Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 24
"His Royal Highness the King of Liaoxi, it is a great blessing for Liaodong that you can come to Liaodong. You don't know something, Liaodong has been plundered by Xianbei and Wuheng for many years, and the people are very poor. The taxes are almost all It can be a negative number." A man dressed like an official cried to Liu Wei.

"Oh? But I see that the land is deserted, no one is cultivating it, and the registered people are less than 50. I remember that the registered population of Liaodong 20 years ago was as many as one million. Why is the number of people reduced so quickly? Ah." Liu Wei asked the official back.

"This, this" I saw that the official hesitated and couldn't answer.

"Hehe, we are hosting a banquet for your lord today to welcome you, so we don't talk about this matter." Gongsun Du came out to smooth things over.

"No! This king must know where the lost population is?" Liu Wei insisted on knowing this without saving Gongsun's face. "This is my king's fiefdom. If I don't even know where the population is, how can I manage the huge Liaodong. Since the five counties of Liaodong and Liaoxi belong to this king, then I have to manage this place well. Instead of just hanging on to the false name of a prince."

The corners of Gongsun Du's eyes twitched, and there was a cold flash in his eyes, and he said in his heart: "Since you insist on meddling in Liaodong's affairs, don't blame me for being rude. Anyway, Xianbei and Wuheng people often haunt this place. You are dead." Just put the responsibility on them, who can come to this remote place to investigate, "

"Everyone here, who can tell me where the lost population has gone, I will reward you very much." Liu Wei looked at the rich men in front of him, and thought to himself: "I'm afraid these people are all from Gongsundu. It is impossible to draw any estimates from them, because their interests are tied to Gongsun Du."

Gongsun Du also looked nervously at everyone present.Seeing that no one stood up to answer, the stone in my heart fell.

Seeing that no one came out to answer his question, Liu Wei was very annoyed and was about to explode.I saw a person standing up.

"My lord, I know where these people have gone, and I have something important to report." I saw this person still said regardless of Gongsun Du's fire-breathing eyes.

"Oh? Who are you? Now that you know, tell me everything you know. This king has just arrived in Liaoxi. I don't know many things yet. I hope you can tell everything. Even if you offend some people Don't be afraid, I will protect you." Liu Wei glanced at Gongsun Du while speaking.

"Yes, Your Highness Xia Houlan is the school captain of this city gate, but Your Highness, do you know how many soldiers are under his command? Do you know how many soldiers there are in Liaodong?"

"Your Highness, there are only 50 soldiers under the humble staff. All the soldiers and horses in the entire Liaodong County add up to only 3000 people. And Gongsun Du has as many as [-] private soldiers, and the weapons and armor of our soldiers have not been repaired for several years. It's changed, not to mention fighting against alien races, even the bandits who fall into bandits, with our equipment, we can't beat them. And my lord, these people use their private power to oppress the people, forcing the people to buy their own land, and even sold themselves as slaves to do long-term work for these big families. Some people did not want to be oppressed by these people and hid in the mountains to become hunters, but these people did not intend to let them go. The common people were all killed. Your Highness, you must decide for the people of Liaodong and other three counties." After speaking, Xia Houlan knelt down on the ground.

It turns out that Xia Houlan's parents died at the hands of foreign races when she was young. Xia Houlan learned martial arts from Tong Yuan as a teacher. After leaving the army, she planned to join the army to fight against foreign races.I originally planned to vote elsewhere in a few days.But I didn't expect to receive an order to come to the banquet today. I thought Liu Wei and that Gongsun Du were the same thing, but when I heard Liu Wei asking such a question, and I also heard about Liu Wei's deeds against the Huns, Xia Houlan's blood boiled immediately and she knew that her chance of revenge had come.

"Hehe, hehehehe." Liu Wei laughed angrily. If it is said that the people are oppressed, it is understandable for Liu Wei to report empty wages, because the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. , But colluding with other races and harming the people of the big man is an act of traitor.What Liu Wei hated most in his life were traitors.It is with these people that foreign enemies can invade the country.It is with these people that foreign enemies can attack with ease.

Liu Wei looked at all the people present with his sharp eyes, except for Gongsun Du, everyone lowered their heads.Only Gongsun Du looked at Xia Houlan with angry eyes.

"Gongsun Du, what are you doing? This king said that no matter who it is, Xiahoulan cannot be touched." Liu Wei scolded.

"Your Highness, I advise you to ignore the Liaodong matter. Otherwise, it will be bad if you get stuck in it." Gongsun Du threatened Liu Wei.

"Hehe, if there is any trick, Master Gongsun, just come, I, Liu Wei, will follow, even if you want my life, Master Gongsun." Liu Wei looked at Gongsun Du with naked fighting intent in his eyes.

"Your Highness is just joking, how dare I take my lord's life. However, there are many Wuheng people near Liaodong. I'm afraid there are many Wuheng spies in this city. I hope you can be careful." Gongsun Du is no longer respectful to Liu Wei. Yes, since the face has been torn.Then Gongsun Du threatened Liu Wei unabashedly.

"Hehe, don't worry, the prefect, the emperor still wants my life. I don't dare to lose him. Ziman and Xiahoulan, let's go." After speaking, Liu Wei left with the two of them.

Back at the post station, Liu Wei transferred all the soldiers to the prefect's mansion, strengthened his defenses, and asked Xia Houlan to go to the south gate to open the city gate at night.

"Hmph, I really don't know what's good and what's wrong, everyone is for our benefit. We have to fight back, otherwise our interests and our rights will all be lost." After Liu Wei left, Gongsundu bewitched the rest of the people at the banquet.

"I'm willing to obey your lord's instructions." The remaining country gentry and local tyrants all followed Gongsun Du's lead.

"Okay, then after we go back, we will mobilize the private soldiers from our respective mansions. We are going to attack the prefect's mansion tonight, and no one will be left alive. I will strengthen the defense of the four gates and prevent any of them from escaping." Gongsun Du said. After making the arrangements, everyone immediately went back to prepare.

Gongsun Mansion

"Kang'er, you have to be more careful when you go. I entrust all the guards in this mansion to you for my father. Remember, you must not let anyone go." Gongsun Du explained to his son Gongsun Kang.

"Yes, father. For the sake of the family, I must get rid of that Liu Wei." After Gongsun Kang finished speaking, he went down to prepare.

Outside Liaodong County, an army is marching towards Liaodong City with all its strength...

(End of this chapter)