The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 993 Apprehending the Black Hand ([-])

In fact, it turned out afterwards that the old bureaucrats wanted to prevent Liu Chan from encouraging business in Shu Han, which was indeed a correct proposition for them to safeguard their own interests.

Because once commerce develops, it will mean that the status of agriculture will decline, which will start to cause the price of agricultural products to drop.

Part of the reason for this, judging from historical statistics, is likely to be that even the government will not be willing to spend any more effort to collect agricultural products from farmers as taxes.

However, it is impossible for the government not to collect taxes from farmers, so farmers will need to sell their agricultural products before paying taxes.In this way, the risk of price fluctuations of agricultural products is transferred to farmers in a very brutal and covert manner.

Thinking back carefully now, I read an article called "Overcharged by Three or Five Bucks", and the things said in it actually apply to the explanation here.

It can be seen from this that it is the government that wields power that is actually beating the bones and sucking the marrow from the people.

In this case, the price drop of agricultural products will cause another very important problem, that is, the drop of land price.

But in fact, it is not necessarily true, because the possible situation at that time is that the price of land has remained very strong, and it will become a safe haven for the people to preserve their property.It seems that South Korea in the 21st century is like this.

Some of these things were what Zhao Yun wanted to understand at the time, at least for the assassins.As for the latter series of things related to economic and political power struggles, it is impossible for Zhao Yun to think too deeply.

After all, these things are not something that he, a general, would care about at all.

Those things belonged to Liu Chan, and he had been thinking hard about them afterwards.

When Liu Chan and others brought Gao Shili to the intersection, Liu Chan was suddenly frightened by the tragic situation in front of him.

The streets were once again filled with the corpses of assassins, including the corpses of the white-eared guards. The road was also splattered with blood. The blood gathered in the low-lying places, exuding a stench!
Zhao Yun, like Zhao Feng and others, suffered from injuries and became short of breath because of his injuries and violent fighting.

Liu Chan could clearly see the sweat on Zhao Yun's face and the blood dripping from the assassin's face!
Liu Chan immediately turned over from the Yulong horse, rushed to Zhao Yun's side, and asked anxiously, "Fourth Uncle, are you okay?"

Zhao Yun panted heavily, and said slowly: "I'm fine, but the enemy actually dispatched a second assassination force, which was really beyond my expectation. It can be seen how cunning the mastermind behind this assassination is. !"

Then, Zhao Feng also immediately came forward to see Liu Chan, and said, "Fortunately, because your majesty is going to go with Gao Shili, if you go ahead with us, you might be in danger again, what a blessing!"

As he said that, Zhao Yun fell to his knees and pleaded guilty to Liu Chan for his repeated dereliction of duty.

But Liu Chan's reaction was somewhat unexpected. He smiled and said to Zhao Feng: "It's not all the fault of you and your subordinates. But next, you have to go to the Baier Imperial Guard to check It is clear whether someone inside has mutinied, causing our whereabouts to be leaked."

When Zhao Feng heard this, a look of extreme surprise and horror appeared on his face.

Zhao Yun's face also changed when he heard it.Those white-eared guards used to be trained by himself. After Liu Chan came to power in the past two years, Zhao Feng was responsible for this matter.If there was a mistake because of this, then Zhao Feng's culpability is not small.

But Liu Chan didn't intend to pursue the matter immediately, so he asked Zhao Feng to get up first.

Only then did Liu Chan say to Zhao Feng: "Fourth Uncle, the assassin probably knew our whereabouts along the way, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible to suddenly try to assassinate me in Dali City!"

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "This is very possible. But another problem is that the planner of this assassination operation should not be in Dali City at this time, otherwise his own personal safety will be very important." Problem."

Zhao Feng saw that Liu Chan didn't quite understand, so he explained: "Because no matter whether the assassination operation succeeds in the end, if the planner stays in Dali City, he will be easily searched and his personal safety will easily go wrong. Therefore, The planner should not have appeared in Dali City, but left long after the assassination operation was arranged here. If we catch this person now, it will be like finding a needle in a haystack."

After Liu Chan understood, his brows furrowed immediately, and he suddenly fell into deep thought.

But Liu Chan's reaction was unusually fast, and he suddenly said, "If that's the case, then the planner of the assassination operation will definitely not run too far after leaving Dali City."

Zhao Yun immediately asked: "Your Majesty, why is this?"

Liu Chan explained: "The reason is actually not very complicated. Because the planner must get the news of the success of the assassination operation in a short period of time, so it is impossible to leave Dali City too far, and must wait somewhere nearby. information!"

After Zhao Yun heard Liu Chan's analysis, he couldn't help heighing, it seemed that Liu Chan's words were too correct.

Zhao Yun praised: "Your Majesty is really smart. The general will immediately deploy manpower to search the surrounding area of ​​Dali City."

Liu Chan shook his head, and said rather conceitedly: "There is no need to be so troublesome. I am a majestic emperor, and I still need to delay my business in order to catch a group of low-level assassins? What should we do, or continue to do it. What's more, to search for the enemy in such an open terrain, it is simply impossible to rely on a few people on our side. This place is under Wei Yan's rule, so it's good to leave this matter to him."

Liu Chan's words are understated. As the ruler of a country, a group of low-level assassins really have no right to interfere with him.

But this matter can be big or small, Zhao Yun still said: "Your Majesty, even if you don't care, but since the danger has already appeared, you should remove the cancer to prevent any accidents in the future."

Liu Chan nodded and looked at Zhao Feng. This is where Zhao Feng's duty lies.

Of course Zhao Feng understood Liu Chan's meaning, and said, "I'm afraid I still need the help of Mr. Zhuge's strength in this matter. Otherwise, I'm afraid the intelligence will be insufficient."

Liu Chan nodded, and said to Zhuge Qiao who was nervous behind him, "Aqiao, you need to help Zhao Feng with intelligence later."

Zhuge Qiao immediately took the order.

Zhao Yun then said again: "Your Majesty, what's more, even if it is unlikely to be attacked by assassins on the road, after all, the white-eared guards are very powerful in fighting in the wild, but in order to ensure the absolute safety of Your Majesty. Your Majesty You shouldn't go to Linjin now."

Liu Chan hummed, and said: "It seems that I have to stay in Dali City for a day or two. However, Gao Shili's injury is extremely serious, and he urgently needs medical treatment. Therefore, the matter of treating his injury It absolutely cannot be delayed.”

Zhao Yun nodded.

Liu Chan went on to say: "So, Zhao Feng passed on my order to dispatch 300 white-eared guards to immediately escort Gao Shili to the Linjin barracks for treatment; Go and inform Wei Yan of my news in Dali City. Tell him to immediately send troops to completely block all traffic going out of Dali County, and then launch a wide-ranging search, be sure to find me the mastermind of the assassination operation!"

Zhao Feng was taken aback when he heard that, the 500 white-eared guards who were traveling with him now killed or injured as many as 80 to 300 people in this assassination operation.If [-] people were used to guard Gao Shili, then there would only be a hundred or so people left to protect Liu Chan.

Zhao Feng then asked: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, the protection power on your side has become too weak?"

Liu Chan's original intention was to protect Gao Shili with 300 people to prevent him from being attacked by assassins again on the road.

As for Liu Chan's protection force, in addition to Zhao Feng's white-eared guards, the city defense force in Dali City can also be used to share part of the task.

(End of this chapter)