He has been taking root in Xuzhou for decades, but he has never been so popular. As soon as Liu Hao came, the people lined up to welcome him!
Actually, he doesn't know.
What the common people want is very simple. They don't care about any power struggle. As long as they can have enough food to eat and marry a wife, that's enough.
Mi Zhu shook his head and sighed: Tao Qian is still a noble nobleman at heart. Taxation in Xuzhou is heavy, with 60-70% of the 10% land tax being collected. In addition, there is a poll tax... But Liu Hao's Yingchuan County is... The 100% figure is 20% to 30%, and fertility is encouraged, with a reward of 300 yuan for giving birth to a child!
Just when Tao Qian's teeth were itching with hatred, Liu Hao's warm voice rang out: "Master Tao is indeed a capable minister in governing the world. The prosperity of Xuzhou City is not far behind that of Luoyang a few months ago. ....."
Liu Hao's words just scratched Tao Qian's itch.
Yuzhou and Qingzhou were rampant with yellow turban thieves, and they were all in war, but his Xuzhou stood out and the people's lives were relatively stable.
"Haha, this is not due to me alone, it all depends on Yuanlong, Zizhong and the others' hard work..."
Tao Qian put his unhappiness behind him and smiled slightly.
Amidst the roar of the people, Liu Hao, Tao Qian and the others arrived directly in front of the Tao Mansion.
As a great warlord who ruled a separate state, Tao Qian's mansion was really grand. The two stone lions at the door were more than ten feet tall and weighed a thousand kilograms, making them look majestic and majestic.
"I have set up a banquet in the mansion specifically to welcome Zixuan and wash away the dust. Zixuan, please come in."
Tao Qian squinted his eyes, his smile a little tired, and said: "Haha, I'll excuse you for a while, go to the inner room to take a bath and change clothes, and then come and have a drink with Zixuan... Come, call Shang'er out to receive you. Distinguished guest!"
He is in his sixties and is already old and frail. How can he compare to Liu Hao's vigor and vigor?
In addition to his usual pampering, Tao Qian went to the city gate to greet Liu Hao today. His movements were extraordinary and he was sweating profusely.
How could this state shepherd lose his manners in front of others? Naturally, he had to take a bath and cleanse himself.
"Master Liu, please come with us..."
After Tao Qian left, the soldiers guarding the door received Tao Qian's instructions. Some of them went to summon the pottery merchant, and the rest made a gesture of invitation.
In front of you, you can see many armored soldiers holding swords and guns, guarding the roadside.
Liu Bowen and others looked at each other with serious expressions.
There was a flash of golden light in Liu Hao's eyes. It was expected that the Tao Mansion would be murderous, as if many people were ambushing him. He thought to himself: Is this Tao Qian going to have a Hongmen Banquet?
If you really get to that point, there’s no need to be afraid.
Cao Shaoqin was secretly observing the situation. He was so good at qinggong that he could immediately attract people to help Liu Hao.
And Liu Hao, together with Dian Wei and Xu Chu, broke out directly at the banquet and killed them all, the Tao family, on the spot!
"Where are the people?!"
At this time, a young man in rich clothes walked out of Tao's mansion.
He had an arrogant look on his face, and he glanced around as if no one else was watching, and said with his nostrils pointing to the sky: "Who is Liu Zixuan? You look like a mediocre person, come out and talk?"
Who is Liu Zixuan, an ordinary person, come out to speak?!
The question came from Chi Guoguo’s provocation.
Mi Zhu was horrified and suddenly thought: This pottery merchant has always been arrogant and arrogant, just like his father, Xuzhou Mu, his second son!
But today, as soon as he came up, he immediately provoked Liu Hao!
Liu Hao's extraordinary noble demeanor was welcomed by the crowd and worshiped as the Lord.
Unless he is blind and mentally retarded, his transcendent identity can definitely be seen.
Before Mi Zhu had time to speak, Liu Hao looked at the pottery merchant with a look of pity.
Because, Dian Wei exploded. He strode forward and shouted: "You... dare to insult my lord!?"
The Lord humiliates the minister and dies!
Dian Wei has a simple mind and understands this truth.
Anyone who insults Liu Hao is his mortal enemy!
"So what if I humiliate you? I wonder if this person from Xuzhou is named Tao?"
The potter sneered and winked behind him.
Behind him, a dozen burly men immediately rushed out and shouted: "You rude barbarian, how dare you come to Tao Mansion to cause trouble?"
"This barbarian dares to threaten the eldest young master, so what nonsense are you talking to him about? Let's just go up together!"
