Ten days after the Governor's visit to Zhulong Territory, Zhang Tie took his wives, Tang De, and a group of people on a flying boat and set out from Zhulong County to personally inspect and accept a group of people from Ninghe County, Yanzhou.

More than 100 million acres of official land.

Olina's words that night deeply touched Zhang Tie to give his children a more promising future.

This sentence is the motivation for Zhang Tie's current actions, and it is also the motivation for the actions of mothers like Olina.

In the past few days, the women who took action have taken over the main office of the Zhulong Sect established by Tang De, and started to form a new organization, Tiexin Pavilion, with the main office as the core.

Zhang Tie's joke at the time, "Lady's Cabinet," suddenly came true.

In Iron Heart Pavilion, Aurora is responsible for the government affairs in the Candle Dragon Territory, Olena is responsible for the economic and commercial fields, Sabrina is responsible for intelligence, the six sisters of the Spencer family, Linda and Fiona and others

, they all found their place and what they can do in Tiexin Pavilion.

Among them, Beverly and Fiona are responsible for the most critical internal and external information exchange and confidentiality of the most important sect master in Iron Heart Pavilion. This work is of great importance, and they also control the entire Zhulong Territory.

All the secrets, and at the same time can directly contact Zhang Tie, only those who Zhang Tie absolutely trusts can be in charge.

The six sisters of the Spencer family are each responsible for accounting, auditing and other matters, while the two sisters Aimei and Aixue are responsible for property and inventory matters. Linda has a gentle personality and is very careful, and is responsible for the administrative operation of the entire Tiexin Pavilion.

Equivalent to the role of internal manager.

All major issues in Tiexin Pavilion are decided by a group of women. If there is a disagreement, the women will vote to decide. If the votes are tied, it will be decided by Zhang Tie.

In just a few days, Zhang Tie's women burst out with tremendous energy. Even Linda and others, who had always been relaxed, devoted themselves to the work of Tiexin Pavilion with enthusiasm.

Zhang Tie's women have become the leaders of Tiexin Pavilion, and the people around them are Olina, a group of confidants brought by Aurora from the ice and snow wasteland, and Sony, who has been by Linda and others' side all these years.

Ya and others also entered Tiexin Pavilion.

All of a sudden, Tiexin Pavilion was more than Zhang Tie's wife's cabinet. It had simply become a girl's country. There were no men in Tiexin Pavilion.

Today, before Zhang Tie called a group of people to come to Ninghe County, Zhang Tie's "Lady's Cabinet" finally issued a clear order and instruction to the entire Zhulong Territory for the first time. Starting next month, that is, July

Starting from the same day, the consumption tax on alcoholic beverages in various cities within the Zhulong Territory, as well as the consumption tax on liquor, beer and other alcoholic beverages brewed from grain, will increase from the current 30% to 180%, a full increase of six times, and

The consumption tax on fruit wine remains unchanged.

This order is equivalent to controlling the scale of alcohol consumption in Zhulong Territory.

When Taixia was experiencing a food shortage, making wine meant competing with others for food. Increasing the consumption tax on alcohol could curb alcohol consumption and use more food in key places. A pound of wine could not save a life, but in many cases

, a few kilograms of grain can save a life.

It was Olina who proposed this suggestion. After Olina explained her reasons, this suggestion was unanimously supported by Mrs. Zhang Tie in Tiexin Pavilion, and then became a decree issued by the main office of the suzerain.

Passing through the entire Zhulong Territory.

The order was issued before Zhang Tie's wives boarded the flying boat. After boarding the flying boat, Zhang Tie chatted with a group of women about the first order issued by Tie Xintang.

This order is not a random one, raising taxes as much as you want, but a strict calculation after collecting enough data, and there are many considerations.

The current population of Zhulongling is close to 20 million people. After the consumption tax on food and beverages is increased five-fold, the annual wine brewing and production scale in Zhulongling will drop by 80%, from the current 170,000 tons per year.

The production of wine has been reduced to about 30,000 tons per year. As a result, the food saved is almost 400,000 tons per year. At the same time, due to the increase in consumption tax, Zhulongling's annual wine consumption tax will increase by 20%.

This is another income of millions of gold coins.

