Kai Fu Han

Chapter 372 The Golden Prince
"So, this fake Prince Qi is still very valuable."

Liu Xinqi held in his hand the credentials of the puppet Qi Emperor Liu Yu to the Xinghan Alliance.

In addition to some face-to-face remarks above, the most important point in it is that the puppet Qi wants to redeem the prince Liu Lin, and is willing to pay a huge price for it.

"Indeed, the estimated income exceeds the total tax revenue of the two states of Denglei." Zhou Xinyuan replied
At present, taxes have not been opened. Summer harvest and planting from mid-June to the end of June are the busiest time for farmers. Liu Xinqi has told the government to disturb farmers' normal production as little as possible at this time.

Therefore, tax collection will be held in July and August.

The Ministry of Taxation estimates that based on an estimate of two shi (dry land) to four shi (irrigated land) per mu, irrigated land accounts for 300% of the territory, Denglai has 78 million acres of cultivated land, and [-]% of the harvested summer tax can receive [-] shi. food.

In addition to taxes, there is also land rent. The 90% land rent collected from the alliance's fields will also increase the food supply by about [-] dan.The final summer tax can reach [-] stone.

At present, in the land of Hebei, the price of one stone of grain exceeds one tael of silver. Converting it, the summer agricultural tax income is equivalent to 90 taels of silver.

Compared with the previous periods of puppet Qi rule and Zhao rule, the fiscal revenue is not much different.

However, considering that the Xinghan League only collects [-]% of the tax and has canceled other miscellaneous taxes such as poll tax and fire fee, it can be predicted that the increase in farmers' income this year will be huge.

After the summer harvest, Liu Xinqi is confident that he can completely take in all the people in Denglai.

90 taels!

In order to redeem Liu Lin, Liu Yu was willing to spend more than 90 taels.

90 taels of silver is equivalent to 9 taels of gold.

One cubic meter of gold is close to twenty tons (gold at this time contains impurities).

9 taels of gold is equivalent to 4.5 tons of gold, with a volume of 0.225 cubic meters.

The volume of a person is close to that of water. One ton of water is one cubic meter, and a person's weight is calculated as 55KG. After conversion, the volume of a person is only 0.055 cubic meters.

The silver taels Liu Yu planned to pay were converted into gold, which could be used to cast four dense "golden Liulins".

"It's really exciting." Liu Xinqi couldn't help but want to agree to this redemption plan.

No wonder some people in later generations kidnapped people for money and benefited greatly. However, this transaction is written in the criminal law. You can make money but not spend it.

"Then we agree to pretend to be Qi?" Zhou Xinyuan was a little unsure of what Liu Xinqi meant.

After Liu Xinqi got married, Zhou Xinyuan resigned to Liu Xinqi, but Liu Xinqi did not agree.He does not intend to establish a country with one surname, so there are no relatives.

It took a lot of effort to successfully persuade Zhou Xinyuan to continue working in the Ministry of Rites until he found someone who could replace him.

"No, if the mastermind of our invasion is released just for money, then we will lose trust in the hearts of the people, and the gain will outweigh the loss." Liu Xinqi retorted.

People's hearts are very important!People's hearts are very important!People's hearts are very important!
Say the important thing three times.

In future generations, China can do many things that other countries in the world cannot do because of China's system and because China's ruling party has the support of the people.

"Then I rejected him."

"Don't refuse in a hurry."

Liu Xinqi first stabilized Zhou Xinyuan, and then asked someone to call Xu Zhong over.After a while, Xu Zhong walked in from outside.

"I want you to listen carefully and investigate, how many Denglai men are there in the Puppet Qi territory at present?" Liu Xinqi asked.

Previously, in order to please their master Jin Guo, the Puppet Qi recruited two soldiers from Denglai. They were all strong men. Basically, there were 1000 people in one county. In total, there should be [-] Denglai descendants who went to Jinan Mansion of the Puppet Qi to gather and participate. The previous war against Zhao.

"The last time we went south to attack Zhao, the Puppet Qi army suffered the most heavy casualties, and the strong men suffered even more casualties than the army. In addition to the dead and wounded, there were also some who fled directly on the battlefield, and some who surrendered to Southern Zhao. Now the Puppet Qi should return There are between [-] and [-] Denglai disciples." Xu Zhong replied, and explained that Diting did not specifically investigate this number, and that [-] to [-] was just what Xu Zhong compiled and analyzed from various sources of information.

"Send a letter to the spies in Jinan to ask them to investigate in detail. I want specific numbers, preferably accurate to ten digits." Liu Xinqi arranged.

"Yes! There will be accurate news within three days at the latest." Xu Zhong received the order and turned around and left the office.

Liu Xinqi turned to his father-in-law and continued: "Then please trouble my father-in-law to continue dealing with the Puppet Qi envoy for a few days. If he is impatient, you can take him to see Liu Lin to reassure him."

"No problem. It's been half a year since the war ended. They will definitely not be in a hurry. They will definitely give it a few days." Zhou Xinyuan responded.

The two talked about other jobs, and Zhou Xinyuan once again suggested that he was not suitable for the job in the Ministry of Etiquette and was more suitable for teaching and educating people.Liu Xinqi immediately agreed to arrange for Zhou Xinyuan to work in the Ministry of Education once a suitable successor is found.

"Then you need to hurry up, I'm worried that because of my lack of ability, the work of the Ministry of Rites will be delayed." Zhou Xinyuan said.

Previously, the relationship between the Ministry of Rites and the rebel army had been progressing slowly. The rebel army only wanted to extract supplies from the Xinghan League, and did not want to submit to the Xinghan League.But Liu Xinqi subdued this rebel army once he went to Hebei.

The same goes for Southern Zhao, with so many chips in hand, and the King of Jin Wanyan Zongjun, but the matter of getting Zhao to recognize the Xinghan Alliance has yet to come to an end.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

Xu Zhong came over to report that there were still 530 strong men in Denglai within the puppet Qi territory.Originally, after the war, the young men of these two waves should have been sent back to their hometowns, but Denglai was special.

Denglai was occupied by the Xinghan League, and the Xinghan League had a hostile relationship with the Puppet Qi. Naturally, the Puppet Qi would not let these young men return to Denglai to help the Xinghan League.

Other state capitals have replaced new young men to serve in Jinan, but these more than 7000 people have not been able to rotate, and their treatment is also very poor.

The spies found out that these strong men only had two meals of gruel a day and were just hanging on for dear life.Even if they don't have enough to eat, they still have to do the work of repairing city walls and water conservancy, which can be said to be miserable.

"This Liu Yu is really hateful. The one who is hostile to them is our Xinghan League. What's wrong with these people?" Zhou Xinyuan said angrily and put the shot on the table. The surface of the table was cracked.

[It seems that when facing soldiers in the future, tables and chairs will have to be replaced with iron ones.Otherwise, in the face of some violent tempers, wooden furniture will not be able to withstand the tossing. ] Liu Xinqi's thoughts were slightly divergent, waiting for Zhou Xinyuan to calm down.

"Leader, what should we do now?" Zhou Xinyuan asked after calming down.

"Don't Liu Yu want Liu Lin? We can return it to him, but we don't want gold and silver." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Exchanging people for people?" Zhou Xinyuan understood immediately.

"Correct!"

"Is this possible? That's more than 7000 people."

"Liu Yu won't care. The search for 90 taels of silver will tear apart many families. He is willing to pay 90 taels of silver, so how can he care about these 7000 people."

"That's right." Zhou Xinyuan nodded.

(End of this chapter)