In the next few days, Xiaopei County was extremely busy, and the newly promulgated tax policy also made some big clans confused. It's just that what makes them even more incredible is that they who have been preparing to face Liu Lan for a long time are not waiting for an army, but the improved tax administration, which makes them a little difficult.

No matter how the tax policy is modified, these decrees can be seen at a glance that Liu Lan is targeting their clans, but at this time they have long lost the courage to resist again, after all, the initial tax policy will make them lose their fortunes, and when there is no way out, they will naturally have to resist Liu Lan to the end.

At this time, the decree is no longer as desperate as before, but there will be a surplus, in this case, they naturally have to weigh whether it should be worth taking such a big risk.

But the news of the next few days, they couldn't understand it even more, not to say that it was a wise scholar, even the most shrewd businessman didn't understand why Liu Lan would ban the city tax and the poll tax, not to mention the latter's personal endowment, just the former's entry tax, how many people go in and out of the city every day, this tax alone is a considerable income, but this Liu Envoy Jun just abolished this order, could it be that he thought of a new tax item to make up for the loss of the city tax?

Of course, such a thing will not happen, so some clans are waiting to see Liu Lan's joke because he can't make ends meet, but some other families are extremely worried, because once the treasury can't make ends meet, will it set up a name to collect taxes from them......

Just the clans were a little gloating. On the second day, which was somewhat uneasy, a decree was issued to abolish miscellaneous taxes such as commercial and residential taxes and excessive taxes. Instead, only the transaction tax was levied, for some families who were not in business. Naturally, this does not cause them to pay too much attention, but for the wealthy people engaged in business and the out-of-town traders, they see unprecedented business opportunities.

One by one, they began to gear up, ready to make a lot of money from it, after all, the decree clearly stated that the residence tax and the tax were abolished, and the transaction tax would only be levied after the transaction was successful; If the transaction is not successful, it will not be levied.

What does this mean? How could some businessmen from other places not understand that if they brought their goods to Xiaopei for dumping, they only had to pay two-tenths of the transaction tax. In this way, you will earn more profits than before, in other words, even if you bring the goods to Xiaopei and do not sell them, you will not be subject to excessive taxes, and there will be no loss to the merchants......

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In the following days, in his busy schedule, Zhen Yu held a crowning ceremony for Zhen Yan, and his brother Zhen Yu personally gave him the word: 'Zhongzheng'.

And Liu Lan and Guan Yu said that by coincidence, they were selected to become the guests and the crown of praise. The two of them memorized the greetings for a few days, so they did not appear on the day of the crown ceremony, until after the ceremony was completed, a banquet was held to invite guests.

At the feast. Although the food is good, this wine is not a good wine, of course, this is relative to Liu Lan. If you ask Zhang Fei and them, as long as they can drink intoxicating wine, it will naturally be good wine in their eyes.

Three rounds of drinking. After the five flavors of the dish, where will everyone pay attention to etiquette. I saw that Zhang Fei and Xu Chu, the two living treasures, had already worked hard in front of the wine table, but Liu An walked to his side at this time and whispered: "Mi Zhu from Xuzhou came to visit, and he was in the living room at this time. ”

"Mi Zhu?" Liu Lan looked at Liu An in some surprise, quite surprised how he could appear in Xiaopei.

"It's him."

Mi Zhu is here? What is he here for? Liu Lan thought in his heart, but he had already gotten up and said, "Let's go, go and meet him." After saying goodbye to everyone, accompanied by Liu An, he walked to the meeting hall, thinking that could it be that there was a change in Xuzhou? As soon as I entered the room, I saw large boxes and small boxes lined up in the hall, and Mi Zhu was pacing back and forth in the hall with an anxious face. ”

"Zizhong, I haven't seen you for many days, are you okay?" After greeting him, Liu Lancai asked with a smile again, "Why did Zizhong remember my little pei?" ”

"It's not good, it's not good, it's unlucky." Mi Zhu didn't hide anything and said: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have come so presumptuously." ”

Liu Lan was stunned, he didn't even greet him, it seemed that he had encountered an extremely headache and trouble, and said: "What happened to make Zizhong like this?" Xiao pointed to the teacup in front of the short table and said, "Zizhong has something to worry about, drink saliva and sit down and talk about it in detail." ”

"Sister Ling's stinky things, Deran is not unaware."

