Pig Killer

Chapter 303

"Don't worry. We are just ignorant peasants now. We don't need this kind of empty reputation." Huang Zhongchang looked at his son with calm eyes and said, "It will only add to the jokes."

"Oh! When we become strong enough, we can raise this flag again and it will be worthy of its name." The big tiger said as he looked at them with his bright black eyes.

"Yes!" Huang Zhongchang said to his son with gentle eyes.

"Mr. Zhang, come and see our training tomorrow, it will give you confidence." Huang Zhongchang said confidently.

"I will definitely watch it!" Zhang Jixian had to say, but he was very nervous and unsure.

"That's right! Those empty houses in East City and West City have been divided among the common people in the city by drawing lots." Huang Zhongchang looked at him calmly and said.

The land has been divided, so what does it matter if the houses are divided?

"If a house is not occupied for a long time, it will fall into disrepair. It's not good to leave it empty, it's such a waste." Zhang Jixian looked at them with his dark eyes and said.

"How is the military discipline of the Yu family?" Shen Hui'e asked Zhang Jixian with her dark eyes.

Zhang Jixian sat up straight upon hearing this, looked at them and said, "The military discipline is strict. The Yu family is a family of military generals, and they have their own way of managing soldiers. If you dare to disobey the military discipline, you will be punished with 80 military sticks at the lightest and beheaded at the worst, to serve as a warning to others!" He said with deep eyes, "Don't find fault with this." Then he said, "Before each expedition, he would kill those who violated the military regulations as a sacrifice."

"This is not a good idea!" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and said disapprovingly.

"As long as I can lead the soldiers to win victory after victory, who would care!" Zhang Jixian said to her with his eyebrows raised.

"What about rewards and punishments?" Shen Hui'e asked again.

"Rewards and punishments are clear, especially money and property. We are not stingy." Zhang Jixian looked at them with his dark eyes and said, "Treat subordinates well, and pay the soldiers in full."

"Looks like a strong opponent!" Huang Zhongchang swallowed and said.

Shen Hui'e looked at him with her bottomless eyes and said, "Our strategic approach is correct."

"Yeah!" Huang Zhongchang nodded vigorously.

"By the way, what is the relationship between General Yu and the king he found? Have you seen him?" Shen Hui'e asked him with clear eyes.

"He is a very old man." Zhang Jixian looked at them and said, "He is just like a clay sculpture. If you don't look closely, you really can't feel the life."

"A king like this can make the Yu family submit." Huang Zhongchang looked at him in amazement.

"It's just a puppet." Shen Hui'e snorted, "It's good to be old! If he falls, he might be dead. It's easier to control than a child."

"Children are very active and they can run away if they are not watched." Huang Zhongchang thought for a while and said.

"Will the king participate in military affairs?" Shen Hui'e suddenly asked curiously.

"I participated, but I never said anything. I still have the proper etiquette and cannot let people criticize me." Zhang Jixian said immediately after hearing this, "Although he sat in the main seat, he had no sense of existence."

"Wow! The Yu family is quite respectful." Shen Hui'e said in surprise, raising her eyebrows slightly.

"Yes!" Zhang Jixian nodded and said, "The service was very thoughtful and all the necessary etiquette was observed."

"Nothing can happen now, so we have to take good care of him." Shen Hui'e snorted and said without thinking, "Who knows what will happen after we get to know him?"

"I don't know about this, and it's hard to find out. We are new here in someone else's territory." Zhang Jixian spread his hands helplessly and said.

"We can't act rashly. This will undoubtedly lead to our own death." Huang Zhongchang nodded in agreement and said with a smile, complimenting, "You need Madam to be able to do this without anyone noticing."

Shen Hui'e lowered her eyes, shook her head and laughed, "Then I won't act rashly. I won't dare to act until I find out General Yu's background."

"Madam, are there times when you are afraid?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her in surprise.

"It's better to be safe than sorry. There are always people better than you. I'm not so arrogant as to think that God is the boss and I am the second." Shen Hui'e looked at them calmly and said.

"Then let's finish the spring plowing before we leave!" Huang Zhongchang thought seriously and said, "I won't feel at ease until we plant this land."

"Okay!" Zhang Jixian nodded and said, "When I came here, I saw the soldiers were plowing the fields. It looks like we are all going to the fields now."

"Yes! Your sister-in-law and I have also gone to the fields." Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at him with a smile in his black and white eyes.

"You guys go down to the fields too." Zhang Jixian looked at them in amazement.

"What's wrong? Is it not possible? We know how to farm." Huang Zhongchang looked at him tenderly and said, "We have all gone to the fields, and the soldiers have nothing to say."

"Uncle Zhang, food is the first necessity of the people, and agriculture is the foundation!" The big insect looked at him with its black eyes and said, "We are also sowing seeds. The new seed drill does not require bending over, and it is fun!"

"Play?" Huang Zhongchang stroked his forehead and looked at him and said.

"You'll see it tomorrow when we go to the fields." The cat slave smiled at him with his eyes like black grapes.

