In Shuzhong, the night is late... In a secret room, Li Yan and his son Li Shu arrived first.

The domestic servant led Li Yan's nephew Gou An, and a dozen middle-aged men wearing hats into the secret room, all wearing cloaks and hoods.

After entering the secret room, Gou An lifted his cloak and saluted Li Yan and Li Shu: "Uncle, brother..."

Li Yan noticed the dozen or so middle-aged men behind Gou An, and Li Shu looked a little excited, "Brother Gou? Are these the landlords you mentioned cultivating the land? ”

"Yes..."Gou An nodded heavily, "This is the owner of Li Zhuang of Sanfeng Village, this is the owner of Zuo Zhuang of Jinbox Village, and this is the squire Wu of Qinglinkou Village......"

Gou An introduced the people who came after him to Li Yan and Li Shu.

It is no exaggeration to say that these dozen or so middle-aged men are all big landowners on the rich side of Shuzhong.

Originally, they were dissatisfied because Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang implemented the apportionment of the mu and the abolition of the poll tax.

Oh, yes... All taxes are added to the "field tax", and the people do not have to pay their own taxes, and the consequence of this is that they can earn a gold mountain every year, but now it is good, and there is only one gold bowl left.

——From thrift to luxury, from luxury to simplicity!

These landlords, gentry, and big clans were already holding their breath.

Now it's a good thing, Liu Chan is burning oil, not only dominating their farmland, but even their tenant farmers are also domineering, forcing these tenant farmers to farm for him Liu Chan...

Special meow, this is no longer a problem of Jinshan and Jinwan!

This... Is there still a heavenly principle?

Is there still a royal law?

This is simply too deceitful, and because of this, these landlords, gentry, and big clans tried every means to contact Shangshu Li Yan.

It seems that this is another very bad thing after Liu Chan initiated the "cattle slaughter" incident, which caused public criticism.

And Ma Yan's plan is to unite with Li Yan and Wu Yi to trigger and detonate these two incidents, so that Liu Chan's reputation will become like a "rat crossing the street", so... How can he have any chance of becoming a son?

As long as the plan succeeds, the throne of the prince... There are only two possibilities.

One is Liu Bei's stepson Liu Feng;

One is the son born to Wu Yi's sister, of course... Considering Liu Bei's age now, among these two possibilities, there is no doubt... The former one is more likely!

is as witty as Ma Tan, and naturally knows where to bet on the treasure in this situation.

Here's the thing...

The issue in the secret room tonight is also such an issue that makes Liu Chan "ruined".

Li Yanyou cautiously asked: "Several patriarchs, village owners... You didn't find out when you came, did you? ”

Gou An hurriedly said: "Uncle, relax, they were picked up by me from the back door after nightfall, and no one was followed all the way!" ”

At this time, the owner surnamed Li slowly lowered his sleeves, and suddenly hesitated, "Li Shangshu, everyone says... My arms can't twist my thighs, although we have suffered great grievances, and we have been dominated by others, bulls, and tenant farmers... But it's Liu Chan Gongzi who occupies me and waits! If it's just a few of us, I'm afraid it won't be able to make it happen... I don't know what other important ministers Li Shangshu has united? ”

Li Yan looked around vigilantly, took the hand of the owner of Li Zhuang, and wrote a few words.

Master Li Zhuang showed a look of surprise and surprise: "Wu Guozhang and Liu Fenggongzi? ”

Another farmer surnamed Zuo hurriedly said: "I heard... Liu Feng Gongzi is quite important to Uncle Liu, and has made great contributions in the battle to capture Bashu, and he is the stepson of Uncle Liu. And so, and so on... I've finally got a score in my heart! ”

At this time, Gou An added: "Don't be scared all day long, it's just a waste boy? Afraid of him? It's too late to quit now! But the field, the ox, and the tenant farmer, don't mention it to me again! Let's all shrink our heads and be turtles! ”

"No... No..."These patriarchs and owners hurriedly said: "That's not what I mean... We can only hope that Li Shangshu will administer justice for us! ”

Hearing the words of these patriarchs and village owners, Li Yan and his son Li Shu looked at each other, as if they had made up their minds.

Li Shu said: "Have you written down what to do tomorrow?" ”

"Written down!"

