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When the carriage of Chen Zeyi's two uncles and nephews left Huishi Village, Chen Xiansong asked Balfe to gather the idlers in the village, and he would call himself when there were almost enough people gathered.

Balfe took the order, while Chen Xiansong went into the kitchen and saw Alice and Ruth busy.The two people had different reactions when they saw Chen Xiansong. Ruth seemed a little happy and a little shy, while Alice rolled her eyes and looked impatient: "Go out, the kitchen is for you guys." Is this where big men should come in?"

"Come in and have a look." Chen Xiansong has been with Alice for a few months, how can he not know that she is an awkward girl with a sharp mouth and a bean curd heart, and said with a smile: "The milk tea is delicious, let me come in and see how you make it from."

Hearing this, Alice's face softened a lot: "Didn't we have a little lord of the Cathay Kingdom coming from across the mountain? He brought some green tea bricks unique to the Cathay Kingdom. Sister Qianxin drank it a while ago, and suddenly Said that she remembered a way to make milk tea, and said that you might like it, I tried it for several months, and finally made it, which is cheaper for you."

"Thank you." Chen Xiansong said.

Alice's white face was a little flushed, she suddenly pushed Chen Xiansong out of the door forcefully, and reprimanded angrily: "Go after reading it, the bedroom is not where you men should stay."

A bronze bell was ringing outside, which was a signal to summon the villagers in the village. Chen Xiansong knew that the time should be almost there, so he said, "Alice, make me a cup of milk tea later, put less sugar."

"Understood, let's go." Alice waved her little hand out at him with a disgusted look.

Chen Xiansong left cheerfully, Alice returned to her original position, and when she turned her head, she saw Ruth looking at her enviously, her expression flustered immediately, and she asked, "What are you looking at me for?"

"You have such a good relationship with Master." Ruth sighed, "If only I could be this close to Master."

"That guy has a thick skin. It doesn't matter if you scold him hard." Alice lowered her head and continued to arrange the ingredients.

Ruth said faintly: "People are different. What you can do, others may not be able to do."

Chen Xiansong came out of the castle, glanced down and saw a group of people gathered on the hillside, Balfe beside him led him to a small mound, and below was a large group of villagers, Ah Silan and the second uncle were also impressively among them.The bronze bell that rang just now was bought by the villagers spontaneously.And hang on the big tree next to it.Now the villagers have recognized that Chen Xiansong is their lord, and according to the rules of other villages, it is convenient for the lord to gather manpower, so they made such a thing.

Looking at the black mass of heads below, Chen Xiansong let out a cough.He shouted loudly: "Fathers and folks, His Excellency Chen Zeyi next door told me just now. He hopes to borrow a hundred young men from our village to help him build his territory. The time is about one year, two copper coins per day, five A piece of black bread. I promised to come down. Our village can afford a hundred young and strong, and we will go to work there tomorrow. The time is a bit tight. So the second uncle will decide the manpower later, and try to make at least one for each family. If you have money, everyone will earn it together. Do you have any questions?"

The second uncle took two steps forward tremblingly, and asked, "Lord, is the foreign tax [-]% the rule of other villages?"

"External tax?" Chen Xiansong heard this word for the first time.Balfe walked up to Chen Xiansong and explained in a low voice.After listening to the words, Chen Xiansong said with a smile: "Second uncle, I will not collect foreign taxes, and I will not collect them in the future, but I will collect [-]% of the agricultural tax and everything produced on this land. I have no objections. .”

"Twenty percent?" The second uncle's eyes widened, and the others were also shocked.

"Is it too much?" Chen Xiansong thought for a while. He remembered that in the era of natural persons in the 21st century, no tax was collected, but according to historical records, in the older feudal era, the agricultural tax should be as high as [-]% or [-]%.

"No, it's too little." The expressions of the second uncle and the villagers seemed a little in disbelief.

"Twenty percent, that's it. I'm still in surplus now. When I run out of money, I'll collect more agricultural taxes." Chen Xiansong smiled. Now his number of people includes babies, Less than 500 people.There is not much land around the village that can be cultivated, and there is no hybrid rice now, and the grain output is very low. Even if [-]% of the agricultural tax is collected, not much grain can be collected. He can buy it with the funds he receives from the association every month. The entire village has already produced all the food, so why bother with this little food.

As for why he charged [-]% instead of not collecting it at all, the reason is very simple. He doesn't want to break the current rules. Even if the agricultural tax is less, he is still collecting it. Other nobles are at most making fun of Chen Xiansong. This is to set a precedent. Many small nobles do not know how to do business and live on meager agricultural taxes. If he sets a precedent, no matter whether it will affect the mentality of farmers in other territories, other nobles will regard him as a different kind, or betray him. Or, at that time he was the enemy of the entire aristocratic class.

