"General Zuo, it's a shame to let you be the prefect of this side!" Huang She was very satisfied as he looked at the walls of Jiangling City that were being piled up step by step.
Jiangling City used to be Jingzhou's second granary. Its back was Huarong Road, and Xiangyang Wu County was in front of it. With the Yangtze River as a natural barrier, it even had a more strategic position than Xiangyang.
It's a pity that because of Huang She's wrangling with the dead Liu Pan, Liu Pan wiped out the Wu family, a large gentry family in Jiangling, and planned to kill chickens and monkeys, and the Huang family also pushed the boat along the way, and sent out the secret of Huarong Dao. In addition, the Huang family did not report it.
The final result was that Jiangling City was broken, and the prefect of Jiangling was killed. The food and supplies previously stored in Jiangling City were also emptied by Lu Xun of Yangzhou. Naturally, he was set on fire.
In the end, our late Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Biao spent hundreds of thousands of gold to buy this Jiangling city from Yangzhou for him.
The loss of Jiangling City made Liu Biao very heartbroken, but fortunately, Jingzhou's background was strong and finally survived. After Liu Biao died, Liu Zong came to power. Liu Zong was still young, and everything was in Huang She's hands.
In this way, Huang She didn't care much about Jiangling City, which is why the bandit army that has been cultivated has already hit Jiangling. We don't worry about our Huang She children's shoes. No big deal.
Later, it was Zhang Fei and Pang Tong who helped Huang She take down Jianglingcheng, and defeated Xiucheng over there. After a while, it was recommended by Pang Tong. Our yellow shoot children's shoes. Successfully lured the wolf into the house. He introduced Liu Daer to him.
An enemy's enemy is a friend, not to mention maybe Zhang Fei and others will resent Huang She, because Huang She cheated Liu Bei and others, and even Zhang Fei became what he is now because of Huang She, but Huang She has not been cheated by Liu Bei. , Liu Bei indeed attacked Jingzhou, but at that time Liu Biao was in power.
Now Huang She is the time to employ people, when he took Liu Biao's position. Huang She has already begun to feel melancholy, because there are many talents in many places, and he is not enough.
In the past, those Wencheng people still took office for Liu Biao's face, but now, Liu Biao is dead, and his death is unclear. Huang She is the junior of many people. The student is more or less under the hint of Mr. Pang De. Coupled with the fact that Yangzhou is increasing day by day, most of the talented people are heading towards Yangzhou.
The big exam in Yangzhou has attracted the hearts of students from all over the world.
He intends to go to Cai's and Kuai's family for relief. But he was also afraid that the Cai family and the Kuai family would take the opportunity to seize power, so he took that position with great difficulty. He didn't want to go back to the time when the Huang family, the Kuai family, and the Cai family were all in check and balance, let alone our Jingzhou. The master of honor is still our eldest nephew Cai Mao, if things go on like this, Huang She will really kick him out of the situation.
Lumen Academy has no talents, and many civil servants have withdrawn from the officialdom, and he dare not go to the Cai family and the Kuai family.
In the end, we only had to seek medical treatment in a hurry. At this time, our Liu Bei Liu Daer children's shoes brought a group of civil and military officials from Yuzhou. This really alleviated the lack of officials and civil servants in our Huang She children's shoes Awkward.
This Liu Daer is not only famous, he is also very capable, for example, the city defenses in front of us were built by our Liu Daer children's shoes.
All the cities in Jianglingcheng have been elevated by three feet. Both the main city and the acropolis are surrounded by arrow towers. It can be said that the scouts can clearly see everything in Jiangling from the heights.
It is almost impossible to play the previous sneak attack on Jiangling again.
Not to mention, the city was also repaired by Liu Bei, and the autumn harvest was about to begin.
When Lu Xun came here, he didn't destroy those rice fields, because he also knew that destroying the rice fields would certainly make Jingzhou unable to receive food and grass, but more importantly, it would poison the people, who would have nothing to eat. I can only starve to death.
"Good, good, good!" Huang She couldn't help praising, because everything here was decorated with signs, "General Zuo is really talented!" Huang She couldn't help praising.
"My lord, I'm so honored!" Liu Bei lowered his head and bowed to Huang She. Liu Bei didn't have the slightest bit of face to say that he is a truly flexible figure.