Mi Zhu still had the heart to taste the fragrant tea on the table, he didn't even look at it, and waited for Liu Lan'an to sit down before he said: "Zhu has no choice, after thinking about it, he can only come to Deran for help." ”

Liu Lan had expected that the Mi family was going to turn against the Cao family, but he didn't expect it to be on his head so quickly, and after waving Liu An away, he whispered, "Zi Zhong really plans to deal with the Cao family's ......" There was inevitably some hesitation in his tone, after all, this Dan Yang Army is Tao Qian's descendant, if he really wants to face them with his sword, it is equivalent to directly turning his face with Tao Qian, this kind of thing Liu Lan will definitely not tear his face with Tao Qian for the Mi family now, so it is inevitable to hesitate a little when speaking.

Mi Zhu nodded, shook his head again, and said: "It is natural to deal with the Cao family, but the time is not yet ripe, and it may be difficult to succeed in eagerness." ”

"What does Zizhong mean?"

Liu Lan looked at the big boxes with some puzzlement, and said in his heart that Mi Zhu had brought such a rich gift, if he didn't invite himself to deal with Cao Bao, then what was it for?

"Zhu is so angry and bitter in Xuzhou, and after thinking about it, he has no choice but to come to see the envoy, and the envoy knows a lot about Ling Mei, so Zhu doesn't have to hide anything."

"Zizhong, you say, how do you deal with the Cao family, as long as I can help, it is absolutely incumbent." Since he is not directly dealing with Cao Bao Liu Lan, of course he has to say some official words, don't forget that the Mi family was planned to be pulled to his own warship a long time ago, and he was suffering from no opportunity before. Now Mi Zhu took the initiative to come to the door, and it was not to deal with Cao Bao. He certainly couldn't afford to miss this opportunity.

"I'll talk about the Cao family's affairs later." Mi Zhu hurriedly said: "Zhu is here for the sake of her sister." ”

"For Sister Ling?" Liu Lan said with a confused expression.

"Didn't you hear any rumors?" Mi Zhu was a little puzzled.

"Nope."

"Hey." Mi Zhu sighed and said: "Now in Xuzhou City, I'm afraid there is no one who doesn't know that Ling Mei's body is not clean. ”

"What?" Liu Lan exclaimed: "I am asking my subordinates to strictly abide by this matter." How did the news leak? ”

"It's not that the king leaked out, but Cao Yi's brute." Mi Zhu sighed and said: "Besides, how can paper be able to contain the fire, even if Ling Mei's affairs can be concealed for a while, how can it be concealed for a lifetime." ”

Thinking that Mi Zhen, who was Liu Lan's wife, would suffer such a miserable fate, Liu Lan also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, although the two of them had not seen each other for many years, and there was not even news of Liu Bei, and they didn't know whether he was dead or alive, but after all, the two were friends. couldn't help sighing, and said, "Then Zizhong came here this time?" ”

Mi Zhu's expression immediately became timid, and it took a long time as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Zhu is here to talk about a family affair for Sister Ling." ”

"Family?" When Liu Lan was surprised, he looked at Mi Zhu, and at this glance, he didn't understand that Mi Zhu was coming to meet his sister and himself, so he waved his hand and said, "No, no." As he spoke, he began to retreat. It's like Mi Zhu is the plague.

Mi Zhu hurriedly asked, "Could it be that you don't look down on Sister Ling?" ”

"It's not."

"And why? Could it be that Deran cares about Ling Mei's body......"

"No, Zizhong misunderstood." Liu Lan explained: "After all, I have a wife, if I marry my sister, wouldn't I have wronged her." There was a pause. After thinking about it, he said, "Why don't I say one person for Ling Mei?" ”

"Who?"

"Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang." Liu Lan said: "It is the person who sent Ling Mei back to Xuzhou." ”

"Envoy. I don't know if the little sister is married to General Guan, can she be made the main room? ”

"This ......"

