My clone is on the other side of the starry sky

Chapter 179 Happy Cooperation

Lu Xuan?

Ma Xiuwen naturally knows Lu Xuan. Shangyang County has been so lively this year, and several wealthy Shangyang families have come here. How could he not know Lu Xuan's name?

No further action was taken.

The green energy to protect the city is ineffective, and Confucian methods are meaningless.

"You and I are different, why are you here?" Matthew sat down and poured himself a cup of tea calmly.

"I said, here you come to relieve your worries." Lu Xuan took a sip of tea. He didn't know much about the tea ceremony. Good tea and bad tea tasted the same in his mouth. He raised his eyes and glanced at Matthew Wen and said, "Of course. I also want to see your master’s ways.”

"What's my opinion?" Matthew Wen frowned and looked at Lu Xuan: "What do you mean?"

"There is a severe drought in Yunzhou this year. The people do not say that they have harvested nothing, but after leaving aside taxes, the remaining grain cannot feed themselves. Even if Mr. Ma does not impose excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the local wealthy families have also appropriately reduced some land rents. For the people , it is still a drop in the bucket, and the harvest is too small. Even if the government continues to reduce and reduce the land rent, the local gentry has shown mercy and collected less land rent. There is also no way to survive. As far as I know, during the drought a few years ago, you have opened a position at the risk of being accused. Put out food.”

"That's why when I taught the uprising, the impact of literary revision was minimal." Lu Xuan looked at Matthew Wen and said with a smile: "The so-called blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. If there is another severe drought, I am afraid that there will be no food left in the treasury to help you tide over this crisis. Right?"

Ma Xiuwen felt a little heavy in his heart. Lu Xuan knew so much about Xiuwu. Many things were kept secret from the outside. How could a rebel know it so well?

"Have you ever felt unwilling to be a man of fifth grade, but to live in such a remote place in a remote mountain?" Seeing that Xiu Xiuwen was silent, Lu Xuan asked with a smile.

Unwilling?

I have, maybe, but now I have gradually started to look away from it.

In the first ten years when he came to practice martial arts, he was really unwilling to give in. He was full of talents but could not put them to use. He had the ambition to help the country but could only look at the traitors in the court. He was not even qualified to fight. How could he be unwilling.

But then what?

After twenty years of hard work, he could not even manage Xiuwu County in a remote and remote area. He could see the crux of the problem. Half of Xiuwu's poverty was due to environmental constraints, and the other half was forced by world conditions.

Almost all the fields, minerals and even manpower were in the hands of local clans. He tried his best to prevent the people from rebelling. In the past twenty years, Xiuwu had only improved slightly.

Why wouldn't you be willing to give in to yourself like this?

Baiwuyi is a scholar. When it comes to myself, this is not true at all.

Matthew Wen looked at Lu Xuan and said, "These don't seem to have anything to do with you."

"It had nothing to do with it before." Lu Xuan looked at Matthew and said, "As a side note, your Excellency knows that Confucian methods are ineffective against me, but you don't seem to be afraid at all? Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"I am a waste. I am unable to eradicate traitors and serve the court. I am unable to protect the country and the people, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. I have enough to eat all day long and do nothing. If I die, it may be a good thing for the people and the court." Ma Xiuwen smiled bitterly. A sound.

"Interesting." Lu Xuan looked at Matthew Wen with some surprise: "You are different from Li Xinian. He sees clearly and cherishes his body. You can't see through it, but he has a sincerity that has not been dusted in twenty years. When he captured Li Xinian, his family Master once said that a great Confucian should not be killed rashly. I didn’t understand it at the time, but after meeting you, I somewhat understood.”

Regardless of the abilities of these fifth-grade Confucian scholars, their conduct has merits.

"Zhang Yuqing?" Matthew Wen glanced at Lu Xuan: "Then how do you choose?"

"It doesn't matter how I choose. I want to see how you choose?" Lu Xuan shook his head and said.

"Me?" Matthew Wen looked at Lu Xuan in confusion.

"Although I kill officials, I do not kill indiscriminately. I give you a choice. The Guiyi Sect can help the people of Xiuwu County tide over this crisis. I have a lot of food here. Not only can I save the people of Shangyang, but I can also help Xiuwu tide over. The difficulty is not a problem, but your Excellency must allow the Guiyi Sect to practice martial arts and preach!" Lu Xuan smiled and said: "In other words, Your Excellency needs to cooperate with me, but in this case, Your Excellency will collude with the rebels, which is tantamount to betraying the imperial court, but If we don’t cooperate, many people practicing martial arts will die.”

"What exactly do you want to do?" Matthew frowned.

"I want to see which way your heart is heading?" Lu Xuan stood up and said, "I have time, you can think about it slowly. During this period, I will live in Yima County for a while. I have made a decision." , send someone to inform me."

"Sir!" As he was speaking, two innate warriors rushed in from the door, one holding a spear and the other holding a steel knife. Seeing that Matthew was fine, his expression relaxed, and then he glared at Lu Xuan. Without saying a word, they attacked Lu Xuan from a double flank. Come.

Lu Xuan stretched out his hand and tapped the spear lightly with his index finger.

"Clang~"

When his fingers collided with the spear, there was a sound of gold and iron. The warrior holding the spear trembled, his eyes looked in disbelief, and he staggered back several steps before he stood still.

"Cut!" The sword-wielding warrior roared, and his innate true energy turned into sword energy and slashed at Lu Xuan.

"Bang~" Lu Xuan did not dodge or evade, and allowed the sword energy to come to him. The moment it touched his body, it collapsed, and the steel sword was shattered by the force of the reaction.

