Soldier training must be paid, and food must be provided.
The common people are numb and take chances.
There is no profit motive.
Even if you forcefully draft strong men into the army, you won't get any results.
The mayors, mayors, wealthy businessmen and gentry present here must hope to have more troops to protect themselves.
Rural soldiers are also soldiers.
It's better than the common people wielding hoes and sickles.
Someone stood up and asked on the spot.
"Master Shen, how long does it take to prepare for the invasion?"
Shen Zhongxin replied: "It is tentatively decided to be five months, starting from today and ending at the end of January next year."
"When the time comes, we'll make a decision based on the situation!"
There was a tall old man in the front row, standing up on crutches.
"Master Shen!"
Shen Zhongxin quickly cupped his hands and forced out a smile.
"Ah? It turns out to be Mr. Zhu. Sit down and talk. Just sit down and talk."
Wu Qi introduced him in a low voice: "He is the former county captain Zhu Bin. The old man is a pretty good man."
Shen Lin smiled secretly.
A nice person?
They haven't retired and returned to their hometown yet.
Shen Zhongxin intervened and took away the post of county captain.
Clay figures also have a three-part fire nature.
If Zhu Bin stepped forward at this time, wouldn't he be giving Shen Zhongxin eye drops?
Shen Lin is happy to see its success.
When Zhu Bin heard this, he sat down and his tone was calm and gentle.
"I just listened to Master Shen's strategy and organized a training squad for the entire Anding County army and rural soldiers." "I'm afraid, there are no less than 28,000 people."
"This amount is really scary!"
Shen Zhongxin frowned slightly: "The situation is forcing us to do it!"
Zhu Bin chuckled and said: "To raise soldiers, you need to pay and eat food. This is a matter of course."
"The standard of rural soldiers is naturally incomparable to that of the regular army."
"But, a rural soldier's food and salary should cost one tael of silver every month, right?"
"Five months, 28,000 soldiers, a full 140,000 snowflakes of silver are needed!"
"There are also weapons. It's simpler. Just build an army according to three categories: sword and shield soldiers, spear soldiers, and archers."
"Weapons are worth three taels of silver per soldier. Let's count the full amount as ninety thousand!"
"A collar of leather armor, livery, two sets of shoes and socks, autumn and winter clothes, and a lot of logistics needs to be purchased..."
"Five months, plus 90,000 is not too much, right?"
"You need encouragement when you go into battle to kill the enemy, you need medicine to heal the wounded and dying, and you need money for post-war pensions... It's not too much to prepare a hundred and eighty thousand silver or supplies as backup, right?"
"Well, I'm old. Can anyone help me with the calculation? How much is the total?"
Wu Qi was a person who loved to join in the fun, so he immediately raised his hand.
"Uncle Zhu, it's 420,000!"
"You have forgotten a few things. The city defenses in various places need to be repaired. Do you need to set up advance warnings for several fortresses?"
"In wartime we not only need soldiers, we also need to simply train a similar number of civilians to assist and supplement them!"
"I'm afraid even half a million silver can't stop it!"
Zhu Bin nodded approvingly: "Ah, is it you, little monkey?"
"Yeah, you're right!"
The old man leaned forward.
He stretched out his withered fingers and waved them tremblingly in front of Shen Zhongxin.
"Master Shen, five hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver!"
"You, the Shen family, are the first stable family. How much are you going to donate?"
Shen Zhongxin's old face was so dark that it was bleeding.
He wanted to slap him in the face.
Zhu Bin, this old guy.
Do you really hold a grudge?
Without your own officer on stage, how can you rely on the 500 squadrons of troops you trained before to maintain stability?
Not to mention the three thousand horse thieves?
Fifty riders can drive sheep, do you believe it?
It's already this time, why are you causing trouble?
How much does it cost, I don’t know?
However, Shen Zhongxin was also an old fox who had practiced for thousands of years, and he quickly calmed down.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhu, for calculating a detailed account for me."
"That's right, the five-month expenses for training the army and rural soldiers this time is roughly this amount."
God, do you really need five hundred thousand taels?
Where to get it?
Shen Zhongxin did not intend to give others a chance to interrupt.
"The good news is that our Anding County has asked Chanzhou for instructions to withhold all this year's autumn grain taxes and corvee discounts."
"This first payment is fifty thousand taels of silver."
Only fifty thousand taels?
That's it?
Not even a small change, right?
There were sighs and sighs in the lobby.
Up there, it’s really worthless!
In fact, this amount of money is quite a lot.
Almost every household pays one tael of silver.
This is just the autumn tax, what about the summer tax?
People in the countryside don't have many ways to make money.
The annual tax of two taels of silver per family and the corvee discount had to be converted into grain and handed over.
The tax collection time is also the time when new grains are on the market and prices are at their lowest.
After all, how many acres of thin farmland does an average house have?
With the last remaining grain, many people could not survive the spring famine.
It is inevitable to eat bran-pharynx vegetables.
Shen Zhongxin is confident.
"With the first batch of 50,000 taels of silver, you can continue training for a month, right?"
"As for weapons and armor, I plan to recruit all the blacksmiths in the county and centrally build and distribute them in Shenjiaji."
"..."
Zhu Bin interrupted again.
"Hey... Mr. Shen, we are still short of 450,000 taels of silver. Tell me, how can I get it?"
Shen Zhongxin hated this old man to death.
Adding to the chaos!
"Well, this county is going to levy commercial tax!"
Business tax?
The wealthy merchants and gentry below immediately became excited.
At the beginning of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, it was levied for a period of time.
Later, the civil service group abolished the commercial tax under the pretext of "competing with the people".
Thirty tax one.
It is not a calculation of net profit.
Cost accounting in this era is a mess.
The original accounting method is also unclear.
It is easiest to calculate based on sales.
The transaction amount is thirty taels of silver, and the seller needs to pay a tax of one tael of silver.
Even ordinary people cannot buy goods for two taels of silver all year round.
so,
Business tax is to pluck hair from wealthy businessmen.
It’s strange that these people don’t object!
"No, Mr. Shen, you are... competing with the people for profit!"
"That's right, Mr. Shen, the imperial court doesn't collect commercial taxes, why do you collect them?"
"You are...violating the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
…
"Bang!"
Shen Zhongxin took off the black-winged hat on his head and slapped it on the table.
"Humph, no commercial tax? Okay!"
"Then donate money! My Shen family will donate ten thousand taels first."
"Everyone here here can't hide how much they are worth."
"Come on, come on, let's put our money together, what does half a million taels of silver mean?"
"You are willing to take advantage of the merchants outside, whatever you want!"
"I don't understand. Once the bandits invade Anding County, they will raid your homes."
"Don't talk about five hundred thousand taels of silver, but more than five million. Are you willing?"
"Oh, by the way, this official hat is right here."
"Whoever thinks his skills are better than Shen's, feel free to take them!"
Well……
The lobby suddenly fell silent.
Who wants your official hat of county captain?
Even Zhu Bin, who had just left his job, had no intention of taking it back.
He just put some eye drops on Shen Zhongxin to get rid of the hatred in his heart.
Who can guarantee that?
Won't the bandits come to attack Anding?
At this time, the county captain was responsible for detecting smuggling, resisting theft, and ensuring the safety of the country.