However, regardless of appearance, character, or talent, Zhuge Liang is the dragon among people. If you can't meet someone you like, it doesn't seem to be aggrieved to live a lifetime with Zhuge Liang.

Huang Yueying thought faintly.

At this time, under the control of the boatman, the boat slowly docked, and the children of the family in the cabin went ashore one after another.

"The Cai family seems to be deflated this time, right, Brother Cui?" Huang Yueying asked.

"Miss Yueying, I think now that you must have a plot against me."

Cui Zhouping put down the teacup, looked at Huang Yueying and said: "Of course those children of the family will not sign at this time, after they disperse, the interests of the family are more important than everything, they will definitely go to Cai Yu to find out the situation, the girl obviously knows, why bother to ask, what are the schemes." ”

A dark cloud obscured the sun, and the river was sparkling, as if it was going to rain, and Cui Zhouping began to pack up his tea set.

Although Cui Jun is not as general as Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and Pang Tong, he can pinch and calculate, strategize, and win battles, but he can observe words and looks, gain insight into people's hearts, and with Cui Jun's experience, he still has some experience.

Huang Yueying smiled and said: "Yueying is really ugly, her appearance is ugly, and her words are ugly, then Yueying told her bluntly, Yueying hopes that Brother Cui can promise Yueying two things." ”

…… In the heavy rain, Yang Zishang took Qin Ming and a group of soldiers to walk on the ridge.

Yang Zishang was sent by Li Yan to count the number of fields, people, slaves and merchants of the family, Yang Zishang really felt proud, more than 30 years, and finally it was his turn to entertain these unbeatable families, looking at the appearance of those family masters and children who had to flatter themselves, Yang Zishang was proud when he thought about it.

Even if it was raining heavily, Yang Zishang did not spare his work, the soldier wanted to make an umbrella for Yang Zishang, but Yang Zishang pushed it away, the raindrops hit the gray hair, the steps were brisk, and the whole person seemed to be ten years younger.

"Ouch."

Yang Zishang stepped into the air, stepped into the paddy field, the trouser tube was flooded with mud, Qin Ming on the side hurriedly came up to pull up Yang Zishang, now the Chinese officers of the Sichuan Army are all baby bumps, Deng Zhi sent him to protect Yang Zishang, but there can be no accidents.

Qin Ming picked up Yang Zishang, who had wet hair, Yang Zishang didn't play an umbrella, and he couldn't use an umbrella himself, Qin Ming was unhappy, but he couldn't say it.

"Lord Yang Zi, just now in Sima's house, the adults are really majestic, Sima Lao'er's blue and purple face, I'm afraid it's the first time in his life, and the previous Pang family, Ma family, Kuai family, ouch, those one by one, usually like a person, when I see an adult, it's not even as good as a dog."

Yang Zishang smiled and said nothing, his shoes were rubbing mud on the grass, everything was expected by Yang Zishang, the family, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, Yang Zishang has long been familiar with the deeds of the family in the past 30 years, and the so-called nodding and flattery, can not calm the hatred in Yang Zishang's heart for many years.

"But why didn't the lords, knowing that they had concealed the number of people, fields, slaves, and merchants, and go away with false account books? Especially the Sima family, it is simply outrageous. ”

The tax of the Han Dynasty was collected according to the field, the people collected the money, and the slaves and maids and the merchants were doubled, so the fields, people, slaves and merchants were important indicators to measure the tax.

This is related to the amount of taxes paid every year, so the clan will conceal it, in fact, this is already the general practice of the clan, often the government also turns a blind eye, in Liu Biao, these clans are used to concealing it.

Now it's Liu Zhang's turn, these clans were still scared at first, but after testing Yang Zishang's attitude, they found that this Yang Zishang couldn't live a little except for his nostrils, as long as he was happy, knowing that he was hiding it, Yang Zishang didn't say anything, and the families were relieved.

"Let them go." Yang Zishang doesn't care about authenticity.

Qin Ming was a little incomprehensible, the corners of his mouth twitched, he hesitated for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to test Yang Zishang: "Lord Yang Zi, since you acquiesced in these people's concealment, why don't you ...... those things sent by the Sima family and several other families?" ”

After Qin Ming finished speaking, he looked at Yang Zishang with his eyes open, Yang Zishang stopped wiping the mud, and turned his head to look at Qin Ming meaningfully: "General Qin wants to?" ”

"No, no, no, whatever you want, whatever you want." Qin Ming hurriedly waved his hand.

