"Today, Cao Xing is the leader of the barren mountain village, and this is a book, seeing words is like seeing people, and I hope Guo Lao will know!"

In the afternoon, Xiao Jing wrote a handwritten letter and handed it to Cao Xing as a letter of appointment to help Cao Xing smoothly take over the troops in Barren Mountain Village.

"The subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord!"

Cao Xing solemnly took Xiao Jing's handwriting and hugged his fists.

Originally, there was no need to be so anxious about the appointment of the commander of the barren mountain village, but Cao Xing was itchy and wanted to take over the barren mountain village troops as soon as possible, train as soon as possible, and make great contributions as soon as possible.

Therefore, after returning to Niufu and learning about some barren mountain villages from Niu Yang, he rushed to the mayor's mansion to ask for a letter from Xiao Jing and prepare to take office!

After getting Xiao Jing's handwritten letter, Cao Xing did not delay, and soon left in a hurry, riding a war horse (owned by Niu Yang, Xiao Jing's reward once), and rushed to the barren mountain village!

After Cao Xing left, Xiao Jing frowned slightly, "This is a big taboo in the army, and it is easy to fall for ......it."

Shaking his head and retracting the messy thoughts in his heart, Xiao Jing began to deal with government affairs.

In the year of famine, there will be banditry!

Since Xiao Jing came to this world, the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, like a great drought!

The grain harvest is greatly affected by the weather, and the weather is dry day by day, and the harvest is naturally not much better.

It can be said that a large part of the reason why the yellow scarves can cause trouble is due to the weather, and the tax rate is getting higher and higher, and the people at the bottom really can't survive.

The Great Han Law stipulates that the land tax and commercial tax in each region shall not exceed 20% and 30%.

Originally, according to the provisions of the [Great Han Law], even if there is a drought, the people in various regions will not be unable to live.

But the rule is dead, but man is alive!

Taking Daliu Town as an example, in fact, the 25% field tax in Daliu Town has violated the [Dahan Law], but in the whole Yanmen, the tax rate of Daliu Town is the lowest and most conscientious.

Because of this, Daliu Town has attracted many displaced people.

At present, in the entire Han Dynasty, the tax rate of 40 or 50% abounds, and in some Central Plains areas, the tax rate has reached an exaggerated 70%.

The more drought and the worse the harvest, the more terrible the tax rate, why? It's nothing more than maintaining interests.

Because of this, the people couldn't survive, so they either rebelled and became 'yellow turbans', or went up to the mountains to become bandits!

What Xiao Jing has to deal with at this moment is: Zhou Cang was inspecting the territory and caught a group of bandits, these bandits did a lot of evil and harmed many people.

Therefore, although the armed forces of this gang of bandits are quite high, Xiao Jing did not hesitate much, and decided to 'behead and execute' them to inspire the people!

"The weather is getting drier and drier, so we need to prepare early and build water conservancy projects!" Xiao Jing wiped the sweat on his face and said with a frown.

The tens of thousands of acres of grain fields on the Woniu Plain in Daliu Town, relying on only the Qinghe River, if you don't prepare for 'water storage' in advance, if you wait for the Qinghe River to dry up, I'm afraid ......

[Gift]: The subordinates patrolled the town and caught a group of yellow turban 'spies' (suspected to be), this group of spies was full of nonsense, claiming to be 'players', and its leader said that 'there is something important to report', and his subordinates suspected that it was related to the 'yellow turbans', and did not dare to delay, so they came to report.

Seeing this, Xiao Jing raised his eyebrows, "Player?!! ”

He didn't expect that there would be players in this remote town!

However, I don't know if this player was lucky or unlucky, but he was caught by his patrol soldiers!

"This player is interesting, I can meet him when I have time!"

Thinking about it, Xiao Jing put this matter aside, after all, it was just a player, and it was not an important matter in his eyes, it was just a little interesting, and it was not worth him to leave government affairs behind.

With his current level, he has already pulled ordinary players far, far away......

"Report!!"

