Overlord!

Chapter 229 Sun Ce’s Treasury
For the first time, the 110 and [-] nine counties in Jiangdong have clearly sorted out their taxes. This is a matter of great concern to the entire Jiangdong.

For this reason, Sun Ce specially recruited the civil and military ministers from Jiangdong to participate in the discussion and allocate branches. Even Zhang Hong, the military strategist along the Huaihe River, was summoned back.

In the Chui Gong Hall, Sun Ce, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, Liu Ye, Jia Xu, Yu Fan, Gu Yong and other Jiangdong civil and military officials gathered together. .

This year is a year for Jiangdong to recuperate and recuperate. From the end of the military campaign in midsummer last year to this winter, there has been no major war or mass mobilization.

Even if they went to help Xuzhou, they only gathered more than [-] cavalry, but they stopped and returned after only half a decade.

So this year for Jiangdong, although there is no good weather, it can be considered a good year.

The borders of each county were peaceful, and Wuxing even had a great victory, which completely eliminated the dangers of mountainous terrain. Therefore, the eleven counties south of the Huaihe River were recuperated, their land holdings increased greatly, and their taxes were clear.

After everyone was seated, Sun Ce said to Bu Zhi: "Bu Sansi, please first introduce the tax situation in detail to the ministers."

Bu Zhao immediately stood up and handed over his hands, and then introduced to everyone with high spirits: "After the full investigation of the three divisions, combined with the accounting documents from each county, this year we finally clarified the tax details of the 110 and [-] nine counties under the general's command."

"Among them, there are a total of 4000 million acres of fertile land. The upper field tax is 230 yen, the middle field tax is [-] yen, and the lower field tax is [-] yen. The national tax is based on the acre, and the total land tax is [-] million yen!"

230 million yuan, this number is naturally far different from the Song Dynasty's tax revenue of hundreds of millions.

But at the moment, all the civil and military personnel in the hall were in an uproar and marveled.

Zhang Hong, the commander of the military strategist, was shocked and said: "Two million 13 yuan, totaling 23 billion yuan! In order to quell the rebellion of the Qiang people, the imperial court spent a total of more than [-] billion yuan in a hundred years. Now in our Yangzhou state, there are also these ten One percent! Yangzhou can be said to be rich. This tax alone is enough for me in Jiangdong to completely pacify Shanyue."

The scale of 23 billion yuan was enough to shock every minister in the palace.

The tax revenue of Yangzhou alone is more than one-tenth of that of the Han Dynasty before the Great Chaos!

The views of the barren Jiangnan and the barren South no longer exist from today on.

Driven by the non-plot system and mu-based taxation, agriculture in Jiangnan has developed significantly, with more fertile farmland being cultivated, and water conservancy facilities and agricultural standards becoming increasingly improved.

In particular, the advancement of paddy fields and Jiangdong plows has made Jiangdong agriculture far behind the north in some counties.

In a country like Wu County, there are tens of millions of acres of fertile land in one county, and the grain output of one county alone is more than 5000 million shi.

This much grain could only be produced by Deng Ai in 5 years with 15 people working in the fields!Enough for 20 people to spend [-] years!
But Wu County produces much more than just this.As a land of plenty and silk, the local area also produces millions of stones of dried fish and more than 200 million pieces of raw silk, which can be woven into [-] million pieces of onyx cloth and even silk and satin.

While everyone was admiring, Sun Ce said: "It is true that Yangzhou is now stable and unique in the troubled times, and its prosperity is far better than that of the Han Dynasty in the past. But I think that the current situation is far from enough."

"South of the Huai River, the world is almost divided in half. Even if it is not half, it should be one-third of the country. However, the cultivated land only accounts for about one-sixth of the Han Dynasty at its peak."

"I thought there was still much room for reclamation in the south of the Yangtze River. There are still a lot of uncultivated fields in Danyang and Kuaiji. The cultivated land area is less than one percent of the territory."

"And even though Wu County has been the foundation of Wang Ba since ancient times, the reclamation is far from enough. Besides Wu County, how many other counties dare to say that there is no open land in the wilderness?"

"It's time for the old ministers and others to continue their journey and continue to encourage mulberry farming. At least I hope that before the victory is decided in the Central Plains, I can see the vast fertile fields and mulberry gardens in Danyang and Jiankang."

Zhang Zhao immediately handed over his hand and said: "I will supervise all counties to expand the south of the Yangtze River, reclaim farmland, build water conservancy, and encourage farmers to cultivate mulberry trees."

Sun Ce nodded and said: "Of course, the opening up of Jiangnan will require a large amount of manpower to be invested, so that officials in all counties and counties will do their best to resettle the refugees and recruit Shanyue. How many people are there in Jiangnan according to the statistics of the three secretaries?"

