On the fifth day of April, the eunuchs of the imperial court's transportation department led five hundred elite soldiers in a luxurious carriage and slowly entered through the main gate of Lan County.

Xu Zhenying had already ordered the people in the city to go out to greet him according to the requirements in Eunuch Zhou's handwriting.

I stood there for more than an hour from early in the morning until the sun was shining, but there was still no sign of that person.

Tens of thousands of people in Lan County stood on both sides in darkness, already impatient.

Under Xu Zhenying's administration, the people of Lan County are more confident and more rebellious than the people of other counties.

They were originally asked to go out of the city to greet them, but the people felt very unhappy. They were all waiting with a ball of anger. If Xu Zhenying and the Xu family team hadn't taken the lead at the front, they might not have really slipped away quietly. Went home and lay down.

What's there to be afraid of as a eunuch?

Putting on such a big pomp, I don’t know if I can enjoy this life!

There are five to six thousand elite soldiers in Lan County, plus the refugees from Gaoxin County. The total number of soldiers in the city is at least 20,000 to 30,000. Not to mention that since Xu Zhenying entered the city, their food supply has not been cut off. All of them are sleek and tall, and they look much more energetic than the common people outside.

Therefore, I became strong-willed, thinking that in the worst case, everything would be broken, and if I killed the dead eunuch and his party, I would be able to pay a few taels less in taxes.

There are even some people who have long wanted to start an uprising. They want them to say that someone in the city has food, so they simply rebel. If they become emperor, won't the people of Lan County rise to the top in one step?

But more people still hold a wait-and-see attitude.

However, after waiting for an hour, and the sun was shining brightly, and there was no shade on either side, the people of Lan County gradually became irritable.

Soon, a black-faced man shouted impatiently: "Damn it, when will the damn eunuch come! It's been more than an hour, and there must be a limit to the pretense."

The words of the black-faced man immediately aroused the echo of several bold people: "That is, a dead eunuch has made such a big statement, does he really think that we, the people of Lan County, are easy to bully?"

"That's right, can you hurry up? It's delaying my business!"

Hearing this, the local old man from Lan County shook his head and whispered to the son beside him: "Look, we people in Lan County are being fed up by the city lord and are hypocritical. In the past, we all had to kneel down to the city. I waited for hours at the door, how could I dare to complain!"

His son was unconvinced and said: "Father, when was that before and when is it now? With the city lord here, how can we ordinary people suffer this injustice!"

But the old man said: "Still aggrieved? Look, the court asked the city lord to come to greet him, but the city lord has already left? How can this arm be twisted past the thigh?"

"I don't think so. I heard that all the male and female soldiers in this military camp came with their guys today. Maybe... we might have a big fight today!"

The old man shook his head and sighed, "We are old and can't fight anymore. Let's go home early and collect all the valuable things at home, so as not to cause the people above to fight and implicate us small fish and shrimps." "

The dark-faced man saw no one responding, and sweat dripped from his forehead.

He couldn't help but look at Hu Wei, who was sitting in the corner of the second floor of the teahouse. Hu Wei was dressed in all black, his hair was combed meticulously, and it was difficult to tie it up with a jade crown. Although there was a strand of white hair on the temples, he looked energetic at the moment.

Hu Wei carefully sipped the tea on the table, looked at the dark crowd below, and gestured to Lin Er to wait.

Xu Zhenying and others stood at the front of the city gate. Except for Xu Yinxi and Xu Huijia from Ye County, and Xu Anping who was on the refugee side, almost everyone else in the Xu family was dispatched.

Considering that the eunuch might have met some people in the palace, Xu Deyuan, Lian family, Fang family and others did not come.

But just because the person didn't come, it didn't mean that they would miss such a grand event.

Finally, at noon, I heard the movement on the official road in the distance. I saw a dusty sky in the distance, as if there were people crowded with people, and then a carriage drove slowly.

Qian Zhenniang's heart almost jumped out of her chest. She looked at Xu Zhenying beside her out of the corner of her eye, and saw that man standing still among thousands of troops. This gave her an inexplicable feeling of peace of mind.

She is not afraid.

Follow the girl, she is not afraid of death!

Finally, the carriage drove into Lan County.

The tens of thousands of people in Lan County were all quiet at this moment, holding their breath and standing on both sides of the road, all looking at the carriage parked at the city gate.

Xu Zhenying led everyone to greet him and said with a smile: "It must be Eunuch Zhou from the transportation department. It must be a hard journey all the way. Please get out of the car. We have prepared a small amount of wine to wash away the wind and dust for you. I hope you don't dislike it."

