"I despise you smart people. Fine, I'll be upfront with you. I intend to seize the land taxes across the realm, but these taxes will be calculated one state at a time. Then, the states will be divided into counties, the smallest units into villages—the kind of villages I've merged and fortified. The distribution will be in triplicate: the village head gets one copy, the Money Exchange, household registry, and government office each retain one copy," Chen Xi said slowly.
"This still can't prevent anything," Chen Qun shook his head and said.
"No, it can be prevented. I'll state clearly on all three copies that they are allowed to resist," Chen Xi said with a faint smile. "The villages I merged and fortified have populations in the thousands, all equipped with patrol teams, and land transactions are only permitted with the Government Treasury, without any money passing hands. The Money Exchange acts only as an intermediary and a collateral partner."
