Zhu Xiang waited for Han Fei's emotions to completely calm down before he said, "No, I didn't completely stop them, I made a bet with them." ”

Li Mu looked at Zhu Xiang and frowned slightly: "What trouble are you asking for?" ”

Zhu Xiang's high-ranking posture disappeared under Li Mu's questioning, and he said helplessly: "What do you mean by asking for trouble?" As a Qin minister, isn't it normal for me to plan for Qin? ”

"I didn't say it wasn't normal." Li Mu asked, "What trouble are you asking for yourself?" ”

Zhu Xiang: "......"

He ignored Li Mu's unkind tone and said his bet with the Zhang brothers.

Li Mu didn't wrinkle any tighter: "South Korea is just a small land, and a random army of Qin generals can win quickly." Do you really value the talent of the Zhang brothers? ”

Han Feiran said: "There may be, but it is not the primary reason. Zhu Xianggong wanted to use the failure of the Zhang brothers to completely wear out the Korean people's sense of belonging to South Korea. ”

Zhu Xiang did not answer.

Han Fei said: "Zhu Xianggong, if you want to do so, I should go back to South Korea." ”

Zhu Xiang shook his head: "People are close and close. You are not allowed to go. ”

Han Fei said in his heart, Zhu Xianggong, you said that I am not allowed to go, so I will not go?

But he looked at the resoluteness between Zhu Xiang's eyebrows, and when the words came to his lips, he said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Xiang wanted to persuade a few more words, but seeing Han Fei's depressed expression, he swallowed what he wanted to say and sighed in his heart.

Han Fei is different from when he first entered Qin, he is already very mature. What to do next, Han Fei knew in his heart, no matter how much he persuaded him, it was meaningless.

Zhu Xiang gave Li Si a look and asked Li Si to comfort Han Fei.

At this time, only the comfort and support of his best friend could cheer Han Fei up.

Although Li Si is Han Fei's best friend, the fact itself is quite strange.

Li Si got Zhu Xiang's signal, reached out and patted Han Fei's back, and said, "Han Fei and I will leave first." ”

Zhu Xiang bowed: "Go ahead." ”

Li Si left with Han Fei, who was a little stumbling when he walked, and Zhu Xiang sighed and shook his head.

Ying Xiaozheng said: "Uncle don't worry too much, since Han Fei is already in Southern Qin, I won't let him go back to South Korea." If he doesn't want to go back to Korea, I will repair the book to my father, so that he can quickly destroy Korea, and he will be at ease. It's just to disrupt the plan and destroy a country first, Han Fei is worth it. ”

Zhu Xiang supported his forehead: "Zheng'er, I know you want to say that Han Fei's current talent is worthy of some detours in the Qin State on the road to unifying the world." But what are you talking about...... Alas. ”

Li Mu almost choked on the tea. Hurry up and destroy South Korea, Han Fei is worth it. Zheng'er, what do you hear from you?

He was a little worried about Ying Xiaozheng's mental state as a courtier after becoming the queen of Qin. Fortunately, he is a general, and he should be stationed on the frontier for a long time, so he doesn't need to see this scene.

Xue Ji was more ignorant than before, and now she can barely understand what she said.

She sighed and said, "Han Fei is really bitter. ”

Ying Xiaozheng originally made a sneering action at Xue Ji's words, and after half of the action, he rubbed his nose and said obediently: "There are more people in this world who are more bitter than Han Fei." The common people who my uncle makes us look down every day are the most miserable people in the world. ”

Ying Xiaozheng said in his heart, he only said that he was bitter in his heart, and Han Fei was probably not as bitter as his uncle.

After the destruction of South Korea, Han Fei will most likely be able to cheer up, and he will not be able to suffer in order to feed the Han royal family. But my uncle estimated that he would succeed to the throne, and his heart was still bitter.

He knew very well that his uncle had some ideas that he would never accept.

Uncle is also very clear.

But his uncle would only smile at himself, at everyone around him who had different philosophies from him.

He thought the smile on his uncle's face was an eyesore. Now that they have grown up and matured, they realize that the smile on their uncle's face is a consolation to them.

"He may not particularly care, he may not be very uncomfortable, and he can laugh."

Uncle probably just wants to let himself and others think so.

Ying Xiaozheng glanced at Zhu Xiang and said, "Uncle, don't talk about Han Fei." ”

Zhu Xiang nodded solemnly: "Yes, it's time to talk about you." ”

Ying Xiaozheng: "......"

He repented.

Uncle, you should continue to be bitter in your heart, Zheng'er will feed you coptis!

I don't have such an uncle!!

Li Mu picked up the teacup to cover the corners of his lips.

He also waited to see Ying Xiaozheng's jokes.

Ying Xiaozheng stammered about the good things he had done. Whenever he wanted to beautify himself, Zhu Xiang would supplement him.

Zhu Xiang: No thanks, no smile (smile).

The corners of Li Mu's curved lips went down, and Xue Ji's expression became distorted and hideous again.

Ying Xiaozheng has never seen his aunt with such an expression. It was rare for him to be scared in his life, and his neck couldn't help but shrink.

Zhu Xiang felt a little nostalgic in his heart.

The last time Yukihime had a ghostly expression, it was when she heard that she was going to take Chunhua back to Xianyang.

He took out a long, thin strip of bamboo from his cuff, handed the very smooth end to Xue Ji, and then grabbed Li Mu's shoulder: "Let's go, let's go to the city for a walk." ”

Li Mu got up: "Okay." ”

He gave Ying Xiaozheng, whose face was full of help, an indifferent look, and left with Zhu Xiang who was on his shoulder.

