"Although the faint monarch transferred the army of the Lanchi battalion, there are no large-scale troops in the Guanzhong area, but Chang'an City is the foundation of the Son of Heaven, according to my two years of exploration and settlement, in this Chang'an City, there are 36 tiger guards who maintain order, distributed in various important places in Chang'an City, each with 100 people, and these tiger guards will be transferred to each other every ten days to avoid the tiger guards being stationed in one place for a long time." Chen Lin and the others, who didn't know that they had been targeted by Tingwei, gathered together with the shadows who Xu You had left behind after Chen Lin arrived, pointing to the map.

If the designers of Chang'an City were here, they would be surprised to find that this map of Chang'an City drawn by them in the past two years is more detailed than the original design drawing, and the most important thing is that Chang'an City has a huge drainage system, these drainage systems, ordinary people even if they have seen Chang'an City when it was built, but they don't know the role of this thing, but at this moment, it is clearly marked on this map.

"Why is that?" Chen Lin raised his head, looked at the commentator puzzled, and frowned.

"In order to prevent these tiger guards from being stationed in one place for a long time, in places where supervision is not in place, exploiting the people and forming some ...... According to the imperial court, it is called the unspoken rule, the rule that is free from the Han law. The scribe who was commenting thought for a moment and explained.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Lin nodded and said: "Regardless of the position, this son of heaven does things, but he does not leak, and even the hearts of the people are counted, but are you not afraid that these tiger guards will complain?" ”

"Kong Zhang said with a smile, the military salary of these tiger guards is not low, ten times that of our army's soldiers, that is, an ordinary county town, and the military salary of Hu Benwei is also three times that of our army's soldiers, and the families of the soldiers can enjoy a three-percent lower agricultural tax than ordinary people in the imperial court." The narrator shook his head.

With such a high salary, the management is stricter, and there are a lot of people who want to get in.

When Chen Lin heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, looked at the scribe incredulously and said, "Where did the imperial court get all this money?" And as far as I know, the agricultural tax of the imperial court is not high, the annual agricultural tax is almost only one-fifth of my Jizhou, there is no agricultural tax, how can the imperial court have all this money and grain to support so many tiger guards? ”

Hu Benwei is not an army, just like the official in an ordinary county town, and under normal circumstances, the official belongs to the official, not in the court grade, the salary is generally issued by the county order, and a county official has such a high salary, which in Chen Lin's opinion, the Son of Heaven is in the brain.

"Kong Zhangke don't underestimate these tiger guards, in addition to the first batch of tiger guards, in recent years, the new tiger ben has undergone strict training by the imperial court, most of them were injured on the battlefield, and entered the tiger ben, the combat effectiveness is very considerable, and Kong Zhang's brother only sees that Chang'an is prosperous now, but it can be well organized, thanks to the responsibility of these tiger ben, after the lord breaks through the Son of Heaven, I really hope that the lord can learn the set of the Son of Heaven, and the rule is not chaotic, and any city, with the tiger guard, has a certain combat effectiveness, If an enemy comes in, a group of troops can be gathered to resist the enemy in a short time. The scribe smiled: "And this is also an important town like Chang'an, an ordinary county seat, and there are no more than two hundred tigers, and if there are few, there are fifty." ”

"Then where does all this money and food come from?" Chen Lin frowned.

"Here!" The scribe pointed to a large area marked on the map with a small sword and said: "Since the reconstruction of Chang'an City, it has expanded a lot, and the population has also increased dramatically, but don't think that all places in Chang'an City are inhabited, this area is specially divided by the Son of Heaven Fang City, merchants from the Western Regions, merchants from the southern Jiangdong area, and even merchants from Guishan, Anxi, Daqin and other places, you can also see that every time a transaction is completed, the top has to pay a percent profit to the government, and the government is not only responsible for the safety of both parties in Chang'an, A commercial quotation will also be issued, and as long as there is this commercial quotation under the rule of the imperial court, any local official has no right to collect fees in any form. ”

Looking at Chen Lin's surprised expression, the scribe smiled bitterly: "Not to mention other counties, just a year's tax revenue from Chang'anfang City is enough to supply the salaries and grain and grass of the Son of Heaven, including Hu Ben, Tingwei and all the armies, not to mention, the royal trading house also has the trade of refined salt, colored glass, Hanxing plow, and soap, you know, these things are now only available in the imperial court, and the lord has found someone to learn to make refined salt, but he has never been able to do it, and the other is the trade between the imperial court and the countries of the Western Regions, in short...... The most important thing that the imperial court does not lack now is money, as for the military rations, although there is more surplus grain in the hands of ordinary people, it is not exhaustible after all, and most of the surplus grain will still be sold to the imperial court, and the purchase price of grain by the imperial court is relatively fair, and ordinary traders do not dare to earn money with the imperial court in this matter. ”

Chen Lin's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This is an opportunity, as long as you find someone to raise the price of food, you will definitely be able to make the imperial court short of military food." ”

Shaking his head, the scribe smiled: "Brother Kong Zhang, don't think too much, it's impossible." ”

"Why is that?" Chen Lin was puzzled.

"Businessmen seek profit, who wants to do that?" The scribe smiled bitterly.

"With the reputation of the lord, is it difficult or not?" Chen Lin wondered.

