"Excuse me, Miss Lu, I brought you an acquaintance, you must be very happy to see her. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" The potter flicked his hand and stepped aside.

"Thank you, Tao Zhoumu."

Only then did Lu Lingji dare to straighten up, raised her head cautiously, and looked ahead, when she saw Diao Chan, her pretty face changed suddenly, "Er...... Erniang? ”

With the words "Erniang", Lu Lingji's face suddenly turned red, and her shocked expression added a bit of shame.

Obviously, she was ashamed to be her second mother, and seeing her ugly posture of bowing to the potter's body and whispering to the potter, she was both embarrassed and ashamed for a while.

"Lingji......" Diao Chan's voice trembled, and his eyes were a little embarrassed.

"When you mother and daughter see each other, you will have much to say, and I will not disturb you." The potter smiled generously and turned away.

Lu Lingji woke up suddenly, and she didn't care about any shame, in front of Diao Chan, as if out of instinct, she hurriedly bowed to Tao, "Tao Zhoumu walks slowly." ”

The door closed, and in the dim room, only the mother and daughter were left.

"Erniang, why are you also ...... by him" Lu Lingji dared to straighten her waist, her face was slightly red, and in order to hide her embarrassment, she quickly changed the topic.

"Alas, it's hard to put into words."

Diao Chan woke up from the loss of consciousness, so he sighed quietly, and said how he was separated from Lu Bu in Xiapi and fled to Xiaopei.

After silently listening to Diao Chan's narration, Lu Lingji couldn't help but exclaim: "I didn't expect him to be so strong, even Cao Cao is not an opponent, no wonder my father will be defeated under his hands." ”

The mother and daughter sighed, and for a moment they were caught in the amazement of the potter.

After a moment of silence, Diao Chan came back to his senses, then took Lu Lingji's hand, and said with a straight face: "Lingji, you are the daughter of Wenhou, your father is the first prince in the world of martial arts, as his daughter, even if you are captured by the pottery merchant, you should maintain your integrity, how can you grovel to him so much, wouldn't it damage your father's prestige." ”

Lu Lingji's body was shocked, her face suddenly blushed, and she was faintly embarrassed, not daring to face Diao Chan's gaze.

However, she could not help but answer.

Suppressing the sense of shame, Lu Lingji sighed helplessly, and said with a bitter face: "Erniang, do you think I want to be so humble to him, you don't understand his methods, I have to be like this." ”

"Means?" The corners of Diao Chan's lips raised slightly, and there was a trace of disdain in his eyes, "Isn't it just a threat of death, as the daughter of Wenhou, are you so afraid of death." ”

In Diao Chan's tone, there was a faint sense of reproach and irony.

"If it's just a threat of death, it's simple......" Lu Lingji sighed helplessly again.

Seeing Lu Lingji like this, Diao Chan became more and more suspicious, extremely curious about what the potter had done to his stepdaughter, which could make her so scared and afraid.

"Lingji, what did that kid do to you?" Diao Chan looked her in the eye and asked sharply.

In Lu Lingji's mind, the unbearable picture immediately appeared.

She remembered how proud and self-righteous she was in front of the potter, thinking that the potter's chamber of commerce was afraid that she was Lu Bu's daughter and didn't dare to do anything to her.

As a result, the potter didn't take her identity seriously at all, and directly hung her up, picked up her pants and a willow branch, and directly whipped her ass, which made her frightened.

That spanking, to be honest, was not a heavy punishment, but it completely shattered her arrogance, her self-esteem, and her empty eyes.

Since then, she no longer dares to put any score of the eldest lady of the Lu family in front of the potter, and every time she sees the potter, she is all worried and cautious.

However, how can you tell Diao Chan these truths, can you say that you were picked up by the potter's pants and beaten by your ass, and finally beaten honestly.

This kind of humiliating thing, how can you tell your second mother.

"Lingji, what did that kid do to you?" Diao Chan saw that her face was red and white, as if she was afraid, but also seemed to be ashamed, and became more and more suspicious.

