This rare snowstorm lasted for three days and three nights, and did not stop until the afternoon of the fourth day.

Wuyang Post Station is not a privately run inn, but a government-run inn, which is under the jurisdiction of Wuyang County.

Although it is a government-run post station, not all officials and their relatives and dependents under the rule of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang can eat and stay here for free, and there is an extremely detailed hierarchy here.

The so-called hierarchy is the rank of officials; To put it bluntly, even officials also have three, six, nine and so on.

Official rank, i.e., official position and official position, which also includes knighthood.

In the lobby of the Wuyang Post Station, there is a detailed note carved on the wall, which clearly reads: "All officials whose rank is less than 2,000 stone shall pay half of the cost of food and lodging when they stay in the pavilion station; Officials of 600 stone or less are required to pay the full fee, and the rest are given priority to the relatives of officials or scholars. ”

The detailed rules are simple and easy to understand. But those who are literate can understand at a glance that if the Yizhou officials who are above 2,000 stone pass through this place, the post house will be warmly entertained, and the board and lodging will be free; Then there are the officials who are above 1,000 stones, and their official positions are above the Wuyang County Order, so they should be given preferential treatment, and the cost of food and lodging will be halved; Officials of 600 stone and below are on par with the official rank of Wuyang County Order, so there is no need to give preferential treatment, but they still have to be taken care of, enjoy the preferential treatment, and take into account the face of their colleagues.

Those who are officials must first learn to be a man, and being a man is particular: leave a line in everything, and see each other in the future!

In this respect, the people of today are no different from the ancients, even. The way of the ancients is better than that of today.

Like Wuyang Station, which is almost a clear price marking, it is a fairly novel management model at the moment, and it is indeed unique. This type of business is not common in Zhongyuan Prefecture. However, in the states and counties under Li Li's rule, especially in the industries under the name of the Great General's Inner Government managed by Zhen and Zou Jing, the business model of clearly marked prices was also implemented, and it was spread as early as when Xiliang implemented cultivation and rejuvenation.

However, Li Li's property and the pavilions under his rule all implement a full fee system, and there is no such clear hierarchy, let alone any preferential treatment for officials. Because all the estates under his name have no other affiliation. It is both public and private, and can be regarded as either his private property or public property. Every year, it provides nearly 40% of the money and grain income for the government treasury, which can supply the money and grain of 300,000 troops. It is an extremely large industrial chain under the name of the Great General's Inner Government, involving all walks of life, and independently undertakes the development and large-scale manufacture of new weapons.

The existence of this special industrial chain is extremely deformed. However, in the era of feudal imperial autocracy, it was a common practice. Successive emperors have had their own vast estates. All the money and grain obtained from his profits were used for the extravagant enjoyment or squandering of the inner courtyard of the palace and the children of the imperial family, and it was the first time that Li Li had transformed his property into a state-owned asset similar to that of later generations.

In other words, the emperors of all dynasties regarded the whole world as private property, taking it and taking it away, and acting arbitrarily. However, Li Li did not believe that the rule of the emperor alone could control the economic lifeline of the entire country, so he adopted some experience from later generations to firmly control certain resources in his own hands, adopting a permission-management model. This will strengthen the control of the overall situation.

But not everyone can understand these underlying truths, and very few people really know Li Li's intentions. It is limited to his wives and concubines and confidants who are in charge of the inner government property for him.

Compared with Li Li's subordinate counties, Yizhou, known as the "land of abundance", has been in a state of "seclusion and isolation" after the chaos in the world. All the customs clearance routes under the jurisdiction of Yizhou are blocked, even the local caravans in and out of Yizhou must be carefully checked, and they must also hold the customs clearance guide issued by the state governor or the county guard, otherwise they will not be released. Not only that, but even many refugees who came to Yizhou had to report to the state governor and get permission to enter the counties.

Most of the soldiers stationed in these passes are sergeants who have experienced two civil strife in Yizhou, whether it is weaponry or combat ability, they are remarkable, and can be called the most elite army in Yizhou.

Compared with the various passes, the garrison of the counties and counties in Yizhou is very lax, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a virtual existence. Even, many of the defenders stationed in the city all the year round have never experienced war at all, and more than half of the soldiers belong to the "recruit eggs" who have never seen blood.

Therefore, in the past ten years, Yizhou has been in a state of defense that is tight on the outside and loose on the inside. The common people in Yizhou are almost isolated from the world, and they know little or nothing about the changes in the Central Plains states and the situation in the world.

So far, the people of Yizhou have only known about the outside world to old events such as the killing of Dong Zhuo, the strong rise of Wuwei Li Li, and the battle of Sili, and they have also heard of the battle of Hanzhong that took place three years ago, but they are only half-clawed, and it is impossible to know the details.

Therefore, in a sense, the people of Yizhou are fortunate that the natural terrain conditions provide them with a peaceful life in the troubled times.

But this peaceful life is relative. In fact, Yizhou has never had a real peaceful life. To be precise, about seventy percent of the people in Yizhou live relatively stable, while the other thirty percent live in the endless southern barbarian raids, and they can live a stable life at all.

