Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Li Yi pondered for a while, and then couldn't help but secretly said cunningly.

The third person in Xiangyang sounded powerful at first glance, but in fact he was quite ordinary.

But Pang Ji's answer was very ingenious, even if Zhang Yun heard a lot about it in the future and troubled Pang Ji, Pang Ji could still say that Xiangyang is Jingzhou and Zhang Yun is the third person in Jingzhou, which is very powerful.

Li Yi felt that Pang Ji was smart, but his structure was a bit small, so he didn't point out his small thoughts, and said directly: "I'm [-]% sure that Sun Ce will let General Zhang go."

"really?"

"Naturally!"

"Also invite Xianghou"

"Don't worry, don't worry, wait until I meet Zhou Mu first."

Pang Ji looked at Li Yi puzzled, and said, "Could it be that Zhou Mu needs to come forward in this matter?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "If I want to go out of the city, of course I need the state pastor's permission."

"what!"

Pang Ji was greatly astonished when he heard the words, and exclaimed: "Could it be that Marquis Xiang wants to go out of the city to meet Sun Ce in person? Absolutely not!"

Before Pang Ji told everyone that Sun Ce shouted to change Li Yi for Zhang Yun, it was only used to demoralize himself, and he did not hope that Jingzhou would really hand over Li Yi, but Pang Ji was sure that as long as Li Yi showed up, Sun Ce would definitely directly Under the dead hand.

"Ha ha"

Li Yi looked at Pang Ji's nervous face, and couldn't help laughing out loud, "Don't worry, Zi, I'm a life-saving person, and I definitely won't put myself in danger."

"But"

"No, but, Zishang just needs to make preparations for the city, and wait for me outside the county office later."

After all, Li Yi patted Pang Ji on the shoulder, and without waiting for him to persuade him, he walked straight to the county government.

As for Pang Ji, looking at Li Yi's firm back, he felt a little confused.

If he just went by himself, even if Sun Ce treated him poorly, he would not be rough with him, but if Li Yi was involved, who knows if Sun Ce would kill him together when he became angry.

But as soon as this idea came up, Pang Ji felt ashamed for a while, so he stopped thinking about Li Yi's method, and went to the barracks quickly. He wanted to find some good guards from the army, and maybe he could protect him at critical moments. Life

After Li Yi passed on, Liu Biao didn't leave him alone like Xiangyang did, and directly invited him in. After a simple exchange of greetings, the two sat down as guest and host.

Li Yi didn't intend to mention Liu Biao letting him go, and the matter of Wan Minshu. After all, before interests, the problem of face is just a trivial matter.

However, Liu Biao took the initiative to say: "I don't want to cause Nanyang's life to be ruined because of the mistake of this old man. When I saw Yunlong sending the blood book of the people, I was heartbroken and ordered to come to Xinye directly, but I was negligent towards Yunlong. Alas, It's all my husband's fault."

Liu Biao apologized to Li Yi, and Li Yi hurriedly reciprocated, "Zhou Mu cares about the people. This is Nanyang, Jingzhou, and even the people of the world. What's wrong with him? As for Li, he only traveled a few miles. How can you compare with Shangzhou shepherd's hard work?"

Although Liu Biao had always paid attention to Li Yi in the city before, Li Yi seldom spoke at that time, and the exchange between the two was only a few words. It was difficult for Liu Biao to grasp Li Yi's mind. Now the two face each other directly. The tone was still so polite, finally reassuring Liu Biao a little, feeling that Li Yi didn't seem to be here to fight him.

"Seeing the blood book of Wanmin, I know that Yunlong is also a person who loves the people. If all the prefects in the world are like Yunlong, my people will be blessed."

Liu Biao praised Li Yi a few words, and then asked, "Is Yunlong here for the future battle?"

Liu Biao stared at Li Yi's eyes when he spoke. Although he had a better impression of Li Yi, he didn't relax his vigilance.

You know, fighting requires soldiers. Although Li Yi is not a general under his command, as the prefect of Nanyang, it is reasonable for Li Yi to take the opportunity to ask him for some soldiers.

But asking Liu Biao to send soldiers and horses to Li Yi is simply cutting his own flesh, and a hundred people don't want to.

Liu Biao was a little apprehensive. He didn't want Li Yi not to mention the matter of soldiers and horses at all, but said: "Although there are a few setbacks in the war now, the general situation of the prefecture and herdsmen has been achieved. Even if it is blocked in Xinye, when Sun Ce retreats, Ji Ling Most of the army will also retreat, at that time the Nanyang will be announced, and the state animal husbandry will win without a fight, so there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle."

Liu Biao frowned. Before coming to Xinye, Kuai Yue also told him that Ji Ling would retreat immediately when the army moved. He suggested that Liu Biao follow and pursue, fight if he can win, and camp on the spot if he can't win. Just a big win.

