The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 615
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It wasn't until Lin Chao drank the porridge in one gulp that Wang Ling's headless body crashed to the ground.

Tai Shici's attack was too fast, and the sword in his hand was too sharp. Although Wang Ling's head was strong, his neck was not strong enough. As a result, his head rolled down a distance of more than ten feet before his body had time to fall down.

Everyone stared blankly at this scene, their brains shut down on the spot, and the expressions on their faces could not express the horror in their hearts.

It wasn't until Wang Yun exclaimed that everyone came to their senses, but turned their heads hastily to look at Lin Chao.

Could it be that the scene just now was a dream?
But Wang Ling's body was right in front of them, and the blood on Taishi Ci's sword was still dripping, so everyone had to face the reality.

The reason is that since the aristocratic family entered the mansion, Lin Chao has behaved too kindly, even to the point of cowardice.It was only then that he suddenly killed the killer, which caused everyone to be so surprised and shocked.

Facing everyone's complicated gazes, Lin Chao said with a smile: "Everyone, watch what XX is doing, eat quickly, and resettle the common people after eating. Although there are some stolen goods in the bowl, it is not good to waste food at this time. You still don’t want to be disgusted.”

People in later generations will eat steamed buns made of human blood, so it seems reasonable for everyone to drink a bowl of human blood porridge today.

Looking at Lin Chao with a calm face, everyone fell silent, not knowing what was going on in their hearts, and then they all picked up their bowls and started drinking in unison.

As for Wang Yun, who had suffered the pain of losing his nephew, he turned his head and glared at Lin Chao at this moment, his face was already extremely distorted by anger.

"Why does Wang Shangshu look at XX like this?" Lin Chao said innocently, "Why, can XX kill him?"

The tone didn't sound like he was killing people, but it was as if he had killed a chicken at home casually, as a matter of course.

Hearing this, Wang Yun's chest began to rise and fall, and his breathing became heavier.

But when he saw the faint smile on Lin Chao's mouth, and Tai Shici who was wiping the sword behind Lin Chao, he resolutely picked up the bowl of porridge and drank it down.

Although he didn't answer Lin Chao's question, this move can be regarded as expressing his attitude.

This old guy is quite tolerant!
But it doesn't matter.

Lin Chao shook his head and smiled, but stood up and walked towards the crowd of refugees.

Eat and drink enough, it's time to work.

Wang Yun looked at Lin Chao's back, his eyes filled with endless hatred and anger.

……

Another half an hour later, Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo were ordered to arrive with the Jishi Mansion and began to check the physical condition of the refugees on a large scale.

It is said to be a physical examination, but it is impossible to have the medical conditions of future generations. It is just a general look at the situation of the refugees, and the most important thing is whether there is a possibility of an epidemic outbreak.

If there is, then gather the people who may fall ill and place them in isolation.

The killing of Wang Ling can only be regarded as a small episode.

After Xun Yu ordered his body to be buried, he continued to lead the inner palace to work.After all, when Lin Chao killed Wang Ling, he did not give the corresponding charges, so Xun Yu had no choice but to deal with it in this way.

While everyone was busy, another group of refugees arrived.

Just as Xun Yu expected, there will be a large number of refugees arriving in these two or three days.As for the people who couldn't arrive after two or three days, most of them froze to death in the snowstorm, and it was impossible to come again.

I don't know if God hates Wang Ling, but after Lin Chao killed him, Xue stopped for a while.Although the sky was still gray, the wind was much less.

Seizing this rare gap, Zhao Yun and Lin Xi began to order their soldiers to build tents for the common people to live in.

While everyone was busy, Tian Feng strode up to Lin Chao.

To be honest, Lin Chao is most afraid of seeing Tian Feng now, because when he opens his mouth, it must be about money and food.

Sure enough, Tian Feng did not greet Lin Chao at all, and went straight to the point when he came up: "At the beginning of the year, nearly [-] refugees arrived, and now there are more than [-] refugees in the city. These people will not be able to get enough food in the treasury until the summer harvest next year. Do you have another way?"

Mentioning this question, Lin Chao also had a toothache.

"Yuan Hao, you are the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but you are not. You can't always find someone about money and food."

But Tian Feng said confidently: "Although a certain is the Minister of the Household Department, he can't conjure up money and food out of thin air. Whoever gave Lin Zichu the power to command the military and government of Xuzhou, whoever is not looking for you!"