He turned his grandson in front of Lu Bu, and brought Cao Cao to attack Lu Bu in a blink of an eye. He pretended to be his grandson in front of Cao Cao, and in an instant, he confused Cao Cao, the hero, and occupied Xuzhou.
If it wasn't for Liu Bei's bad background, which caused him to start late, Liu Bei's achievements may be immeasurable now. Huang She, no matter whether this person is an official or a title, even in the backup, Huang She would call Liu Bei an uncle. .
But our Uncle Liu Huang didn't mention this seniority at all. It's not easy to bow to Huang She as an adult.
How could such an attitude keep Huang She from being happy
Look, this is Uncle Liu Huang, the left general of the great Han, and this is the former Xuzhou Mu, but so what, he wants to bow down under his crotch now, as his servant.
Huang She's mentality is still very complacent.
"The puppet king of Yangzhou, other things are not good, but this thing called cement is good!" Guan Yu who was next to Liu Bei also spoke with Liu Bei.
That's right, the fact that these inner and outer cities can be completed so quickly is the benefit of cement.
This thing is not as complicated as the previous method of moving boulders and then using gypsum. Just transport these cements out to lay the pads and reconcile them with water, and they can dry up quickly.
In the end, it solidified, but the price was a bit expensive. It was transported from Yangzhou, and it was rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, so the preservation of this cement was a problem, and the price also went up.
Liu Bei didn't speak, but smiled. She spent a lot of money to buy these cements, and even used Liu Bei's own savings.
But he, Liu Bei, was very happy, because this Jiangling was the foundation of his Liu Bei. With these walls made of cement, even if he had soldiers ten times his size, he, Liu Bei, was sure to beat them back.
But Liu Bei didn't know. These cements are all cements used by Yangzhou people. That is, third-class goods. The first-class Yangzhou goods are used to cast embankments and dams, because those things are a century-old project, and they are even reinforced by steel bars inside.
The second-class goods are the military city walls. He has to be very hard, because he wants to cast city walls and some fortifications.
The third-class cement is what Liu Bei uses now. In Yangzhou, it is all leftover cement, which is mainly used to pave roads. The official roads and trails in Yangzhou are all paved with them. Even the cement houses built by some rich people don't use this third-class cement anymore. Only in places like Jingzhou.
But it is this third-class cement that sells very well in Jingzhou, especially our Liu Bei children's shoes. It is true that we have the foresight to see that the city wall made of cement is very strong, but this strength is only relatively speaking.
It is useful for those catapults that used to attack the city. Even Yangzhou’s ballistas may have no way to hold them, but don’t forget that Yangzhou’s ballistas have been eliminated. Now Yangzhou uses bronze cannons. This thing is that the first-class cement may not be able to hold it. Not to mention these scraps of road construction.
Of course, our Liu Daer children's shoes are still in it.
"The autumn harvest is about to begin! General Zuo, do you have any plans?" Huang She walked around satisfied and asked Liu Bei beside him.
"Autumn harvest?" Liu Bei rolled his eyes. He naturally knew why Huang She wanted to ask this question. What does the autumn harvest represent? It means that the people have food, and it means that these rulers can collect food and tax.
Looking at Huang She's greedy expression, Liu Bei knew that he might have to charge higher taxes.
"My lord, this Jiangling has just been built. The materials used are huge, and the people have gone through two wars. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to collect taxes in this edition. Let the people rest and recuperate!" Yiji on the side helped Liu Bei on the other side to speak up.
Liu Bei in Jiangling City has already paid a very high price, and it can be said that he is about to use up all the old foundations that Liu Bei brought her. Just waiting for the autumn harvest to make a fortune.
Another interception from your side will really make Liu Bei lose money.
"Oh? Is that so!" Huang She's complexion revealed a serious look, "Jiangling suffers from the war, isn't there no Jingnan Wu County? Isn't there no Nanyang County! If everyone doesn't pay taxes, Where does my Jingzhou tax come from!" Huang She came here mainly for food and grass this time, can he not be moved by looking at the yellow food, what does food represent, in this troubled world, he is The capital of your life.
People will starve to death without food, and food can also be sold for money.
