The issue of wealth tax has made the prominent families on tenterhooks. Less than three months had passed since the massacre of the prominent families in Jiangzhou overnight. At this time, Ling Xin'an proposed the wealth tax. For a while, the prominent families began to inquire about the information from their acquaintances.

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Soon, the government office issued another notice, saying it was to resolve tax issues.

In an instant, the crowd was crowded in front of the announcement.

After reading the announcement, most people's hearts suddenly dropped and they breathed a sigh of relief.

The so-called tax starts from two hundred acres, and 20% of the tax is used to improve people's livelihood, which can be deducted with gold, silver or grain. Then the tax is increased for every additional two hundred acres, and so on, with a maximum tax of 45%.

The wealth tax still makes those prominent families uneasy, but when they think of what Ling Xin'an did before, they have to remain silent.

That night, more wealthy and distinguished families began to discuss behind closed doors. Facing the government's requirements, they had to respond.

"Move the family's main financial assets out of Jiangzhou City." A family immediately thought of a countermeasure, their eyes shining brightly.

"With the finance moved out, there won't be much here, so the amount to be paid will be less, and we can't give up on Jiangzhou City."

"This matter must be handled in a low-key manner." The senior family officials nodded immediately.

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Late at night, Ling Xin'an sat in the yard, looking at the bright and bright half-moon in the night sky, with smoke rising from a pot of tea.

"It should take a lot of walking!" Ling Xin'an murmured to herself: "I believe you can see it, but I hope you don't go too far."

Time passed by quietly, the weather began to cool down, the early chill slowly spread, and half a year passed in a blink of an eye.

At this time, Ling Xin'an looked more muscular, and he had grown a lot taller when he came to this world. His not-so-handsome face had a gentle smile, his eyes were moist and deep, his heroic demeanor was not lacking in elegance, and he was dressed plainly.

Wearing clothes, he was sitting in the court.

In Jiangzhou Prefecture, the number of arrests in the government office has increased to nearly forty at this time. They work in three shifts on weekdays. It is no longer the same as before. Guo Song and Dou Kai are still the chief arresters, and at the same time they have recruited a man named Zhao Jing.

The person serves as the head catcher of the third shift.

Zhao Jing was an artist Ling Xin'an met when he went out. He was a wanderer in the world, but he was selling his physical strength in Jiangzhou City despite his martial arts skills. This made him notice him, and he asked Sun Wu to observe him, and later recruited him.

Unlike others, Zhao Jing was not good at words and had a face that kept strangers away from him, but he was very competent at catching heads.

Every morning, one thing Ling Xin'an must do is to have Duan Qing, the three chiefs and all the detectives have a meeting in the courtroom.

This is a novel method. Ling Xin'an asked Duan Qing and the three arrests to summarize what happened in the jurisdiction yesterday. At the same time, he also asked the arrests to share or say what happened on his side.

Things that I dare not say in front of my boss.

This will avoid forming cliques as much as possible and at the same time, don’t want something to be hidden.

Fortunately, Ling Xin'an did not interfere too much with the work of the people below. Dou Kai and Guo Song accepted it happily. As for Zhao Jing, he never expressed it. When something happened, he simply dealt with it. When nothing happened, there was only one person.

Words: None. Everyone is used to his way.

Today, Ling Xin'an said: "Master Duan, I received an express from Mr. Hu yesterday. The Southwest General sent a carrier pigeon to ask the state governments to prepare for the autumn wind. At the same time, the state governments are also asked to donate food to the front line. The state governments themselves

Delivery.”

Hearing this, Duan Qing and others looked heavy and were silent.

"Master Duan, what's the problem?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"Sir, it is not very difficult. Fighting the autumn wind is something that must be done every year. When winter comes, the underworld people and orcs are not good at farming because of the cold winter. Therefore, before winter comes, they often sneak into our great Zhou at all costs.

They burned, killed and looted, firstly to show their prestige and also to store food for the winter."

Ling Xin'an nodded, looked at the letter in her hand and said, "We can prepare food, but the underworld and the orcs want to come to our Great Zhou Dynasty to burn, kill and loot, which is absolutely impossible."

Everyone was stunned and couldn't understand why Ling Xin'an was like this, but they still hurriedly agreed.

Ling Xin'an said: "Master Duan, Mr. Hu did not say how much food he would donate, but as guards guarding our borders, we cannot be stingy, so I have decided to donate 10,000 dan of food and 5,000 dan of meat.

Jin, I will send it to you personally."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately became excited. Duan Qing quickly said: "Sir, this is absolutely impossible."

"Why not?"

Duan Qing said: "Sir, there are many dangers in delivering grain and grass to the southwest border. How can you be in danger yourself?"

Ling Xin'an waved her hands and said, "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements."

Duan Qing could only smile bitterly when he saw this. Now no one in the entire government dared to refute Ling Xin'an's decision.

In the following days, Duan Qing, Hu Bing and others raised food and grass while arranging for the training of the escort team. Ling Xin'an also joined in. When Hu Bing learned that Ling Xin'an actually wanted to escort the food and grass together, he was equally surprised, and then immediately

He tried to persuade her, but Ling Xin'an was determined to go, so he had no choice but to give up.

However, as a government official, you cannot leave any place at will.

