The Three Kingdoms: Starting from Inheriting Dong Zhuo's Foundation

Chapter 107

On this day, Dong Luo happened to have a little leisure time, so he came back early to practice sword with Lu Qiling.

Since Lu Qiling was hit last time, she has spent more time practicing martial arts every day.

Originally, if Dong Luo could be caught practicing swords with her before, she would definitely pester her, but today, halfway through the practice, she took the initiative to stop.

"what happened?"

Dong Luo handed over the sword, and the two guards, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, came over immediately.

One took the wooden sword from Dong Luo's hand, and the other wiped Dong Luo's sweat with a towel.

No sweat though.

Lu Qiling, on the other hand, was completely drenched.

Only then did Dong Luo realize that the girl had already grown a little.

Moreover, he has practiced martial arts all the year round, with a slender body and a heroic appearance. Among the group of weak beauties in Dong Luo's backyard, he appears to have a different style.

Lu Qiling came over.

"Xiangguo, Sister Zhen Mi seems to have something on her mind, you should go and have a look."

Dong Luo heard, "What's the matter with her?"

Besides, if something happened, I was under her quilt the night before yesterday, why didn't I say it?

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But Lu Qiling said this, so something must have happened.

Stretching out his hand and rubbing Lu Qiling's head, Dong Luo said, "I'll go and have a look."

"Well, Xiangguo, don't forget to practice swords with me for a while tomorrow."

Lu Qiling did not try to avoid Dong Luo's hand impatiently as before, but stood obediently and let Dong Luo rub her head.

"I'll talk about it tomorrow when I'm free."

After Dong Luo finished speaking, he walked towards Zhen Mi's place.

After Dong Luo left, Lu Qiling stretched out her hand to touch her own head, where Dong Luo's hand touched just now.

After a hee hee laugh, he continued to practice with the sword in hand.

Dong Luo came to Zhen Mi's place.

When he came in, he happened to see Zhen Mi propping her forehead with her hand, looking a little sad.

"what happened?"

"Ah, Xiangguo, why are you here?"

Zhen Mi was startled, and hurriedly got up to greet her.

Dong Luo walked over, hugged Zhen Ji, and then sat in her original position. Looking at the things on the case, he frowned.

"Why, your Zhen family is in financial crisis?"

The Zhen family, a big family in Jizhou, moved most of them to Chang'an, and contributed a lot of property and food to Dong Luo.

Zhen Ji put her wrist around Dong Luo's neck, exhaled like blue, and was very happy for Dong Luo's concern.

"It's nothing, it's just friction with some aristocratic families, and I lost a little money."

This kind of thing is not uncommon.

But knowing that Dong Luo is standing behind Zhen Mi, and there are people who are so blind, something is wrong.

Seeing that Zhen Mi didn't want to talk much, Dong Luo prepared to do it.

Zhen Mi exclaimed, "Xiangguo, it's not dark yet!"

"so what!"

After a long time, Dong Luo sat up straight.Ask Zhen Mi to help him get dressed.

"Let's talk about it now, it's probably not a trivial matter to cause such a headache to the concubine of Ben Xiangguo."

There was still residual blush on Zhen Mi's face, and she glanced at Dong Luo resentfully.

The outside door was not closed just now!

After helping him get dressed, he tidied himself up.

"It's also because the concubine is a member of Xiangguo. In the eyes of some people who have a Han family in mind, the Zhen family is hateful."

"Oh? Then it's not surprising, those people are always a bit stubborn." Dong Luo sneered again and again.

Maybe, I can cut another crop by myself.

Seeing the expression on Dong Luo's face, Zhen Mi knew that Dong Luo might want to seize the opportunity to raid the house again.

"Xiangguo, do you know the Geng family in Fufeng Maoling?"

Dong Luo nodded, "I know, Geng Yan, one of the 28 Yuntai generals under Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's command."

This is an old family that has occupied Fufeng for nearly 200 years.

Now it seems that there is another Geng Ji serving as a servant in the court, and he has always been relatively neutral.

Hmm...Dong Luo suddenly narrowed his eyes half-closed.

Come to think of it, in the Three Kingdoms, this guy united with other people to start a rebellion and wanted to attack and kill Cao Cao.

Zhen Ji breathed out, and said what she wanted to say, as well as a wake-up call for Xiangguo.

"The Zhen family moved to Chang'an, and they must also do business. Otherwise, how can I have money to give Xiangguo to you?"

Speaking of this, Zhen Mi raised her head and glanced at Dong Luo quietly, seeing that he was indifferent, she was a little depressed immediately.

