An army of tens of thousands of people is like a behemoth that makes people fearful, and the cost of supporting it is even more terrifying, enough for a family of 100 to squander a lifetime of gold and silver, and it is a drop in the bucket to invest in the army.

Therefore, from the Son of Heaven to the county order, it seems that they have no worries about food and clothing, but they are still full of thirst for money, because only money can maintain their army and their rights.

"Hebo Gong rest assured, Zhao Taishou is not a person who does not know the importance of things, there will not be many ships coming and going every month, and he will try to walk day and night to avoid people's eyes and ears."

Liu Hong kept staring at Yan Yan closely, dispelling his concerns in time, and after muttering for a long time, Yan Yan finally got up and stretched out a hand.

Although Yan Yan doesn't know how much tax revenue Liu Zhang will lose by doing this, but Yan Yan is clear about the money and food consumed by these tens of thousands of troops every day, the lesser of two evils, the most important thing now is to cut off the root cause of Yan's family, with Liu Qi's support, he can quell the rebellion and restore order a few months in advance, or even a year or two in advance, and the money and food saved is enough to offset the tax revenue lost by letting Zhao Zhen and Liu Qi smuggle for three or five years, right?

Besides, Yongning is not Zhao Zhen's final say, even if Zhao Zhen does not smuggle, will the tax paid to the state capital be 300,000 yuan more and 300 horses of silk?

And if he can eradicate Yan Zhan and control the military and political power in Guling, the benefits created for Liu Yizhou will definitely be far greater than before, I hope Liu Yizhou can understand this painstaking effort.

Liu Qi looked at Liu Hong, Liu Hong smiled and nodded, Liu Qi got up and slapped Yan Yan's palm with confidence.

"A gentleman's word!"

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

After high-fived for the oath, Liu Qi and Liu Hong got up to say goodbye, and walked to the courtyard where no one was, Yan Yan slowed down his pace and whispered to Liu Qi: "The old man has a word to give, please consider the general, since Huan Ling, the world is turbulent, the princes are fighting, the people are not living, and many bandits and bandits in Yizhou are rampant, and now Liu Yizhou has pacified the **** and widely implemented benevolent government, and the people under his rule can finally live and work in peace and contentment, and it is the blessing of Yizhou to have this for the Ming Lord!" In the past dynasties, there are no lack of traitors and villains on the side of the Daoming monarch, and the direct advice to the lord is close to the loyal and virtuous, and the way is the way for the ministers. Linjiang Li Mao's arrogance gradually showed his disobedience, but he turned a blind eye to Yan Zhan's disaster, and hoped that the general and Zhao Fengjie would persuade him to rein in the precipice, if he did not listen to the advice, he insisted on going his own way............ The old man is willing to go to Chengdu to guarantee the two! The general is a good soldier, Zhao Fengjie is a good government, the two of them are rare talents, if they are willing to help our lord wholeheartedly, they will definitely create a great cause in history! General Wang, think twice. ”

Liu Qi didn't dare to compliment Yan Yan's political vision and level, and he always stubbornly believed that Liu Zhang's wrong policy was bewitched by his subordinates, but it seems that Li Mao is indeed a little overdone, and it is necessary to remind him not to be a head bird, so as not to cause trouble to Zhao Zhen and himself.

"Thank you Heber for your kindness, and I am grateful. Heber Gong, please rest assured, Zhao Taishou and Li Bosheng have no intention of being subordinate, nor do they have the idea of solidifying the tomb, so they say goodbye and ask the public to stay. ”

Sure enough, Liu Qi and Liu Hong just saw the gate of their camp from a distance, and several cavalry galloped from behind, rushing straight to less than a zhang away from Liu Qi before they suddenly reined in their horses, and the war horse raised its front hooves and neighed, and the knight led by him did not dismount, but raised his hand slightly, and said to Liu Qi arrogantly: "General Liu told me to wait to find it, Wu Envoy Jun has something important to discuss, please follow me to go as soon as possible, don't let the envoy wait for a long time." ”

Liu Qi sneered and said casually: "This general is going to deal with the emergency military situation, go back and tell Wu Envoy Jun that if there is anything important, I will come to my camp to see you!" ”

"You!"

A few cavalrymen have opened their eyes, they have been following Wu Tao for a long time, no matter which official they have been to various places before, even if it is the Taishou of a county, they are all polite, and today a general with a mere five-grade miscellaneous number dares not to listen to Wu Tao's call, and his attitude is even more arrogant than them?

Liu Qi didn't even look at them, and turned his head to leave after speaking, the angry faces of the few people turned pale, and they even had the idea of drawing their swords to fight, but the cold eyes of Liu Qi's personal guards made them sober up.

"Hmph, the hero doesn't suffer the loss in front of him, go!"

A few people turned around to make a small report, and naturally it was inevitable to add fuel and vinegar.

