Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 231, Liu Hong’s benevolent policy towards Danzhou and Emperor Qing’s disgusting methods.

As soon as the ship arrived at the port, a huge crowd of people surrounded it.

The prefect of Danzhou, along with his subordinate officials, supported the old grandmother of the Fan family and bowed slowly.

"Meet the Grand Commander!"

The Danzhou fishermen around looked curiously at the person who actually controlled Andong 3rd Road.

Liu Hong waved his hand and laughed.

"No need to be so polite! We are all from the same village, so please stand up."

The naval officers and soldiers moved all the silver they had collected along the way down, and a rough look showed that there was probably more than 200,000 taels of silver.

Considering the total population of Danzhou, everyone can get a little more than one or two taels.

This is what it means to take from the people and give back to the people.

"In the name of the Grand Commander of Andong, I exempt Danzhou from taxes and corvée for three years! Anyone over fifty with children can receive subsidies at my temporary Grand Commander's Office."

Liu Hong opened a box at random, and the huge amount of silver almost blinded everyone's faces.

Many fishermen had never seen so much money in their lives.

Not to mention the fishermen, even the Danzhou officials began to breathe faster.

Danzhou is a miserable place, most of which is saline-alkali land, and the only activities available are business and fishing.

Otherwise, Liu Hong would not have saved up only more than 400 taels of silver after several years of income.

When the old grandmother of the Fan family saw Liu Hong trying so blatantly to win people's hearts, her face darkened.

Who are you doing this for?
The Fan family, or Emperor Qing?
Since they left Danzhou, apart from repairing some water conservancy facilities, they have basically not taken care of Danzhou anymore.

"Pei Gong is merciful."

The surrounding fishermen knelt down in a mass.

Since the war between the two countries, Dongyi City and Northern Qi have imposed strict restrictions on commercial exchanges.

This caused most of the fishermen who relied on business to become impoverished in just a few months, and some even had to sell their children to survive.

Although the Fan family opened their house and distributed porridge several times, they saw the increasing number of refugees and felt that it was not a long-term solution, so they stopped paying attention to it.

Liu Hong didn't say much to the old grandmother.

Everyone knows that Liu Hong and the Fan family have a bad relationship, so is there any need to cover it up? Moreover, Versace is also on board.

Seeing his grandmother, he must have been quite embarrassed.

Originally, the people of Danzhou thought that Liu Hong’s benevolent rule was already the limit.

However, in the following days, Dongshan Road received a steady supply of fresh live pigs with fat heads and big ears, as well as various vegetarian dishes and white rice.

The temporary governor-general's headquarters issued an order.

The Grand Commander was so delighted to be back home that he invited the people of Danzhou to celebrate with him. A three-day banquet was held and everyone, regardless of their status, was welcome to attend.

To be honest, there was nothing special about the banquet. It basically consisted of cabbage, pork, dumpling soup, and white flour steamed buns.

The main thing is that the quantity is large and it's enough to fill you up. As for the taste, it's just so-so.

People like the Danzhou officials and the Fan family’s grandmother certainly wouldn’t be able to eat it.

This was exactly Liu Hong's idea.

If these dignitaries attend the banquet, would the common people dare to come? The atmosphere of having fun together with the people would basically lose a lot of its flavor.

The former bandit stronghold has been rebuilt into a relatively small headquarters.

Liu Hong and his old bandit brothers basically rested here.

These days, Gousheng watched Liu Hong's actions and was hesitant to speak.

Now Liu Hong is the Grand Commander of Andong, the General, and the Minister of War.

Be it Northern Qi, Dongyi City, or Emperor Qing, who is already somewhat incompatible with them, they are probably all thorns in Liu Hong's eyes.

Liu Hong's behavior was a bit too arrogant.

Gou Sheng led the Black Wind Ridge bandits and often fought guerrilla warfare with the Northern Qi officers and soldiers, and became much more cautious.

When Gou Sheng saw Liu Hong preparing to set out again, he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Brother! You are in a high position now, so you should be more cautious. You need to be low-key now, otherwise what if someone comes to assassinate you?"

Liu Hong smiled but didn't say anything.

Zhang Liang, who had been following him, spoke with a smile.

