In the blink of an eye in August, Lin Xu had just finished lunch and was about to lie down on the Taishi chair to rest, but suddenly heard a roar full of joy from the door

"Immortal~, Lord Immortal! It's a bumper harvest, it's a bumper harvest~! ”

Squinting and turning his head, he saw a thin middle-aged man darker than Zhang Fei, running towards him with a sloppy beard.

"Ah Zhen, this~ who is this?"

"Listening to the voice, it looks like Cui Weikao"

"Oh, he, I haven't seen him in a few months, why did he become like this?"

Cui Lie, who had already rushed over in the distance, didn't mind when he heard Lin Xu's words, but laughed loudly, at this time he was in a good mood and extremely comfortable, after all, at this time, no matter who saw the golden grain one after another, he would be very happy, which represented the efforts and achievements of his Cui family in the past half a year.

"Don't blame the Lord of the Immortals, a certain family has just come back from the farmland, it is inevitable that there will be some ~, some rudeness"

"It's okay, what's the matter, so urgent?"

Looking at Cui Lie with an embarrassed face, Lin Xu waved his hand indifferently, he just felt a little funny when he looked at Cui Lie, he was also a celebrity, a famous family, and the head of the Cui family, but now he has become a half-hundred old farmer, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

"It's a good harvest! It's a great harvest! ”

At the mention of this grain harvest, Cui Lie immediately laughed like a fool, and saw Lin Xu helpless for a while.

"What? So quickly you have checked the taxes and grain production in various places? ”

Lin Xu waved his hand, and Qiu Xiang on the side immediately poured a cup of tea for Cui Lie

"Hmm~"

After drinking it all, Cui Lie breathed a sigh of relief, and then said

"The whole clan has been mobilized, and this is just a good check of the grain production in the land of Sanfu, three percent, the average yield has increased by three percent, except for some late planting, the people who have not adopted our cultivation method, the rest of the people have begun the autumn harvest"

Cui Lie, who had taken a sip of water to relieve his breath, began to ramble about how grateful the people of Sanfu who had used the farming methods they taught saw them again, and how they regretted not using them.

When he saw a large group of people in Hula kneeling down and bowing to them with great sincerity, Cui Lie felt that his whole clan had been running around for the past few months, teaching everywhere, his body had become black carbon, and his body was extremely thin, and even many of his clansmen were tired on the road, but all this hard work was worth it.

In the past half a year, the Cui family has thoroughly seen the living conditions of the people at the bottom, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, facing the loess with their backs to the sky every day, just for the sake of these grains in the fields, they have to beg God for their blessings, the wind and rain are smooth, and they ask for the benevolence of the court, and reduce taxes, just in order to hope that the whole family can have a full meal in the coming year.

For the first time, Cui Lie felt that being an official above the court was nonsense, the intrigue between the families, the so-called power schemes were all rubbish, and the fourth and third princes were all floating clouds.

Like now, with the efforts of his Cui family, the people of the entire Han Dynasty can increase their grain production by thirty percent, and according to Qi Xian's words, it can increase by fifty percent, double, or even several times in the future! At that time, still in the official position? When the emperor saw it, he had to obediently salute himself, even now, when facing Liu Hong, Cui Lie dared to straighten his waist and look at him head-on!

Of course, sometimes thinking about Cui Lie, he also regrets it very much, regretting that he should have learned more about agriculture in the first place, and let his clansmen also flip through the agricultural books left by their ancestors, instead of blindly letting those outstanding clansmen study the way of power and strategy, as officials and ministers, otherwise his old Cui family would not only be promoted to the land of Sanfu this time.

"My lord, my lord, Your Majesty has sent someone~"

Listening to Cui Lie's narration, he was a little irritated and was about to let him get out, Dong Rui suddenly trotted in and rushed in.

"Who?"

"It's Chang Chang Shi"

"Humph!"

When Cui Lie heard this, he flicked his long sleeves violently, turned around and left

"Hey, what are you going to go, people are coming to you"

"Such pickled people, the old man doesn't want to see them!"

Even though the Ten Standing Servants have shrunk across the board now and no longer interfere in political affairs, these individuals still hate them to the core, after all, how can it be so easy to let go of decades of blood feuds.

"Wait! I said, you're finally qualified to give him a slap in the face now, so you're leaving? ”

Cui Lie turned his head to look at Lin Xu when he heard this, and when he saw the playful look on Lin Xu's face, the corners of his mouth immediately twitched, yes, what is his identity now! It's just a concession, and now it's time for the other party to admit to him!

Soon, under the leadership of Xia Qing, Zhang Rang walked into Lin Xu's yard with a familiar car

"I've seen Lord Qixian, Mr. Cui, oh no, it should be An Pinghou"

Zhang Rang said with a smile on his face

"Yo, Wei Kao is waiting? Congratulations."

