Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

At noon, they ate poultry and vegetables produced in the villa. Li Xu, father and daughter, and Kou Xiao sat alone at the table. They were not bothered about eating, and put down the bowls and chopsticks when they were half full.Seeing this, the little princess grabbed a piece of meat for each of them, "Father, Uncle Kou, you have lost weight recently, you should eat more meat."

Li Xu and Kou Xiao went out for a month, and both lost a few catties of flesh, and they also got a lot of tan.

Li Xu turned his mind back, picked up the chopsticks and picked up some vegetables for his daughter, "That Shu'er also eat more vegetables."

The little princess frowned and wrinkled her nose and didn't want to move. She didn't like to eat these southern vegetables, it felt like she was eating grass.

Kou Xiao ate the meat in the bowl, and looked at the little princess with a smile, "Don't the little princess like vegetables?"

"Yes." The little princess sighed helplessly.

"why?"

"Because it's not tasty."

"I also think it's not tasty." Kou Xiao also showed a disgusted expression, and gave her another chopsticks of vegetables, "However, if it's not tasty, you still have to eat it. Your father and king said that you only eat meat and don't eat vegetables. Poop won't come out."

The little princess frowned even more, "But I do eat fruit, my father said that eating more fruit is the same."

Kou Xiao didn't know what he said, so he asked Li Xu for confirmation: "Is that so?"

Of course, it is impossible for Li Xu to nod, "It's different. Vegetables are vegetables, and fruits are fruits. They cannot be substituted."

It's normal for children not to like vegetables, so Li Xu doesn't force him after persuading him, but for Kou Xiao who is so old, he can't justify not eating vegetables.

Li Xu also picked up a chopstick of vegetables for Kou Xiao, and looked at him with a smile on his face.

Kou Xiao would not be overwhelmed by a chopstick dish, he ate it all in one bite, and then looked at the little princess with the same expression, "Look, I'm done eating."

Seeing this, the little princess couldn't refuse, and finished the food with a look of embarrassment, thinking that she should not eat with Uncle Kou next time.

After eating, Kou Xiao had something to do in the barracks and left first. Before leaving, Kou Xiao handed a wooden sign with a unicorn to Li Xu, "I will leave for at least a month before I come back. Take care of yourself, if you are in trouble, you can use this thing to mobilize the Kou family army."

Li Xu caressed the lines on the wooden sign, and looked at Kou Xiao deeply, "Aren't you afraid that this king will instigate rebellion against Kou's army while you are away?"

Kou Xiao replied confidently: "Kou's army is surnamed Kou, outsiders can only rely on this token to mobilize, but once this general shows up, it will be more effective than any token."

Li Xu admired his confident appearance, "These days, I have troubled the soldiers to run up and down the mountain. I will keep this account in mind, and I will reissue it when I have money."

"That's nothing. They have to climb the mountain with heavy loads every day. This is also exercise."

"One yard is equal to one yard. Tea pickers can get their wages. There is no reason to deduct soldiers' wages."

"Speaking of tea pickers, there are rumors outside that the prince likes young and beautiful women, and ordered them to pick tea with their lips naked, and they must pick the tenderest leaves. It is said that such tea has a woman's body fragrance, It can also strengthen the yang and nourish the essence, strengthen the foundation and cultivate the essence.”

Li Xu pointed to the mountain on the opposite side, and scolded with a smile: "The rumour-mongers are blind and deaf. Although the weather in March is not cold, picking tea naked, who can bear it, and what do I want to drink women's body fragrance for?" ? If there is body odor, wouldn’t it pollute a pot of tea.”

Kou Xiao patted the table and laughed until tears were streaming down his face, "It's extremely extreme, and not everyone has body odor, but there must be foot odor, it's too dirty."

Li Xu rolled his eyes, "General Kou, let's go if you have nothing to do, it will affect my appetite here."

Kou Xiao stood up and looked at Li Xu with a smile, "If your lord has no appetite, just take a selfie in the mirror. You will be able to eat two more bowls of rice if you are beautiful." After speaking, he bent down and touched Li Xu's ear lightly with his lips. , whispered: "If the prince can pick tea naked, he will surely make the tea full of fragrance."

Li Xu calmly picked up the teacup and poured it towards Kou Xiao's face. Fortunately, the tea in the cup was not too hot and not too hot, otherwise the handsome General Kou would have to wear a mask when he went out in the future.

From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the little princess looking at them in surprise, and felt annoyed that he blamed Kou Xiao for ruining his perfect image of a loving father.

Kou Xiao calmly wiped off the tea on his face, straightened up and said with a smile, "When this batch of tea is finished, the prince will leave a few catties for the general."

"It's okay to sell you a few catties, just prepare the money."

Kou Xiao sighed, "Do you know that most of the mountains belong to Kou's family, and the tea trees you pick also belong to Kou's family. Do you want to share half of the money you earn from selling tea?"

Li Xu snorted coldly, "This king is the king of Nanyue, and every plant and tree in Nanyue belongs to this king. The surname of this mountain and water is Li, not Kou."

"Then will the general also belong to the prince?" Kou Xiao asked him with piercing eyes.

Li Xu stood up. There was half a head difference in height between the two of them. Li Xu raised his chin and looked at Kou Xiao's face with a wicked smile. rise."

"I can change it."

"No, I just like your tough look."

"If you like it but don't want it, isn't that contradictory."

