"This government is levying taxes and discussing with us, do you think this is possible?" asked an ordinary citizen under the city of Changsha suspiciously.

"Impossible. The government levies taxes, how can it be discussed with us? This Chu State navy has guns, how many guns they want, and how much they are not allowed. Discuss, I think it is impossible." Another person said his own opinion. .

"I heard that the navy asked the people of Qin to preside over the tax collection this time. Many merchant captains and businessmen will attend the tax collection meeting they are going to hold." Another person said at this time.

"What taxation meeting. Who knows what the navy wants to do?" The civilians in Changsha city all had doubts about the taxation meeting held by the Chu navy.

At this time, the tax collection meeting was holding its first meeting in a government office in Changsha city, but there were not many people attending this meeting, and the total number did not exceed twenty.

"Just these people." A navy officer said to the Qin State Bank representative at this time.

"Huh." The bank representative exhaled and shook his head at this time. This situation was far beyond his expectations. Originally, he thought that the Chu people would respond greatly, because at this time, they had promulgated some new tax laws, but these still did not cause the Chu people to respond. The reason It is Chu people who have become accustomed to Chu's heavy taxes. Many Chu people did not actively respond to the new statement made by Chu's navy.

"Let me come." Qin State Bank's representative stood up and said at this time.

"I hope everyone can come here to discuss the issue of taxation." The bank representative said helplessly. Because there are too few people. Less can't make the conference further expand its impact.

"Chu's taxation issue is a big issue, and this issue is related to everyone's wealth. Chu's navy needs to levy taxes to have sufficient financial resources to maintain a strong combat effectiveness." Qin State Bank representative said at this time. In fact, Qin's lack of the Chu State navy is the ability to repay debts. If they do not have enough debt repayment ability, Qin's bank loans cannot be recovered.

"I am from the State of Qin, and I am here to be responsible for taxation in the area controlled by the Chu State Navy." Representative Qin State explained the main purpose at this time.

"Guo Qin?" Everyone present looked at Qin's representative strangely.

"Why did the people of Qin handle this matter?" A captain expressed emotion about this matter, because the people of Chu were very disgusted with the people of Qin. They believed that the people of Chu should not be involved in the affairs of the people of Chu.

"I know that Chu State has very heavy taxes, and the tax problem is difficult to solve for a long time. The national taxes and the taxes of the nobles have caused serious losses to the interests of everyone here." Representative Qin said at this time.

"Now, the taxation problem needs to be completely resolved." Representative Qin Guo said at this time.

"After talking with General Xiang, we believe that the current tax in the area controlled by Chu's navy forces should be reduced to 5%." Representative Qin said at this time.

"Five percent." The people below all whispered at this moment.

"Five percent of the tax will be implemented after formal registration. The specific details require more people to participate. We need to formulate a tax law that everyone believes. Only in this way can everyone's interests be guaranteed. That's it. Thank you." Qin State Bank's representative nodded and said at this time.

"I hope everyone can spread these things out so that everyone knows about it." Qin Guo said sincerely on behalf of the bank. In view of the fact that the number of people is too small, the representative of Qin State Bank believes that the tax collection meeting cannot be convened immediately. Because of the small number of people, it simply cannot be implemented.

Chu's taxation issue is a key issue. On this issue, the people of Qin are helping Chu to solve this problem. In fact, because it was an era of frequent wars in the Warring States period, war became the mainstay of this era, and war broke out every day, and because of the war, taxation was heavy, and who could reasonably solve the heavy taxation problem could gather a huge amount of money. National strength. Anyone can use powerful national power to unify countries.

For Chu's naval forces to make a difference, they must thoroughly solve the taxation problem, otherwise it will be difficult to implement them.

In the southern waters, the battle fleet of the Chu State Navy was returning to their home port at this time.

"Our logistical supplies are running out. Especially the gunpowder is consumed too much." The captain of a small warship of Chu State complained at this time.

"Captain, our artillery requires a large amount of propellant, but there is not much propellant. If we go to sea under such circumstances, it is difficult for us to guarantee our safety." The captain said uneasy at this time.