Lin Xu didn't even get up, and arched his hand towards Cui Lie without sincerity

"Cui Lie, thank you, Your Majesty"

After hearing this, Cui Lie bowed in the direction of Luoyang, he has no waves in his heart now, these are all false, can they be compared to the three incense sticks that are now enshrined in the people's homes? The emperor didn't have this treatment!

For Cui Lie's ignorance, although Zhang Rang was annoyed, he was helpless, now even if the other party cut himself, Liu Hong would not say a word, when Liu Hong knew the amount of Sanfu's tax, he was shocked for a long time.

Although he knew before that with Lin Xu's farming tools and the cultivated cattle converted from a large number of cattle seized this time, the people's cultivated area would be much larger, and the total grain output would increase by at least two percent, after all, no matter how many cultivated cattle there were, it would be impossible for every household to get one.

But now he has seen the tax amount submitted by Dasi Nong several times, which has nearly doubled compared to last year! This is also the case of the abolition of a large number of exorbitant taxes. Among them, Lin Xu's tax law reform and the reduction of official deductions are one of the important reasons, and more importantly, the per capita grain production of Sanfu has increased by 50%.

Because this year has not been affected by the war, compared with last year, in order to attack the Yellow Turbans, a large number of strong men were recruited, resulting in a lot of farmland abandoned, and this year, as long as the fields are reclaimed, all the crops are planted, coupled with the new farming method, the ability to resist disasters has been enhanced, even if some places have suffered some natural disasters, the reduction in grain production is not very serious, so the total output is naturally increased by a large margin.

The food in his hand is not panicked, the reason why he is so jealous of these yellow turbans who came to surrender is not because he is worried that he will not be able to get enough food and not be able to feed these huge number of yellow turbans causing them to rebel under their noses, now it is different, yellow turbans or something, come! As many as you want!

He Liu Hong is not stupid, he can work for him, and those who pay taxes for him are all good citizens of the Han Dynasty, what kind of yellow scarf? Such a good young man is clearly his Han people! As long as they can eat enough, who will have nothing to do when they are full of food and have nothing to do to play the rebellion of the Jiu clan.

"What are these things? We worked hard to teach the people to farm, we were tired and broke our legs, Your Majesty is not so stingy, right, take these dried fruits to reward? ”

Lin Xu pointed to the basket of dried fruits behind Zhang Rang, his face was full of unhappiness, when was Liu Hong so stingy, how could he say that he had also done such a big feat, Cui Lie picked up the Guan Neihou, he was good, a basket of seasonal dried fruits was sent away, if he was not promoted, how could he give some money and give some tribute silk

Zhang Rang's old face couldn't help twitching when he heard this, and this is why this fairy dares to talk like this, if he wants to change someone else, even if the emperor rewards a grain of rice, they will be grateful.

"Lord Qixian misunderstood, these are the gifts received by the people of Sanfu outside the palace gate and the yamen, Your Majesty's share has been accepted, these are from Lord Qixian and An Pinghou."

"Oh~, yes"

After hearing this, Lin Xu jumped up directly, the things sent by the people are different, the courtesy is light and affectionate. Pinched up a fat and shiny jujube, and at a glance, you knew that it was a carefully selected high-quality product.

"Hmm~, it tastes good, so my majesty doesn't say anything at all?"

"Lord Qixian laughed, the whole Han, you are the one who is most favored by His Majesty."

Zhang Rang smiled, this wave of Liu Hong really didn't give Lin Xu a reward, although all the families know that this farming method has a great relationship with Lin Xu, but the people don't know, on the surface, this work is all done by the Cui family, Liu Hong can't give a reward, but he can barely say it's justified, he can only suffer a secret loss.

"Don't pull it down, don't let me go to the Western Regions anyway"

"Lord Qi Xian laughed again, the affairs of the Western Regions still have to rely on Lord Qi Xian, Your Majesty has an order, please choose the generals who will go to the Western Regions this time, integrate 50,000 soldiers and horses, create new equipment, and prepare to go to the Western Regions a month later."

"Who's in charge?"

"Naturally, it's the Immortal Lord"

"Okay, okay, got it"

Lin Xu put it up helplessly, the test of the new-style group army naturally asked him, the proposer, to do it, in fact, this is also a different kind of reward given by Liu Hong, the general's appointment means that the military merits are distributed by him, and love is given to whom, this is a clear human favor.

"Where's Hu Yanhao?"

"The tired immortal was captured and sent to Luoyang"

Lin Xu nodded helplessly after hearing this, he knew that once he had food in his hand, Liu Hong would definitely not be idle, and the emperor Hu Yanhao was no longer eye-catching, and even Lin Xu guessed that Liu Hong was going to use more than his own army, you must know that as soon as the autumn harvest arrives, those Shanyue, Wuxi Man, and Nanban will run out to scourge the surrounding Han people, wait and see, Liu Hong can't leave sand in his eyes now, and he will definitely come out to kill one by one!