"On the one hand, there is no wealth, the purchase price given by the imperial court is very reasonable, and the people are relatively speaking, they believe in the credibility of the imperial court, and if they want to raise the price of grain, it is possible to do it at least at a price fifty percent higher than the price of grain in the imperial court; The two are different from the past, when the imperial court invited the Su family to join the royal firm, the Su family only sent a side branch of the Su idiot to join, refusing to fully cooperate with the imperial court, and now the Su family broke their heads and wanted to join the royal firm, but the royal firm except for the Su idiot, any Su family did not recognize, the Su family now wants to join the royal firm, and can only bring the family under the Su idiot, let this side branch be the master, today, but all businessmen, no one is willing to offend the royal firm, even the lord is not good; Three, even if the first two points are achieved, but the grain and grass hoarded by the imperial court in recent years are enough for the army to use for ten years, that is, it is really red to raise the price of grain, within ten years, the imperial court will not have the problem of food shortage, but to maintain the price of grain higher than fifty percent of the market price for ten years, it is impossible to do it with all the strength of the lord. ”

Chen Lin stared at him when he heard it, it seemed to be negligent, but in fact, it was not feasible, this time Yuan Shao was defeated in Liyang, the loss was not small, not to mention the money and grain in the treasury for ten years, it may not be able to be maintained for half a year, and the Jizhou family, even if he is willing, I am afraid that if he really does this, before the imperial army runs out of food, the Jizhou family will have to be starved to death first.

"So, there's only one way left?" Chen Lin frowned and looked at Chang'an's map.

"Assault?" The scribe smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "Kong Zhangdon't blame me for raising the morale of others, even if we want to attack, but in this Chang'an City, there are three thousand six hundred people in the Tiger Benwei alone, and there are fewer court captains, there are also eight hundred, in addition to five thousand Yulin troops garrisoning the city, nearly ten thousand people, and we have waited for the past two years, although I have secretly moved some families, but now the imperial court has extremely strict restrictions on the private soldiers of the family, according to different grades, the highest private soldiers of more than two hundred are regarded as rebellion, and in the past two years, according to the method left by Ziyuan, to circumvent the rules of the imperial court, Turning private soldiers into the various trades of the family, but Rao is like this, and it doesn't add up to more than two thousand, how to attack? ”

Chen Lin frowned when he heard this, what kind of emptiness is this in the rear, how many soldiers and horses did the Son of Heaven leave in the rear? The armed forces of a Chang'an city have nearly 10,000 people, as well as the border areas, the Western Regions Protectorate, the Hetao and even Shuzhong, so if it is calculated, as long as the Son of Heaven is willing, he can transfer another 100,000 people from Guanzhong at any time, and without harming the people's livelihood, the newly transferred people can even go into battle to kill the enemy, this ......

For a while, Chen Lin was a bit of a Muggle, and he came to Chang'an thousands of miles this time, just to confirm that the rear of the Son of Heaven was as stable as Mount Tai, and he couldn't shake it at all?

"Now if you want to make Chang'an unstable, there is only one way." Looking at Chen Lin's distracted appearance, the scribe smiled bitterly.

"Oh?" When Chen Lin heard this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at the scribe and said, "Brother Yuanshan has a clever plan?" ”

"I can't talk about a clever plan, it's not advisable to attack now, there is only arson, although the tiger Benwei is strictly inspected, but there is a place, but there is a place that the tiger Benwei can't take care of, which is the waterway of Chang'an City." Pointing to the map, the scribe smiled and said: "Although this place is filthy, it can lead to all corners of Chang'an City, as long as we use this waterway to set fire everywhere in Chang'an City, it will definitely make all the people in Chang'an City exhausted, and at that time, we can even directly attack the interior of the Imperial City through here!" ”

"Good strategy!" A loud laugh sounded, but it was not Chen Lin who spoke, and in the stunned eyes of the two, the door was kicked open.

A man with a short figure and a fierce aura from top to bottom of his body came in, and when he looked into the courtyard through the top of his head, Chen Lin was suddenly shocked to find that dozens of guards in the courtyard had fallen in a pool of blood at some point.

The moment the scribe saw the sturdy man, he trembled and forced himself to calm down: "General Shi, you have already violated the Han law by trespassing on a people's house like this. ”

"Ha~" Shi Ah looked at the two of them with a smile: "Do you really think that my tiger guards are blind?" Have you not always opposed Your Majesty's strengthening of the law? Why do you speak to me at this time? ”

"Why did General Shi say this, we are all businessmen...... the scribe still wanted to quibble, Shi A interrupted directly, but his eyes had already fallen on Chen Lin, and he sneered: "What, Guangling Celebrity, is the master book under Yuan Shao going to be a merchant now?" ”

"You...... How do you know me!? Chen Lin exclaimed.

When the scribe on the side heard this, he couldn't help but pat his head, and he revealed his identity so easily.

"Sima Shangshu just went to the Tingwei Mansion, and then, I came next, let's go with me." Shi A took out a token from his bosom: "Don't worry, since I'm out of the Tiger Guard, I have everything I should have, let's go." ”

"Sima old thief!" When Chen Lin heard this, he gritted his teeth and roared hideously, and then was kicked to the ground by two tiger guards.