Cai Dao of the security force thought Levin's opinion was very good, and Feili's supplement was also very effective. So, let¡¯s do it this way. In terms of tax rates, Cai Dao is very clear that the existing tax rate policies in various countries are relatively reasonable. However, he still unifies the commercial taxes that are still somewhat complicated. There will no longer be so-called transaction taxes, etc., and then roughly get the A slightly lower tax rate would be much more convenient.
In order to stimulate agriculture, Cai Dao was very enthusiastic about reducing agricultural taxes very low. In terms of commercial taxes, the main sources are major merchants and the additional personal income tax. In fact, after all calculations, the tax rate is still slightly lower than that of other countries.
However, the affairs of a city are too complicated. The only good thing is that Cai Dao feels that he does not need to take urban planning and other things into his own hands now. Whoever becomes the emperor in the future, let him worry about it His current task is to conquer the country.
¡°With Hyde taking the lead and the cooperation of the residents, the civil service system was quickly put into operation. Therefore, Cai Dao gave instructions on these things, and soon there were dedicated people to take them away and implement them. On this day, Cai Dao met someone.
Kevin #Mueller worked hard for a few days and finally got everything in place before he came to visit. He prepared a gift, a gift that the Gran army would never refuse. He knew that Dao Gran would definitely meet him. Now, he succeeded and had a face-to-face interview with Cai Dao. Cai Dao's first question was: "Mr. Muller, I really want to know why you brought us a huge batch of food and grass? How do you know we are short of food and grass?"
Kevin did not answer immediately, but observed the room. The layout of the room was very simple. A desk, a chair, and a bunch of copywriting, a simple but powerful environment, this was his first impression. Confirming his idea, he smiled with satisfaction: "Master Gran, I know, and I will always know. The Gran army came all the way from Brada Province, and it is impossible to bring a large amount of food and grass, and I know that in the city There won't be a large amount of grain and grass, and I know the recent grain and grass transactions through my colleagues. So, I know! I hope you will like this gift."
Cai Dao looked at Kevin intently, and Kevin looked at him without mercy for a moment. Cai Dao suddenly smiled: "Mr. Mueller, you have keen eyesight and touch. It's surprising that you haven't become a famous rich man. So. , Mr. Mueller, what do you want?¡±
"This is a selfless gift, and I don't want to exchange it for anything. However, I really want to know the details of the log ambush battle, and I also want to see the training of the Gran Army! I wonder if you can satisfy me! "Kevin's request surprised Cai Dao, but he still agreed.
It just so happened that he also wanted to go over to observe the training situation, so they went there together. The time they went there was coincidental, and they happened to see Reinhard and Fili leading their men to be trained by Eric with grim faces. Eric stood in the middle of the training ground, accompanied by several of his men, and yelled at Fili. : "What are you doing? You are not allowed to show your swordsmanship on the battlefield. The only choice you have is to kill others before they kill you. So, forget the swordsmanship taught by the teacher. Those who cannot do it in war It works. You just need to know how to protect yourself and how to kill your enemies!"
Feili's handsome face turned red after being scolded. Although he was Eric's senior brother, Cai Dao gave Eric the power on the training ground. If he didn't want to be taught a lesson by Cai Dao, he had to endure it and practice his skills in a strict manner. Swordsmanship!
Kevin¡¯s eyes lit up, he saw a different army, a different army from the previous York Resistance Army. Although this army is still very immature, it has initially acquired the temperament of an army. He knew that Feili was Cai Dao's apprentice - Cai Dao's most trusted person, and he was actually taught to be obedient. He gradually fell in love with this army.
Cai Dao stared at Eric. He felt more and more that Eric was not simple. The temperament he showed when he scolded others in the training ground was completely unlike an ordinary mid-level officer. Eric is obviously very resourceful and warns the soldiers not to try to show off their sword skills on the battlefield. Simple and direct moves can kill others.
This was not enough. After completing the most basic knife skills training for killing people, everyone began to feel downcast. Because the next part was going to be a depressing training for them, Eric called everyone together unceremoniously: "Now is the long-distance weight-bearing training, everyone pay attention, no grudges are allowed. Just imagine, if one day you need to travel long-distance When you rush to a certain place, if you use your fighting spirit on the way, will you still be able to fight when you get to your destination?"
