Chapter 120 Cao Liu
The people of Zigui had an uneasy night.

The dismissed servant of General Li Yi's mansion brought out a news: Uncle Liu Huang came from Jingzhou, and it is said that he killed Li Yi in the name of punishing rebellion!
Who is this Uncle Liu Huang?The people of Zigui were puzzled, so someone approached Duke Li and asked him for advice.

Unexpectedly, Li Gong, who had fled all the way here from Yanzhou, heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the name of Uncle Liu Huang, and the panic on his face also faded.

"Uncle Liu Huang is a benevolent monarch, and he will never violate the common people."

Li Gong left the visitor after leaving this sentence, only thought that with this news, he could finally sleep well.

The next day, when the people came together, they found that the streets and alleys in the city were full of notices.

"Li Yi has betrayed his master three times, the first betrayal is... the second betrayal is..."

This notice is different from the previous ones that save pen and ink. It is full of words, and the meaning is very straightforward:
Li Yi is a man who eats inside and out, and now Uncle Liu Huang, as the clan of the Han family Jingzhou Mu, in order to prevent this thief from endangering the Han family, he personally sent troops to exterminate him.

And considering the upcoming spring plowing, Uncle Liu Huang will transfer cattle, plows, and improved seeds from Jiangling in a few days, and will arrange craftsmen to build hydraulic workshops by the river for the common people to use, and will also send officials to teach new methods of farming and fertilizing!

And most importantly, this year's grain tax is only [-]%!

This announcement caused a little cheer among the common people: Actually, everyone is not very familiar with Li Yi, and what Uncle Liu Huang said about farming is all about everyone's concern!
Among the crowd, those who have been to Jiangling and the Public Security Bureau have already vividly described the Shuilifang and other things all over there, saying that the common people are fascinated:

Stone mills and mortars driven by rivers?Zigui is right next to the river, the river is what we need the most!

And this year's tax is only [-]% written in plain text, and it is stamped with the seal of Uncle Liu Huang, so it shouldn't lie to us, right?
The uneasiness caused by Li Yi's death dissipated in an instant, and the people who were used to the hard life were already thinking about how much surplus food they would have after this year's harvest.

Liu Bei and others only rested in Zigui for one night, and set off again early the next morning, leading their troops straight to Wu County.

The [-] defenders of Wu County immediately closed the city gate, but the team leader guarding the city looked at Li Yi's head thrown over and the [-] soldiers behind Liu Bei, and finally chose wisely to open the city gate.

Just as Zhao Wei rebelled against Liu Zhang at the beginning, and Zhao Wei disappeared as soon as he died, Li Yi had the same effect on his commanding Berkshire.

Adhering to the principle of the speed of soldiers before the start of the plan, Liu Bei also left hundreds of soldiers guarding Wu County and hurried on the road again.

Departing from Wu County, we arrived at Yufu in three days, Quren in fifteen days, Linjiang in eighth, and Jiangzhou in twelve days.

Jiangzhou was already the last stop Li Yi occupied, and for Liu Bei, this place was quite far away from Jingzhou.

For more than a month, the group has lost a lot of weight, but even so, standing on the city wall of Jiangzhou, Liu Bei is still full of energy:

Yizhou, Liu Bei is here!

Chengdu, just around the corner!

Pang Tong was also very excited. Although Kong Ming proposed the plan at the beginning, after he Pang Tong modified and finalized it, and finally implemented it, this sense of satisfaction filled his chest.

The feeling of depression that had been suppressed by Kong Ming since Jingzhou disappeared, and Pang Tong could not wait to let out a long roar at this time!
Standing on the city wall, Pang Tong glanced at the northwest direction with nostalgia. Although the mountains in front of him blocked his view, he knew that Chengdu was in that direction.

"If my lord has [-] soldiers capable of fighting, then Chengdu can be settled in two months." Pang Tong was not without regrets.

From Linju to the present, only three soldiers have been beheaded for violating military regulations, and another twelve soldiers died of mountain streams, poisonous insects, etc. It can be said to be a miracle!
And they advanced in the front, and Zilong led the army to take over in turn, so the soldiers who were stationed in Zigui at the beginning also caught up and brought new supplies.

So although the [-] soldiers under his command looked tired, they were still battle-worthy soldiers!

Therefore, Pang Tong couldn't help but imagine that if the soldiers available at this time were not [-] but [-], since Chengdu had not received the news, he could really consider taking it by force!

Liu Bei waved his hand, restrained his excitement, shook his head and said with a smile:
"Now that it has been pushed to Jiangzhou and won six cities, [-]% of the reserves in the rear have been consumed in one year, but the soldiers are not injured, the people are not damaged, and only money and food are consumed. This is a big victory."

"If Chengdu is attacked, the game of great victory will become a game of two injuries."

Pang Tong was just talking, standing side by side with Liu Bei, blowing a completely different river wind, he couldn't help thinking:

"I don't know what's going on in Jingzhou now?"

"Since Li Yi's head is useless." Liu Bei suddenly remembered that the head that was often used to open the city gate had been marinated with lime, and the effect had been remarkable for more than a month.

"Then wait for me to edit a book and send it to Liu Jiyu together."

"Since you have come to this place, you must explain the whole story to the owner of this place."

At the same time, Liu Bei couldn't help thinking:
"In the light curtain, the city of Chengdu is praised as nine days out of Chengdu. I don't know what kind of prosperous Chengdu is at this time?"

……

Gong'an county government is now presided over by Kong Ming alone. With the army of the lord and Zilong moving out, the money and food in Gong'an county flowed through Kong Ming's hands like running water.

