Chapter 116 Xiang Liang: Could it be that destiny really lies with Qin?

Author: March

Chapter 116 Xiang Liang: Could it be that destiny really lies with Qin?

Yin Tong, a native of Qi, once studied in Langzhongling and served as a Langguan. Later, he was assigned to Kuaiji County as the county governor.

After becoming the governor of Kuaiji County, Yin Tong got together with the Xiang family, a local aristocrat, and became Xiang Liang's best friend. He privately sold armor and weapons and became the official protective umbrella of the Xiang family.

In return, Xiang Liang relied on the prestige of the Xiang family in the Chu region to help Yin Tong secure his rule in the Chu region, and also helped Yin Tong achieve many political achievements.

Historically, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted successively, ushering in the chaos of the late Qin Dynasty. Yin Tong was not restless and planned to call Xiang Liang Hengchu to rebel against Qin in Kuaiji.

Unfortunately, Yin Tong overestimated himself, and the Xiang family did not intend to succumb to others. After Yin Tong fully revealed his rebellion plan, Xiang Liang did not talk about martial ethics at all, and summoned Xiang Yu to kill Yin Tong in the governor's mansion, and launched an army to rebel.

Yin Tong has never been a peaceful person. After making peace with the remnants of the Chu region and the fact that the emperor was far away, as the head of a county, his heart had already begun to waver.

Yin Tong in history may have some great ambitions and talents who couldn't distinguish his own status, and some didn't understand people well.

But being able to stand out from many Lang officials and become the head of a county shows that he is not a fool.

The yield per mu is five thousand catties...Yin Tong knows what this means.

The Six Kingdoms have already been destroyed once by the First Emperor. The Six Kingdoms have already failed once. The remnants of the Six Kingdoms say that no one dares to rise up while the First Emperor is still alive.

Even Xiang Yu, who said he could replace him, only got up from the ground and spoke after the First Emperor passed by.

The yield per mu is five thousand jin, which is enough to smash all the little ideas. Even Yin Tong couldn't help but wonder whether the destiny really lies in Qin!

That’s five thousand kilograms per mu!

Even the fertile farmland near Dujiangyan is now only worth two hundred kilograms!

Not to mention five thousand catties, even five hundred catties is a bit beyond common sense. Five thousand catties... For people in this era, only destiny can explain it.

"Starting from me... passed down from generation to generation for thousands of generations!" Yin Tong's words echoed inexplicably in his mind.

So much so that now Yin Tong is actually a little scared...

People's courage doesn't grow up at the beginning. Yin Tong didn't have the slightest care when he was a doctor in Lang Zhongling... It was when he later became the governor of Kuaiji County that he became more and more courageous after repeated trivial temptations and oversteps.

Understand what it means that the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

It turns out...he couldn't hear me even if I scolded the First Emperor here.

But when the fate of five thousand kilograms per mu was imposed on the First Emperor, Yin Tong shrank inexplicably. He couldn't explain why. There was always a feeling that everything about him was being seen through... What he did today could not be hidden from the eyes of the First Emperor.

Feel.

Yin Tong knew that it was time for him to curb his petty thoughts.

At the very least... with a yield of five thousand kilograms of grain per acre, the remnants of the Six Nations will never be able to recover. You need to keep a sufficient distance from them.

Even when necessary, it is not impossible to sell one's close friends, use the Xiang family to fulfill everything for oneself, and kill people to silence them.

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And Pei County on the other side...

Liu Bang, who was in his forties, was lying on a cart, surrounded by people.

"What a joke, my Xiaoxian Cheng...five thousand catties...if there are five thousand catties of grain in the world, how can there be robbers and the people have no way of living?" Liu Bang spit out the straw from his mouth and said.

"How far have all the deserters gone?"

"If King Qin really had five thousand kilograms of grain per acre, as long as he distributed seeds, people in the world would rush to do labor, not to mention the Afang Palace. He would just build ten Afang Palaces and build a Great Wall around the entire world.

Get up, there are plenty of people ready to serve." Liu Bang looked at Xiao He with a smile. It was obvious that he didn't have much respect for the First Emperor during his conversation.

"I am just a jailer, how can I say that I am a county magistrate?" Xiao He shook his head and said seriously.

"The grain yield of five thousand jins per mu is true. I heard that it was brought back by Xu Fu's fleet that went out to sea to find immortals. It brought immortal seeds from overseas." Xiao He said.

"The county magistrate has sent a message to Xianyang to ask for fairy seeds. I heard that one hundred acres of land has yielded hundreds of thousands of kilograms of seeds. I think it won't be long before Xianyang will send fairy seeds. Now the word has spread among the county government."

Xiao He said with a smile.

"Have you really found an immortal for Xu Fu? Doesn't that mean that King Qin will live forever?" Fan Kuai's unshaven face showed a look of shock.

"Then our tax can no longer be reduced?" Xia Houying added on the side.

"What kind of tax reduction is there? If you really have a grain yield of 5,000 kilograms per acre, and you pay half of it and there are still more than 2,000 kilograms left, even if you pay more than half, it will be enough for the family to eat and drink and save a lot." Liu Bang rolled his eyes.

"With all this food, how could there be so many libertines!" Liu Bang jumped down from the cart and smiled.

