The fields in September, as far as the eye can see, are like a sea of gold.

The fields are full of busy figures of laborers, harvesting wheat and sorghum in the fields.

The children sang cheerful nursery rhymes, frolicked and ran on the edge of the fields, and the people showed sweat on their faces, but showed a simple smile, telling the joy of the harvest.

The year of great abundance!

After coming down from Yangqian Mountain, Liu Wei parted ways with Xu Guang in Lunshi, saying that he was going to Xuzhou.

Xu Guang was initially going to arrange hundreds of people to protect Liu Wei along the way, but Liu Wei said that this would only increase his ears and eyes, and it would be easy to attract the attention of the government, and he didn't want to expose his identity so early.

Xu Guang had no choice but to obey his fate, reluctantly bid farewell to Liu Bian, and then took the thieves to the south to find a new stronghold and continue to recruit troops.

Passing through Chenliu, Liu Weiwang saw that the local people were busy with the autumn harvest, so he got off the horse and led the horse to walk on the path on the edge of the field. Behind him, followed by the phoenix-eyed man in the moon-white robe, under the seemingly ordinary appearance, his eyes were full of fierceness, this is also the strongest figure under Liu Wei at present, Chenlong.

Fade away from the midsummer heat and stroll along the field paths. The oncoming autumn breeze blows and is particularly cool.

Liu Wei paused, anyway, it was still a long time, and he was not in a hurry to go to Xuzhou for a while, so he chatted with the old farmers who were harvesting wheat in the fields: "Old man, it seems that this year's harvest seems to be good." ”

The old farmer in the field had a little gray hair, and when he heard someone talking to him, he stopped cutting the scythe in his hand. Although he straightened up, he was still a little rickety.

With a harvest smile on his face full of vicissitudes, the old farmer asked kindly: "Listening to the tone of the son, it doesn't look like a local." ”

Liu Wei nodded, there is nothing to hide about this.

The old farmer continued: "In fact, this year's grain harvest is not much better than last year's, but the grain distributed to our people has increased several times. All of this, it has to be thanks to General Sima that we can have such a good life! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Wei was quite curious.

People want to hear it, and the old farmer is also willing to tell it, and his words are full of the little pride that the low-level people have taken advantage.

According to the new decree, those who have elderly and children in the family will be exempted from paying taxes by 30%; My two sons had joined the general's barracks a few months earlier, and their taxes were exempted from paying 30 percent; The eldest granddaughter of my family also married a soldier of the Lu army in the year of marriage, and the tax was exempted from 30%.

In this way, only 10% of the taxes previously prescribed by the imperial court need to be paid every year.

Not only that, but the seventy percent of the tenant rent that was originally to be paid to the lords of the family has now been reduced to thirty percent under the maneuvering of the general, which can be said to be a heavy burden.

In addition, the old man's little daughter-in-law was also quite competitive, and gave birth to twins at once, a boy and a girl. The government personally sent a midwife to deliver the baby, and also rewarded four stones of grain, a chicken and a duck, and a pig.

Speaking of this, the old farmer almost frowned, and did not hide the joy on his face in the slightest.

"All of this is the general's decision for our people! Go and see, which household in the village does not have the immortal card for the general? Such a good person should live a long life! ”

"Others say that the general kills people without blinking, and he is a terrible big devil. Phew! It's purely a bloody spewing person, malicious slander! The general is a god sent by God to save our people, even if he kills, he must kill the damned thief, they are against the general, and they deserve to be beheaded! ”

The old peasant spat rudely and said resentfully, as if whoever opposed Lu Bu was equivalent to being an enemy of life and death with him.

Glancing at the spit on the ground, Liu Wei felt disgusted in his heart, and scolded 'foolish', but he kept a smile on his face and nodded yes.

Bidding farewell to the old man, Liu Wei continued to move forward with Chenlong.

I asked many farmers along the way, and I got almost the same answers.

"I didn't expect Cao Cao to run Yanzhou for many years, but he was not as popular as Lu Bu, who came halfway, what a good means!" Liu Wei said with a smile, but his words were particularly cold.

However, the people of Yanzhou only pay such a small amount of grain every year, what should the imperial court use to support the expenses of the army?

Lu Bu's soldiers are hundreds of thousands, and they are all mouths for food!

Thinking of this, Liu Wei suddenly showed a weird smile.

This seems to be a place where it can be put to good use.

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Southeast of Luoyang, Yangqian Mountain.

When Zhang Liao rushed to the mountain with a large group of people, the thousands of thieves and bandits entrenched here had already been empty, and there was still half a thief.

As the saying goes, people are not as good as the sky, but I didn't expect it to be a step late.

Zhang Liao frowned, scolded 'hateful' in his heart, waved his big hand, and ordered with his soldiers: "Don't let go of any corner, search for me!" ”

Sergeant Lu received the order, and rushed into the thief village one after another, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and strictly searching.

Before leaving, Lu Bu specially called Zhang Liao to talk in the tent alone.

He was told not to kill the thief leader, but to capture him alive, and if he saw a young leader in his twenties, he must also be brought back safely.

Now that the thieves have all fled, there is no trace of any clues, and even if they want to chase them, they don't know which direction to go.

Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel a little irritable in his heart, so he went back like this, but it was not good to go to the main bus.

About half an hour later, a soldier came to report: "General, our army has found a secret cave in the back mountain!" ”

When Zhang Liao heard this, he led people to the back mountain.

When they arrived at the cave, soldiers were constantly dragging the body out of it.

According to the report of the captain who searched here, this cave is full of organs, and after paying the price of the lives of more than 70 pathfinders, the safety of the cave is finally ensured.

Zhang Liao nodded slightly, ordered people to bury these dead soldiers, and then strode in.

The cave is completely natural, the light inside is not dim, and later it has been transformed into many secret rooms of different sizes after being artificially chiseled with an obvious axe. In the secret room, there is everything to eat and drink, even if you stay in this cave for half a year and don't go out, you won't starve to death in it.

One of the secret rooms was filled with countless bamboo slips, but unfortunately all of them were burned to ashes by the fire, and nothing was left.

At this time, the soldier who searched the next room ran over and respectfully handed the things in his hand to Zhang Liao: "General, when the villain searched the room next door, he found this note, please take a look at it." ”

Zhang Liao took it when he heard this, and after he finished reading it, the expression on his face suddenly became very deep and solemn.

I saw that the note read:

The widow does not die, and you will be a minister after all!