Along the way, Xiang Zhen was chewing on what Gao Xiangsheng said.

Gao Xiangsheng gave him a strange feeling.

No matter which aspect, Gao Xiangsheng should be considered a royalist party, and should stand on the same front with Xue Ping and Han Qi and others. From now on, Gao Xiangsheng can go to Lingnan to discuss the emperor's marriage with his father, it can be seen that Gao Xiangsheng's status in the royalist party is not low, and he is deeply trusted by Xue Ping and Han Qi and others.

But along the way, Gao Xiangsheng gave him a vague feeling of another meaning.

Just like the fact that Texas could gather tens of thousands of soldiers in a very short time, Xiang Zhen felt that it was Gao Xiangsheng who deliberately told him.

Indeed, this incident shocked Xiang Zhen very much.

How many soldiers and horses does Li Ze have now? In the past, there were not many standing soldiers in the twelve guards of the Tang Dynasty. They only summoned the government soldiers when they were fighting. However, in Li Ze's hands, the system of the government soldiers was abolished and replaced by the standing soldiers. In addition to the gate guards, the other eleven guards were all filled with people, which were hundreds of thousands of troops.

If he is a person like Texas who can transform into a soldier at any time, then how great is Li Ze's war potential?

You know, such workshops are not only available in Texas, but in Texas, such workshops are more and more concentrated. In other words, under the rule of Li Ze, all such large workshops can be regarded as potential troops.

In fact, Xiang Zhen could quickly understand such things. There is not such a thing in Lingnan. For example, the Lingnan Navy often recruited sailors from the fleet of large merchants to directly enter the army. These people were sailors on the civilian ships, but when they arrived at the navy, they could become qualified sailors in a very short time.

There are a large number of reserve soldiers among the people, but they do not have to pay any military pay, which is similar to the past system of military service. The difference is that these people are more concentrated, easier to train and maintain combat effectiveness, and easier to organize. Moreover, with the degree of wealth of these people, they will inevitably have better military preparations.

Think about Lingnan's strength.

Now the Lingnan Jiedushi is rich and powerful. Faced with the current situation, he has been expanding his army and preparing for war year by year, but he has only 50,000 soldiers. Among them, there are only 30,000 fully equipped troops. The remaining ones are scattered in various places to serve as public security troops, with a place to support him, and the treatment is not good at all.

If you want to fight a big battle, all the staff can recruit soldiers from the palace, which can reach up to 100,000. This is a timely calculation by the staff of the General Manager's Office. Lingnan can now bear the limit. Moreover, it cannot be maintained for more than two years for such a large army, otherwise the financial resources will not be able to support it.

From this point of view, Xiang's strength is indeed incomparable to Li Ze.

Of course, it's just now.

If the negotiations go smoothly, Xiang's family will expand outward with the name of righteousness and openness. With this name, the surrounding companies will be better subdued.

I think it would be more reassuring to deal with the familiar Xiang family than a completely unfamiliar Li Ze. Fujian Observer, Hunan Observer, and Jiangxi Observer have always been close to their father. If they unite with these three families, then how powerful is that Li Ze?

Thinking of this, he was once again excited.

I got on the boat from Dezhou and went straight to Wuyi along the canal. The canal in Dezhou was originally less than Wuyi, but Li Ze spent several years connecting the two places, allowing the canal boats in Dezhou to go straight to Wuyi. After getting off the boat at the Moon Bay Wharf, he then transferred to the carriage and headed towards Wuyi City.

"Is this Wuyi?" Sitting on the carriage, walking along the flat road, looking at the wide streets, neatly arranged houses on both sides, and a rich atmosphere was revealed everywhere, Xiang Zhen asked.

"It's far away!" Gao Xiangsheng smiled and said, "It's not even an outer city here. It's still seventy or eighty miles away from Wuyi City. It's so prosperous here, but it's actually because of this pier."

"Why are the houses here so neat and uniform?" Xiang Zhen pointed curiously at the rows of small courtyards with the same style in the distance. "Does it be that you have regulations on what kind of houses you build here?"

Gao Xiangsheng glanced at him, "Oh, that's a low-rent house. I've built so many of them less than two years after I left Wuyi?"

"What is a low-rent housing?" Xiang Zhen became a curious baby.

