Since ancient times, Huaxia has been a humane society, many times human relations are far more important than anything, there is a saying that I would rather owe money than owe favors, everything is just because of the money owed to repay the money, but owing favors is not as simple as repaying the money, and it is very likely to take your life.

The promise of a thousand daughters is reflected in an allusion to a favor, because history was changed by Lu Zhe, naturally there is no allusion to Ji Bu's "A Thousand Daughters and a Promise". However, the allusion of Ji Bu's "daughter and promise" was a microcosm of society at the time, which shows how much people value what they have promised.

What Lu Zhe wanted to know was what role Lu Pheasant played in such a thing, and if Lu Pheasant was involved, then what did she say and what kind of promises she made.

It is already very good that Yan Bi can find out so many things in less than a day, and it is not possible to know the detailed process of such a thing in one day.

"Check." Lu Zhe frowned and said, "Find out the ins and outs secretly, don't alarm anyone." ”

Yan Biying should "No! After standing there for a while, seeing that the emperor had nothing else to do, he retreated backwards.

Lu Zhe's harem does not have the so-called three thousand beauties, he became the king of Han more than ten years ago, and became the emperor a few years ago, but he has not even done a single collection of women from the people, and even the current women are almost all included because of political needs, and only Lu Pheasant, Wei Wen, and Yixiu are active acceptance.

When the emperor is Lu Zhe, it is actually enough to be such a person, whether it is the vassal states or the emperors of the future dynasties, who does not "ask" women from the people every once in a while? Some of these emperors were extravagant, but some emperors were really just trying to have more children. Of course, it is not without an emperor with only one queen in history, such as Yang Guang, he must have slept with many women, but there is indeed only one Empress Xiao. This is a fact that Li Tang can't change no matter how slanderous he is.

Naturally, the patrol team can't stay in Dangjun all the time, even if Lu Zhe wants to find out what is going on with the Yu family, it can't stay in Suiyang for a long time.

About three days later, the emperor's line moved again, and their next destination was Chenjun.

Both Chen and Surabaya had a similar past, long before Lü Zhe moved north, Chen was actually divided between Korea and Wei, and the western part of Surabaya County was also loaned to Korea and Wei by the then Qi State.

At that time, the Qi State lent land to Korea and the Wei State naturally did not have any good intentions, and the Surabaya County was snatched by the Qi State from the Chu State, and a piece of land was cut out in the north and east to establish a feudal state. That is, Liu Bang once served as the king of Pei, and Qi lent the western part to Korea and Wei respectively in order to divert the hatred of Chu.

The situation of Han and Wei at that time was that they were uprooted from their homeland, even if they knew that Qi had no good intentions, they had to swallow the bait, otherwise they would be finished sooner or later just by relying on the two difficult brothers of Xiao Chenjun.

Because Wei and Korea only had such a territory as Chen County, the energy invested by the two countries in several important counties was actually not small, and the patrol team went out of Dang County to enter Chen County, and the first county to arrive was called Zhe County.

Zhexian was the first line of defense against possible invasion from the north by the Wei state at that time, and the Wei state spent a lot of money to build the walls of Zhe. After Lu Zhe and others came to Zhexian, in fact, the city wall of Zhexian County has been demolished, and there are buildings in the original location of the city wall.

"Those forts were not demolished. It is a garrison for county soldiers. Some forts can be used as warehouses even if they are slightly remodeled. Cai Yang, the county guard of Chen County, looked quite young, and he couldn't tell that he was already in his fifties, and he said with a smile on his face: "Some are for the county's own use. Some are rented out. ”

Cai Yang was originally an official of the Qin State, and he had been a county magistrate in Longxi County before, and Lu Zhe was born in Longxi County in this era. Naturally, Cai Yang thinks that he has a little affection with Lu Zhe.

What are the facts? Cai Yang has served as a parent official in Yixian County, Longxi County, not only was the emperor born in Longxi County, but Yixiu, one of the emperor's concubines, is registered in Yixian County, Longxi County, so he has a lot of thoughts in his heart.