"No, I can just watch from a distance, if you get too close, I'm afraid of hurting others and yourself."

The corner of Kou Xiao's mouth pulled down, knowing that he was rejecting him, and he didn't want to say it too bluntly, but this person is very smart, and he exposed himself with a little temptation, and made a mistake.

Kou Xiao ran away, Li Xu stared at his back and was stunned. He was not sure what kind of Kou Xiao liked him, and what kind of result he wanted. If it was just for fun, then he would not Accompanying.

And he is sure that he doesn't like men, no matter how handsome or attractive Kou Xiao is, he is still a tough man.

A crisp voice interrupted Li Xu's thoughts, "Father, do you have a good relationship with Uncle Kou?"

The corner of Li Xu's mouth twitched, and he nodded helplessly, "Yeah, my father and Uncle Kou are good friends." Otherwise, how could I explain the scene where they were flirting and flirting? It was too cheap for Kou Xiao to just pour a glass of water.

The little princess jumped up happily, "I also like Uncle Kou, he is much better than the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, he will tell stories to Shu'er, and it's better to play with Shu'er."

"What about Master Ji? Do you prefer Master Ji or Uncle Kou?"

The little princess thought for a while, "It's not the same. Mrs. Ji is a good person, and Shu'er likes it. Uncle Kou is a bad person, and Shu'er also likes it."

Li Xu rubbed his forehead, really wanted Kou Xiao to come back and listen, to see his image in the eyes of the children, to see if he dares to say that he is a good person without shame.

But don’t pass this view on to children, “Uncle Kou is not bad, he just has to look like a bad guy to protect the people, otherwise the bad guys won’t be afraid of him.”

The little princess nodded knowingly, "I understand, then I will be a bad person in the future, so that no one will dare to bully me."

Li Xu "..." No, that's not what I meant.

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In the afternoon, a thunderstorm suddenly fell, and some of the interviewees had already handed in their answers. Li Xu checked them one by one, and only two students wrote good articles, at least well-founded, with a clear point of view, and the rest were muddled.

"Go and invite Lord Lei here." Li Xu instructed Wu Jin.

There was an article on each of his left and right hands. Although the classical Chinese could not be read fluently, he could still understand the general meaning.

The article on the left proposed to change the calculation method of agricultural tax. Originally, [-]% of the harvest was collected as tax and turned over to the national treasury. That is to say, every household determines the amount of tax and food according to the population, and the more people pay more, the less people pay less.

The article on the right also mentions the calculation method of taxation and food, but it is not paid on a per capita basis, but on the basis of the amount of land. For example, a farmer has ten mu of high-quality paddy fields, and each mu needs to pay [-] catties of tax and grain. If it is a medium paddy field, you need to pay [-] catties of tax and grain, and [-] catties for a low-grade paddy field. Looking at it this way, it is quite reasonable.

Lei Ming came very quickly, he has been paying attention to Li Xu's movements, knowing that he brought the interviewer to the villa today, he also found an excuse to go to the nearby farmland to inspect the people's conditions.

Li Xu put the two articles in front of him, "Lord Lei, let's take a look too, you think that kind of plan is more suitable."

Lei Ming saw that these articles were stress-free, he read them at a glance, frowned, and scolded angrily: "Absurd, too absurd! If this is changed, the government will not be able to receive more food and hoard food in good times. When there is a famine, even the food for relief cannot be provided. If there is a disaster year, the grain production is reduced or the grains are not harvested. What do the people have to pay for the food? Such a rigid and inflexible, must be a competent official.”

Li Xu can understand his thinking, and pay taxes and grains according to the proportion of the harvest. When the harvest is good, the government can receive enough grain and stockpile it for emergencies. Too many people will not starve to death, and Kou Xiao ordered that taxes and food be reduced by half, so there is very little food to be handed over.

Li Xu adopted the corporate income tax system, and felt that it would be more appropriate to pay taxes according to the percentage of harvest, but there was a very intuitive question: how to determine the harvest of each household.Is it possible to ask the officials to inspect the granary every household, and is it sure to weigh it?What if people have hidden most of the grain, and what if they have last year's old grain in their granary, how to divide it?

This harvest is a variable number, it can be one hundred, it can be zero, that is to say, how to determine his tax amount?

But using the proposals in these two articles will save a lot of trouble, either by population or by land, both of which are measurable.

But there are still many problems. For example, a large landlord owns countless lands, but his family population is simple. If the tax is only calculated on the basis of the head, he will undoubtedly make a lot of money. This is not in line with the nature of taxation.

Li Xu told Lei Ming exactly what he was thinking, "Food is bigger than the sky, the tax on food is too heavy, the people don't have enough to eat, they complain too much, they are too light, the grain depot can't hold enough food, and the military rations can't be sustained. Lord Lei, You go back and discuss this matter with the adults, and if you have a good plan, let me know."

Lei Ming listened for a long time, and he roughly understood what King Shun meant. At first, he was worried that King Shun wanted to collect more taxes, so he refuted more fiercely. Since he had a good intention, there is still room for discussion on this matter.

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small theater:

Lao Gong: "My daughter-in-law said that she likes my sturdy appearance. Is that because I am too gentle with him? Maybe I should change my strategy and conquer him with my bold heart, burly body, vigorous energy and dirty thoughts. .”

Li Xu: "Where's your face?"