As more ships transporting prisoners arrived in Xuzhou, the local business owners were even more excited. The first batch of ships brought two thousand Shanxi soldiers, then two thousand auxiliary soldiers, and the third wave was more than two thousand Shanxi people disembarked in Xuzhou. The excited Ye Tianming and others looked at the strong man in front of them, stood on the dock of Xuzhou and couldn't help but shout: "Long live the admiral! Long live the victory!"

The arrival of more than 10,000 Shanxi people made Xuzhou feel like he was having a carnival. However, as the war for labor was in full swing, the carnival atmosphere became tense. Finally, violent conflicts broke out. Yuan Xiang heard of three large-scale fights in one day, and countless small-scale battles.

In order to calm the conflict, the prefect Yuan had to send troops to the prefect's office. Qin Xiucai, the tax bureau chief who happened to work in Xuzhou, was also the attendant. Many people came and bruised and looked at each other in the lobby of the yamen. What's worse, the prefect's office was not fair, because Yuan Xiang was not only a referee, but also a player in the end. He believed that agriculture was very important, and that there was no guarantee of industry and commerce without food. At the talks, Yuan Xiang sacrificed Deng Ming's cube theory, believing that at least half of the captives had to reclaim the land.

Suddenly, the lobby of the prefect of Xuzhou was turned into a cockfighting ground, and the bosses and the prefects were quarreling together. The salt merchants claimed that the manpower needed for the salt industry must be guaranteed, which is the driving force for the sustainable development of Xuzhou and it is also a key project that Admiral Deng personally inquired many times - more than Yuan Xiang, the one who knows how to use Deng Ming's quotes, this is the big magic weapon - and grain can be purchased in Chengdu. If Liu Jinge does not cooperate, it will be transported from Huguang. The salt merchants patted their chests and promised that as long as the prefect Yuan strongly supports the salt industry, the amount of grain will be as much as possible.

Yuan Xiang was a young man in his early twenties. He had no backbone after the salt merchants quarreled. Seeing that the master of the prefect was actually convinced by the salt merchants, the ship owners were anxious and rushed to refute: If we had not built a ship, we would not want to transport the salt to Huguang, let alone Admiral Deng had already given the latest instructions, which was to not only sell salt, but also sell the ship. As for the return from transporting grain from Huguang, the ship owners even refuted it, pointing out that this was a loss-making business. Although the salt merchants promised it well now, they would definitely repent afterwards. Prefect Yuan must not be fooled.

Other timber merchants and blacksmiths are not willing to be lonely, and they all said that without their assistance, even if the ship owners have a partner, they would not be able to build a ship. The same is true for salt merchants. Now they want to save manpower and use the salt drying method. They need wooden plates. If they want to restore the fire well fried salt (natural gas) in the future, they also need products from timber shops and iron shops. These people emphasized that Deng Ming's concern for Sichuan wood and iron shops is not in the salt industry and the ship industry. He has visited various businesses more cordially and instructed them to come up with more inventions and apply for more patents as soon as possible.

Everyone shouted in the prefect's office for a long time, wielding Deng Ming's various instructions with all their might, and stabbed them hard at their competitors (including Prefect Yuan) like waving a sword. In the end, Yuan Xiang had to admit that the scene was completely out of control and no agreement could be reached - with one exception.

This exception is that Yuan Xiang decided to shorten the inspection time of the scholars in Xuzhou. As long as Shanxi people are willing to stay in Xuzhou to work instead of going to Chengdu, they can be guaranteed by their boss, pay some taxes in advance, and obtain the status of the scholars in half a year, so as to enjoy all the privileges of fame and fortune. This is undoubtedly a public violation of the policy and an unauthorized modification. However, a group of business owners who shouted Deng Ming's instructions just now expressed their unconditional agreement with the wise decision of the prefect Yuan Xiang, and some people said that the inspection period should be shortened to three months, and if the boss is willing to pay more security, it can even be further shortened. In short, any policy that can convince Shanxi people to stay in Xuzhou is a good policy, even if it is open to the policy of Deng Ming's instructions, it is very wise.

Fortunately, Yuan Xiang still remembered that his official position was given by Deng Ming, and the Admiral of the Yangtze River could not be allowed to come to Taiwan, so he withstood the pressure and insisted that the inspection period should not be shorter than half a year.

There was no result in the morning, and at noon, everyone didn't care about eating and continuing to quarrel. After a brief correction, the prefect Yuan suddenly realized that his majesty had been challenged by his fellow scholars, so he became firm again and said that agricultural production should be guaranteed no matter what. Finally, when he saw that he could not convince others with reason, Yuan Xiang said that since all the bosses had a military career in the Sichuan Army, they should simply resolve the dispute with the honor of a warrior - in short, it was a one-on-one challenge.

The prefect Liu enjoys the reputation of being invincible in Chengdu. The bosses all know that Liu Jinge can always achieve his goal by relying on this trick. Although the prefect Yuan in front of him has never taken action, everyone has heard that he is a son of the general and was once a member of Deng Ming's guards. Not to mention one-on-one challenge, the bosses of these business companies, who were from auxiliary soldiers, have no chance of winning in two fights. The well-informed people even know that Yuan Xiang had played martial arts with Zhou Kaihuang in front of Deng Ming. It is said that Major Zhou, who is not brave enough to be a draw with the prefect Yuan, was obviously for nothing when the bosses went up.