"Tomorrow morning, I will go to the door of General Zuo's Mansion and kneel in rows and present the blood book, what I will teach you? But remember them all! ”

"Remember... Remember..."

With the responses of these patriarchs and village owners, Li Shu was still a little uneasy, "You repeat it to me first." ”

This...

So, it was still the owner of the village surnamed Li, and he opened his mouth and said: "General Zuo, we are the most innocent people... We relied on the few acres of fertile land outside the city to cultivate, but as soon as the noble son arrived there, he forcibly bought our cattle, forcibly occupied our land, and forcibly occupied our tenant farmers..."

"The whole village... Now it's already full of complaints! General Zuo... It stands to reason that we and the other Xiaomin should not go against General Zuo's son, but... But those fields and cattle are all we have, and we are now... I can't live! ”

I have heard the words of this Li Zhuang owner.

Li Shu bowed slightly, but still added: "It's best to shed more tears, so that the voice is more convincing!" ”

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-- The Problem of the Great Clans;

-- the question of the gentry and the landlords;

-- The issue of land annexation.

These, whether in Cao Wei, in Shuzhong, in Jingzhou, or in Jiangdong, are an unavoidable link in the development process.

There are problems in Shu, but... Undoubtedly, the land and clan problems in Jiangdong under Guan Lin's rule are more serious.

Even, under the obstruction of many big clans, the three of apportioning the acre, abolishing the poll tax, and re-measuring the land were all difficult.

Each of them has been stranded endlessly in the yang and yin of the great clans.

The biggest one in this regard is still Mi Fang.

He was bitter in his heart, he originally thought that he had dominated a piece of "rich" land, but he never thought... Abundance is really rich, and hard work is really hard to do!

This is the third time in five days that he has come to see Guan Lin to pour out his bitterness.

"Yunqi, what do you say about this?"

"You can't get around these big clans when you spread out your acres, you can't get around these big clans when you reclaim wasteland, and you can't get around these big clans when you develop navigation, so I can't get around these big clans according to your second brother, I'm doing business in Jiangdong? I can't get around these big clans... Special mother-in-law, these big clans are really pervasive in this, your second brother and I... I really want to kill chickens and monkeys, and directly exterminate several tribes, and they will all be honest! ”

"Hmph... Hum... I'm angry, I'm angry! ”

As always, every time Mi Fang comes, it is as if she has suffered countless grievances.

It's still being troubled by those big clans...

He can be regarded as a first-hand experience, what is called - a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake!

He mifang this dragon... I can't stop this side at all!

"Second brother, calm, calm..."Guan Lin's eyes did not look at Mi Fang, his eyes stared at the three hanging maps, it seemed... This map is the three parts of the map of Jiangdong, to be precise, three very small parts.

It seems that he can be distracted for two purposes, and while looking at the picture, he continued to comfort Mi Fang: "Second brother, as you said, exterminate several clans in Jiangdong... It's easy to get up and down, but after that, I'm afraid it's endless trouble, not to mention... Why destroy them? ”

Without waiting for Guan Lin to finish speaking, Mi Fang blurted out: "Are they disobedient? Don't destroy them? Whom? Someone has to sacrifice, someone to be the monkey who kills chickens and monkeys, right? ”

"Calm, calm..."Guan Lin's tone was always so calm, and his eyes still didn't look at Mi Fang more, staring at the map as always.

Looking at Guan Lin's careless appearance, Mi Fang was anxious, "Third brother? You said you wouldn't let me take care of it, saying you could handle it, but you could handle it? You're just looking at these three broken pictures? So what can be done? Could it be... These three broken pictures can convince these big clans? ”

Don't say it, although Mi Fang's words are angry, the last sentence is really what Guan Lin wants to say.

"Second brother... You guessed it. Guan Lin turned his head with a smile, his eyes looking directly at Mi Fang, "With these three pictures, it is enough to make those domineering and disobedient clans in Jiangdong turn into docile quails one by one!" And loyal to us, no second intentions! ”

Yes... This...

Mi Fang was confused, and he wanted to continue asking, but Guan Lin seemed to have something to do and walked out of the room.

At this moment, Mi Fang's curiosity was completely suspended, and he looked at these local maps with great interest, seeming... Nothing, huh?

