Qi Duo skilled, with a huge sword in hand, fluttering like a dragon, shocked like a flying Hong. Compared with the elegant dexterity of a swordsman, Chen Ao, who was born as a swordsman, looks clumsy everywhere, he doesn't like this kind of fighting alone, and is better at fighting in groups. As soon as they clashed, he was stabbed by the swordsman, but fortunately he was wearing a set of ring armor, and after the sound of 'dang', the swordsman was almost slashed by him.

"Color!" The crowd of onlookers burst into applause, some of them were on Chen Ao's side, but more were on the swordsman's side.

It's not because of justice and fairness, the common people don't have this concept at all. The fundamental reason why they don't like Chen Ao is that this once lowly servant who was grateful to Dade for giving a bowl of food actually became a reputation in the first battle, climbed on everyone's head, and became the kind of person he wanted to be but was difficult to become, and everyone was not happy.

In order to get ahead and change their fate, some people study, some people do business, some people are officials, and some people are slaves and concubine......s. No matter what kind of choice is chosen, it takes several generations, more than ten generations of painstaking management to change the status, of course, it is more likely that nothing will be gained, but it is so unfair that someone succeeds overnight and ascends to the sky in one step!

"Yikes!" Chen Ao, who was stabbed with a sword, began a clumsy counterattack, and Yushi Sabre was danced like the wind by him, constantly slashing left and right, vertical and horizontal. However, the swordsman's pace was extremely flexible, and his figure was like a willow leaf in the sword light, and he kept counterattacking, seemingly frightened, but in fact there was no danger.

"Color——! The bystanders cheered even harder, and more than a dozen county officials dressed in soap even shouted, 'Stab him to death.' ’

"How can this be born?" Chen He held the saber in his hand, and his palms were full of sweat. He doesn't know martial arts, but fighting is a common thing, Chen Ao fights like this, once he runs out of strength, it's over.

"That's a war death, too." Lan Zhong also saw that Chen Ao could not win this battle, so he could only comfort him with death.

"He's my brother!" Chen was about to draw his knife and step forward.

"You dare!" Blue Bell glared at him. "This is the king's order, do you dare to disobey it?"

"Brother Zi, Brother Ziao may not be defeated." Yesterday's captain, Shangguan Gao, was the one who asked someone to borrow a set of ring armor for Chen Ao. "Don't underestimate that armor."

Yes, armor. The ring armor that was brighter than the bronze mirror protected Chen Ao's shoulders and body, and the swordsman was accustomed to attacking people's bodies, especially the lungs, and Chen Ao was hit by several swords in his violent counterattack, but these attacks all hit the armor. The giant sword, even if it is a huge sword, cannot pierce the huge iron armor, only the common people on the side thought that the swordsman had won, and immediately applauded.

Chen You, who was reminded by the pawn chief, let go of his hand again, but the sweat on his forehead became more and more. He began to scold Chen Mu in his heart, who sold salted fish, and he vowed that if his brother died, he would kill him to avenge his brother.

"Kill!" Finally, Chen Ao, who was a little tired, snorted, and picked up the knife in his hand, intending to slash again.

But his sword was too high, and his movements were too slow, so that a large gap was revealed between his chest and abdomen, and the swordsman, who saw the opportunity, stepped forward and stabbed with great speed. The target of this sword is no longer the torso, but the lower abdomen, which is not protected by armor. In the swordsman's deep drinking, the huge sword stabbed in, and Chen Ao's burly body suddenly shook.

Time seemed to freeze for a second, until the onlookers erupted into a "color ——!" that shocked the entire Chen Ying ”

"I killed you!" Chen, whose eyes were red, drew his knife and rushed into the circle.

The loud cheers couldn't help but make the swordsman smile, and he won. But Chen Ao's smile bloomed from the corner of his mouth, and as soon as he held down the bloody hand of the sword, his body burst forward and grabbed the swordsman at the same time, and his right hand raised the knife and fell, and the swordsman's head was cut off with a single sword.

"Phew! Your father, I am honorable men. Looking at the head that was still rolling on the ground, Chen Ao, who was pierced through his body by a huge sword, scolded, and then fell to the ground in the astonishment of the onlookers.

"Help!" Shangguan Gao had a premonition that something was wrong from Chen Ao's drink of 'kill', but he didn't expect that the life and death of the two were only in an instant.

