Huang Wudie clasped her fists and said, "I have been interrogated. They are all assassins sent by Cao Pi..." Ailang nodded and laughed and scolded, "I, my brother-in-law, am afraid I want my life in my dreams!" Then he asked, "That's all? Didn't you ask about other situations?" The two women looked at each other. Sun Ren said, "There is another situation." Ailang suddenly screamed. The two women looked at Ailang, looking inexplicably, and didn't understand why their husband suddenly made such a cry. Ailang quickly hit her, pressed a place of the buckle quilt below with his right hand, and asked the two women, "What's the other situation?"

Sun Ren said: "According to the assassin's confession, the reason why they were able to sneak into the city and successfully launch an attack on the royal palace was due to the arrangement of Lord Guo Jia!..."

Ai Lang was stunned, "What? As a result, did Guo Jia actually collude with them?" Huang Wudie said, "That's what those assassins mean, it seems that Mr. Guo Jia has always been the one who belongs to Cao! It's just to cooperate with Cao Pi's actions within us!" Ai Lang was a little annoyed and cursed, "Damn it! I'm so kind to him, he actually betrayed me! I have to kill him!" Then his heart moved and muttered, "No! Guo Jia really wants it.

It was Cao Pi's inside line, and it was long time to cooperate with Cao Pi's actions. Even if he could not capture the Luoyang area, there would be no problem if he captured the Guanzhong area! What's going on inexplicably launching such an ineffective assassination operation?" He frowned and said, "This is wrong!" He said to the two women: "You hand over the assassin to Lao Dian and ask him to torture me! I don't believe what they said would be true!" The two women clasped their fists and went in a hurry.

Ailang looked thoughtful and thought about this matter. At this moment, the bulging quilt below arched. Ailang was startled and then roared: "You fairy! Let's see how I deal with you!" Then he lifted the quilt and crawled in. Oh! Diao Chan suddenly heard a suspense from at a loss under the quilt. Then Ailang's chuckling came: "You witch, you, you, have been caught by me!"

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The next morning, Ailang sat in the study and listened to Dian Wei's report: "........ We will torture confessions according to the lord's request. Both assassins changed their previous statements. They said that it was a plan set by Sima Yi, who wanted to sow discord and use the lord's hand to get rid of Mr. Guo Jia."

Ailang smiled coldly and cursed: "Damn it, do you think I'm so easy to cheat?" He said to Dian Wei: "Kill those two assassins. This matter is over." Dian Wei clasped his fists and turned around.

Dian Wei had just left, and Chen Gong came in. When he saw Ailang, he hurriedly clasped his fists and asked, "Lord, I heard that an assassin appeared yesterday?" Ailang smiled and said, "Just a few little thieves, the guards cleaned them up in a few seconds!" Chen Gong felt relieved. Ailang asked, "Old Chen, are you here so hurryingly for this little thing?"

Chen Gong smiled and said, "Lord, you know, there is indeed another thing that needs to be asked for instructing your lord." Ai Lang said, waiting for him to continue. Chen Gong took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve, and put them on with his hands. Ai Lang took the bamboo slips behind him, opened them and looked at them, and said unexpectedly: "The merchants from all over the country actually asked for instructing their own mercenaries?" Chen Gong said, "Actually, there was such a demand among merchants before the New Year, but at that time our energy was on the battlefield, so our subordinates did not report this matter to the lord. Now the war has calmed down, and the merchants have sent this demand to their subordinates, so they have to disturb the lord!"

Ailang rolled up the bamboo slips, stood up, walked to Chen Gong, and asked with a smile: "Look at your appearance, you seem to agree with this matter?" Chen Gong smiled and clasped his fists and said, "My wise. My subordinates do agree with this matter. Lord, as our territory becomes more and more broad, the activities of merchants have become unprecedentedly active! Many places where they are active are not areas that our army can control, so it is imperative to form the merchants' own armed forces! Indeed, if these merchants encounter major attacks outside our control, even if they have escort forces, it is useless, but they can eliminate the losses caused by the most common small-scale attacks! Therefore, my subordinates think that it is necessary to let merchants form mercenary teams to protect them. This can also increase our fiscal revenue in disguise, and to a certain extent, digest the good things that disabled soldiers who have retired from the army can kill one stone!"

Ailang nodded thinking and smiled, "Old Chen said it well." Then he said to Chen Gong: "Then this annual meeting will add a merchant meeting. All merchants from all over the world will come to attend the meeting. In addition to this matter, you can also discuss other matters. With the development of the economy, merchants can have a force that cannot be ignored!" Chen Gongxi said, "My wise! If merchants from all over the country get this news, they will definitely be overjoyed!"

