After returning home, Gao Shaoyi opened the system panel.
There are currently a total of 240,000 merit points.
As the news about being the Minister of Dongdi Kingdom spreads more and more, Gao Shaoyi can now get nearly 5,000 worship points every day, which is equivalent to 50,000 merit points every day. Now there are more than 13,000 worship points in total.
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On the surface, this number seems good. If you just maintain your own survival in the capital, it is more than enough. However, if you form a suppressing army, these merit points may not be enough.
A soldier needs to exchange for a 1871-type German rifle, a German military uniform, a pair of military boots, a kettle engineer shovel helmet and other items. A total of fifty merit points are needed.
According to the establishment of three security brigades and one infantry regiment of the Suppression Army, there must be about 10,000 people and 500,000 merit points.
Of course, these things are not a one-time need. After all, these ten thousand people cannot be gathered in one day. According to the worship point, Gao Shaoyi can still collect enough with the daily growth.
The three security brigades already exist and the court will not provide any funds, not even the salary arrears in the past. After all, the security brigades only listen to foreigners, so why should the court pay them salaries?
After Gao Shaoyi took over, he would only provide two silver coins per person per month, which was also a standard of the Daqian Empire.
Gao Shaoyi wanted elite soldiers and strong generals, so of course he couldn't just issue two silver coins.
If this is the case, how can we recruit the elites back? So Gao Shaoyi plans to increase his salary to five silver coins.
In addition to the money seized from Li Mingshan, Gao Shaoyi also blackmailed Otomo Liang for 250,000 silver coins, and he could also come up with 100,000 silver coins.
"Master, there is money in the security brigade, but it's just not easy to get hold of."
When the old housekeeper saw Gao Shaoyi having a headache about money, he suddenly thought of some specific situations in the security brigade.
"If the court doesn't give them money, where will they get the money?"
Gao Shaoyi said with some surprise, it's true that this kid didn't care about this before.
"In the thirty-second year of Yongde, the imperial court issued an imperial edict that all taxes around the embassy area were handed over to the security brigade. This is also the reason why the embassy guards of various countries control the security brigade. There are many chambers of commerce there. If you want to collect taxes
If so, it’s definitely not a decimal.”
After listening to the old housekeeper's words, Gao Shaoyi had some impressions in his mind.
The major imperialist countries opened many chambers of commerce in the Daqian Dynasty to plunder the wealth of the Daqian Dynasty.
Although the tax rate was as low as 5% according to the unequal treaty, they were still unwilling to pay the tax, so they bribed the courtiers and put the power of tax collection in the hands of the security brigade.
Even so, he could still pay tens of thousands of silver coins to the court every year.
"If they pay taxes seriously, how much can they collect in a year?"
Gao Shaoyi didn't know much about the situation in the embassy district.
"The most prosperous business district in our capital is over there. Even if we apply the tax rate of 5%, it will cost more than 100,000 silver coins a month."
The old housekeeper made a rough estimate. Of course, he didn't know much about the business situation in the embassy area. After all, his status was limited.
His grandma is naughty!
These imperialist powers have gone too far.
Not only are they plundering our wealth, but they don't even pay a 5% tax. If they can collect 100,000 silver coins a month, how rich will these 10,000 troops be?
"Is Wang Wu back?"
Gao Shaoyi now wants to take people there to collect taxes.
Five percent tax rate?
Bullshit!
Which treaty stipulates this? I don’t admit it.
"I heard that I just got off my horse in front of the house. I should change my clothes and come here."
Just as the old housekeeper finished speaking, Wang Wu had already paid homage at the door. This was also the most standard etiquette. He didn't respect Gao Shaoyi much at first, but now Gao Shaoyi is a bright light in Wang Wu's heart.
"How many people are you bringing back?"
Gao Shaoyi said very eagerly, these people are his team.
"There are more than 2,900 of them. I have placed them all in the military camp of the Suppression Army outside the city. Although they are a bit dilapidated, they can still be accommodated after being tidied up. However, the housing expenses are not enough."
Wang Wu said a little embarrassed.
"Take these 20,000 silver coins and buy whatever is lacking in the military camp outside the city. I will pay you the resettlement allowance. The weapons are all in the warehouse in the backyard. Send people to transport them all. How many days do you think they can take control of them?"
What Gao Shaoyi lacked now was people. Hearing that he could raise a team of 3,000 people at once, this guy immediately became happy.
"Then what's the difficulty? They are all old brothers from our suppressing army. It only takes half an hour at most, but if you want to restore your original marksmanship, it will take at least three to five days."
Boss Wang is very clear about the abilities of these old brothers.
"Then why are you still standing there? Hurry up and transport the things over there. Also, see what needs the brothers have and try to solve them for everyone."
Gao Shaoyi really didn't expect the old brother of the Suppression Army to be so powerful.
"Master, I have seen this new military uniform. It is similar to those of the Westerners. It is much better-looking than theirs. It looks really cool to wear it! But can the emperor approve it?"
Boss Wang has also seen German military uniforms, and they look really majestic when worn, especially the officer's big boots, which are very impressive.
"Send someone to send it. If anything happens, I will deal with it."
Gao Shaoyi slapped his chest and asked Boss Wang to go down to work quickly. I think the emperor would agree to this small matter.
With this army of three thousand men and our advanced weapons and equipment, Gao Shaoyi is basically invincible in this day and age.
Unless the major empires dispatch a large number of troops to encircle and suppress themselves, otherwise their strength in Shangjing City will be nothing at all and they will never be their opponents.
The old housekeeper next to him had a lot of questions in his mind. Wasn't the warehouse at the back still empty last night? Why was it filled with weapons and ammunition today? Everyone in the family is here, who is going to do the work?
But the old housekeeper didn't have the time to take care of this. The family of hundreds of people had so many things to do, so how could he have the time to think about this.
As soon as the army of three thousand men is formed, the first thing Gao Shaoyi has to do is to collect taxes.
Since the major imperialist countries adhere to the principle that whoever has a stronger fist has the final say, I have to let you try today to see who has a stronger fist.
Doing business without paying taxes? This has never been true throughout the ages.
You pay me this year’s tax, and you can’t pay a penny less from previous years’ taxes…??