How to show Count Data in Laravel 5

Im new in Laravel, 5 hours i have tried to adding this function and im so confused. Case : I want to show count data in table "tb_surat" in dashboard (i used sximo) ex, if in "tb_surat" i have 12 row data. how to show this like "Total data : 12"

help me please, give me step by step to adding in controller or view or route or etc, i dont understand. thanks.

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