Chapter 37: Who Gave You Courage
Du Feng said: "Tell me, how did you get the first talented girl?" β
Tang Tian looked at these animals, his eyes were full of gossip fire, and he said speechlessly: "What? You're starting to gossip too? β
Xu Yao said: "Brothers, teach each other a little experience." β
Tang Tian complained ruthlessly: "For example, how to make Hu Kejun gentle and considerate and obedient?" β
Xu Yao said: "You know a fart, this is called respect, okay." β
Everyone laughed and didn't debunk it, Tang Tian said: "At present, the first step when Sister Zhaoji arrives, is it not that I have a good teacher when people can come?" β
Xu Yao's eyes widened: "Good teacher? You won't be worshipping Cai Yong as a teacher, right? β
Tang Tian nodded.
Du Feng said with a smile: "Good guy, the building near the water is the first to get the moon, and you show it vividly and exquisitely, but rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest, you take a step back." β
Tang Tian silently raised his middle finger.
Ji Feng spoke at the right time: "I'm going to Luoyang." β
Tang Tiandao: "Brother Feng, it's still early, the current Diao Chan is only eleven, twelve, or thirteen years old, if you go now, you will be a beast, wait for another five or six years, and then go when she grows up." β
Ji Feng said: "Isn't it good to bring it back and raise it first?" β
A sentence suddenly flashed in everyone's heads, and Lori cultivated a plan. Huh~ Brother Feng, something is wrong with you.
Tang Tiandao: "Brother Feng, you are quite perverted sometimes, such as now. β
Ji Feng smiled: "I'm not so boring to amuse you, but Xiaotian, how did you pass Ying'er's level?" β
Tang Tian coughed twice: "I have my own way, Ying'er is easy to solve, you cattle will be difficult, Du Feng, what do you and Bing'er say?" Thundercloud, what should you do over there, Sister Yu? Isn't my side the easiest? β
The brothers fell into deep thought, yes, compared to Lan Ying'er, she was the best to speak, and their other half was not so easy to speak.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was almost drunk, Tang Tian got up and left, and came to Lan Ying'er's room, the little couple hadn't seen each other for nine months, Lan Ying'er hadn't slept yet, stayed in the room and waited for Tang Tian, because they had just arrived in Liaodong, they hadn't gotten on the right track yet, so the maids in the house, furniture and everything were not fully equipped.
Lan Ying'er saw Tang Tian coming, got up and hung up the coat that Tang Tian had taken off: "The water has been boiled, go wash it." β
Tang Tian hugged her thin waist: "Come to a loving kiss." "As he spoke, he was going to kiss him. Lan Ying'er pushed him away: "Go and wash it, it's full of sweat." β
Tang Tian smiled awkwardly: "Help me rub my back later." β
Lan Ying'er nodded, where Tang Tian entered the room, there was already a big basin of hot water, Lan Ying'er saw Tang Tian enter, turned around and went to get pajamas for Tang Tian, as well as a set of clean clothes, to wear tomorrow.
Tang Tian washed it herself, Lan Ying'er went in, rolled up her sleeves to reveal her snow-white arms, and wiped her body for Tang Tian, although the two were not married, they were already almost married.
Tang Tian smiled and said, "My dear, did you miss me?" β
Lan Ying'er couldn't help but roll her eyes: "It's okay." β
Tang Tian turned around: "What's wrong?" β
Lan Ying'er shook her head: "It's nothing, it's just that you're too naΓ―ve, you're so adult, and you're still so numb." β
Tang Tian turned around and hugged Lan Ying'er: "Isn't it because you are my wife?" β
Lan Ying'er patted him: "Turn back, you can't wipe it." β
Tang Tian had no choice but to turn back, and finally finished taking a shower, Lan Ying'er said, "What's the matter with Cai Wenji?" β
Tang Tiandao: "I worship her father as a teacher, and now that the teacher has resigned, I brought them here, and the teacher went out to travel by himself." β
Lan Ying'er nodded: "Husband, are you thinking of three wives and four concubines?" β
Tang Tian didn't hide it from her: "I do have such an idea, if you don't agree, then don't." It's all about you. β
Lan Ying'er found a comfortable position in Tang Tian's arms and leaned: "Actually, I thought about this problem after you went on the expedition, and I also told Sister Xiaoyu that it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines in this world, although I am a little selfish, but I still understand this truth, it's okay now, but in the future, you are the one who wants to reach that and position, there will be more and more staff under your command, if I am the only one in the backyard, they will say that I am too stingy and have no mind." β
Tang Tian was moved, wife, I am already very moved if you think so.
"So I thought about it and decided that you can have a few more women, but not more than seven, that is, three wives and four concubines, only seven positions, not one more, this is the bottom line."
Tang Tian nodded hurriedly, long live my wife.
Lan Ying'er continued: "Also, the remaining six women must be approved by me, I don't agree that you can't marry, even if it's the top beauty of the Three Kingdoms." β
Tang Tian nodded again, although he couldn't choose by himself, but his wife must not be so bad, ordinary women would definitely not be able to enter her eyes.
Lan Ying'er said with satisfaction: "Since we have discussed it, then let's sleep." β
Tang Tian hugged Lan Ying'er, smelling the faint body fragrance on her body, her heart itched, Lan Ying'er noticed Tang Tian's strange appearance, a trace of cunning flashed in her eyes, and her long legs wrapped around Tang Tian to prevent him from making too many movements.
Tang Tian had no choice but to hold her and not move.
