"Hey, have you heard that! The food in our city is no longer enough!" A commoner was whispering to another person.

"There is not enough food? No way! Where did you hear this news? His Highness of the Holy King should not be short of food and grass, otherwise he would not give us fertile land. It would be such a low tax!" Another commoner said in surprise. You should know that Liu Mang's army had very little tax in Shouchun, only a mere three-story level. In this way, there would be no food and grass to be collected. If you can make such a tax, Liu Mang's army should not be short of food and grass. Otherwise, how could he raise a large army?

"Don't ask, just look at it yourself. How much ration did you get yesterday?!" the person who spoke said disdainfully.

"Two fights!" The people answered inexplicably.

"You know it's two dou. At first we were one person and four dou, and one dou for children, but now, from four dou to three dou, now it's directly turned into two dou, and the child has become half dou. Who can eat enough in this way? This doesn't mean anything!"

It is true that the people entered Shouchun from the beginning. The food rations given by Liu Mangjun were indeed four dou. When everyone was full, they could even leave a little. But now there are only two dou. What is two dou? This is not that there are so many dishes in modern times, so there is little food. This is a chaotic time. Everyone is mainly eating. The dishes are not something that wealthy families cannot afford, so the food consumption is large.

"Two Dou is already good. At least you can't starve to death. If you can stand up, you can just hold on!" An old man kindly said good things to Liu Mangjun. He was an old man who survived the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Naturally, he knew what it was like if everyone couldn't eat at that time. He was completely a sacrificial person. There were corpses everywhere. Although there were only two Dous in Shouchun City, he wouldn't starve to death at least, right?

"It's over just thrust up? Old man, don't you know, right? Let me tell you, I heard that there will be no more than two buckets in a few days. In order to block Liu Bei's army outside the city, it is said that food will only be eaten by those who are involved in the city guarding the city! If we want to cut off our food, ordinary people can only fight if they want to eat food!" The simple-looking farmer continued.

"You can only eat people who go up to the city wall?" The old man frowned. If this is the case, the young man would be fine. If it were an old man and a child like him, and the women and children, would they also let them go up to the city wall? Not to mention fighting, it would be almost enough to climb up the city wall. Looking at the old man's frown, the man continued to say bad things about Liu Mangjun, such as giving the broken food to the people.

"You have to eat and be picky. Are you trying to wait for the city to be massacred by Liu Bei's army?!" Another commoner couldn't stand it and refuted.

"Who told you. The Xuande Guild outside slaughtered the city? I tell you, these are all fakes, they are all jokes. Who is Xuande Gong? He is the Zuo General of our Han Dynasty and the emperor's uncle. He is extremely kind and righteous. If you don't believe me, go and ask the fellow villagers in Xuzhou. When General Zuo left Xuzhou, how many people were willing to follow him!" This man began to boast about Liu Bei outside the city again.

"Yes, yes, I came from Xuzhou. Duke Xuande is a living Bodhisattva. He saved our Xuzhou from being massacred by Cao thieves!" Not only were Pang Tong's spies in the crowd, but also the real Xuzhou people. The people of Xuzhou are now grateful to Liu Bei for morality.

Listening to everyone's words, many people began to shake.

The man was playing the railway while it was hot. "General Zuo still held a banquet outside the city. If you don't believe it, go and see. He said he would not blame the people in the city. He just came to attack the unjust officials on the order of the emperor, and it has nothing to do with us ordinary people!"

"Assaulting the unjust? Shouchun is His Highness of the Holy King, where did he come from the unjust!"

"You don't understand this, your Highness is blinded, such as the military advisor Xu Shu, and the chief envoy Yang Hong, you may not know him. Yuan Shu's counselor back then was a treacherous under Yuan Shu's men!" Yang Hong's reputation is really bad among the people, because in order for Yuan Shu to ascend the throne and have enough food and grass to be used for military purposes, he plundered many people. The people hated Yang Hong to death, but who knew that Yang Hong was just a person who accepted the order!

