Chapter 511: Mr. Shan Requests an Audience
King Zhao will not move to northern Hubei in the short term, but the situation outside the Great Wall is uncertain.
Although Sheng Ze had personally gone to the Jiayu clan's royal court to negotiate, he and Liang Chengdu knew that this temporary peace treaty was not stable.
This means that northern Hubei has now become a real isolated island, and it is unknown how long it will have to fight alone.
The only thing to be thankful for is that as long as Prince Zhao still has concerns, he will not dare to send troops to northern Hubei again for at least two years. And with Prince Zhao blocking the way, it is not so easy for the imperial court to deal with northern Hubei.
What Liang Cheng was most impressed with at this moment was that northern Hubei had now found a high-yield grain crop. Two years was enough time to promote it throughout northern Hubei. The autumn harvest two years later, not to mention other grains, the harvest of sweet potatoes alone could meet the food rations of the northern Hubei army for one to two years!
This is also their greatest confidence now.
Thinking of this, Liang Cheng suddenly felt that he should no longer be cold to the Shen family because of his previous concerns, especially the girl Shen Qingqian. She is a lucky star and should be pampered.
"Come here," Liang Cheng suddenly shouted outside the tent, "go to Linshuigou and tell them that from now on, those people from the Shen family don't need to be treated as exiles anymore."
But he lost the treatment of a fugitive, and his status as a fugitive cannot be changed for the time being.
As soon as these words were spoken, Zheng Shicheng, Niu Manzi and others all looked at him, somewhat confused.
Aren't we just talking about the court abandoning them? Why are you mentioning the Shen family again?
Not to mention that these people were shocked, even Sheng Ze didn't expect why Liang Cheng would suddenly give such an order.
Seeing this, Liang Cheng coughed twice and said, "Liang from the Shen family is my cousin. As her cousin, I have to take care of her."
Everyone: ""
This is a bit too much. If you want to take care of them, how long have the Shen family been here? What have you been doing for half a year?
Liang Cheng was also a little confused.
The main reason why he distanced himself from the Liang family was the grudges of the previous generation. Later, when he gained power in the army, he was afraid that the unpredictable world would bring disaster to other members of the Liang family. Therefore, not only did he not get married, he also publicly severed ties with the Liang family.
When the Liang family was exiled to northern Hubei last year, he did not clarify the relationship between the two parties because of Sheng Zhan's attitude.
But ask yourself, if he hadn't turned a blind eye, would the Shen family have been able to live so smoothly in northern Hubei?
"Well, Chengsan, how is your caravan going?" In order to ease the awkwardness, Liang Cheng quickly changed the subject.
Sheng Ze thought of the scene when he and Shen Qingqian went to meet Li Hezhou a few days ago, and couldn't help but smile, "It went very smoothly. We can send people to the outside of the pass to trade after the spring plowing."
"That's pretty fast, but how are we going to collect taxes from the caravan?" Liang Cheng was concerned about this. After all, the Hubei Northern Army was in urgent need of a large amount of military pay.
Sheng Ze thought for a moment and explained in detail: "This matter was negotiated by the Sixth Miss. She suggested adopting a staged taxation method, which is to divide it according to the amount of the transaction, and each stage has different tax standards."
In fact, it is similar to the modern personal income tax, but Shen Qingqian modified it according to the current situation. It is equivalent to a modified version that combines the modern personal income tax and industrial and commercial tax. It will not make merchants feel too much loss, and it will allow the Hubei North Army to quickly recover through the caravan.
She also promised that the tax standard could be discussed again once the Hubei-North Army stabilized.
This way of collecting taxes was unheard of in the Jin Dynasty. Even Prince Shengze, who was regarded as the heir to the throne, had never heard of it. You can imagine Li Hezhou's expression at that time.
However, the huge profits still made Li Hezhou willing to join the game, and the two parties signed a contract on the spot.
Liang Cheng was about to praise Shen Qingqian when someone came from outside the tent and reported, "General, Master Shan wants to see you."
Sheng Ze suddenly raised his eyes to look at the curtains. Shan Mancheng is here. Why did he come at this time?
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