Since Longxiang settled in Hefei, to the summer of the fourth year of Jian'an, Hefei has grown from an empty city to 17,000 people, and by the east wind of Yuan Yin's abandonment of Shouchun, the people in the city may be able to exceed 20,000 at the end of the year.

There is a place to live, there is a farm, there is food, there is a law, there is a tax, there is little servitude...

Hefei, which was originally barren, is now a paradise in troubled times, and the people's lives are gradually normal.

Most of the first households had surplus food, but the situation of the later displaced people varied, some were working hard to move bricks in order to obtain an identity number, some were recruited to the craftsman's camp to learn the trade, and some had just been assigned to Xintian, in short, there was hope of survival.

Where there are people, there are people who are sophisticated.

In order to quickly "get rid of poverty", many latecomers choose to intermarry with the early residents.

Hefei is not strong at this time, the ruling class is not lazy, and the people at the bottom have no difference, so there are happy events every month.

Whether it is Feng Zhong and Tang Yu's comrades, or the clansmen who moved from the Xu family's brothers, they have all integrated new members into each other.

Once the bond of in-law is formed, the interests are bound together, and some voices seeking special care are slowly transmitted from the grassroots to the upper level, and finally reach the ears of Feng Zhong, Tang Yu, Lu Su and others.

The cleverness of the low-level people, Long Xiang has seen too much on the construction site, he knows that this is the greed of human nature, so he neither blames nor expresses his position, and plans to deal with it so coldly.

Feng Zhong and Tang Yu were both born in poverty, and they had the experience of birth and death with their comrades, and in the face of the small requests of their generals, they couldn't bear to refuse but couldn't make the decision, because they had to pass the level of Lu Su, the main book.

Lu Su served as the mayor of Dongcheng and promised to help Long Xiang govern Hefei, knowing that the law was not strict and could not convince the public, but considering Long Xiang's "willfulness" when dividing the new house, and also considering the face of Feng Zhong and Tang Yu, in the end he could only learn from Long Xiang to deal with it coldly.

As the sound grows, it is finally put on the table.

Taking advantage of the fact that the night was very crowded, Lu Su went to the next door to bring a bamboo slip.

handed it to Long Xiang and said, "Yunqi, I will harvest and deliver grain soon, these are some of my requests in the past six months, most of them want to take care of the tax and tax, and some of them want to change a better field..."

Dangdang...

Long Xiang tapped lightly on the table while looking at it, and said in his heart that this kind of cold treatment of things didn't seem to work, and he thought that he was completely iron-faced and selfless, and it was easy to chill the hearts of the soldiers, but if this opening was opened, this group of people would become a privileged class in disguise.

Although in feudal society, it is too normal to use power for personal gain, but Long Xiang still hopes that Hefei can be clearer, at least in the "early stage of entrepreneurship" to adhere to the principle, otherwise just like the newly dead Yuan Shu, take the lead in exploiting the people with the privileged class, and eventually live as a tyrant who can't even drink honey.

Long Xiang was engaged in civil engineering in his previous life, and he knew that in order to save costs, the construction party would work on cement, steel bars and other materials, but people will have a bottom line in doing things, and the quality must meet the minimum requirements of the design, otherwise the tofu slag project will collapse.

"Huh?"

Long Xiang looked at it and thought about it, and suddenly found two points on the bamboo slips, and then raised his head and asked Lu Su: "Zijing, I see that the request above is basically the people of Uncle Zhong and Uncle Yu, why is there no Cao Xingren?"

"It is estimated that the number of General Cao's cavalry battalions is small..."

When Lu Su was analyzing, Cao Xuan hurriedly got up and echoed: "Yes, yes, Mr. is right, there are only thirty people here at the end of the general, and there are few people and few family members..."

Long Xiang nodded slightly: "You don't have to worry, wait for the market to open after the summer harvest, and I will add people to you when I buy horses."

"Thirty rangers is enough, and there will be no hurry." Cao Xing sat down again.