A one-on-one fight is to be beaten for nothing, and then he is slaughtered by the policy. The bosses of the business firm refused to be fooled. Admiral Deng also had a backup plan, which was to appeal to the Execution Office. However, everyone knows that the Execution Office was the old subordinate of the Prefect Yuan. In the morning, the Prefect Yuan still patted his chest to ensure that modifying the policy for the observation period of the same scholar would definitely be approved by the Execution Office of the Execution Office in Xuzhou. Since the Execution Office dared to change Deng Ming's policy under the instructions of the Prefect Yuan, the outcome of the lawsuit with the Prefect Yuan himself can be imagined.

So the bosses advocated replacing the individual competition with a team competition. Some people originally wanted to propose a group fight in five groups, but considering the strong personal strength of the prefect Yuan, this plan would definitely be a shame for himself; the ten-player group still seems to be insulting, and the hundred-player group fight seems fair, but this is probably going to kill people.

Yuan Xiang firmly opposed the multiplayer competition, and showed his power with great force. He either did what he said or came up to fight one-on-one.

The rescue of the bosses from the predicament was an order sent by Deng Mingxin. The letter stated that because the battle situation was completely unexpected, Xuzhou was required to mobilize urgently and recruit more soldiers and civilians to the front line to assist in the war.

Yuan Xiang pondered the order for a moment, calmed down, and discussed with the bosses present: "The admiral needs more reinforcements, and the requirements for our Xuzhou are not high, because the population in our Xuzhou cannot be compared with the Dufu, so the admiral should only mobilize one or two thousand people, and the Dufuzhou should mobilize two or three thousand people. If this is the case, the prisoners who come again will inevitably be taken to Chengdu. If we intercept the Dufuzhou, we will definitely protest, and the admiral will not ignore it."

"How many more prisoners will be?" asked a boss.

"There may be 70,000 or 80,000." Yuan Xiang briefly introduced the military situation.

"Seventy-eight thousand!"

The bosses' eyes suddenly turned red. There are less than 30,000 people in the current population of Xuzhou. Even if the previous batch of more than 10,000 prisoners of war are left, one-third of the laborers will be added.

It is not realistic that so many prisoners of war belong to Xuzhou. Even if Yuan Xiang and the bosses of the business bank are willing to take risks, Deng Ming would never agree that the population of prisoners of war has an absolute advantage in the Syrian state. Xuzhou can only hope to leave another 20,000 prisoners of war. If this goal is to be achieved, then Xuzhou will have to assume the corresponding responsibility. It didn't take long for all participants, including salt merchants, to agree to a large-scale production cut, and to mobilize comprehensively to support the court in suppressing bandits, dispatching 15,000 soldiers and civilians to support the frontline.

Everyone agreed to distribute spoils according to the mobilization ratio. If the salt industry can provide 5,000 soldiers and civilians, one-third of the prisoners of war should be allocated to the salt industry afterwards. Yuan Xiang asked for a tax reduction system to meet agricultural needs. He said that no matter which industry, he would charge 50% of the tax, that is, if the salt industry was assigned to 5,000 prisoners, then 2,500 would have to become a self-cultivated farmer.

This tax rate triggered a new round of crazy quarrels, and Yuan Xiang found that he could not threaten the bosses by fighting alone at this moment, because without the cooperation of the bosses, he could not complete such high-intensity mobilization. If the tax rate is forcibly passed by force, the dissatisfied bosses would definitely not cooperate with the mobilization; and although the bosses were unwilling to pay taxes, they also knew that if there was no assistance from the prefect, no one would expect to get benefits in the end - they not only needed the prefect Yuan to tamper with Deng Ming's policy, but also needed the prefect to grab the captive leader, but also needed the prefect to withstand the pressure from Chengdu.

The tax rate was finally set at 30%, which was applicable to the 12,000 prisoners of war who had already been sent to the State of Syria. It was almost dusk when the agreement was reached, and the prefect Yuan and the bosses were exhausted. Although they were exhausted physically and mentally, the bosses all said that they did not need to rest and immediately arranged all the shopkeepers to engage in war mobilization and must send troops to the front line as soon as possible. Admiral Deng has always had clear rewards and punishments. As such, he could not refuse the demands of the State for war trophy.

The only thing to worry about now is the protest in Chengdu. The bosses are worried that Yuan Xiang can't withstand the pressure of his loyal friends and make everyone work in vain.

Yuan Xiang had to say in public: "If the prefect Liu must return the prisoners of war, I will fight him together!"

"Ah." Although Yuan Xiang's statement was reassuring, Liu Jinge's reputation as invincible in Chengdu still made everyone a little worried.

Faced with this kind of doubt, the prefect Yuan smiled proudly, and his whole body exuded strong confidence: "That's because I have never taken action."

After a whole day of quarrel and bargaining, Qin Xiucai always watched coldly. Dingkou was still paying taxes in Xuzhou or Chengdu, and Director Qin felt that it didn't seem very different for him. When he returned to the post station after the meeting, the staff began to talk. They all felt that Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge had such a good relationship, and it seemed unlikely that they would break up for the boss of the business.

"It's about tens of thousands of laborers. Even if you don't have a broken-up fight, a big fight is probably inevitable. These are all tax sources and military sources." Qin Xiucai said with a smile.

"Magistrate Liu and Magistrate Yuan are friends who are slashing their heads." An aide couldn't help but say.

"Haha, Chen Yu and Zhang Er are also friends." Qin Xiucai smiled slightly again.
Chapter completed!