"You mean?!" Some people have thought too much about where this place is now? It is Yangzhou. It is Shouchun. How long has Yuan Shu been elected as emperor? As soon as Yuan Shu became emperor, the entire Yangzhou was abolished. Shouchun was originally a capital of one and a half of the capital. The tragic ending was because Yuan Shu became emperor. Yang Hong, who encouraged Yuan Shu to become emperor, is there. Maybe they will really become Shouchun when he becomes emperor. They will be done. These people still remember the miserableness of Yangzhou at that time.

"What about taxes? What about fertile land?!" What the people really care about is their own small profits, because these are the foundation of their existence.

"Duke Xuande said at the city that as long as he took down Shouchun, he was just to attack the rebel ministers, to clear the king's side. As long as he killed these treacherous ministers, he would obey what His Highness said to us all!" The man continued. His words were Pang Tong's trick, 30% of the taxes? Isn't joke? No matter how virtuous Liu Bei is, he would not dare to receive the third floor. If it is the third floor, what would he take to support the army, what would he use to pay salaries and recruit soldiers? You must know that Guandu is about to end. If you want to dominate the Central Plains, you must have strong military strength, so now only

The reason why he said this was to appease these people first. After he took Shouchun, all this was another explanation. If they took Shouchun, they would naturally make the tax return to their original appearance again. After the people's riots, they would all put their reputation on Liu Mang. This is the tax set by the Saint King Liu Mang. You go and find His Highness the Holy King! In this way, not only can Liu Bei get the original tax, but Liu Mang's reputation be really destroyed. Only by winning the trust of the people can he get the support of the people. Once they cannot, there is only one ending that they are scolded to the streets!

Now that this man said this, there were a lot of discussions in the city. Many people were more scrupulous. They were all ordinary people, so naturally they would not be loyal. They were thinking about their own family, and now they couldn't think of Shouchun as a big man. Everyone was thinking about what Liu Beijun outside the city said was true, as long as they didn't massacre the city, everything would be fine. At worst, it would be a different parent to take care of it!

It really doesn't matter who is the prefect official for these people! Not only in the city, but also in the temporary garrison troops that were reorganized on the city began to get restless, because Liu Bei's army under the city said that as long as they did not resist and threw down their weapons, they would not blame them.

"Haha, the military advisor is really a god. If this continues, Shouchun will be broken!" Seeing everyone discussing the simplicity of this man who was a dealer just now, he immediately turned into a cunning look. He changed his clothes and went to several other urban areas to continue spreading rumors.

"Captain, do you want to take him down?" The man left, but he didn't know that he had been targeted long ago.

"No, at least not now!" The captain was the intelligence officer who stayed in Shouchun. Pang Tong's spies had known about it for a long time when they got into Shouchun, but they couldn't find it because there were millions of people in Shouchun. How could so many people tell each other one by one? They could only find needles in a haystack. But now Pang Tong's plan has exposed them all, but it is not the time to catch them all in one go. Because the main leaders have not yet fallen behind! They can only wait until they come out and then solve them together.

Seeing that everything was about to riot, white horses began to ride war horses in the city and shouted loudly, "Listen to all the people, the corrupt officials and grain officials at Caishikou in the east of Shouchun City will be executed! Everyone can go and watch, the military advisor will uphold justice for you!"

"Execution of corrupt officials? What's the good thing about this! If you don't go, why are you going to such a bad place in Caishikou?" Some people didn't want to go, but then they became wanting to go again, because someone next to them shouted, "Food official? What kind of official is this!"

"I'm stupid, I don't know. The grain-release official is the official who gives us food!" Someone next to him was belittling his companions to improve himself.

"The officials who gave me food embezzled? Could it be because of food and grass?!"

"Everyone, come and see. The military advisor said that he would preside over justice for us and might distribute food and grass to me!" Not only did Pang Tong have intelligence personnel to build momentum, but also the spies of Liu Mang's army were also building momentum to distribute food! The people who were unwilling to go were also willing to go. Those who were willing to watch the fun went even more.

