grain saved every year through this decree can be purchased at the market price with the increased liquor tax as the grain reserve of the Candle Dragon Collar, the more grain reserves of the Candle Dragon Collar are, the more secure the food supply in the Candle Dragon Collar is, and the more secure the food supply is, the more people can be attracted from the states to settle in the Candle Dragon Collar, and gradually expand the population size of the Candle Dragon Collar, so that the Candle Dragon Collar will be more prosperous and more confident in the face of crises.
After listening to the words of a group of women, Zhang Tie really had nothing to say except for sighing at how he could let such a group of women stay by his side to help him.
Tie Xintang's knife test, which made Zhang Tie impressed.
"With the ladies here, I don't have to worry about the affairs of the candle dragon in the future, I have always heard about the matrilineal clan and the matrilineal society, and as soon as the ladies make a move today, I feel that in fact, it is not bad for men to live in a matrilineal society."
Zhang Tie's words amused all the women.
"I agree with that," Tang De said solemnly.
"This is also thanks to Chief Tang who has smoothed out many aspects of the Candle Dragon Territory these days, otherwise, we have just arrived in Candle Dragon County, where can we share our husband's worries 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 inadvertently say that men drink and make mistakes, and I suddenly remembered that I could do something with the liquor tax, so I first consulted with Aurora to divide the wine into grain wine and fruit wine, or Ourora put forward it" 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 it takes a lot of fruit to brew a full-effect potion, so I suggested that Olena separate the drinks."
Beverly also shook her head, "It's still Mattia's sisters who are good at actuarial planning" "Then Sister Linda has to prepare all the materials, that's the most troublesome job," Mattia also hurriedly excused herself.
Seeing that even Linda was about to speak modestly, Zhang Tiecai smiled and shook his hand, "Okay, ladies don't be modest, this time, everyone has merit, all the ladies are really good helpers for their husbands, and Manager Tang De has also worked hard, I hope everyone can work together in the future to do a good job in the Candle Dragon Territory."
"It's not just a candle dragon leader, this time, the candle dragon leader has extended its power to Ninghe County, it's just that Lord Governor is too much, it's a pit, cough cough" Tang De coughed twice, even at this time, he didn't dare to say bad things about a Taixia Governor at will, "Last year, Ninghe County had a good wind and rain, and there was a bumper harvest of grain, and last year's grain output in Ninghe County's official fields was one percent more than before, according to last year's fifty percent of the land rent, and in normal years, it would take seven or eight years for the output of those official fields to be so high, In normal times, even if it is not affected by natural disasters and insect disasters, it is only ninety percent of last year's output, and the fifty percent of the land rent asked by the Governor is equal to fifty percent of the usual years, so that even if those official fields in Ninghe County can restore the average grain output in the past, the grain on the ground can only fall into our hands in the end in a year, and only four or five percent of it."
"It's only four into five yards," Zhang Tie rubbed his nose.
"Only four into five" Tang De nodded affirmatively, and sighed, "These four into five are all our income on those official fields, which also has to remove the cost of farming, those costs, hiring people is a large amount of expenditure, the hired farmers in the official fields, the head of the village, the steward, etc., not only to manage food and housing, but also to send at least one amount of money and grain to people of different levels every year, so that they have a hope and income, in addition, we are responsible for the grain seeds, farm tools, fertilizers, grain harvesting, rough processing, etc., this piece of expenditure, Even if the price of grain is high now, the proportion of the money and grain expenditure of the hired peasants is less, but the hired peasants always have to eat, and it depends on the ability to compress these costs to two or five percent, so that the fixed annual expenditure of those official fields is more than eighty percent of the output of their fields.
"Didn't anyone rent the official land in Ninghe County before?"
"I've inquired about it in the past few days, and it's not that there are no dignitaries and dignitaries in Xuanyuan Hill who want to hit the idea of Ninghe County Guantian, but everyone's land rent can only grit their teeth to forty percent, and no matter how high it is, then there is basically not much income, and like this year, the grain harvest in various places is out, and everyone doesn't know if the grain can grow in the future, and all the land and soil that have been planted with demonized seeds will be affected, even if the seeds are fine, the yield will also be affected, and people everywhere are panicking.
No one dares to lease the official land of Ninghe County at such a high price, Lord Governor is famous in the Taixia officialdom, his face is black-hearted, and his hands are even blacker, almost no one dares to offend, he really wants to agree to rent more than 100 million mu of official land in Ninghe County at this time with a land rent of fifty percent, and the official field will be harvested for several consecutive years, I am afraid that the average wealthy family will be dragged down by this official field and bankrupt."
Zhang Tie shook his head, he knew the intention of the governor, Lord Governor is a big eater, and he also wants to see the means under his name of Qianji Zhenren, this 120 million mu of official land, it is really going to be harvested for several consecutive years, and now the price of grain in Taixia is so high, no matter which wealthy family sticks in the output of 60 million mu of fertile land every year, it will definitely vomit blood.
