Liu Zheng thought for a while and said: "I'm not very familiar with Ziyi. I just returned from the same boat with him. But as far as I know, he only has a widowed mother in his family. Ziyi is a filial mother. If he is like his mother,

He should return to Qingzhou."

Zhou Xing nodded slightly: "It seems that this is the only way, but this matter is not urgent. I will talk to the lord when I return to Huang County."

Taishi Ci is in Yangzhou, whether with Liu Yao or Sun Ce. It is impossible for Liu Bei to call him back with just a letter.

If you want him to come back to assist Liu Bei, you can only get it through his mother's order.

And it would be easier if he surrendered Sun Ce and Liu Yao died.

If Taishi Ci had not been captured by Sun Ce, he should be calling himself the governor of Danyang in Danyang Mountain at this time, with thousands of troops and horses in his hands. Liu Yao was in Yuzhang, and there was no way he could be made to abandon those troops and come back.

If he surrenders Sun Ce and Liu Yao is dead, as long as he returns to Donglai, Zhou Xing will be confident to persuade him to stay and assist Liu Bei.

Zhou Xing sent people to Yangzhou to investigate the situation, especially the news about Taishi Ci.

A few days later, the scouts reported back that Guan Cheng had led his troops to Zhuangwu County in Beihai and could not leave. It seemed that they wanted to take up residence in Zhuangwu.

Zhuangwu County in Beihai is three hundred miles away from Changguang County, not far but not close either. It is only dozens of miles away from Buqi County in Donglai, but Zhou Xing does not want to lead troops to pursue them now.

After Guan Hai died, it was okay to let Guan Cheng stay in Beihai. If he wanted to march into Beihai in the future, he could say that he was going to annihilate Guan Cheng.

Soon, Liu Bei replied, agreeing to let Liu Zheng lead a thousand troops to stay in Changguang, and let Zhou Xing and Zhang Fei lead the troops back to Huang County.

Zhou Xing gave Liu Zheng instructions, giving him a thousand soldiers and horses to stay in Changguang City, and then he and Zhang Fei led three thousand soldiers and horses back to Huang County.

After marching for several days, Zhou Xing and Zhang Fei led their troops back to Huang County.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others went out of the city to greet him.

Zhou Xing dismounted his horse in advance and faced Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also led everyone to welcome him quickly.

"Thank you for your hard work, military advisor! Now there are no thieves in Donglai, and the military advisor should take the lead!"

Liu Bei held Zhou Xingyou's hand tightly and said with great joy.

Zhou Xing responded: "My lord, it was Zhang Sima's fault that Guan Hai was beheaded this time. Xing dare not take the lead!"

"Hahaha, I really can't imagine that less than three months after Liu Fujun took office in Donglai, three of the four major bandits who have been entrenched in Donglai for many years have been eliminated. Although Guan Cheng was not eliminated, he was forced to flee to Beihai.

I dare not return. The thieves are eliminated and the people can be safe. The reputation of Lord Liu's benevolence and virtue has spread throughout Donglai. Now it is known to everyone and praised by everyone!"

Li Ye, the meritorious officer, laughed heartily and continued: "The ingenuity of Zhou's military advisors is also impressive. Zhang Sima's name as a black-faced general and Guan Sima's name as a red-faced general made the thieves frightened and fled to other counties.

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"Li Ye, on behalf of the people of Donglai, thanks Mingfu Lord for his kindness!" Li Ye said and bowed deeply to Liu Bei.

He is the meritorious officer of Donglai County and the leader of all officials. He can indeed represent the people of Donglai.

Liu Bei quickly helped him up and said: "Since Bei is the governor of Donglai, he must protect the people of Donglai and prevent them from being harmed by thieves. This time, we must rely on the efforts of all the officers and soldiers to eliminate the thieves!"
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Wang Xiu, the magistrate of Huang County, continued: "Mr. Mingfu is too modest. Mr. Mingfu has a benevolent heart and has the ambition to eliminate thieves and bring peace to the people. Therefore, everyone follows him and helps him. All the people are willing to sacrifice their lives and do their best. Now the thieves have been eliminated.

, all the people can be at peace, Donglai is at peace! Hahaha..."

"Yes, there is peace in Dongnai!!!"

Li Ye said immediately, and all the county and county officials who followed him out of the city also sighed.

They are all from Dongnae and are truly happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Liu Bei was happy and smiling, especially when he looked at Zhou Xing, he was full of gratitude.

He knew in his heart that without Zhou Xing, he would not have been able to reach Donglai, nor would he have been able to wipe out the bandits so quickly.

If you can bring peace to a county now, you will be able to bring peace to a state or even the whole world in the future!

Liu Bei was full of confidence at this time. Looking at Zhou Xing, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Liu Zheng and others in front of him, he couldn't help but be happy.

Everyone entered the city and returned to the prefect's mansion. Liu Bei had ordered a banquet to be prepared for Zhou Xing and others.

Zhou Xing was equally happy. When he heard the sentence "There is peace in Donglai", he felt extremely proud!