He also saw that Liu Bei was posting money to build Jiangling, but so what? Huang She was greedy at first, he wanted this Jiangling city, he also wanted this food and grass.
"My lord, even if this food and grass spirit is not gone, can you take a little less!" Yi Ji persuaded him in another way, since it is unavoidable, then pay less, and let our Liu Bei children's shoes get back their money.
Huang She thought for a while, and then nodded. It is unrealistic for the horse to run and not to eat grass. Huang She planned to exempt Liu Bei from taxes.
"My lord!" Yi Ji tried to persuade him, but Liu Bei over there moved forward steadily.
"Your Excellency is right. Jingzhou has suffered from wars. If this one doesn't pay taxes and that one doesn't pay taxes, how can we have the money to arm our army? If we have the money to defend against the enemy outside the territory, then Jingzhou will still be defeated. If other places invade, the common people will still suffer, and if things go on like this, Jingzhou will no longer be a prosperous and prosperous Jingzhou!" Liu Bei spoke righteously to Huang She over there.
"Huh?" Everyone hasn't come to their senses yet, what is this Liu Bei and Liu Daer going to do.
"Please don't worry, my lord. I will send the grain and grass from Jiangling to Xiangyang someday. I will never be in arrears or less. If there is a small amount, I am willing to take the blame!" Liu Bei bowed to Huang She over there.
"Is this true?" Huang She didn't plan to teach all the taxes when he came, he just thought that he could take a little from Jiangling and calculate a little bit, but he didn't expect that our Liu Bei children's shoes could talk so much that he wanted to pay taxes. I took it all. This was a surprise, how could Huang She be unhappy.
"Every sentence is true!" Liu Bei clasped his fists and said.
"Okay, I will trust General Zuo once, three days, no, I will give General Zuo five days to prepare food and taxes, and wait for the good news in Xiangyang. If General Zuo completes it, I will definitely reward you a lot!" Huang Huang Shoot Xu Ruoyan and say.
After finishing talking, we chatted for a while longer, our Liu Bei children's shoes are good at flattering, even Cao Cao was deceived, not to mention this yellow shot.
"Congratulations, my lord!" Huang She came here beaming, and left happily.
Huang She left, but one person stayed behind.
"Mr. Xuande, why are you doing this?" Yiji asked Liu Bei over there incomprehensibly. This Liu Bei is the democracy in Yiji's mind. What he wants is to assist Liu Bei instead of Huang She. Idiot ah.
He couldn't tell that Jiangling was losing money. The Jiangling city can reach its current scale, which is due to Liu Bei's great efforts.
Originally, this Yiji was going to dissuade Huang She from not collecting taxes, but even if he couldn't dissuade Huang She from collecting taxes, he didn't expect that Xuande Gong seemed to disdain these grains and grasses at all, and wanted to be like other Jingzhou counties. It's a joke to pay for all the food and grass!
This Liu Bei is grateful for his gratitude, which is the most troublesome thing for Yi Ji.
"Hehe!" Liu Bei smiled and said to Yi Ji over there, "Thank you Yi Ji! But this tax must be given to Master Huang She over there!"
"En?" Yiji became more and more confused.
"Yiji, what is the tax in Jingzhou!" Liu Bei knew that Yiji was his own, so he didn't need to hide anything from Yiji, and asked with a smile.
"Sixty percent of Xiangyang is taxed, and 40 percent of Jiangling is taxed!" Taxation still needs to be considered according to the location. Some places with poor land naturally need less taxes, but some places have ten thousand acres of fertile land. Ah, how can we get less tax.
This Jiangling is a barren place and only needs to pay the taxes of the four cities.
"Go, pass on my order, and pay 80% of all taxes!" Liu Bei spoke directly.
"Eighty percent!" Yi Ji's eyes widened. It's not that there are so many taxes just by talking about it. If there are too many taxes, the final result may be a civil uprising among the people.
What's more, Liu Bei has always been famous for what, isn't that fame! Now if you open your mouth and collect 80% of the tax, it will really be over.
At least Liu Bei's previous reputation has been ruined.
But Yi Ji, Liu Bei's subordinate over there, has gone out, and it's too late for Yi Ji to stop him!
"Take it again, and tell the people that I only charge 60% of what I said!" (To be continued...)