The supplies and money obtained on Dachen Island were transported to Gurong Village that night.

Four boxes of silver were placed in the yard where the two of them were staying.

After a rough estimate, at least 130,000 taels are converted to more than 65,000 taels.

Except for the materials that are not weapons, there are 4,000 stones of grain and 80,000 kilograms of cooked iron.

"One hundred personal guards will receive one or two liang of subsidies for going to sea, one or two liang of core subsidies for backbone, and one or two liang of duty (guard) subsidies for one or one liang of duty. One hundred townsmen will have subsidies for going to sea and backbone subsidies, but no subsidies for on-duty." Li Luo said.

Cui Xiuning wrote down on the paper: "The first small expenditure for military pay is 500 taels."

Li Luo continued: "The five hundred newly enlisted Jurchens will be subsidized by one or two taels for each person going to sea."

"The seven hundred field camps will receive one or two taels of combat subsidies for each person. If you have any gains, you will get one or two taels."

"The Jurchen immigrants who came with us will be subsidized by one tael of immigration and one stone of food for each one at a time."

Cui Xiuning breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Okay! Everyone said that my heart beats, so let's get the reward. I'll go, this big item requires more than 1,800 stones of grain and 4,500 taels of silver!"

Damn it!

Li Luo himself was also shocked. This item alone consumed nearly half of the food and more than one-tenth of the silver!

I originally thought that I could spend money willfully.

Who knows that it still has to be careful to make it!

Li Luo's voice lowered, "Grain is a one-dollar salary for each person. The salary of managers at all levels of the company is 15 taels per quarter, 12 taels of deputy managers, 6 taels of directors and 2 taels of staff.

The security commander is twenty taels per quarter, the regiment supervisor and the planner are eighteen taels, the regiment deputy is sixteen taels, the regiment commander is ten taels... the captain is six taels... the private is one tael."

According to the company's establishment of more than a dozen directors and more than 100 employees, and the security team has 1,000 soldiers, a total of 8,000 taels of salary per year is required.

If we want to implement the plan to set up three security groups within one year, the annual salary budget will soar to more than 20,000 taels!

Cui Xiuning nodded while recording: "Wage expenditure is reasonable, and there is no problem with grain distribution. Where is the iron?"

Li Luo said: "Immigrants brought farm tools, so they didn't have to build them again, but they saved a lot of iron. Eighty thousand kilograms of iron... Sixty thousand kilograms were used for armor, and twenty thousand kilograms were used for swords, guns and arrows."

Cui Xiuning said: "Didn't you always want to build a firearm? Don't you leave some iron?"

Li Luo smiled bitterly: "I dreamed of making firearms. But now I can't touch them. Without the support of 20,000 or 30,000 troops as a backing, firearms cannot be built. Now I should try to make cold weapons."

In fact, the Yuan army has begun to be equipped with firearms. However, the Yuan army is equipped with the first-generation firearms, which have poor performance and are far from enough to replace cold weapons.

What Li Luo and Cui Xiuning wanted to build modern firearms. Of course, this mainly depends on Cui Xiuning. Without her understanding of the criminal gang's homemade earth guns, earth explosives (modern firearms), Li Luo would not have expected to create modern firearms at all.

If modern firearms are available now, there will be too much risks and too many uncertain factors.

Once the Yuan army also mastered modern firearms, what would it be?

This thing can only be manufactured on a large scale when the power develops to a certain stage, strengthens internal control, and the entire system operates well.

Once taken out and used in large quantities, you must establish an advantage in the short term and not give the enemy enough time to counterfeit the turn.

Therefore, Li Luo could only close the door with Cui Xiuning and study the firearms by himself, and then make the samples first.

For the time being, this matter is only kept the most confidential in Lijiawu Fort. Find a few highly reliable craftsmen and set up a project team managed by two people, and do it slowly.

"Other expenditures, such as shipbuilding and water conservancy, are difficult to budget, so put them aside first. In short, the money will definitely be enough within the year. Let's talk about the goal plan now, and you will talk about it first." Li Luo changed the topic and did not want to talk about budget allocation anymore.

Cui Xiuning thought for a while and said, "According to the budget, our goal within one year should be planned in this way. The first is the number of immigrants.