"Why do we need to train this? We are cavalry, not infantry!" A guy couldn't help but complain.
"Because this is what Mr. Gran means, so we must implement it. Mr. Gran said that if you shed more sweat during training, you will shed less blood on the battlefield! So, for your sex?, run. Eric looked sternly and pointed at the guy who interrupted: "Today you run ten kilometers more than them!" "
"Why do we need to run with weights?" Kevin couldn't help but look at Cai Dao. He seemed to have never heard of such training in any country. Cai Dao shrugged and gave a completely unexpected answer: "It's not a bad thing to run away!"
On the way out of the military camp, Kevin was silent for a long time. Finally, after arriving at Cai Dao's office, he knelt down to Cai Dao: "Master Gran, I hope to become a member of the Gran Army. I hope you can Promise me! For this, I am willing to pay all my wealth, although it is not much anymore."
Cai Dao was greatly surprised. He pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement. Kevin's face was filled with joy. Yes, he didn't have much property left. If he wanted revenge, he couldn't count on the so-called York rebels. The Glen Army was very suitable. At least, he saw a very strict army, and it was also very powerful.
Cai Dao inexplicably allowed Kevin to join. After thinking for a long time, Cai Dao still couldn't think of a suitable position. Logically speaking, as a businessman, Kevin is theoretically more suitable for finance. But now that the finances of the Gran Army have been controlled by Feili, Cai Dao is not worried about leaving it to a person who suddenly joins.
After slowly understanding Kevin¡¯s story, Cai Dao nodded thoughtfully, leaving Kevin by his side to help with some paperwork for the time being. Kevin's work ability and efficiency are amazing. He quickly handled some number-related things for Cai Dao, such as tax rates.
However, what pleased Cai Dao the most was that Kevin, through his understanding of the market and his calculation power, quickly calculated roughly how many troops the Gran Army could support now.
The occupation of Black Tiger City did not bring much benefit to the Gran Army. The Ross Empire had already taken away all the gold coins it could. A few days ago, a total of tens of thousands of gold coins were spent on purchasing power crystals, food and grass. Feili was so weak from training every day that he had no energy to take care of finances, so his finances are now a bit messy.
Kevin pointed out very rudely that no matter how much money he purchased before, he had wasted too much money on accumulating crystals and grain, and he should never let the other party do the purchasing again. Otherwise, the Gran Army would soon go bankrupt. Fortunately, Feilin didn't know this, otherwise she would have drawn her sword and slashed.
Kevin¡¯s joining contributed about 110,000 gold coins in cash and supplies to the Gran Army, including several houses in various places, as well as three months of food and grass for the Gran Army. Kevin has already sent people to cash out the house. Calculated this way, the Gran Army still has 810,000 gold coins before selling the house.
After understanding what Cai Dao meant, Kevin developed a new financial table for the Glen Army and established a salary system - this is a welcome change, there was no such thing before. Because of Cai Dao's wishes, Kevin set up a slightly higher salary system. Woda's average normal income is three gold coins per year. Kevin plans to make the income in the area occupied by the Gran Army reach four gold coins - anyway, personal tax, personal income The higher it is, the higher the state taxes.
Originally, Cai Dao planned to increase the salary of the Glen Army soldiers to twenty gold coins per year, but Kevin gave up his idea. That is too high and will not be conducive to raising an army in the future. Therefore, the salary established for ordinary soldiers was six gold coins per year. However, even so, Cai Dao was shocked when Kevin made a list of how far the Gran Army could expand its current army.
If you just build infantry from scratch, then each regular infantry, including equipment, will cost 24 gold coins in the first year. If you just have an infantry team and just support the army, you will only need twelve to fourteen gold coins every year. If it is an archer, the annual consumption will be 50% higher. If it is cavalry, it will cost six to seventy gold coins each to build an army. All this will be determined by market conditions, which may be higher but may not be known.