The first one is from Jianye City to the northeast, and it is painted with 'Danyang', 'Moling', 'Hushu', 'Jurong', 'Jiangcheng'... This is just one of the seventy-two counties in the six counties of Jiangdong, and it is an ordinary county seat!

What's in it?

With curiosity, Mi Fang looked at the second map, which was still a map, south of Wuhu Port, there were "Chungu County", "Jing County", "Wanling", "Lingyang"...

Yes... Isn't this also a county seat?

Mi Fang was puzzled, and looked at the third map, this time it was a map of the eastern part of Wu County, there were Wu County, there was Youquan County, there was Haiyan County... Then to the east is the endless sea, and then to the south is the famous "Mirror Lake" in San'in County.

… Seem...

Honest Mi Fang wants to sigh - "This map... What the hell? How can we solve the problems of these great races?'

But at this moment...

Mi Fang was keenly aware that in the third picture, on the left side of Nahaiyan County, there were two words "salt mine"...

"Salt mines?"

Mi Fang was taken aback, and hurriedly turned her eyes to the previous two, and sure enough, around those cities, or on the edge of those county seats, there were two other words written - copper mines!

"Shhhh

Mi Fang suddenly gasped.

You know, in this era...

The mainstream currency is five baht coins, and five baht coins are made of copper smelting and forging, even if the Han Dynasty fell apart, and experienced a series of events such as Dong Zhuo casting small coins that made copper coins depreciate, but in recent years... With the formation of the three-legged tripod and the stabilization of the situation in various regions, the versatility of copper coins has gradually become the mainstream, replacing the so-called "barter" in the original market...

In other words, if there is a copper mine here, then...

Maybe Mi Fang is aware of something else, but about money... He has the most primitive and urgent desires.

His eyes widened.

"The meaning of the cloud flag is ... There's a mine in here, huh? ”

"Hey, hey... We have a mine here! ”

"Wait, that's not right... Even if we have a mine? What does that have to do with these families? What's involved? This mine... Can you convince them? ”

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…

The weather during the Xiaoice period is always unpredictable, especially in winter, and the cold is even worse, which makes... Chengdu, the land of abundance, which has always been like spring all year round, has also fallen with a thin layer of snow.

The morning light was faint, and bursts of snowflakes fell from the gloomy sky one after another, like countless small lines of poetry, sprinkled with the silent world.

In such weather, many middle-aged men faced the thin blood mist, entered the city early in the morning, they came to the front of General Zuo's mansion, looked at the "simple" plaque, they looked at each other, and then took a deep breath, and then fell down on the snow in front of the door, not moving at all.

These middle-aged men are the landlords and squires who talked to Li Yan and Li Shu in the secret room last night.

The snow fell and hit their faces and noses, and they wore scarves on their heads, and soon a thin layer of snow covered them.

People who were walking early in the morning couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this scene...

There was a lot of discussion.

"Why are so many people kneeling here early in the morning on this snowy day?"

"How unfair does this have to be?"

"Huh? That's not the rich man Li from Sanfeng Village outside the city, how could he come here? ”

Someone had already recognized them.

It is precisely because of the recognition of them that there are more and more people around them, and there are more and more doubts, and gradually... The people surrounded General Zuo's mansion, and the sound of each other was endless for a long time.

It wasn't until the door of General Zuo's Mansion was pushed open, and the door looked at the door, and when he saw the scene in front of him, his jaw dropped in shock, and he hurriedly went to the mansion to report.

Not long after, Zhao Yun came... When he saw this scene, he had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart.

However, these landlords outside the door saw the gate of General Zuo's Mansion pushed open, and they faced the snow and fog and roared in unison: "Please General Zuo, make decisions for us!" ”

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- Liu Chan is in trouble!

The news spread quickly in General Zuo's mansion.

Early in the morning, Liu Bei, who was still in Mrs. Wu's bedroom, heard Zhao Yun's report and immediately got up.

Mrs. Wu hurriedly dressed him, and while beckoning the villain to fetch "silk handkerchief" and "clear water", she said, "Adou, I've seen this child... It's a good boy, husband must investigate clearly... Again..."

It's like, because of the wedding day... Fa Xiaozhi suddenly became seriously ill, and all the people in General Zuo's mansion... No one paid attention to Mrs. Wu anymore, and no one cared... Mrs. Wu was busy all day for this big wedding, and her stomach was empty at night.