There were more than 3,600 immigrants who came first, and we brought more than 1,800 this time, which combined with more than 5,500 people on the island. I mean, more than 10,000 immigrants will be added within a year, bringing the total number of immigrants to 20,000.

Only high-quality immigrants with more than 20,000 can provide three thousand soldiers in one year as planned.

The number of land reclamation in military fields is 50,000 mu this year.

Let’s talk about taxation. This year’s summer grain is no longer expected, so I can only count on autumn grain. The autumn grain will be sown in June, and now we have to rush to open up land and live in water conservancy. More than 5,000 people have planted more than two acres per capita.

That is, more than 10,000 acres of land can harvest autumn grain. The land here is very fertile, irrigation is convenient, and I estimate that a mu of land can harvest at least two or three stones. In this way, it will be nearly 30,000 stones, and it may be more.

How much tax should we pay for nearly 30,000 shi of summer grain? We need to maintain order, public security, resist the birth of a family, provide public services, and it is appropriate to pay 20% of the tax. That is the land tax of 5,600 shi of grain, equivalent to 5,600 kilograms of silver."

Cui Xiuning said this in one breath and waited for Li Luo to digest it.

After a while, Li Luo spoke.

"The number of immigrants is OK and the number of land reclamation is OK. They are both realistic and feasible plans. But according to the land tax of 20% we can only earn five or six thousand stones of grain today."

Cui Xiuning nodded: "The land tax revenue is only 6,000 stones of grain this year, and it still needs good weather to be possible. If you want more, unless you raise the tax rate, I don't agree."

Li Luo frowned, "I don't want to raise the tax rate either. It's a short-sighted behavior that only seeks immediate benefits. But this year I can only receive 6,000 stones of food, which means I'm losing a lot."

Cui Xiuning smiled: "If you want to raise soldiers, how can you not lose money? Do you think this is really a business? However, the tax on autumn grain and field is only the big deal, not all income."

Li Luo nodded: "There is also the autumn silkworm tax, how much is it?"

Cui Xiuning said: "I asked in the afternoon. For decades, Han people have been immigrating here. Although they were all killed by Shengfan, the mulberry forests left behind are still there. Over the years, they have accumulated more than a thousand acres. They are really the ones who planted trees and then enjoyed the shade.

More than one thousand acres of mulberry forests, even autumn silkworms can produce two thousand stone cocoons, right?”

Li Luo pondered and said, "Yes. It seems that you have learned about it from the villagers."

Cui Xiuning has always been conservative and rigorous about data, and the numbers she said will not be bad.

"Even if we have two thousand stone cocoons, we can still collect a tax of four hundred stone silkworms. Now, a cocoon of two taels of silver is eight hundred taels."

"Then it's the fishing tax. According to the current population, the maximum fishing tax of three or five hundred taels this year is charged, and there can be no more."

Li Luo thought to himself, "According to your data, our agricultural tax income this year is only more than 7,000 taels. Alas, if we immigrate a few months earlier and catch up with spring plowing, it would have doubled."

Cui Xiuning said: "Don't be too greedy, there are so many agricultural taxes on the island this year."

"Agricultural tax, you missed one. Because I want to collect taxes on the Shengfan." Li Luo smiled.

Cui Xiuning said: "This is not impossible. But the raw rice is mainly hunting and gathering, and only planting some dry rice as a supplement, without using metal currency. What can we collect? Fur and prey?"

Li Luo smiled and said, "Fur and prey are one, and the other is big trees. If we want to build ships, we need large materials suitable for shipbuilding."

Cui Xiuning shook her head: "You really have. It seems that only a child who is willing to pay taxes can survive."

"The policeman is smart." Li Luo said lightly, "A life who obeys taxes and abides by the rules can survive. Those who do not pay taxes and are disobedient will die."

Cui Xiuning raised her finger: "Even if there are only 10,000 yuan in life, you are willing to pay taxes. On average, each person will have one animal skin this year, which is 10,000 yuan, which is about 2,000 taels of silver.

Each person has five stones of wood, which is 50,000 stones, and can build four sea ships with a value of more than 2,000 taels of silver."
Chapter completed!