Chapter 1160 1160: Guang Ji Liang (Part 2) [Asking for monthly votes]
"Bah - don't you - gulu gulu gulu -"
The man didn't finish his harsh words and was forced to choke several mouthfuls of water from the stream.
Just when he thought he was certain to die this time, a force pulled his bun and fished him out of the water. He coughed awkwardly and greedily breathed in precious air. In the next breath, two fingers pinched his neck accurately: " last chance!"
The man was forced to look into those eyes filled with deathly silence.
It was calm and unruffled, as if looking at a dead person.
The man's teeth were bumping up and down uncontrollably, feeling the contraction of his fingers and the approaching breath of death. He finally broke down and shouted: "I said - I said, I said it!"
Shen Tang patted his wet face: "That's right."
After saying that, he winked at his man, and the nearest ranger understood it. After a while, he dug out the hidden token from the place the man told him. It was said to be a token, but in fact it was an official certificate.
Certificate of appointment of an official.
She played with the token and smiled with satisfaction.
"Yes, this thing is real."
"You also got the things, can I..." He could only place his hope of survival on the conscience of this group of ruthless bandits.
But don’t think about it, you are all gangsters, how can you have a conscience?
"What are you doing standing still? Move away and kill him."
The hope in the man's eyes was completely extinguished, followed by overwhelming anger as he cursed: "Thief, don't keep your word!"
"Can you believe what a thief says?"
Raise your hand and say "Stop your words and seize your voice", and the world will be pure.
No matter how hard the man struggled, he could not resist the two young knights on the left and right, like a pig being dragged away. After a while, gurgling bright red flowed from the upper reaches to the lower reaches. Shen Tang stuffed the official certificate into his arms, Turn over and get on the back of the mule.
"Now that we have the things, let's go take office!"
The corpses all over the place were cleaned up, leaving only blood stains on the ground silently telling the story of the murder that happened not long ago. Shen Tang raised his arms and called out, and a group of rangers responded. When Shen Tang pressed Guan Ping on his whereabouts, these people had already stripped off the clothes of the guards. Come down.
Xia Houyu and Gu De looked at each other.
They all see a bit of complexity in each other's eyes.
A few days ago, they were still discussing how to take root.
Turning the grass into bandits and occupying the mountains to become the king is the lowest cost, but the risk is relatively high. If the local government has a tough temper, they can easily be dismissed by the other party as political achievements; as the next best thing, they can observe for a while and see what happens. Regarding the situation within the country, they have determined to find a force to rely on, and their freedom will be limited to a certain extent. The advantage is that the environment is stable and the cost of living is guaranteed. They can develop themselves by parasitizing this force; the third suggestion is to enlist in the army, as there is unrest in the country. , it’s a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters!
If you're lucky, you can even find a place.
Unexpectedly, the Lord Admiral rejected all three suggestions.
[The moral bottom line of both of you is too high...] It’s not that Xia Houyu and his two suggestions are not good. In fact, all three paths can work. The problem is that Shen Tang doesn’t have the patience to take his time. [Good people do good things. , of course bad people do bad things.】
Shen Tang does not think he is a good person.
That's the bad guy.
She sneered: "Since you are a bad person, if you want something, you can't follow the rules and earn it, just go and grab it."
Xia Houyu had to remind Shen Tang.
【Lord, we are short of manpower.】
How can two to three hundred unorganized and undisciplined rangers attack a city and plunder territory? King Qi’s court has not completely collapsed, so it’s easy to deal with them. If you want to truly take root, you must at least have a foundation of popular support. If you don’t want these common people to help you, at least No backstabbing.
Otherwise, how to gain a foothold?
[Do you think I want you to attack counties and towns? 】
Xia Houyu was puzzled: [Isn’t it?]
Why don't you grab this?
Shen Tang smiled and shook his head and said: [Sneak attacks on counties and towns. With just such a small number of people, people will be killed. Of course I won't let the big guys die. What I mean is, let's rob the incoming president. Rob him. Let’s replace his official certificate!】
Intercept and kill incoming officials.
This is easier to operate than attacking counties and towns directly.
The phenomenon of selling official positions and titles is quite serious here in Qi State. Shen Tang and the others only need to stay at the unlucky guy who takes office in a relatively remote place. The Rangers have good information connections and are involved in all kinds of religions. It is not difficult to find a suitable target. Shen Tang selected an unlucky person from among them. Ghost: [Just this guy, let’s go intercept and kill him!]
Xiahou Yu thought: [This person is not suitable.]
There are no barriers or dangers in the place where I take office.
He pointed at another unfortunate guy.
The place where the unlucky guy is about to take office is not bad. If we can hide his identity and replace him, we can save a lot of worry.
Gu De, however, had his eye on another site.
The reasons are also convincing.
