Fantasy Three Kingdoms: Four knots in Taoyuan at the beginning

This guy can't die now, it's still useful.

"Master Wen, can you protect his life?"

Wei Yan nodded: "Okay, it's not enough for this person's law to be hacked by me, and I won't last for a few days."

"It doesn't take too long, it only takes three days."

"That's okay, the subordinates can maintain his life for seven days."

"Okay, you first protect his life and return to Wancheng."

"Feng Xian, Wen Yuan."

Chen Yuan shouted.

Lu Bu appeared from the air, and Zhang Liao also came to Chen Yuan's side: "What orders does the military master have?"

"The two of you will go to Bowang County together with me."

The two of them didn't ask Chen Yuan why he wanted to go to Bowang, and they naturally bowed down to accept the order.

After dealing with this matter, Chen Yuan walked up to Lou Gui and the others: "Several, I surprised you."

The three of Lou Gui's EQ and IQ are not low. At this time, they realized that they might have been used as bait.

It's just that Chen Yuan did his job well.

Although it is used as bait, there is absolutely no danger.

Because there is one first rank, two second ranks, and a thousand soldiers guarding them.

To be honest with such bait, they can't wait to come again several times.

And their performance can be regarded as excellent.

Chen Yuan heard Zhang Liao talk about the three people's fearlessness in the face of danger, and he already gave them a big thumbs up in his heart.

Such an individual has both ability and character, and must be reused.

Chen Yuan and Lou Gui exchanged pleasantries, their gentle attitude made people feel like a spring breeze.

Lou Gui is still fine and can maintain a calm look.

Li Su and Zhao Zi couldn't hide their excited expressions.

Chen Yuan's reputation has now spread all over the world, and his past is also known.

Chen Yuan regarded many people as his role models, especially the disciples from poor families.

Because Chen Yuan was a disciple from a humble family who succeeded through hard work.

The three of Lou Gui's family backgrounds are not very good, so they also admire Chen Yuan very much.

Chen Yuan just felt that the expressions of these three people were a little excited, guessing that they were probably frightened.

It never occurred to him that he actually had fans now.

After having a nice conversation with the three of them, Lou Gui and the others were asked to follow Wei Yan back to Wancheng.

With Wei Yan leading a thousand soldiers to protect them, the three of Lou Gui must be very safe.

Chen Yuan took Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and Zhou Tai who never left Chen Yuan's surroundings and went straight to Bowang County.

Bowang Slope is not far from Bowang County.

Bowangpo faces Funiu Mountain to the north, Yinshan Mountain to the south, and Baihe River to the west.

Bowang didn't have a county seat at first, but a county seat was gradually formed because the Marquis of Bowang granted it to this place.

Bowang County used to be relatively prosperous, but because of the influence of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, this originally prosperous county town now seems to have fallen into disarray. Obviously, the trauma caused by the Yellow Turban Rebellion has not completely passed.

The scale of Bowang County is not small. It is about ten miles long from east to west, and more than five miles wide from north to south. The city wall is five feet high, which is already very high for a county town.

Chen Yuan brought the three of them to Bowang County. Because of the power of Nanyang, the original magistrate, magistrate and magistrate of Bowang County also resigned.

Now Bowang County is presided over by the county's six house pawns.

It's not that the pawn did not resign, it's just that the pawn is not an official and has nothing to say.

However, in his heart, the pawn did not want to resign.

Because a small landlord like him, pawns are very important to him.

However, although he did not resign, he was still perfunctory with various affairs, waiting for the fight between the bosses to end.

Now who in Nanyang doesn't know, Chen Biejia and Deng Juncheng have already fought their way.

And Deng Juncheng came up with this kind of play that hurt both sides, it depends on how Chen Biejia breaks the game.

Before the battle between the two big brothers is over, they will not be in the team, and they will not be in the mood to deal with government affairs.

Therefore, Nanyang's government affairs have been almost paralyzed these days.

The entire Nanyang folk began to have unfavorable comments on Chen Yuan.

Most of them were criticizing Chen Yuan for his reckless actions, which caused chaos in Nanyang.

Chen Yuan had heard a lot of such rumors, but Chen Yuan didn't panic at all.

Let the bullet fly for a while.

Because of the chaos in government affairs, the collection of taxes by officials at the city gates began to intensify.

The city entry tax was originally only five baht, but now it has been increased to three.

It's not that they don't want to charge more, but no one will enter the city.

For a long time, some farmers who went to the city to sell firewood and vegetables and food were not rich in the first place.

Three is the limit.

But this is also a great exploitation.

