History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 22
"The tripod is the leader and the most important weapon of the country. It is for power and benefit. It can be divided and transformed."

"Food is short, and it is difficult to cook without food. If you want to eat it, you need to make up for it. You can take it and gather it."

The two of them still didn't understand. Feng Yun said: "I don't know the situation of Baoguo, but I know that the monarch is superior and the others are subordinate. The monarch has the authority to control the country. Your father only needs to use the authority as bait to attract the competition from below and secretly make up for his own. If you don’t have enough, you can get through this difficulty.”

Feng Yun refused to let the two of them continue to ask.

Let’s talk about the third difficulty.

"When you return to China, you will have a great time."

The two looked at each other, both confused.

Feng Yun said: "More than ten years ago, your Bao Kingdom was about to be annexed. It was all because of your father's mission to the Wu State to stabilize the chaos in the Wu State, and thus Bao State's existence was preserved."

"Now that your father has returned to the country, it will be difficult for this relationship to survive. It is not impossible for the emperor of Zhou to bring up the old things again."

"When the time comes..." Looking at the two people, they are both boys and girls, very old.

but……

"It's difficult for you two to stabilize the Great Zhou Kingdom."

"The Emperor of Zhou Dynasty may have left things as they were and asked you to go to the troubled country and do what your father did, so that you can protect the country like your father. If not..." Feng Yun shook his head.

The young man's face turned pale. He grew up in a barbarian land, but he knew the evil of these lands. He wanted to be the legitimate son of a country!
Feng Yun looked at the girl again.

It can be seen that the girl will be beautiful in the future, and then she said: "When weak countries in ancient times faced powerful countries, they always offered their beauty to protect themselves."

"Ru Shangzhi..." Feng Yun suddenly paused.

Daji... Baosi!
Baoguo has the surname Si and the surname Bao.

According to the etiquette system, men are named after their surname and women are named after their surname.

Then this woman should be named Si.

After she marries somewhere else, she will be called her motherland and add her own surname, so she takes the name "Bao" and adds the surname "Si" to become "Bao Si".

This girl is so beautiful... Bao Si.

The beacon fire plays the praises of the princes...

Will the Great Zhou Dynasty decline?

Feng Yun also paid some attention to the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Today, the Great Zhou Dynasty has indeed begun to decline, but its remaining power is still there. What is missing is probably a show of war with the princes.

Seeing that Feng Yun was silent, the girl's figure was unsteady, but she held on.

She knew that by marrying the great Zhou Dynasty, she could protect Baoguo.

In response, Feng Yun lowered his eyes and said, "There is another way to solve this situation."

Feng Yun tore off a piece of cloth from his sleeve, and using Yin and Yang Yao as pen and ink in his hand, he wrote one letter after another - Baojun is afraid of suffering the annexation of Zhou Dynasty. I will give you eight characters: Baojun will use it again, and he will plan for his son.

Roll up the cloth and hand it to the girl.

"Don't look at it, leave it to your father."

"Alien?" The young man's eyes widened.

But the girl had no time to marvel. She took the roll blankly, and when she saw Feng Yun approaching, her eyes became more evasive.

"Let's go."

Feng Yun turned around and left.

It doesn't matter if the stranger... is exposed, as long as this can be done, that's when he will gain momentum.

And if it didn't work out, the two of them wouldn't say much, and he could stay under Zong Bo's protection for a while longer.

"Sir, I would like to invite you as a doctor, please..."

"Brother!"

"We have been out for a long time, let's go back quickly."

The girl grabbed the boy and shook her head.

Feng Yun's figure also walked into the field under the gaze of the two men.

……

Soldier A said: "Sergeant, those two people just now?"

No wonder he would ask. If he could catch this abnormal person coming outside the city, he would definitely be able to take credit...

"He's a businessman. The young man wanted to ask for advice, so I explained a few words." Feng Yun stopped answering.

Now the whole country is searching for wealth and wants to send it to Yue as a gift for peace talks.

