The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 578 Taxation
"Soldiers have made meritorious deeds, and this general should be rewarded, but as the vanguard of this trip, you have made the most contributions, so how can you not be rewarded? If it spreads out, those who don't know will think that I am a man of little gratitude."

With a smile on his face, Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao: "Well, let's make you a captain of Xiaowu first, and then I will promote you to be a general of Zhonglang when you make meritorious service later."

Hearing these words, all the generals in the hall were envious.

Zhang Liao also knew that this was Lu Bu's respect for him, so he immediately cupped his fists and replied very loudly: "Thank you, General!"

It is the dream of every passionate man to make contributions and gallop on the battlefield.

After resting in Luoyang for three to five days, Lu Bu led his army to start again.

When the army arrived at Wudujin and was about to cross the river, an envoy came from the direction of Hanoi, holding a letter with a seal and ribbon in his hand, saying that he wanted to see Lu Bu.

Lv Bu asked someone to bring it. It turned out that Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, finally gave up resistance and was determined to surrender under Cai Yong's lobbying.So he sent someone to send the official seal of the sheriff to show his sincerity.

After learning about this, Lu Bu didn't think much about it, and readily accepted Wang Kuang's surrender.

In the afternoon of the same day, the army crossed the Zhuo River and entered Wen County.

Speaking of Wen County, this is still the fiefdom of "Marquis Wen", the prince of Lu Bu, and there are tens of thousands of households in the city, so the local people have to pay rent and tax every year.Due to the turmoil in recent years, Lu Bu is a person who climbed up from the bottom. He knows that ordinary people are not easy, so he ordered that the common people in Wen County be saved from taxation.

The sun set on the hillside, and the sky gradually dimmed.

"Brothers, it's getting dark, we have to speed up and try to enter the county before it gets completely dark." Pan Feng, who was in charge of the Central Guard, held a big axe and received Lu Bu's orders, passing them from the front to the back. .

More than ten miles away is the county seat of Wen County.

At this time, there are still many farmers working hard in the fields.

"Old man, it's already here, why don't you go home?" Lu Bulema, who was walking on the road, asked an old farmer in the nearby farmland.

The dark-skinned old farmer obviously didn't expect that Lu Bu would stop to ask questions, and subconsciously stepped back, with a fearful expression on his face.Lu Bu's stylish attire alone is not someone he can afford to offend.

"Old man, my general asked you something!" Seeing that the old farmer didn't answer, Wen Ji, who was carrying a painting halberd, yelled.

Seeing this, Lu Bu scolded Wen Ji in a low voice, telling him not to be rude.Then he signaled to the old farmer not to be afraid.

The old farmer saw that Lu Bu was not as arrogant as other big men, and even treated him kindly. After being flattered, the old farmer finally mustered up his courage and replied, "It's still early to go back to the general, and the little old man is not in a hurry to go back."

When the old farmer answered, Lu Bu noticed carefully that the old man's two withered palms covered with mud kept wiping back and forth on the short shirt, and he didn't know where to put it, obviously he was very cautious.

Lu Bu glanced at the sky. Although the sky hadn't completely darkened yet, the moon had already appeared early, exuding a light yellow color.

"Old man, it's getting late! You, better go back and rest earlier!" Lu Bu on the horse reminded kindly.

The old farmer shook his head slightly and said, "It's early".

After chatting for a while, Lu Bu learned from the old people that as long as there is no heavy rain, they will be busy every day until after Haishi before going home.

Regarding this, Lu Bu was very puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "Is it because the food harvested last autumn is not enough to eat so hard?"

"If the harvest is less than [-]%, it will take a year. If you don't plow more land, how can you do it! Alas~~~" The old farmer couldn't help but sighed, with little hope for the future of life.

Lu Bu became more and more puzzled, and simply broke the casserole and asked the end: "Even the taxes stipulated by the imperial court every year are only about [-] to [-] percent. How come you only have less than [-] percent?"

"It's not that 'surnamed Lu' did something good!" A middle-aged man said very displeased among the people who quietly gathered around to watch the play from the surrounding fields.

"Hush~Xiang Lao Qi, please keep your voice down, if you dare to yell this, you will die!" Someone reminded him nervously, obviously that name is a taboo existence.

"Since he dares to do it, he is afraid that others will say it!" Rolling up his sleeves, Xiang Lao Qi said angrily, "Invincible in the world, high in position and weight, it's not as black as a crow in the world." I just said it like this, he, Lu Bu, is an inhuman black heart, sooner or later he has to go to the Palace of Yama, and be fried by the king of Yama!"

As soon as the name 'Lu Bu' came out, the wolf cavalry battalion behind him grimaced, and drew out their knives one after another with a 'shua, shua, shua', exuding a strong killing intent.As long as Lv Bu gives an order, they can immediately execute all these outspoken 'troublemakers'.

The sudden attack of the wolf riding battalion caused the people in the field to change their colors and retreat, fearing that they would suffer disaster.

Lu Bu suppressed his displeasure, raised his right hand, and waved it back twice.

Afterwards, he ticked Xiang Lao Qi forward with his finger, suppressing his anger: "Tell me, how did that Lu man cheat his heart?"

The surrounding farmers all whispered dissuasion, telling the reckless man next to him not to provoke the general in charge of the army in front of him again.Otherwise, it is very likely that everyone will die.

But Xiang Laoqi struggled away forcefully, stepped forward, and said loudly: "So what, I've had enough anyway, the worst is death!"

As he spoke, Xiang Lao Qi pointed at Lu Bu and angrily reprimanded: "Your big Sima extorts tyrannical taxes and expropriates more than half of our grain harvest every year. If you don't pay, the local officials will send people to rob us, and even kill people." , How many families have been ruined!"

"This kind of guy who has done all kinds of bad things is still regarded as a hero by the world. Pooh, I wish he would die soon!"

Xiang Lao Qi continued to curse loudly, as if he wanted to vent all the grievances he had held in his heart for the past few years, but he didn't know that the man he scolded was right in front of his eyes.

Cao Xing, Pan Feng and the others glared, and they were about to step forward, how could they tolerate a villager who scolded their general like a shrew.

Inexplicably being blamed, Lu Bu was also extremely unhappy, but he didn't care about it with a farmer.He reached out his hand to stop Cao Xing, and asked with a frown, "Isn't the rent and tax of Shiyi already exempted?"

"Free? Oh, how is it possible."

Xiang Laoqi was taken aback for a moment, then laughed at himself.He has paid the rent and tax for three or four years, and he has never heard of such a thing as exemption.

Seeing the disbelief on the faces of all the farmers, Lu Bu asked again, "Who told you that you have to pay rent?"

Everyone's answer was exactly the same: the government.

Hearing this, Lu Bu turned his head without any emotion, even a little indifferently: "Chen Wei, take someone to search the county government immediately, and bring me the account book and the county magistrate by the way."

(End of this chapter)