Qin State, its capital was Hanoi.

With the last heavy rain, most of the Qin Kingdom entered the dry season.

Spring rice is grown from February to May, and summer rice is grown from June to October.

From October to January, upland rice has the lowest yield and value.

In the past, due to the smooth progress of the autumn harvest, Hanoi was extremely prosperous.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that the grain taxes of the 21 prefectures in the country have been neatly put into the treasury. For the Qin State, it is extremely cumbersome and joyful.

Liu Guan, the Prime Minister of the Yi Zhengtang, Mao Fu, the Second Prime Minister, and Ruan Cheng, the Prime Minister, all three sat quietly, their eyes moving, but they did not say a word.

Liu Guan, 50% of the 40s, was born in the same Jinshi class; Mao Fu, 33% of the 40s, was also a Jinshi student.

Only Ruan Cheng is a local, in his early sixties, a Jinshi of the Later Li Dynasty, and has always been highly respected among the people.

In order to completely eliminate the resistance among Annan people, the Qin State invited him to join the political hall and become the prime minister.

Following the example of the politics of the Ming Dynasty, the Qin State was headed by the Yizhengtang, with a prime minister, secondary prime ministers, group prime ministers, and draft memorials to assist the king of Qin in managing politics.

At the same time, a Daduhufu was established to command the entire local army of the Qin State.

Set up a winged imperial army, numbering 30,000, to guard Jiaozhou Prefecture and protect the safety of the king and the capital.

There are 21 prefectures and 190 counties in the country, among which Jiaozhou prefecture governs 21 counties, which is the largest among them.

The eight ministerial books are called banshu, and the five temples are called bansi.

"His Royal Highness has arrived——"

Suddenly, the eunuch screamed, and the 19-year-old King of Qin came to him.

He has a dark face and bright eyes. He inherited the bloodline of the Ming Emperor, which makes him handsome and extraordinary.

Wearing a four-claw dragon robe, there are dragons on the shoulders, chest and back. The yellow dragon robe looks majestic.

"I see your highness——"

Several people hurriedly bowed their hands, nearly sixty degrees.

"Get flat!"

King Qin waved his hand and sat down on the soft couch.

Looking at the three officials of the country, he smiled and said:

"The Qin State has been unified for several months, and the various prefectures and counties have been organized. Our Qin State is three thousand miles from north to south, with a population of six million, and the country is prosperous in the South China Sea——"

"The autumn harvest is over. I wonder how much grain the household department has in stock?"

Compared with the vast area of ​​thousands of miles from north to south of the Ming Dynasty, the Qin State had only one province, which was narrow and long from north to south, and relying on the entire Jiaozhou, the King of Qin directly controlled the grain-producing area of ​​the Red River Plain.

Therefore, just over a month was enough to put the entire country's grain into the warehouse, and the entire Red River Plain was collected and put into the warehouse in less than a month.

"Your Highness, the twenty-first government has turned over a total of 6.7 million dan."

Liu Guan whispered: "The imperial treasury is full!"

When the King of Qin heard this, he nodded with satisfaction: "When the spring grain was put into the warehouse, I had just entered Hanoi, and the various places were not in peace, and the national treasury had only received four million stones."

"Now there are nearly seven million stones. Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen."

"I dare not take credit——"

A few people were modest.

Liu Guan replied: "Upland rice is not as good as spring and summer, and its yield is only half. The imperial court can collect about 4 million shi. In this way, in the entire 18th year of Shaowu, the national treasury can receive 15 million shi."

As he spoke, he said excitedly: "It's a pity that the food in our country is cheap. Each stone is only worth four silver cents, which is half that of the Ming Dynasty."

"But when the commercial tax was first established, it still used the old people, so it could only collect 300,000 yuan..."

"Even so, the Qin State can still earn 6.3 million silver yuan per year."

"How much does it cost?"

The corners of King Qin's mouth rose, and he forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart.

Six million yuan can only be reached by a few provinces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty, which is much better than many large provinces.