Of course, Lu Zhe is not from Longxi County, but he has never denied it. Before he became a prince, someone would go to check it, and the clues found had come to an end when they reached the uncle's side.

The state of Qin once talked about this matter, but when Lu Zhe became the emperor...... Or it should be said that Lü Zhe's rise has become unstoppable, and the Qin State has eliminated the influence of Lü Zhe's origin on its own, but has spread with great certainty that Lü Zhe has confirmed that he was born in Longxi County.

There are many forts around Zhe County, but the place with the most forts is by no means in Chen County, and Nanjun is a place full of forts.

At the beginning, when Lu Zhe's power was still small, he could only take a defensive position externally. Since he was on the defensive, and Lu Zhe had the title of the world's number one city builder, how could he not build defensive facilities as much as possible in the necessary places?

In fact, not many of the military facilities built around Namgun are used, but as long as they are used, they all play their value. Perhaps, if Lu Zhe hadn't established a few defensive lines that could be called perverted at that time, his small force would have been wiped out by the Qin army a long time ago?

The forts built by Lü Zhe were only concrete structures in dangerous areas, and the rest were more of contemporary rammed earth structures. The Wei State established a military fort on the northern line of Zhexian County, and they had no way to make cement, so they could only adopt the most traditional methods.

There is a common truth, whether it is a concrete or rammed earth structure, a building built for defense needs is definitely not very large. Considering the need for the garrison to get water, more often it will choose to be in an area with easy access to water.

Before he arrived in Zhexian County, he happened to pass by a military fort that had been converted into a warehouse, and Lu Zhe chose to stop and take a look.

The style of the fort established by the Wei State is imitated in Nanjun, but it is only the same in appearance, but the inside is the layout of the urn city since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Each fort will not just be a space above the surface, there will be hollowed-out underground structures inside, and any subsurface structure will have a common effect, which is dampness.

When Lu Zhe entered the renovated fort, the first thing he saw was the structure that had been demolished with knives in the room, and all the walls had been demolished except for the necessary support columns, and some unhulled rice had been placed in sacks.

Rice is not actually the main food of the Chinese Miao people. Wheat and millet of all kinds were the main food in China, and rice had previously been accepted only by the indigenous people in Baiyue and further afield in the Lingnan region.

At present, the empire has opened up many grain producing areas in the south, rice has surpassed wheat and various millets to become the main food, and the eating habits of the whole country are also quietly changing, because the places mainly rely on the south to transport grain.

Lu Zhe unleashed his saber and stabbed a sack, reached out to catch the exposed rice, and found that the rice was not as moist as he imagined, and he did not find a musty smell when it was stable.

Cai Yang was stunned for a moment when he saw the emperor's actions, and then said: "Every once in a while, the rice in the warehouse will be moved out to the sun, and it is well maintained. ”

Lu Zhe did not speak. He nodded and continued to walk inside.

The front of the renovated fort was filled with sacks of rice, and at the back, it was a bundle of cloth...... At least Zhexian's economic recovery looks good.

Yes, the taxation of the country in such a year can be a bit complicated, the government accepts money, but also accepts grain and cloth, so cloth is in a sense one of the hard currencies. The reality is that long before the empire was founded. The vassal states collected taxes, and in some cases demanded the quantity and color of cloth, a custom that is still practiced today.

Before Lu Zhe was about to step down the steps into the basement, he asked Cai Yang: "In terms of taxes." What percentage of the currency was issued by the Empire? ”

Cai Yang immediately replied: "Sixty percent." ”

Sixty percent of the taxes paid by the people of Chen? Lu Zhe smiled and nodded.

Cai Yang saw that the emperor was smiling and nodding, and the joy in his heart immediately appeared on his face. The emperor is satisfied, which means that Cai Yang, the county guard, is quite good.

The patrol team had already walked around most parts of the country, and Lu Zhe would ask similar questions everywhere he went. The empire had a standard currency, but it was not widely circulated in every place, and even in some places the Qin-made half-tael money was still used.

