The Adventures of the Mad County King on the Domain [Infrastructure]

The timely arrival of the grain transport team solved the biggest problem in Xiying.With careful calculation, these grains and grass are enough for the entire Xiying people to survive the severe winter.Although at the moment, Mi County is still in dire straits, and even Kuyin, which is not abundant at all, is exhausted because of this cartload of grain.But it is a blessing to have passed the biggest difficulty.With grain in the granary, there will be vegetables, mushrooms, river fish, and wild game in the future. At least it can ensure that everyone can have a good year with peace of mind.

Just as Xie Qian and Gou Yu were busy leading the captains and soldiers of the West Camp to move carts and bags of grain into the granary, He Feiyun's annual ceremony, report documents, and Xie Qian's letter were in full swing. , at about the same time, arrived in Chang'an, the capital of Dai Viet.

Near the end of the second watch, Xie Liu, the emperor of Dayue, had already changed out of his casual clothes and was about to go to bed.Hearing that there was a message from a flying horse in Mi County, he put on his clothes and asked the eunuch in charge, Eunuch Lin, to bring the things into the bedroom.When he looked at the thick stack of documents and another flamboyant letter on the tray, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "You don't need to look, I can guess who wrote it with my eyes closed." Pointing to the thick document, "This is Shi Yu's, let's put it away first. This scribbled one must be Xiao Shiqi."

Eunuch Lin followed with a smile, bowed and said, "Your Majesty's predictions are pretty good."

Xie Liu made a false wave and scoffed: "This little Seventeen, instead of sending a New Year's gift, he wrote a letter instead. No matter how you look at it, the person who came was not kind." He said, reaching for the thin letter.

Eunuch Lin quickly stopped him, and said: "Master, it's getting late, you have spent a whole day working on state affairs, this trivial matter of opening letters, why don't you let your slaves do it for you."

Xie Liu glanced at him, knowing what he was worried about, and didn't take it seriously, but she didn't do anything anymore, she just said: "Little Shiqi will not be harmful to me, you are too narrow-minded. Forget it, if that's the case, you will dismantle it in person. Come on, read for me one more time."

Eunuch Lin took the letter with a smile, picked up the letter opener next to the tray, carefully cut open the envelope, took out three pieces of paper with different textures, and said, "Your Majesty has a kind heart because you have a country with you. There are thousands of people, but the servants are small-minded, and they can only serve the king, if they can't do it properly, will they be worthy of their trust in the king?"

Xie Liu pointed to the thinnest page with the most random traces on the back of the paper, and said: "It must be crying for poverty and asking for money, I will not read this page first."

Eunuch Lin laughed, and put that page back on the tray, picked up the other two pages to look through, but before he had time to unfold, Xie Liu changed his mind again, saying: "It's really hard for the bastard to leave Chang'an for such a long time. It’s a bit too secure. Forget it, you’d better read the letter first.”

Eunuch Lin had no choice but to put down the two folds of thick paper again, and said, "Master still loves the county prince."

Xie Liu said disdainfully: "I don't feel sorry for him! He caused troubles in Chang'an, so it's better to send him out to experience some experience. After all, it's his own fiefdom, so there must be a reason to cover up the troubles. It's just... oh, I recently I kept thinking, maybe before I left, I shouldn't have scolded him so hard."

Eunuch Lin hurriedly bowed, and said: "The king of the county is the younger brother of the king. The king is willing to teach his ministers, which is the love for the servants. The elder brother is willing to teach the younger brother, which is also the love for the younger brother. There is absolutely no reason to pick and choose. .”

Xie Liu hummed, and said: "One hundred thousand million, if you don't want too much, I will open a private treasury and give it to him—" He snorted, gritted his teeth, and said, "As long as his attitude is correct and sincere, don't Talking nonsense that doesn't appeal to your ears, why did I come to this?"

Eunuch Lin sighed: "The king of the county really doesn't want the king to worry... I hope he can understand the painstaking efforts of the king."

"Forget it, it's okay." Xie Liu sat down comfortably and said, "I don't need him to understand. When I was the prince, he was the only younger brother who never fought with me. Now, it is him It's useless, but I should give him a good place to rest in anyway. You read it, and I will rest after reading it."

"Yes." Eunuch Lin didn't dare to neglect, carefully unfolded the family letters of the two most honorable brothers in the country, and scanned them first.Immediately, he rubbed his eyes, looked at it again, and the moment he confirmed that he was right, his face turned pale, he didn't dare to say a word, and he knelt down to Xie Liu.

Xie Liuben was already leaning on the slope, waiting with half-closed eyes, waiting for nothing, half-closed eyes and asked: "Well, what's the matter, read it?!"

Eunuch Lin held the letter over his head, the hand holding the letter couldn't stop shaking, and said: "Slave, I don't dare to read, I don't understand anything, please forgive me this time, I really don't have anything See!"

Xie Liu raised his eyelids, glanced at Eunuch Lin on the ground, and said with a sneer, "What is there not to look at? That old seventeen is used to talking nonsense, and it's not the first day I've seen it, and I'll blame you for the mistake." ?” He snatched the letter in a nonchalant manner, “Here, I want to see what he’s bothering about.”