"If you dare to take one step forward, you will die..."
Behind any young master with a prominent family background, there will always be a group of followers.
In other words, a thug.
The pottery merchant was no exception. He lowered his eyes and squinted at Dian Wei with a mocking smile on his lips.
"This Liu Zixuan, how could he dare to ask my father to go out of the city to meet him? There are many people talking about him, so it's hard to touch him. Killing this reckless man first will be enough to give him a disdain!"
Xu Chu guarded Liu Hao's flanks vigilantly, and sneered disdainfully: "A bunch of trash, Lao Dian, beat them to death!"
Dian Wei gave a ferocious laugh, activated his Red God Power, his body was surrounded by red light, and he stepped out with tiger strides!
"Take one step? I'll take ten steps. What can you do to me?"
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
The place where he landed was the floor tiles paved with bluestones. After a loud noise, even the floor tiles were cracked by Dian Wei's kick!
The masonry and dust suddenly rose up!
"court death!"
At this time, more than ten of Tao Shang's followers had separated and attacked Dian Wei from more than ten different directions.
The moves are vicious and all are cold knives, aiming to kill Dian Wei here!
What a pity, what kind of person is Dian Wei?
He did not use the Tyrant Blue Dragon Halberd at all, and directly approached him. He pinched the thick arms of the advancing servant with both hands and bent them in the opposite direction!
Ge Cha! Ge Cha!
The arms of these two people were ripped off directly by Dian Wei!
Dian Wei laughed wildly, and suddenly waved his hands, which were thicker than other people's thighs!
The overwhelming power of the Red God's palm suddenly escaped!
The group of followers under the pottery merchant were swept away by the wind of Dian Wei's palm. About ten of them huffed and rolled into a ball!
Dian Wei was not satisfied, so he lifted up the thousand-jin stone lion in front of the Tao Mansion with one hand and smashed it on the legs of the group of people!
Rumble!
The stone lion rolled, making a loud noise, and the dust settled.
Among the dozen or so strong men who moved forward, either one of their arms was broken or a leg was missing. The scene was as miserable as the Asura Hell!
"Ouch...Ouch..."
"Damn it, this guy... is not a human being!"
"This guy...is a monster!"
On the field, there was a burst of howling and screaming.
Others asked the pottery merchant for help.
"My hand is broken, I'm going to die...eldest son, please save me..."
How can a potter save people?
He was so scared that he was out of his wits!
My legs went weak and I collapsed on the ground...
"What's going on, what's going on!?"
Tao Qian, who was serving his concubine and bathing, heard a loud bang from the front door and woke up suddenly.
"Oh, sir, what the hell, let's continue washing our...hehe..." The concubine coquettishly wanted to rub Tao Qian's body.
"Get away!"
Where did Tao Qian have any thoughts, he pushed her away and climbed out of the hot spring at a speed that was incompatible with his age.
I threw on a random piece of clothing and ran towards the front door...
.....
"Laodian, it's almost done!"
Liu Hao said lazily.
I just entered Xuzhou, so I'd better not go too far and save some face for Tao Qian.
People who do big things must keep their composure and not ruin the overall situation and directly fight with Tao Qian just because of such a trivial matter.
Now it's almost enough to break the hands and feet of these servants and make them completely disabled, unable to rise again for the rest of their lives.
Upon hearing Liu Hao's greeting, the murderous intent in Dian Wei's eyes receded like a tide, and his majestic body stood beside Liu Hao, like a majestic statue of a god.
The potter pointed at Dian Wei with trembling fingers and cursed: "Come here, kill this guy, kill him quickly!"
Kill Dian Wei?
A cold smile hung on the corner of Liu Hao's mouth, and he looked around. The emperor's true energy was flowing, and his majesty was majestic.
The Xuzhou soldiers guarding the Tao Mansion looked horrified and their palms holding weapons were covered in sweat. No one dared to step forward.
There was a general who looked like a commander, sweating profusely and said: "My eldest son, Master Zhou Mu has given orders. Without his orders, no one dares to take action..."
The potter's face is ashen!
His father is Xuzhou Zhoumu, but he is not!
"Now, you know who I am"
Liu Hao smiled playfully, but didn't even look at the pale pottery merchant. He just said a few words and walked towards the Tao Mansion.
"In the future, don't just show off when you meet someone, or you'll easily get struck by lightning..."
The potter was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, like a clay sculpture.
The potter's ill-advised provocations made the Tao Mansion go crazy, but the loyal old servants of the Tao Mansion were more sensible and hurriedly led the way, leading Liu Hao and others to the banquet hall.