Twenty days later, when all the food and grass were ready and Ling Xin'an handed over everything to Duan Qing and the others, he brought Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian to the military camp.

Before leaving, Ling Shuang and Ling Xue were naturally reluctant to leave. Xia Xiaoyu also had red eyes and lowered her head without saying anything. Ling Xin'an finally calmed everyone down before going out under their reluctant eyes.

Regarding the escort of grain and grass, Hu Bing had to personally escort him. He looked at Ling Xin'an in private and said, "Brother Ling, are you sure you want to go?"

"Brother Hu, my brother has a reason to go this time." Ling Xin'an said.

"In that case, then Brother Ling is by my side." After all, this is a military matter, and Ling Xin'an doesn't have much power to ask, so Hu Bing can only let Ling Xin'an stay by his side.

"Brother Hu, I want to participate in this Autumn Wind Defense." Ling Xin'an said.

Hearing this, Hu Bing was confused.

Ling Xin'an said: "As my brother said, I have a reason why I have to do it. If Brother Hu can trust my brother, he will arrange for me to become a centurion and lead the soldiers like them."

Seeing Ling Xin'an's expression, Hu Bing nodded in agreement.

"By the way, from now on I will call you Ling An and tell the other centurions."

Hu Bing smiled and immediately made arrangements. Soon, Centurion Huang walked in and said: "Master Ling, follow me."

Ling Xin'an followed Centurion Huang and said, "Captain Huang, from now on we will be at the same level."

Centurion Huang turned back and said with a smile: "Sir, please don't make fun of me. However, we will be the same in front of the soldiers later."

Ling Xin'an nodded.

Soon, Ling Xin'an was assigned to escort in the middle and rear sections. The number of people was one hundred and twenty, which was twenty more than the normal one hundred. It was obvious that Hu Bing wanted more people to protect him.

They were all veterans. When they saw Ling Xin'an arriving, they all stood up and shouted: "See Mr. Ling."

Ling Xin'an nodded. He was not familiar with marching and leading troops, but with Lu Fengxian and Sun Wu here, especially the latter, he was very interested in books about marching and fighting, so in his free time, Ling Xin'an tried his best to tell him some strange things.

Sun Tzu's Art of War in the world, etc.

The two of them knew about it, but this was their first time marching and leading troops. Fortunately, Ling Xin'an was someone who knew how to organize and manage. There were a total of 123 people including the three of them, so they were divided into ten groups, with twelve people in each group. Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian naturally

Or his bodyguard.

Each group has a squad leader. Soon, after the ten squad leaders assigned their respective tasks, Ling Xin'an waited for the large group to set off.

This was not the first time that Jiangzhou City had donated food and grass to the border troops, but it was the first time that such a huge amount had been donated. Everyone once again realized that Ling Xin'an's seemingly inconsistent reforms in the past six months had actually created huge wealth.

Well, a big part of it...

To go to the southwest border, first take the land route, then take the river route, and go up the river. It is autumn now, the water level is low, the flow is gentle, it is fast and relatively safe, this is the most common and safe route.

Jiangzhou City is a branch of the Dajiang River, so there is a river ten miles away, and the river is less than five miles away from the river.

Thousands of stones of grain and grass, five thousand kilograms of meat, and one thousand kilograms of wine were given to the frontiers, but they did not include the food for the troops on the road, so the vast supply of grain and grass stretched for five miles, and Ling Xin'an was behind.

Many civilian boats were temporarily confiscated and parked neatly on the Jiangzhou River, densely packed like giant dragons crawling on the river.

After working for most of the day, it was only after noon that it was Ling Xin'an's team's turn to load the food and grass on the boat. The ten teams carried the food and grass at the same time according to Ling Xin'an's previous assignment. It was very fast, and all the food and grass were arranged in less than two quarters of an hour.

After getting off the boat, this scene fell on Hu Bing and Zou Wen, who were supervising on the shore. They were worried about Ling Xin'an but now they felt relieved.

After Ling Xin'an got on the boat and secured it, half an hour later, the sound of drums was finally heard from the shore, the horn sounded, and the low roar echoed in the sky. With the sound of setting sail, the front line

The warship, majestic, rode the wind and waves towards the river.

As the two sides of the strait continued to retreat, Ling Xin'an stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the continuous flow of ships ahead, with calm eyes and solemn expression.

"Sir, are we going to leave like this?" Lu Fengxian stood aside and said.

Ling Xin'an said calmly: "I hope they can make a big fuss. The bigger the better, so that it will be beneficial to us."

Hearing this, Lu Feng was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.

"Do you think I'm insidious?" Ling Xin'an said with a smile.

Lu Fengxian laughed at himself and said: "My lord, this is an exhaustive plan."

Sun Wu on the other side said: "Sir, why is it necessary? Just like last time, kill him directly."

Lu Fengxian said: "This kind of thing can only be done once and not twice. Otherwise, if the teacher is unknown, it will only put you at a disadvantage."

Sun Wu immediately fell silent and said nothing.

Ling Xin'an was also silent, looking at the slowly running wooden boats in front of her. The sun had begun to sink slowly, and it was no longer as hot as in the afternoon. In front, there were also grain transport fleets from other prefectures and several fleets.
Chapter completed!