"That's true. If there really is such an immortal species, I'm afraid more than half of the prisoners in the county jail will be sent to prison." Xiao He nodded seriously.

Qin's laws were strict and taxes were heavy!

Basically, at the end of the year, after paying taxes and working hard, the remaining food cannot be saved.

Whenever something happens, if you are not careful, your whole family will become a gangster.

It was difficult for the barren land to support a large population, so at this time, libertines became popular. Because the land cultivated by the family could only fall into the hands of one person, and most of the other children had to fend for themselves.

As a jailer, Xiao He had a deep understanding of this.

There are many prisoners, but many of them still break the law because they really have no way to go and no food to eat.

"Hey, if this fairy seed is true, I can be a rich man and have a good wife if I get more than ten acres of land." Liu Bang laughed loudly while leaning on the cart.

There are three brothers in Liu Bang's family, and the land at home is really not enough. This is the fundamental reason why Liu Bang became a wandering prodigal and was still alone after forty years old.

After the land was divided, it could not support so many families. Liu Bang, who had many brothers, had to fend for himself.

The taxes in the Qin Dynasty were so heavy that even Liu Bang, a grassroots cadre, would not be spared.

"If there is such a fairy seed and everyone is planting it, how can you be considered a rich man? Where can you find a good wife? Besides, Qin's laws are strict and will not enrich the people. I'm afraid I don't know where this kind of thing is implemented.

How much more taxes should be collected and how much more labor should be sent?" Xiao He shook his head and frowned.

"Even if I can't be a rich man and be able to support my family, how can I, a great man like me, be afraid that I won't be able to win over my mother-in-law?" Liu Bang smiled and slapped Xiao He.

"Su Qin once said that if I have two hectares of land in Luoyang, how can I be worthy of the seal of the six kingdoms? If immortal seeds are promoted in the local area, the people can survive and no more labor is sent, and the local area can also maintain stability..." Xiao He whispered

Feeling.

"Yes, if there is only two hectares of land in the house, Mrs. Cao would have given her life to her brother long ago!" Fan Kuai said with a smile.

When Liu Bang heard that Fan Kuai actually mentioned his widowed old sweetheart, he was shocked: "Nonsense, how can I still like such a widowed woman? A great man like me must be matched by a pretty young lady!"

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"That's right! It's just that I've had so many free meals at Mrs. Cao's place, so I can't just ignore it!" Xia Houying also started teasing.

"Then let her be a baby!"

After saying that, several people looked at each other and laughed!

In fact, there are not that many careerists in the world, and not everyone is born to want to be a ranger.

Even Liu Bang, a prodigal, wanted to start a family and start a business.

If you can survive, have a family and start a business, the world will naturally be at peace. If you have five thousand kilograms of grain per acre, you can feed your family even if you have five or six acres of land. Even if you serve according to today's labor service system, you won't have too many complaints.

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The complaints are nothing more than that I have done a lot but gained little, I have no way to look up, I am suffering from the current situation that cannot be changed, and I have no qualifications for advancement.

Why do the nobles keep so many retainers and knights? Do these people like to be under the control of others and watch their faces?

A group of people chatted and slapped each other, and even Liu Bang, who had once witnessed the First Emperor's drive and once said that a true man should be like this, actually started to fantasize in his heart at this moment.

That's right... When promoting a place where grain yields five thousand kilograms per mu, I don't ask my eldest brother if he wants too much land. He just wants ten acres, and everyone else will share a bit.

Liu Bang knew that his father had always loved his eldest brother, and Liu Bang also knew that his eldest brother had taken care of him for a long time. He also missed his kindness and left his big head to his eldest brother Liu Bang willingly.

As long as he is given some land that can support his family and start a family, Liu Bang will have no complaints in his heart.

Hey! When the time comes, whether to find a pretty girl or let Mrs. Cao into the room, that is a question.

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On the other side, the Xiang family.

Xiang Liang frowned and looked at Xiang Bo and Xiang Yu.

"Yin Tong refused to purchase weapons..." Xiang Liang tapped his fingers on the table.

"The family helps him maintain the place, implement administrative orders, and respond to all requests. Even if he purchases weapons, he pays double the amount of money!" Xiang Bo walked back and forth in the hall, and it was obvious that he was very angry.

After the First Emperor destroyed the six kingdoms, he collected the world's gold, and then implemented the government of mountains and seas. Almost all the mineral deposits controlled by the Xiang family as a great noble were confiscated, and a large number of bronze weapons were also confiscated.

Currently, the Xiang family, as a local noble, does not have many metal ore veins at its disposal, so most of them have to be purchased from Yin Tong.

The Xiang family has never surrendered. This is what Xiang Liang told the children of the Xiang family!

After the fall of the Chu State, the Xiang family was not destroyed, and the Xiang family was not even banned from joining the army and serving in politics.

But...the Xiang family was originally one of the most wealthy families in Chu region, but now they have to start from scratch. How difficult is it?

Originally a national-level tycoon, the backbone of the country, now he can only be reduced to a local nobleman. Most of his property has even been confiscated, and the political power has to be reorganized. For the Xiang family, how big is the gap?

There is no doubt that all these hatreds are directed at the State of Qin and Qin Shihuang.
To be continued...