"As the name suggests, it is a house with a very cheap rent." Gao Xiangsheng explained: "Wuyi land prices are expensive, and housing prices are even more expensive. Even if you rent a house, it is quite expensive. Du Yuhou, no matter where you are, there are poor people, and many people cannot afford to buy or rent a house. But a place is bound to be like these people. For example, our dock requires a large number of people who make money by working hard. You can't let these people sleep on the street at night, right? So we have this low-rent housing plan. These houses are all built by Wuyi Mansion. Anyone who works in Wuyi for more than three years can apply for such a low-rent housing. The house is not big, but it is enough for the whole family to live in."

"There are such good things?"

"This is advocated by Prime Minister Li. Now, wherever you can free up financial resources, there are such low-rent housing." Gao Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Of course, if the income exceeds a certain level, you will lose the qualification to rent such a house."

"It's hard to say. I'm obviously over this point, but I just said no. Could it be that the government can go and investigate one by one?" Xiang Zhen said with a smile.

Gao Xiangsheng nodded: "This is true. It is true that one by one. However, the tax department will check it from time to time. Once it is verified, the person who conceals the report will be miserable. You will be fined to lose all your money. Such a low-rent house costs only 2 stagnant a year, but in Wuyi, renting a small courtyard like this can be at least 2 stagnant per month. Once you conceal your report, the first punishment measure is to calculate the money from the time you rented in the past according to the ordinary market price. This is not a fine, not a joint loss caused by your deceiving the government. If you commit such a thing, it will be difficult for you to find something in Wuyi, and no one will invite you."

Hearing such a severe punishment, Xiang Zhen couldn't help but shake his head. If he counted it like this, it would be really unpaid.

"Li Xiang's skill in inviting people to buy people's hearts is really amazing!" He shook his head and sighed: "I think such a move will definitely make those poor people cry."

"Li Xiang's real way to clean up people's hearts is not on these. These are at best just some small means." Gao Xiangsheng said: "There are only a few people like this. Li Xiang's most powerful thing lies in the land policy. Do you know that Li Xianggui is the prince and how much land he has?"

"I heard that no matter who you are here, the land cannot exceed 5,000 acres?" Xiang Zhen said.

"Li Xiang has no acre." Gao Xiangsheng said: "Li Xiang has returned all the original land of Li's family to the court, and the court has allocated it to those who have no land."

"Li originally owned millions of acres of land in Zhenzhou, so he paid it for free?" Xiang Zhenyi was stunned. "He, aren't he afraid that someone would say that he was planning to be ill?"

"Of course it was not paid for free." Gao Xiangsheng smiled: "Sold to the court at a fair price. The reason is not what you said, afraid that someone would say that he was ill-intentioned, and Li Xiang didn't care what others said about him at all."

"Since that's the case, why do you still have to collect money?" Xiang Zhen said disdainfully.

"Li Xiang said that if he handed over it for free, what should the original land of the ministers and generals under his command be handed over it for free? He doesn't care, but others also have to support their families, so they sell it at a fair price." Gao Xiangsheng said: "With Li Xiang Zhuyu in front, the others will naturally handle it as they do. The matter has not been offended yet."

"Those people were forced to hand over the land, so they would not offend people?" Xiang Zhen didn't believe it.

"Because under the jurisdiction of Li Xiang, the output on the land is no longer the biggest profit. Business is even more money." Gao Xiangsheng laughed and said, "Li Xiangsheng, like the Moon Bay Wharf where we just got off the boat, was built by some big landlords in Zhenzhou. Everyone had a lot of money in their hands, and they could not be buried in the cellar at home to make mold. It is reasonable to use him to make money. So Li Xiang found a lot of wealthy businesses for everyone, such as building such a wharf, such as building a lot of ships, such as building various business names, such as opening various factories. Compared with these businesses, the output on the land is too slow to make money."

"But the land is the foundation." Xiang Zhen said.

"Land is of course the fundamental, and it is precisely because of this that we have such a policy here. How can a fundamental policy like land allow people to occupy it on a large scale? Now, the largest landlord in Wuyi only owns no more than 5,000 acres of land. As far as I know, there are very few people who own 5,000 acres of land now, because the progressive tax system here is really scary. Nearly 90% of the land is in the hands of most ordinary people, each household has more than 100 acres and a few dozen acres of acres, and they are all afraid. Do you know what this means? It means that the initiative is firmly in the hands of the court. In our place, there is only one target for selling land, that is, the court, and land is not allowed to be traded privately."
Chapter completed!