Liu Xin said in his heart, I don't have the spare time to investigate a gentleman, I didn't listen to what my wife said, if my wife didn't force me hard, who would take care of your family affairs, and said: "This is a long story, it's all because my wife treats Ling Ai as a good sister and cares about her, so I sent someone to investigate." ”

At this time, Cai Yan also returned from the garden. Seeing his daughter's embarrassed appearance, Cai Yong asked in surprise, "Yan'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

Cai Yan glanced at Liu Xin next to him first, and then said hesitantly: "Dad, I accidentally fell in the garden, but fortunately, I didn't hurt anything." ”

Cai Yong had already noticed that his daughter's expression was different, and Liu Xin on the side looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and he believed his judgment just now, but it was not good to attack on the spot, so he had to say to Liu Xin: "Lord, please go back first, let me think about what I just said." ”

He ordered the expulsion, and Liu Xin was inconvenient to stay here anymore, so he had to say goodbye.

After Liu Xin left, Cai Yongcai asked her daughter again: "Yan'er, you are honest with your father, what happened just now?" Have you met Lord Liu? ”

Cai Yan didn't expect his father to even guess this, his expression suddenly became flustered, and he said: "It's really nothing, it's just a fall, what does it have to do with Lord Liu." ”

Cai Yong sneered: "Hmph, it doesn't matter what it is. Do you know what happened to Master Liu who came to me just now? ”

Cai Yan said strangely: "What is he looking for you, how do I know." ”

Cai Yong's voice immediately rose an octave, and he yelled at Cai Yan: "You don't know? He came to me to have something to do with you, and he asked me to quit the Wei family! Hmph, there are no doors! ”

Cai Yan didn't expect Liu Xin to leave in a hurry just to talk to his father about quitting his family, he couldn't help but have mixed feelings, and when he heard Cai Yong talk about not allowing him to quit his family, he became anxious and cried: "Dad, my daughter really doesn't want to marry Wei Zhongdao." ”

Mrs. Cai heard the quarrel in the front hall in the back and rushed out, she knew what Bian Yu had said, so she naturally stood on Cai Yan's side, and persuaded Cai Yong: "Master, you dissipate your anger first." Our daughter is still young, do you still have to worry about not being able to get married with her appearance? If you don't want to marry the Wei family, you won't marry. ”

Cai Yong turned around and shouted at his wife: "It's all what you're used to!" Look at what she looks like now, I don't know what to do in the garden with Liu Xin just now, and when something happens, it's too late for you to regret it! He was angry, and even called out Liu Xin's name, where did he take into account Cai Yan's feelings.

Cai Yan was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about, people just happened to meet Master Liu in the garden and said a few words." ”

When Cai Yong heard this, he really confirmed his conjecture, and the two of them met in the garden, and they were even more angry: "Say a few words? Will saying a few words make your body like this? What if he, Liu Xin, is a state pastor, can he be strong against my daughter? ”

Cai Yan was shy and anxious, and said with a crying voice: "Dad, I really fell, and this has nothing to do with Lord Liu." If you don't believe me, if you don't believe me, I'll die to show you. ”

Mrs. Cai panicked, hurriedly hugged her daughter, and said to Cai Yong: "Master, isn't it ruining Yan'er's reputation by saying this, and I don't think Lord Liu is that kind of person." ”

Cai Yong waved his hand at Cai Yan and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk about it." If you don't go in and change your clothes, you won't be allowed to leave this courtyard in the future! ”

Liu Xin's mission ended in failure, and Cai Yan was placed under house arrest at home from then on, and even deprived of the qualification to go to the garden. However, Liu Xin quickly forgot about this incident and only regarded it as a small episode in the hot summer, because he had too many things to do.

Although Liu Xin's subordinates have accumulated a group of civil and military talents, Liu Xin has introduced a lot of modern knowledge in both military construction and urban construction, and many systems have changed greatly from the system of the Han Dynasty, which makes these subordinates a little at a loss, and Liu Xin needs to explain them further. In fact, Liu Xin himself only knows some general knowledge of this knowledge, and he is not too clear about what to do, and he doesn't know if he can adapt to this society.

For example, in the research institute, papermaking has made a lot of progress, and Kong Wen has also been rewarded by Liu Xin, which can be said to be fame and fortune. Although some other skilled craftsmen who were summoned to the courtyard were very enthusiastic and geared up one by one, they also hoped to make some innovative inventions to get Liu Xin's appreciation, but they didn't know where to start, which required Liu Xin to point out a direction for them.

Liu Xin's first thought was naturally to benefit the military. After repeated thinking, Liu Xin put forward several suggestions for the craftsmen.

The first one is to try to improve the quality of ferricon. Liu Xin knew that iron was actually a kind of steel, and the quality of steel was not satisfactory at this time, and Liu Xin did not know how to make steel, but he still put this forward as the first piece, and he believed that with the wisdom of the Han nation, one day a satisfactory steel would be smelted.