Although the four of Chen Yuan were well-dressed and imposing, they did not escape the exploitation of the city gate officials.

"Four people, three coins per person, a total of twelve coins, please pay."

The city gate official ignored the clothing and aura of the four people, so he naturally had confidence.

Gein is the pawn's brother-in-law.

Therefore, it is possible to control such fat gaps.

Chen Yuan frowned slightly, and Chen Yuan was naturally aware of the city gate tax.

Basically, it is a five baht coin.

This was stipulated by Chen Yuan, could he not be clear?

He originally wanted to abolish the city gate tax, but was dissuaded by Liu Bei.

Because Liu Bei knows the abilities of these petty officials better than Chen Yuan.

Even if you abolish the city gate tax, they still have other ways to collect other taxes from the people entering and leaving the city.

Cleverly set up a name and extort money.

These people are not joking.

In terms of oppressing the people, there are not as many officials as there are officials.

Therefore, Chen Yuan can only rigidly stipulate that the city gate tax can only be charged for one piece of five baht. In addition, no other fees are allowed, and those who violate it will be exiled for three thousand miles.

Chen Yuan used a heavy code.

Don't underestimate this five baht coin. For ordinary people, a coin is very precious.

One a day, if you go to and from the city gate every day, you will have thirty coins in a month.

This is already a big burden for ordinary people.

If there are other expenses, it will be really difficult to survive.

One piece has already made the common people so difficult, but three pieces will really kill people.

Like those woodcutters who went out of the city early to cut firewood, how much does a bundle of firewood sell for, just a few coins.

If these filthy officials took three coins away, it might be a problem to have food and clothing for a day.

Doesn't this force the common people to rebel again?
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan's face was extremely ugly.

However, getting angry with these little people is not going to solve the problem.

The source is still officials.

Therefore, Chen Yuan didn't get angry, and he didn't do anything to show his identity.

It's too naive to solve the fundamental problem.

Chen Yuan asked Zhou Tai to give the money, and the four of them entered Bowang County.

I found someone to ask the way, and came to Zhang's house in Bowang.

As mentioned earlier, the Zhang family in Bowang was formed by the son of Zhang Qian who married a Ba girl.

Zhang's lineage is in Chenggu, Shaanxi.

However, after 300 years of development, Bowang Zhang has become the biggest power in Bowang County.

Out of respect for Marquis Bowang, Chen Yuan did not declare his identity at first.

It is only said that Chen Zichu of Zhuo County paid a visit.

I don't know if it's because Mrs. Zhang is ignorant, or because Mrs. Zhang is really used to being arrogant.

After Chen Yuan's invitation was put in, there was no response for a long time.

This not only made Lu Bu and the others look ugly, but even Chen Yuan felt angry.

It seems that the descendants of Marquis Bowang are no longer as heroic as Bowanghou.

Chen Yuan was not in a good mood at first, but Wei Yan and Zhang Liao made Chen Yuan angry first, and the anger was even worse at the city gate.

Now Zhang's negligent behavior made Chen Yuan's anger almost soar to the peak.

However, Chen Yuan was still scruples about Bo Wanghou's achievements and reputation, and considered that maybe it was because he did not reveal his identity that he was not interviewed.

Immediately, let Zhou Tai post another greeting post.

This greeting post is different, it clearly says Jingzhou Biejiachen.

Presumably this time, Mrs. Zhang should open the middle door and come out to greet her.

However, the facts slapped Chen Yuan hard in the face.

I posted the invitation post, and after a long time, there was still no response at all.

At this moment, Chen Yuan had already come to his senses.

It's not that Mrs. Zhang didn't recognize herself before, but Mrs. Zhang has already stood in the position of Nanyang's powerful, and she will never let her, Jingzhou, come in.

At this moment, inside Zhang's mansion, Zhang Meng, Zhang's contemporary patriarch, was talking to his son.

"Father, isn't it inappropriate for us to shut Chen Zichu out like this?"

Seeing his son's uneasy mood, Zhang Meng said, "Cong'er, are you afraid that Chen Zichu will come in?"

Zhang Cong nodded: "Father, Chen Zichu's bodyguard, Zhou Tai, is a second-rank master, we can't resist it."

Zhang Meng shook his head: "Cong'er, you are worrying too much, we can't resist, but I guess that Chen Yuan will definitely not come in."

"Why?"

"Because he is fighting with Deng Juncheng at this time, if he uses force to break into our Zhang family today, Chen Yuan will not be able to bear the consequences."

"What consequences?"