Tang De's words, Zhang Tie is not in a hurry, he is in a chest, the crisis is only a crisis for people who have no strength, and for people with strength, all crises are turning points and opportunities for further progress.
Zhang Tie was not in a hurry, but his women were a little anxious, several women in the Spencer family looked at each other, just in their hearts, they felt that this was a big pit, Diana looked at Zhang Tie and said, "Did the Lord Governor sign a contract with you, if not, you can talk to him again" Zhang Tie smiled bitterly, "I know what you mean, but in Taixia, not everything has to be signed to be counted."
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"Ah, how can this be" "Aixue, explain to Diana, some of the customs of Taixia are different from the traditions of the Holy Iceland Kingdom, especially with Ewendala."
"Okay" Aixue smiled and explained to the woman of the Spencer family.
Since Lord Governor has "leased" all the official fields in Ninghe County to Zhang Tie, and the lease is for 100 years, then, even if there is no contract, from the moment Lord Governor leaves the Candle Dragon Territory, this agreement will take effect.
In Taixia, the so-called contract contract is used by people who do small business, people who really have a bit of identity discuss and decide things, especially business matters, if others say, you don't worry, but also get a contract to others to sign and draw, in the eyes of many people, that is all suspicion and insult to themselves, this business will never be done, generally a little identity in the big business group will not sign any contract, let alone the governor and Zhang Tie of this level.
From all-effect potions to candle oil, these businesses often earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of gold coins every year, but Zhang Tie has never signed any contracts with anyone, and it is decided.
Not only Zhang Tie, but his elder brother Zhang Yang is in charge of the Jinwu Business Group, and now he rarely signs any contracts, and at the level of his elder brother, if he really talks about business, talks, and high-fives with each other, it will be settled, and the earth will not change.
At the beginning, the gambling contract between Guan Qianzhong and Zhang Tie, the commander of the Black Armor Army, was also like this, and even the Taiyi Xuanmen, the head of the seven major sects of Taixia, was like this.
This custom of Taixia is different from those business rules of the Western Continent and Ewendala, where everyone is used to doing things according to contracts and contracts, and is used to writing down those things and terms on paper, and everything comes at a glance, while in Taixia, many times oral agreements are more effective.
"The contract between the Western Continent and Ewendala is written on paper, and many contracts in the Eastern Continent are written on a person's personality and reputation, so the agreement between the Governor and the husband, even if there is no contract, is absolutely impossible to change, if the husband breaks the contract, then the husband's reputation and prestige will be dealt a huge blow," Aixue finally concluded.
Aixue's words made Zhang Tiedu nod secretly, listening to Aixue's words, even Zhang Tie wondered, why some people actually said that the Chinese people did not have the spirit of contract some time before the cataclysm, this is simply nonsense.
"Ah, what then," the Spencer women frowned slightly.
"Sisters, don't worry, have you seen him worry," Olena smiled and pointed at Zhang Tie.
Several women looked at Zhang Tie, and sure enough, they found that Zhang Tie only had a determined and indifferent smile on his face, and he didn't seem to mind the "big pit" dug for him by Lord Duzai.
Even Tang De was curious, looked at Zhang Tie from beginning to end, and asked hesitantly, "Could it be that you still know how to farm, why didn't I find out before?"
"How can I be a real person who has a false reputation," Zhang Tie said with a serious face This is Zhang Tie's humor, in Zhang Tie's imagination, he feels that he said such a stinky fart, and the people who heard it would definitely look at him with disdain, and then "cut" together, and the atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant If it had been before, Tang De might have jumped up and hit the stinky boy directly on his head, and cocked his tail again.
In fact, the reality is that after Zhang Tie said this, he found that Tang De and Olena all looked at him with reverence, their eyes shining, and they all felt that he was not enlivening the atmosphere, but a solemn promise, and they did not feel the "original" humor in his words at all At this time, Zhang Tie suddenly realized that he really didn't seem to be suitable for such humor, because what he said would be taken seriously by everyone.
For a while, our Qianji real people could only touch their noses, and their hearts were as lonely as snow Ninghe County is in the southeast of Yanzhou, from Candle Dragon County to Ninghe County, as long as it passes through Yanzhou Zangping County, all the way to the south, between Candle Dragon Leader and Ninghe County, there is only one Zangping County.
This distance, for Zhang Tie, who has a flying boat, is probably equivalent to a person who lives in a first-class big city to take a bus in the city to the most lively business district in the city, go to Ninghe County, at the speed of the flying boat, it will take more than two hours to arrive, Zhang Tie and Tang De and the ladies on the flying boat for a while, the iron dragon flying boat, has arrived in Ninghe County.
Looking down from the sky, the ground in Ninghe County was like being splashed with ink, thousands of miles in circumference, and it was actually pitch black.
It is estimated that everyone on the flying boat has never seen such a scene in their lives.
The snow scene is white, and everyone has seen the scene of thousands of miles of snow, and if the snow scene is replaced by black, it is the scene on the ground in Ninghe County now: