Anlu was the first state of Yun, and it was destroyed in Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period and moved to its clan. But unlike other counties, Yun was also the migration place of Lu Hun's Rong, and during the reign of King Chuping, Lu Hun south of Luoyang was destroyed by the Jin State.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Jin was the general trend of the world, and ...... Wu State attacked Chu, Yue State destroyed Wu, and Chu and Qin married, many major events revolved around the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Jin. After Lu Hun destroyed the country, he ran south to Chu State, and the enemy's enemy was a friend, so King Chuping placed it in the remote county of Yun State, and Anlu was the meaning of placing Lu Hun.

Originally, the Jinxi Passage of the Zhou Dynasty (that is, the so-called Suizao Corridor in later generations) was along the Lishui line, along the Yun State, Suiguo, Tang State, these feudal states, but after the prosperity of the Chu State, the entire Jianghan Plain was based on the Han River as the main road from north to south, and the Lishui line gradually became barren. There may be more than 30,000 households in Dingkou in Suixian, but most counties in the Hanshui Basin have more Dingkou than Suixian.

The Anlu City in front of Zi Chengsheng is not big, it is only three miles longitudinal and horizontal, it is located in the east of Lishui, and the city wall of three zhang and six feet high is just like the two counties of Tang Sui. Similar to Tang Sui County, there are also flying poles erected at the head of the inner city. After several years of exploration, Qin also began to use flying sticks to transmit messages, but it was not clear the efficiency and accuracy of Qin Guo's flying messages.

Zhou Ji entered Anlu City from the water gate, and Ji Hei took Zi Chengsheng and the two ashore. Compared with two days ago, the heads, faces, necks, hands and feet of the two were smeared with thin mud, more and more like ordinary commoners, and even Ji Hei had warned him not to look around, not to squint, it was best to look down at the ground, the more he stayed, the better.

The common people are the common people, the nobles are the nobles, and decades of edification and habits cannot be changed overnight. After discovering the Qin people's flying pole, Zi Chengsheng glanced at it, and Gu Rong, the entourage behind him, also took a look. Zi Chengsheng was okay, he just glanced at it, but Gu Rong looked up, and his actions happened to be seen by a person with a black curtain on his head, a copper sword hanging from his waist, and his legs tied to Xingteng.

"Thou!" A break exploded in the crowd like thunder, and after hearing the sound, the crowd found out that it was not shouting to themselves, and the birds and beasts avoided it.

"It's the pavilion chief." Ji Hei whispered, and hurriedly pulled Zi Chengsheng to avoid with the crowd.

"Where's the shaft?" Gu Rong stood on the spot, sweating profusely, he tried his best to control himself from looking at Zi Chengsheng. Such a distraction made him not hear what the pavilion chief with a full Qin voice was asking.

"You dare to be disrespectful!" The pavilion chief was annoyed, and he slashed his sword with a sheath on Gu Rong's leg, a blow that was enough to make anyone kneel.

"Where?" Looking at Gu Rong who was kneeling, the pavilion chief began to ask, and Gu Rong hurriedly took out the bamboo slips.

"Mu Zili?" The bamboo slips are forged, but the craftsmanship of the forgery is extremely high, and there are a lot of secret memories, and non-professionals can't see it at all. "Why peep at the flying rod?" Jane couldn't see anything wrong, and the pavilion chief asked why he peeked at the flying pole.

"Please spare your life, Chief! Officers spare their lives! Gu Rong had long memorized the costume of the pavilion chief of the Qin State, especially the black cloth on his head (the pavilion chief of the Han Dynasty wore a red curtain) was different from the black cloth used by ordinary officials, which was a Xuan cloth obtained by several dyes. He didn't dare to logically explain why he looked at the flying pole, because the common people never knew how to explain it this way, and the most reasonable thing to do was to beg for mercy.

"Humph!" The pavilion chief was sure that the person kneeling in front of him and begging for mercy was just an ordinary Qiantou, although the one was taller than the average Qiantou. He probably looked at the flying pole out of curiosity, just like the previous heads.

