The ministers of the martial arts arena gradually left, and Jiang Han and the two also returned to the Xianyang Post Station with a load-bearing mood, leaving only the messy trees.

Xianyang Palace, inside the study!

Ying Zheng carried his small hands on his back, standing in front of the desk, with his back to Zheng and the two.

Zheng He lowered his head and bent over, while Zhao Gao knelt on the ground, breaking out in a cold sweat.

In the study, it was so silent that even the sound of breathing could be heard.

"That's how you repay Lonely?" Ying Zheng's voice was full of coldness.

"Slave, Sanbao, confess!" Zhao Gao and the two hurriedly said.

"Who arranged the people?"

"Yes, the slave arranged it. Zhao Gao said with horror.

With a "bump", Zhao Gao was kicked out by Ying Zheng, and knocked down the palace door, falling on all sides at the door of the palace, and the two guards guarding the palace door saw it, and the corners of their mouths twitched.

Zhao Gao got up, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, he didn't dare to slack off, crawled back to the study again like a dog, and knelt in front of Ying Zheng.

"Is there anyone who instructed?" Ying Zheng's voice sounded again.

"I checked, but no one instructed me. Zheng He replied.

This is the end of the matter, and they don't want their families to be embarrassed or hurt in any way. Ying Zheng thought for a while.

"Sanbao understands!" Zheng He bowed.

"As for the two of you, the positions of chief manager and deputy chief cannot be held, and you can't go unpunished!" Ying Zheng's tone softened.

"Thank you for your kindness. Zheng He and the two bowed.

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Gao, only to see that his face was pale, he wanted to cough but had to hold back, and most of the anger in his heart disappeared, and said, "Go down and heal." ”

"No. ”

"The slave retires!"

Zhao Gao withdrew from the hall, went down the steps, couldn't hold back any longer, a mouthful of blood spurted out, turned around and looked at the hall, there was no resentment in his eyes, some were full of fear.

Outside the palace, the six sword slaves received the news of Zhao Gao's summons, and the six of them came towards the side gate of the palace.

Zhao Gao had already obtained a token to enter the palace for the six of them at Yingzheng, and this was the first time for the six of them to enter the palace.

Magnificent, spectacular, magnificent!

This was the first feeling of the six people when they saw Xianyang Palace.

Zhao Gao had already sent a small chamberlain to wait at the side door, and the six of them came back to their senses and followed the little chamberlain towards Zhao Gao's residence.

When the six sword slaves followed the little chamberlain through the door of a large hall, the six people suddenly shivered, and their bodies reacted instinctively, and when they just wanted to hold the sword, the voice of the little chamberlain sounded in their ears, "Don't make any moves, let alone hold the sword, lower your head, and follow me." Otherwise, you won't even have a chance to speak. ”

Only then did the six of them realize that not only was there a master who was not inferior to them somewhere, but even the little chamberlain who led the way was also a hidden master, and they had not even discovered it before.

The six of them followed the words of the little attendant and walked through this hall, and before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw that the aura emanating from several attendants shuttling in the aisle in the distance was even stronger than them, and the six of them looked at each other, their eyes were terrified, and their hearts were even more overturned.

It's just a stick of incense, in the eyes of the six people, it seems like walking for ten days and a half months, and there are no less than dozens of inner guards who are not weaker than them along the way, they really have the feeling of walking in the sea of swords and fires, and the ghost gate of hell is probably just like that.

When they came to Zhao Gao's residence, the little chamberlain quietly retreated, and the six of them entered the house and said to Zhao Gao: "Meet the leader, I don't know what the leader has to tell us to let the six of us enter the palace?"

Zhao Gao coughed twice, and said in a somewhat weak tone: "There are a few things I want to tell you, but I was a little injured and had difficulty moving, so I passed you into the palace." ”

"No wonder I saw that the leader's face was pale, it turned out that he was injured, who had such ability to hurt the leader. Soul Slayer asked in surprise.

"Ahem, it doesn't matter who hurt me, you saw a lot of strong people no less than you on the way to the palace, right?" Zhao Gao asked very meaningfully.

"In the palace, the hidden dragon and crouching tiger are unfathomable. The old man cut off the water.

"That's what I'm going to tell you, you are all considered a top master in the rivers and lakes, but you are nothing in the palace. Zhao Gao said.

"I'll understand!" the six said respectfully.

"Well, ahem, it's good to know, hasn't she agreed to join the net?" Zhao Gao asked as if he remembered something.

"She's a woman with a lot of backbone. "Broken water return.

"When you go back, go and tell her that the person I have taken a fancy to him will either live or die, and there is no third choice. Zhao Gao said murderously.

"Yes, Chief. The six bowed.

The next day, Jiang Han and Di Zhe each returned to the two counties with a bed crossbow, and the ministers gradually understood Yingzheng's previous practices, and secretly praised the King of Qin's superb methods.

Household Office!

In the lobby, Fan Li looked at the official documents on the desk and frowned.

It turned out that several major granaries of the Qin State had run out of grain one after another, and now Bai Qi led an army of 300,000 to garrison Shangdang County, transporting grain to help more than one million, and the daily consumption of grain transportation was an astronomical amount, and the remaining grain was only enough for two months, and there were still five or six months before the autumn harvest.