Although he was not responsible for annihilating the bandits alone, he still made great efforts. However, he also understands that the current Donglai is not truly peaceful.

Although the thieves and bandits have been eliminated, the Liaodong soldiers and horses will attack. To stop the Liaodong soldiers and horses, we must recruit and train troops. In the future, Qingzhou will be captured or even defeated. The people of Donglai may still have to suffer.

Zhou Xing drank to his heart's content and ended up drunk. He slept until almost noon the next day and didn't wake up until nearly noon.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Liu Bei with big ears and long arms standing beside the bed, looking at him quietly.

"Military advisor, you're awake." Liu Bei said softly with a smile on his face.

"Lord..." Zhou Xing quickly got up.

Liu Bei laughed and said: "Haha, it's all Yide's fault for getting the military advisor drunk yesterday."

Zhou Xing then remembered that Zhang Fei toasted to him frequently yesterday, and even Guan Yu, who never looked directly at others, also toasted to him. In addition, he was so happy that he drank too much without knowing it.

"My lord, is there something wrong with me?"

Liu Bei smiled: "It's okay. The military advisor will have dinner first."

Zhou Xing was now alone. After getting up and washing, he had dinner with Liu Bei, and then the two of them went to the meeting hall and sat down.

Liu Bei said seriously: "Military advisor, according to the news from Liaodong, Gongsun Du, the governor of Liaodong, is recruiting troops and may cross the sea to attack next month."

Zhou Xing was not surprised by this news and asked: "Do you know how many soldiers and horses Gongsun Du has to attack?"

"Originally, Gongsun Du was planning to send 5,000 troops and horses to attack. When he heard that we had wiped out the bandits in Donglai County, he recruited another 5,000 soldiers and prepared to send 10,000 troops and horses to attack. Because of this, he would

It's too late, otherwise we would have crossed the sea and attacked long ago."

Zhou Xing said: "Many of them are newly recruited soldiers. Ten thousand soldiers and horses are not too many. They are crossing the sea to attack, so the Liaodong soldiers are not afraid. With Yun Chang and Yide here, we have six thousand soldiers and horses to defend the city."

, it is not difficult to repel them. Lord, our immediate priority is to pacify the people in the county, make the people who have left their hometowns return home, open up wasteland and resume farming, and at the same time recruit refugees for farming."

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"Tuntian?"

"Yes, the refugees have no land. If we let them farm, they will have food to eat, and we can also have food to feed our troops."

Liu Bei thought about it carefully and felt that this was a good idea.

If people from other prefectures and counties fled to Donglai, it would be difficult to survive without land. If there was official land for them to cultivate and land taxes were collected, they could get food, and they could also receive tax food to support their troops.

"Also," Zhou Xing added, "the military villages can be divided into military villages and civilian villages. The military villages are farmed by sergeants, who cultivate the fields during the farming season, and train troops in their spare time. In this way, we can have an army ready for war. The civilian villages are farmed by the common people. We

Provide grain planting and farming tools, and the people can contribute."

Zhou Xing continued: "When Guan Tong was here, the land tax was as high as ten to one, or even five to one, and there were bandits and bandits, so the people had no choice but to flee their hometowns. We can collect the land tax at fifteen to one first, and then if

If there is enough food, it can be reduced to thirty to one, reducing the burden on the people."

"In addition, now that the koufu is collected from the first year of life, the people either give birth to children and kill them, or they gather to resist the koufu and turn into thieves and hide in the mountains. This is one of the sources of chaos. The lord can dispense with the koufu and update the koufu and calculate the koufu

When the levy starts at the age of twenty, the calculation will be reduced to a hundred coins. If so, the people's support will be restored! Donglai will be prosperous!"

The oral tax is generally collected from the age of seven to fourteen, and the price is twenty cents per person. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, due to the huge cost of military use, the tax was changed from the age of three, and the price was twenty-three cents per person. By the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the state

The county is self-governed, and in many places the tax starts at the age of one, which means that when a child turns one year old, he or she must pay a head tax of twenty dollars.

"The Biography of the Sages of Lingling" records: Zheng Chan, a native of Quanling, was a stingy man of white soil. At the end of the Han Dynasty, when he gave birth to a one-year-old son, he always exported money, but many people did not raise it. Chan ordered the people not to kill their children.

Chu. Because of the name of his hometown, it is called Gengsheng Township.

Gengfu is supposed to go to the border to perform military service, but you don't have to go, just pay three hundred yuan.

The calculation tax is levied from the age of fifteen to fifty-six, and the amount is one hundred and twenty yuan per person.

Liu Bei looked at Zhou Xing in surprise. He didn't expect that the military advisor was so young and he was a ranger before, but he could think of so many things.

At the same time, he was also greatly surprised and said: "The military adviser said, just as I thought, the people could not bear the heavy taxes and turned into thieves. If the taxes were reduced, the people would be safe! When the people returned to their hometowns, there were many people and wide fields, and the taxes were
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