Turn your eyes to Chengdu.

Liu Bei sat in the hall of his mansion, looking at the report Mi Zhu just delivered, frowned tightly. The atmosphere in the hall seemed a little depressing.

Liu Bei put down the report, looked up at Mi Zhu, frowned and said, "The fiscal data for the first half of the year is so bad?" Mi Zhu said helplessly: "There is no way. Because too many middle-aged people have been recruited, the handicraft workshops cannot recruit workers, and the farmland can only be cultivated by the elderly and children, and the efficiency is really limited. Therefore, the fiscal revenue in the first half of the year will shrink so much. This is only the first half of the year, and many impacts have not yet appeared. I estimate that the fiscal data below will be even more embarrassing."

Liu Bei frowned and asked, "How is the reserve of the treasury?" Mi Zhu said, "After these consecutive battles, the treasury has basically been exhausted. I am worried that I will not be able to pay military pay during this Spring Festival this year..."

Liu Bei frowned even more and said quickly: "That's like before, raising money and grain from the gentry in various places." Mi Zhu shook his head and said: "It's probably difficult! We have raised money and grain from the gentry in various places twice. How can we raise money and grain from the gentry in various places?"

Liu Bei couldn't help but become anxious and said angrily: "What should we do if this happens? If we can't pay military pay, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Everyone present also showed concern. Mi Zhu hesitated for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "There is one way, that is, I don't know what the lord meant?" Liu Bei heard that there was a way, and hurriedly said, "Since Zizhong has a way, why don't you tell me quickly!" Mi Zhu said, "Actually, merchants from all over the country still have countless money and grain in their hands!..." Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he praised, "Yes, yes! Why did I forget this matter!" Then he said, "Immediately, I'm sending orders to all places to supply military supplies to prevent chaos.

Anyway, I am supporting the Han Dynasty and asking merchants from all over the country to take out a considerable amount of money and grain! At the moment of great righteousness, merchants from all over the country would not refuse!" Everyone agreed. Mi Zhu said with some concern: "This approach is actually not a last resort if it was absolutely necessary! This approach is tantamount to killing chickens and getting eggs. It will be harmful but not beneficial to the healthy development of the economy in the future!" Liu Bei said: "Zi Zhong doesn't have to worry. After defeating Lu Bu, I will compensate them." Mi Zhu sighed and nodded.

After the meeting, Mi Zhu, accompanied by several confidants, left the General's Mansion and walked towards his mansion along the street winding on the hillside. It was almost noon, and it was the most lively time for the day to have the best business. However, there were few pedestrians on the street, and the shops on both sides looked deserted. The whole street gave people a feeling of listlessness. Mi Zhu couldn't help frowning, worried, but at this time he felt helpless.

His eyes returned to Luoyang. After processing the official duties for a day, Ailang returned to the backyard. While thinking about some of the current things, he was walking by the lake. At this time, familiar footsteps came from the side. Ailang couldn't help but stop and turned his head to look. He saw Yan coming hurriedly with his close maid Taohong.

Yan came to Ailang and bowed; "Husband!" Ailang asked with a smile: "How is it? Has the matter of the trainer's little sister been arranged? I am waiting for the wedding banquet with her!"

Yan sighed and said, "Don't mention it, I don't know what's going on? The trainer actually resisted this matter very much! I talked to her about Mr. Zhao, but I didn't expect that the trainer's sister's reaction was very fierce. Later, she was very excited. She said that if she forced her again, she would be slaughtered as a nun!" Ailang was stunned for a moment, looking incredible. Then she asked curiously: "You talk about nuns? Are there nuns now?" According to Ailang's concept, monks and nuns should only appear after the Southern and Northern Dynasties, why did the Han Dynasty have existed? In fact, Buddhism was introduced to China as early as around the BC. In this era, temples were no longer rare in the Central Plains. But perhaps it was because they were not liked and promoted by the rulers, so the influence of Buddhism in this era is far less than that of traditional Chinese religions such as Taoism.

Yan felt inexplicably surprised when he heard Ailang's question, and asked in confusion: "What does it mean to 'there are nuns now'? Ailang hasn't there always be nuns?" Ailang laughed and fooled him. Yan said angrily: "Stop talking about these things, I think you need to have a good talk with the trainer sister!" Ailang blinked and asked, "Why?" Yan gave Ailang a blank look and said angrily; "Isn't your husband treating her as a girl? She has such dangerous ideas now. Shouldn't you, the brother, enlighten her?" Ailang suddenly realized and smiled and nodded, "It should be! It should be too much! I think, I'm better off choosing a day than a day, so I'll go to have a good chat with her today."

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