In front of a manor again, two large yellow characters on the black door plaque shone brightly, "Huangfu." ”

"This old man of the Huang family is really, he didn't stay in the city, he moved to his hometown, and let us run so far." Qin Ming complained.

Yang Zishang smiled: "It's good if you didn't go to Jiangxia, let's go, let's go in." ”

In the inner courtyard of the Huang Mansion, the old man Huang sat on the recliner with a sad face, the world is not good, the luck is not good, even the weather is not good, the black pressure is a cloud, and the old man who is almost ninety is out of breath.

"Yueying, go pick a bunch of grapes for me." Old Man Huang shouted loudly, with a toothless mouth and a loud voice.

Huang Yueying is the great-granddaughter of Old Man Huang, and she usually doesn't come to see him much, so every time she comes to see him, she must have a strange idea, and the last time she came to see him, she let herself move to Huangjiawan's hometown to live.

It's a good thing, it's raining heavily, and the countryside is full of mud roads, and I can't take a single step. The old man was also guilty of cold legs, and the old man was very angry.

But today, this girl is still honest, she doesn't have any strange ideas, the old man who is almost ninety can't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness, and he likes Huang Yueying very much in his heart.

"Grandpa, I think you're old and confused." Huang Yueying walked out of the house and breathed a comfortable sigh into the rain: "It's only June now, where are the grapes." ”

"Talking back again, there is no humility, you should fight, stretch out your hand." The old man scolded, Huang Yueying rolled her eyes and stretched out her palm, this is already a routine.

The old man hit Huang Yueying's palm twice with his cane, and at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, and the two family members at the door opened the courtyard door after receiving the nod and instruction of the old man Huang.

Yang Zishang and Qin Ming and a group of dusty servants stepped over, looking at a group of tiger and wolf soldiers with spears and swords, coupled with the reputation of the Sichuan army, the family slaves and maids were all afraid.

"Yang Zishang visited Old Man Huang, and under the order of Lord Li Yan of Xiangyang, he came to count the property of each family, please hand me the statistical booklet of the number of nobles, fields, population, slaves and maids and merchants, and I will go back and ask someone to transcribe a copy, deposit it in the treasury, and return it in person in two days."

Yang Zishang bent down slightly and bowed, as soon as Old Man Huang heard Yang Zishang's name, he suddenly bounced up from the chair, and the old cold leg instantly healed without medicine, and his body was very healthy.

"Oh, it turned out that Lord Yang Zi is here, the old man has lost his welcome, he has lost his welcome, the old man has heard that Lord Yang Zi counted the matter of Uncle Liu Huang in Yizhou, and he has already prepared it for Lord Yang Zi."

Old Man Huang clapped his hands as he spoke, and the housekeeper walked out with eight housekeepers carrying plates, each plate had a thick stack of mountain-like bamboo slips, and on the last plate, a small plate of gold.

"This is the number of more than 1,000 people, fields, slaves and maids and merchants in the Huang family, please check it out with Lord Yangzi." Old Man Huang said cautiously, this is a major matter related to the whole clan, Old Man Huang's voice is not loud, he wiped his forehead, and followed Yang Zishang nervously.

Yang Zishang walked to the third plate of bamboo slips, picked up a bundled bamboo slip, only glanced at some numbers exposed outside, and chuckled.

"Lord Yang Zi has worked hard, this rainy day is still touching the old man, we really can't get by, this little meaning is not a respect, please Lord Yang Zi must accept it." The butler smiled.

"That's it, that's it, it's good that the mind has arrived." Yang Zishang waved his hand and asked the soldiers to carry the account books.

Huang Yueying walked over, her aura was so strong that several soldiers, including Qin Ming, were so frightened that they took three steps back.

Huang Yueying bowed to Yang Zishang, took out an account book from her arms, paper, handed it to Yang Zishang and said: "Lord Yang Zi is hard, this rainy day, the bamboo slips are heavy, if you slip on the road and drop one or two volumes, won't you let the adults have the order of the emperor's uncle, the little woman has an account book here, which also records the Huang family's population, acres, slaves and merchants, take it." ”

Old Man Huang's eyes suddenly moved to the paper account book, Yang Zishang flipped through two articles, frowned slightly, and held the account book to Old Man Huang and said, "Old man, is this account book really a record of the Huang family's property?" ”

"Grandpa, isn't this what you asked your granddaughter (great-granddaughter, the same below) to transcribe? You won't forget, will you? Huang Yueying coquettishly lay on the old man's shoulder, and the soldiers and family members around her were cold.

"yes, yes, I almost forgot." Old Man Huang was stunned for a moment, his old eyes were dizzy, and he agreed again and again.