"But when the Zhen family's caravan went to Fufeng, they were kicked out by the Geng family, and several members of the Zhen family were arrested. My elder brother went to negotiate with them, but was also detained."

"On the surface, it is the people of the Zhen family who harass the common people and women under the protection of the Geng family, but the fundamental reason is that they want to monopolize Fufeng and refuse to allow our caravans to do business there, let alone allow us to open shops."

Dong Luo slapped the table after hearing this, "How courageous! Fufeng County belongs to the Prime Minister's country, so where does it belong to the Geng family!"

Zhen Mi nodded, "Of course it is, but this is a private confrontation between the aristocratic family. On the surface, they have no shortage of taxes, but..."

"but what?"

Zhen Ji didn't say directly, but asked Dong Luo seriously.

"Xiangguo, do you think there are many servants in the aristocratic family? There are also hermits."

Dong Luo's eyes froze for a moment.

More than that!

Simply a lot!

The former Wang Yun could gather more than 1 private soldiers overnight.

As for the hidden household, this is also a big trouble.

If there are more hidden households, wouldn’t the tax revenue of the real country be less?

Zhen Ji continued: "My elder brother said that when he went to the Geng family, he saw at least [-] private soldiers and many hermits in the Geng family."

After hearing this, Dong Luo's eyes flashed coldly, and he stretched out his hand to caress Zhen Mi's white throat.

"Then what about your Zhen family?"

Zhen Mi was startled, "Our Zhen family has no private soldiers, and the total number of people in Chang'an does not exceed 150, and there are no hermits in Jizhou."

"That's good."

Dong Luo took Zhen Mi into his arms.

I didn't pay attention to it before, but now that I think about it, I realize that the problem is quite serious.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that when they faced Ma Teng and Han Sui before, Jiang Xu and Jiang Jiong, the prefects of Anding County, directly led more than 1 troops to stop Han Sui.

After that, Anding County added the documents and updated the number of soldiers in the county.

Before that, there were only four thousand soldiers in Anding County.

"The Jiang family is also an An Ding surname. If you don't cooperate, even if Jiang Wei will be born in your family in the future, the Prime Minister will not forgive you lightly."

"Xiangguo, what Jiang Wei?" Zhen Mi looked at Dong Luo strangely.

"It's okay." Dong Luo stood up, "Go and take a bath, Ben Xiangguo is resting with you today."

"Here!" Zhen Mi was overjoyed when she heard that.

Dong Luo then walked towards the study.

After being reminded by Zhen Mi today, Dong Luo decided to do a big thing.

Measure the land and count the population!

Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu also did it before, but in the end it was anticlimactic.

But the truth is that the country did not start from the power of the aristocratic family.

The generals under his command are hardly any powerful families.

Those who dare not cooperate or resist, all talk to them with a butcher's knife.

Let's see if it's their necks that are hard, or the butcher's knives of the original Xiangguo.

The people are the foundation of the country, and it is okay to heir to poetry and books like the Yingchuan Xun family.

But the tyrants who annexed the land and concealed the population were not. .

Chapter 108

The next day.

Dong Luo immediately reported to several counselors in Chang'an.

Only a few people came.

Li Ru, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xin Pi, Xu You.

Liu Ji went to Liangzhou to check on Zhong Yao's current situation.

After all, Zhong Yao is in Liangzhou, and all political affairs are decided by his mouth alone.

Dong Huang, who oversees more than 1 troops, does not seem to be Zhong Yao's opponent.

Even if Zhong Yao has nothing to do, he pays taxes and a certain number of war horses every year. At that time, it is also necessary to inspect the work of his subordinates.

Xun You also went to the three farms in Anyi, Huayin and Mianchi.

He also bears the responsibility of farming.

After the Huns were destroyed, nearly [-] women were captured, a large number, and he needed to take care of them himself.

Afterwards, if some soldiers in Dong Luo's army were willing to marry these Hun women as wives, Dong Luo also agreed.

Anyway, the Huns are gone, and the remaining women can only accept their fate.

However, judging from the documents Xun You sent back, it was different from what Dong Luo thought.

These people have no hatred of subjugation at all.

Those Hun women, who had lived in the bitter cold for a long time, came here and learned that they would be safe, that they could learn to farm, and that they would be freed from slavery in a few years, all of them were very excited.

This matter will not be mentioned for the time being.

After Dong Luo called Li Ru and others, he went straight to the point.

"You guys, do you think that the current aristocratic family is powerful, with too many private soldiers and servants, and there are also hidden households! Especially hidden households!"

When Li Ru and the others heard this, their hearts trembled.

"Xiangguo, is this... a move against the aristocratic family?"