As much power as you have, you have to bear as much responsibility. This is an eternal truth.

Lin Chao was helpless, and after thinking for a while, he opened his mouth and said, "How about we go to the rich households in the city to borrow food?"

Hearing this, Tian Feng's face immediately changed.

"Lin Zichu, don't act recklessly. Tan County is now our foundation, and it is by no means comparable to what it used to be. If you act recklessly, you will definitely drive all the officials apart!"

"Tian Yuanhao, who do you think XX is!" Lin Chao understood Tian Feng's worry, and hurriedly explained, "This time it's really borrowing food, the kind of borrowing and repaying."

But the gaze in Tian Feng's eyes was obviously full of doubts.

When you, Lin Zichu, borrow something and return it?
Really? I don't believe it!
With great difficulty, Lin Chao restrained his urge to punch Tian Feng in the face, and patiently continued to explain: "Now we in Xuzhou are considered to have a big business. If we hadn't been fighting for the past two years, under the implementation of the New Deal, even if Even if there are some natural disasters, there will not be so many refugees, does Yuan Hao think so?"

Hearing this, Tian Feng nodded, admitting that Lin Chao was telling the truth.

"That being the case, in the name of the state capital, you might as well borrow some money and food from big households in the city. Each IOU will be printed by a certain person himself, and some interest will be paid to them."

This move is based on the guarantee of Xuzhou's credit, so that the big households can take out the money with confidence.

If there is no analogy, it is probably somewhat similar to the national debt of later generations.

"It's okay to borrow money in the name of the state government, but why should you give them interest?"

When it comes to money, Tian Feng has always been sensitive and stingy.

Lin Chao spread his arms and smiled and said, "Who will lend us money and food if we don't pay interest? Don't worry, the interest won't be too high, and we won't suffer."

"What do you mean by that?" Tian Feng wondered.

"When you get money and food, you have to pay attention to the method of distributing it." Lin Chao said with a smile, "These people are concentrated and housed together. If they eat and drink for free all day long, chaos will arise after a long time. It's better to wait for the snow to stop. Let them go to build bridges, pave roads, and build water conservancy, which can be regarded as early corvee service. When corvee is imposed in Tan County and even Xuzhou next year, they can use money and food to deduct it. In this way, instead of losing money, they will make a small profit."

According to Dahan's established practice, every year the state capital will collect large-scale corvee regularly, and there may be several irregular ones, but the scale is smaller, and Xuzhou is no exception.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about the city of Tan County, which has been expanded several times. If corvee is not collected, who should build it?
And Lin Chao's move is to let these people finish the work that should be done next year, this year.

In this way, those people who need to serve corvee next year only need to use a low amount of money and grain to serve as corvee, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

After hearing these words, Tian Feng couldn't help but look at Lin Chao with admiration.

Previously, they only knew that Lin Zichu was mean and shameless, but they didn't know that he had the qualifications to be a profiteer!

Lin Chao naturally didn't understand what Tian Feng was thinking, and continued to smile: "This strategy, some people call it work-for-relief."

"It's a good idea."

After Tian Feng thought for a moment, he immediately saw the benefits of using work for relief, and immediately nodded repeatedly.

Lin Chao said with a smile: "If Yuan Hao agrees, I will inform the Inner Palace later, and in two days, the Inner Palace will take the lead and invite the richest people in the city to discuss this matter."

"Okay, so I'm going to discuss with Wen Ruo."

Tian Feng always acted swiftly and resolutely when he did things, and he was about to leave after getting the result, but Lin Chao grabbed his sleeve.

"Don't worry, there is something else I want to ask Yuan Hao for advice."

"What's the matter?"

"When I first entered Xuzhou, I asked you to supervise the farming. Now that several years have passed, I want to ask how the farming works."

Hearing this, Tian Feng was taken aback for a moment.

Although he didn't understand why Lin Chao asked about the results of the farming at this time, Tian Feng still replied: "The results of the farming are quite good. Nearly half of the cost of the state capital now comes from the land rent of the farming land."

"Fifty percent of the yield per mu is rented, can the common people complain?"

Tian Feng shook his head and said: "Nowadays, if there is no natural disaster in the farmland, the yield per mu can reach three stones. Even if the state government collects one and a half stones, the rest is enough to support the whole family. Moreover, the farmer does not need to pay the calculation tax , All the food in hand went into their own pockets. Therefore, instead of complaining, the people praised the strategy of farming."