Although there is an accident in the current situation, what Li Yi and Kuai Yue said is actually the same thing.

Liu Biao was noncommittal, and continued, "Since it's not for war, then why is Yunlong?"

"It's easy for bandits to retreat, but it's hard for the common people!"

Li Yi sighed heavily, with a sad face, and said in a deep voice: "This time, most of the county towns in Nanyang were killed by Yuan Shu's rebellious soldiers, and countless people were displaced. After that, even if the bandits retreated and the people turned back to their hometowns, how can we tell them to eat?" , how to resume production?"

Liu Biao's heart sank, he knew Li Yi's purpose here, he wanted money and food!

Liu Biao stroked his beard calmly and asked, "How does Yunlong think it's more appropriate to comfort him?"

Li Yi said: "First exempt Nanyang from taxes for three years!"

"hiss"

Liu Biao shook his hands when he heard the words, pulled off a few gray beards, and grinned in pain.

But Liu Biao didn't care about his beard anymore, and he clutched his chin and said angrily: "Nanyang is the largest county in the world, with millions of people, if it is exempted from taxes for three years, let alone what the court thinks, even if you and I don't have any salary. source!"

It may be exaggerated for Liu Biao to say that he will not be able to pay his salary, but with the current situation, it is certain that there will be troubles in Jingzhou.

Nanyang is probably the wealthiest county besides Gyeonggi, and the annual tax it pays is definitely no less than the sum of the taxes of any two counties in Jingnan. In addition, Liu Biao has limited control over the counties in Jingnan, and exempting Nanyang from taxes for three years is equivalent to If Liu Biao's arm was cut off, the development of Jingzhou would be delayed for two years, which Liu Biao absolutely did not want.

Moreover, there were several wars in the Central Plains a few days ago, but afterwards I didn't hear that anyone exempted the people from taxes, and they all let the people struggle on their own.

Liu Biao was not that hard-hearted, but avoiding three years was too much, and he concluded in his heart that the purpose of Li Yi's proposal must be to make a name for himself in the future, and then fill his own pockets.

Liu Biao was a little agitated, but Li Yi remained calm and said, "Don't worry about state herdsmen. Listen to me. In addition to tax exemption, another 50 shi of grain and grass will be allocated. Well, this is only the first batch of grain and grass. We need to support it." In the next year's harvest, I'm afraid we will have to replenish it one after another."

After Li Yi finished speaking, Liu Biao didn't respond for a long time. When he looked up, the handsome Liu Shijun's face turned dark.

So, Li Yi was surprised and said: "Is this Zhou Mu, is there something wrong with what Li said?"

Chapter 164

Liu Biao looked at Li Yi carefully. He wanted to make sure whether Li Yi was talking loudly on purpose, or if he couldn't understand local political affairs, so he made a mistake in his words.

However, Li Yi's acting skills are quite good now. Liu Biao couldn't be sure of anything after watching it for a long time. In the end, he could only take a deep breath, suppress the urge to spout Li Yitong, and said slowly: "Yunlong knows that this place is governed." way?"

Li Yi didn't seem to notice the dissatisfaction in Liu Biao's tone at all, and said sincerely: "Li is very young. Although he was an official in Luoyang, he was actually just an aide and had no real job. Later, he was named the prefect of Nanyang by the emperor. Yi Xin He was very frightened, worried that he would be stupid, that he would not be able to benefit the common people, and that he would be in debt to His Majesty's grace, so he made up his mind early on in Lu Yi's mind. After entering Jingzhou, he should take the state pastor as his teacher before he can govern the people. Now, please invite the state pastor. Taught me!"

Looking at Li Yi's way of speaking, Liu Biao suddenly felt a little dazed, as if he saw a light in the back of Li Yi's head, and his teeth were inexplicably sour.

Gently shaking his head to keep his head clear, Liu Biao said just now: "Although it is reasonable to appease the people after a military disaster, the specific amount of money and food to be allocated will be determined after the statistics of each county. Let me ask you, do you know?" Of the 37 counties in Nanyang, how many counties were harassed by the rebels, and how many people were looted?"

Li Yi shook his head, and said very bachelorly: "I don't know."

Liu Biao was also speechless. He thought Li Yi would find an excuse to quibble, but he didn't want to say so simply that he didn't know, didn't he care about face?

And if he didn't know anything, he dared to open his mouth like a lion. If he was Liu Jingsheng, would he agree?

Liu Biao was angry and funny for a while, but when he saw Li Yi who was sincerely "asking for advice", he was soon surprised. Li Yi was definitely not an idiot. He wanted so much food and grass. Could it be that he was planning to recruit troops in Nanyang?