Only Liu Chan passed by here and handed over the two roast chickens to Mrs. Wu.

It is precisely because of this episode that Mrs. Wu is quite fond of Liu Chan, so... Even if it was my brother's instruction, let her be in the wind by the pillow... Speak mostly for Liu Feng.

But when she heard the news about Adou's trouble, Mrs. Wu would still speak up for this favorite little boy.

"Madame, rest a little longer... I've heard about this for a long time, and I was delayed because of filial piety... I never thought it would develop to such a point... Adou..."

Thinking of Liu Chan, Liu Bei thought that at Fazheng's suggestion, he secretly instructed Liu Chan to slaughter cattle!

Of course, because it was purchased at a high price, it did not arouse the anger of the farmers.

Liu Bei's original intention was the 5,000 sets of "invulnerable" cowhide soft armor, but he never thought about it... Adou has intensified, and even developed to the point that more than ten people openly petition in front of General Zuo's mansion to make decisions for them.

This... This is related to the name of "benevolence" that Liu Bei has created over the years...

He didn't dare to slack off.

Thinking of this, his brows were quite solemn, he wanted to inquire about Fa Zheng, or Zhuge Kongming, but now... It seems that I can't wait for that time.

Not much...

Liu Bei arrived in the middle hall, and all the middle-aged men who petitioned outside the door were led in by Zhao Yun...

"Serve tea—"

Liu Bei hurriedly ordered.

"Zuo Gong—"

"Uncle Liu Huang—"

"Liu Yuanjun—"

Suddenly, a group of people chanted completely different names, and then..."papa", "papa" and "papa" sounded incessantly, and these people all knelt down.

"Arise . . . Get up..."Liu Bei hurriedly went to help.

The leader of Li Zhuang was already in tears, "General Zuo, we are the most innocent people... We relied on the few acres of fertile land outside the city to cultivate, but as soon as the noble son arrived there, he forcibly bought our cattle, forcibly occupied our land, and forcibly occupied our tenant farmers..."

When he said this, he cried even more bitterly, as if he had been greatly wronged.

He added with a tearful nose and tears: "The whole village... Now it's already full of complaints! General Zuo... It stands to reason that we and the other Xiaomin should not go against General Zuo's son, but... But those fields and cattle are all we have, and we are now... I can't live! Ah... We can't live! ”

As Master Li blurted out...

The owner of the Zuo Zhuang of the Golden Box Village, the squire Wu of Qinglinkou Village, also burst into tears, "I beg the Zuo Gong to call the shots for us, and I beg the Zuo Gong to intercede with the Adou Gongzi for us, so that they can return our land and our tenant farmers to us... Please, don't cut us off! ”

"Yes, Zuo Gong and Mr. Zhuge want to implement the apportionment into the mu and abolish the oral endowment... We will pay taxes per mu, Zuo Gong and Mr. Zhuge want to purchase military rations, and we will also take the lead, but... Have you ever thought... That's how we support Zuo Gong, but in the end... In the end, he was given by Zuo Gong's son... I was deeply bullied... Zuo Gong, you have to be the master for us... Call the shots! ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei's face was uncontrollably ugly, and his eyebrows were tightly condensed...

After a moment of silence, he burst out with a loud command.

"Zilong."

"The last will be..."

Liu Bei's voice became even more cold: "Bring me Adou, the rebel, and bring it over-"

Yes... Zhao Yun paused, but still gave up.

"No... No..."

As he spoke, he walked out quickly.

On the other hand, Liu Bei, it seemed that after the order, he quickly reined in the anger in his heart, and he looked at the people in front of him, "Everyone, wait a moment, if the investigation is clear that it was my rebel who did it?" That... I, Liu Bei, will not tolerate it—"

"Zuo Gong... We..."

Don't wait for these landlords to chant out.

"Where's the tea?" Liu Bei raised his voice, "How can you be bad?" Guests are coming? Can't get a cup of tea? ”

You can clearly hear the anger in his tone.

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The military general's mansion across the alley from the left general's mansion.

Zhuge Liang was looking at the documents of various places and affairs in Shuzhong.

From time to time, from time to time, from time to time, from time to time.

Even though Liu Bei is the lord of Shu and the absolute master, it seems to... When it comes to governing the country, Zhuge Liang is the most important one.

