"Brother Xing, what are your plans? Are you planning to move out of Qingwan? But when we move, I am afraid that the hearts of the villagers will be scattered, and it will be even more difficult for them to protect themselves in danger. Chen Chao was already in chaos at this time.

"Don't you envy me for studying and understanding things?" Li Xing didn't answer directly, but talked about him slowly.

"The purpose of my study is not for the imperial examination, so I don't memorize the books of the sages like ordinary scholars, I read with doubts in my heart. Do you know what the pursuit of the disciples of Confucius is? Li Xing asked rhetorically.

"Isn't that what you say, self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world! It's all familiar. ”

"There are so many places in the south and north, I think only in our Qingwan Township can we live a satisfactory life and live freely. Chen Chao: Most of your family business is in the county seat, but you still live here in Qingwan, don't you have this kind of experience? ”

"Those who know me, Brother Xing!"

"Qingwan Township is not only my hometown, but also a paradise in my heart. I don't want to give it up, I can't bear to see it destroyed, and I want to do my part for it! ”

"After self-cultivation, there is the Qi family, no matter who wants to destroy my family and hurt my family, what choice do you think I will make? What are the alternatives? ”

"Fight! There is only one war! Chen Chao said that the blood flow accelerated, and he spoke his heart highly.

"Isn't such a beautiful hometown worthy of our lives? Even if there are goblins and monsters pouring out of the valley, if you want to fight, you will fight! Li Xing was also excited.

"Hah! Ha! Brother Xing, I haven't let go of this skill for many years. I'll still be a good team player before you horse. ”

"You have a lot of money, don't you want to move away?"

"Hah! Ha! It's so tiring to deal with those birdmen, money and those mundane things are more precious than a life of true nature, even if this life is shorter, but I prefer to choose it. In this life, I can fight for the sacred responsibility and obligation of protecting my hometown, what more can I ask for! If you want to fight, you will fight! ”

"Good! We can be good brothers in life and death again! Let's go to the backyard and try it out to see if you can be a team leader for me or a team for me. ”

The two veteran soldiers, who have passed the age of confusion, are full of fighting spirit at this moment, and they can't help but try their skills.

"Wen'er, you don't have to worry. As a father, I am a soldier, and I will arrange for you and your mother and grandmother to go to your grandfather's house. Only then did Li Xing notice the two suspicious glances of Li Wen and Chen Long, and then remembered that he was still a husband, a father, and a son.

But this does not hinder his fighting spirit, it does not mean that he is a natural warrior, but that he has become fearless after figuring out some things.

"Daddy! Didn't you say that father and son soldiers on the battlefield? I'm going to fight alongside my daddy. Li Wen and Chen Long had already been attracted by the words of the two fathers, and they had stopped there to listen to their fathers' chats, knowing what their fathers were excited about.

"That's right! We're going to fight with you! We are also warriors! Chen Hu also echoed and said loudly. According to rumors, Li Wen and Chen Hu have long had a warrior's heart.

In the study.

"Brother Long, I think it's very important that wolves will avoid the edge and know how to advance and retreat!"

"That's right! Right! Li Wen, you are a good dog-headed military advisor. ”

"Go! You're the kobold strategist! ”

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In the backyard.

"Ah Chao, not bad! You haven't fed those socials to fat your body and corroded your physical strength. Li Xing and Chen Chao finished their moves and talked on the way back to the study.

"Of course! Socializing is just a last resort. How could I exchange it for a bargaining chip to make money at the cost of hurting my body! That's unwise! Chen Chao shook his head and said: "Reduce some entertainment, although there will be fewer opportunities to make money, but I can still distinguish between body and money." What's more, using the words 'sincerity' and 'faith' will bring more and more real opportunities. ”

"Yes, you can see this more clearly than I do. Don't be like me, I only run the tea horse plank road two or three times a year, and the rest of the time because I am afraid of socializing, I have to hide in Qingwan Tuqingjing. When dealing with officials and businessmen, you are much better than me. ”

"Brother Xing, you are too humble. It's just that you don't want to soak in the dye vat of the business sea. If you promised Gu Junqing's kid last time, now you are worth a lot more than me. ”