At the same time, the consumption tax on grain drinks has been increased but the consumption tax on fruit drinks has not been raised. This is to guide the drunkards in the Zhulong Territory to drink fruit wine when they want to satisfy their cravings. As a result, the demand for fruit wine will expand.

If this is passed on to the supply side, it will cause a tight supply of various fruits that can be used to brew fruit wine in the Zhulong Territory. In order to alleviate the tight supply of fruits, more people in the Zhulong Territory will find ways to grow more fruits.

With the current high price of food, if the fruit farmers in Zhulong Territory want to grow fruit, they will not be able to occupy the grain fields where food is grown. Instead, they will find ways to open up wasteland in the mountainous areas where food cannot be grown and expand the area of ​​orchards.

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The supply of fruit wine increases, and the tax revenue brought by fruit wine also increases, which can increase the annual financial income of Zhulongling.

The expansion of orchards will increase the intensity of land reclamation in Zhulong Territory and the value of land in the wilderness, driving local economic development.

The diversification and increase in quantity of fruit supply also indirectly laid a solid material foundation for the Zhang family to produce full-effect pharmaceuticals on a large scale in the Zhulong Territory in the future.

The 400,000 tons of grain saved each year through this decree can be purchased at market prices with the increased alcohol tax and used as grain reserves in Zhulongling. The more grain reserves there are in Zhulongling, the greater the food supply in Zhulongling.

The more secure and secure the food supply is, the more people from various states can be attracted to settle in Zhulong Territory, gradually expanding the population size of Zhulong Territory, making Zhulong Territory more prosperous and more confident in facing crises.

After listening to what all the women said, Zhang Tie had nothing to say except lamenting how he could have such a bunch of women stay by his side to help him.

Zhang Tie was impressed by Tie Xintang's small test.

"With the ladies here, I won't have to worry about the affairs of the Zhulong Territory in the future. In the past, I always heard about matriarchal clans and matriarchal societies. Today, as soon as you ladies take action, I feel that it is actually not bad for men to live in matriarchal societies!

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Zhang Tie's words made all the women laugh.

"I agree with this!" Tang De said seriously.

"It's thanks to Director Tang that he has smoothed out many aspects of Zhulong Territory these days. Otherwise, we would not have been able to share our husband's worries so quickly when we had just arrived in Zhulong County," Aimei said with a smile.

, "Sister Olena's vision is also admired by all the sisters!"

"It was only that day that I suddenly heard Fiona accidentally say that men drink and cause trouble, and I suddenly thought that I could do something with the alcohol tax. I first discussed with Aurora to separate the alcohol into grain wine and fruit wine.

The suggestion was made by Aurora!" Olena didn't dare to take credit.

Aurora also shook her head, "I also heard Beverly mention that Golden Crow City is convenient for growing fruits, and brewing a full potion requires a lot of fruits. Drinking too much of the full potion at one time will have the same effect as drunkenness, so I suggested Olina separate the drinks.

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Beverly was also shaking her head, "Mattia's sisters are still good at actuarial planning..."

"That requires Sister Linda to prepare all the information. That is the most troublesome job!" Mattia also quickly declined.

Seeing that even Linda was trying to be modest, Zhang Tiecai smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, ladies, don't be modest. This time, everyone has contributed. You ladies are really good wives for your husband, and Manager Tang De has also worked hard."

I hope that everyone can work together in the future to do things well in the Zhulong Territory..."

"It's not just a Zhulong leader. This time, the Zhulong leader has extended its power to Ninghe County. It's just that the governor is too... too much. This is a trap... cough... cough

..." Tang De coughed twice. Even at this time, he did not dare to say bad things about Taixia Governor. "Last year, Ninghe County had good weather and a bumper grain harvest. Last year, the grain output of the official fields in Ninghe County was more than

In the past, the extra 10% was rented according to 50% of last year's land rent. However, in normal years, the output of those official fields would only reach such a high level every seven or eight years. The output in normal years, even if there is no natural disaster or insect infestation,

It is only 90% of last year's output. The 50% land rent demanded by the Superintendent is equivalent to 55% of normal years. In this way, even if the official fields in Ninghe County can return to the previous average grain output, the land rent on those fields will not be the same.

In the end, only 45% of the food will fall into our hands in a year!"

