Lu Bu asked Huang Chengyan directly about a series of whys.

So why are there so many?

Isn't water supposed to flow down in the first place? When there is thunder, shouldn't you see lightning first and then hear thunder?

Isn't the year supposed to be divided into four seasons?

But why?

Why is this so?

Since Lu Bu asked so, then there must be a reason for him, Huang Chengyan couldn't help but think hard.

……

By the time he arrived in Wu County, Huang Chengyan had already held back 100,000 whys in his heart, and he was about to be suffocated by Lu Bu.

Of course, Lu Bu also gave some answers to the questions asked by Lu Bu, of course, there are more answers.

Finally, the group came to Kure County by boat.

Soon after getting off the boat, Jia Xu, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Gao Shun greeted them in person.

Lu Bu couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

It's not that Lu Bu is pompous, but that he just got off the boat, and Jia Xu brought someone over to greet him, which is enough to show that Jia Xu's intelligence work is doing a good job.

also indirectly proves that before he arrived, Jia Xu had basically controlled the situation.

The Taishou of a place is nominally the highest governor of the place.

But under normal circumstances, it is the Taishou and the local tycoons who jointly govern the locality.

Some of them are weak and guarded, and I am afraid that the land of a county is decided by the local tycoons.

Jia Xu was able to control Wu County to such a point in a short period of time, which shows the cleverness of Jia Xu's methods.

Of course, this is inseparable from the fact that they took office with 30,000 soldiers, which has a huge deterrent power.

……

After arriving at the county guard Wu County, Lu Bu first settled down in the Taishou Mansion.

The original Taishou has already gone to work, and all the formalities have been handed over to his subordinates.

Lu Budao was not busy handing over these procedures, but first settled Huang Chengyan and Huang Yueying.

As a result, Huang Chengyan hadn't settled down yet, so he couldn't wait to ask: "Taishou, now that you have also arrived in Wu County, you should take out the notes you recorded and show them to me, right?" ”

Huo, co-authored Mr. Chengyan has been thinking about notes all the way!

Lu Bu immediately happily handed over some of the basic knowledge of physical chemistry that he had sorted out to Huang Chengyan.

Huang Chengyan couldn't wait to watch it at the moment, frowning and thinking for a while, dancing with his eyebrows for a while, and applauding for a while, feeling like he was enchanted.

Huang Yueying next to her also watched with relish, but Huang Yueying's learning ability was even stronger than Huang Chengyan.

It seems that the legend is true, Zhuge Repeater Wooden Ox Flowing Horse or something, it was really developed by Huang Yueying!

Huang Yueying is younger, and her receptivity is originally stronger than that of the young Huang Chengyan.

What's more, Huang Yueying Bingxue is smart, Lu Bu estimates that even if Huang Yueying is thrown into a modern school, she will definitely be a scholar-level existence.

After Lu Bu instructed people to settle Huang Chengyan and Huang Yueying well, he took a little rest and fell into a busy situation.

……

In the afternoon, he first made a handover, and then met with the subordinate officials in the county guard's mansion, and then took the population and tax documents in the county guard and looked at it carefully, Lu Bu couldn't help frowning tightly.

Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the entire Eastern Han Dynasty had a population of more than 50 million.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion and the melee of the princes, by the time of the Battle of Chibi, the population had plummeted to 1.45 million.

Later, it was reduced to less than a million.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion, the war-torn area suffered countless casualties, but fortunately it did not affect the Wu County generation.

Therefore, the current number of people in Wu County is five or six hundred thousand.

In terms of population alone, the population of Wu County is still quite a lot, but it is not flattering in terms of taxes.

That idea tax is not even one-tenth of Lu Bu's estimate.

This idea of money can also maintain the normal operation of the county guard, and can allow Lu Bu, the Taishou, to live a relatively luxurious life.

But if you want to develop vigorously, this money is far from enough.

Why are taxes so small?

Lu Bu couldn't help but call Jia Xu in, and then asked Jia Xu: "Wenhe, Wu County has a population of five or six hundred thousand, why is there so little tax?" ”

Jia Xu explained: "My lord, Wu County has fertile land and a sufficient population, but the tools are simple and the harvest is not much. Moreover, the vast majority of these lands are in the hands of the four major families of Wu County. ”

"There are still counties in the county guard, and the people from the four major families are basically in office, and the taxes paid by the four major families are very small, so the taxes of the entire Wu County are only those seen by the lord!"

Listening to Jia Xu's words, Lu Bu's face couldn't help but show a murderous aura!

These families, hoarding land and deducting taxes, will seriously hinder the development of the entire Wu County!

If you want Wu County to develop rapidly, you must completely eradicate these warriors.

In fact, throughout the ancient history of the Middle Ages, in all dynasties, wealthy families played the role of tumors.

From the Qin and Han dynasties, all the way to the Tang and Song dynasties and later the Ming Dynasty, this is the case.

This situation was not improved until the Manchu barbarians entered the customs and killed the wealthy families in a crackling manner.

In the hearts of these wealthy families, there is only the concept of home, not the concept of a country.

They only care about the development and growth of their own family, and they don't care about what happens to the country and whether it will perish.

Anyway, even if the country perishes and a new wave of people will rule, they will still be needed, and their family will not have any losses.

It was precisely because of the non-cooperation of the wealthy families that Sun Ce wantonly killed the wealthy families and was finally killed.

Sun Quan consigned to Jiangdong and was trapped alive.

Liu Biao in Jingzhou, does he really have no ability? In fact, otherwise, Sun Ce has been attacking Jingzhou for so long and has not been able to attack it, how can Liu Biao be a mediocre person?

It is because the wealthy families in Jingzhou pulled Liu Biao's hind legs, and Liu Biao has no way to restrain these wealthy families.

After Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he handed over to the local wealthy families openly and secretly suppressed them, and was very jealous of these famous families.

After Cao Cao's son Cao Pi usurped the throne, the throne eventually fell into the hands of the wealthy Sima family.

The powerful families have been able to influence and even influence a country's political decisions, and even replace them.

The power of wealthy families can be imagined in this era.

If you want to develop, you must completely eradicate these wealthy families!

Seeing the murderous aura in Lu Bu's eyes, Jia Xu couldn't help but be taken aback, and couldn't help asking, "Lord, by all means!" ”

"Oh?" Lu Bu glanced at Jia Xu and asked suspiciously, "What must not be?" ”

Jia Xu asked: "The lord wants to do something to the four great families of Wu County?" ”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Yes, the existence of a wealthy family has seriously hindered the development of Wu County!" If the wealthy family is not completely eliminated, how can Ben Taishou develop Wu County? Therefore, these wealthy families must be completely eliminated! ”