Xiao Jing frowned and pondered, interrupted by the sound of the guard's announcement.

"Liu Ku, the landlord of Daliu Town, ask to see him!"

Liu Ku?!!

Xiao Jing had a question in his heart, what did he ask to see? Could it be a tax issue?!

Puzzled, Xiao Jing stood up, put down the scroll in his hand, and came to the front house, "Bring that Liu Ku up!" ”

If this Liu Ku is interested and can pay enough grain tax, it is always a good thing!

"Yes!!"

The guards retreated, and after a short time, they came with Liu Ku and a Confucian scribe.

"Grass farmer Liu Ku to meet the town chief!" Liu Ku bowed his hand and bowed, with a respectful attitude.

Although he is a big landlord in Daliu Town, in the final analysis, he is a civilian after all, and Xiao Jing is an official, the two identities are different, no matter what he thinks in his heart, but the etiquette cannot be abolished!

"Landlord Liu, please get up quickly!"

Xiao Jing politely helped Liu Ku up, saw Chang Gong behind him, and asked suspiciously, "Who is this?" ”

Liu Ku patted his head and looked abrupt, "Lord Xiao, this is the secret envoy of Shanwu City, Lord Chang!" ”

Seeing Xiao Jing looking at him, a smile appeared on Chang Gong's face.

Good no city secret envoy?!!

Could it be that something happened in the city that I didn't know about?

When Xiao Jing heard this, his eyes froze, and he looked at Chang Gong quite meaningfully.

"Lord Chang, sit, please sit down, you see that this person is not smart at all, why don't you hurry up and serve tea!"

Hearing that Chang Gong was an envoy of Shanwucheng, no matter what his purpose was, Xiao Jing's attitude instantly became enthusiastic, and at the same time he softly scolded the subordinates waiting next to him.

Chang Gong waved his hand and said, "No need! ”

Then, he glanced at Liu Ku again, and Liu Ku retired with interest.

"Lord Xiao, there are no outsiders here, so I'll just say it, I want to ask Lord Xiao to support Shanwucheng......" Chang Gong said.

When Xiao Jing heard this, he nodded quietly, he guessed correctly, something happened in Shanwucheng.

There is a huge city of goodness, and he actually wants to ask him a town mayor to support......

However, it is good if there is a change! It's just convenient for yourself to fish in the water!!

"Oh, Lord Chang, you also know that Da Liu Zhen is bitter, he was originally destroyed by the Yellow Turban, and his troops are dwarfed by his own defense, how can there be any extra troops to support Shanwucheng......" Although he thought with ill intentions in his heart, on the surface, Xiao Jing politely shirked it.

Hearing this, Chang Miya's cheeks twitched.

Don't have extra troops? What about liars! Now in the county of Shanwu County, who doesn't know that your Daliu Town has the strongest military strength, 300 wins and 3000 yellow turbans......

And Xiaohezhuang's article denouncing is still on his case......

All have troops to disguise the yellow turbans to occupy the grain fields, and there are no soldiers to support Shanwucheng?

Excuses, full of excuses!

Although he was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Jing's resignation, Chang Gong still pulled out a smile and forced a smile:

"Lord Xiao, why don't you listen to the conditions that are being offered?"

Xiao Jing took a sip of tea slightly, did not answer Chang Gong's words, and just looked at him with a smile.

Seeing this, Chang Gong took a deep breath, scolded the little fox in his heart, and said:

"As long as Daliu Town is willing to send troops to support, I am willing to give you 10,000 acres of fertile land......"

10,000 acres of grain fields?!!

Xiao Jing's eyes froze, what a big stroke......

Although he was a little moved in his heart, he still said soberly: "Lord Chang, the matter of sending troops is very important, and I need to think about it carefully......

Chang Gong's heart sank, but he still forced a smile and said, "Okay, I will retire today, I hope that Lord Xiao can give an accurate reply in the next one tomorrow!" ”

"Haha, definitely, definitely!!" Xiao Jing snorted.

"Say goodbye!"

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