The transportation in this area is relatively convenient, and there are waterways within the territory. It is a big advantage for us to take root here and make a living.
Shen Tang's reasons are different from the other two.
She said: [This man has repeatedly committed crimes during the reign of King Qi. He bought an official position to avoid the limelight. For the sake of caution, he will keep a low profile after he takes office and will not have much contact with his family. He died in a short time. No one will pursue it.]
The others are all recommended, and one of them will always have connections and abilities. Maybe there are family members, disciples and old officials in the place where he takes office. Replacing them is easy to expose. The unlucky guy Shen Tang chose is different. He is an abandoned son of the family. Buying an official position and sending him to another place is also to avoid risks. Based on this analysis, the possibility of replacing him is much greater than that of others.
Three unlucky guys, each with their own advantages.
Xia Houyu and Gu De finally chose Shen Tang.
Only after you have accomplished something can you consider other things.
After making a plan, the group of people planned an action to intercept and kill this group of people. The man took office with only a hundred personal guards and one concubine, leaving his wife and children in the royal capital. They were quite vigilant and discovered it first. Dark murderous intent.
It's a pity that the strength is not enough.
"My lord - found a living person!"
Before the mule had taken two steps, a subordinate dragged a figure over and threw the figure in front of Shen Tang like trash. The figure was disheveled and disheveled. At first glance, he thought he was a savage. If he looked carefully, he was clearly a woman. .Shen Tang remembered that when he intercepted and killed just now, he did not see the concubine beside the man.
The woman also saw that the clothes of the personal guards were draped on unfamiliar faces, and the familiar carriages and horses had all changed their owners, and their pretty faces were pale. How could she still not understand that the original group of people had been poisoned? She felt frightened and leaned back. , holding up his hands and trying to retreat.
Xia Houyu: "Are you going to kill me?"
Gu De: "Let's kill him."
As long as she lives to bring the news to the outside world, the two or three hundred of them will be finished. But the Lord has not spoken yet.
The woman said in horror: "Don't kill me, please don't kill me, I'm innocent too, please don't kill me!"
Shen Tang: "It's useless to be innocent."
It is useful only if it has value.
She was about to draw her sword and give the woman a good blow.
The woman obviously knew that Shen Tang had murderous intentions, and there was no chance of her escaping. She thought: "Let me live! As long as you promise not to kill, I can help you! Otherwise, even if you Even if you take office, your identity will be revealed!"
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Shen Tang tightened the reins and controlled the mule to stop.
Looking down at the woman: "Seriously?"
The woman was so nervous that her heart almost jumped out of her throat, but she still pretended to be calm: "Yes! I can help you cover."
Shen Tang would not easily believe a woman's words.
If you want her to believe it, a woman must provide evidence.
Seeing that Shen Tang's sword did not fall, the woman knew that she had made the right bet. She swallowed hard to relieve her dry and burning throat, and tried to keep her voice from trembling. As she went through it one by one, Shen Tang realized that there was something inside. Hidden plot.
The man she just killed was not the original owner of the official certificate.
"Then who is he?"
Woman: "He is Mr. Lang's classmate."
Not only are they classmates, but classmates who have developed a deep hatred.
For the time being, let's use A and B instead of two people.
The real owner of Guan Pian is the second-generation ancestor A, who is fond of women and wine, and is just like a lustful person. One day, classmate B fell in love with a woman who had fled. The woman sold herself to bury her father, and classmate B fell in love with her. He wanted to buy her appearance, but she didn't expect that when she asked him to go back to get the money, the second ancestor bought her first. Not only that, but he also humiliated B.
Classmate B already held a grudge, but now his grudge is even deeper.
The second ancestor committed a crime, and his father and brother were disappointed, so they bought him a minor official and sent him away to avoid the limelight. Halfway through, he was ambushed by classmate B, who quietly replaced him. Classmate B knew the second ancestor and had already known him. Prepare countermeasures.
Unexpectedly, another oriole appeared on the road.
The woman had no favorable impression of either man. The first second-generation ancestor bought and sold by force, and the head wife of the family had a strong personality. She was aggressive on her first day of employment. She beat and scolded her and even used her short-lived father to make excuses. She had three miscarriages in a year and a half. The second miscarriage was just because of her color, but for some reason, the other party accused her of being frivolous and said she was selling one girl and two.
Obviously she didn't do anything.
Her arms couldn't twist her thighs, she just wanted to live.
She thought she could survive by committing herself to the other party, but she didn't expect that he was also short-lived and died tragically at the hands of the gangsters. She was a slave to others, so she had no choice but to find ways to please these gangsters if she didn't want to die.
Shen Tang cast his eyes on Xia Houyu and Xia Houyu.
"What do you think?"
Xia Houyu shook his head: "She didn't lie."
"In that case, keep it."
