Zongwu: Kill the prince? !I break the gate of heaven with one sword

Chapter 130 What a Zhong Hongwu!What a Lingzhou!
Xu Liang'an didn't come to Lingzhou alone, but was counted as dragging his family along.

In addition to Jiang Ni and the two little guys who were by his side, he also made a special trip back to Qingliang Mountain to bring Xu Fengnian with him.

My younger brother, although he already has a certain level of martial arts cultivation.But with the halo of his big brother, he has no intention of working hard at all, and he can perform worse than before, so Xu Liang'an decided to bring him out this time, so that he can also take a good look at how he handles things.

and.

This time Xu Liang'an did not use the power of the small world to coerce them on their way, but walked with them step by step from Liangzhou to Lingzhou.

The Dragon Slaughtering Art is now in full swing in the entire Liangzhou territory, and every place is full of prosperity.

But in fact, except for a few inactive officials, most of the other positions have not been changed, it seems that it is to confirm what Xu Liangan said in the old Xutou's courtyard.

After all, the people in this world still like to stay in a comfortable circle. If the original officials from various places treat them well, they will naturally feel that they are very good and do not need to be replaced.

This actually coincides with the rule of "re-election". As long as this person performs well enough, there is no need to replace him at all!
But this situation is only better in Liangzhou!

Continuing to walk south, after a group of six people entered the territory of Lingzhou, everything changed drastically.

It was originally a scene of living and working in peace and contentment, but earth-shaking changes took place almost instantly in Lingzhou.

At first, even Xu Liang'an, who had never been to Lingzhou, thought that as they gradually penetrated into the hinterland of Lingzhou, the situation of being squeezed by the Zhong family would become more serious.

After all, as long as Zhong Hongwu didn't have Qingliang Mountain and Xu Xiao in his eyes, he wouldn't do anything that he didn't care about at all.

But he found that he still underestimated Zhong Hongwu's courage after all.

They had just entered the territory of Lingzhou for about two sticks of incense, and they saw a village along the official road. It was just a village, but in fact it was just a collection of six or seven families. scattered in the distance.

"Go and see?"

Xu Fengnian didn't have that hippie smile on his face at this time either.

Although he doesn't pay much attention to these things on weekdays, it doesn't mean he is a fool.

In Lingzhou and Liangzhou, and not far from the official road, it stands to reason that it is impossible for such a dilapidated thatched cottage to appear.

One is because it is still a small facade of Lingzhou, and the other is that even if you casually make a living as a passer-by on this kind of traffic, you will definitely not have such a miserable life.

So he immediately saw that the current situation was abnormal.

"Let me go and ask first."

Lao Jiu, who had been following the five of them, stood up on his own initiative after hearing Xu Fengnian's words. After seeing Xu Liangan's slight nod, he smiled and walked towards the thatched huts.

Originally, Xu Liang'an didn't want to bring the old wine, because his main purpose of this trip was to sharpen Xu Fengnian and Wu Nanbei, so he naturally planned to leave the errands to the two of them.

But according to Lao Jiu's own words, it's really boring for him to stay in the palace all this time!
Moreover, Xu Liang'an had already found an opportunity to tell Xu Fengnian and others about Lao Jiu's identity as well as his previous plans and strategies, so Lao Jiu returned to his tired and lazy appearance in the palace.

It's just that he is unwilling to change his name back to life and death, but insists on continuing to use the name Laojiu.

As for why...

He didn't say it, but everyone knew it in their hearts, maybe they wanted to say goodbye to their past selves.
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"In order to pay less taxes?"

After hearing the voice of the dull middle-aged man in front of him, even Xu Fengnian's eyes flashed with anger.

"The tax in Beiliang is the lowest in the world. Why do you guys go out of your way to avoid tax?"

Instead of doing business in order to bear less taxes, they choose this way of farming. In fact, it is not much different from avoiding taxes.

