Chapter 159

What about his next generation?

And the next?

Many, many things had to start laying the foundation now!

Therefore, the price of paper must come down!

Even if it was still very profitable now, it had to come down!

Handan County!

Actually, the situation here was far more complex than what Yu Yu Huatian reported!

What Yu Yu Huatian reported was only a small conflict that occurred half a month ago when Zhang Liang and Huang Chao first arrived and clashed with the local nobles!

And as Zhang Liang and Huang Chao continued to collect taxes, they encountered fierce resistance!

Now, ten garrison soldiers had already died!

Moreover, the local nobles had also formed an army of five thousand to resist tax collection!

"Sir, why is the resistance here so fierce?"

"Especially among those resisting tax collection, there are many common people!"

"Why is this?"

"Could it be... that these common people don't know that the land tax is beneficial to them?"

In the suburbs of Handan City, a garrison soldier asked Zhang Liang while bandaging his wound!

He was very puzzled!

Collecting taxes from nobles had resistance in other counties, but the vast majority of common people welcomed it!

Some people even pointed the way for them, telling them where the nobles' grain was hidden!

However, upon arriving here, the common people and the nobles were actually of one mind, all of them united against Zhang Liang and Huang Chao!

This resulted in huge pressure for tax collection!

Zhang Liang looked at the man and asked:

"How old are you this year? Where are you from?"

The garrison soldier replied: "I am sixteen this year! I am originally from Yan!"

Zhang Liang said "Oh!"

Then he explained:

"This is the old land of the Zhao state!"

"Because of the Battle of Changping in the past, where Bai Qi buried the surrendered troops alive, there were almost no adult males left in the Zhao state!"

"So, all former Zhao people are particularly hateful toward Qin people!"

"And the nobles are using this to incite resentment, recruit private troops, and resist tax collection!"

"And the land tax, although good, is still difficult to dispel the resentment here under the seeds of hatred!"

The garrison soldier said angrily: "The new Emperor treats them so well, yet they still want to resist the new Emperor. If I were the new Emperor, I would send General Li Li Yuanba to slaughter Handan County!"

"Uh..."

Zhang Liang was startled, then shook his head: "You cannot do that; it would create boundless sin and smear the new Emperor's face!"

The garrison soldier worriedly said: "Then what should we do? Should we just let the common people resist paying taxes?"

Zhang Liang said: "The common people are ignorant, and the nobles are cunning. They use past hatred to blind the eyes of the common people, and the imperial court hasn't treated the common people here well for many years, so they don't believe at all that the imperial court will treat them well!"

"So, they will resist like this!"

"To resolve this hatred, we should post notices, write notices in plain language that everyone can understand, and read them aloud to tell the common people here about the benefits of the land tax!"

"In this way, even if the resentment cannot be completely resolved, it won't make them resist the imperial court!"

Zhang Liang said patiently.

Then, for the next few days, they didn't collect taxes, but let the one thousand garrison soldiers shout the benefits of the land tax all over the streets!

Even the two thousand peasant soldiers brought by Yu Yu Huatian joined in and shouted!

Moreover... these peasant soldiers also brought out their peasant characteristics, chatting with people in the streets and alleys, telling them everything the new Emperor had done since taking the throne, all of which was for the sake of the common people!

This was very effective; just five days later, when Zhang Liang and Huang Chao went to collect taxes again, there were clearly no common people helping on the streets!

Only the five thousand coalition troops of the nobles were resisting!

This scene simply made Huang Chao angry, and he warned all the nobles:

"If you continue to resist, and these five thousand troops are defeated, I will slaughter all the nobles in Handan County!"

"The Shangfang Sword is here!"

"No one can escape!"

He shouted angrily.

Hearing this, the nobles were extremely terrified!

Huang Chao!

How fierce was this person?

How many noble families had he slaughtered in Xianyang City?

Even the descendants of Bai Qi were killed until only one young child remained!

Everyone now knew Huang Chao's fierce reputation!

At this moment, despite their fear!

They still resisted desperately!

Huang Chao had nothing to say.

Huang Chao directly ordered the army to attack!

The two thousand peasant soldiers brought by Yu Yu Huatian plus the one thousand garrison soldiers of Huang Chao and Zhang Liang, fighting five thousand noble coalition troops!

095. Unite nobles, the Hundred Schools of Thought, Baiyue, and Xiongnu! Together against Qin!

Handan County!

At this moment!

One side for tax collection, one side for tax resistance!

The two sides killed each other directly!

And these two sides, although the difference in numbers was a bit large.

However, the one thousand garrison soldiers led by Huang Chao and Zhang Liang were elite, and even if the two thousand peasant soldiers were not as good as the noble coalition troops!

But even so, the two sides were evenly matched at this time.

And Huang Chao acted as a general, commanding the battle while leading the charge!

Under Huang Chao's leadership, three thousand people fighting five thousand people, for a time, actually gained a slight upper hand.

However, just as the two sides were fighting to the death.

A man wearing a silver mask appeared not far away!

He stared at the battlefield for a while, and before long, he determined his target!

Huang Chao!

The nobles wanted to kill Zhang Liang and Huang Chao.

But, because of the relationship between Zhang Liang and Wei Zhuang.

Wei Zhuang didn't want to kill Zhang Liang!

And Huang Chao became the only target!

Kill Zhang Liang, and the Quicksand will establish deep cooperation with the old-school Qin nobles!

The two sides will kill Ying Su together!

He pondered all these plans!

And on the other side, Huang Chao's army was actually showing an overwhelming attack on the noble coalition troops!

It looked like the noble coalition troops were about to be defeated!

But just then, suddenly, a sword aura slashed toward Huang Chao!

"Who!"

"Daring to do this?"

At that moment, Huang Chao hadn't reacted yet, but Yu Yu Huatian had!