Dreaming of the heavens, my ability can be archived

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Look at the corner of the imperial seal that is filled with gold.

If the jade seal that suppresses a country's destiny is damaged, then the dynasty's destiny will inevitably be lost. This is no wonder why the Han Dynasty is declining day by day!

Holding the jade seal in hand, he returned to Huaiyin City.

Zhang Liao and many other generals saw Xu Fei defeating Yuan Shu like a god and winning the imperial seal. Their faces were filled with excitement and they all knelt down and said:
"My lord, it is destiny to receive the jade seal passed down to the country!"

Xu Fei threw the imperial seal to Zhang Liao indifferently.

Zhang Liao was so frightened that he quickly caught the jade seal with both hands nervously.

"Lord, this~"

"If you don't have enough strength, this is just a broken stone. If you are wishful thinking, you will end up like Yuan Shu!"

Listening to Xu Fei's words, the generals once again admired him even more.

"Clean the battlefield and withdraw troops back to Qu County!"

Listening to this order, Zhang Liao said doubtfully: "Lord, shouldn't we continue to march with the momentum of victory?"

"If we withdraw our troops at this time, Yuan Shu's land in Huainan will be occupied by others!"

Xu Fei did not explain too much and ordered the withdrawal of troops.

For him, it is easy to capture the territory and seize the world.

The real enemies Xu Fei faces are actually those who want him to disappear.

It is not advisable to make any big moves just yet, lest they would be stimulated to push all their plans towards Xu Fei.

For Xu Fei, the best choice now is to continue to accumulate strength, stay the same to deal with all changes, and deal with their moves one by one.

When they have nothing to do and Xu Fei grows strong enough, he will be able to dominate the world like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Although the generals felt it was a pity, they still obeyed the order and followed Xu Fei back to Qu County.

News of Yuan Shu's defeat spread throughout the world.

All the heroes were shocked.

At the same time, he was puzzled by Xu Fei's behavior of not taking the opportunity to close in on Yuan Shu's territory.

Could it be that the other party has no aspirations for the world?

Think about it and feel impossible!

Xu Fei also gives people the impression of being a hero. How can a person like this be willing to take sides?
In my heart, I am even more willing to believe that the other party has other plans.

But half a year has passed.

Xu Fei really didn't take any action at all.

Organize people to cultivate fields, build ships to go fishing, build academies to teach and educate people, refine sea salt and amass money...

Xu Feizhen handles political affairs and develops people's livelihood safely in Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu's land in Huainan has also been captured by Sun Ce.

Xu Fei's lack of response completely convinced the heroes that he, Xuzhou Mu Zhen, had no ambitions and liked to manage people's livelihood in a peaceful place, so they expressed disdain for him in their hearts.

It’s good to have one less powerful enemy!

Without Xu Fei as a major worry, they began to conquer all directions wantonly to expand their territory.

time is passing fast

Two years passed quickly.

Yuan Shao of Hebei defeated Gongsun Zan of Youzhou and took control of the four states of Bing, Ji, Qing and You, becoming the largest overlord in the north.

Although Cao Cao regarded Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance and was subordinate to him, he also owned the territories of Yan and Hezhou.

During this period of continuous fighting, Xu Fei's Xuzhou developed rapidly and became richer than outsiders imagined.

In the mansion, Xu Fei listened to Sun Qian's report on Xuzhou's population and tax situation this year.

The land of one state is comparable to the four northern states combined!

"My lord, wars have been going on in other state capitals, and people there are constantly pouring into our Xuzhou."

"Today, the number of people in Xuzhou has exceeded 700 million!" "My subordinates feel that the way we collect taxes needs to be changed."

Xu Fei raised his head and looked at Sun Qian calmly: "How do you want to change it?"

Sun Qian cupped his hands and replied: "My lord promised before that as long as the land is opened by oneself, it will belong to the developer himself."

"At that time, there were fewer people and more land, so the lord taxed grain according to the number of fields."

"But now people from other state capitals are pouring into Xuzhou, and now there are more adults and less land."

"We should restore the previous system of collecting the capitation tax and collect taxes according to the number of people."

"In this way, Xuzhou's tax revenue can be increased by more than [-]%!"

Xu Fei did not directly answer Sun Qian's suggestion.

Instead, he asked him: "Is there any wasteland that has been reclaimed into fields in Xuzhou now?"

Upon hearing the inquiry, Sun Qian immediately replied: "Yes!"

"A lot?"

"many!"

"If all the land is reclaimed, what will happen to the number of acres in Xuzhou?"

Sun Qian answered honestly: "Compared to now, the number will increase three to four times!"

Xu Fei looked at him with a smile: "In that case, why not wait a little longer and let the people turn the uncultivated wilderness into fertile farmland.

By that time, there will be less people and more land. I am afraid that the tax will not only increase by a few percent, but double, right? "

After hearing these words, Sun Qian didn't know how to refute for a moment, and lowered his head in thought.

In fact, his real purpose is to let Xu Fei restore the capitation tax!
Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Xuzhou has become a vast territory with sparsely populated areas, and many fertile fields have been abandoned and turned into wasteland due to no one cultivating them.

Xu Fei collected taxes based on the number of acres cultivated, which was equivalent to reducing taxes to an extremely low level.

The wealthy gentry families with a large population in Xuzhou were naturally very happy.

But since Xu Fei ordered the reclamation of wasteland, and the reclaimed acres were owned by the cultivators.

Today, Xuzhou is prosperous and full of fertile farmland.

With more land, more food can be grown, and taxes will be higher!

Not only wealthy noble families with large amounts of fertile land
Even the common people who worked hard and opened up large fields felt that taxes were too high.

I thought it would be better to reinstate the adult tax, so that I can pay a lot less tax!

Xu Fei tapped his fingers twice on the chopping board in front of him.

The clear voice caught Sun Qian's attention.

But what he saw when he looked up was Xu Fei's cold eyes full of murderous intent.

He was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and kowtowed!
I just heard Xu Fei's cold words in my ears: "We share adversity, but we cannot share wealth!"

"Some people feel that their pockets are bulging, and they can't help but have other thoughts in their hearts!"

"Gongyou, what do you think I should do with these people?"

When Sun Qian heard this, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground, feeling the invisible power, and the clothes on his back were wet with sweat.

"Gongyou, you can listen to some people's words, but you can't listen to some people's words!"

"Be careful in the future and don't let anyone use you as a gunman again!"

After listening to Xu Fei's words, Sun Qian couldn't help but kowtow.

"Okay, you go down!"

"Thank you my lord!"

After Sun Qian thanked him, he stood up tremblingly and left cautiously.

Looking at his leaving figure, Xu Fei shook his head slightly and ordered his servants to summon Mi Zhu.

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(End of this chapter)