Because the five prefectures where the Zhennan Army is located and the newly established Dongman Protectorate, and between the capital road of the Dayan Empire and the fifteen other prefectures, Li Bin knew nothing about the issue of the Qingfan Man, Hongshan Man, Huadong Man and Heishui Man tribes issuing ultimatums to the major tribes of Qingfan Man, Hongshan Man, Huadong Man, and Heishui Man.

After dealing with the group of assassins in Jinluo Kingdom, Li Bin continued to travel with his wife and children, but he did not encounter any assassination again.

However, Li Bin walked along the way and found that even the eight counties under the capital road had traces of bandits, and the number was still quite large.

Of course, there were nearly 300 people in Li Bin and his group, almost everyone was wearing armor, and everyone was riding a tall horse. When the bandits saw Li Bin's group, they immediately hid far away and did not dare to provoke Li Bin and the others on their own initiative.

One day, a group of hundreds of bandits were robbing a caravan. When they saw Li Bin and hundreds of armored cavalry suddenly appeared on the official road, they were so scared that they scattered and fled.

The manager of the caravan led the caravan to Yong'an City after thanking Li Bin for his gratitude. However, Li Bin sighed and said to Xie Yingying: "Why are there so many bandits even in the capital road where Yong'an City is located?"

Xie Yingying sighed and said, "It's not the court that added land and Ding Fu to make trouble!"

The main taxes of the Dayan Empire included land tax and Dingfu. Before the Great Yan four times, the land tax of the Dayan Empire was three dou of tax on land, two dou of tax on land, four dou of tax on land, and eight dou of tax on land.

The Ding Fu of the Great Yan Empire was that Cheng Ding paid eight dou of grain every year, and the second dou of grain was four dou of grain every year. Cheng Ding was the age of sixteen to sixty, and Cheng Ding was the age of three to fifteen and over sixty.

However, due to the wars between the Four Defeats and the Five Defeats of Jinluo, the treasury of the Great Yan Empire was almost wiped out. In order to support millions of imperial guards and millions of government soldiers, as well as many officials and yamen runners at all levels, the Great Yan Empire had to increase the land and ditches.

Today, the land tax of the Great Yan Empire is four dou and five liters of land tax, three dou and five liters of land tax, two dou and five liters of land tax, two dou and five liters of land tax, and the land tax of the Great Yan Empire has also increased to one stone and two dou and six dou of grain each year in the second.

The increase in land tax and tuition tax, coupled with the increase in yamen at all levels, will impose some miscellaneous tax items, which will make the lives of the lower class even more difficult. Many people have to take risks and take the lead in a bandit with their families to escape heavy taxes.

Li Bin sighed: "Life is not easy for the people at the bottom. The increase in land tax and tuition of the court is just to quench thirst and cannot solve any big problem. Even if the increase in land tax and tuition of the court, the total tax of the court was only 55 million taels of silver last year. Only by collecting commercial tax can the problem of insufficient taxes of the court be completely solved."

When Xie Yingying heard this, she couldn't help but laugh and said, "Husband, don't forget that many of the businesses in Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture are controlled by her husband."

Li Bin said indifferently: "If the court collects commercial tax, I will definitely support it. At most, I can earn less money. However, most of the businesses in other places in Dayan control the hands of generals from various places. If the court wants to collect commercial tax, these generals are the biggest obstacles."

On February 29, the 20th year of Jianping, Li Bin and his group arrived at Tianxing Pavilion in Cangyun Mountain.

At this time, the royal family and the generals who participated in this departing ceremony had already arrived at Tianxing Pavilion, and the royal family alone sent six teams.

In addition to the crown prince Zhao Chang, King Zhao Yu of Jin, King Zhao Jian of Qin, King Zhao Zhi of Song, and King Zhao Jing of Yue of the royal family each brought one team, another team led by two brigades of the Imperial Guard, and Sha Lei, who were sent by Emperor Zhao Zhe.

The sixteen quotas of competition occupied by the royal family in the ceremony, including the Crown Prince Zhao Chang, King Zhao Yu of Jin, King Zhao Jian of Qin, King Zhao Zhi of Song, and King Zhao Jing of Yue, will each have two quotas, and the remaining six quotas will belong to the teams brought by Shen Kui and Sha Lei.

The other thirteen generals, including the Xie family in Beijing, the Du family in Beijing, the Wei family in Beijing, the Ma family in Beijing, the Cui family in Beijing, the Luo family in Beijing, the Tang family in Beijing, the Zhou family in Beijing, the Cao family in Beijing, the Lu family in Xinzhou Prefecture, the Xiao family in Qizhou Prefecture, the Pan family in Yuzhou Prefecture and the Lin family in Weizhou Prefecture, all sent a team.

According to the previous agreement, all the fourteen generals and sects were divided into three places to participate in the competition, and then they used lottery draws to decide the ownership of the remaining six places to compete.

