In other words, the crocodile tribe took a huge risk by taking a stand in advance.
But now, the decisive battle has been decided, and even the Spanish governor and bishop have been executed in public trials.
The Yingrot tribe in the mountains now surrenders to the Liberation Army without any risk.
The risks are different, and the benefits are naturally different!
Relatively speaking, the 30% less tax collected is the special preferential treatment given to the crocodile tribe by the military government.
Of course, for other tribes, this additional 30% tax is only temporary, after they are all naturalized.
Whether it is taxation, justice, or education, everything must be treated equally.
It is better for these tribes to assimilate as soon as possible. Zhu Hongyu is not prepared to leave disasters to future generations.
Zhu Hongyu is very clear that whether it is preferential treatment or targeting, it is foreshadowing the split.
If you really treat people as one family, don't treat them differently!
Regarding the resettlement of the naturalized indigenous people, Zhu Hongyu was like a rabbit, living in mixed settlements in large and small settlements.
There were probably thousands of people who chose to go down the mountain. Adding in the population of the crocodile tribe, the military government now has a population of more than 90,000, nearly 100,000.
This population is no longer small!
Of course, what is more important is that as the Liberation Army unfurled the Ming Dynasty's twelve-pointed sun and moon flag, the Han population continued to gather from all over Nanyang to Luzon.
Another part is the labor force in the labor camps currently controlled by the Liberation Army.
There are tens of thousands of Spanish, mixed-race whites, and indigenous people combined.
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Wei Wu is seventeen this year. He is already a grown man, but he is as thin as a ponytail.
His parents are good at giving birth to children. Since they got married, they have been giving birth to children at an average rate of one every two years.
Counting those who died in infancy, they gave birth to seven or eight children!
Wei Wu was the third eldest son in the family, but he was neither above nor below him, and his parents did not devote the most attention to him like the eldest son.
Not as good as the youngest, who is the most loved and worried by his parents!
Although Luzon was rich in products, because their family had too many children, Wei Wu had never had enough meals since he was a child.
A few days ago, the Liberation Army's recruitment propaganda team came to their village to promote the campaign. Wei Wu didn't hear any other preferential treatment and benefits.
He only remembered the fifty acres of farmland and the conditions of having enough food and food in the military camp!
In an instant, Wei Wu's heart was moved, and he signed up to join the Liberation Army without even having time to discuss it with his parents.
By the time his parents heard the news, Wei Wu had already put his fingerprints on the application form, leaving no room for regret.
On this day, before dawn, Wei Wu's mother got up and went to the kitchen to cook.
Wei Wu's father also got up from the bed and sat on the threshold of his house, smoking a dry cigarette.
A dark and old face, full of sorrow!
As the saying goes, a good man should not be a soldier, and a good man should not twist nails!
Although the conditions for recruitment given by the Liberation Army are excellent, who would be willing to let his son fight for his life on the battlefield?
Wei Wu's father is in a very complicated mood now. On the one hand, he is worried about his son, who has joined the army and will risk his life on the battlefield in the future.
On the one hand, I am excited about the fifty acres of land I got!
That’s a whole fifty acres of land!
If he was asked to give back the fifty acres of land, Wei Wu's father would be reluctant to part with it.
Their family has never had so many fields!
After blowing his pipe and cooking pot, Wei Wu's father sighed and looked away. Now that the die is done, what can he, a common man, do to change?
At dawn, the rooster crowed. Wei Wu had a good sleep. He opened the door and walked out. He saw his father sitting on the threshold and asked.
"Dad, why did you get up so early?"
Wei Wu's father sighed, and instead of answering Wei Wu's question, he spoke.
"Your mother has made breakfast for you. There is your favorite stewed old hen. Eat well before leaving today!"
Not long after, the whole family got up one after another.
Wei Wu's father set up a table in the yard and served a large bowl of rice, cooked corn cobs, stir-fried cabbage, and a stewed chicken on the table.
This is their best food!
There are only three chickens in the house. In the past, they were reluctant to eat the eggs they laid, but today they stewed a whole chicken for Wei Wu.
At the dinner table, the youngest son, who was always the most beloved, stretched out his little hand to the drumstick of the stewed chicken, but his father Wei Wu slapped his hand with a kuaizi with a serious look on his face.
"Don't move, this chicken is stewed for your third brother!"
Wei Wu smiled and said it was okay.
"Let's all eat together, I can't eat alone!"
Wei Wu's mother wiped her tears and shook her head.
"No one else is allowed to eat it, this chicken is stewed for you!"
"San'er, you need to eat well. If you go to the military camp in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat!"
Wei Wu's mother didn't believe what the Liberation Army said when recruiting soldiers, that they should eat enough and eat meat.
Who can feed Da Tou Bing so well?
It would be nice not to starve to death!
Wei Wu grinned and ate the food made by his mother.
Wei Wu's father was smoking a dry cigarette and explained.
"San'er, you have to obey me when you go to the military camp!"
"You can do whatever the officials tell you to do, but you can't do things that are harmful to the common people."
"Just give in to your comrades and don't fight with others. Our family is poor and we cannot afford to offend those who are rich and powerful."
"Try to make as many friends as possible. More friends means more paths!"
"You must obey discipline, train hard, don't be a deserter on the battlefield, and don't embarrass our old Wei family!"
"The Governor gave our family fifty acres of land, so your life is considered to be sold to the Governor!"
"If you become a deserter, I will break your legs with my own hands!"
Wei Wu's father still respected and loved the military government and the governor-general Zhu Hongyu.
It’s not because of the great banner of Ming Dynasty!
Wei Wu's father was an old farmer, and his attitude was indifferent to whose family the Wangfa on his head belonged to.
The reason why the rule of the military government is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is because compared with the rule of the Red-haired Governor-General's Palace, the rule of the Liberation Army has actually brought benefits to the people under its rule.
The military government gave tax exemptions and allocated fields to the people under its rule. Although it took several years of paying for the crops, the fields could become their own.
But that's enough!
To win the favor of rice is to win the hatred of rice.
When Zhu Hongyu governs the people, he will never simply give out favors.
Dividing fields directly will definitely not work!
If the fields were divided among individuals, then the fields would be worthless. How could Zhu Hongyu rely on military merit to recruit troops?
And because Zhu Hongyu promised not to levy taxes for three years and to rest and recuperate for five and a half years, the military government's finances may have problems.
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu came up with this method of renting instead of buying!
He asked the people under his rule to pay him rent, those who farmed the land to pay him grain, and those who opened shops and did business to pay him money.
After paying enough rent for a few years, the land and house will be yours.
In this way, it can greatly alleviate the financial pressure on the military government!
It did not violate Zhu Hongyu's promise not to collect taxes for three years and to pay half taxes for five years.
After all, the military government collects rent, not taxes?
Of course, if someone doesn’t want to pay rent, that’s okay too!
Then don’t think about the military government dividing houses and land!
Farmers should open up wasteland on their own. There is so much unowned land in Luzon Island. You can open it up as you like, and the military government will never interfere.
As long as it can be cultivated, the field is yours!
Those who do business can build their own houses or set up street stalls.
Of course, there is a stall management fee for setting up a street stall. If you want to build a house, you have to buy land to build it, right?