In the end, Tian Feng felt a little ashamed.

When Lin Chao proposed ten taxes and five taxes, he was the one who took the lead in opposing it, but now it seems that he is short-sighted.

Hearing this, Lin Chao heaved a sigh of relief.

No objection is good, no objection means feasible.

Since it is feasible, there are preconditions for generalization.

Lin Chao thought for a while, and then said, "Yuan Hao, there is one more matter, I want to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?"

"Even if we can help these people for a while, it is not a long-term solution. In the spring of next year, we will distribute land to these people so that they can be self-sufficient."

It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach them how to fish. After all, it is impossible for the state government to support these people all the time.

And once they have property, these people will no longer be refugees and can better integrate into Xuzhou's rule. In the future, they will be the so-called good families and the best source of soldiers.

Tian Feng also nodded and said: "It should be like this. Those who have no permanent property have no perseverance. Only when people have land can they live and work in peace and contentment. It's just how much land should be distributed to each person? In the first year when people just farm, should some land rent be reduced or exempted?" , you have to think twice, otherwise..."

"Supervisor be careful!"

Tian Feng was expressing his opinion, and Lin Chao listened carefully, but at this moment, he suddenly heard Tai Shici and Zhang Yun shouting at the same time behind him.

Before Lin Chao understood what was going on, two tall figures stood in front of him.

what's the situation?
Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of metal and stone colliding with weapons.

Lin Chao took a closer look, only to realize that the people standing in front of him were Tai Shici and Zhang He.

At this time, dozens of civilians with sharp knives rushed out of the crowd, and they were killing Lin Chao.By the time Tai Shici and Zhang He shouted loudly, these people had rushed to within four or five steps of Lin Chao.

Seeing that Tai Shici and Zhang Yun had already fought the assassin, when Lin Chaogang wanted to shout, he was dragged back by Tian Feng.

After all, Lin Changshi had no power to restrain a chicken, and when the critical moment came, he was not as quick as Tian Feng.

After Tai Shici and the two rushed up, the guards behind them also followed closely, surrounded Lin Chao and Tian Feng, and drew out their weapons to stand ready.

Looking at the fight in front of him, Lin Chao, who was protected by the soldiers, suddenly turned his head and said, "Yuan Hao, you are hated too much, why are there people assassinating you here?"

Hearing this, Tian Feng almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, and then glared at Lin Chao.

This is clearly here to assassinate you, Lin Zichu, okay, what are you doing!

But now is not the time to argue, Tian Feng took the opportunity and shouted: "There are thorns..."

Lin Chao quickly jumped up and covered his mouth.

"Yuan Hao, what's your ghost name!"

Only then did Tian Feng realize that there are [-] troops here, and [-] refugees. If there is a chaos, how many people will be trampled to death.

Furthermore, both Tai Shici and Zhang Yun are strong generals in the army, not to mention that there are dozens of guards around him, even if there are only two of them, these assassins cannot get close!

After stopping Tian Feng, Lin Chao ordered people to invite Lin Xi to lead troops to maintain the situation.

At this time, the battle ahead has entered a fierce state.

If I could describe it in one sentence, it would be that Tai Shici and Zhang Xi had gone mad!

The attack of dozens of assassins was originally just a small scene in the eyes of Tai Shici and Zhang Yun, but after the fight, they found that there was no easier battle than this.

Compared to facing attacks from all directions on the battlefield, these assassins with sharp blades are simply vulnerable.

Most of the people on the battlefield are spears and spears, and they even have to guard against cold arrows that strike from time to time.And these assassins carry sharp blades, so naturally they can only carry some weapons such as daggers and daggers. With the martial arts skills of the two, naturally they will not pose any threat.

Looking at the battle ahead, Lin Chao showed a trace of doubt in his eyes.

It's not surprising that he was assassinated, after all, Yang Qi just sent himself a secret letter this morning.It was also because of this that he had just ruthlessly killed Wang Ling.

This kid was too jumpy, Lin Chao didn't want to wait any longer, so he got rid of him in advance.

It's just that I have already eradicated Wang Ling, so why was he still assassinated?

Could it be that Wang Ling set up an ambush in the morning?

This seems to be the only explanation.

Besides Zhao Yun and Lin Xi, Lin Xi's eyes turned red the moment she learned that Lin Chao had been assassinated, and before she even had time to think about it, she rushed over with her own soldiers.

