What happened in Luoyang City was nothing more than a trivial matter to everyone. In just a moment, everyone had put that incident behind them, left the city gate, and embarked on the road.
Among the five states owned by Li Xiang, Bing and He states have been occupied for many years, especially Bing state, which has long been managed by Li Xiang into a monolithic state, so there is no need to worry at all.
It has been some time since he captured Sizhou, and he has been personally in charge of Sizhou in the past few years, so he doesn't pay special attention to the situation here.
Therefore, the place Li Xiang really wanted to go this time was actually the newly acquired Yongliang Prefecture, and Sizhou just stopped by to take a look on the way there. Because of the time factor, in fact, the only real destination this time is Yongzhou. There is a high probability that he will not go to Liangzhou.
Along the way, Li Xiang stopped and walked. Occasionally when he encountered a village on the road, he might go in and take a look to see how the people lived and how the officials were managing it.
On this day, after walking along the official road for another two hours, Li Xiang arrived at Gucheng County, which he planned to visit today. After passing Gucheng, the next step was Hangu Pass, and then Guanzhong. .
Three years ago, even riding a tall horse would not have been so fast. However, there is a saying in later generations: "If you want to be rich, build roads first." Convenient transportation plays an important role in promoting economic development.
What's more, not only in economic development, even in military affairs, transportation also plays a huge role. If the transportation is convenient, perhaps the troops can reach the designated destination faster. The battlefield is changing rapidly. Perhaps arriving at this early time can change the trend of the entire battlefield.
Moreover, building roads in this life is much easier than in the next life, so Li Xiang has always been very tight on this point. From the current point of view, the road conditions are basically satisfactory.
Walking on the road on the outskirts of Gucheng County, there were farmers busy harvesting on both sides, and there were many county soldiers interspersed among them. Li Xiang nodded slightly as he watched this scene.
Li Xiang has traveled through time after all, so many things are influenced by modern times. Using the military to help the people and the army and the people as a family is his concept in military development. If he wants to achieve this, he can play a big role as long as he does a good job in publicity and agitation.
Nowadays, let alone the newly acquired land of Yongliang and Liangzhou, among the three states of Bing, He and Si, the people under their rule have a very good impression of these armies under Li Xiang's command. At this point, Li Xiang was a big step ahead of the other princes.
Although it is still far from the level of equality between the military and civilians under the leadership of the modern socialist party, with the gradual development in the future, there will always be continuous progress.
"Fellow, we are traveling from Bingzhou to study. Can we ask for some water?" When they came to a field, they saw a group of people taking a rest. Li Xiang and his entourage stopped their horses and laughed with the accent of his hometown that has been abandoned for many years. asked.
"Haha, a sip of water doesn't matter." A middle-aged man smiled and said politely, and then took out a water jug, and then took out a few bowls to fill the water with Li Xiang and others. The folk customs at this time were very simple, and the people were quite friendly to outsiders, which made Li Xiang and his party feel very good.
"Brother, how's the harvest this year?" A guard pretended to be very thirsty and calmly stepped forward to take a sip. Then Li Xiang stepped forward and casually asked the middle-aged farmer. The man sitting next to him asked with a smile, and drank the water in one gulp.
There is no pollution these days, everything is pure and natural, even the water tastes sweet when you drink it. Unlike in later generations, you have to work hard to find clean water.
"Hahaha, it seems that I must be a son of a wealthy family, and he actually cares about the affairs of this farmer's family." The middle-aged man patted his head honestly, and then told Li Xiang the specific situation, "Brother , The weather is good this year, neither drought nor floods, and when the farming season comes, the county magistrate will also organize government servants to help everyone, and this year’s harvest will definitely be good!”
After saying that, the middle-aged man was still laughing happily. That's right, for these ordinary people, maybe having a few acres of land and a good harvest is a big deal for them. Perhaps just a few more kilograms of grain every year would be enough to keep them smiling all winter long.
"Oh, there is a good harvest this year, which is really a good thing. Then brother, after paying the tax, will the food left over be enough for my family?" He fetched a large gourd of water again and took a big gulp. , seemed to ask again casually.
When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and Dong Zhuo were around, the taxes were already heavy. Then there were a bunch of corrupt officials, a bunch of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. If you were unlucky, there might be some natural or man-made disasters. Therefore, life at that time was miserable.
However, after Li Xiang came to power, although these excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes were removed, the tax burden was also much lighter. But compared to peacetime or prosperous times, this tax is still much higher.
During times of war, it is necessary to maintain a large-scale army on hand, and in addition to the occasional wartime needs, this tax cannot be lowered even if Li Xiang wants to, and it must always be maintained at a certain level.
"The dissatisfied brother said that after paying the taxes, the remaining family will not have much left after filling their stomachs. However, at least many of us people now have their own land and can survive! All this , I have to thank King Jin for his kindness!" The man said honestly and with a grateful look.
Indeed, the current situation is much better than it was in previous years. If this were done more than ten years ago, let alone a family with enough food to fill their stomachs, many people would even be unable to survive.
How could such a thing happen if it wasn't for the fact that there was no other way out of exchanging children for food?
The Yellow Turban Rebellion back then would not have developed to the scale that nearly swept the world if the people of the world had not been in a situation where they could no longer survive.
It is precisely because of the recent Yellow Turban Rebellion that all princes, whether they are wise or foolish, can no longer ignore the huge power of the people at the bottom.
It is precisely because of this that the princes from all walks of life will consider the interests of the people more when governing. It is precisely because of this that the situation of the people in the world now is countless times better than that of more than ten years ago!
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