After Li Bin and his group arrived, the fourteen generals immediately drew lots. As a result, Li Bin was very lucky to draw another place for the competition. In this way, Li Bin held four places for the competition.

Then Li Bin reported the names of Fan Kuai, Long Qi, Yuwen Chengdu and Gao Chong to Tianxing Pavilion. Li Bin will send the four of them to participate in the competition at the outing ceremony.

Fan Kuai, Long Jie, Yuwen Chengdu, and Gao Chong are all powerful generals at the level of the Grand Master, but it is difficult for them to win the top four in the competition at once. After all, in the latter few rounds of the competition, the four of them are likely to meet in advance.

On the afternoon of the day when he arrived at Tianxing Pavilion, Li Bin brought Han Zhang and Han Rui brothers to visit Han Yu, the 23rd generation leader of Tianxing Pavilion.

After seeing Han Yu, Li Bin said with a smile: "This time I returned to Beijing, I didn't expect that the Tianxing Pavilion would hold a new outing ceremony, otherwise I would let Shi Su come back as well. Now Shi Su is the deputy commander of the fourth guard of Guizhou under the command of the Grand Governor of Zhennan."

Han Yu said with emotion: "I haven't seen each other for a few years, but I didn't expect that my friend has become the world-famous Marquis of Zhennan. It is their blessing to be able to follow Zhennanhou with the brothers Shi Su, Han Zhang and Han Rui."

Li Bin immediately said, "Master Han, I have not prepared at all before to participate in the ceremony of the army. I know nothing about the eleven disciples who are going to go to Tianxing Pavilion. I wonder if Master Han can introduce to this marquis the eleven disciples who are going to go to go to this marquis."

Han Yu nodded without any hesitation and said, "Since it's Zhennan Hou asking, of course I have to report it to the truth."

Nine of the eleven disciples of Tianxing Pavilion who were preparing to go out this time are master warriors. Although the other two were unable to practice the Yuanqi martial arts because of their own physique, these two people have the strength of master warriors, and their martial arts are also stronger than the other nine master warriors. These two disciples of Tianxing Pavilion are named Zhu Yu and Ju Jing respectively.

When Han Yu introduced Zhu Yu and Ju Jing, he sighed: "Although Zhu Yu and Ju Jing do not have vitality in their bodies, they are born with divine power and are over seven feet tall, not shorter than Han Zhang and Han Rui, and their martial arts skills are better than Han Zhang. Han Rui's two brothers are as good as Han Zhang. Zhu Yu's weapon is a pair of black iron axes weighing 540 kilograms, and Ju Jing's weapon is a large black iron gun weighing 330 kilograms. However, they are the disciples of Tianxing Pavilion with the strongest martial arts skills in the past decades. Even I am far from their opponents. I don't even know what level their martial arts skills have reached."

At this time, Han Zhang in the room said dissatisfiedly: "The master lied to me. How could those two little kids compare to the martial arts of our brothers!"

Han Rui also shouted, "Yes! Although those two little kids are stronger, how can they compare to us brothers!"

Han Yu smiled and shook his head and said, "Han Zhang, Han Rui, when you left the sect, Zhu Yu and Ju Jing were only thirteen and fourteen years old. At that time, they could not have the strength of you two. Now if you two brothers go to compete with Zhu Yu and Ju Jing, you will know that what I said is true."

Li Bin's heart moved when he heard this, "Master Han's meaning is Zhu Yu and Ju Jing, the two men have the strength of a great master warrior."

Han Yu shook his head and said, "Marquis Zhennan, I, Dayan, have not produced a great master warrior for more than 600 years. I have no specific measure of the strength of Zhu Yu and Ju Jing. However, Zhu Yu and Ju Jing's martial arts are far superior to ordinary master warriors. For example, Chen Jun and Xing Tao, who will also join forces, can be said to be the two strongest among the nine master warriors. However, only by joining forces between Chen Jun and Xing Tao, can you barely beat Zhu Yu and Ju Jing, one of them."

Li Bin had an intuition that Zhu Yu and Ju Jing were likely to have the strength of a great master warrior. "Sect Master Han, then who is stronger between Zhu Yu and Ju Jing?"

"The martial arts of Zhu Yu and Ju Jing are almost equal. Every time they compete in martial arts, they have to play at least a few hundred rounds, but even so, it is difficult to decide the outcome."

Next, Han Yu introduced the situation of the other nine disciples to Li Bin. If we rank according to our strength, Chen Jun, Xing Tao and another disciple named Zhang Jiayin should be in the first echelon. The remaining six disciples of Tianxing Pavilion are weaker than Chen Jun, Xing Tao and Zhang Jiayin.