"The soldiers are farming their own land, how are you going to collect taxes?" Zhang Jixian asked.

"Let's follow the old rules! One-fifteen tax!" Huang Zhongchang looked at him gently and said, "Don't dare to increase taxes arbitrarily, it's too scary."

"Live and work with the people!" Shen Hui'e looked at him seriously and said.

"Is it possible now? But what about later?" Zhang Jixian said worriedly, "What about the army and the huge number of officials?"

"The army can carry out military reclamation!" Shen Hui'e said to him with clear eyes.

"Military reclamation?" Zhang Jixian blinked and said to her.

"Yes! Strive to achieve self-sufficiency." Shen Hui'e looked at him with eyes as gentle as jade.

"Some places can be reclaimed by the military, such as the border areas. What should we do if they are not suitable for farming?" Zhang Jixian reminded her.

"Then let's herd horses and sheep! Do something suitable somewhere." Shen Hui'e's bright eyes rolled around as she said, "Besides, we haven't been to the real Northwest, so can't we farm?"

"Yes!" Huang Zhongchang echoed, "The terrain here is very different. Maybe there are plains suitable for farming!"

"We have to go and see it in person, and we have to find an experienced farmer with a lot of farming experience." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and said, "Even if the land and weather are suitable for farming, we still have to open up the wasteland! It's not easy to open up the wasteland. It takes three generations to turn the wasteland into fertile land. It's difficult to rely on manpower alone!"

"What's so difficult about this? We can repair such a tall imperial mausoleum anyway." Huang Zhongchang said simply and easily.

"If not human power, what else can we rely on?" Zhang Jixian said, looking directly at her with his dark eyes.

Rely on machinery! Shen Hui'e blinked and looked at him and said jokingly, "Blow like a fairy."

"Don't you believe that there are gods in this world?" Huang Zhongchang chuckled when he heard that.

"I don't believe it! But I hope there are gods who can farm." Shen Hui'e said with envy.

"Mother, you are drooling." Da Chong looked at her with a silly smile on his face and said.

"I'm just jealous!" Shen Hui'e tilted her head slightly and looked at her son and said, "You don't know how tiring farming is!"

"I know!" The smile on the tiger's face disappeared completely. "All my life, I have been working hard in the fields and still can't get enough to eat. I can't even eat white flour buns."

"There is no idle land in the world, yet farmers still starve to death." Li Nu looked at them with his big round eyes without a trace of light.

"Uh..." Huang Zhongchang moved his mouth and swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He had farmed before, and he knew clearly how tiring it was.

Zhang Jixian's eyes wandered. He had never farmed before, and his understanding of farmland was not until his country was destroyed and his family was ruined. He was sent to the imperial mausoleum to serve as a slave after his family was destroyed and his family was ruined.

"The taxes we collect are not high, so you won't starve to death." Huang Zhongchang looked at them with clear eyes and said.

"What about the future?" Zhang Jixian looked at him innocently with his dark eyes and said, "A huge number of officials."

"Just accept it from them too!" Huang Zhongchang said, looking at him with dark eyes.

"Cough cough..." Zhang Jixian was so shocked by his shocking words that he kept coughing.

"Your reaction is even greater than mine!" Huang Zhongchang patted his back and chuckled.

"You are crazy." Zhang Jixian stared at him with his eyes as big as copper bells and said in a hoarse voice.

"You're not crazy! If you don't collect taxes from them, you can only increase the taxes on the common people. As a result of increasing the taxes again and again, you can see that the people can't survive and they rise up in rebellion. The officials force the people to rebel." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his dark eyes and said.

"Who would work with you if you ask officials to collect taxes?" Zhang Jixian gently pushed his hand away.

"There are no three-legged frogs, but there are two-legged people everywhere. There will always be people who do it." Huang Zhongchang laughed and said, "Listen to me, the tax will be collected in a tiered manner. The more acres of land you own, the more tax you will collect." He briefly explained, "How to do it specifically? Let's think about it carefully."

Zhang Jixian looked up at his sister-in-law and said, "It was Madam's idea, right?"

"It's mine!" Shen Hui'e said frankly with her bright black eyes.

"You are a general now, and you are no longer a farmer." Zhang Jixian stared at her and said, then looked at Huang Erge and said, "If you continue like this, the worst we can do is to split the land and become kings."

Shen Hui'e looked at him innocently with clear eyes and shook her head slightly, "Impossible?"

Zhang Jixian looked at her with his dark eyes wide open and said, "How is it impossible?"

"It's either life or death. How can I allow others to snore in front of my bed?" Shen Hui'e said unhappily, biting her back teeth. "Split the land and become a king? In the end, it will be like the wars among the feudal states in the past! There is no way they can coexist peacefully."

"Yes!" Huang Zhongchang nodded and said, "We still have to unify the country so that the people can farm and live in peace. Otherwise, there will be hundreds of years of fighting and killing."

Zhang Jixian pursed his lips tightly, and stared at the two of them with his dark, bottomless eyes.

"What are you looking at us for? The facts are there!" Huang Zhongchang said, looking at him with his black and white eyes.