In a small courtyard in Shouchun City, a woman was frowning and said, "Is it only two dou of food?" Even if her husband had only four dou of food. If it were the same as before, it would be fine, but now she is pregnant, how can these four dou be enough? If it is not possible, she can only use a few jewelry that Brother Wen gave her, so that she can get some food back.

There was noisy outside, but the woman didn't pay any attention to it. She was a woman and shouldn't have gone out, let alone now she was worried about food! However, the woman didn't want to go out, but there was a reason why she had to go because two other women rushed in.

"Sister-in-law of the Xie family, go quickly, go to the Caishikou in the east of the city!" a woman shouted panting.

"Go to Caishikou in the east of Cheng?!" The woman named Xie's sister-in-law was stunned. What's the best thing to go to Caishikou? Isn't it just a beheading? What's good about it? Not only is it unlucky but also has many people. What she needs when she is pregnant is to take care of her baby at home. Why do she go to Caishikou for "Liu's sister-in-law, why are you so anxious? Come and drink a little slowly!" As she said that, the sister-in-law of Xie's family handed a bowl of clean water to the woman who reported the message.

After drinking the stomach with a sip of water, the sister-in-law of the Liu family really felt comfortable and relieved. "Come on, sister-in-law of the Xie family, I tell you, go to Caishikou quickly, your family Xie Wen, Xie Wen!"

"What's wrong with Xie Wen?!" When someone mentioned her husband, Xie Wu was a little anxious.

"I'm going to be executed. Go quickly, go quickly!"

"What!" When Xie Wu heard the news, he was stunned on the spot. "Impossible, Impossible, how could it be!" Could it be that Liu Bei's army entered? Otherwise, how could it be? You must know that although Xie Wen, his family, broke one arm, was an old man from Lu Bu's army. He lost his arm for Lu Bu's army, how could he be executed?

"Is your Xie Wen the grain official?!" The sister-in-law of the Liu family continued, Xie Wu nodded, "That's right! The soldiers riding horses were shouting that Xie Wen was going to execute the grain official at Caishikou, saying that he wanted to make decisions for our people!"

"Take me there, take me there quickly!" Xie Wu was panicked on the spot because everything the Liu sister-in-law said was their Xie Wen!

The sister-in-law of the Liu family was afraid that there would be something wrong with Xie Wu's way out when she was pregnant, so she asked her own man and her younger brother to take Xie Wu to the top of the city. Before the four of them had reached the east of the city, they saw that the crowd was almost blocking the east of the city. With the help of the two men, Xie Wu and Liu's sister-in-law could squeeze to the front of the Caishikou.

"Give it, give it!" Just as everyone was looking forward to it, cavalry all the way, followed by a prison cart. Isn't the armless man in the prison cart the grain delivery officer Xie Wen!

"Xie Wen, Xie Wen!" Xie Wu wanted to shout but couldn't answer, because there were too many people in the field. How could she be pregnant with a weak woman? Her voice was quickly suppressed by the noisy sound.

After a while, the prison car arrived at the Caishikou in the east of the city. Xie Wen was escorted from the prison car and fell to the Caishikou. On the execution platform behind was Xu Shu from Shouchun City. Standing next to Xu Shu was a personal guard. Zhao Yun had returned to the Shouchun City wall and needed Zhao Yun to guard Shouchun City without being attacked by Liu Bei's army.

"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet!" A scribe walked to the front desk and pressed his hand towards everyone in an attempt to make these people not speak too much and listen to Xu Shu on the stage, but what's the use of a scribe? Just when the scribe didn't know what to do.

Xu Shu stood up by himself, and when he walked to the entrance of the vegetable market, Xie Wen knelt in front of him. Xu Shu suddenly took a breath and opened his mouth, and it was like a tiger roar. The two words "Silent!" were changed directly by many people. Xu Shu is also a warrior, and his roar is still a bit powerful, which makes the people in the front row feel uncomfortable and stop talking. The people behind him also quiet down because the people in the front stop talking.