But the flaws are not hidden, on the whole, compared with the people of the Central Plains states, the life of the people of Yizhou is still extremely enviable. Perhaps, half of the reputation of "the land of abundance" comes from this.

However, this relatively peaceful life is not destined to last long, and Yizhou is not a pure land.

Nowadays, the situation in the world is becoming clearer, the era of princes is gradually dying out, and the surviving princes are bound to face a new round of choices, and no one can stay out of the matter; This includes Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang.

At the same time, Yizhou is not as calm and peaceful as it appears on the surface, but in fact, there are countless undercurrents hidden under this calm, and with the rapid changes in the situation in the world, it has become more and more turbulent.

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In the Wuyang Pavilion Station, the caravan under Li Li's name has been staying here for four days, and depending on the situation, it should stay for two more days before leaving.

The East Courtyard of the Pavilion is the courtyard where Li Li and his wife live, and it is also one of the only two courtyards in the Pavilion Station.

There are only two upper rooms in the whole pavilion, namely the east courtyard and the west courtyard, and there are four main rooms and six side rooms in each courtyard. Except for the only two upper rooms, the rest of the rooms are all large bunks, and the accommodation conditions are very simple. Fortunately, the food of the pavilion is quite good, rich in ingredients, meat and vegetarian matching, and very delicious, including many delicacies, and this is also a major feature of the pavilion, which can make up for some lack of accommodation.

On the night of four days ago, Li Li and his entourage stayed at the pavilion overnight, and sent Hu Cong to charter the pavilion in advance. However, before they arrived, there were already people living in the western courtyard, and it is said that they were still from the official mansion, and their official rank was still more than 600 stones. Not only that, but Wuyang Post Station also has a rule, that is, the upper room of the East Courtyard is specially prepared for Yizhou officials with an official rank of more than 2,000 stones, and others cannot move in even if they have money.

In desperation, Zhuge Liang, who rushed to the post house in advance, once again showed the famous assassination of Wu Yi, the Yizhou Zhonglang general used in the previous customs clearance. Don't admit it, Wu Yi's famous thorn is quite effective, the shopkeeper of the pavilion immediately changed his attitude after seeing the famous thorn, not only free of board and lodging, but also very attentive, personally brought Zhuge Liang to the upper room of the east courtyard, and claimed to set up a banquet to entertain Zhuge Liang to wash the dust.

It wasn't until the second day of staying in the pavilion that the pretty girl who was rescued by Li Li came to her senses, and after seeing her commanding the shopkeeper of the pavilion, Zhuge Liang suddenly realized that the current Wuyang County Commander was pulled up by Wu Yi, and he was also his distant nephew. In other words, this pavilion is nominally subordinate to Wuyang County, but it is actually the property of the Wu family, and the beautiful lady rescued by Li Li is the owner of the pavilion and the helmsman of all the Wu family's industries.

At this point, the identity of this beautiful lady has also surfaced, she is Wu Yi's sister Wu Amaranth, and she is also the widow of Liu Mao, the second son of the former Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, and the sister-in-law of the current Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang.

When Li Li learned Wu Yuan's identity, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and secretly sighed that things in the world were really strange. This time, he entered Yizhou in disguise with his wife and concubine, and the caravan under the name of Wu Yi used by the caravan held Wu Yi's name thorn, and the customs clearance guide used when entering Shu Road was issued by Shi Zhaowei, the governor of Yizhou. Both of these things were trophies from the Battle of Hanzhong three years ago, and the famous thorn was found from Wu Yi, while the so-called customs clearance guide issued by Zhao Wei was forged, and it was a customs clearance guide by Li Ru imitating Zhao Wei's handwriting.

In the final analysis, these are all impostors, and the only item that can be regarded as a real thing is Wu Yi's famous thorn. Unexpectedly, this time I inadvertently saved a beautiful woman but it was Wu Yi's own sister, this is really a narrow road, and the counterfeit goods have met the genuine product.

Fortunately, this time it can be regarded as a crooked fight, and he lived in the pavilion under the name of the Wu family, but the famous thorn is real. Otherwise, the identities of their group will be immediately revealed, and if the shopkeeper is a scheming person, then their situation will be very dangerous.

It is worth mentioning that Wu Amaranth was in good health after he sobered up, but after learning that Li Li and his party held his brother's name thorn, he laughed it off and turned a deaf ear. Since then, she is still grateful to Li Li, and she is especially enthusiastic about Ren Hongchang, He Ying, Ma Yunluo and Xiao Qiao, and she is tired of being with them every day, and she seems to have endless words.

On the other hand, when Ren Hongchang and He Ying saw Wu Amaranth, who was as beautiful as a flower and had a particularly hot figure, Li Li was guilty. The smile full of doubts made Li Li feel as if he had done something unseemly, and he was like a thief if he didn't steal.

In addition, Wu Yuan is a pretty widow who has been widowed for many years and is unbelievably beautiful, which makes Ren Hongchang's four daughters wonder if he has some special hobbies. Otherwise, why did he repeatedly form an indissoluble bond with the pretty widow?

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