Emperor Martial System

Chapter 437 South Sea City

After returning to the mansion, Zhuge Shensuan began to prepare. He will go to the East China Sea to take office in a short time.

After receiving the order to go to Donghai Island to become the city lord, Zhuge Shensuan naturally prepared to go to Donghai Island non-stop.

For this matter, Zhuge Shensuan had been planning for more than three years.

If you want to go to the East China Sea, you must first go out of Zhongzhou, then pass through Yuzhou, and finally pass through Dongzhou, and go directly to the East China Sea by boat.

After three days of preparation, Zhuge Shensuan was ready, and Zhuge Shensuan took more than 20 subordinates directly to the East China Sea.

Nine days later, Zhuge Shensuan finally came to the east of the East China Sea. After reaching the east of the East China Sea, Zhuge Shensuan boarded a warship in the East China Sea, and then went straight to the East China Sea Island.

Another three days passed, and Zhuge Shensuan's warship finally arrived at Donghai Island. Zhuge Shensuan landed at the pier of Donghai Island. After walking for about half an hour, a bustling city appeared in front of Zhuge Shensuan. This is where Donghai City is located. place.

Compared to a small place like Nanshan County City, Donghai City is naturally larger than Nanshan County City, but Donghai City has some shortcomings compared to Luoyang, the capital of gods. After all, Donghai City is just an overseas island city.

There are 118 islands in the East China Sea, 10 king islands, 36 large islands, and 72 small islands.

The 10 king islands are naturally ruled by powerful people from the King Realm, the 36 large islands are naturally ruled by strong people from the Tiangang Realm, and the 72 small islands are generally ruled by people from the Real Martial Realm.

Donghai Island is one of the 36 large islands, and it is also the only island occupied by the Ming Dynasty!

The Ming Dynasty actually wanted to unify all the islands in the East China Sea, but because the navy of the Ming Dynasty was not good enough, it was impossible to fight with the local forces on the islands in the East China Sea. In addition, the Ming Dynasty was also in chaos, so it did not send troops to conquer the East China Sea Islands.

The purpose of Zhuge Shensuan coming to the East China Sea this time is naturally to recover all the islands in the East China Sea, and then establish a maritime kingdom. This is the beginning of Zhuge Shensuan's struggle for world hegemony.

Donghai City is majestic. The city stretches for thousands of miles. The city wall is as high as [-] meters, resembling a giant crawling monster.

There are four gates in East Sea City, southeast and west gates. Every day, people come from all directions to enter this most prosperous city within a thousand miles. There are businessmen, warriors, and warriors who come to play.

After all, Nanhai City on Donghai Island is the only overseas island ruled by the entire Ming Dynasty. All islands outside the East China Sea must pass through Donghai City if they want to do business with the Ming Dynasty.

The level of martial arts here is really good. It can be said that warriors in the postnatal period walk everywhere, warriors in the innate period are as numerous as dogs, and warriors in the realm of real martial arts can be seen occasionally.

Twenty or so people including Zhuge Shensuan and others came to the gate of the city, but they didn't need to search or anything, but only needed to pay the city fee. One tael of silver per person was not expensive for them, but it was a big deal for ordinary people. big numbers.

In the city, the tall and majestic buildings are rolling up and down, showing the appearance of a big city, which is shocking.

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At this time, the four major sergeants of Donghai City were in the meeting hall of the city lord's mansion, the door was tightly closed, and the four sergeants of true martial arts were sitting there, silent.

The four of them are the commanders-in-chief of the four existing armies in Donghai City. After the death of the previous Donghai City lord, all the troops came under their management.

One of them, a man in his 40s with a red scar on his face, said with a smile, "Everyone, don't keep silent. The news has already been passed down from the Ministry of War. The new Donghai City Lord is about to take office. Let's Should we discuss what to do?"

Opposite him, a black-faced man in his 50s wiped the long knife in his hand, and said calmly: "What are you discussing? Since a city lord has been sent from above, let's continue to obey orders, otherwise what do you want?" Do?
Yu Zihan, I know you have ambitions, but you don't really think that the higher ups will let you be the lord of this city, do you?

The Ming Dynasty is now in its heyday in the Spring and Autumn period, not in the past, capable people come forth in large numbers, even if the city lord Fang Zhengyuan dies, the new city lord will not be able to turn to you, a warrior of the earth evil realm.

There are countless strong people among the royal family's offerings, and any one can be taken out as the city lord. "

Nayu snorted coldly and said, "Tian Feng, don't interrupt here! You know that's not what I'm talking about!

No city lord has come for such a long time, so we only pay [-]% of all customs duties in the East China Sea, and we share the other [-]% equally.

Although I proposed this matter first, the three of you have reached out to take it. Now that the new city lord is here, this matter must not be revealed, otherwise, none of us can get away with it.

And shall we pay all the next taxes, or shall we continue to withhold them?You must know that this is a large amount of cultivation resources. If we keep these resources, maybe it only takes about ten years for our cultivation to go further. "

Although Donghai City has not had a city lord for more than three years, and the management has been basically abandoned, but this is the land of the Ming Dynasty after all, and there are nearly [-] soldiers, so there are also various taxes here.

Especially in a place like South China Sea Island where transactions are gathered, and the border is the border, the transaction is extremely prosperous. This tax is a big part of the development of Donghai City.

Just the taxation of trade transactions, plus miscellaneous taxation, the taxation of Donghai City is not a small amount.

Of course, this tax is not a small amount for the four commanders-in-chief of Donghai County. If it is placed in the Ming Dynasty, which has eighteen states, it will be a dispensable tax.

It is precisely because of this reason, and in addition that there is no city lord in Nanhai City, that's why the commanders of these four real martial arts powerhouses came up with the idea of ​​taxation.

In fact, when there was a city lord in Donghai City, the city lord of Donghai City also had the idea of ​​these taxes, but at that time the city lord of Donghai City only took [-]% of the taxes, and the remaining [-]% was handed over to the court.

But after the death of the city lord of Donghai City, the four powerful masters of the real martial arts realm in Donghai City began to take power, and they deducted [-]% of the tax revenue, leaving only two transactions to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, this place is far away overseas, which can be regarded as far away from the emperor, and no one has come to investigate these things, so they are so bold.

In addition, the 118 overseas islands basically have no troubles, and the army of Donghai Island is too weak and only has 8000 people. Under such circumstances, even the current emperor Zhu Yuanzhang has forgotten that he still has a territory like Donghai Island.

To be continued. ……………………………

(End of this chapter)