It seemed that he was shocked by the clothes of Xu Liang'an and his group and the noble aura that naturally exuded from them. After hearing Xu Fengnian's words, the expression on the middle-aged man's face instantly became very cowardly.

"small……"

"The little ones don't want to do that either."

As he spoke, there was a hint of crying in his tone.

"The small business was originally a small business of traveling merchants. Although it is not possible to become rich and powerful, there is no pressure to support the whole family. Originally, if this kind of life can continue, there must be nothing to worry about. .”

"but……"

At this point, he hesitated to speak, as if there was something he couldn't say, but looked at Xu Liang'an timidly.

Xu Liang'an smiled in his heart.

The other party is quite a smart person, knowing that he is the leading person in this, so he said softly: "If you have something on your mind, it's okay to say it. As long as I'm here, no one can do anything to you!"

"What the adults said counts?"

Regarding Xu Liang'an's words, the middle-aged man still looked cautious. For some reason, Xu Liang'an felt a little distressed by his appearance.

"If what our Royal Highness said doesn't count, then there are not many people who are counted on by Beiliang."

Before Xu Liang'an could speak, Lao Jiu on the side just spoke with a smile.

This was what they had agreed in advance. Xu Liang'an never thought of deliberately concealing his identity when he came to Lingzhou, mainly because Zhong Hongwu was not worthy of him to hide it in his eyes.

And when Zhong Hongwu found out that he came to Lingzhou, he didn't know where he had gone at that time, and it didn't matter whether the other party knew or not.
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After hearing Lao Jiu's words, the middle-aged man's eyes widened first, and then an expression of disbelief appeared on his face, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Then he knelt down directly towards Xu Liang'an.

"Craftsman Zhang Daniu, I have met His Royal Highness! I also hope that His Highness will be the master for us!"

When he yelled this sentence, Zhang Daniu broke down in tears.Regarding the name of this Beiliang prince, even he has heard it many times. When he saw the luxurious clothes on the group before him, he had already relied on his many years of experience as a traveling businessman. It is guessed that the other party must be a high-ranking official or something.

It's just that what he never expected was that the other party turned out to be His Royal Highness, the eldest son of Beiliang!
"What's the matter, just say it! It doesn't have to be like this!"

Xu Liang An Ming slightly frowned.

Although he knew that there were bound to be many chilling things in Lingzhou, he never imagined that this kind of thing would happen to him after he just left the boundary of Liangzhou and entered Lingzhou. in front of the eyes.

So now he is very curious about what happened to Zhang Daniu!

After Zhang Daniu heard Xu Liang'an's words, he seemed to have finally found his backbone, and took out a clean square towel that had been washed and faded from his cuff, and gently wiped away his tears.

Seeing this scene, Xu Liang'an nodded silently. Zhang Daniu's subconscious action showed that he had indeed lived a good life before, otherwise if he was a poor man living in a thatched hut, how could he have the time to make such things as handkerchiefs?The sleeve is the best rag!

After wiping away his tears, Zhang Daniu said slowly:
"Caomin's father was originally a veteran. He came to Beiliang with General Xu, but because there was only Caomin in the family, my father was reluctant to let me join the army. The retirement fee made the grass-roots people start the business of this itinerant businessman."

Hearing Zhang Daniu's words, Xu Liang'an nodded slightly.

The choice of Zhang Daniu's father was actually the choice made by many people who came back from the war with Xu Xiao. However, he originally thought that Zhang Daniu would be in his 40s, but according to what he said, according to the end of the war Looking at the time, in fact, he is only in his early 30s.

It's just that maybe Xu Liang'an has experienced so many things that Xu Liang'an thought he was a middle-aged man in his 40s!

However, he did not continue to entangle in this issue, but motioned Zhang Daniu to continue.

"Perhaps the villain has some talents of traveling merchants. Although it is the first time since he started to do this business, he has unexpectedly done well. It can even be described as wind and water. So the villain is in Lingzhou City. I bought a house, thinking that the family would have a place to settle down."

Having said this, Zhang Daniu's face became painful.