It can be called kindness to collect less agricultural tax, but it is malicious if it is not collected at all. It is not a good thing for oneself or the villagers.

"Lord, you only charge [-]% of the agricultural tax, so the foreign tax cannot be exempted, otherwise it will be too unfair to you." The second uncle said slowly while leaning on a cane, and the villagers were completely silent. They had never seen such... ...a lord who is not greedy.

"I don't care about the little money from foreign taxes." Chen Xiansong scratched his head, hehehe, and said angrily: "Anyway, I'm your lord. You can run to the soul thinker who is in my treasure box by yourself with only a few gold coins, I really don’t like your little money, if there is nothing to do, it will be gone.”

The villagers had been with Chen Xiansong for a while, and they knew that he was kind-hearted and didn't want to exploit the villagers too much. They also knew that he was joking, so they burst out laughing, and the women and children dispersed to do their own things. Then they surrounded the second uncle. Now there are only more than 80 households in the village, and there will always be one or two more people in a few households. These are all money. The labor cost of Gaojie for a year does not need to pay foreign taxes. If one more person in the family can go to work, the future life will be more guaranteed, and a fool would not fight for it.

Seeing that the matter was over, Chen Xiansong left the small mound and returned to his home. He was going to take a rest.

On the other side, Chen Silan touched his son Alex's head and asked him: "What do you understand about your teacher's behavior today?"

Alex shook his head: "I don't know, I just think the teacher is really a good person."

"It's true that His Excellency Chen Xiansong is a good person, but you should see something deeper." After all, Aslan has some experience and knows a lot about the world: "The second uncle offended His Excellency Chen Xiansong before, but why did he Do you want to distribute such an important personnel arrangement to the second uncle?"

Alex shook his head.

"Second uncle is the village head of our village. If he doesn't cooperate with His Excellency Chen Xiansong, even if Chen Xiansong is a soul thinker, there is no good way. After all, he is very kind and will not hurt others casually, and it is impossible. Use intimidation to force us to submit." Aslan chuckled: "So Your Excellency Chen Xiansong gave a small part of the power to the second uncle, and the personnel allocation is also very important, everyone has to ask the second uncle , he will feel that he has face, and will definitely cooperate with His Excellency Chen Xiansong's work. Although it is obvious that the second uncle has obtained the right, in the eyes of others, this right is given to the second uncle by Chen Xiansong, that is to say, in other In human eyes, the second uncle is just one of Chen Xiansong's subordinates, you understand!"

Alex nodded half-understanding.

"Actually, when I was a mercenary when I was young, I heard that it was also used in the management of the mercenary regiment, so I understood it." Aslan sighed: "It's just that I don't understand. , Why does His Excellency Chen Xiansong want to lower the agricultural tax and cancel the foreign tax? This is of no benefit to him at all. Could it be that he is really born with a good heart? I don't understand."

This is the inferiority of human beings, who always try to figure out the minds of superiors, and often complicate simple things.In fact, Chen Xiansong really didn't think about so many things, he just simply felt that the second uncle was highly respected in the village and was familiar with the labor situation of every household in the village, so it should be very suitable for him to arrange the manpower.

Then Aslan took his son back home. As the head of a mercenary regiment, he naturally didn't lack those few copper coins and black bread, so he didn't go up to join in the fun.

After a night's rest, Chen Xiansong asked Aslan to gather all the servants and queens the next day.

The morning sun is not too hot, and there is a breeze blowing, which is very refreshing.Chen Xiansong stood in front of the castle, behind him were several big iron boxes.The mercenaries already knew what was going to happen at this time, and they were very excited.

"I said in Emperor Meteor City that as long as everyone returns to Huishi Village safely, everyone will get a bonus. For the dead brother, the family will get four hundred gold coins, for the seriously injured brother three hundred, for minor injuries two hundred, and for the rest One hundred. I will do what I say." Chen Xiansong turned around and kicked an iron box to the ground: "The money is here, and those whose names are called come up one by one to claim it. No one will be short."

The mercenaries shouted frantically: "Long live your lord!"

"Long live Your Excellency Chen Xiansong."

The mercenaries shared weal and woe with Chen Xiansong, and had seen his miracles in Emperor Meteor City,

Indicating that this matter should be handled by Balfe, Chen Xiansong returned to the castle.Spilling so many gold coins at once would definitely hurt other nobles, but Chen Xiansong would not.In his opinion, buying a life for four hundred gold coins is still too cheap.

Girl Thirteen was standing on the balcony. She looked down at the rude mercenaries who were obediently waiting in line to receive gold coins, their eyebrows slightly frowned...their Chen family had many dead soldiers, but those They were cultivated from childhood, and it took a very long time to consolidate their beliefs, but she felt that the following mercenaries seemed to be no different from dead soldiers. (To be continued..)