By chance, I met Tao Qian who had changed his clothes at the door.
Tao Qian squinted his eyes and smiled: "Haha, Zixuan... I just heard a strange noise. I heard from my servant that it was the stone lion in front of the house that fell down the steps. Did it not scare Zixuan?"
From the twitching of his eyelids and the twitching of his cheek muscles, it was clear that Tao Qian had heard from his servants what happened at the front door, but he pretended that nothing had happened.
The scheming city is so much higher than the pottery merchant that I don’t know where it is, what an old fox it is!
Liu Hao cursed in his heart and smiled lightly: "Master Tao, I have killed tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan, and I have also attacked a large formation of 200,000 cavalry in Xiliang. Not to mention two stone lions, they are the immortal lions in the sky."
There is nothing to be surprised about when you come to the mortal world."
Tao Qian's smile froze and he said: "Zixuan is really a hero, please come in!"
After saying that, he quickly walked into the hall. Taking advantage of this gap, military advisor Liu Bowen walked up to Liu Hao, shook his head and said with a smile: "My lord, this Tao Qian is very scheming, but his son is too incompetent!"
"
Say potter, and potter will come.
As soon as we sat down and had barely had a few drinks, the pottery merchant ran in with a sad face.
As soon as he saw Tao Qian, he howled and said: "Father, this Liu Zixuan has ulterior motives and wants to kill you. It was only because of my life that I stopped him and lost a dozen of his generals!"
puff!
Liu Hao squirted out a sip of wine. It seems that this pottery merchant from Zhou Mu is not without merit, and he also has shameless characteristics!
"Khan! What the hell!"
"Now it's become popular!? Then after the Hongmen Banquet, can we still sing!?"
The representatives of the Xuzhou gentry and wealthy people present in the body were instantly stunned!
There are many civil and military officials in Xuzhou, and there are many knowledgeable people among them, such as Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong's father, Chen Gui.
The old man sitting very close to the front frowned and said nothing, thinking to himself: "The pottery merchant is a villain, he fails more than he succeeds!"
Snapped!
Tao Qian slapped him, causing five clearly visible red fingerprints on the Tao Shang's fair face!
The potter's eyes nearly popped out of his sockets, he covered his face and said, "Dad, are you going to hit me?"
Tao Qian sneered: "It's easy to beat you to death! You incompetent bastard, get out of here!"
Everyone at the banquet looked at their noses with their eyes and their hearts, and they all pretended not to hear anything.
"Zixuan, let me toast you three glasses first!"
Tao Qian chuckled and said: "I am already old, and the world of this big man will still depend on you young people in the future!"
There is unwillingness hidden in his smile.
If he could be ten years younger, tonight would really be a banquet at Hongmen and turn into a full martial arts event.
Now, Liu Hao slapped his son in the face, and he still has to endure it and apologize.
But Liu Hao said straightforwardly: "Gongzu (Tao Qian's cousin), I am coming to Xuzhou to hand over the seal of the state pastor. There is a vacancy in Yuzhou. When will you leave?"
This unabashed temptation caused silence at the banquet.
Tao Qian was also disrupted...
"Damn it, Liu Zixuan really doesn't act according to common sense... He said this so casually in front of so many people?"
Fortunately, Tao Qian was not unprepared. Before Liu Hao arrived, he had already prepared various responses.
He immediately said: "Haha, Zixuan, you don't know something. This Xuzhou looks prosperous, but in fact it is just the big families working together to maintain the situation. I would like to transfer to Yuzhou and give this Xuzhou to you, but in my heart Uneasy!
Mr. Chen Gui, Mr. Chen, is a highly respected man, please come and talk to General Liu Zixuan about our difficulties..."
Chen Gui stood up tremblingly and said: "Zixuan has come all the way, so he may not know the specific situation in Xuzhou."
"There are tens of thousands of soldiers, horses and infantry in Xuzhou. Now, Kaiyang, a place near Taishan County, has been occupied by Zang Ba! He has several generals under his command, with tens of thousands of troops. He does not take Lord Tao seriously at all. Here, he often threatens to break up the city and leave no chickens or dogs behind..."
Liu Hao smiled lightly and said: "How dare Zang Ba be so arrogant?"
"you do not say!"
Tao Qian immediately transformed into a loyal and patriotic Han Dynasty minister and said: "The troops in Xuzhou are weak and unable to attack this traitor. Zixuan, you have always been known as a famous general. You are invincible. As long as you can deal with Zang Ba, I can put down my worries. From Xuzhou to Yuzhou, there is no problem..."