Long Xiang rubbed his forehead, sorted out his thoughts, and turned his head to face Feng Zhong and Tang Yu: "Uncle Zhong, Uncle Yu, what are your opinions?"

Tang Yu took the lead and said, "I don't think it's anything, anyway, the grain in the official warehouse can't be eaten, and these brothers are born and die, so it's not too much to give some grace."

Feng Zhong thought for a while, and added: "Although this year's harvest is not as good as last year's, it is not a bad harvest on the whole, I also consulted Mr. Zijing the day before yesterday, he said that after removing the annual expenditure, there is still a small surplus of taxes and grain, and if it is really not possible, I will give them some reductions and exemptions, as for the exchange of land, you have to make peace."

Sir, take the idea."

"What does Zijing think?" Long Xiang was noncommittal.

Lu Su shook his head: "The two generals are reasonable, Yunqi could have been kind to his subordinates, but it is better to deal with it secretly and not make a big deal about it, otherwise those who have not been relieved are prone to resentment."

"Who dares to hold a grudge?"

Tang Yu interjected angrily: "Without us to protect the city, distribute grain, and divide the fields, they might have starved to death..."

"Heh... That's the truth..."

Tang Yu's choking words made Lu Su smile awkwardly, and he looked at Long Xiang, as if he was talking about this matter, and in the end, you have to make up your mind.

Long Xiang put the bamboo slip on the table, and said with a flat expression: "Bo'an and Zhongkang are not present tonight, I don't know why there is no name of Xu Village General Zuo on this bamboo slip, is it because Zijing has not counted, or they have not reported it yet?"

Lu Su replied, "The two generals have not mentioned it, and as for whether they have any opinions, Su does not know..."

Seeing this, Feng Zhong analyzed: "There are relatively more young and strong people in Xu Village, and they are basically enlisted in the army, and the fixed food itself is sufficient, so there will be fewer difficulties..."

"There are many soldiers in Xu Village, but the total population is also large, and they are brave in battle, they are worthy of that share of food, Cao Xuan should have seen it with his own eyes when he went north with me this time."

Long Xiang deliberately looked at Cao Xing after speaking, and asked him to testify to himself.

Cao Xing nodded hurriedly and agreed: "Yes, yes, they all take one as ten..."

"We are all old and coarse, and we don't know how to deal with government affairs at all, if Yunqi has any ideas, you might as well say it directly, and I will settle it with Lao Tang if there is a difficulty."

Feng Zhong saw that Long Xiang was not happy, and brought the topic to Xu Cun, so he guessed that the other party did not agree to the tax cut, and he was a staunch supporter of Long Xiang, so he did not hesitate to give up the officer's appeal.

"The brothers have difficulties at home, of course, they can't sit idly by, but the fairness and justice of the tax is related to the law of Hefei, so they can't be easily exempted."

Long Xiang paused for a moment, pushed the bamboo slip in front of Feng Zhong, and said, "You and Uncle Yu will go door to door to see the situation according to the list above, if you have difficulties in getting by, you can directly send relief food in my name, and Zijing's transfer of grain from the official warehouse will be recorded on my head, so there is no need to sneak around."

"Wonderful, there is a saying in "Zuo Chuan": "Fighting the prison of the small and the big, although you can't detect it, you must be affectionate." Yunqi abides by justice and does not exceed the law, and the people of Hefei will fight to the death to retaliate, even if 10,000 people come to commit crimes at this time, they will not have to worry about it..."

Lu Su stroked his beard and looked at Long Xiang with an admiring expression.

Tang Yu asked humbly, "What? I don't understand it, it's cumbersome to transfer grain from the warehouse, isn't it easier to reduce it? Anyway, it's all Hefei's grain."

Lu Su explained with a smile: "Although they are all the grain of Hefei, but the treatment method is different, and the effect is also very different.

"It's so hard to understand," Tang Yu scratched his head.

Seeing this, Feng Zhong stabbed Tang Yu: "If you don't understand, don't ask, just know that they are right, waste Mr. Zijing's tongue..."