Originally, the grain storage of the Qin State would not be so tight, but last year, in order to plow the transportation organs to the counties of the Qin State, the people made a military system and ate military rations, so there was an embarrassing situation that the military rations could not receive the autumn harvest.

Feng Yu, the head of Fan Li's household, arched his hand and said: "My lord, there is no grain in the granary, and the army is about to fight, so it needs to be decided quickly." ”

Fan Li said tiredly: "What is your good plan?"

Feng Yu thought for a while and said, "The only way to do this is to ask for a tax. ”

Fan Li frowned, and said in an unhappy tone: "There are still seven months before the tax is collected, and this year the people have opened up the wasteland, in order to collect more grain for the autumn harvest, many people even take out half of their rations as spring seeds, I don't know how many people will be starved to death this year, Ben Shangshu is still thinking, how to subsidize some food for them, do you even want to go to the king to levy taxes and levy their lives?"

"My lord, this is also a helpless move, after two months, if the front-line army has no food, you and I can't afford this responsibility. ”

Feng Yu also said helplessly, if there were other ways to raise food, how could he propose such a move to bring disaster to the country, with the current situation, forced taxation will definitely cause the Qin State to riot, but if the front-line army collapses without food, the Qin State will die, and he is also the lesser of the two.

"No, under no circumstances can the people be taxed, and the king will not agree to it, this matter should be solved by my household department, if there is any difficulty, then what is the use of the king to set up a household department? You and I will also become the laughing stock of the courtiers. ”

Fan Li said firmly.

"What the lord said is very true, and the lower official will think of a way. Feng Yu left the lobby after speaking.

Fan Li fell silent again, and at this time, a small official came in and said, "My lord, Lord Sima Terrier, the secretary of the military department, is visiting." ”

When Fan Li heard this, he put away his worries and said, "Go, follow me to meet you." ”

Fan Li walked to the courtyard of the household department and saw Sima Terrier outside the gate, and quickly greeted him, saying, "Brother Sima, how can you have time to come to my household department." ”

Sima Terrier looked at the left and right of the two and said, "I'm here to invite you to drink today, and I'll talk as I walk." ”

Fan Li looked up at the sun, it was noon, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are here in time, go, go to heaven and earth, where the wine and food are all superb." ”

Sima Terrier scolded with a smile: "Bird, it seems that I have to bleed heavily today." ”

The two got into the car, Fan Li put away his smile and said, "Are you here for military rations?"

Sima Terrier also said solemnly: "Yes, you know, the grain and grass outside the gate are all in charge of our military department, and there is no grain in several major granaries, how can I not know." Now, the six countries have joined forces to attack Qin, and they have set out to fight in vain, and the matter of military rations is related to the lifeblood of our Qin country, so I dare not neglect it. This time I came to find out if there was any way to raise food in the household. ”

"Alas, what is the way to raise food, I have tried my best in the past few days, but there is still no countermeasure. Fan Li shook his head and said.

"Have you ever thought of a method of taxation?" asked Sima Terrier.

"This law is not allowed, the king is not allowed to say otherwise, now the taxation is already a move to disrupt the country, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely not agree. Fan Li shook his head and said. Then he continued, "This matter is also my fault, when the household department was first built, there was a shortage of manpower. Civilian service transports organs to plows and eats military rations, and if they can calculate carefully, there will be no shortage of military rations. ”

Sima Terrier comforted: "Brother Fan Li, don't be presumptuous, if it weren't for you as the head of the household department, these granaries would have been empty years ago, and it would be like there are still two months to raise grain." ”

"Brother Sima has a good reputation, and he knows how much ability he has. At the beginning, the king said that my household department and the Ministry of Industry have a year to show their ability, such as half a year has passed, you see that the Ministry of Industry is first a plow, and then the invention of paper, a few days ago the martial arts field of the seven crossbows, the bed, that is not a strong country, on the other hand, my household department, so far nothing has been accomplished, and I am ashamed of the king's trust. Fan Li complained.

Sima Terrier also praised: "Since the establishment of the Ministry of Industry, it has been in the limelight in the court, and the terrier has to admire the ability of the public to lose the book, which also shows how vicious the king's vision is, since the king appointed Brother Fan Li to serve as the head of the Ministry of Households, it shows that Brother Fan Li's ability is no longer under the public Shangshu." ”

Soon the car driver came to the 'Heaven and Earth' inn, and the two asked for a private room.

After a while, the delicacies and good wine were all ready, and the fragrance was fragrant, but the two of them had no appetite.

Sima Terrier looked around the private room, looked at the luxurious decorations and said to Fan Li: "You see, it's not unreasonable for the 'Heaven and Earth' to open to the Seven Kingdoms, not to mention these delicacies, just the sandalwood and sandalwood and those bronze utensils are greedy." ”

"I heard that 'heaven and earth' is the inheritance of the king, but I don't know if it's true or not?"

Fan Li said: "Whether it's true or not, it's not something that you and my courtiers should discuss." ”

Sima Terrier replied: "What Brother Fan Li said is extremely true, but this 'heaven and earth' is really rich. ”

'Rich' Fan Li seemed to think of something, and the more he thought about it, the more the smile on his face worsened, and then he laughed and said: "There is no endless road." After speaking, he picked up the chopsticks and feasted.

Sima Terrier was stunned.