Early the next morning, Tang Tian got up, although today is Chinese New Year's Eve, but Tang Tian still gathered the officials of Liaodong County, and the county orders of each county are not in a hurry for the time being, after all, they will not arrive for a while, it is better to let them spend the New Year at home.
One after another, dozens of large and small officials arrived, Tang Tiandao: "Ben Taishou, a newcomer, I don't know much about local affairs, and I am all local old people, and I talked to this official." β
The officials looked at each other, and no one was willing to be the first to get up and say, for the newly arrived Taishou, they wanted to give him a dismount first, after all, Tang Tian was a child in their eyes, and he was still too young.
Tang Tian's eyes were cold: "Why is no one willing to get up and say?" Then Hu Cao Peng, you will talk about it first. β
Hu Cao Peng, a man in his fifties, was in charge of the affairs of Liaodong households, sacrifices, and agricultural mulberry, and was also the main official among the local officials.
"Go back to your lordship, the lower officials don't know what the adults want to know."
Tang Tiandao: "Lord Hucao, do you want me to talk about the affairs of the households, sacrifices, and farming?" Say whatever you want. β
Hu Cao said: "Yes, there are 58,637 households in Liaodong, with a population of 312,642 people. β
Tang Tian didn't bother to care about him and said, "Soldier Cao Peng, you come on." β
Bing Cao got up: "Back to my lord, there were originally 5,000 soldiers and horses in the whole county, and then the Yellow Turban Army was in turmoil and transferred 3,000, but now there are only 2,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses in each county are still being counted." β
Tang Tian nodded: "Is there anything else?" β
Bing Cao hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, now that you are the Taishou of Liaodong, we all know that you are relying on military merits to ascend to the top, and now you need to be assigned to Liaodong." β
Tang Tian didn't react, just said, "Lord Bingcao, are you sure you can eat all my soldiers and horses?" "The warning is obvious, you want me to surrender my military power? Are you sure?
Bing Cao stubbornly said: "The soldiers and horses of the whole county are in charge of the adults, why did the adults say this?" β
Tang Tian smiled: "I hope so, Lord Bingcao, where is the seal in charge of the soldiers and horses of the whole county?" β
Bing Cao said: "My lord, in my house." β
"Bring it to me in the afternoon." Tang Tian said that he was going to collect the military power, but the soldiers hesitated, and handed over the military power? How is it possible, this is their hole card, and if they are handed over, they will not be slaughtered?
Tang Tiandao: "What? Have a question, or do you not want to pay it? β
Bing Cao said: "No, no, it's just that the soldiers in Liaodong are unruly, and I'm afraid my lord will ......."
Tang Tian said coldly: "You don't need to worry about it, hand over the seal this afternoon, otherwise you will bear the consequences, the next one, Cangcao Peng, you come." β
Cangcao Peng got up and glanced at Bing Cao silently: "My lord, there is not much grain in Liaodong storage now. β
"How much grain will be earned and how much grain will be shipped out of the warehouse this year?" Tang Tian asked.
"Lord Hui, this year, Liaodong will receive 50,000 stone of grain and 40,000 stone of expenditure."
"Cao Cao Peng, you are in charge of the transportation of grain and grass, how much grain and grass have you transported this year? Where did it go? β
Cao Cao Peng got up: "Xiaguan transported grain and grass this year, 40,000 stones, of which 35,000 stones were transported to Youzhou for the fight against the Yellow Turban Army, and 5,000 stones of grain and grass were distributed to various officials. β
Tang Tian didn't want to hear this anymore: "In the entire Liaodong County, there are seventeen counties, and the annual salary of each county is 600 to 1,000 stones, and the county lieutenant and county Cheng are 200 to 400 stones, and the expenditure for this alone is as high as 20,000 stones, not to mention that each of your officials is 600 stones, and there are more than 20 officials in the county, how much is the expenditure?" Hu Cao just said that there are nearly 60,000 households in the county, and the annual tax revenue is more than 200,000 stones, but Cangcao said that only 50,000 stones will be collected this year, so where will the rest of the 150,000 stones go? Than Cao Peng, you can talk about it. β
Bicao Peng got up and said, "The lower officials don't know. β
Tang Tian was suddenly angry: "You don't know! You are in charge of Liaodong's financial and tax affairs, and 150,000 stone of grain and grass are missing, you say you don't know? And you guys! Do you think I don't know? Do you really think you're going to get by? Tian Cao Peng, how many benefits did those big families give you, so that you shielded them from embezzling the people's land? Jin Cao Peng, how much money did you steal? Shui Cao Peng, how much water conservancy and dredging money allocated by the imperial court have you embezzled? The official is clear, he just wants to give you a chance, but you don't grasp it well, and you still want to fool the official? Where did you get the courage? Just those 5,000 soldiers and horses? β
Everyone's faces changed drastically, how could he know it? Did he investigate it in private? But didn't he just come to Liaodong yesterday?
Everyone looked at each other, is it the other now? Soldier Cao Peng stood up: "My lord has to get by, don't pursue it anymore, we can act as if nothing happened." β
Tang Tiandu laughed angrily: "Threaten me? With your 5,000 soldiers and horses? β
Bing Cao also arrived: "Five thousand soldiers and horses are enough." β
"Five thousand soldiers and horses are indeed a lot, but do you know how many soldiers and horses I have? After you come to Taishoufu, will I be unprepared? Tang Tian said unhurriedly
The faces of all the Liaodong officials present changed drastically.