??Obviously, what the Gran Army needs now is to expand its army, but what can 800,000 gold coins do? If the Gran Army does not expand its occupation area in the next year, then excluding the salaries of the security department and civilian officials, it will only be able to establish an infantry force of 30,000, or 20,000 archers, or 10,000 cavalry.
Poor is just one word! How much Cai Dao hopes that he can loot the Woda treasury. The annual tax revenue of 30 million gold coins means that he can build nearly one million infantry. However, it seems that this idea may not be possible Cai Dao pondered the operability of this transaction.
The harsh reality has not hit Cai Dao. In fact, even if he has money now, it is impossible to expand to tens of thousands of people at once. People are one factor, and whether ordnance can be purchased is another factor. Furthermore, the Gran Army itself has not yet been trained well. If we expand the army further, we are seeking death.
However, Kevin's work ability has been confirmed. Cai Dao feels that this guy's ability is completely out of proportion to his assets. This guy should actually be the finance minister of a certain country. If you can get him, you can take himLi was freed, at least after trusting Kevin.
In order to save the finances of the Gran Army, Kevin suggested that Cai Dao set the next expansion target in Black Iron City. Black Iron City is the most densely populated city in Black Iron Province. A city with more than 100,000 people will bring a lot of income to the Gran Army. Cai Dao shook his head noncommittally. Kevin knew very well that there was no way he could tell him the battle plan. In fact, Cai Dao hasn't thought too much yet, Black Tiger City is enough for him to keep busy.
Cai Dao felt a little troubled when he thought of Wu Jian in the Gran Army. There is no doubt that there must be Wu Jian in the Gran Army, and both he and Feilin firmly believe that there must be Wu Jian in the Holy See. Thinking that Wu Jian was constantly passing on information about the Gran Army, he became angry, but now there seemed to be no way to dig out Wu Jian. Even if it is dug out now, there is no way to avoid it in the future.
Cai Dao and Qing Niu, who had stayed up all night, were studying the articles submitted by the soldiers of the Gran Army who participated in the ambush. Most of them had nothing new, and some were too whimsical. However, the articles written by Levin and the others are quite good, and Levin's calmness is also reflected in the article. The first is the response plan from the perspective of the fire master. His battle plan is simple: "If I were the leader of the Fire Division, I would never underestimate the enemy. Although this battle will be defeated, we can retreat in time to preserve half of our strength."
At this point, Reinhardt and Fili have the same choice, and the Fire Master will definitely lose. But Reinhard pointed out that if the teacher and An Luo were to sit back and watch in the second half of the battle, they could divide their forces and use part of the force to resist desperately while the other part retreats.
As for Feili, his battle plan was so outrageous that Cai Dao was stunned. His battle plan was still to retreat, but first he had to protect the commandos and cavalry, and then - this was the key, and then use his speed advantage to attack Black Tiger City in a roundabout way. After seeing this article, Cai Dao felt that Feili was indeed like his favorite swordsmanship style, which was weird and tricky. However, Fili also admitted later in the article that as long as the Gran Army returned to this tactic, the sneak attack might cause some losses to the Gran Army, but the Fire Division could not escape the end of the entire army being annihilated.
In fact, there are indeed few suitable candidates among this group of mercenaries that Cai Dao likes. Tony's tactics surprised Cai Dao. This guy thinks it's normal for the Fire Master to lose, but it's definitely not the case to lose so miserably. According to this kid's tactics, at least the Gran Army could lose more than a hundred people.
The two simplest articles are definitely Eric and Frank. Eric expressed his meaning in one sentence: I am not good at field combat. Frank's is simpler: with the teacher and Miss An Luo, the Fire Master will be defeated. One sentence hits the core of the success of the log ambush.
In addition, other articles are quite satisfactory, there are no surprising places. There are also a few articles that are somewhat interesting. One of them focuses on the fact that if the fire master is not so brave, he can retreat some distance and then use bows and arrows to achieve long-range attacks. The author's name is Karl #Barak. Cai Dao remembers this apprentice who had beautiful archery skills.
However, the only thing that was different was one of the articles. When Cai Dao read the article, he was stunned. He turned it over and looked at the name - Lisbon-