When Liu's mother heard Liu Xin calling her, she trembled and touched Liu Xin's hair. In the past three months, Liu Xin had left the hospital with his family soldiers, and there was no news at all. No one in Zhuangzi was worried.

"It would be great if my son comes back. Mother...mother is happy!" Mother Liu said with a smile while wiping her tears.

Liu Xin had not yet taken off his heavy armor. At this time, several nursing staff came over to remove his armor, but the tax collector not far away was impatient to wait.

"Do you want to pay the tax or not? I don't have time to waste time here with you. If you don't pay, we will leave. If something happens then, don't blame me for not reminding you!" The tax collector said with a look on his face.

He looked at Liu Xin and everyone present with contempt.

When Zhou Tai and Guan Hai saw Liu Xin getting up, they wanted to take off their armor, but when they heard the tax collector's words, they stopped what they were doing and glanced at Liu Xin.

Liu Xin stood up and looked at the tax collector. Under his feet was a pile of sweet potatoes. Many tax soldiers were holding a few chickens, and some were carrying two baskets of eggs. If he didn't come back today, the sweet potatoes would not be taken out of Qilin.

Villa?

"Pull him out and beat him up. If he dares to resist, kill him!" Liu Xin pointed at the tax collector and said.

"How dare you...ah!" Before the tax collector could say anything, Guan Hai punched him until he vomited blood. Before the tax collector fell to the ground, he grabbed the tax collector by his collar and dragged him out on the ground.

When Liu Xin's other generals saw this, they all followed him with happy faces. It was so satisfying to be able to beat up the tax collector and not be afraid of beating him to death.

"What are you doing with so many people here? Come back, there are still so many people here!" Liu Xin said dissatisfiedly when he saw a dozen people running away.

The families stopped, and the remaining tax soldiers' legs trembled when they saw this. They usually bullied the people outside the city, and they all took advantage of the imperial government. If Liu Xin dared to kill their captain, it would be easier to kill them.

Now, some of the tax soldiers' pants are already wet.

"Master, we all obey the captain, please let us go! We will never step foot here in the future." The tax soldiers kept lying on the ground and kowtowed. Liu Xin didn't say anything and they kept kowtowing. Liu Xin stretched out his hand.

He blocked the retainers who were about to come forward to deal with these tax soldiers and quietly watched their performance.

The entire Han Dynasty has been rotten to the marrow, and it can be seen from these grassroots officials. They are using the little influence left in the Han Dynasty to continue to benefit themselves. Liu Xin saw a tax collector holding a tax collector in his hand.

There was a piece of sheepskin with many numbers written on it. He asked Zhou Tai to bring the sheepskin over.

The parchment was written in detail. Not counting the soldiers and servants brought back this time, Liu Xinzhuang had a total of 3,207 people, a total of 380,000 yuan in "calculated gifts" and 100,000 yuan in "oral gifts". They also wrote about "corvees"

Tax], a total of "1,288 men over 20 years old, each two months [corvee tax] 4,000 yuan, the total money, and 24 newborn calves were included in the book. No wonder it had to be written on sheepskin."

This tax soldier dared to come to their village like this. Someone must have spoken to him. Less than three months after he was away from home, someone was paying attention to his village. It just so happened that Liu Xin wanted to give some advice to those aristocratic families in the city and others.

When an official is just showing off, killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, it would be best if someone comes to his door.

Liu Xin's current military strength exceeds 2,000. He may not be as good as Zhang Hu and Gongsun Zan in the entire Youzhou, but no one from other aristocratic families can compare with him. The Lu family is now weak and dare not speak out. How can Liu Xin not

Seize the opportunity to seize the advantage and fight for yourself in Zhuoxian!

As a glorious time-traveler, Liu Xin has a lot of things in his mind that can change the world, but without a certain status, it is simply a dream for him to come up with them.

All the power of this family is in the hands of the family officials. If you want to cooperate with them, you must integrate into their circle or make them completely surrender.

Liu Xin had been waiting quietly. The tax soldier was so beaten that his head was bleeding and he didn't have much strength anymore. At this time, Guan Hai walked in from outside.

"How's it going? Are you dead?" Liu Xin looked up at Guan Hai and asked.

"You still have half a breath! Do you want to kill him?" Guan Hai asked.

"Forget it, I just came home today. It's unlucky to kill people. I'm in the house, you can drive these people out! Remember, don't let them take anything away from the village." Liu Xin said and looked at Zhou Tai.

With one glance, Zhou Tai said he understood.

Returning to the main house, Liu Xin told his mother about his experiences of traveling south, and they all chose to talk. Hearing this, Liu's mother beamed with joy and said frankly that Liu Xin was capable.

That team of tax collectors are actually the family soldiers of the county magistrate Yuan Gang. He will definitely earn more from the position of magistrate. He spent 20 million to buy this magistrate.

When Yuan Gang heard that the soldier had fled back with a bruised nose and a swollen face, Yuan Gang asked the soldier to go down to heal his wounds and recuperate, while he walked around the living room alone.

This month, he has helped the prefect to win over many aristocratic families. The area he can control can only be outside the city. Liu Bei led Zhang Fei to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. This was a good thing for him. He thought he could completely control the outside of the city.

Liu Qi took his fancy, but he didn't expect that Qilin Villa would dare to fight back. This matter is big or small.

Yuan Gang had investigated everything about Liu Xin, otherwise he would not have dared to let people go to Qilin Villa rashly, but he did not expect that Liu Xin would just come back this time, and not only would his strength not be lost, but it would be even greater!

Yuan Gang couldn't help but feel cruel when he thought that the Lu family was in decline and that he had a rare opportunity as the magistrate of Zhuoxian County. Taking down Liu Xin would also be useful for him to win over the entire Zhuoxian family.

"A son of a tenant farmer dares to go against this county magistrate, but don't blame this magistrate for being ruthless." Yuan Gang stopped and gritted his teeth and said cruelly.

Liu Xin doesn't know that Yuan Gang is thinking of ways to deal with him, but he understands that his advantage now is hard power. No matter what tricks you have, I will kill them all with one blow. He now has second-rate strength, even if Yuan Gang wants to assassinate him, he will

Not that easy.

On the second day, Liu Xin got up and washed up, feeling refreshed. Zhou Tai had organized the soldiers and nursing staff to start morning exercises in the lower courtyard. It was rare for Liu Xin to get up late today.

When he came to the lower house, Liu Xin went to the front of the formation and practiced the military formation with Zhou Tai and Guan Hai. More than two thousand people practiced the military formation together. The formation was not a little big, and Liu Xin couldn't help but get involved in it. This kind of

Military training is the most effective way to improve a person's strength.

After the morning exercise was over, the smell of breakfast was already wafting from the upper and lower courtyards. Liu Xin, together with his retainers and generals, ate in the dining room of the main house and discussed troop arrangements.

"My lord, this morning training with more than 2,000 people is already too much. It takes two seconds just to form a formation every day. High-intensity training like a full meal for the servants in the nursing home is nothing. I'm afraid the servants' bodies won't be able to handle it if it lasts for a long time.

." Zhou Tai said to Liu Xin, and everyone else nodded. Many frail servants fainted from exhaustion early this morning.

"We now have more than 5,000 people, including 500 domestic soldiers, 120 nursing staff, and more than 1,500 servants. In addition, we have many domestic servants who have reached elite strength..." Wei Qin told Liu Xin about the strength of the family, elite
Chapter completed!