Since Li Zicheng's death under Liu Hongji's AKM, the peasant army, under the leadership of Li Zicheng's brother Li Zijing, frantically fled to his hometown in Shaanxi, but since the imperial court issued a document exempting from taxation, Li Zijing's strength has deteriorated.

The reason is very simple, the last straw that overwhelmed the peasants in the northern provinces was the three salaries levied by the imperial court, and their land had already been seized by merchants and high-ranking officials.

It stands to reason that whoever farms the land pays taxes, but this is not the case, there was a Ming Dynasty that gave preferential treatment to scholars, and all those who had meritorious fame could be exempted.

These old talents who feel that their official careers are hopeless take advantage of their privileges to do business on the one hand, and they don't have to pay taxes anyway, and they buy land when they earn money, and they still don't have to pay taxes anyway.

But someone had to pay the taxes, so this burden fell on the ordinary people who had no money and no land, and they could only work as tenant farmers for the landlords and merchants, and then take out the money from the meager income to pay taxes.

The people of Jin and Shaanxi dare not speak and dare to be angry, the heart of the businessman is becoming more and more arrogant, the king is screaming, the drought is rising, the people's army is burned, the poor scorched earth, and Ming Heng is dead.

Of course, the course of history was cut off by our Comrade An Guobo and Liu Hongji.

Li Zijing has no ambitions, and since he saw Daming's sharp firearms with his own eyes, he has been hiding in his hometown in Shaanxi and dare not go out.

Although it is very hard to be a tenant for the landlord, at least you don't have to put your head on your belt every day, and live a life in fear.

The reason why the people in the two places think so is because the people in Jin and Shaanxi, including Li Zijing himself, think that Dashun can't do Daming.

Just thinking that with the territory and army in his hands, he can be like his brother Li Zicheng to ask the Ming Dynasty for the king of the northwest, and in order to show goodwill to the Ming court, he will not loot everywhere.

Anyway, the army is supported by those merchants, and the army of the Ming Dynasty has its own Tartar to contain it, so he just needs to wait quietly for the Ming court to recruit him.

As a result, Comrade Li Zijing left the main force in Shaanxi, and in the whole of Shanxi, except for Datong, which was controlled by the general Liu Zongmin, only Yuan Zongdi's men and horses were stationed in Taiyuan Mansion.

Li Zijing implemented a policy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, and did not allow merchants to smuggle military rations to the border passes of the Ming Dynasty, but did not prohibit small transactions among the people, which was also the reason why Liu Hongjian personally went to Shanxi.

Merchants, you can't afford to be early if you don't make a profit, and if someone brings you silver, there is no reason not to accept it.

There was a businessman sitting in the central hall of Lincheng County, who was about thirty years old, dressed in a blue-gray robe, wearing a flat-style hat, and a goatee, with a calm face and a faint worry.

"Brother Gu has been waiting for a long time! Rude faux pas! Liu Hong, who was neatly dressed, said before he reached the middle hall.

Previously, Yang Xue had explained to him the situation of the person who came, and knew that this person's surname was Gu Mingran, and he was the eldest son of the Gu family in Meng County, Shanxi.

Hearing the movement outside, Gu Ran immediately got up and went to greet him.

"Where, where, to be able to make friends with such a character as an adult, Gu Mou is already overjoyed, presumably this is the daughter of Master Yang's family! I have always only heard his name but not his person, but today I see that it is really a heroine among women! Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! ”

"Brother Gu laughed, how could the little woman He De deserve such praise!" Yang Xuefu bowed.

Yang Xue had many negotiations with the Gu family when the Yang family was prosperous, but since the Yang family was framed by Gao Qiqian, business contacts with the Gu family have also been cut off.

Gu Ran was deeply sympathetic to the Yang family's plight, sighed for a few words, and saw that Yang Xue was sad, so he comforted him and said no more.

"I heard that Brother Gu's family runs the largest grain store in Meng County, I don't know how much stone grain I can provide for this official this time?" Liu Hong gradually asked straight to the point.

