In the past six months, Yuan Shu can be said to have poached a lot of corners in the three states north of Yangzhou.

The total population of these three states has dropped by more than two million. In the eyes of others, these refugees and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans are like a burden, or a piece of cake that cannot be swallowed and is easily overstretched to death.

But in the eyes of the powerful Yuan Shu, it was a gluttonous feast. Originally, this piece of cake was cleverly swallowed by Cao Cao in history. Although he had some indigestion, it still established the foundation of Cao Cao's hegemony. As a result, it was picked up by Yuan Shu in advance.

Got peaches.

Tian Feng didn't know what Yuan Shu was thinking, so he continued: "In the past six months, we have collected more than 8 million guan in taxes, but the growth rate is very fast every month. This month, the tax revenue is 3 million guan. But!"

Hearing these two words, Yuan Shu suddenly had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, Tian Feng raised his head and glared at Yuan Shu: "Due to the various policies issued by the lord and the arrangements for the refugees, I, Yangzhou, have spent a total of more than 300 million yuan in the past six months! My Yangzhou treasury plus the lord's money from the Yuan family and Yuan Shu

Nearly half of the total of more than 700 million obtained from the family division has been consumed!"

Seeing Tian Feng's angry expression, Yuan Shu moved his butt back slightly, with a guilty expression on his face.

I am very satisfied with the result of half a year of crazy construction, but I did not expect to spend so much money, and I went too far.

In addition to more than 200 million spent in Yangzhou, buying people, grain, cattle and horses in various places, the remaining nearly 100 million were spent within Yangzhou.

Nowadays, the people in Yangzhou are extremely rich, and on average each person can have a title, so Yuan Shu has to raise the salaries of his soldiers and officials again. This is what Tian Feng is even more resentful about.

"Furthermore, in addition to the large amount of money consumed by my lord in purchasing supplies, it now costs about five million guan per month to maintain the army, officials and people's livelihood. 150,000 soldiers, an average of three guan per person per month, and then

Including the general's salary, one month's expenses, excluding food, are nearly 600,000 guan!"

This means that the Yangzhou government under Yuan Shu's management is still in the red in terms of tax revenue, but Yuan Shu estimates that it should be able to maintain a balance of revenue and expenditure in another half a year at most.

He couldn't blame Tian Feng for having a stinking face all day long. Yuan Shu spent money so lavishly, spending nearly 400 million yuan in half a year, which would scare everyone. Tian Feng was very worried that if things continued like this, Yuan Shu would die of poverty in half a year.

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Yuan Shu saw that Tian Feng remained silent after saying this, and kept looking at him resentfully, feeling even more guilty.

He coughed lightly: "Yuan Hao, let's talk about the harvest."

Tian Feng then retracted his gaze: "My lord has spent more than 200 million yuan outside, and the harvest is very obvious. In the past six months, he has purchased a total of about 70,000 cattle, 40,000 good horses, 50,000 bad horses, and 70 million grains.

Stone, some other materials, and about 20,000 craftsmen."

"Now I have about 60,000 craftsmen in Jiangdong, 14,000 officials, 120 million dan of grain, and 100,000 cattle. There are hundreds of large and small breeding farms, with more than 1 million cattle.

There are more than two million ducks and more than 200,000 pigs."

Having said this, Tian Feng couldn't help but feel a little shocked. If he hadn't checked it many times, it would be hard to imagine that Yangzhou is so rich now.

But Yuan Shu was relieved a little. After spending so much money, Tian Feng would probably kill him if he didn't get any results.

"In addition, nearly a thousand water conservancy projects and tens of thousands of projects benefiting the people have been built. The main transportation routes in the four northern counties have also been completely repaired, while only the main roads have been repaired in the two southern counties."

"The new laws and taxes have also been initially perfected, and the official review arrangements are also going smoothly. Hospitals, canteens, cloth shops and other facilities are also improving. The school is also on the right track because of the many books provided by the Lord."

Having said this, Tian Feng paused for a moment, took a deep breath and said the bulk of his summary.

"Finally, we now have a total of more than 9 million hectares of cultivated land in Yangzhou, and we have cultivated nearly 5 million hectares in the past six months. Among them, about 5 million hectares are in the hands of ordinary people, and 1 million hectares are in the hands of aristocratic families. The remaining 300 hectares

More than ten thousand hectares have been used by the lord to build large-scale farms, and the reserve soldiers and refugees from each county are used for farming."

A hint of excitement flashed in Tian Feng's eyes: "It can be said that now the people of Yangzhou don't have to worry about not having enough farmland."

A string of data came out of Tian Feng's mouth, and everyone in the audience was shocked. They all knew that Yangzhou was very rich now, but they didn't expect it to be so rich!

Yuan Shu was not surprised. He had already provided so much help. Considering the simplicity of the people in this era, such results did not surprise Yuan Shu.

"How is the family doing now?"

Yuan Shu asked another question that concerned him most.

"Due to the lord's thunderous attack before, these aristocratic families did not dare to act too rashly. However, they still took advantage of this period to grab a lot of benefits."

"Feng made a preliminary estimate. Although they lost tens of thousands of illegal households, they also successfully cultivated more than 300,000 acres of fertile land, and about 10% of the money my lord spent in Yangzhou went into the pockets of these aristocratic families.

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Yuan Shu had long known that these aristocratic families must have taken the opportunity to pick a lot of peaches, but such benefits were not harmful. After all, he had dealt a huge blow to them during this period. That was not what Yuan Shu cared about.

"Have anyone under their command begun to focus on business investment?"

Tian Feng nodded: "Under the Lord's various policies, the treatment for being a businessman in Yangzhou is really generous. Each of these aristocratic families are crazy to seize the market in Yangzhou, and 30% of the entire transactions in Yangzhou are made by these aristocratic families.

Secretly leading. In just six months, the wealth of these aristocratic families has increased by about 20%. Lord, should we put some restrictions on it?"

All the bustle in the world is for profit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. Yuan Shu deprived the family of many benefits, so naturally he had to give something as compensation. This business was one of the concessions Yuan Shu made.

"There is no need for restrictions, but we must improve the law and increase inspection intensity. As long as there is no collusion between government and businessmen and unfair competition. Especially the issue of collusion between government and businessmen, Yuan Hao must pay attention. People of the same race must be prohibited in areas managed by officials.

Do business here. Competition and suppression among them are allowed, but unfair competition must not occur."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Shu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"In addition, two more decrees will be issued next."

"First, from today on, all newly reclaimed land belongs to the government, and all land cannot be bought or sold unless sold to the government, and the government is not allowed to sell the land. However, if someone reclaims land, the government will give a certain amount of land.

Monetary reward, and free lease to settlers for five years.”

"That is to say, from now on, all newly reclaimed land in Yangzhou will permanently belong to the Yangzhou government, and others will only have the right to lease it. You can study the specific details of the lease and leave them to me for review."

"Second, the government allows and supports private companies to set up factories, farms, and breeding farms, and can provide certain loans and assistance according to the situation."
Chapter completed!