"Bear!" Chen He knelt on the ground and shouted Chen Ao's nickname to pull up Chen Ao, who had fallen to the ground.

"Stop the bleeding." Shangguan Gao held down the wound on Chen Ao's abdomen and did not dare to draw his sword. In this era when there is no cotton, bleeding can only be stopped by silk wool. After hastily stopping the bleeding, Chen Ao, who was covered in blood, was carried away.

Chen He chased a few steps, and when he thought of something, he sprinted to the crowd and pulled out Chen Mu, who had invited a swordsman. Chen Mu is a fisherman, specializing in buying salted fish from Qi to sell to the public, salt is very expensive, especially the salt in Chen County.

"Noble, noble, villain, villain, wronged, ......wronged" Chen Mu not only turned pale with fright, but his legs were weak and he fell. Chen He dragged him up again, grabbed his hair and was about to cut people.

"Don't kill indiscriminately!" Blue Bell grabbed Chen and grabbed him. "His servant was killed, and revenge is excusable." After saying this, he whispered again and said, "Brother Ziao may be saved." ”

"This, this battle......" Si Wei was pushed up, he didn't dare to look like he was going to eat people, he was almost reading with his eyes closed, but his teeth trembled, and he couldn't say a word.

"What about this battle?" Honorable and honorable are equal, but each county elects its own leader. What is Boss? In the words of the king, whoever you want to follow in battle is the leader. Lan Zhong, who was in his thirties, was the leader of the Chen County Yushi, he was originally the commander of the Chen division, and he volunteered to stand in the front row of the army in the Battle of Qingshui.

"This battle... Chen Yushi won. Looking at the smile on Lan Zhong's face, Si Yu finally finished his sentence.

"What if?" Lan Zhong looked at Chen Mu again, his whole body was trembling, and his pants were even more wet.

"The villain," he hurriedly knelt down, "the villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare anymore." ”

"Definitely!" Lan Zhong said loudly, and looked around at the onlookers, "But there are those who have grudges, just kill them." Yushi should have died in battle, what is the resentment of death? ”

Wherever the blue bell looked, the common people dodged there, and no one dared to meet his sword-like gaze, including the county officials who were mixed in the crowd.

"Scattered, scattered, scattered!" When Lan Zhong was proud of the audience, the county Sima Chen must have come out of nowhere, as soon as he said that he was scattered, the county guards who followed behind him waved their spears to drive people away, and the common people who cheered loudly were driven around like ducks by the county guards.

"How brave is Zi Ao Yushi?" Kicking the swordsman's head on the ground with his toes, Chen Bu sighed fakely. Then he looked at Lan Zhong again: "I don't know how Zi Ao Yushi is?" If you die, this ......"

"Doctor Yin said that eighty percent of them can't die." Blue Bell looked at him, and before he could get closer, he asked about the smell of alcohol on him.

"Great goodness." Chen Bu shouted, because he was half-drunk, his behavior was a little crazy. shouted to him and said, "Zishou is also a prince, why bother with these untouchables? The county magistrate also talked about you today, saying that you rejected his kindness, and would rather be an honorable man with 50 stones than a county Zuo Sima with 400 stones. Hehe..., County Zuo Sima, do you know how many benefits there are in a year......"

"Xie County's public love, Lan Zhong has no intention of being an official." As soon as the blue bell flicked, he wanted to turn around and leave.

"What do you think...... Then Chen Mu can really invite ...... Please come to the swordsman of Qi Kingdom? Chen Bu's face was full of drunken flush, and his smile was cute.

This sentence immediately pulled Lan Zhong back, and he waved it before saying, "May I ask Sima, who invited the swordsman?" ”

"Who? Hey. "Chen can't be complacent, so proud that he expresses his heart directly." Do you really think that a scholar is a scholar? Do you really think that entering the palace and drinking with the king is a royal minister? Neither is the fart! Chen County is the Chen County of the county prince, not the Chen County of the king. The county prince sees that you dare to fight, this is this, this is ...... Hiccup......"

Chen Bu burped, the fart that should have been released from ** was now spit out of his mouth, he was unconscious, and continued: "You can only survive if you are loyal to the county prince." The county prince treats people well, if you are Zuo Sima, you may not be able to eat Zhong Mingding, there is no shortage of you in brocade clothes and jade, but if you are not loyal to the county princess, you want to go against the county public......"