"Only 45%?" Zhang Tie rubbed his nose.

"Only 45%!" Tang De nodded affirmatively and sighed, "This 45% is our total income from those official fields, including the cost of farming. Those costs include hiring people.

With large expenditures, farm laborers, farm heads, stewards, etc. in government fields not only have to take care of food and housing, but also pay at least a sum of money and grain to people of different levels every year, so that they have hope and profits. In addition, those who farm

We are responsible for grain seeds, farm tools, fertilizers, grain harvesting, and rough processing. The expenditure on this area can account for about 40% of the grain production income of a land. Even if grain prices are high now, the proportion of farmers’ money spent on grain

A little less, but farm laborers always have to eat. Being able to reduce these costs to 25% depends on your ability. In this way, the annual fixed expenditure of those official fields is more than 80% of their farmland. If there is a slight disturbance,

, sometimes God is not good and it rains a little while your grain is ripe, or there are some pests and diseases, then it is a 100% loss-making business!"

"Didn't anyone come to rent the official land in Ninghe County before?"

"I have inquired around in the past few days, and it is not that there were no dignitaries in Xuanyuan Hill who wanted to acquire official land in Ninghe County, but the land rent for everyone could only be gritted to 40%, no matter how high it was.

, then there is basically not much profit, and like this year, there is no food harvest in various places, and everyone plants the food without knowing whether it will grow in the future. The soil fertility of any land where demonized seeds are planted will be affected. Even if the seeds are okay,

The output will also be affected. People everywhere are panicked, and no one dares to rent the official land in Ninghe County at such a high price. The governor is famous in Taixia official circles for his black face and black heart. Almost no one

If you dare to offend me, I really have to agree to the governor to rent more than 100 million acres of official land in Ninghe County at this time at 50% of the land rent. If the official land has been harvested for several consecutive years, I am afraid that most wealthy families will want this official land.

It’s so dragging me down that I’m going bankrupt…”

Zhang Tie shook his head. He knew the intention of the governor. The governor was trying to take advantage of a big family. He also wanted to see what he could do under the name Qianji Zhenren. How could these 120 million acres of government land be used for several consecutive years?

There is no harvest every year, and the price of grain in Taixia is so high now. No matter which wealthy family invests in the output of 60 million acres of fertile land every year, they will definitely vomit blood.

Zhang Tie was not anxious about Tang De's words. He had a plan in mind. Crisis is only a crisis for those without strength, but for those with strength, all crises are turning points and opportunities for further progress.

Zhang Tie was not in a hurry, but his woman was a little anxious. The women of the Spencer family looked at each other, and just calculated silently in their hearts, they felt that this was a big hole. Diana looked at Zhang Tie and said, "

Has the governor signed a contract with you? If not, you can talk to him again!"

Zhang Tie smiled bitterly, "I know what you mean, but in Taixia, everything does not count until you sign a contract!"

"Ah, how could this happen?"

"Arxue, please explain to Diana that some of Taixia's customs are different from those of the Holy Kingdom of Iceland, especially those of Ewendalla!"

"Okay!" Arche smiled and explained to the woman from the Spencer family.

Both the Governor and Zhang Tie are people who stick to their word. Since the Governor has "leased" all the official land in Ninghe County to Zhang Tie, and the lease is for 100 years, then even if he does not establish anything

Contract, this agreement comes into effect from the moment the Governor leaves the Candle Dragon Territory.

In Taixia, the so-called contracts are used by people who do small business. People with real status discuss and decide things, especially business matters. If others say it, you don't feel at ease, and you have to get a contract.

In the eyes of many people, signing a signature for someone else is an insult to oneself, and the business will never be done. Generally, shopkeepers with some status in large business groups will not sign any contracts, let alone

People of the same level as Du Zai and Zhang Tie.

From full-effect potions to candle oil, these businesses can easily generate tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of gold coins in revenue every year, but Zhang Tie has never signed any contract with anyone, and it is settled. Not only Zhang Tie,

Even his brother Zhang Yang is in charge of the Golden Crow Business Group, and he rarely signs any contracts now. When he reaches his brother's level, if he really talks about business, if the deal is good, it will be settled by high-fiving each other, and it will not change even if the earth shakes.
To be continued...