Zhao Yun followed closely with his men, but by the time the two arrived with their troops, Tai Shici and Zhang He had already finished fighting.

Seeing that Lin Chao was safe and sound, Lin Xi and Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked over.

"Brother, are you all right?"

Facing Lin Xi's concerned eyes, Lin Chao shook his head and said, "I'm fine. Zilong, you hurry up and send someone to maintain order, and don't stampede because of panic."

"only!"

Zhao Yun clasped his fists in agreement, turned and left.

Although Tian Feng didn't yell out that voice just now, the scene of Tai Shici, Zhang Yun fighting with the assassin was fully seen by the surrounding people.While the common people exclaimed again and again, they subconsciously turned and ran away, not wanting to be affected.

In desperation, a small-scale chaos has already been caused.

After Tai Shici and Zhang Xi beheaded dozens of assassins, they left a few alive, ordered them to be tied up, and dragged them to Lin Chao.

Tai Shici clasped his fists and said: "A total of 28 assassins were supervised, and 23 were beheaded by the last general and General Zhang. Here are the remaining five survivors!"

"Well, well done."

Lin Chao nodded.

Lin Xi, who was standing next to him, said, "Brother, these assassins are hiding among the common people, maybe there are assassins hiding who have never appeared before. Xi thinks that we should hunt them down, so as not to slip through the net!"

After all, they are brothers, Lin Chao was assassinated, Lin Xi was most worried.

He is well aware of his elder brother's skills, if an assassin gets close to him, there is absolutely no reason for him to escape, so he will immediately send people to search and arrest the people.

At this time, everyone in the inner palace also rushed to hear the news.

After seeing the scene in front of them, everyone's expressions changed.

Especially the aristocratic family members, their faces turned pale with fright, and they took a deep breath.

In Lin Chao's capacity, if this matter is used as an introduction, it can happen to be a big cleansing.At that time, I don't know how many people will be affected, even if they die because of it.

Which idiot did this? It doesn't matter if the assassination failed, but he still survived. Isn't this obviously handing Lin Zichu the knife!
In fact, it wasn't that these assassins didn't want to commit suicide, but that Tai Shici didn't give them this chance at all.

As for the instigator, Pei Qian, he had already hidden in the crowd and dared not show his face, for fear of being spotted by others.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lin Chao turned his head to look at Lin Xi, and said, "Zi Xu, you just said that you want to hunt for fish that slipped through the net?"

"That's right, get rid of the evil! Not to mention searching for the fish that slipped through the net among the common people, even if it is a search for the whole city, we must find out all the assassins!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed again.

Sure enough, Lin Zichu wanted to take the opportunity to clean Zhu Lian!
But who would have thought that Lin Chao glanced around, and after taking in all the expressions of the people in the inner palace, he shook his head and said, "No need, it's pitiful enough for the people to be displaced, why bother to disturb them because of some villains. Ziyi, take these survivors back for strict interrogation, the rest of them should leave, and the right way is to resettle the people quickly."

"As ordered!"

Everyone bowed their hands in unison.

After everyone dispersed, Tai Shici came up and said: "Supervisor, this must be the work of those aristocratic families, why don't you take this opportunity to take them down in one fell swoop, and then conduct a strict interrogation, and the perpetrators will surely be found out."

Lin Chao's gaze moved slightly, and he asked back, "So what if we find out?"

"Of course the Fa-rectification is on the spot!" Lin Xi said with a murderous look on his face.

Lin Chao smiled: "I don't want to kill people yet, at least I can't kill them because of this matter. Anyway, these people don't have a long life, so it's okay to wait a few more days."

Hearing this, Lin Xi and Tai Shici looked at each other, both puzzled.

Lin Chao didn't explain much, he just asked Zhang Xi: "Jun Yi, have all our manpower been inserted?"

"Back to the supervisory army, the last general placed hundreds of people among the common people in the morning."

"Okay, when you resettle the people in batches later, you have to make sure that all of us can enter the city."

"Relax the supervisor, the general will know!"

Lin Chao didn't speak any more, but walked towards the city.

Now that the measures to resettle the common people have come to fruition, there is no need for Lin Chao to watch over the remaining matters, just wait for the inner government to implement them.

It's just that in this assassination incident, Lin Chao held it up high, but put it down gently, without any intention of pursuing it, but it made everyone extremely strange.