His daily annoyance is more than three times that of Liu Bei.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang was holding a military newspaper and chanted softly, "Zhang He and Cao Xiu have broken an arm and have become invalids, Cao Hong was captured, and Xiahou Yuan can be said to have lost his right arm, but... Zhong Xuan and Zhang Ji actually brought reinforcements from Chang'an, and Cao Zhen also came to support, which shows how much Cao Cao attached importance to this Hanzhong..."

Speaking of this, his eyes lifted and he looked at the map hanging in the room, and he was amazed... The blindness is caused by the direction of Yangping Pass.

"Although the power of the gunpowder whip and arrow is great, it is still unknown whether it can blow up Yangping Pass, and... As Madame said, one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal... To refine a serving of black powder, you need sixteen taels of nitrate, two taels of sulfur, and three taels of charcoal... These are all sought-after products in Shu... There is no shortage of Madame development, but if it is large-scale production... I'm afraid that the existing materials in Shu are not enough! ”

Speaking of which, Zhuge Liang picked up another paperwork...

It is a document from Nanzhong.

When he saw the paperwork, his eyes froze, and he exclaimed, "What... There was an envoy against Wei in Nanzhong? ”

Nanzhong is Nanban, which is a place jointly governed by more than ten tribes led by Meng Huo.

They have always been disobedient to discipline, not to mention that it is Liu Bei today, it is Liu Zhang in the past, and they have never paid a penny of taxes, let alone Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are now promoting the "paving into the mu"...

It's no exaggeration to say...

Nanzhong... It has always been a big trouble in Shu.

It is precisely now, there is news that the envoy of the anti-Wei has appeared in Nanzhong, which...

Zhuge Liang's eyes were deeply condensed, afraid of something, if Nanban colluded with Wei Wei... If Shuzhong poured out to attack Hanzhong, Nanban took advantage of the weakness to enter... So, what about that?

This is a major event that affects the whole body, and the more I think about it, the tighter Zhuge Liang's brows become.

That's when ...

"Zhuge Junshi, it's not good, it's not good..."At this time, Yang Yi hurriedly ran over, he quickly broke into Zhuge Liang's room, and shouted: "A Dou Gongzi is in trouble, the lord... The lord sent General Zilong to... Go capture Adou Gongzi! ”

"If... If Adou Gongzi is really convicted, then... The people in Shu are bound to be panicked, and the military advisor... This... This..."

With Yang Yi's words, Zhuge Liang's brows became even more solemn...

A wave has not settled, and a wave has risen!

Reverse Wei, Nanban... Now there is one more Adou.

"I'll take a look..."

Immediately, Zhuge Liang got up, and when he got up, he thought of something, and hurriedly instructed Fa Zheng, "I'll go to General Zuo's Mansion, you go to find Fa Xiaozhi, let him... Let him go, due to the emotions of the lord... Only Fa Xiaozhi alone can persuade! ”

As they spoke, Zhuge Liang and Yang Yi walked like flying...

Coincidentally, when passing by a moon gate that must be passed, they met Huang Yueying who rushed over, and Huang Yueying was still holding a pair of dark potions... And the eight round, pitch-black pills.

"Husband, this is..."

Seeing Zhuge Liang's hurried appearance, Huang Yueying asked.

"Madam..."Zhuge Liang didn't care about explaining, and made a long story short, "Adou has an accident, I'll go and see first..."

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang was about to move forward again.

Who would have thought that Huang Yueying's voice suddenly raised, "The husband doesn't care if he goes out to be a concubine, but he has to take the medicine first——"

Yes...

Huang Yueying's voice made Zhuge Liang pause, and also made Yang Yi look surprised.

It seems that there is some kind of "undoubted" in this voice... makes people have a feeling that if Zhuge Junshi disobeys his wife at this time, I'm afraid it is... I can't eat and walk around!

"I drink..."

Sure enough, Zhuge Liang hurriedly took the potion, drank it all along with the pill, and then signaled to Huang Yueying, seeing his wife's satisfied expression, he quickly walked to General Zuo's mansion.

But Huang Yueying watched Zhuge Liang walk like flying... I couldn't help but murmur quietly.

"Lately, the husband seems to be... Mentally good, in good physical condition..."

Speaking of which, in this short period of time, Huang Yueying's heart is full of two things.

First, black powder!

Second, children, children, children!

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