Bu Zhao, who had numerous family treasures, immediately replied: "The general governs eleven counties, including Guangling, Linhuai and other places, with a total population of 3507 million from the south of the Huaihe River."

3507 million people.

Sun Ce was overjoyed and said: "This is far beyond Gu's original expectations. If Gu remembers correctly, when the Han Dynasty was at its peak, the population of Yangzhou was only more than four million?"

Although Yangzhou has not experienced many wars, the number of troops lost in these troubled times may not be less than half.

Sun Ce thought that the population south of the Huaihe River should be only about 300 million, or 50 million at most, but he didn't expect that there were more than [-] more people!
This scale has exceeded one-third of the population of Soochow under Sun Quan.

Bu Zhi replied: "The general is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. It is true. When Yangzhou had the largest population, it had 430 million households and [-] million people."

"Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, it has been six or seven years now. Countless villages and towns have had ten houses and nine empty houses. The population and household registration have been cut in half."

"Since the generals implemented the non-land system and taxation based on acres, the government no longer focuses on oral taxation, so the situation of hidden households has been greatly alleviated. The number of hidden households counted from powerful Wubao and aristocratic families has made the number of households Big increase.”

"At the same time, a large number of refugees from the north and Jingzhou fled to Jiangdong. The two counties of Guangling and Linhuai have a total population of 45, even more than at the peak of Guangling in the past. Xuzhou has a population of 200 million. Excluding those who died in the war, 10 Thousands of people fled south, and only a few 30 people remained north of the Huaihe River."

"As for the civil strife in Jingxiang, Liu Biao sent troops to attack Changsha, which also caused tens of thousands of refugees to flee to Yuzhang."

"In this way, there is Yangzhou, a state with a population of more than three million!"

Sun Ce nodded slightly. The large state with a population of 300 million was also in the middle when the Han Dynasty was at peace.

Those that can exceed this scale are 625 million people in Jingzhou, 580 million people in Jizhou, 568 million people in Yizhou, 516 million people in Yuzhou, and 404 million people in Yanzhou.

Basically, you can know who has the strength to compete for the world by looking at the population.

The combined population of Yuzhou and Yanzhou is nearly [-] million. It is not without reason that after Cao Cao captured Yuzhou, he moved his seat of government from Yanzhou to Yingchuan in Yuzhou.

However, since Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Cao Cao and others successively launched brutal massacres in the Central Plains, even if Cao Cao occupied the richest Central Plains and owned the three states of Yan, Yu, and Xu, the population under his rule might not be much greater than that of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce could only estimate that the population of these three states may only be around 300 million?

However, after he conquered Nanyang, the population may have increased significantly.

After all, more than one-third of the 620 million people in Jingzhou are in Nanyang.

After Cao Cao captures Nanyang, the population under his rule will suddenly increase to nearly 400 million.Sun Ce must capture Jingzhou in order to overtake Cao Cao in terms of population.Although he is a murderer, the cultural heritage accumulated over hundreds of years in the Central Plains is indeed not comparable to that of Yangzhou.

With a population of close to 500 million, even if he slaughtered more than 1000 million people, he would still have 400 million left.

Thinking of this, Sun Ce somewhat understood why princes like Cao Cao and Yuan Shu had despised the common people since ancient times.

The common people's hair is like a leek, and it will grow back after being cut; their head is like a chicken, and it will crow again after being cut.

They slaughtered millions, but it did not affect their dominance.

From this perspective, the population under Cao Cao's rule may be more than 400 million.No matter how much he kills, the scale of the massacre never reaches tens of millions.The massacre of hundreds of thousands to millions of people was probably his reality.

More casualties came from the looting by the army, which made it difficult for the people to survive, and only ten houses were empty.

After Cao Cao captured Yuzhou in 196, he began to recuperate, which led to the subsequent casualties in Yanzhou and Yuzhou being somewhat slowed down.

Therefore, the population of the Central Plains may not necessarily decrease by tens of millions in three or four years.

After two or three years of self-cultivation, Cao Cao began to cultivate land on a large scale, and the population size was especially likely to be higher than that of Jiangdong.

After all, the period of war nowadays is relatively short. From the time Dong Zhuo's rebellion sent troops to plunder Yingchuan to the beginning of 196, it was less than five years.And it was only two years since Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought for Yanzhou.

However, the population of the three states in the Central Plains and Yangzhou may not be much different, but the economic gap is huge!

Cao Cao's large-scale farming operation almost cut off the city's commodity economy, so he had to use cloth as currency.

In Jiangdong, all industries are prospering and the economy is prosperous, especially the scale of industrial output.

Bu Zhi continued: "In addition to the land tax, the state also levies a business tax of 26 yuan, a shipping tax of 15 yuan, and a household tax of [-] yuan."

It can be seen that the water network in Jiangnan is indeed developed, and merchants mainly rely on merchant ships.