Seeing everyone quiet, Xu Shu then breathed a sigh of relief. His injuries were not as good as the wound. After eased for a while, Xu Shu said, "Dear fellows. Dear men and women, I am Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi, under the command of His Highness the Great Han Saint King, thanks to His Highness, I gave Xu Shu a military advisor. Xu Shu has always been diligent in fear of any mistakes. His Highness is also based on the people, for this day

Only then can you be grateful to the people, so that you can only teach three levels of taxes to get several acres of fertile land, live and work in peace, and seek benefits for the people of the world." Xu Shu opened his mouth and counted Liu Mang's kindness. People have a grateful heart, but more of it is a forgotten heart. No matter how good you are to a person, once you have been long, he will naturally forget it, and Xu Shu just wants to find this grateful heart again!

"Yes, yes, Your Highness of the Holy King is a good person. 30% of the taxes and a few acres of fertile land were given to us in vain. Even if you give birth to children in the future, you will also give other fertile land to reward. You are really a living Bodhisattva and a saint!" In ancient China, it was also a history of war. The small peasant economy has always occupied the main position. For the people, land is the capital to settle down. With a mu of fertile land, you will no longer worry about having no food. And the 30% of the taxes will also prevent them from being able to eat. This is a real benefit and they will not be unable to see it.

Xu Shu was very satisfied with the gratitude and morality of the people below. He gave you so many benefits. If you don’t think about kindness, you will be a beast. "But some people don’t think so. A few days ago, Liu Bei’s thief was greedy for the wealth of Yangzhou and wanted to play Shouchun and occupy it. He even wanted to confiscate the fertile land present, and the taxes were increased to 50% like their Yuzhou. Do you think such people are hateful?!" Xu Shu continued to launch his speech offensive.

"Yes, yes!" The people below responded. What did they come to Shouchun for? It was just for fertile land! If their fertile land was collected, how could they survive? To be honest, there was not much tax in this chaotic world, but you have to see what you compare with. It was like letting you eat rice and suddenly let you eat grass roots and bark one day. Can you bear it? The huge contrast will definitely make you angry.

What Xu Shu wanted was to rush the anger of these people and add them to Liu Bei's army outside. Didn't Liu Bei want to beautify himself? Xu Shu deteriorated his image and said that he was a devil who came to steal everyone's land and not let everyone eat.

"You are lying!" Seeing Xu Shu's words stirring up the hatred of the people, the spies of Liu Bei's army hidden among the crowd could not help. If Shouchun City became a heart-to-heart and hatred for Liu Bei reached a certain level, it would be really over. Not to mention whether Shouchun City can be attacked, even if it was taken down, Liu Bei would be helpless in treating the people. He stood up and pointed at Xu Shu and angrily scolded, "General Xuande Gong is here to attack the rebel ministers. How could he collect everyone's fertile land and ask everyone to increase taxes?! It's all your one-sided words and slander!"

Everyone's eyes were attracted by this person. Xu Shu also saw this person. There was no expression on his face, but he was sneering in his heart. What he wanted was you jumping clowns. "I don't know who you are!"

"I am not your lord. I am just a people from Yuzhou. In our Yuzhou, the people are all worshiping Duke Xuande. Thanks to Duke Xuande for his kindness. Not only us, but also the people of Xuzhou are the same. Duke Xuande was driven out of Xuzhou because of the Cao thief, but the people of Xuzhou still went to Yuzhou with Duke Xuande! How could such a saint collect our fertile land and raise our taxes? Duke Xuande also said under the city that as long as we surrender, he will not blame him. You humiliate Duke Xuande so much, just want us to help you defend the city and want us to die for you!" The man who stood up said with confidence.

The man's words made the people below boil again, especially among them, there were people from Xuzhou. They were really grateful to Liu Bei for morality. The people didn't care whether you changed your lord or changed your prefect, the prefect and the governor of the state. What they wanted was a stable life? If Liu Bei outside the city had the same conditions, it would be better to surrender Liu Bei! His praise for Liu Bei was so good that the man was very proud.

"Who is this?!" The man stood up and Liu Mang's intelligence personnel who had been closely monitoring everything in the city were also watching him. No one knew about this man, and he was not among the people they were monitoring. This man should be a leader-level figure among the spies Pang Tong.