They were either pushed by wooden oxen to support the newly acquired cities, or carried by poor horses to Yizhou as food for the army.

The water power workshop is fully operating, grinding the coal obtained locally in Jingzhou and purchased from other places into powder, and then packed and sent to the front line.

Mi Zhu also got busy, and all the money he earned before was exchanged for food and grass, which were continuously transported from Jiangdong.

Even Lu Su was so surprised that he wrote a letter to ask about the situation.

In this regard, Kong Ming chose to tell part of the facts: In terms of the division of counties and counties, Zi belongs to Jingzhou, and Liu Jingzhou just intends to take back the land that belongs to Jingzhou.

In Gong'an County, two water power workshops dedicated to Dr. Zhang were also expanded. In addition to Jinchuang medicine powder, medicine powder for repelling insects and preventing miasma, and treating swollen diseases has also entered the production process.

During this busy break, Kong Ming also discussed with Zhang Zhongjing what kind of disease smallpox is.

Zhang Zhongjing stroked his beard, thought for a moment and said:
"Since military advisers are familiar with the history books, they should remember the 18th year of Jianwu."

Kong Ming's memory has always been top-notch, but he understood after a few strokes: "Ma Fubo?"

Zhang Zhongjing got up, found a roll of bamboo slips from the bookshelf behind him, spread it out under the light, found a line of records, and explained:

"At that time, Jiaozhou rebelled, Shizu ordered Ma Fubo to quell the rebellion, and the two sides fought fiercely for two years. It is recorded in the Han Dynasty that General Fubo defeated the bandits. When he lived in Jingzhou, he heard rumors."

"At that time, the bandits relied heavily on the dangers of the mountains, and General Fubo couldn't calm down quickly. There was a disease that rose from behind the bandits, and the rebels were in chaos and were defeated by General Fubo."

"General Fubo killed tens of thousands of thieves and captured tens of thousands of prisoners. However, when the squadron returned to the court, the Han army also contracted the disease. Its symptoms were typhoid fever, and pox appeared on the body. It was said at that time that it was a sore."

"Afterwards, there were occasional records in various states and counties. People at that time called it the God of Acne, and asked the witches to drive it away."

Kong Ming sat quietly, only to feel that there seemed to be an invisible giant beast in the south of Jiaozhou that opened its mouth, ready to devour anyone at any time.

"Daqin's illness came out of Anxi, and Anxi made friends with Guishuang... and the so-called Indochina Peninsula of the light curtain has an ancient body..."

Kong Ming felt that he had glimpsed the truth, Shi Yuan's words came true, the smallpox might have already come!
"Is there a way to crack it?" Kong Ming asked.

Zhang Zhongjing shook his head, put away the old bamboo slips and said:
"I haven't heard of this epidemic since Ma Fubo. When the military adviser mentioned this, could it be that Jingzhou is suffering from the epidemic?"

Kong Ming no longer hid it: "I heard a few days ago that the weakening and collapse of a large western country may be related to this epidemic."

Zhang Zhongjing listened attentively to Kong Ming's narration.

After coming out of Zhang Zhongjing's residence, Kong Ming let out a long breath and looked at the sky.

Since the light curtain acquired scattered knowledge, Kong Ming felt that the sky was getting wider and wider, and he returned to the time when he was ignorant and studying when he was a child.

But fortunately, I am not Prime Minister Zhuge from the Northern Expedition, there are people around me!

……

Zigui County has always had a large army passing through the border. The people in Zigui County watched the army come and go, crossed Zigui and continued westward along the river.

But the same thing is that there is no harassment to the common people.

And just in the middle of the soldiers coming and going, the people of Zigui County waited for what they wanted.

There is a small room next to the county government in Zigui, in which there are Quli and a rough model of a farming ox. If you have money, you can directly buy a farming ox or a Quli for your own use.

But if there is not much money left in the family, then you can choose to rent from the county government. The lease does not cost money, but the county government will collect [-]% more taxes when the harvest is harvested.

This is easy to calculate. Uncle Liu Huang said that the tax is [-]%, even if it is [-]% more, it is only [-]%, and [-]% is not high. After all, the seller before was asking for glory, and he had to collect [-]%.

Therefore, many people did not hesitate for too long and chose to sign the lease.

Li Gong is different, he has quite a lot of money, so he directly chose to buy it.

As for cattle, you can rent them from wealthy households in the city. If you come by the number of times, it is not too expensive.

Now it was almost time for spring plowing, so Li Gong simply joined forces with his son and carried him to the field to have a try.

Although there is no intuitive comparison, Li Gong can also feel that this thing really saves a lot of effort.

During the rest in the field, Zhao A, a local, came over to drink some tea. His field was next to Li Gong, very close.

"Li Gong, if this state shepherd is like Uncle Liu Huang, don't you have to escape?"

Zhao A asked.

Li Gong was silent, and after a while he whispered:

"Uncle Liu Huang, like me, also escaped from the north."

Zhao Ah let out an "ah", looking very surprised:

"But wasn't General Li defeated by Uncle Liu Huang?"

Mr. Li didn't even bother to argue so much. Generals like Li Yi didn't survive three days in the north, so they had been able to dominate here for several years.

After a while, Zhao Ah said cautiously:
"Li Gong, then you said that the group of people in the north will come to beat Uncle Liu?"

"Should be, why?"

Zhao A felt a little regretful and said: "Uncle Liu Huang is quite a good person, it would be great if Zhou Mu could always be him."

Li Gong remembered Cao Bing who was so frightened that he fled here, and sighed:

"Let's plow the land first."

 It is true that I said that I am not good at writing ancient lines. What I wrote here can only be said to kowtow to everyone.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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