"We have no intention of going against the county government." Lan Zhong had long expected this to be the case, and he didn't want to go against the county government, but ......, "If the Lu and clan who still have honorable people don't pay those taxes, we will be safe with the county government." ”

"Haha," Chen Bu laughed dryly at first, and then laughed out loud, leaning forward and leaning back, but in an instant, he restrained his smile, his face turned cold, and he glared at Lan Zhong and said evilly: "If you don't pay taxes, what do you want me to do for food and clothing?" Hundreds of county officials, nearly 1,000 husbands, Lu Xu, Lizheng, Dangzheng, and township doctors, who raised them? Do you raise? I raise? ”

"Farewell!" The blue bell slammed it, turned around and walked away quickly.

Chen Bu's departure before he finished his words made him a little angry, and he finally shouted: "Don't think that the king can protect you!" With nowhere to vent, he kicked the head of the swordsman in convergence, which flew up and landed, and finally rolled to the corner of the street, where a yellow dog ran over and sniffed, and hurriedly took it away. It was still slow, and the smell of blood attracted other dogs, and in the midst of the barking and biting, a skinny dog took advantage of the loophole, picked up his head and ran away.

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"Few people have heard of it, Chu State is the government of the people, but I have heard that Chu is in turmoil, and only those who have money can be the countrymen, may I ask the King of Chu, is this really the case?" At the end of the alliance was a feast, and the more he looked at his son-in-law, the more satisfied King Qi asked.

Chu Chen's face was ashamed, he was really embarrassed to go out of the country, and he refracted his light and said: "The government of the people of the country is ......."

"It is true." Xiong Jing made no secret of it, "The counties of Shangjiaduo, such as Chen County, make money buy Jane, and everyone pays money to become a countryman." However, in Huainan, Wu, and Yue, even in Song, Lu, Ju, and Peng, this is not the case. Most of the selected people are local celebrities, fame, reputation, and it is not easy to make money. ”

"Good." The state of Chu with a mixed system of counties and feudal monarchs has something in common with the state of Qi that does not have a system of counties and counties and five townships in many ways, and the values between scholars and doctors are also quite the same.

"The selection of Chinese people is the golden stone. Don't look at Chen County, there are many people, a lot of money, the city is high, and there is Hu Zeping to protect half of the city, but the most worrying thing is Chen County. Where money is unimpeded, it is a place where organizations are scattered, where armies have no desire to fight, people have no will to die, everything is based on personal gains and losses, fame, honor, and faithfulness are worthless. ”

It is indeed a little embarrassing that the old-fashioned words never came out of the mouth of the boy of Qi, but the king of Qi thought of the country of Qi, the country of Qi is always heavy on businessmen, and those businessmen are also all about personal gains and losses. "What does the king of Chu think about this? Like a place like Chen County, where businessmen are everywhere? ”

"If they really don't want to fight, then let them pay heavy taxes." Xiong Jing didn't have much to do about it.

"Heavy taxes? How do I receive it? "King Qi is puzzled, Qi Chu's commercial tax is two percent, and the whole country will be aggravated.

"The annual income of each household, for example, less than one gold is exempted, and more than one gold is collected, and the more annual income, the higher the tax rate." Xiong Jing is talking about personal income tax, which should be called individual income tax in the pre-Qin period.

"Really? Wouldn't it be ...... common people below one gold," King Qi said. Nearly half of the common people have an annual income of less than one gold, and eight or nine thousand yuan is the most, isn't it that nearly half of the common people do not pay taxes?

"One gold is just for example." Xiong Jing emphasized. "I don't think that the army is not too many but fine, and the cowardly and afraid of death will not only not help the victory, but will drag down the whole army. Any part of the military formation will lead to a big defeat, the formation technique may be taught, the brave and dare to die can not be taught, simply, those who do not want to fight are heavily taxed, and those who dare to fight are elite. ”

"The king's words are false." Tian Luo interjected, "Qi Chu has a limited number of people, if you don't go out to fight, how can you fight?" ”

"Why fight?" Xiong Jing smiled, Tian Luo was still talking about foot combat, but he was thinking of heavy cavalry.