Zhang Meng smiled when he heard the words: "What consequences? It's the consequences of going to war with all the tyrants in Nanyang! Do you think Chen Yuan can afford such consequences?"

Zhang Cong shook his head: "Of course I can't afford it, and no one can afford this kind of consequence."

"But, father, our Zhang family can't represent all the powerful people in Nanyang."

Zhang Meng smiled triumphantly: "Other times it is not possible, but not now."

By rejecting Chen Yuan, Zhang Meng not only expressed his position of advancing and retreating with the Deng family, but also spread the Zhang family's reputation.

Let me ask, who in the whole of Jingzhou can stop Yizhou from being shut down?
My Zhang family can do it.

Once this reputation spreads, the status of the Zhang family will be greatly improved, and they may be able to use this to integrate into the top circle of Nanyang Haoqiang.

Zhang Meng has always regarded himself very highly. The ancestor of Bowang Zhang's family is Bowanghou Zhangqian, and his reputation and prestige are no less than that of anyone else.

In terms of strength, their Zhang family is the veritable overlord of Bowang County. The Zhang family occupies [-]% of the land in Bowang County.

It can be said that Bowang is not the Bowang of the court, but the Bowang of the Zhang family.

It's just that the ancestors of Bowang Zhang's family did not inherit the title of Bowang Hou Zhangqian, because they are not direct descendants.

Therefore, from generation to generation, although the land and population have continued to increase, there has been no major improvement in the officialdom, and at most they have occupied various official positions in the county.

There has never been a county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate for so many years.

From then on, we can see the difference in Bowang Zhang's background.

Now, Zhang Meng sees an opportunity, as long as he seizes this opportunity, his Zhang family may be able to make a Bailihou.

Although I don't know why Chen Yuan came to visit their Zhang family suddenly, these are not important.

The important thing is that Zhang Meng can take this opportunity to climb into the upper circles of Nanyang.

Therefore, Zhang Meng decisively rejected Chen Yuan.

Zhang Meng was imagining that when the Zhang family came out with a county magistrate, Chen Yuan's place was completely on fire.

Seeing that no one from the Zhang residence came out to greet him, he seemed completely unaware that the person standing outside the door was Jingzhou Biejia, the military adviser Zhonglang.

Zhou Tai's eyes were burning, and he said to Chen Yuan: "Military Master, let a certain family break in, and let this group of bastards know how powerful they are."

Saying that, Zhou Tai was about to break into Zhang's residence.

Chen Yuan held Zhou Tai down: "Wait a minute, Youping, it's too reckless."

Zhou Tai stopped and looked at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan's face was calm, but his eyes were extremely cold.

"I heard that there is a gang of bandits in Funiu Mountain outside Bowang County. They often plunder the surrounding people, and even go into the city to loot. I suspect that the Zhang family has something to do with this bandit."

Having said that, Chen Yuan paused for a moment: "You Ping, you take my token and go to the county government to mobilize the county soldiers to arrest the bandits."

With that said, Chen Yuan handed a talisman on his body to Zhou Tai.

The deployment of troops in the Han Dynasty required tiger charms.

But now the system is gradually chaotic, and local princes are beginning to rise, and they are no longer as rigorous as before.

Especially in Jingzhou, Liu Bei integrated military and political power into one.

All military power in Jingzhou is controlled by Liu Bei.

Before coming to Nanyang, Liu Bei had given Chen Yuan the power to deploy troops.

Therefore, Chen Yuan can mobilize the county soldiers.

There are not many county soldiers in Bowang, that is, about 100 people.

Zhou Tai didn't talk nonsense, took the talisman and went directly to the county government to dispatch troops.

With Zhou Tai's strength, it is not a problem to transfer a hundred county soldiers.

Lu Bu and Zhang Liao had never seen Chen Yuan in this form.

At this time, Chen Yuan was full of murderous aura, as if he was a general about to fight.

That's why Lu Bu and Zhang Liao came late. After they came, Chen Yuan basically never asked about the affairs of the army.

However, don't forget that Chen Yuan is a general in the military division. He started with Liu Bei from five hundred volunteers and killed the yellow scarves in Youzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou.

How can the killing spirit on his body be less.

Although they had never seen Chen Yuan in this form, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao were very excited.

I thought this trip must be boring.

If it weren't for Chen Yuan's kindness to Lu Bu, and his teacher and uncle had strictly told him to obey Chen Yuan's orders, Lu Bu would not have wanted to come at all.

It's coming, but Lu Bu can't cheer up the whole time.

Well now, someone dared to stroke the military division's tiger's beard.

It's time for me, Lu Fengxian, to make a fortune today.