"That's right, Brother Xing! This time, we want the imperial court to send troops and equip the village soldiers, can we turn to that ancient general for help? Chen Chao looked at the other party and was silent, and then said: "I used to look down on that kid, his ability was not high, but he would do things in his hands, and he would run around with his mouth, and he would be promoted to be your team deputy by relying on these skills." ”

"Not to mention, he hasn't seen him for ten years, relying on his ability to drill the camp, since he got on the big ship of the military department, he actually climbed to the general of the ranger first, and then he was promoted to the general of Dingyuan, who is the fifth grade. In the past few years, it has been an unattainable general from Sanpin Yunlu, which is really impressive. ”

"In the past, when he was your team vice-president, you had a lot of respect for Brother Xing, and if you follow his path, you can't say that the problems of our township can be solved." Chen Chaoyue said that the more his eyes shine.

"You're thinking so beautifully!" Li Xing splashed cold water, and he said: "You say that he is a person who is good at drilling camps, don't you know that people who drill camps are the most fickle?" He used to respect me as a centurion, but this is no longer the case. That kid is now in charge of military resources, and the last time I discussed military and horse business cooperation with me, I not only rejected him, but also stupidly persuaded him to say: It is a matter of national importance, and it should be stopped. ”

"But that kid made a move when he should have made a move, and he was overjoyed, and he had already found his agent. I'm afraid I've blacklisted others, and I don't think I'll be able to see him yet, General Gu! ”

"Slippery tongue is easy to slippery! I'm afraid I can't count on him anymore! Li Xing said calmly.

"However, that kid is really powerful, so that the hand of the agent, on the surface, the money in the business field is going back and forth, and secretly the money is like flowing water into his private pocket. And it makes it difficult for Yushitai to catch the handle, it's really high, high! Compared with those who are directly corrupt, and his top boss is a seller of the Ministry of War, I don't know how many times more clever. That kid, if he is in business, he will be a business wonder, but it's a pity! Chen Chao sighed.

"Now that General Gu is still operating to climb to the position of the Jiedu envoy, how can he get his hands on our. The only thing we can rely on is ourselves. Ah Chao, you, the richest man, may be bleeding profusely this time. Don't feel sorry then! This old horse in my family has been with me for many years, and it is time for him to retire and replace it with a young and strong horse. ”

"Brother Xing, you know that I am a human being, the money is enough to spend comfortably, and the excess has lost the meaning of its existence. I wanted to see Li Xian, and then he smiled with a round smile and said: My family has a lot of money, and it is appropriate to donate that much. But his heart must be dripping with blood, and his flesh hurts terribly. ”

"You know him, and you two rich men do have a sympathy for each other. Li Xian's radish fingers, I can't say that I will secretly retract into my sleeves and make a false calculation! Ha ha! Li Xing laughed.

In the anxiety of the villagers, a few days have passed. The village was calm, and there were no wild beasts foraging for food, as feared before. Except for the three villages near the mountains, where they had to go to relatives and friends, the lives of the other villagers were not affected in the slightest. Probably because of the distance, dogs, livestock, and poultry from other villages were not sucked into the Meteorite Valley.

According to the information recovered by the hunters, the more animals gathered in the valley, the more casualties among the animals increased. The wolf and dog clan now have a tendency to occupy the whole valley, and the tiger of the king of beasts has died and fled.

The bad news is that the reply from the county yamen is: Aren't you now self-governing villagers? How many dog riots still have to send troops and weapons in the county? If the rooster fights, do you have to go out and arrest quickly? The county means that the villagers are self-governing, and there is no need to report nonsense such as animal chaos, and the villagers will deal with this kind of thing by themselves. In a word, the villagers should seek more blessings for themselves.

A slightly better news is that Li Xian, the second richest man in the township, has returned, so that the township discussion on how to donate money can be carried out normally. The normal operation of the township soldiers, the purchase of weapons, the resettlement of villagers who have left the villages, and other things that are on the brow are waiting for money.

In order to protect the hometown and protect the family, he has the money to contribute and make a strong contribution. Those who have no money should donate a certain amount of rice and grain according to the number of people in their families. The wealthy benefit the most, and they should bear more obligations and responsibilities.

