"What? Five out of ten houses of the people around the county town were empty?!”
In the official temple of Zhuo County, the county magistrate received the news from the small official and jumped up from his official chair.
A trace of fear appeared in his heart, and beads of sweat could not help but appear on his forehead.
"This…"
The county magistrate, who was pouting, didn't know what to say.
"Why did those commoners believe such absurd words?”
He could not understand the reason at all.
"Aren't you afraid of being sold by that so-called Liu Mu?”
"We are about to enter the summer sowing season and have lost so many ordinary people.”
"Where do those big families go to hire tenants?”
"If the sowing is delayed and the grain is not harvested, how can we collect enough to meet the requirements of the Imperial Court?”
The county magistrate's heart tightened.
After all, the rain wasn't good this year.
For two consecutive years, the grain harvest was not good.
The landlord's family was running out of surplus food.
And now, before the summer sowing, such a thing happened again.
He did not know what to do.
"This matter is easy to handle." Liu Bei suggested.
"We can let the rich families beat us, regardless of how much food they can grow.”
"What should be paid, not a single cent less.”
"Moreover, although Liu Mu left with tens of thousands of people, he was still alive.”
"But I definitely can't afford it."
"When the time comes, the commoners will find out that the kid is lying. Without food, they will naturally return to our Zhuo County.”
Liu Bei's suggestion made the magistrate feel slightly better.
The county magistrate turned to look at Liu Bei." Xuande, you have contributed a lot to me.”
"How about this, come to the county office as the county magistrate and help me manage the security of the county.”
"Thank you, County Magistrate!"
Liu Bei hurriedly bowed, his face full of excitement.
This county magistrate was different from ordinary petty officials.
It was the people around the county magistrate!
This sudden appointment made Liu Bei extremely grateful.
Humph!
He snorted coldly in his heart.
He would definitely soar in the future.
Let that damned Liu Mu see what it means to be a carp jumping through the dragon gate!
He had to surpass the other party!
……
The mighty team walked on the official road and entered Zhangwu County through Zhuo County.
County Governor Zhang Wu was scared half to death when he received the news.
In this era, refugees were very terrifying.
Moreover, the source of the news was that there were tens of thousands of refugees from Zhuo County, which had always been martial and had a strong folk. This made him even more frightened.
They sent out people to scout out the city.
Only then did he know that this team was actually brought back by Liu Village, which was not far from the sea.
This made County Governor Zhang Wu even more incredulous.
How could a small village with less than a thousand people need so many people?
Moreover, there were many old and young women and children in the team.
This made the county governor scratch his head.
He had no idea what that so-called Villa Head Liu was up to.
Who cares!
As long as they didn't cause trouble!
There was nothing better than the stability of the land.
And he was still careful.
If the Liu Family Manor Head could really support so many commoners…
At that time, he would have a reason to collect taxes.
Head tax!
Thinking of this, the county governor ordered all the officials not to stop the mighty army.
As long as they were not allowed to enter the county administration, they could go wherever they wanted.
County Governor Zhang Wu was already dreaming of collecting the head tax.
In the official temple, he couldn't stop smiling.
……
" Manor Lord is back!!"
At the gate of the Liu Family Residence, the children waiting outside to play brought the news of the manor master's return back to the city.
The 10,000 Zhuo County citizens who followed Liu Mu were all stunned.
Everyone widened their eyes and looked at the towering city walls.
It was twice as tall as the city walls of Zhuo County!
If it wasn't for the plaque hanging on the city gate tower with three golden words carved on it…
And it was the easiest to recognize three big words, Liu Village.
All the commoners could not believe that the person in front of them was actually a village!
"Even Luoyang's city walls aren't this magnificent!”
"That's right! I thought I was kidnapped to Luoyang!”
"The difference between Zhuang and Zhuang is too big! Look at the Liu Family Village. How is it a village? It's simply Liu Jiacheng!"
The commoners began to discuss excitedly about the city in front of them.
The noise filled the entire wilderness.
"Manor Lord has brought back a sea of commoners!”
The news quickly spread throughout the Liu Residence.
After all the villagers heard the news, they all ran out.
Standing in front of the city gate and looking at the black mass of people, they were all shocked speechless.
"Our Manor Lord is too powerful!”
"I went to Zhuo County and actually brought back so many commoners.”
"Even if we capture them, it will probably take a few months. We can't capture so many people.”
The people of the Liu Family Village praised repeatedly.
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