It would be a great gift to send Mr. Bao's whereabouts.

But Feng Yun is unwilling to do this villainous behavior.

What's more, Feng Yun knows that there is no bottom line in greed.

If this continues, Da Ting will become a vassal of the Yue Kingdom, or worse, it will be annexed by the Yue Kingdom. You must know that the Yue Kingdom will not accept the king's rule. It is a land of Dongyi, and the emperor cannot sanction it. With the current situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this southeastern region The other vassal states in the land also obeyed and disobeyed.

Just like the Wu State in the southeast, it is a vassal state under the king and has been restraining the development of the Yue State. However, due to Bao Jun's departure, Wu State will hesitate to help Da Ting to fight against the Yue State, fearing that Da Ting will ask for help from the Zhou Dynasty. Seek your own interests.

Big countries are in dispute and small countries are destroyed. Da Ting will not ask for help from Zhou Dynasty unless it is a last resort. Da Ting knows that Wu also has the temperament of Dongyi and is by no means a polite and virtuous country...

"Sergeant, here we are, this is your Lu Tian."

In the fields of Lu, there are vast fields of corn, and I am afraid that they will be harvested in another month or two.

There were people working in Lutian. When they saw Jia Bing and Feng Yun coming, people from nearby families gathered together.

There are men and women, old and young, all farmers and common people with rough skin, simple clothes and sweat.

"What's wrong with the soldier? He needs to drink some water and eat some cakes."

An old man took out a rough, dry and black bran rice pancake, and asked a child to bring a leather water bag.

Farmers are simple and can only provide the best things they have on hand to entertain.

Soldier A waved his hand and said, "This is a sergeant. At the same time, the three hundred acres of land you have here have been designated as this sergeant's salary field."

Three hundred acres is three hectares of land, and each hectare is one field. There are eight families working on one field, that is, 24 families.

Feng Yun took out the deed and quickly determined Lutian according to the deed.

The 24 families working in Lu Tianzhong were all anxious in front of Feng Yun.

The older man stepped forward to negotiate.

Feng Yun said: "Elders, don't be nervous. I came here to take a look before, and at the same time, I told you that these three fields belong to me."

"Ah, Sergeant An, we know...but...we don't know whether the Sergeant has any personal rights."

Instead of relaxing, several old people became even more nervous.

Following his words, the others did not dare to breathe, waiting for Feng Yun's arrangements.

Private taxation...that is, the taxation of private land is determined by the owner of Lutian.

These fields in Feng Yun are all fertile, with a yield of one stone and two per mu, and they are close to the city. These common people do not want to have no land to cultivate because of high taxes.

"What was the tax before?" Feng Yun asked.

An old man hurriedly replied: "Five contributions and one tax."

Making one out of five is to equalize taxes, so that the common people who farm can have a good harvest and live a healthy life.

Some nobles in Xindelutian often pay three taxes out of ten to accumulate early assets, so these Lumin are nervous.

Feng Yun said: "Just do it like this."

Feng Yun only had himself, his sister-in-law and his nephew in his family, so he didn't need much tax revenue, and he didn't want to add to the trouble of just three fields.

When these wealthy people heard this, they hurriedly kowtowed.

Feng Yun waved his hands and said hurriedly: "Don't knock. If you knock, you will increase taxes."

Hearing the sound, these people stopped quickly.

Kowtow is a courtesy that is not required for the king, but for the sake of food, kowtow is just a trivial matter for the common people.

Feng Yun didn't like it. He didn't like others to kneel to him, nor did he like others to kneel to him.

Looking towards noon, Feng Yun said: "My house in the city has not been built yet. If you have anything to do, you can come to the Palace of Classics to find me. I will be there except when I am not taking a bath or taking a job."

"Yes!" These common people echoed.

After solving the Lutian matter, Feng Yun left. He still needed to see what his child disciples thought of the story he told.

Of course, before that, he still needs to see if he can make the young girl bring what he wants by taking advantage of each other's strengths.

(End of this chapter)