They robbed eighteen wealthy and powerful families in Zhuozhou and obtained a total of 5,300 shi of food.

Li Mengxi is not very clear about the measurement of the Han Dynasty, so he cannot have a specific idea of ​​how much 5,300 shi is.

But I saw that the grain truck was transporting grain to the manor outside the city overnight, and it took half the night before it was finished.

Zhang Fei watched the grain being put into the warehouse, and the small granary in the manor was so full that there was no room for it. Zhang Fei was very happy and said, "I, Old Zhang, have made a huge profit!"

According to Lao Zhang... no, according to Zhang Fei, this time the powerful people spent a lot of money on "fraudulent donations".

They are all powerful people. Zhang Fei has a rough estimate of the wealth of other powerful people.

Zhang Fei guessed that 60% of the grain reserves of powerful families had been taken out.

Who allowed these tycoons to be corrupt? In order to defraud grain, the county magistrate deceived the big households to pay the grain first as an example. When communicating privately with the big households, they said how much grain they should pay, and when the time comes, they would share the grain with the common people as a rule.

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For example, if the Zhang family fraudulently donates one thousand dan, the Li family fraudulently donates 500 dan, and the people pay three thousand dan in grain.

In this way, 50% of the grain that Kuhaha shared was shared with the big households. Since the Zhang family donated twice as much grain as the Li family, they could get twice as much as the Li family.

The county magistrate still had some tricks, but the powerful people were too greedy and took out nearly half of the family's grain reserves in one go.

Then, he was completely deceived by Li Mengxi.

Are the county magistrates and powerful people stupid, being deceived so easily?

Not really.

The county magistrate's method of defrauding grain was extremely feasible under the social background of the late Han Dynasty.

Moreover, according to ordinary thinking, even if Liu Xuande was tricked, Liu Xuande would not be able to do anything.

According to common sense, this should be the case. No matter what method the government uses to collect some grain, it will be easy to capture.

Powerful investors have a correct judgment on this and can take advantage of it, with almost zero risk.

However, because Li Mengxi was a child, the county magistrate despised Li Mengxi and did not take Li Mengxi seriously. He underestimated Li Mengxi and did not expect that Liu Bei, a loyal man, could do radical things such as intimidating the government and taking advantage of him.

Liu Bei's actions deviated from normal logic, and the county magistrate made a miscalculation.

Without Li Mengxi, the county magistrate's calculation based on the social rules of the Han Dynasty would never have come to fruition.

Unfortunately, he met Li Mengxi, a man who not only despised the king's laws, but also regarded powerful people as enemies.

It is normal to deduce the behavior of Li Mengxi, a modern person, based on ancient thinking.

Li Mengxi, who has very different values ​​​​from the ancients, in one sentence to the ancients, is that this person is unpredictable and cannot be measured by common sense!

Overnight, the rebels transported all 5,300 shi of grain out of the city.

Brother Li Mengxi went out of the city together.

If it is not necessary, there is no need to go into the city again.

Liu Bei and the three of them guarded against the desperate attempts of the powerful men.

Although it is true that there is no fear in a fight, it is easy to hide from an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow.

But the Yellow Turbans have lost all their food and grass, and now it has been more than ten days since the Yellow Turbans' defeat. Although they hid in the mountains and valleys at first, they must go out and plunder if they want to survive."

Li Mengxi looked at the map drawn by Liu, Guan, and Zhang. He couldn't see anything and was confused.

After a while, he frowned and suggested to Liu, Guan, and Zhang, "Take Daxing Mountain as the center and expand outward to a radius of two hundred miles. Within the radius of two hundred miles, there are mountains, valleys, and grain fields. Let the cavalry pay more attention."

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Li Mengxi's suggestion won the hearts of Liu, Guan, and Zhang.

There is nothing particularly clever about it. Anyone with a discerning eye can probably guess where the Yellow Turban is.

But when Li Mengxi said it, although it was not clever, it was true, and it sounded like he was competent.

Liu, Guan, and Zhang then discussed where the Yellow Turbans might gather.

The three of them discussed for a long time, talking about the strange terrain, such as Baihetan, Dongshan, and Xihe.

With such a village name, Li Mengxi didn't know where it was.

Liu, Guan, and Zhang discussed for a long time, and Liu Bei suddenly realized that he had not heard Li Mengxi's voice for a long time.

"Xi'er, why don't you plan something together?" Liu Bei invited.
Chapter completed!