But the question is what proportion the wealthy should donate. There is a certain reason for donating according to the number of fields, and the more mountainous paddy fields that are protected, the more you have to pay. But the problem is that the richest man like Chen Chao, his family business is not in the township, and he has less than two acres of paddy fields, so is it possible to donate so much?

However, if the wealth is only apportioned according to the land, it is difficult to calculate the amount of wealth. If people who do not use the land to generate wealth, such as the teahouses, cloth villages, and daily miscellaneous goods in the countryside, feel that it is too unfair, because they are not tied to the land, they can leave at any time.

The initial plan was to divide the wealth and land into a 55 share of the apportionment, and calculate the total budget, half of which would be shared with the total wealth and half by the total land. Each wealthy household can donate more and less, and divide it by the total wealth and total land. The amount of wealth is subject to the regular donation to the Mongolian Academy every quarter, and the folk customs of Qingwan Township are very good, and no one has ever cheated on this kind of donation, which is both accurate and convenient. The fields are clearly placed in the wild, and it is easy to calculate them clearly.

Before the vote, Li Xingyi patted Li Xian next to him and whispered in his ear: "Brother Ah Xian, I lost my life." My quarterly donation is not at the agreed rate of 1 percent, but at 7 percent. I slapped my swollen face and became fat, according to such an algorithm, the blood dripping in my heart is more than the blood in your heart now! ”

For a large landowner like Li Xian, most of his family income is from land. According to this initial contribution plan, he will have to donate double the amount of money compared to those who open shops and do business. Therefore, the most likely person to oppose this plan is undoubtedly Li Xian, so Li Xing made this move.

"I just learned that Chen Chao's donation is 3 percent. also said, how can this kid prepare to dismiss half of the servants in the house, it turns out that he has lost a lot of money. Li Xing is basically telling the truth, not deceiving Li Xian. As for the plan they first discussed at the time of enlightenment, because Chen Chao has not been available in recent months, it has not yet been implemented.

Of course, Chen Chao's purpose in dismissing the servants was not because he had to donate too much money this time, but because of course he wanted to save expenses during the extraordinary period and prepare more for the future.

Li Xing was worried that Li Xian's fierce opposition would give rise to many branches, so he deliberately let Li Xian know some inside information, so that the sooner the township could prepare, the better.

"Hmm, hmm!" Li Xian's expression changed twice, and after clearing his throat twice, he piled up his trademark chubby smile and said, "Brother Xing, you're joking!" What a heartache for me! If you have money to pay, you should have made a strong contribution. And?????? Fang and ??????"

"Ahem, ahem!" Li Xian didn't finish speaking, but he couldn't help coughing twice.

"Ahem, ahem!" Li Xian spontaneously coughed twice this time to clear his throat. He then explained himself in a slightly mute voice: "I suffered a little cold last night, and my throat is a little itchy today, which is really annoying." ”

Li Xing smiled secretly in his heart: Before the meeting, you said proudly everywhere that you brought a very powerful feng shui master back this time, and your family's feng shui is even better. Your voice was clear and loud at the time, and then it suddenly became a little hoarse? You're at war with heaven and man!

"I agree with this apportionment plan! Brother Xing just said well, we should be proud of having a hometown worth protecting! In order to give birth to me and raise me in this beautiful hometown, why bother here! This is Li Xian suddenly stood up and said loudly and clearly to the people in the hall.

Li Xian then slapped his belly violently, and while everyone was stunned, accompanied by bursts of fluctuations in his belly, he said a loud voice that he had never heard before: "Isn't it a donation, isn't it just cutting meat!" Although I don't have Brother Xing's sword courage and heart, I can't go into battle to kill the enemy, but I still have a few taels of 'meat'. In order for us to have a peaceful Qingwan Township, let alone cut a few taels of meat, even if I give up my body to feed the tigers and wolves, what does it matter! And what are you afraid of! ”

Li Xian's words immediately aroused applause from the audience. In addition to winning endless applause, Li Xian's image was suddenly raised in the hearts of many people. People like Li Xing and Chen Chao, who secretly thought that he would oppose it, were even more impressed by Li Xian and praised him greatly.