The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 171

In other words, the crocodile tribe took a great risk by standing in line ahead of time.

But now, the decisive battle has been decided, and even the Spanish governor and bishop have been killed by public trial.

The Iglot tribe in the mountains is now surrendering to the recovery army, and there is no risk at all.

The risks are different, the benefits are naturally different!
Relatively speaking, the [-]% less tax is the special treatment given to the crocodile tribe by the military government.

Of course, for other tribes, the extra [-]% tax is only temporary, after they are all naturalized.

Whether it is taxation, justice, or education, all must be treated equally.

It is better for these tribes to assimilate as soon as possible, Zhu Hongyu is not prepared to leave disasters for future generations.

Zhu Hongyu is very clear that whether it is preferential treatment or targeting, they are all laying the groundwork for a split.

If you really treat people like a family, don't make any distinctions!
In terms of resettlement of the naturalized aborigines, Zhu Hongyu is a copy of the rabbit, living together in large and small settlements.

Before and after, thousands of people chose to go down the mountain. Including the population of the crocodile tribe, the current population under the military government is more than 9, or nearly 10.

This population can no longer be considered small!

Of course, what is more important is that as the Restoration Army unfurled the [-]-point Sun and Moon Banner of Ming Dynasty, there was a constant population of Han people, spontaneously converging from the whole of Nanyang to Luzon.

Another part is the labor force in the labor camps currently controlled by the Liberation Army.

Spaniards, mixed-race whites, and indigenous peoples add up to tens of thousands.

……

Wei Wu is seventeen this year, he is already considered a big guy, but he is as thin as a stick.

His parents are good at giving birth. Since they got married, they have been giving birth to children at an average rate of one every two years.

Counting those who died young, seven or eight children were born before and after!
Wei Wu is the third child in the family, because he can't go up or down, and he doesn't have the most attention from his parents like the eldest son.

Not as good as the youngest, who makes parents love and worry the most!
Although Luzon is rich in products, because there are too many children in their family, Wei Wu has never had a few full meals since he was a child.

A few days ago, the recruitment promotion team of the Liberation Army came to their village to do publicity, and Wei Wu didn't hear the other preferential benefits.

He only remembered the [-] acres of farmland and the conditions of eating and drinking in the barracks!
In an instant, Wei Wu's heart was moved, and he signed up to join the Restoration Army without even having time to discuss it with his parents.

After his parents heard the news, Wei Wu had already pressed his fingerprint on the application form, and there was 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, sat on the threshold of his house, and smoked a pipe.

A dark and old face, full of sorrow!

As the saying goes, good men don't serve as soldiers, good iron doesn't twist nails!

Although the recruitment conditions given by the Restoration Army are excellent, who would be willing to let his son go to the battlefield to fight for his life?
Wei Wu's father's mood is quite complicated now. On the one hand, he is worried about his son. He enlisted in the army, and in the future he will go to the battlefield to die.

On the one hand, they are excited about the fifty acres of land they got!
That's a full fifty acres of land!

If he were to be asked to return the fifty acres of land, Wei Wu's father would not be willing to part with it.

Their family has never had so many fields!

Knocking on the cigarette pipe and pot, Wei Wu's father sighed, and he looked away. Now that the deal is done, what can I change as a commoner?

At dawn, the sound of rooster crowing, Wei Wu was full of sleep, pushed the door and walked out, saw his father sitting on the threshold, asked.

"Father, why did you get up so early?"

Wei Wu's father sighed, did not answer Wei Wu's question, but spoke.

"Your mother has gone to make breakfast for you. There is your favorite stewed old hen. Let's leave when we are full today!"

Not long after, the whole family got up one after another.

Wei Wu's father set up a table in the yard, and brought a large bowl of rice, boiled corn on the cob, a stir-fried cabbage, and a stewed chicken to the table.

This is the best food in his house!
There are only three chickens in the family, and they used to be 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 has always been loved the most stretched out his little hand to the drumstick of the stewed chicken, but Wei Wu's father hit his hand with chopsticks with a serious face.

"Don't move, this chicken is stewed for your third brother!"

Wei Wu smiled and said he was fine.

"Let's eat together, I can't eat alone!"

Wei Wu's mother shook her head while wiping her tears.

"No one else is allowed to eat it, this chicken is stewed for you!"

"San'er, you have to eat enough to eat. I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it when you go to the military camp in the future!"

Wei Wu's mother didn't believe what the Guangfu Army said during the conscription, that they should eat enough and eat meat.

Who can feed Datoubing so well?
It would be nice not to starve to death!
Wei Wu grinned and ate the food made by his mother with big mouthfuls.

Wei Wu's father was smoking a pipe on the sidelines while confessing.

"San'er, you have to be obedient when you go to the barracks!"

"You can do what the official tells you to do, but you can't do things that harm the common people."

"Just give in to your comrades. Don't fight with others. Our family is poor and we can't afford to mess with those who are rich and powerful."

"Make as many friends as possible, many friends have many paths!"

"You must obey discipline, train hard, and don't be a deserter when you go to the battlefield, and don't embarrass our old Wei family!"

"The governor gave our family [-] acres of land, then your life is considered to be sold to the governor!"

"If you become a deserter, I will break your leg with my own hands!"

Wei Wu's father still respected and loved the military government and Zhu Hongyu, the governor.

It's not because of the great banner of Daming!
Wei Wu's father is an old farmer, and he doesn't care whose family's law is on his head.

The reason why the rule of the military government can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is because compared with the rule of the Red-haired Governor's Mansion, the rule of the Liberation Army actually brought benefits to the people under its rule.

The military government exempts the people under its rule from taxes and distributes the land. Although it takes several years to pay the grain, the land can become their own.

But that's enough!
Sheng Mien, fight against Mien.

Zhu Hongyu's governance of the people will never be purely benevolent.

It is definitely not possible to divide the fields directly!

If it is an individual and the land is divided, then the land is worthless, how can Zhu Hongyu rely on military merits to recruit soldiers?
And because Zhu Hongyu promised to the outside world that there will be no tax collection for three years and five and a half years of taxation to recuperate, the military government's finances may have problems.

Therefore, Zhu Hongyu came up with this method of renting instead of buying!
Let the people under the rule pay him rent, those who cultivate the land pay grain, and those who open shops and do business pay money.

After paying the rent for several years, the land and the house are yours.

In this way, the financial pressure on the military government can be greatly relieved!
It didn't violate Zhu Hongyu's promise not to collect taxes for three years and to pay taxes for five and a half years.

After all, what the military government collects is rent, not taxes?
Of course, if someone does not want to pay the rent, it is also possible!

Then don't think about the military government dividing the house and land!
Farmers can open up wasteland by themselves. There are so many unowned lands in Luzon, you can open them up as you like, and the military government will never interfere.

As long as it can be opened, that 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?

Zhu Hongyu understood the tax aspect!

(End of this chapter)