Cultivating Ghosts: There is a Pink Skull at the beginning

Chapter 392
The State of Lu has been a fertile land since ancient times. It sits on a large area of ​​spiritual mountains and fertile land, with a large lake inside and a sea outside.

Haizhou City was originally a rich city. Both the population and the defenders in the city were much larger than those of Renwang City 30 years ago.

Today is different from the past, and the current Haizhou City has long been incapable of being compared with Renwang City.

Some time ago, there were still many people on the street, even if it gradually became deserted, it did not get deserted so quickly.

But since King Lu's prince took over the city with his men, the streets were like bandits passing by, messy and dilapidated, with little popularity to be seen.

In the tavern in the alley by the side of the street, a group of local men and old people gathered here, all of them sighed and dejected.

"Since the crown prince came over, all the men on the street have been dragged into the army. Before being a soldier, they have to be beaten three times. There is no one to eat on the street. They hide deeper than mice."

"Being a soldier can hide there with a little money. I would say that the most annoying thing is that this crown prince used those of us who do small business to raise money for the military. If you give him more, you can't fill it up. If you don't give it to him Search, all the good dry goods in my room have been ruined!"

"At any rate, you still have some left. The sea cucumbers, dried abalones, shark's fins, fish bones, and isinglass in my warehouse were all confiscated for military rations. My son went up to reason and was slapped out of his teeth."

"It's more than that. The crown prince also ordered to collect taxes for five years, and sent troops to guard several city gates to prevent anyone from running out. This is putting us in a pot and cooking slowly!"

A group of local people kept complaining about Prince Shoudu's evil deeds.

Although Prince Shoudu promised not to levy taxes within five years, he may promise to repay the food and money collected in the future.

But no one believed the family.

The King of Lu has always been a man of unbelief. In order to restrain the luck of the Lu country, he kept giving up the peripheral areas. For peripheral cities like Haizhou City, he has always accepted as much as he can, and it is not a pity to lose it. Anyway, it is not supported here.

Not only Haizhou City, King Lu only cared about the core area, and the peripheral areas were a burden to him, so he collected money and food before there was an uprising, so as not to fall into the hands of thieves.

The resentment and dissatisfaction of the low-level people towards the royal family has accumulated over time. The main reason is that the king of Lu buried millions of troops twice in a row, which made the family members of many places in the country of Lu extremely resentful towards the incompetence of the king of Lu.

These resentments could have been gradually eliminated, but after encountering the forced expropriation by the Lu Wang family and the forced recruitment into the army, everyone was unwilling to be duckweed in order to survive.

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On the surface, Chen Taiyi was very confident and asked everyone to wait and see what happened, but in fact, nothing happened.

With an open mind, Chen Taiyi paid special attention to the affairs of Lu State.

Qiao Ying and his ministers quickly submitted all kinds of information to Chen Taiyi.

Chen Taiyi carefully looked at the report on the prince's shoudu in his hand, and the more he read it, the more frightened he became.

Conscripts from the people are exempt from taxation and corvee.

Borrow money from wealthy households in the city and make an IOU, promising to pay back the money in the future.

As soon as they entered the city, they quickly summoned the blacksmiths in the city to give priority to making weapons and armor.

Inventory the granary in the city, and move the grain of the rich households in the city to the designated granary for military ration.

The generals in the army and the sages around him were reused, and many generals took up civilian positions against all opinions.

Receive the daughters of big families in the city and gain the support of local wealthy families.

"Damn it! This person is much stronger than me, how can I wait and see what happens?"

Chen Taiyi was very anxious, "If this person stabilizes Haizhou City, or successfully fights out from Haizhou, join forces with nearby rebels..."

Mrs. Chen's eyes lit up, "That's right! It's his father who opposed him! No matter how powerful this man is, he's a bit weaker. Unless his father is killed by a villain in the court, otherwise this man's reputation will be wronged. Shun!"

"Oh! It's really important to have a good father." Chen Taiyi was very emotional, "Although my father is not very good, he is not very bad either. Generally speaking, he is pretty good."

The old prince was short on the evening of the festival, because a woman had an unpleasant quarrel with her wife and son, and what was even more embarrassing was that the wife ran away.

If there is no such thing, just the busyness of the old prince in the early days, he can be called a good father.

Chen Taiyi suddenly discovered something.

"This country of Lu is slowly turning bad in the hands of the King of Lu. If the King of Lu continues to live and toss it hard, will the country of Lu be good?"

That clever mind thought of something unbelievable but logical.

Chen Taiyi felt that it was necessary to maintain the friendship between the countries, besides, Yue and Lu were allies!
"Come here, prepare a letter. This king wants to write a letter to King Lu."

Mrs. Chen put her hands on the table and raised them to cover her mouth, her eyes revealed the light of wisdom.

There are not only two female champions in the office, but also other male officials.

Letters between countries are ghostwritten by special Zhonglang officials, and they are all men.

Both Kui Wenji and the two female champions would imitate the handwriting of Chen Taiyi and others, but this imperial decree still pays attention to the majesty of the country.

The writing officer quickly came over to take orders, and two more people moved tables and chairs for him to sit on the side three meters away.

It is not the first time for Chen Taiyi to ask someone to write an imperial decree. Usually it is the first time to say something about the general content. Later, the scribe will write a new report. If he is satisfied, he will use it, and if he is not satisfied, he will revise it.

"I have been friends with King Lu for many years..."

Mrs. Chen frowned and thought about what to say, she wasn't talking nonsense, how could she blurt it out?
"The size of a country is nothing more than the inside and outside, and the size of a family is also divided into each other. Although both of us have the responsibility of family, country and world on our shoulders, King Lu, Yue and Lu have always thought about peace. Coexist."

"Now that the state of Lu has encountered some small ups and downs, if I don't help to do something, then all the covenants and morals are false and false."

"However, there is a lot of hatred between Lu State and Yue State. From the national level, what I can do is really limited."

"I personally gave King Lu a set of basic breath-gathering techniques, three bottles of elixir to strengthen the body, three spirit dogs, ten horses, and a set of spirit armor and brocade clothes that can be worn with you."

Mrs. Chen only wanted to live a few more years, more than ten years for King Lu, so as not to let those talented princes or heroes from all over the world get up.

After Qiao Ying saw it, she didn't understand why Chen Taiyi suddenly funded King Lu.

"Your Majesty, King Nalu listened to slander and squandered the aura of the kingdom. He will surely die soon. Why should you help him?"

Mrs. Chen shook her head, looked outside and said directly: "You don't understand, what I see in my eyes is not the whole country of Lu, but the scenery farther away."

Everyone was shocked, and suddenly understood Chen Taiyi's ambition! !

Although I don't know the specific reason, everyone seems to understand something, and they all firmly believe that this is the case!
(End of this chapter)