"Haha, brother, let me call you that! You said you are from Yuzhou!" Xu Shu looked at this person very calmly.

"Yes. I'm from Yuzhou!" The man repeated another sentence.

"Okay! Come on, take him down!" Xu Shu pointed at the man and shouted, and the two personal guards were going to take down the man.

Seeing the arrival of the personal guard, this person was calm and calm, "What? To be honest, don't you tell me, do you want to kill someone to silence you? Or are you talking about your pain? If that's the case, then come on! Kill me, you can't block Youyou's mouth!" The man's eyes were full of provocation. He was betting that Xu Shu dared not kill him. If Xu Shu cut him down, then it would be confirmed that Xu Shu had accused Liu Bei.

"Kill you? Haha, I'm afraid that my hands will be dirty. Xu Shu, a person without courage, has always been disdainful to kill him!" Xu Shu showed disdain for this person, which made the man very embarrassed and angry.

"You said you are from Yuzhou, you said Liu Bei and Liu Xuande are a rare saint? Then I would like to ask, since Liu Bei is so good, why are you coming to my Yangzhou again and under my Holy King?" Xu Shu asked directly and asked, "Didn't you say Liu Bei's good! Okay, since Liu Bei is so good, why did you go to Shouchun and Yangzhou? Isn't this indirectly indicating that Yuzhou is not as good as Yangzhou!

"I, I!" The man was speechless for a moment.

"Why are there nothing to say?!" Xu Shu asked calmly, the people below were all scrambling to speak. Yes, yes, this person came to Yangzhou from Yuzhou to Yangzhou, which means that he was not doing well in Yuzhou, otherwise why would he come to Yangzhou! The people began to lean towards Xu Shu again.

"Hmph! I came to Yangzhou just to study, wanting to admire the style of the Saint King! See if our Xuande Gong is also a saint." This man is really not stupid. He refuted Xu Shu's question in one sentence. He is here to study, so he naturally does not survive with you, but he just can't go out because of the war.

"Okay, what a study tour!" Xu Shu didn't expect that this man could say so much, but Xu Shu would let him go? The answer was no, "Okay, since you are a student, you naturally understand some geometry. Then I'll ask, what is the tax in Yuzhou!"

"The taxes in Yuzhou, this, this!" This man really had nothing to say. The taxes in Yuzhou are six levels, which is a fact.

"You don't want to say, I'll tell you! The taxes in Yuzhou are six levels, twice as many as those in our Yangzhou. Liu Bei and Liu Xuande are despicable villains. The reason why he attacked our Yangzhou was because he didn't want us to maintain the three levels of taxes, and he didn't want the people to have their own fertile land. Because our taxes caused the people in Yuzhou to come to our Yangzhou and come to the command of the Holy King. Liu Bei couldn't see these people living well or losing their own people, so he was jealous and sent troops. Under the guise of clearing the ruthless emperor, he actually wanted to annex the land of Yangzhou, and to the fertility of my Shouchun, and wanted the people to return to 60% of the taxes. Everyone said, are such people hypocrites and treacherous villains!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The people's eyes were red now. It turned out that Liu Bei and Liu Xuande wanted to steal their land and let them return to the sixth floor tax. This is not possible. Land is the lifeblood of the people. How can you teach you this!

Pang Tong wanted to alienate the people of Shouchun, and Xu Shu wanted to use his interests to tie these people together with Shouchun.

"For the people's good? For the people's good, why can you only have two bulls of food for the people to make the people full? There is no food or grass in your army anymore. In order to defend Shouchun, you can only let the people starve to death. Today is two bulls, and tomorrow may be one bull, and you will even rob food from the people the day after tomorrow! The villagers and elders present, even if they really give you good land, even if they really have three-layer taxes, can you persist until the autumn harvest? And Shouchun has no food anymore! You will all starve to death in a few days! It's better to live if you're better than to die. Open the city gate to welcome Xuande Gong's troops, and they will let you survive and not starve to death in Shouchun!" The man continued.
Chapter completed!