Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 5 Ways to gain reputation
"Master Taishou, these are the county's documents and account books, etc. Please have a look at them." The next day just after dawn, Shangdang County Master and Jun Cheng hurriedly handed the documents and accounts to Li Song's desk.

Li Song, the prefect who had not yet woken up, was awakened from the warm bed, changed his clothes, sat down at the desk, and looked at the piles of paperwork and ledgers, only rolling his eyes.

Li Song casually flipped through the pages and said, "Now is the season for sowing grain, so I ordered people to check the sowing conditions in the counties and counties, and we must ensure the harvest."

"At the same time, let the counties count the lost population, and abolish all kinds of exorbitant taxes! And measure the land in this county clearly."

"My lord, I don't know how to deal with the refugees in this county?" Jun Cheng asked.

"For the time being, find a place to settle them, manage them in a unified way, open a warehouse to release food for them, and make plans after the land is measured," Li Song said.

"If you have nothing to do, you should step down first!" Li Song said to the master.

"Promise!" Juncheng and the master took orders and left.

Li Song closed the document, stretched his waist, got up and walked outside, looking up at the blue sky. The reason why the Yellow Turban Army uprising occurred at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was that the heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes were too heavy, and the people had no way of living.

And this situation is the best way to open up the prestige. Only when the people of Shangdang County live a happy life where everyone has food and work, and the law and order environment in the county is improved, can he, the prefect, be accepted. If people love her, her prestige will naturally rise.

Half a month later, in the lobby of the prefect's mansion, Li Song sat in the main seat and listened to the county magistrate's report on the situation reported by the counties. After listening to the report, Li Song frowned. Unexpectedly, the situation was more serious than expected, and the population loss More seriously, most of the land went to the hands of the gentry, and the situation of the refugees is not optimistic.

But fortunately, after Li Song abolished exorbitant taxes, it finally brought results. Watching his reputation increase little by little, although not much, made him feel gratified.

Li Song opened the properties panel in his mind to check.

Host: Li Song (character Yuanbai)
Age: Real age 16 (imaginary age 17)

Position: Prefect of Shangdang County
Title: None
Current status: good health

Reputation Points: 120 (the host abolishes exorbitant taxes, lightens the burden on the common people, improves the living conditions, increases the love of the people for you, and requires a minimum of 300 reputation points to summon a hero)
Now the prestige value has basically stopped rising, and the benefits brought about by the abolition of exorbitant taxes have come to an end. If you want to increase your prestige value, you have to start from other aspects.

Where to start?Grab land from the gentry?Try to settle the refugees or...?The above things are not so easy to accomplish. If they fail, they will be lost forever, so they must be cautious. The easiest thing to do right now is to wipe out the bandits and yellow turbans wandering around.

But this is not what you want!While Li Song was racking his brains, a report from the guard came from outside the door: "My lord! Outside the prefect's mansion, a commoner asked to see him, saying that he has something important to report."

"Oh! Bring him in!" Li Song was puzzled and said.

"No!" The guard took the order to go, and soon led the old man in simple clothes to Li Song.

"The villain pays homage to the prefect!" The old man bowed carelessly after seeing Li Song.

"Don't be too polite, old man! Let's talk about it when you have something to say!" Li Song looked at the old man kneeling on the ground and kowtowed, feeling very uncomfortable. After all, he came from a later life and still accepted the concept of equality in his heart. Li Song went up Help up the old man.

With Li Song's support, the old man got up from the ground, and gratefully said to Li Song: "My lord, I have something important to tell you!"

"I don't know what's the big deal? Come sit down and talk about it." Li Song helped the old man to sit next to him, waved the guards to leave, and gave the old man a glass of water himself.

"My lord, I read the announcement that you intend to encircle and suppress bandits, is it true?" The old man took the water that Li Song handed over, without explaining his purpose, but asked first.

"Yes! That's right! As the prefect, it is my duty to protect the environment and the people." Li Song said.

"My lord! I know where there are bandits, and I also know the places where they frequent and everything." The old man put down his cup and said.

"Oh! Old man, how do you know?" Li Song asked suspiciously, bandits would be so stupid to let him know this, isn't this a lie!Who believes it?

"My lord, there is a man in my village who works as a cook in the bandit's lair. He is familiar with bandits and knows a little bit. Once he was drunk, listen to what he said." The old man said hastily.

"It's all true? You didn't lie to me?" Li Song still didn't believe it. If you say so, it means that your village is full of thieves. Li Song's eyes on the old man have changed.

"My lord! The thing is like this..." The old man explained to Li Song in detail.

After Li Song heard this, his brows were filled with joy. He didn't expect that someone would send information just as he was about to exterminate the bandits. He really wanted to doze off so he came to his pillow and said happily, "Okay, thank you for the information! On behalf of all the people in the county, I thank you. For his contributions, the old man is really a benefactor of our county."

"Don't dare! Don't dare! My lord is serious. I have something to do at home, so I won't bother you. I have to go back." The old man hastily got up and said goodbye!

"Okay! I'll have someone take my husband out!" Li Song shouted towards the door, "Come here!"

Two guards walked in from the door, respectfully said: "What is your order?"

"Send me to send my husband out! By the way, call Sima Xiang Yu from the other department to see this prefect." Li Song ordered.

"No!" The guard took the order, one of them stepped forward to help the old man go out, the old man nodded to Li Song, and the other went towards the barracks.

Not long after, Xiang Yu came to the lobby, saluted Li Song who was on the main seat, and said, "I have seen the lord! I don't know what the lord wants to order Yu to come here?"

"Well! There is indeed something that needs your help!" Li Song told Xiang Yu that he had heard the situation from the old man, and after the two discussed it, they decided to send troops to encircle and suppress the bandits who sent Hatoyama.

"Okay! Everything is going according to the plan! Go down and prepare first! We will leave in three days! Send more scouts to investigate the situation, just in case!" Li Song said.

"Promise!" Xiang Yu took the order and left.

In an alley not far from the prefect's mansion, an old man was nodding and bowing and talking to a man in black. If Li Song were here, he would definitely recognize that this old man was the old man who gave him information about bandits.

"Master! Don't worry! That kid will never know." The old man flattered.

"That's right! This is a reward for you! Alright! Let's go! Remember! Someone found out!" The man in black took out a bag of money from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

"Thank you!" The old man hastily took it, thank you!After watching the man in black leave, he left this alley.

(End of this chapter)