You must know that Wang Ling was beheaded by Lin Chao on the spot just for saying a wrong sentence at the gate of the city in the morning, but now he is so magnanimous, which is really puzzling.

But no matter what, Lin Chao has already left, and everyone's speculation is meaningless.

……

Two days later, the resettlement of the people outside the city was basically completed.

During the whole process, Lin Chao didn't show up again, but stayed in the study at home, writing down a series of matters that needed to be done in his ugly handwriting.

And two days later at night, a secret army of 2000 people returned to the city, and it was the Jinyiwei led by Simpi.

After Xin Pi returned to the mansion, he knocked on the door of the Lin Mansion regardless of the darkness of the night, and was welcomed in by his servants.

In the study, Lin Chao looked at Simpi, who was busy in the world and covered with hard work, and couldn't help laughing, "George, you've worked hard all the way."

Simpi clasped his hands and said with a smile: "Serving the long history, I dare not speak bitterly."

"They're all my own people, and I don't want to talk about polite words. What's the result of this trip?"

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life!" Simpi said, and took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Lin Chao, "Look at the long history, here is Jin Yiwei monitoring the specific situation of the relief to the three states, who is loyal? Whoever neglects his duty, whoever is greedy for money and food, is recorded in the book one by one, and if necessary, the long history can be used to find out.

In addition, the food transportation team that went out to provide disaster relief can also return to Tan County within a day or two. "

Lin Chao didn't rush to read the content inside, but smiled and said: "George, you have worked hard for several months, and it stands to reason that you should take a good rest, but there is one more thing I want you to do."

"Changshi, please give me instructions."

……

As Simpi said, on the second day after his return, the large troops from the Inner Government and the Metropolitan Procuratorate who went out to provide disaster relief also returned triumphantly.

Relief to the people this time was considered a successful completion of the task. In order to commend his contribution, Xun Yu also specially hosted a banquet to entertain the ministers who went out.It's just that given the current situation, the banquet this time is not considered a grand one.

After the banquet was over, Tai Shici found Cui Yan, the current supervisory censor, and invited him to the Lin residence for a briefing.

Also in the study room, Lin Chao looked at the tired senior brother Cui Yan who hadn't seen him for several months, and first smiled and handed him a cup of hot tea.

After exchanging pleasantries, Cui Yan was the first to speak: "Junior brother, what is calling for something?"

He had just come back today, and it was late at night, if it wasn't for something important, Lin Chao would never have invited him over.

After Lin Chao took out a piece of paper full of content from the table case and handed it to Cui Yan, he smiled and said, "There is something that I want to ask my brother to do."

Cui Yan took the paper and looked at it, and was stunned.

At this moment, Cui Yan felt that the thin paper in his hand weighed tens of thousands of catties, and he couldn't even hold it.

It took a long time before Cui Yan raised his head, with indescribable emotions flashing in his eyes.

"Zichu, you have been dormant up to now, and you have tolerated and raised traitors for several months. I'm afraid you just waited for this moment." Cui Yan sighed, "The people outside the city, the officials of the inner government, and even those aristocratic families are all kept in the dark by you. , has become a chess game in your hands...

Everyone in the world claims that you, Lin Zichu, have a plan to reach the heavens, and what you said is indeed true! "

Lin Chao shook his head and said with a smile, "Brother, I'm overwhelmed."

"It's just that once this order is issued, you and I and all the families in this world... will never die from now on..."

Lin Chaoxiao asked, "Brother, are you afraid?"

Cui Yan also smiled: "Why, Zichu isn't afraid?"

"Of course I'm afraid, but what should be done is still to be done." Lin Chao said, "Brother, you should have seen those displaced people during this trip. They are so innocent, but they have to bear these sufferings that don't belong to them. But some people sing and dance to make peace, extravagant and corrupt.

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.God is so unfair!
God is certainly unfair, but we have to seek justice for them because of our duties, what do you think, brother? "

Having said this, Cui Yan was also touched.

Recalling the tragedy of the people he witnessed along the way, he couldn't help but complain.

"Okay, junior brother, you are not afraid, so why not be afraid as a senior brother! Even if you are smashed to pieces, I am willing to follow you to seek justice for the people!"

Hearing this, Lin Chao got up and straightened his clothes, then solemnly cupped his hands at Cui Yan and said, "Senior Brother Gao Yi, I admire you!"

(End of this chapter)