"The total number of officials is about 3,000, the court has 1,000, and the local government has 2,000. Based on previous years' salary, the expenditure can reach 4 million dan."

"The local garrison camp consists of two hundred in the county and five hundred in the prefecture. There are nearly 50,000 people, and its expenditure is one million dan."

"The Winged Forbidden Army consists of thirty thousand people, with an annual expenditure of two million stones..."

Qin's army was treated completely differently by the central and local governments.

In local garrison camps, ordinary soldiers are paid ten dan per year, which includes food, shelter, food and clothing.

These garrison camps were made up of a mixture of captured soldiers and Qin army officers, and their treatment could only be described as average.

But in the Qin State, it was pretty good and could support the family.

The Forbidden Army is divided into the Garrison Forbidden Army and the Guard Forbidden Army.

The troops stationed in the Forbidden City received an annual salary of twenty stones, and there were also rewards during the holidays.

Not to mention, there are three thousand musketeers and one thousand cavalry among them, who are elite soldiers for suppressing disobedience.

There are only five thousand guards in the Imperial Guard, protecting the palace and garrisoning the city of Hanoi.

His salary reached thirty stone.

The King of Qin trusted those veterans of the Beijing camp who helped him conquer the world.

The title is given away.

There are five county princes, twenty-seven county uncles, fifty-two county sons, and seventy-eight county men.

Basically, all officers above the rank of captain have received knighthoods.

The number of knights he occupies is equal to that of the other 30,000 Qin troops.

In other words, six times as much.

The injured general went to various prefectures and counties to serve as garrison officers, which can be said to be extremely thoughtful.

Ordinary soldiers were awarded two hundred acres of land per capita, and they became landlords in one fell swoop.

Officials and the army ate up seven million shi a year, which was almost half of the government's finances.

The remaining eight million stones may seem like a lot, but when converted into silver, they are only three million stones.

"Eight million stones."

King Qin squinted his eyes and rubbed his temples: "For these grains, I will pay 200,000 stones as tribute (in exchange for 100,000 pieces).

Send another 800,000 stones to the capital to sell in exchange for some silver coins.

The remainder will be used to expand Hanoi City and repair national roads."

"The third is to prepare for the establishment of a navy."

"It's pretty good to have 1.8 million left in the end."

Among these three things, the most important is the expansion of Hanoi City.

Hanoi is a narrow castle-like city. When the Zheng family was in power, it was for military purposes, and its circumference was only fifteen miles.

It can only accommodate about 100,000 people at most.

This was not enough for the Qin State to unify Annan.

Therefore, the King of Qin and the Yizhengtang discussed extending Hanoi by two to three miles, expanding the outer city, and turning Hanoi into an inner city.

Its city is six miles long from east to west and seven miles wide from north to south, totaling twenty-six miles.

Enough to accommodate a population of over half a million people.

For the Qin State, it was already a big city.

Also expanded were the palace and the inner city.

In this way, the total cost of the political hall was nearly ten million dan, and the labor force was 500,000.

Naturally, it was divided into three years to practice.

Faced with the sigh of King Qin, the Second Prime Minister Mao Fu smiled and said: "Now the imperial court is establishing the Commercial Tax Department and the Customs Department. By then, taxation will reach a new level."

"Judging from the results of the Ming Dynasty, it's pretty good."

King Qin chuckled.

The customs is his internal fund, so he doesn't ask for much. A net income of one million silver dollars a year will be good.

"Your Highness!"

At this time, Ruan Cheng, the insignificant prime minister, cupped his hands and said: "Nowadays, the imperial court relies on the Ming Dynasty for all its silver coins, but the silver coins are so valuable that the people may not be able to use them."

"People usually barter for things and rarely use silver coins."

"Where are the copper coins?" King Qin was stunned, then slapped his head: "Damn it, I forgot that we don't produce copper."

In fact, there are copper mines in Annan, but their output is originally small and has been exhausted by logging over the years.

Nowadays, people mainly barter for cloth and food.

Just look at the Qin State. Isn’t the salary also food?

"Paper money?" King Qin asked tentatively.
To be continued...