Looking at the two people in front of him, Lu Xuan felt a little emotional. A year ago, Xiantian was out of reach for him, but now, Xiantian is as fragile as an ant in front of him.

"Sir, leave quickly!" The gun-wielding warrior stood in front of Matthew Tattoo and glared at Lu Xuan. The Broken Sword Warrior also stood aside with a desperate posture.

"Not bad." Lu Xuan nodded. The two's martial arts skills were naturally not enough in Lu Xuan's eyes today, but he could already see the will to die in their eyes! I have seen so many county magistrates and prefects kill them. Matthew is the first one who can make his subordinates die! He looked at Matthew and said, "It seems you are very popular."

"Back off!" Matthew Wen was worried that the two of them would anger Lu Xuan, so he shouted quickly.

"You have decided to come to Yima's largest brothel to see me. I have time, but I can't wait too long for my martial arts training." Lu Xuan went out with his hands behind his back, and an indifferent voice drifted over.

After seeing the strong spring in Tiandu, I feel nothing when I look at Yima's brothel. No matter from any aspect, let alone the strong spring, nothing in Sanyang County can compare with it. This is still a county town, and it is not the same as other places. Dare to think.

"Go down." Three days later, looking at Matthew Wen sitting opposite him, Lu Xuan waved his hand and motioned for the accompanying oiran to step back.

"You just want to preach?" Matthew Wen looked at Lu Xuan and asked.

"Well, of course, you have to have a place to preach and you have to benefit the followers." Lu Xuan nodded, looked at Matthew and said: "So what I did in Shangyang County, I will also do some here. If there is anyone you want to protect, sir, you can let me know, and Mr. Lu will give you face."

Matthew Wen was not deaf, so he naturally knew what Lu Xuan had done in Shangyang County.

"No." He shook his head. He didn't have any good impressions of the wealthy families in these places. If Lu Xuan had the ability and courage, he could kill them all, so he answered very simply.

"It seems that the abilities of Confucian and Taoist cultivators are indeed two different things." Lu Xuan looked at Matthew and shook his head. His character was not bad, but his ability to govern was... average.

Although the wealthy families are hateful, they also have their own meaning of existence. If there are only common people and the court in this world, it will be a pool of stagnant water with extremely weak ability to resist risks. What managers need to do is control rather than kill everyone with one shot.

Matthew frowned and looked at Lu Xuan. He didn't want to explain anything on this matter. Lu Xuan was not himself and he didn't understand how many constraints he had suffered in the past twenty years.

"What are you going to do?" Matthew asked directly.

"Understood, I will handle this matter in my own way." Lu Xuan nodded and said, "I want to build a road and recruit people to do it in the name of the Guiyi Sect, and I will pay with food."

"I'm afraid one road is not enough." Ma Xiuwen thought: "Xiuwu's eleven counties have a population of [-]. One road cannot save everyone."

"This is the map of Xiuwu." Lu Xuan waved his hand, and a map appeared in front of him. He looked at Matthew and said, "Xiuwu faces the river to the west and Songyu Mountain to the east. This is Dongxu County, where there is a copper mine. , now in the hands of the Dongxu clan, if my people want to obtain the mining rights, they will also be settled in grain, which will cost about [-] people."

"There is also this area, which is suitable for farming, but no one has opened up wasteland. Thirty thousand people have reclaimed the wasteland, and the settlement is also in grain. The reclaimed land belongs to the Yiyi Church, and you will be given a [-]% tax every year. You can't touch the rest. It cannot be allocated to others.”

"The county magistrate here...is a disciple of the Jiang family." Matthew Wen sighed. Although he was the prefect, only three of the eleven county magistrates listened to his orders.

"There is no need to consider these problems. As long as you nod, I will solve them!" Lu Xuan pointed to another place and said: "Along the river, collapses often occur and cause floods. It is necessary to plant trees and build a forest to prevent floods. Ten thousand people, still Grain settlement.”

"In addition, the Guiyi Sect needs to build branches and build several bridges in various counties. My people have calculated that it will require about [-] people." Lu Xuandao: "Including the manpower required for road construction, half of Xiuwu The population is all here, leaving aside the old, young, women and children, which should help them get through this year's difficulties."

As for next year, whether Ma Xiuwen is willing or not, the actual master of martial arts is himself. In addition, with this wave, the money Lu Xuan gave to Zhang Wang has also been secured. The place for martial arts is not big and there are many landlords. Lu Xuan is ready to sort it out. Once again, according to the internal accounting of Guiyi Sect, the landowners and gentry in Xiuwu only need one-third. In addition, there will be people who will climb up in the future. Lu Xuan is prepared to keep one-twentieth.

Lu Xuan and Matthew Wen stayed in the side room all afternoon, going over everything and making some gentlemen's agreements. By the time the discussion was completed, it was already the time when the lights were on.

Looking out the window at the blue streets under the green air of the city guard, Lu Xuan shook his head: "I really don't like the green air of the city guard. It makes the world look like a ghost land."

Matthew did not answer. Everything he did today was undoubtedly a betrayal of his past life, but he could not think of any other way to save all people.

"Happy cooperation, Mr. Ma." Lu Xuan looked at Matthew Wen and said with a smile.

"It's time for you to go." Matthew stood up with a cold face and snorted.

"Yeah, things are a bit rushed, I have to leave immediately." Lu Xuan stood up: "If you have any difficulties, you can go to any Guiyi Church branch to find me!"

Ma Xiuwen did not answer. He had no choice but to cooperate with Lu Xuan this time. Compared to the people who cultivated martial arts, his reputation and even his life were not worth mentioning, but cooperating with the rebels was undoubtedly a betrayal of his beliefs. He It's impossible to cooperate with Lu Xuan a second time, never!

(End of this chapter)