Ying Xiaozheng took a deep breath.

Uncle, when did you prepare the bamboo strips!

I don't have an uncle like you!!

Xue Ji took a deep breath many times, and when Zhu Xiang and Li Mu were gone, the ghostly and hideous expression on her face became calm.

Xue Ji said very calmly: "Zheng'er, kneel." ”

Ying Xiaozheng quickly shuttled down from the chair, knelt straight, raised his hands flat, palms facing up.

Honest!

Chapter 182: The restaurant meets the students

The thin bamboo strips hit on the palm of the hand, which will not hurt the flesh and skin, at most it is a little red and swollen, but it hurts.

In fact, this pain is actually nothing to Ying Xiaozheng.

He could face the things smashed by his biological mother, and he didn't say a word when his head was broken and bleeding, and the pain of the bamboo strips hitting his palms made him not even frown.

But when Xue Ji was beating Ying Xiaozheng's palm, a bamboo strip fell on the child's palm, and she shed tears.

Ying Xiaozheng saw Xue Ji's tears, and the tears flowed out involuntarily, and she kept crying and admitting her mistakes.

Xue Ji didn't stop, the bamboo strips were slammed into Ying Xiaozheng's palms, and finally the bamboo strips were broken, Ying Xiaozheng's palms were swollen, and she was crying breathlessly.

Ying Xiaozheng cried and shouted: "Uncle, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore." ”

Xue Ji threw away the bamboo strips that had been broken off in her hand, hugged the child who had grown up, and cried hoarsely: "If you have a good one, what should your uncle and I do?" How are you making us good?! Your uncle and I pulled you to such a big size? If you have a good one, how can we be good! ”

Yukihime cried incoherently, repeating the same words over and over again.

Ying Xiaozheng, who has gradually grown taller, was held in the arms of his short aunt, as if he had returned to the age when he could still be protected by his aunt.

In addition to crying, Ying Xiaozheng's mind was blank.

……

"From childhood to adulthood, I can't do anything about him, only Xue will beat his little ass hard and correct his behavior." Zhu Xiang sighed, "Fortunately, there is snow." ”

Li Mu glanced at Zhu Xiang: "Other people's families are strict fathers and mothers, but your family has turned upside down." ”

Zhu Xiang smiled: "Isn't it good? ”

Li Mu sighed. That's it, Zhu Xiang is such a person, if he can't be saved, it's better to ignore it.

Wucheng is far away from the hinterland of the Qin state, and although the Qin law has been implemented, it still retains the characteristics of the local freedom and looseness.

The hinterland of the Qin State was extremely suppressed in commerce, and Wucheng was located on the edge of the Yangtze River waterway, not far from the coastline, which could connect the north and south trade routes, and the commercial trade had always been prosperous.

Li Mu can be self-sufficient, relying on the role of "protection" of merchants, and occasionally do some business himself.

Doing business to corrupt the army could not have happened in ancient times. Because the ancient military bandits were not separated, the soldiers may even be more ferocious than ordinary bandits, and the soldiers made more money through plunder.

If you completely mess up the mud, you can't talk about any worse of it, and naturally you can't talk about corrosion.

By doing business, being self-sufficient in a bloodless way, and meeting the financial needs of the soldiers, Li Mu's team can be called a good "military morality" in the Warring States Period. Even the ordinary soldiers killed good ones gradually decreased, and there was a thought in my heart that I should not "fish with all my might".

As for the fact that doing business may reduce combat effectiveness, it is impossible under Li Mu.

Now there are battles everywhere, and after Li Mu has enough supplies, he has trained an elite soldier who only needs training. The rest of the rangers scattered bravely, and only needed to obey the command of the military formation, and when they needed their lives, they could command them to rush up.

Anyway, most of the soldiers in the Six Nations are like this now, and the Qin soldiers are slightly fuller than them, and their strength is slightly greater than that of the ordinary soldiers of the Six Kingdoms, so maybe the combat effectiveness is even higher.

In addition to collecting protection fees and doing business, collecting business taxes is also an important way for Li Mu to make money.

In ancient times, commercial taxes were not important, not because they didn't want this benefit, but because commercial taxes were difficult to collect.

Modern institutions have the convenience of computer networks, and businesses also have ways to evade taxes. With the administrative ability of the ancient court, it is completely impossible to find out how much business the merchant has done and how much money he has earned, and to collect taxes with pure profits.

When the cost of collecting taxes was much higher than the tax itself, the ancient imperial court could only give up this piece of income.

This is partly due to the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business. The peasants were tied to the land, and where there was land, there were people, and it was better to collect taxes.

In ancient times, only the "checkpoint tax" was the most convenient way to collect merchant tax. Now Li Mu collects such a tax.

Li Mu and Zhu Xiang said that they were shopping, and it soon turned into a parade market to discuss the location of the checkpoint tax.

Which pass is set up on the Yangtze River waterway, which cards are set up on the official road, how many percent of the tax is collected when entering the city, and how is the market stall tax collected...... When Li Mu was in Yanmen County, he fought with Beihu during the war, and also opened border trade with Beihu in peacetime, so he had some experience.

Zhu Xiang only has some experience in rushing to the market, and he doesn't know much about taxation. But now he is half of the county guard of Wu County, so he can only study with Li Mu.

"Although the first king allowed me to use the land to pay taxes to raise soldiers, sooner or later I will hand over these things. How can you do it if you don't learn? Seeing Zhu Xiang's headache, Li Mu sighed, "You are the county guard of Wu County." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Now Zheng'er is the county guard of Wu County...... Okay, good, I'll learn. ”