"I know this, but our general wants us to return to the base at this time. He really doesn't know what he wants us to do?" The captain complained at this time.

"Without propellant, our shells can't hit much. Captain." The gunner said worriedly at this time.

"I understand what you said." The captain said.

"We can only hold on like this." The captain said helplessly.

"If we encounter pirates, we won't be able to fire a few shots at all." The gunner said at this time.

"Yes, I understand, but pirates usually only have one ship. This shell should be enough." The captain said at this time.

"En. I hope so, otherwise we won't be able to deal with a battle. It's not just us, even the big ships, they don't have much gunpowder to fire cannonballs. There were too many cannonballs fired in the last battle. Now." The artillery commander said worriedly at this time.

"En." The captain nodded at this time. The current situation of the Chu State Navy's battle fleet is very bad, because their propellant is running out. They did not get the necessary supplies in the colonies, especially gunpowder, because the colony’s gunpowder reserves were not very large, and the colony’s dislike of the Chu’s navy forces caused their supplies, especially gunpowder supplies, to reach a minimum. , If war starts at this time, they will be very disadvantaged.

"There are two unknown ships ahead." The sentry shouted loudly at this time.

"Let me see." The captain quickly picked up the binoculars to check the situation.

"Transmit the warning message." The captain shouted loudly at this time. As the small warships of the Chu Kingdom, they are generally at the forefront and are responsible for guarding him. When he is in danger, they will contact the enemy as soon as possible.

"Can you see what's going on?" The captain asked the sentry next to him at this time.

"Can't tell. Captain." The sentry said with a telescope.

"We can only see that the other party is a merchant ship, but we can't see the gunboat." The sentry continued.

"If it is a gunboat, there may be a pirate ship." The captain said worriedly.

"Captain, what should we do?" The gunner asked very worried at this time.

"Ready to fight. We may attack at any time." The captain said at this time.

"However, our propellant can only barely fire once. Which side do we plan to use to fight?" the gun commander asked at this time.

"Port side." The captain said at this time.

"Captain, are you sure?" The gunner asked at this time.

"I can be sure, only by volley. Attack from the closest position. Understand?" The captain said after thinking about the tactics.

"After we fired the shells as much as possible, we approached quickly and started fighting." The captain said at this time.

At this time, the other ships were also rapidly preparing for battle. All the captains almost unanimously judged that the other party was a pirate captain. Even if they were not, they had to be prepared to guard against unexpected events. This is a normal thing for them.

The two ships in the distance were Chu pirate ships. However, one of the two ships was a merchant ship. They had just captured a merchant ship. The cargo on the merchant ship allowed them to quickly obtain sufficient supplies.

"Many small boats appeared on the sea." The sentry reported loudly at this time.

"What?" At this time, the captain checked the situation of the other party with the binoculars in his hand.

At this time, the captain used a telescope to see that a large number of small boats appeared close to them. The small boats were full of people, and they were all sailors. Some people continued to wave their arms.

"Huh." The captain understood at this time that they had encountered a pirate ship, and of the two ships, one of them was a merchant ship. That's why, they judged it to be a merchant ship.

"Captain, one of the two ships is a pirate ship. We rushed up and gave them a ride." An officer suggested at this time.

"No." The captain said at this time.

"Not at all," the captain said at this time.

"We don’t have enough firepower, so try to avoid fighting. We need a lot of gunpowder. Now we take the initiative to attack, and the opponent doesn’t know anything about it. With so many ships, if the opponent keeps firing, we will lose a lot. We can only replenish the gunpowder. This can be done afterwards." The captain objected.

"But the general asked us to attack the pirates." The officer said at this time.

"No, we can only fire once. If the other party keeps firing at us, our losses will only increase. Let's save people first." The captain said while looking at the sea.

"I hope the enemy will run away at this time. So that we can avoid each other. It takes a long time to chase the enemy." The captain said looking at the situation at sea. At this time, the pirate ship appeared in front of the merchant ship. Obviously, the pirate ship. At this time, they were thinking of ways to tow their trophies away. If the navy warships took the initiative to attack at this time, they would be able to **** the opponent's merchant ships back.