"Drill through." The pavilion chief snorted and stood a little shorter, and his two legs that were not long were spread apart, asking Gu Rong to drill through his crotch.

Gu Rong, who was begging for mercy, was obviously stunned, and Zi Chengsheng, who was watching from a distance like everyone else, sneered in his mouth, and touched his waist with his hand.

"Don't!" Ji Hei knew that these Chu people who came over all had sharp blades, they were particularly frivolous, and they drew their swords when they were angry.

"Get through!" The pavilion chief folded his arms and tilted his head to the sky. After a while, he couldn't wait for Gu Rong to drill across, and he immediately became angry, and he scolded while kicking the sword split: "Jing Dog still doesn't drill? Jing Dog doesn't drill yet! ”

"That's how the Qin people humiliated the Chu people?!" Zi Chengsheng's hand that drew his sword was held down by Ji Hei, and his eyes were dripping blood. However, Ji Hei didn't agree, his eyes were looking at a Xuan car, and a different kind of flag floated behind the hood of the Xuan car, and the Qin character was solemn and solemn.

"It's Shaonei." As soon as he saw the flag, Ji Hei's legs softened by three points. Shao Nei is Shaofu, Shaofu is subordinate to the King of Qin, and wherever he goes, he is arrogant and disdainful of Da Nei (that is, the county officials under the rule of Xiangbang Mansion).

"What's that?" A Qin pavilion chief was beating a Qianshou, and Sima Wuze, the county iron official sitting in the Xuan car, saw it at a glance. Of course he knew what was going on, but he just asked casually.

"The chief official, the head of the Qiantou may be disrespectful, and the pavilion chief will humiliate him." The attendant also saw the pavilion chief who was kicking and beating Qianshou, and he thought that Sima Wuze was nosy.

"Insulting, mocking, scolding, scolding, the head of the new Qian, the first one; beating moss, digging two first; Cheng Ling Fude sat down. Sima Wuze shook his head and said that he didn't care, but he read a Qin law in his mouth.

For more than 100 years, the Qin State expanded its territory and seized land, and naturally had a set of relevant methods for the newly conquered areas. In addition to moving out of the city and moving in to the Qin, there is also a set of effective methods for the Qianshou outside the city. However, after the occupation of Chudi, many of the earlier decrees were invalid, such as suing for adultery, and the new Qiantou of Chu was often self-contained and unwilling to sue for adultery; Another example is the ceremony, the head of Chu Di Xinqian comes to the door with gifts in accordance with the Zhou etiquette, regardless of whether the other party is an official or not; Finally, the head of Chu Di Xinqian is accustomed to rebellion and often disobeys government orders.

In this regard, Nanjun had to formulate a new law: for the old Qianshou, especially the officials from the old Qianshou, often humiliate the new Qianshou of Chudi, and specially ordered that the old Qianshou should not slander the new Qianshou, otherwise he could not beat the new Qianshou, otherwise he would not be able to beat the new Qianshou, otherwise he would not be able to help him reduce the punishment (Yuelu Qin Jian 2028);

In view of the fact that the new Qianshou of Chu likes to give gifts and often gives gifts, it is specially ordered that 'the new officials (referring to the officials of the newly conquered areas) and their people dare to accept the money, wine, meat and other things of the new Qianshou, and there are sales, vouchers, and loans to the new Qianshou and the noble endowment (Yuelu Qin Jian 0893) Qi Jia is all sitting on the Zang, the voucher, and the loan interest that they have received and are therefore noble, and the same law as theft. (Yuelu Qin Jian 1113)'

If the new Qiantou of Chu is unwilling to sue for adultery, then increase the bounty for adultery, change the officials, and strengthen the rule of officials, so as to break up the last unity between the new Qiantou of Chu. However, the latter was hindered by the fact that the Empress Dowager of Huayang was alive, and there was no way to make a big move, and it was not until after the death of Mi Thorn that Xianyang replaced the county guard of Nanjun and appointed an outsider who had no resistance to use the knife to Nanjun. The "Way of Officials" promulgated by him is to purge the officials of Nanjun, just as killing people must first sharpen their knives. The rectification must have been extremely effective, which is why the new county guard was finally transferred to Xianyang as the internal history.