Han Yu had just introduced Li Bin the situation of eleven disciples who were about to go out. Song Yan, the manager of Tianxing Pavilion, walked into the room in panic, "Sect Master, it's not good, Zhu Yu and Ju Jing are fighting again!"

Han Yu turned his head and smiled bitterly at Li Bin, saying, "There is another thing I haven't had time to tell Zhennan Hou that Zhu Yu and Ju Jing have never been convinced by each other since childhood. The two of them can be said to have fought since childhood. If Zhennan Hou wants to recruit them together, it would be better to have a preparation in mind."

After pausing, Han Yu continued, "I have to go there now. Except for me, no one can care about the two gangsters!"

Li Bin smiled and said, "Sect Master Han, I wonder if I can go with you to see it. After listening to the introduction of Sect Master Han, I am very interested in Zhu Yu and Ju Jing."

Han Yu nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then Zhennan Hou will go with me! The royal family and other thirteen generals should also know about Zhu Yu and Ju Jing, so if you want to recruit Zhu Yu and Ju Jing, you can only win the first and second place in the competition at the outing ceremony."

Li Bin said confidently: "This time, I have four places for the competition. As long as I am not lucky, I will let the four generals under my command meet too early in the previous rounds of competition, and then the four of them will have the chance to enter the final."

Han Yu immediately said: "Don't worry, Marquis Zhennan, I will try my best to arrange the four generals under Zhennan, who will not let the four generals who will fight meet too early in the competition. However, because each round of grouping is determined by lottery, the more you get to the back, the greater the chance of meeting the generals under Zhennanhou, and this is also impossible."

"I would like to thank Master Han for this."

When Li Bin brought Han Zhang and Han Rui brothers, along with the sect leader Han Yu and the manager Song Yan, came to the giant martial arts training ground in Tianxing Pavilion, and found that there were already many people surrounded here. In the open space among the crowd, two burly men were fighting with weapons, which was difficult to distinguish.

The two burly men were both over seven feet tall, one holding a pair of axes and the other holding a large iron spear. It was Zhu Yu and Ju Jing that the sect leader Han Yu had just introduced to Li Bin.

"Stop it! Stop it all for me! You two gangsters, stop it!" Han Yu shouted angrily.

Zhu Yu and Ju Jing stopped when they heard Han Yu's roar, but they still glared at each other.

Han Yu walked through the crowd and walked towards Zhu Yu and Ju Jing, and said furiously: "What? You're about to leave the sect. Do you feel your wings are hard and you have ignored me, the sect leader? I used to persuade you to calm down for a few days, but you just calm down?"

Although Zhu Yu and Ju Jing are both burly men over seven feet tall, or more than two meters and ten meters tall, Zhu Yu is only nineteen years old this year, and Ju Jing is only eighteen years old.

Zhu Yu immediately said angrily: "Sect Master, today is Ju Jing looking for trouble. He said that he is the best martial arts disciple in this class of military training."

Ju Jing said loudly: "I am the one. If you, Zhu Yu, don't accept it, let's continue to fight. Today we must decide the winner!"

Zhu Yu immediately said unwillingly: "If you fight, just fight, I'm still afraid that you won't succeed! When did you beat me since you were a child?"

Han Yu shouted at this time: "Shut up to me, now go back to my room and think about it immediately. Without my consent in the past two days, whoever you two gangsters dares to walk out of the room privately will cancel the ceremony of attending the departure ceremony!"

When Zhu Yu and Ju Jing saw that the sect leader Han Yu was really angry, they snorted coldly at each other, but they didn't dare to say anything else. They went back to the room and closed the door and thought about it.

Han Yu saw that there were also the prince Zhao Chang, King of Jin Zhao Yu, King of Qin Zhao Jian, King of Qin Zhao Zhi, King of Song Zhao Jing and King of Yue Zhao Jing. He immediately greeted the five princes one by one, and then said with a wry smile: "I laughed at you, I laughed at you, although Zhu Yu and Ju Jing are very skilled in martial arts, they are not old and are a little childish. Moreover, they can be said to have fought since childhood. People from our sect have become accustomed to their nonsense."

The prince Zhao Chang glanced at Li Bin who was following Han Yu and sighed, "Although Zhu Yu and Ju Jing have not cultivated their vitality, they are both very rare generals, far more powerful than ordinary master warriors. Unfortunately, Zhennan Hou has four places for martial arts competition this time. It seems that Zhu Yu and Ju Jing must be the things in Zhennan Hou's pocket, alas--"

King Zhao Jian of Qin then smiled and said to Li Bin: "Marquis Zhennan, you are a powerful general under your command. Zhu Yu and Ju Jing, can Marquis Zhennan give it to everyone?"

Li Bin smiled and clasped his fists at King Zhao Jian of Qin and said, "Your Highness, the competition at the Tianxing Pavilion departure ceremony has always been very fair. We cannot operate in secret, so we should follow the rules!"
Chapter completed!