The words on the letter are really flamboyant and uninhibited.Xie Liu glanced contemptuously, his face changed, and he flew into a rage. He threw the letter on the ground and scolded: "Boldly thank Qian! What kind of face does he have! How dare he open his mouth and ask me for 6000 million taels of silver?" ?!"

Eunuch Lin hurriedly lay down on the ground not daring to make a sound, and the little eunuchs and maids who were holding the box next to him also knelt down in fright.

Xie Liu was so angry that she couldn't lie down anymore, and couldn't sit still. She stood up and paced back and forth, saying: "He will stay in Mi County for the rest of his life and don't come back! I shouldn't be soft-hearted and let him live there by himself." Destroy it!!!"

Eunuch Lin hurriedly kowtowed to persuade: "Your Majesty, don't start a real fire and hurt the dragon's body!"

Xie Liu walked around a few times, waited for the anger to subside, picked up the letter angrily, looked at it a few more times, and was still very angry.The words in black and white, the words were even more furious, and he couldn't resist throwing the letter on the ground for the second time, saying: "What is the shareholding, what is the dividend, his millet land belongs to me, every inch of this world The land is all mine, just Xie Qian, how can I have the confidence to ask me to buy shares?! Seventy percent of the income generated will be given to me? It’s a joke, if you don’t buy shares, ten percent will go to the pillow, and you should pay taxes to me. Could it be that [-]% Can it still be counted outside the tax burden?! What a big fart to put him on!!!”

Eunuch Lin was sweating, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Xie Liu's face, but hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Words and deeds, pay attention to your words and deeds!"

Xie Liu was so angry that his head hurt. He walked back and forth several times, stopped, slapped the writing brush on the table, and said angrily: "You! Call me back this bastard immediately! See if I can beat him He's dying!!! Even dogs don't like to go to that shabby place where the birds don't shit, why do you think I'll care about his little harvest?! He—...huh?"

Eunuch Lin fell on the ground and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, pay attention to your words and deeds, and you still have to call yourself, call yourself!"

Xie Liu's handsome brows were huddled together, staring at the brush that he had patted for a long time without saying a word, after a while, he suddenly said: "Rin'an, go find the tax returns of Mi County in recent years, Bring it to me for a look."

Eunuch Lin: "Excuse me, how many years will it take, Your Majesty. If it is within five years, it will be submitted early tomorrow morning. If it is earlier, the file department will be asked to open the warehouse."

Xie Liu: "...you have a good memory, but do you still remember the totals of this year and last year?"

Duke Lin said: "If the slave remembers well, at the end of last year, the entire Ermi County paid 67 carts of grain and rice, including [-] shi of white rice and [-] shi of other miscellaneous goods, plus furs, medicinal materials, and mountain products. The cash is about... less than ten thousand taels. (※note)"

Xie Liu: "...how is it compared to other counties?"

Eunuch Lin: "No. Not only that, the amount of tax paid in such a large millet county is not as good as that of a richer county town. There was no county guard at the beginning of this year, and until now, not even a penny of tax has been paid. But seventeen Since the master is a fan, it is the same to pay him later."

Xie Liu: "...it's not as good as a county town."

Eunuch Rin: "Yes."

Xie Liu: "...the county I gave him is not as rich as a county town."

Eunuch Lin pondered Shangyi, hesitantly said: "...Yes."

"Then... I'd better read Xiao Shiqi's letter again." Xie Liu stretched out two dragon claws, pinched the paper covered with dragon boot prints, and read it patiently, "Huh? Spend money to buy blueprints, what kind of blueprints? The attached two drawings are 3000 taels each??!" He angrily put that page of letter paper aside, and shook out the other two pages.

One page is a picture of mushrooms simmering in a large iron kettle, and only one page is a serious design drawing, which is vaguely a part of a carriage.

Xie Liu disdainfully said: "What the hell? What is boiled in the cauldron?! Didn't you imply that I should not be too harsh on him?... As for the axle-... um? Come and see--" He finally found out that Eunuch Lin , The attendants in the dormitory were still kneeling, they couldn't help kicking with their toes, and said, "Why are you talking on your knees? Get up, come and help me to read the details. This blueprint——it seems to be the one I got recently. A structural diagram of a balanced and stable treasure car?"

Eunuch Lin got up, looked at the drawing carefully with his head, shook his head after looking at it for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty's balanced and stable treasure car was clearly purchased from a big business firm in Beijing. Ten cars. Excuse me, how could the King of the Seventeenth Counties have mastered the technology of making this rare treasure car? This servant is blind and doesn't understand the blueprints made by this mechanism. Why don't you ask someone to give it to the general when you are free someday? Take a look at the workshop, and make a show with your hands, don't you know what it is?"

Xie Liu nodded.Eunuch Lin understood the sacred meaning again and said: "Your Majesty, put out the fire... the first time the county prince governed a county, it was out of balance and he spent a little more money. It is really not a big fault. What's more, this place is still his own. What about the tall fiefdom? Your Majesty cherishes your younger brother, why not give some rewards during the New Year's Eve to show your magnanimity."

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※Note: After checking the information, the total national taxation in the Song Dynasty was 400 million taels of silver. There is no development in Shu County here. It can be calculated by directly dividing by [-]. It cannot stand scrutiny and textual research. Little angels, please No proof, thanks.