"It's not a secret, originally my Gu family still had 50,000 stones of grain in stock, but ...... But there isn't much left now......" Gu Ran stopped talking.

Liu Hong gradually sat on the top and wondered in his heart, Lao Tzu was looking for you to buy food, what are you doing when you have no food!

Gu Ran's father, Gu Datong, was originally a talent in the Wanli period, but his talent was average, and he took the examination for more than 20 years, and it was not until he was forty years old that he was selected as a lifter, and he realized that he was unable to create this family business from business.

Although Gu Datong is a businessman, he has read the books of sages for many years, and has always had the old desire to serve the country.

Because of this, it has attracted the resentment of other peers, and the eight wealthy businessmen have set the price of rice and noodles to death.

So the Shouyang Wang family sent a dog leg to the Gu family's store to smash and rob, but Lao Gu was angry but slapped the Wang family's son, so the Wang family reported to the county order of Mengxian County that Lao Gu sold rice and grain to the Ming army.

The county order collected the money, and indiscriminately arrested Lao Gu into the number.

"Since my father was framed, in order to rescue my father, the contemptible people have handed over 30,000 stones of grain to Zhang County Order of Meng County, but that guy actually accepted the gift and did not do anything, and he still wanted to try my family's good land, alas, my Gu family is afraid that it will be difficult to escape the catastrophe this time!" Gu Ran sighed.

"How can it be reasonable, if your father thinks about the people and doesn't say anything, doesn't the official who collects the grain do something?" Liu Hongjian is also strange, how can there be so many brazen people in this realm?

"My lord doesn't know, although this Shanxi is in the hands of Li Zijing, but secretly it is actually controlled by a few big businessmen in Taiyuan Mansion, they are rich and rich, and the officials are their lackeys in captivity!"

Speaking of this, Gu Ranqing's muscles burst out, and his hatred was obvious, but then he thought that he had no power and power, and his financial resources were far inferior to those of the few big businessmen who controlled Taiyuan Mansion, and sighed.

"Although your father is imprisoned, since they neither release nor execute, they must be thinking of squeezing some more oil and water from your Gu family." Liu Hong gradually analyzed.

"What my lord said is very true, but the day before yesterday I bribed the jailer and went to see my father, who heard that I had given me a gift of good land in my family in order to save him, and scolded him.

I also know that these rice grains will change hands and go into the hands of the surnamed Wang, but I have no power and no power, and there is nothing to ......" Gu Ran said this, and he burst into tears, sad!

"Brother Gu, don't worry, maybe there is a way!" Hearing this, Liu Honggradually had a bold idea.

"My lord, is there a way for my lord? If you can save your father, you will make a vow to donate 800 acres of fertile land at home! ”

Gu Ran seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, he had heard that the person in front of him was a big official in the north, and although 800 acres of fertile land was the biggest bargaining chip that the Gu family could come up with, it was nothing compared to his father.

"No, no, no! Those fields are the foundation of your family's life, how can this official do such an unkind and unrighteous thing! ”

Don't you know, Lao Tzu wants your land to have a hairy use? You bribe those dog officials who take money and don't do anything, and they know how to use food to smash, but when it comes to the official, it has changed, you use food to smash the official!

"Your kindness will be remembered in your heart! But how can you let the adults return empty-handed, in this way, there are more than 20,000 stones of grain in the lower bunk, if the adults can rescue the father, give them away! ”

Hearing that the adult in front of him didn't accept the land that his family regarded as a treasure, Gu Ran was also secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, it seems that he has really met a good person......

Finally on the road, Liu Hong gradually felt happy, although he brought a lot of silver on this trip, but if he can save it, he will save it, good steel will be used on the blade, and it will cost more silver to run a factory in the future.

"Brother Gu doesn't have to be polite, this official is most unaccustomed to those guys who bully people, take this official to meet the Wang family for a while tomorrow!"