Guan Xiaorou did not go to get it, but smiled awkwardly.
Jin Feng knew that she was illiterate and said, "This letter says that Dangxiang has sent people to negotiate with the court. This year, the annual tribute to Dangxiang people will be increased by 10%!"
Under normal circumstances, if the court wins a battle, it no longer has to pay annual tribute to the party. If the court is more tough, it may be able to exchange prisoners for large amounts of benefits.
Even in the worst possible outcome, you can still pay part of the annual tribute.
A large part of the taxes paid by the people of Dakang went to the Jurchens and Dangxiang as annual tribute. Once they no longer have to pay the annual tribute, the people's taxes can also be reduced.
After Jin Feng came back from Weizhou City, he kept asking the escort team to pay attention to the notices from the county government, hoping to see the news that the imperial court would reduce taxes.
But I kept waiting and waiting, but no such notice came.
Jin Feng originally thought that it was because of the backward communication and the fact that Jinchuan County was located in the mountains, so the news came slowly. Only now did he know that after the Tielin Army won the battle, the imperial court actually compromised!
"Why?" Guan Xiaorou asked in confusion: "Didn't you, the head of the family, and the Marquis repulse the Dangxiang people at the border, and captured their southern expeditionary force? Why did the annual tribute not decrease but increase instead?"
"Those bastards in the imperial court compromised!"
"Why did they compromise?"
"Why else? To fight for power, to restrict brother Qinghuai's Tielin Army, to suppress the main war faction!"
Qing Mulan patted the table and said: "Sir and brother Qinghuai led the soldiers to bleed at the border and finally won the battle. As a result, the annual tribute was increased by 10%. It is really ridiculous!"
"How could they do this?" Guan Xiaorou was also very angry: "How can the common people live like this?"
The annual tribute promised by the imperial court would eventually be distributed to the common people.
Before Jin Feng appeared, taxation was the topic that Guan Xiaorou was most afraid of. Every year when it came time to collect taxes, she would be so worried that she couldn't sleep for several days, spinning hard, trying to earn more money to help her family.
Although I no longer have to worry about taxes, the fear of taxes has been engraved in my bones.
"The gentlemen in the court don't care about the life and death of the common people. They only care about their official titles and their own interests!"
Qing Mulan gritted her teeth and said, "This is not the most irritating thing. Xiaorou, do you know what is the most irritating thing?"
"Isn't this the most irritating thing?" Guan Xiaorou was stunned: "What is the most irritating thing?"
"The most irritating thing is that the imperial court not only returned the prisoners of war to the Dangxiang people, but also gave the master's method of making the catapult to the Dangxiang people as an apology!"
"What?!"
Guan Xiaorou finally knew why Jin Feng and Qing Mulan were so angry.
Qing Mulan often went to her house to have dinner. After dinner, she would take Jin Feng with her to discuss military formations. Guan Xiaorou listened more and learned more about military affairs.
According to Jin Feng, the best way for Dakang to deal with the cavalry at present is to conduct reconnaissance in advance, then strengthen the walls, clear the country, and defend the city.
The advantage of cavalry is that they are fast, but marching quickly will not be able to carry much food and grass.
Therefore, when the party members invaded Dakang, they always relied on war to support war, that is, they robbed the people while continuing to fight in depth.
If the Dangxiang people's invasion intention can be detected in advance on the grassland, and then the people can be gathered in the city with food immediately, or evacuated to the mountains, the Dangxiang people will fail if they cannot find supplies.
In fact, this is also the current mainstream method used by the guards in various places in Dakang to deal with the cavalry.
Tall city walls have always been a problem that cavalry cannot get around.
But who knew that the imperial court actually handed over the manufacturing methods of catapults to the party members!
With the catapult, they can easily throw stones and kerosene into the city, causing huge damage to the defenders!
"The boss said that the catapult is Dakang's strategic weapon. How can it be handed over to the enemy?"
Guan Xiaorou almost cried in anger: "And Lord Qing, why did you hand over the catapult to the court?"
"Brother Qinghuai also fell into the trap of the lords in the court!"
"What treacherous plot?" Guan Xiaorou asked in confusion.
"The shortest way for Dangxiang to come to Dakang is from Qingshui Valley into Weizhou. In order to avoid Brother Qinghuai's Tielin Army, they did not go through Qingshui Valley this time. Instead, they took a detour of more than a thousand miles and crossed the Gobi Desert to come from the west.
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Qing Mulan explained: "When the court received news that the Dangxiang cavalry had arrived at Lanzhou City, my uncle Qing Guogong immediately reported to the court and wanted to mobilize the Tielin Army to Lanzhou to stop the Dangxiang people.
However, the officials in the court were afraid that Qinghuai's brother would take too much credit, so they rejected the proposal on the grounds that the Tielin Army was too far away from Lanzhou and could not be mobilized in time, and then asked Qinghuai's brother to hand over the method of making catapults to the court.
Let the Lanzhou garrison build catapults to resist the party members.
Brother Qinghuai was devoted to serving the country, so he sent people to send the drawings of catapults to the court as quickly as possible. Who knew that not long after, catapults appeared in the Dangxiang army under Lanzhou City.
Later, my uncle found out that before the troops came to Lanzhou City, Dang Xiang's secret envoy secretly entered Bianjing and put forward the conditions for withdrawing the troops. Asking for the catapult blueprint was just one of them.
Your Majesty was deceived by the villain, so he agreed to the request of the party members."
When Jin Feng heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.
The reason why the emperor is deceived by villains is actually because the emperor is afraid.
Once the party members capture Lanzhou, they can march straight into Guanzhong and then target Bianjing.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
Qing Mulan looked at Jin Feng with a sad face.
"I'm just a commoner. The big guys in the court have made decisions. What else can I do except listen?"
Jin Feng sighed: "Also, just talk about what you just said at home. Don't talk nonsense after you go out."
After the new furnace was built, the iron smelting workshop was able to mass-produce heavy crossbows. Jin Feng originally thought of teaching Qinghuai the method, but now he has completely given up on this idea.
It's not that he doesn't trust Qinghuai, it's that he doesn't trust the Dakang court.
In the past, he was just disappointed with the court, but through this incident, Jin Feng realized that Dakang was hopeless and was in danger of destroying the country at any time, and his previous plans had to be changed.
Seeing that Jin Feng was not in the mood to continue talking, Qing Mulan left sullenly.
Jin Feng was not in a good mood. After breakfast the next day, he planned to go out with the hammer to relax, and stopped by the smelting workshop to see if he could find some useful materials.
The so-called smelting shop is similar to the hardware supplies wholesale mall in the previous life, which sells blacksmith-related things.
Jin Feng and Tie Zhui entered the square gate, but before they started to turn around, they were grabbed by a young man passing by.