Yang Zishang hesitated for a long time, compared to the bamboo slips, the paper account book is light, and easy to consult, he really couldn't find a reason to refuse, threw the account book into the hands of a soldier, turned around and left, walked two steps, suddenly turned around, and said: "Oh, the official remembered, the official is an official under the emperor's uncle, except for a thatched hut by the Xiangjiang River, there is no real estate, and the gold is ......."

Yang Zishang looked longingly at the gold in his hand.

Qin Ming and the soldiers were stunned, and the Huang family's housekeeper and family members were also stunned.

The housekeeper was the first to react, beckoned, and asked the family to bring the gold over, but was stopped by Huang Yueying, turned to Old Man Huang and said, "Grandpa, isn't our family not rich?" People haven't married yet, so the gold will be left for others as a dowry. ”

"Can you afford so much dowry to marry someone? Huang Erjiao (Huang Chengyan) can't make up this money? Old Man Huang reprimanded.

Huang Yueying crossed her fingers and said shyly: "Look at other people's appearance, if you don't lose money, can you get married?" ”

"That's just as well."

Huang Yueying shook Old Man Huang's shoulder, Old Man Huang couldn't stand it, "Okay, okay, it's up to you, that ...... Lord Yang Zi. ”

Old Man Huang shouted to Yang Zishang: "My lord, just pick some grapes in the yard and take them away, pick some for the soldiers, pick as many as you want, it doesn't matter if you pick them all." ”

Yang Zishang glanced at the grape trellis with green vines and green leaves, and arched his hand to Huang Yueying, who was smiling: "Girl's name?" ”

"Huang Wanzhen."

"The Huang family is really different, and they say goodbye." Yang Zishang strode away with his entourage.

At the moment when the courtyard door closed, Old Man Huang's cloudy eyes became clear, and he said angrily to Huang Yueying: "Wild girl, what the hell are you doing?" Did you know that this is a matter of survival for the whole race? Now that the butcher is in power, you have offended villains like Yang Zishang, does the Huang family have good fruits to eat? ”

Old Man Huang was out of breath, if it weren't for the fact that every strange idea Huang Yueying came up with before could have come true, he who had always been steady would not have followed Huang Yueying's words just now.

"Grandpa, granddaughter is for the survival of the whole family, grandpa looks confused, Lingtai is clear, can't you see that there is anything wrong with Yang Zishang?"

Old Man Huang thought about it, nodded and said, "Yang Zishang is a villain, but he doesn't accept bribes......"

Huang Yueying's lips met, she blew out a breath, the hair on her forehead fluttered, and said to Old Man Huang: "This is not a relationship between bribery and non-bribery, Yang Zishang was jealous and hateful back then, obviously an official fan, but he would rather abandon the official than compromise with the family, thirty years of grudges, green hair boiled into a white head, how can it be so easy to dissipate?"

He can stand calmly and calmly in front of us, and he can smile out, this is not simple, it is by no means so easy to fool, not to mention that even if he fools Yang Zishang, can he fool Liu Zhang? Grandpa forgot how the thousands of people in Jiangzhou died? ”

"What you gave Yang Zishang is the real financial book?"

Huang Yueying nodded.

Old Man Huang showed a painful look on his face, the real financial book, that is a lot of money, and it is paid twice a year, although the taxes of the Han Dynasty are not as powerful as the Qin Dynasty, but they are also quite heavy, even if the thirty taxes of the year are good, the field tax, the mouth tax, and the calculation of fees add up to a huge amount.

What's more, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, taxes became heavier and heavier, and by now, taxes have accounted for most of the income of the family.

In this case, the clan began to deal with officialdom and conceal property in order to pay less taxes, so they did not hesitate to use heavy money to bribe the officialdom, not to mention that under Liu Zhang's hands, they could also have more land that could be freely disposed of, without going through the government when buying and selling, which was indeed a great temptation.

This is the real reason why those clans took great risks to collude with Yang Zishang and hand over fake account books.

"Grandpa also said that the survival of the whole clan is worth it." Huang Yueying chuckled.

Old Man Huang sighed helplessly, his face worried.

Huang Yueying pinched the back of the depressed old man Huang, and looked at the grape trellis in the heavy rain without blinking: "Liu Zhang, the little woman's first service order has been issued to you, I hope you understand." ”

………… Yang Zishang and Qin Ming walked on the avenue, Yang Zishang was silent, Qin Ming thought that Yang Zishang was unhappy that he had not received a bribe, and was about to comfort him, when he suddenly saw a soldier and horse in the distance divided into two.

(To be continued)