Lu Lingji bit her lip and sighed bitterly: "Don't ask again, Erniang, please, in short, you remember what I said, don't be too confident in front of him, try to be obedient to him, otherwise, you will suffer sooner or later." ”

After that, Lu Lingji seemed embarrassed to face her second mother again, turned her head over, and sighed to herself.

Diao Chan looked at her stepdaughter with such a panicked appearance, her eyes were deeply confused, and a trace of anger quietly ignited in her stunning face.

She began to hate the potter, hating that he had been able to scare his stepdaughter, who had always been fierce and fearless, into such a timid appearance.

"Hmph, what kind of man have I never seen Diao Chan, which one is not played by me in the palm of my hand, just a nameless boy, am I still afraid that you will not be ......" Diao Chan raised his eyebrows slightly, and the corners of his lips raised a disdainful sneer.

……

When her mother and daughter discussed the potters in private, the potters had returned to the main hall, and there were still a lot of official documents on the case, waiting for his approval.

Repelling Cao Cao is just the beginning, of course, the potters will not be satisfied with this small victory, in this troubled world, they can only get stronger and stronger, otherwise they will eventually be eliminated by the stronger.

Collecting taxes, training troops, and reassuring the people, governing a state is not just as simple as fighting a war, he has a lot to do.

"My lord, this is the latest grain levy result from the county newspaper." Chen Deng walked into the lobby and handed over a booklet.

The potter took it and looked through it, and saw only a bunch of heads and numbers, and to be honest, he couldn't tell anything from these numbers alone.

He closed the booklet and asked, "Is this food enough for a state?" ”

Chen Deng made a slight calculation and replied: "Originally, it was enough, but the lord of this battle defeated Cao Cao, and the army expanded very quickly, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were added in a short period of time. ”

The potter thinks about it, according to the limit ratio of ten people raising one soldier, now there are more than 10,000 soldiers' mouths, and at least 100,000 people must be raised.

However, Xuzhou has been repeatedly warned, and Dingkou has been sharply reduced, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it is indeed normal that the food supply is insufficient.

"Can we increase the amount of food?" This is the solution that potters can think of.

"Of course it is can, but it's just ......" Chen Deng paused, but sighed again: "It's just that the grain of the counties is already quite heavy at the moment, and if it is levied again, I am afraid that it will provoke a civil uprising, or force the people to flee. ”

"It's really not okay to fish as hard as you can."

The potter was silent for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "What about summoning the displaced people and implementing the tuntian?" ”

The pottery merchant is familiar with history, and naturally knows that Cao Cao in history has also fallen into the unfavorable situation of lack of grain, and it is by relying on the large-scale implementation of the Tuntian policy that the problem of insufficient grain and grass has been solved, and a solid material foundation has been laid for its expedition to the east and west.

"Tuntian?"

Chen Deng's eyes lit up, as if he was awakened by the potter's words, and couldn't help but show admiration, "The lord is wise, Tuntian is indeed a good way to solve the problem of grain and grass." ”

Since Chen Deng also agreed, where did the potter hesitate, and said happily: "Since this is the case, then take Tuntian as a policy and implement it in all counties as soon as possible, and this matter will be handled by you Yuanlong, and you must do it well for me, and do it beautifully." ”

"No."

Chen Deng responded to this errand, but said: "It's just that although this Tuntian policy is good, it will take some time to implement. ”

The potter fell silent again, his fingertips tapping on the table, his brow slightly condensed.

Turning around, or turning to the tax on grain and grass, this is the only way to solve the immediate difficulties.

However, how to increase taxes on money, grain, and without letting the people complain and provoke civil revolt, is another difficult problem.

His thoughts flew and he muttered for a long time, and suddenly, a glimmer of light flashed in the potter's eyes again.

He has come up with a solution.

"Pass the order, prepare for a big banquet, and the pastor of Benzhou is going to marry Miss Mi Jia."