Of course, Sima Wuze, the county iron official, didn't know what happened in Nanjun later, the previous year Jutiefu smelting furnace exploded, his father Sima Chang died, and the whole family lost all their wealth to avoid offence, and he, because there were still a few old friends of his father in Shaofu, and iron smelting was a technical job, so he kept his official position. However, Xianyang had no choice but to be transferred to the border county.

The pavilion chief's beating continued, and the new Qianshou was beaten to the ground, his face was covered with blood, and Sima Wuze, who didn't want to offend the former Qianshou official, drove over gently, and over there, the Anlu County Commander was already waiting.

"I've seen Shangguan Sima." Anlu County Lingzhi, County Chengchao, County Weimu, and a large number of officials all saluted Sima Wuze. As a scribe, Kiya stood in the crowd, but his position was very rear.

The officials of Qin County are divided into five classes, and the highest class is called the chief official, which is the commander, the chief, and the captain; The second class is the official head of each official under the county, which is the husband and each Cao, etc., and the third class is called the young official, the rank of Zuo, clerk, and history. Xi stood at the end of the third-class young officer, and respectfully saluted the new young domestic iron official. After the ceremony, when the county order and Sima Wuze were talking, he was fortunate to be waiting in the hall.

"There are many people who smuggle salt and iron in Anlu, and the iron tax last year was only 160,000 yuan, which is less!" Sima Wuze was not polite at all, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he accused Anlu County of having a pitiful amount of iron tax. "Xianyang has decreed that if the iron tax is less than 200,000 yuan this year, it will be guilty."

The iron tax and salt tax are getting smaller and smaller, and this is not the first county of Anlu, but the general situation of Nan County, Nanyang County, Sanchuan County, and Dong County. Why this is so, Xianyang can guess with his toes, but for the county commander, the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant, whether they know it or not, they are all guilty, and they all look like dirt. They are the rulers, and the blame is chief.

"This Jing people are also harmful." The county lieutenant Mou wanted to shout that he was wronged, but he couldn't.

"Why don't you hunt down the smugglers?" Sima Wuze's face was expressionless.

"Shangguan, Anlu and Jingguo intersect with Suixian, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the catches are endless." Mu lamented. "An Lu's death is not credible, and the head of the new Qianqian does not obey the law, so he begs for theft in the township pavilion, and he does not arrest the smugglers when he sees them. What can I do about it? What can I do about it? ”

"Your honor, please ask for the death of the head of Qian, the age of the minister, and you can't do it." The words have been spoken, and the county magistrate continues to complain.

"If you don't make a pawn, the county government has its own difficulties...... Sima Wuze's words made the joy recorded next to him jump suddenly.

The number of smugglers of salt and iron began to increase last summer, but the Qin calendar began with October, and the iron tax of 23 to 40,000 yuan per year was only more than 70,000 yuan less last year. This year is different, as of this month, the iron is less than 50,000 yuan, and by the end of September, I am afraid it will not exceed 70,000 yuan.

The iron tax is like this, and the salt tax is the fatal thing. Under normal circumstances, each person needs one to two liters of salt per month, and each household needs at least six liters of salt per month, which costs fifteen yuan, because of the New Year's Festival, eight buckets of salt are needed a year, and the cost is two hundred yuan. There are 11,000 households in Anlu, and the perennial salt tax is more than 2 million yuan. After the smugglers ran rampant last year, the salt tax plummeted to $1.3 million; This year is even worse, only more than 400,000 yuan of salt tax was received in the first eight months, and it is estimated that the salt tax for the whole year is less than 700,000 yuan.

The salt tax is one of the main revenues of the Shaofu, so it has fallen sharply, but the county government does not send the first soldiers of the old Qianqian to Anlu, is the Qin army going to attack Chu again?