Liu Lan said with some hesitation: "Yun Chang already has a main room. It's a pity that he has been separated for many years, and I have been persuading him to set up a wife again all these years. It's a pity that he ......," he said, shaking his head regretfully.

"Deran, Zhu doesn't do anything to hide, if the little sister can't get married, if she marries to the small people in the market, although it can be the main room, but the little sister refuses, but the big family, with him ...... at this time" said that he couldn't say it anymore, and was silent for a long time, before he said: "But it's difficult to be the main room." Mi Zhu looked at him and said: "And now the dowry of the Cao family is in the Mi family, but Ling Mei swears to die, and finally I negotiated with Ling Mei for a few days, but Ling Mei chose to make you the king, otherwise Zhu would not be able to come here today anyway." ”

"Picked me?" Liu Lan pointed at himself, with an incredible expression, when did he, a short and poor frustration, become rich and handsome?

"Exactly." Mi Zhu's cunning eyes flashed away: "Sister Ling said that with his residual willow posture at this time, he is willing to be a concubine." ”

"Willing to be a concubine?" Liu Lan looked at Mi Zhu in disbelief and said: "With the elegance of Ling Mei, those who want to be in the world do not know how many ...... they want" Before he finished speaking, he had already been interrupted by Mi Zhu and said: "De Ran, my sister must have seen it, although she is not a big beauty who has captivated the country and the city, but she is also the premier beauty in my Xuzhou, and with my Mi family, even if my sister marries De Ran as the main room, it is more than enough, not to mention that she is willing to marry a concubine?" As long as you agree, my Mi family will give everything to help you take charge of Xuzhou. Mi Zhu said suddenly.

Liu Lan was frightened when he heard this, and the tea cup he had just picked up was actually holding it after Mi Zhu said this, and the sound of 'Peng' fell on the low machine again, he really didn't expect Mi Zhu to say such a condition, even ignoring the splashing tea, his eyes were round, staring at him, I don't know if she was joking, or serious, but after looking at it for a long time, he found that Mi Zhu always had a serious face, and it didn't seem like he was joking.

"Zizhong, aren't you telling the truth!" Liu Lan snorted lightly, he had often heard about this kind of political marriage in various novels and TV series before, although it was not strange, but this was his first personal experience in the late Han Dynasty, and what was even more funny was that with his current identity, he actually had to sell his *meat* body if he wanted to live in Xuzhou, which was too funny, right?

Liu Lan's reaction was too big, but people who knew him well knew that his qi cultivation kung fu would not make him angry, and if he was so angry in front of him, there was only one possibility, which he deliberately showed to Mi Zhu, and what he wanted to sell * flesh * body was eighty percent of what he wanted. And it is precisely this illusion that completely lifted Mi Zhu's spirit, and he was a little 'carried away' under the joy in his heart. With a serious face, he said: "If Deran has the intention of entering Xuzhou, it is far from enough for me to be in charge of the Mi family." There are four major clans in Xuzhou, and if Deran can get the support of one family, this Xuzhou will also be in the king's pocket. ”

"Four? Why only two supporters? Liu Lan asked suspiciously, "Which one?" ”

"The four great families of Xuzhou are the Chen family in Xiapi, the Mi family in the East China Sea, the Zhang family in Pengcheng, the Cao family in Xuzhou, and now the Zhang family advocates Zhao repeatedly refuses Tao Qian and does not come out, in Xuzhou is not as good as in previous years, and recently I heard that he is going to move his family. And the Cao family, because of the previous Cao Cao offense, from Tao Qian to the people were disappointed in it, so this person is no longer worried, and the only one who is worried is the Chen family, so as long as there is Zhu to contact from it, and De Ran will be able to give favor again, then he will be able to seek the support of the Chen family, so that there is the support of the Mi and Chen families, so that the king will naturally enter Xuzhou smoothly. ”

"But ......"

Liu Lan was tempted early in the morning, but when he thought of the person in the family, he was inevitably a little hesitant, and finally had to sigh, and said: "Zizhong, it's not that I don't want to agree, but about taking a concubine, I think I still have to talk to 'her', and then reply to you, what do you think?" ”

"This is self-serving, after all, is the heroine inside?" Mi Zhu smiled a little unnaturally. (To be continued.) )