"Originally, our family thought that this was the beginning of a happier life for us in the future, but we never imagined that happiness is getting farther and farther away from us, and instead the nightmare is coming quickly."

Xu Liangan's expression also turned serious, he knew the important point was coming.However, apart from listening to Zhang Daniu telling his stories normally, Xu Liang'an felt that Zhang Daniu's eloquence was really good, he told his past experiences vividly, he was worthy of being a traveling businessman.

On the other hand, Zhang Daniu forcibly suppressed the look of pain on his face.

"There was no problem at the beginning, but as the villain's business grew bigger and bigger, he was targeted by some greedy people and wanted to forcibly occupy the villain's business, but how could the villain agree? And The villain has accumulated some contacts and reputation, even if those people occupy it, they will never be able to take it away!"

"But the villain never expected that those people would have an interest collusion with the Zhong family!"

When he said this, Zhang Daniu was already gnashing his teeth, as if he wanted to tear the other party into pieces and directly eat his flesh and blood.

"It's not possible to snatch the business. They colluded with the second generation of the Zhong family and asked people to forcibly collect taxes from villains."

Hearing this, Xu Liangan narrowed his eyes slightly.

The issue of taxation is the key to a country. Although Beiliang is not a country, it is equally important. Therefore, in this regard, it has always been strictly forbidden for local governments to increase taxes and amend taxes without permission.

Not to mention anything else, just the forced tax collection, if what Zhang Daniu said is true, it is enough for Xu Liang'an to directly punish the second generation of the Zhong family to death!

However, he did not interrupt Zhang Daniu at this time, but continued to listen to him.

"In the beginning, they were just making a fuss about the transaction tax, trying their best to get more money from the villains."

"The villain has no power, no power and no background. How dare you say no? You can only let them kill you! I thought it would be fine if it was just like this, but I didn't expect that not only did they not intend to let the villain go, Instead, it intensified, and began to add some business tax and cash tax, and later came up with some residential tax and daily food and beverage tax."

Having said that, Zhang Daniu had a miserable smile on his face.

"But does His Royal Highness know what is the most ridiculous thing?"

"The most ridiculous thing is that they actually came up with some kind of eye tax."

"Eye tax?" Not only Xu Liang'an, but Jiang Ni and the others beside him also frowned.Although the previous taxes are outrageous, you can probably imagine what they are, but you can't think of what this eye-catching tax is at all.

"Ah!"

Zhang Daniu's chuckle was full of mockery.

"It's the grass-roots people and their family members. You can't be seen by them, otherwise you will have to pay them." Zhang Daniu said with a miserable face: "They could have directly used their rights to take away everything I own, but they used this way of humiliating me."

"That's why the grassroots say they are avoiding taxes here."

Zhang Daniu forced himself to look calmer, then bowed directly to Xu Liang'an without hesitation, his forehead knocked on the hard loess ground, making a bang.

"His Royal Highness, please be the master of the grassroots! Be the master of the tens of thousands of people in Lingzhou who suffer like the grassroots."

Xu Liang'an didn't say much, but quietly looked at the figures on the field ridge in the distance. They seemed to be Zhang Daniu's family members. After seeing Zhang Daniu being brought over by Lao Jiu, they stood and watched from a distance. .

At this time, Xu Liang'an's attention was on a little girl. Although she was wearing tattered clothes full of patches, she could still see a strong sense of agility in her eyes, which seemed to be for the few of her. Curiosity seems to be yearning for this world...

"Then what happened to your house in Lingzhou City?"

"After those people drove me out, they directly occupied the house. I don't know what kind of grassroots people are now."

"Then do you know the name of the second generation of the Zhong family?"

"Naturally know!"

Hearing Xu Liang'an asking that person's name, Zhang Daniu immediately said through gritted teeth.

"That person's name and appearance will never be forgotten even if they die! He is Zhong Hongwu's fourth son, Zhong Tianyin!"

(End of this chapter)