Gu Ye had to agree after the persuasion of Xiao Xiaoxiao and Gu Xing'er, looking at the two of them, even if he didn't agree, his daughter and wife would be ghosts in private.

In the palace, the county lord returned to the room and began to practice, she had just succeeded to the throne, she must be busy with affairs, there are many things to deal with, especially the attitude of several families.

Whether it is the persuasion of the reward and punishment, or the result of the encirclement and suppression of the ancient teahouse, most of the strength of the family has been vividly damaged, and the family is like this, not to mention other ordinary families, it can be said that everyone has a grudge.

Although several families did not dare to flop on the surface, they have quietly caused a lot of trouble, the most important point is the tax matter, four of the five families have increased in vain, several times higher than in previous years.

Although there were no droughts and floods this year, the unprovoked tax hike also aroused the public indignation of the people, and many people went to the palace in groups with flags, and thousands of people surrounded the palace all day and night.

Fortunately, the county lord dealt with it in a timely manner, and directly exempted all the taxes within three years, so that the people were willing to leave, she didn't care, but several families made a lot of trouble, and for them, the biggest oil and water every year is the tax.

After all, there are countless people in Jiang Kingdom, and the imperial dynasty cannot be recorded by everyone, and it is difficult to count many small counties in many places, so the tax is distributed among the five families.

The families make countless money from it every year, even if the royal family wants to suspect it, there is no evidence, which allows them to take advantage of it, this year the family is not convinced because of the serious loss of the county lord, but they do not dare to openly confront the enemy of the dynasty.

In the end, they united the various families for a long time, and the tax increase could not only make up for the losses, but also warn the royal family fiercely and secretly, so that the royal family could understand the attitude of their families, originally they thought that the county lord would be afraid of control, but they never thought that they would fall into such a situation.

The county lord directly exempted Jiang Guo from taxes for three years, they can't say it, after all, all taxes are royal, whether they collect taxes or not, this matter has nothing to do with them in terms of essential interests, and it stands to reason that they should be happy after subtracting the affairs.

Obviously, if this matter is disputed at this time, the families will definitely expose the deeds of embezzling taxes, causing the royal family to bite back, if they have to go to war, with the current strength of the families, they are far from being defeated, and now these families can't advance, and they can't retreat, and they are completely pinched by the county lord.

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Time flowed like water, three days passed in the blink of an eye, and at this time it was exactly ten oon, and due to the adjustment of the route of the march, the arrival of the group at the military headquarters would be delayed by about three days.

"Son-in-law, why do I feel that the route is a little wrong?"

Qin Xianglin held a small map in his hand, frowned, and looked at the crooked triangles, circles, and lines on it, with a somewhat questioning tone.

"What's wrong?"

"It's definitely not right, at this rate, it should have arrived last night, and my mother will definitely not draw it wrong, maybe the one who led the way went the wrong way. ”

When Zhou Xiaoba heard his words, it took a while to react, presumably it must be Chutian's veteran guards leading the way and suppressing the news of the change of route, otherwise these recruits would not be willing to take one more step.

Chu Tian did this, which undoubtedly saved him a lot of trouble, thinking that he praised Chu Tian in his heart, glanced at the map in Qin Xianglin's hand, and looked a little difficult to swallow, he couldn't help laughing, "Hehe, Qin family master, your mother and you are really ingenious." ”

Qin Xianglin was stunned for a moment, this was specially painted by his mother, who made it too complicated for him to understand, thinking of this, he realized that Zhou Xiaoba's feelings were mocking him, and he was about to open his mouth to refute, but he didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoba chatted with him for a few other words, saying what the observation route was, and the two got off the carriage together.

At a glance, Zhou Xiaoba saw a black mountain, but the road was too far, the outline of Cangshan was a little blurred, and the bursts of white mist were very strange in the contrast of Cangshan's black rocks.

It is strange to say that at this time, it is noon, and there is a mist at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and within dozens of miles around, which inevitably attracts the attention of many people, but with the monitoring of veterans, these people dare not say much.

Zhou Xiaoba frowned, falling into deep thought, in his hometown, there should be no fog at this time, it stands to reason that the fog will rise before dawn in the morning and ten in the evening, and it will never be so thick.

Obviously, he was very surprised, at this time, Chu Tian also seemed to notice the abnormality around the foot of the mountain in front of him, and walked towards Zhou Xiaoba, no matter where he was, there would not be such a strange fog at this hour, there must be a reason for it.

"Report to the general, at this moment, it is just noon, there are clouds and mist in front of you, and it may be some kind of powerful demon beast that causes the change, and the casualties have not been avoided, and the general is asked to turn back. ”

"Turning back, since you're here, how can there be any reason to turn back, the demon beast can't come, in case some kind of spiritual treasure appears in the world, wouldn't it be a pity to miss it?"

"Please think carefully, General!"

Seeing that Zhou Xiaoba was so stubborn, Chu Tian had no choice but to kneel on his legs and plead again, if he really encountered a demon beast in front of him, the realm of the demon beast that could cause such an out-of-phase would definitely not be low, at least above the fourth order, which was equivalent to the Yuan Soul realm of the human race.

Right now, he is the only one in the entire army, even so, he is just a transcendent cultivator Liuxuantian, if it is really a fourth-order demon beast, I am afraid that he will not even be able to hurt a finger of others, let alone protect these mortals, in his opinion, any spiritual treasure in General Zhou's mouth is something that people regret.

Zhou Xiaoba naturally wouldn't go back the same way, Chu Tian also said, what if it's really a demon beast? He has lived there since he was a child, how can he watch the residents in the alley suffer, whether it is a demon beast or not, he always has to take a look, even if it is true, he can call people if he can't beat him, can't the elders of Hongshan and the county lord?

It's just that Chutian is different from him, in the huge military department, people like Chutian who have no backers, the military order is death, not to mention that Chutian still took these people back to the military headquarters on the order of the county lord, in case of a mistake, Zhou Xiaoba will definitely be fine, but Chutian will be punished for the crime, thinking of this, he did not embarrass Chutian, but decided to go alone.

"I can understand General Chu's thoughts, since this is the case, please also ask General Chu to lead everyone to rest in place, and I will rush back at this time tomorrow. ”

After speaking, Zhou Xiaoba copied a small path and bypassed it alone, he was stunned that he didn't even say the words on Chu Tian's lips, and the whole person disappeared without a trace, this time Chu Tian was even more anxious, but before parting, the county lord repeatedly told him that he must be optimistic about General Zhou and not have any mistakes.

"General Chu, Qin is also one step ahead!"

Seeing this, Qin Xianglin clenched his fists towards Chu Tian, then glanced at the road where Zhou Xiaoba had left, and rushed straight away.

"You guys!"

Chu Tian wanted to cry without tears, looking at the two who had completely disappeared, he didn't even have a chance to catch up, and finally had to stop the army.