Because Qi Yuanliang was not around, Shen Tang couldn't disguise herself as a man, so she asked Xia Houyu, who was closer to the second ancestor A in terms of body shape, temperament, and age, to do it for him. The woman had been a concubine of the second ancestor A for more than a year. This person is relatively knowledgeable.
The crisis was temporarily over, and the woman secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Houyu was puzzled: "Why doesn't your lord kill this person?"
The woman did not lie, but she also did not tell the complete truth.
As a concubine who was born as a commoner, the help she could provide was very limited. At most, she could tell them the habits and interpersonal relationships of the original owner. Xia Houyu and others also sent people to inquire about this part. Not to mention hiding the truth, she could also fool them for a while.
It doesn't make much sense whether or not to keep women.
Shen Tang said: "Probably because of fate."
Xia Houyu was puzzled: "Fate?"
Shen Tang smiled and said: "Her experience sounds like a fusion of "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Journey to the West", and her life experience is indeed quite pitiful. Killing her will not affect the overall situation, and not killing her will not affect... leaving her alive will not affect the overall situation..." What’s the problem? As long as she doesn’t seek death.”
"You can kill or not, but I usually choose not to kill."
Xia Houyu: "..."
If you remember correctly, the Lord killed the most people this way, right? Shen Tang was unhappy with him and muttered: "Oh, don't I still need a wig? You and Yourong, who are you? Can you do it? The wigs on the market can’t do it.”
That woman's hair is pretty good.
The hair is shiny black, long, straight and thick.
Divide some for yourself, it's just right.
The hair of the rangers who were surrendered by her was either dry and frizzy or in short supply, which Shen Tang did not like. The only two who liked them were Xia Houyu and Gu De, who said that their parents were affected by their physical and skin problems, so they asked them to give their hair to them. Even they won’t do it themselves!
Xia Houyu: "..."
This place is still three days away from the last destination by water.
Three days is enough for a woman to weave a beautiful wig.
Shen Tang pulled his mind away from Zixu's perspective.
Inside the camp, she touched the thick black hair on top of her head and sighed in a low voice: "Why didn't we think of this way back then? Alas, if we could do this, I don't know how many detours we would have avoided..."
The territory here in Zixu is much better than Wuyou.
Although the territory is not big, the advantage is that you don't have to be exploited.
Yes, exploited.
The person who exploited Wu Yu was still the leader of the Cui clan, Cui Zhi.
As soon as she mentioned this matter, Shen Tang became furious!
She has always been the one to exploit others, when will it be other people's turn to exploit her? Do you really think she is still the same Shen Youli who was in Heyin and the neighbors were not easy to mess with? But unfortunately, in the area under Wuyou's rule, many farmlands are Belongs to Cui!
Reclaiming wasteland requires people.
Farming also requires people.
If Cui refused to cooperate, the rule would almost come to a standstill.
"Cui Erlang?"
Cui Mi smiled softly, as if he didn't know anything about the inside story: "I haven't seen you for a few days, sister Shen. How are you doing lately?"
"Very good, I'm ready to give up my pick."
Cui Mi was surprised: "Didn't Sister Shen just take office?"
"What are you going to do? You might as well go back and ask that good father of yours, and ask him what percentage of the rent he wants to collect from the tenants!" If a family like the Cui family were in the Kangguo territory, they would have killed all the eighteen generations of their ancestors with only their feet left. Neck, "Isn't it always 10% in the past?"
When she took office, she immediately raised the rent.
The common people under the rule knew at a glance that Mrs. Cui wanted to punish her.
There was no trace of surprise on Cui Mi's face.
"Sister Shen is angry about this?"
Shen Wuyoutang asked back: "Otherwise? What else could be the reason? Since your father sincerely forces me to leave, that's fine. I'll just go ask Cui Nujun if we can have a companion on the road together!"
Cui Mi stepped forward to stop her: "Sister Shen, I'm afraid she may have misunderstood."
"Misunderstanding, what misunderstanding can there be?"
"This is really not my father's original intention."
"Not his intention?"
Cui Mi: "Wang Ting's intention."
There is a shortage of food in the royal court, and the officials proposed to increase taxes.
The taxes here in Qi State are different from those in other regions. The royal court will determine an average value based on the annual harvest, and the counties and counties within the territory will pay taxes based on this average value, equal to each place. This can ensure the interests of the treasury, but there are drawbacks - the cultivated area and output of each region They are all different. There are fertile lands and barren lands in Qi State. For example, in Wuyou, a place with many mountains and water but few fields, the per capita output is far lower than the average target line given by Wang Ting. In fact, it was not so serious at the beginning. , but as young people are overwhelmed and run to other places, population loss intensifies, and the pressure becomes heavier and heavier.
This place has been in arrears with taxes to the royal court for three years.
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How did the kids do in the college entrance examination?