The second was the idea of making a compound bow. The crossbow is the most powerful ranged weapon of this era, and it plays a vital role in combat. Liu Xin once watched a short film about the manufacture of compound bows, and vaguely remembered some general contents, but how to make bows with better range, higher accuracy, and greater power depended on the efforts of these craftsmen themselves.

The third one is simpler, which is stirrups. At this time, the cavalry had not yet used stirrups, and it took considerable effort to train a qualified cavalryman for Jingzhou soldiers, who were mainly peasants. With stirrups, it is easier to control the war horse, and the hands of the cavalry can be freed up, and they can easily ride and shoot on the back of the galloping horse, complete the military action of splitting left and right, and the training cycle of the cavalry will be greatly shortened.

In addition to vigorously developing these military items, Liu Xin also put forward suggestions for the study of some civilian items. For example, with the successful mass production of Xiang paper, paperweights, a new stationery item, can be born, and folding fans made of paper will inevitably become a favorite item of literati. Liu Xin even began to imagine that in the future, Zhuge Liang would no longer hold a feather fan in his hand, but a folding fan, and the lupine scarf would never appear again. As for the tables and chairs that he had carpenters build when he was in Hejian, they are even more practical in a humid southern region like Jingzhou.

In order to improve the active surname of soldiers' training, Liu Xin also introduced the concept of military ranks, which divided the ranks of soldiers into six levels: private, private, corporal, sergeant, sergeant, and sergeant.

In order to strengthen the control of the counties, Liu Xin also adopted Ma Yun's advice and further strengthened the management of household registration. In the past, many maidservants and servants of large families of the noble clan did not have household registration, but now Liu Xin has made it mandatory for all those who marry, give birth, die, and trade in human beings to go to the local government in time to change their registration, and if they fail to do so, they will be punished accordingly.

So many things are carried out at the same time, and the money needed is not a small amount, although there are more than 6 billion property seized from the hands of the Yellow Turban when Nanyang is recovered, Liu Xin still feels a little difficult, and he uses his tax brain.

Regarding taxation, Liu Xin found a very strange phenomenon. The tax in the Han Dynasty was actually not high, it used to be only 30 taxes and 1, and now it has increased to 15 taxes and 1, but it is not even 10%, but the people are still very poor and their lives are extremely difficult.

After several understandings, Liu Xin finally discovered the mystery. That is, a large amount of land was annexed by the noble landlords, and the peasants were forced to attach themselves to these noble landlords, and these noble landlords all served in the government and the opposition and held the absolute right to speak. The policy they formulated was to have low taxes and high rents, and most of the peasants' harvest was handed over to the noble landlords, and they had very little left, and it was very difficult to support their families in a good year. This is also the main reason why Zhang Jiao can respond everywhere.

Liu Xin resolutely carried out reforms, imposing a new tax ratio, allowing a maximum of 40 percent of the land rent, 10 percent of the tax, and no longer leviing a poll tax and household tax. This policy greatly harmed the interests of the noble landlords, and gradually many voices of opposition came out. But Liu Xin was unmoved, he knew that now was the best time to implement the new policy in Jingzhou.

In the four counties of Jingxiang under Liu Xin's control, the landlords of the scholar clan in Nanyang and Nanxiang have already existed in name only, and the land is basically under Liu Xin's hands.

In Xiangyang County, the Chen family has been confiscated from the four major families in the past, and the land has fallen into Liu Xin's hands. The Wang family is mainly engaged in business, and the reduction of land rent has almost no effect on them, on the contrary, the more money in the hands of the people, their business will be better, so they support Liu Xin's reform. The other small families and small landlords all looked at the faces of these three families, and they did not dare to set off any waves.

The only resistance is Changsha County. Changsha has two major families, the Su and Song families, who control more than eighty percent of the county's land, and they have the greatest losses. Surprisingly, both families accepted the facts calmly and did not come out to make trouble. However, many small families gathered to storm the county government, and they were immediately bloodily suppressed by Tian Feng and Xu Chu, killing many people and copying many homes, before they threw down this storm.

Liu Xin knew that Cao Ying suppressed the Shi clan very badly during the Three Kingdoms, and later the Sima family took advantage of the resentment of the Shi clan against the Cao clan and relied on the strength of these Shi clans to usurp power. Liu Xin will not tolerate such a thing, so his attitude towards the scholars is more resolute than Cao Ying, for the scholars who dare to take the lead, Liu Xin's policy is not to suppress, but to kill directly!

Seeing that his policy had been forcibly implemented, Liu Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he have the mood to sit down and listen to the report of the frustrated professor.

During this time, he spent a lot of energy to build the framework of the secret spy organization, and after a period of piloting, it has begun to officially operate. He said to Liu Xin: "Lord, I have given this secret spy a name, called Fengying. What do you think, my lord? ”

Liu Xin was very curious and asked, "Why did you choose this name?" ”

The professor said solemnly: "The wind is tasteless and invisible, but it is pervasive, and the shadow is visible and intangible, which is in line with the characteristics of secret spies, so it is named Fengying." ”

Liu Xin muttered: "There is some truth in what I said, but this name is not too loud." Whether it's the wind or the shadow, the meaning is almost the same, I think it needs to be changed. ”