Sixty percent of the money paid in Chen's taxes. It can be regarded as a relatively high proportion, and in some remote places, most of them use local products as taxes.

After all, there is no money in some places, and the government cannot force the people to pay money, but it is absolutely not possible not to pay money, so it is naturally allowed to replace it with something of value.

Paying taxes in lieu of non-monetary methods is cumbersome, but to some extent the magistrates of some counties welcomed it. The magistrates of these counties will collect the local products and then the official will transport and sell them, as long as they are properly operated, they can generate a lot of income, and the magistrates only need to pay the amount of taxes paid by the state, and the excess money can be kept in the locality, which is also a state-permissible behavior.

Of course, not all local products can be spilled over in the process of operation, and once there is a gap in the income generated in the state tax, the officials in those places will definitely not be satisfactory in the assessment.

Entering the basement of the fortress, Lu Zhe immediately smelled the stuffy air, and he then glanced at the torches lit by the guards, and found that the contents were some boxes.

"The basement is usually used to display things that won't be used for a long time." Cai Yang saw that the emperor motioned for the armor to open some boxes, and continued: "Such as pottery and so on. ”

Inside the open box are really some pottery, with bowls or cups in the shape, which look like some things used in the army.

"These things have been sitting out for a long time." Cai Yang picked up a bowl and said, "It's not a product of the imperial period, and I really don't know what to use it for." ”

That is what was left over from the Wei State, and now they are both military supplies and a bunch of things that have been eliminated by the imperial army.

The Imperial Army has long been unsuitable for pottery, the first was the use of bamboo pipes, and later began to be suitable for similar to modern lunch boxes, and the lunch box is a cheap iron sheet production, after all, this thing can withstand bumps, pottery is not.

Cai Yang put the bowl back and said with a wry smile: "Because it is military supplies, there is no way for the county to take them out and sell them to the people." ”

This is the case, the military and the government of the empire are separated, the military is not in charge of civil affairs, and the civil administration is ...... in some things For example, logistics and transportation can be involved in the military, but they are limited to purchases, and once they become military supplies, there is no room for civil officials to interfere.

Lu Zhe thought that there would be rice or cloth in the basement before coming down, but after walking around, he found that the basement was really full of pottery.

In fact, although the "ancients" are "ancients", it does not mean that they are stupid! Everyone knows that the basement is damp, how many tendons should be missing in the head to store food in the basement?

Chenjun is located on the edge of the Yangtze River Basin, and it is its geographical location here, coupled with the fact that it is not too far from Zhili, and some of the development is really more than many places.

As usual, the emperor went to the county guard's mansion, and when he arrived, he saw the national highway that led directly to the imperial capital Nanling.

The national highway leading from Chen County to the imperial capital is a cement road, with an overall width of 15 meters, divided into four roads on the left and right, and divided into different demarcations on both sides of the road on foot and a car or horseback. Now there are a lot of people on that road, and there are many horse-drawn carriages coming and going.

At present, there are not many sections of cement national highways, mainly concentrated around Nanling. The empire has a plan to expand at least three more cement roads, which are from Nanling directly to Liaodong County, Longxi County, and Yanmen County, which is equivalent to having three arrows directly into the three directions that the empire attaches the most importance to at present.

The road from Nanling to Longxi has been built to the territory of Sanchuan County, and it will also be repaired to Neishi County, all the way down. This road was the first to go because the emperor went on patrol, and there were relatively many resources concentrated in the past, and it was also the fastest one to build.

The road to Yanmen County actually covers part of the road to Liaodong County, and it will only split the road after reaching Yingchuan. At present, this national highway has only been repaired to Chenjun, and depending on the situation of stopping, it is obvious that there will be no more movement in the short term.

"What the ruling government means is that because the empire needs to go deep into the grasslands, the labor force will be mainly concentrated on the frontier, and the Central Plains will focus on restoring the people." Cai Yang saw that the emperor had been looking at the partially dug foundations, so he explained.

Of course, Lu Zhe knew about this, but he wasn't thinking about it. (To be continued.) )