But the people in the car did not get out of the car immediately. Through the flying curtains, everyone saw the eunuch wearing a green suit sitting inside, and the four beautiful young maidservants beside him.

Damn it, what a sin!

I don’t know where this shit came from. These girls look to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. If they were placed in their Lan County, they would either divide the fields and farm, or become female soldiers and doctors, or they would still be studying and learning to read. , where could it be so ruined?

Eunuch Zhou seemed to have just seen Xu Zhenying. He frowned. Is this the Mountain King of Lan County?

Looks a little too young, right?

No matter who he is, the court doesn't care anyway. He is a eunuch in the Transportation Department and is only responsible for collecting taxes. Why does he need to care so much?

Besides, the imperial court allowed the sale of official positions, and as long as the money was in place, the mountain king could transform himself into a serious official.

I have to say that the Zhou Dynasty’s move was truly a stroke of genius. It not only solved the treasury problem, but also maintained its own face like the emperor’s new clothes.

This bandit has taken over the city. As long as he doesn't kill the people, doesn't raise a flag to rebel, gives some money to the government, and completes the procedures, he will be a serious official of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In this way, it also saves a huge amount of bandit suppression costs, which is simply killing three birds with one stone.

As for the life and death of the people, there were tens of millions of people in the Zhou Dynasty, and it would not be a pity to see a few people in remote places die.

"Are you the magistrate of Lan County?" Eunuch Zhou pinched his nose with a look of disgust on his face, "What are you wearing? It's nondescript. Look at your hair, tsk tsk tsk. It's really a remote, barbaric land. Xiaojiazi is so angry that he cannot be put on the stage."

Sure enough, before Eunuch Zhou officially entered the city, he had already provoked the anger of the people of Lan County with one sentence!

Even if we say they live in a barbarian land, those clothes are so convenient! It doesn’t delay work at all!

And the city lord’s hair doesn’t get lice at all in summer, so it’s easy to take care of! Besides, the city lord has so many things to do, how can he have time to pay attention to such trivial matters!

The people of Lan County looked at the eunuch Zhou angrily.

They had completely forgotten that when Xu Zhenying had just had her hair twisted, they had secretly laughed at her and called her a green-headed thief.

Xu Zhenying felt funny in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, "You don't know something, father-in-law. The southwest is very miasmatic and prone to mosquitoes. It's easy to be infected by external evils when walking outside, so it's easy for hair to get lice. For the sake of convenience, I simply Twisted hair."

The eunuch Zhou's disgust was palpable, but when he entered the city, he also saw the crowds of people in the city. He thought that although the mountain king was young, he seemed to have some prestige. He didn't want to offend her too much, so he had to give her some face. , Only then can we plan the big things behind.

Thinking about the extra 200,000 yuan in tax revenue from Ye County, and then thinking about the money that the grass-headed king had to hand over to the county magistrate if he wanted to become a serious person, Eunuch Zhou's face softened slightly, "In that case, why don't you kneel down?" Are you here to meet the decree?" In the conscience of heaven and earth, Eunuch Zhou is really not making things difficult for Xu Zhenying.

As the tax collection eunuch of the Transportation Department, he carried with him the imperial edict of paying taxes from the three departments. No matter where he went, he had to be greeted by local officials on their knees and kowtowed.

Xu Zhenying was stunned for a moment, then looked blank, and then gritted his teeth to endure the humiliation.

On one side, Qian Zhenniang, Mo Jinchun, six members of the escort team, and other members of the Xu family team were instantly furious!

Kneel down on his grandma’s legs!

The people in Lan County have long been accustomed to Xu Zhenying's order not to kneel. It has been more than half a year since anyone knelt down!

Their knees have long since become hard and they cannot kneel down!

Xu Zhenying made a move to kneel down, but was stopped by Lu Fei on one side. Lu Fei pulled out his big knife with a "ding" sound and pointed it at Eunuch Zhou, "Damn it, you dare to make our city lord kneel down? Believe it or not, I will kill you." !”

And at this moment, the already tense atmosphere became even more tense.

Supervisor Wang never expected that these bandits from Lan County would be so arrogant and tough. Before he had time to react, all the five hundred elite men behind him drew their swords!

"We, the people of Lan County, never kneel down! Don't expect our city lord to kneel down!"

Among the crowd at the front, a young man shouted excitedly!

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened at this moment!

Only a scream was heard, followed by the screams of the crowd. I don't know what happened. People in the front row stepped back one after another, almost causing a stampede!

Xu Zhenying's face changed, and his eyes were filled with cold light!

