The master shook the paper fan and said, "Don't think about it, Qin Zhao's glass shop has been sold out for a long time. Especially the glass glass, many people can't buy it with silver, and they all lined up there every morning. The glass cups in Xiangshan County were transported to Guangzhou by water. Every afternoon, when they arrived in the shop, they were all sold out, and no one left."

"There are also people who are making scalpers, and they are lined up to buy them and resell them to others. Eight liang each sells very well."

When Lu Yixuan heard this, he looked at Lu Zihong in surprise and said, "Doesn't this mean that Qin Zhao is going to make another fortune? How much money does he want to make?"

The master said, "Qin Zhao lacks money? Who doesn't know that Qin Zhao uses his own money to support soldiers, like a madman."

"A soldier gives three or two months of money every month, and there is a bit of meat and fish every meal. Someone has calculated that the meat and food in each meal are combined, and each soldier has to spend two taels of silver every month. In other words, Qin Zhao raises two thousand soldiers every month and costs ten thousand taels of silver. This is just about the food expenses."

"I heard that Qin Zhao built a pig farm himself, and the pork price is cheaper, but it is not much cheaper."

"Duke, you said that Qin Zhao has raised so many soldiers, how can he not try his best to make money?"

Lu Yixuan sighed: "After a while, this little businessman at the time has become a military general with two thousand soldiers." He played with the wine glass in his hand for a while, and he said: "It's just that the guard's hand is really a coincidence. No one knows how to do the transparent glass of Western Yi for so many years, and he imitates it as soon as he started."

"I also made a small wine glass that best cooperates with eating soju."

The master smiled and said, "It is not an exaggeration to say that Lu Ban is reborn."

"Duke, now this wine glass is a good thing that you have to queue up to buy if you have money. Then the gift giver gives you this to you, which is really kind. Even if you don't like Qin's things, you will give it to others as an ordinary four taels of silver gift. When others open the gift list, they will definitely smile when they see this."

Lu Yixuan pondered for a long time and snorted coldly.

Lu Zihong gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, Qin Zhao's power is getting stronger and stronger. If he doesn't attack him, I think something will happen to our Lu family."

Lu Yixuan looked at the glass of wine on the table and said nothing.

...

On the third day of August, Qin Zhao stood on the wall of Jinghai Fort, looking at the land of Xiangshan County, which was already in early autumn.

"Qin Youli, how long do you think the court will send a new county magistrate to come."

Qin Youli shook his head and said, "It's really a long time. Originally, the list of Jinshi in various subjects was backed up in Nanjing, but Nanjing was occupied by the Tartars. Now the Zheng family supports Emperor Longwu in Fuzhou, but there are no previous documents and accounts. Emperor Longwu wanted to find a Jinshi with experience in an official position to be a county magistrate in Xiangshan County, which was really hard to find."

"Some Jinshis who were Beijing officials returned to their hometown after they broke into Beijing, and some voted in Tartars. Some Jinshis went south to Nanjing, but Nanjing was captured again. Many of these Jinshis voted in Tartars, or returned to their hometown."

"Where are you going to find an old Jinshi around the emperor now?"

Qin Zhao nodded and said, "You also think that Xiangshan County will not have a county magistrate for a long time?"

Qin Youli bowed and said, "Yes, Master Shou, we think the same as Master Shou."

Qin Zhao smiled and said, "Since the county magistrate will not make up for the gap in a short period of time, I will temporarily handle the matter and manage Xiangshan County. Otherwise, Xiangshan County will be in chaos and the people will suffer."

Qin Youli said: "The Master of War is right. I think a criminal prosecutor should be set up outside the Guardian Palace to deal with the matter of complaints and lawsuits of the people, so as not to be unfair in Xiangshan County."

Qin Zhao said: "This is reasonable!"

"But on the other hand, I want to spread the land tax in Xiangshan County, end the donation, and let the gentry return all the illegally obtained land to the owner."

Hearing Qin Zhao's words, Qin Youli opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"The Guardian wants those juren to return all the land they donated."

Qin Zhao nodded.

Qin Youli said in a panic: "It's not possible, but the guardians are not allowed to do it! Those juren are not officials, but they are all real juren, and they are gentry with fame. The guardians attack these gentry and ask them to return the land they give back, which is a bigger thing than killing them."

"Killing them is just a personal grudge. The civil servants from other places are just watching the excitement. If they want to return the fields they have given are to break the privileges of the gentry in the country, and to break the heavens!"

"Even if there is no civil servant in Xiangshan County, the Shangfeng of Xiangshan County will interfere in this matter. I think the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture Lu Yixuan will interfere in the major affairs of the garrison at that time."

"Why did the Guardian try to stab such a hornet's nest?"

Qin Zhao took a breath and said, "Old accountant, do you know what morale is in the military?"

Qin Youli replied: "Governor, I don't know."

Qin Zhao said: "Soldiers are also human beings, and they also go to the battlefield for the sake of interests. Of course, soldiers need military pay and food and accommodation to fight for the general, but if they have military pay and food and accommodation, they cannot buy the soldiers' death power. If the soldiers find that the general's starting point violates the fundamental interests of the soldiers, the soldiers will have no morale on the battlefield and will collapse at a touch."

"It is precisely because of this that hundreds of thousands of troops of the thieves were easily defeated on a stone, because the thieves were rebelling in a plundering manner, and the fundamental interests of the thieves were different from those of the soldiers under his command. His soldiers hoped that the world would be peaceful, and that parents and brothers would not be bullied in the countryside, but the thieves would destroy the world and destroy all order in the world."

"Because of this, the official army organized by the corrupt officials of our Ming Dynasty encountered Tartars and thieves vulnerable. Because those corrupt officials were in the officialdom for a day, they would rush to the officialdom for a day. The starting point of these corrupt officials was different from the starting point of the soldiers who hoped that their parents, brothers and sisters would not be bullied."

"The Tianxiong Army, the Minister of War of the previous dynasty, had a great success. The bandits were chased by Lu Xiangsheng, a civil servant, and finally called Lu Xiangsheng the King of Yan. Why? It was nothing more than that Lu Xiangsheng was a good official who was as fair as King of Yan. Officials like Lu Xiangsheng represent the order of society. What the soldiers' parents and brothers and sisters need in the countryside are social order. Supporting Lu Xiangsheng is to support the soldiers' own fundamental interests."

Qin Zhao said: "What we want to give soldiers is not only a few taels of military pay, but also the fundamental benefits they long for. We must make the soldiers' parents, brothers and sisters not be bullied in the countryside and live a rich and well-dressed life. We must make the soldiers believe that after they are discharged from the army, they can return home in glory, live a wealthy farmer in an orderly place, marry and have children, and continue to grow up."

"Only by doing this can the soldiers work hard to fight for us!"

"It is possible to not be afraid of fighting and being labeled as rebellious when attacking powerful officials!"

"It is possible to attack Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, and deal with my political enemies under my command."

The old accountant looked at Qin Zhao like he was listening to a book, opening his mouth wide and unable to speak.

Why did Brother Zhao know everything? He talked about such obscure principles. Is this really the stupid boy in Qinjia Village?

Qin Zhao hammered the palm of his left hand with his right hand and said, "So, old accountants, we must equalize the land tax in Xiangshan County and end the offer. We must give the soldiers a prosperous and orderly rear, so that the soldiers can understand that their parents, brothers and sisters are living a better and better life."
Chapter completed!