"Commander Gou, there is no need to worry so much. No one wants the master to die now. Even the Fan family does not want the master to die before Liu Ying reaches adulthood." Gou Sheng was full of doubts and did not understand why this was happening.

Liu Hong was poisoned by Northern Qi's national preceptor Ku He himself and taught the Tianyi Dao skills, just waiting for the day when he could successfully backstab Emperor Qing.

Dongyi City has a lot of business dealings with Qianlong Bay. In addition, after Liu Hong becomes the Grand Commander of Andong, he will probably hope for closer business activities.

As for Emperor Qing... considering Barrett and his own reputation, he reluctantly sent twenty tiger guards to protect Liu Hong's safety.

As for the remaining villains, there is nothing to be afraid of.

If you can’t even produce a ninth-grade warrior, how can you be qualified to assassinate Liu Hong?

Not to mention the twenty tiger guards, the eight hundred fully armored personal guards led by Ji Xin are vegetarians?
Although Liu Hong was surrounded by enemies on all sides, he was actually quite safe, at least that was the case in the Battle of Dadong Mountain.

"Sir, although you don't have to worry about your own safety, it's time for you to take control of the military and political affairs of the three routes of Anton."

Zhang Liang bowed and began to advise.

According to reports from the East Factory, Baoyue Tower and Qian Xing.

Now the officials of Andong 3rd Road have begun to take sides.

For people like Li Chengru and Li Hongcheng, the first thing they did when they returned to their fiefdoms was to entertain officials.

As for Fan Xian's disappearance without a trace, after all, his main task was to control the three major workshops and completely control the inner treasury.

Liu Hong fell into deep thought and nodded.

He has indeed been a little bit out of control these days.

If the officials in the three routes of Andong obey orders but not announcements, Liu Hong can't replace them all.

In this way, Emperor Qing would have the opportunity to confer a title on Liu Hong again and keep him in a nominal position.

After all, the last transaction has ended. You, Liu Hong, are not capable of handling the affairs of the three routes of Anton by yourself. What does it have to do with Emperor Qing?

Moreover, Hong Zhu secretly reported a piece of news to Liu Hong.

Emperor Qing transferred a large number of eunuchs from the East Factory and increased the number of eunuchs recruited.

It is estimated that there will be tens of thousands of eunuchs in the West Factory. Under the command of Hong Sixiang, these people will control the three mines in Andong, financial power, officialdom, and the military.

Anyway, it means not giving Liu Hong the opportunity to make money and expand his business.

It seems that Emperor Qing has given up hope and is ready to drain all the resources in the three routes of Anton, laying the groundwork for chaos.

But in fact, it did make Liu Hong sick.

If Emperor Qing really follows his approach, then wouldn't his position as the Grand Commander of Andong be in name only?

Since he can't call upon officials, troops, or financial power, he might as well stay in Kyoto and be a Minister of War.

After a long while, Liu Hong slowly spoke.

"In that case, I will also hold a grand banquet in Danzhou! I will invite not only officials, military commanders, the three princes, local nobles, but even the eunuchs from the Western Factory."

Emperor Qing once held a Hongmen Banquet for Liu Hong in the imperial palace.

Liu Hong also followed suit and put on a show as well.

If no one comes by then, it goes without saying that they are the enemy.

This is almost a naked threat!

But no one could accuse Liu Hong of anything wrong, after all, the Grand Commander of Andong had to suppress the refugees' rebellion.

What's wrong with getting to know the officials and generals?
As for the aristocratic families and the eunuchs of the Western Factory, Liu Hong still needs to gain their support.

Gousheng nodded and prepared to issue the summons from the Grand Commander.

Only Zhang Liang's eyes flickered and he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Liu Hong turned his head away and remained silent.

The two fell into silence.

It was not until Fatty Lu approached Liu Hong's camp and spoke in a loud voice.

"Brother, I have searched almost everywhere for the widow Cao you asked me to find, but no one knows her."

"Everyone said there was no such widow in Danzhou and she was not from Danzhou."

Liu Hong frowned and knocked on the table.

"I slept with her for two or three years, how could she not be from Danzhou! You even jokingly call her the wife of the chieftain, how come she is not from Danzhou?"

(End of this chapter)