It turned out that it was Wang Jianjun who went straight forward and stabbed the young man who initially shouted that he would not kneel down.

Blood and water splashed, and the people around him were frightened by this sudden scene, and they all backed away!

And the young man fell down in response, lying in a pool of blood.

There was also a bloody hole in his stomach.

Wang Jianjun shouted: "This person has despised His Majesty and has been punished on the spot by me. Anyone who makes such remarks again will be killed without mercy!!"

Wang Jianjun originally thought that he must enter the city and scare these rebels, otherwise their trip would not go smoothly.

This move was very intimidating in the previous counties, and some people were even frightened to the point of peed their pants. At this time, if they raised the issue of fixed taxation, they would get twice the result with half the effort.

Killing someone in the city is the opening act of every tax collection tour.

This is the so-called killing of chickens to scare monkeys.

But Wang Jianjun never expected that precisely because of his move, the uprising of the Zhou Dynasty started!

Because of this moment, the anger of the people in Lan County was completely ignited!

"God damn those dog officials, they killed our good man from Lan County, we will fight them!!!"

"Kill them, kill them!"

"Kill the dog officer!"

Someone in the crowd yelled something, and there was chaos in an instant!

At this time, many people who didn't know what was going on were all excited. They either fucked the guy, hid behind, or ran home in confusion!

Even Hu Wei upstairs and Fang Xun and others hiding in the corner were tense all over!

As for Xu Zhenying, the six-man escort team was ready to go almost immediately, guarding her tightly behind them, and only waited for Xu Zhenying's order to rush forward!

Seeing that the situation was beyond her plan, Xu Zhenying hurriedly took a loudspeaker and shouted: "What are you doing? You are going to rebel! Stop it!"

Xu Zhenying has always been prestigious among the people. This cry temporarily calmed down the excited people.

But that's only temporary!

Although the dissatisfied people in Lan County took no further action, they all stared at Eunuch Zhou and Supervisor Wang.

The dark crowd of 20,000 people instantly formed a frightening pressure!

The situation is about to break out! !

Even the always domineering Eunuch Zhou was almost scared out of his wits this time!

Why don't these people in Lan County listen to the imperial court and only listen to Xu Zhenying?

Eunuch Zhou's face was covered in cold sweat, and he finally knew that he was in trouble this time.

"Eunuch Zhou, Wang Jianjun, don't be afraid. We, the people of Lan County, have no ill intentions. I know that you two were ordered by the Emperor to collect taxes in Lan County. This is also the obligation of everyone in Lan County. The details , why not discuss it in detail during the dinner?"

Eunuch Zhou wiped the cold sweat from his face and looked at the people of Lan County who were looking at them as if they were about to pounce on them in the next second. He said tremblingly: "Yes, yes, your Majesty is right. These are all orders from the imperial court, and we are just Just collect it for you. Let’s go and talk to the restaurant.”

Eunuch Zhou couldn't wait to leave this ghost place immediately.

Xu Zhenying ignored Eunuch Zhou's trembling look and made a "please" gesture generously, "Please."

Taking advantage of the gap, Qian Zhenniang immediately arranged for someone to carry the injured young man to the medical school.

However, even so, the public sentiment was passionate and difficult to calm down.

Qian Zhenniang shouted to the crowd: "Everyone, please go home first. Everything will be discussed in detail after the city lord and the father-in-law of the transportation company have discussed it. Tomorrow we will publish the announcement at the gate of the county government office. Let's all disperse. There’s no use waiting here.”

After Qian Zhenniang left, someone in the crowd shouted: "Let's go to the square! It's a big place over there, so we'll wait there. I heard that the students in the study are ready to inquire about the first place for us." Hands on information!”

The black-faced man hurriedly passed through the crowd and went straight to the corner room of the restaurant opposite. As soon as he opened the door, he asked the person in the room, "Mr. Hu, what should we do?"

Hu Wei stared at the leading young man in the crowd who shouted and led others to the square. He always felt that he looked familiar for a long time, and then he remembered, wasn't this person named Liu Erwa who followed Wang Xingye?

Lin Er didn't know why Hu Wei suddenly couldn't stop laughing.

He smiled so heartily, as if he had met some great happy event.

Lin Er was puzzled and asked: "Mr. Hu, the crowd dispersed because of Secretary Qian's shout. Now they are going to the square to wait for news."

Hu Weidao: "You should also go along, act according to the situation, cooperate to fan the flames, kill two people when necessary, and make sure that the entire people of Lan County become blindly obedient and crazy!"

Lin Er took the order and left.

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