The amount of taxes levied by the Municipal Shipping Department is almost half of the commercial tax.

You must know that this commercial tax not only includes transaction taxes such as market assessment and loss assessment, but also includes taxes on stores, shops and other business premises, which are taxed according to their scale.

The taxes provided by the commercial tax, municipal shipping department and household tax surprised all the civil and military officials, and they were even overjoyed.

After all, this adds up to 44 yuan, which is close to 5000 million yuan!
It is enough to cover the national taxes paid by a large county like Wu County in the past!It is equivalent to the output of hundreds of thousands of people farming.

Zhou Yu said: "The place of business taxation is enough to greatly facilitate military equipment, which is really a big benefit."

Sun Ce was also very interested and asked: "How much of the commercial tax does Jiankang City account for?"

Bu Zhi immediately replied: "Jiankang City is the prosperous industrial and commercial center in the south of the Yangtze River. The commercial tax paid in this city alone is as high as more than [-] yuan."

Sun Ce nodded with a smile and said: "The scale is already considerable. But after all, Jiankang is just a new government office. From what I can see, there are a large number of shops under construction, and the commercial tax will inevitably continue to increase in the future."

Now not only the shops in Jiankang City have not yet been built, but the entire Jiankang City has not yet been built. The surrounding city walls have not yet been built. There are still a steady stream of wealthy businessmen and powerful families moving to the city.

In terms of the current city construction plan, Jiankang City is more than 20 miles away, and the city's inner city has been cancelled. It is expected to accommodate a population of one million people, but now the city's population is only more than [-], less than [-]. number.

One day in the future, when the population of Jiankang City increases to one million, the commercial tax in one city alone may be as high as one million yuan, which is several times higher than the current commercial tax in the entire territory.

When the world is at peace and heroes and scholars from all over the world come to Jiankang City to seek fame, the population of Jiankang City may far exceed one million.

Jiankang City will not be locked in size like Luoyang City. At that time, Jiankang City can follow the example of Tokyo Menghua in the Song Dynasty and use the current Jiankang City as an inner city, expanding outward for dozens of miles and building an outer city. !
And being located in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, the last thing Jiankang City needs to worry about is the lack of food supply due to its huge population.

The constraints faced by cities with their capitals in the north, such as food shortages, the inability to collect taxes, and extreme reliance on water transportation from the south of the Yangtze River, will not be encountered in Jiankang City.

Perhaps Jiankang will become the first super urban city with a population of more than 200 million.

Coupled with the Suzhou (Wuxian) area, which has a population of more than one million all year round, these two places have dense population, developed industry and commerce, dense water networks, and convenient shipping. This is the most perfect industrial zone in the world.

Suzhou was the number one industrial city in the world in later generations.The industrial output value of one city is as high as [-] trillion yuan, dozens of times higher than the industrial output value of most countries in the world.

Sun Ce connected the area of ​​Poyang, Jiankang, Wuxi, and Wuxian. I am afraid that the industrial and commercial advantages alone will be enough to make the north despair.

After all, from upstream to downstream, it includes the world's porcelain making center (Jingdezhen), the world's iron smelting center (Danyang), and the world's silk and shipbuilding centers (Wuxian and Jiangdu, that is, Suzhou and Yangzhou).

Moreover, except for the porcelain industry in Poyang, which Sun Ce was still promoting, several others had begun to take shape and began to continuously produce a large amount of wealth.

An important part of the responsibility of the three ministers is various government-run institutions. Bu Zhi continued: "The government-controlled brocade bureau, weaving bureau, salt field, iron official and other bureaus also made a profit of more than [-] yuan, and accumulated two salt reserves. More than a million stones and more than three million pieces of cloth."

With so much wealth, Sun Ce was very ambitious and asked: "How much food, cloth, and silk are there in the treasury now?"

Bu Zhao replied: "Now the 600 million stone grain storage in the Qinhuai warehouse has been full, and the warehouse in the north of the city containing tens of millions of stone in Jiacang has also been filled up by one third. The total grain storage in the free warehouses and Changping warehouses in various places is about [-]. Ten Thousand Stones.”

"There are more than 190 kilograms of gold in the Jiankang treasury, [-] million coins, more than [-] million pieces of silk, brocade, etc., and there are more than [-] million stones in the salt fields such as Haiyan."

After hearing this exact number, everyone was in high spirits. After sorting out the wealth of 110 and [-] nine counties, Jiangdong's recuperation can be said to have begun to bear fruit!

This treasury is sufficient to support Jiangdong to launch a sizable war without affecting people's livelihood at all.

Sun Ce said: "Cao Cao defeated Xuzhou and rested for many days. His soldiers were exhausted. He recuperated his strength. His army became more powerful and he invaded Nanyang. Now is our chance to take Jiangxia!"

(End of this chapter)