The sound of horses' hooves quickly disappeared, Liu Qi glanced at him with disdain, and after learning from Yan Yan's mouth that Liu Zhang intended to attack Zhao Zhen, Liu Qi no longer planned to maintain superficial harmony with Wu Tao and others, his attitude had no impact on the relationship between the two sides at all, why did he make himself so tired?

Strength, only strength can deter all those who are hostile to themselves to put away their covetousness, and the fox's conspiracy and tricks are good to play in front of the tiger, and there is only surrender.

Now Liu Qi has 5,000 elite soldiers in his hands, as well as Gan Ning, Zhao Rong, and Gao Hong, three fierce generals, whose combat power is far stronger than any other force in Qu Ninja City, so Liu Qi decided to do a big job without scruples, to boost his momentum, and at the same time to beat Liu Zhang, who was about to move.

"Whoever has a hard fist will work, Lao Tzu not only wants to kill Yan Tong, but also in front of your Wu Tao's eyes!"

Liu Hong looked at Liu Qi, who was full of confidence, and smiled bitterly alone, but he did not have the slightest intention of dissuading Liu Qi from being impulsive, Yan Yan repeatedly emphasized that Liu Zhang's desire to do something to Yongning caused him to be vigilant.

Liu Zhang's original intention was to restrain each other between the local forces in each county and the officials appointed by himself and at the same time for his own use, if there was no rebellion by the Yan family, in fact, Liu Zhang was very satisfied with the situation in Guling County, but the situation of incompatibility between Zhao Wei and the Yan family was rare in the whole country, how could an official who wanted to be a stable official not have a good relationship with the locals?

Therefore, whether Liu Zhang wants it or not, it is inevitable that county officials and local forces will collude with each other.

Liu Hong has always believed that since Quanyizhou is like this, there is nothing Liu Zhang can do if he is not satisfied, unless he repeats the same trick as he secretly instigated Zhao Wei and Yan Zhan in Guling County, but the result may also cause turmoil.

But if you think about it, this is not the case, Liu Zhang is most afraid of Zhao Wei, and it took a lot of effort to trap Zhao Wei in Guling, seeing that Zhao Wei was gone, but Zhao Zhen intervened in a hand to try to disrupt the situation, which undoubtedly violated Liu Zhang's taboo, in fact, Zhao Zhen did not do this at all against Liu Zhang, but Liu Zhang didn't know that Zhao Zhen and Li Mao had already made some big moves, and this time Liu Zhang's attention was attracted to himself.

I don't know if Liu Zhang is really angry and determined to do it, anyway, Liu Hong has made up his mind, he must not put his hope on Liu Zhang's soft heart, he can't afford to lose, only by showing strong enough strength can he suppress Liu Zhang, win precious time, and let Liu Qi get enough support to gain a foothold in Jiangdong.

"General Liu captured Yan Tong alive! I'll be escorted back to the city in a while, everyone, go and see where you go!" ”

The soldiers and civilians in the city rushed to tell each other the good news, and the streets and alleys were full of people who were happily talking about each other.

And in the main hall of the Taishou Mansion, the two people sitting in the light smoke wafting from the mouths of the four brass pixiu did not see the slightest smile, and above the main seat was Wu Tao, who was sent by Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang to the whole army of the governor of Quren, at this moment, Wu Tao's already cold face was like a layer of frost, and he closed his eyes and kept playing with a precious piece of Lantian jade in his hand.

The next expressionless old man is the new Guling County Taishou Yan Yan, yesterday Wu Tao went out of the city to meet the general of the reinforcements from Brazil County, and when he came back, he learned that Yan Yan had a private meeting with Liu Qi, and he was immediately furious, but Yan Yan explained that Liu Qi cured his stubborn illness in Jiangzhou, and he was summoned to see him yesterday just to express his gratitude, and did not talk about official business.

If there is no ghost in your heart, why wait until you are not there!

Although Wu Tao was suspicious of Yan Yan's excuse, he was helpless, if he knew that Yan Yan was so stubborn and difficult to drive, Wu Tao would not have offered advice to Liu Zhang to help Yan Yan to the stage.

It's good now, Yan Yan strongly opposes his clever plan to recover the Yan family, and Yang Fengyin is unwilling to cooperate honestly, it's a big deal to put aside this old man himself, and it is not too late to clean him up after Guling is calmed down, but now it seems that he underestimated Yan Yan, and even took advantage of the opportunity of Liu Qi, who did not know how to lift, to capture Yan Tong in a vain attempt to stir up the situation.

Yesterday's secret meeting with Liu Qi, what was Yan Yan's idea?

Wu Tao would not be so anxious if there was no matter of capturing Yan Tong, after all, Yan Yan was alone and there was no threat, and Liu Qi made some small moves secretly at most, and the situation was always in his own hands, but as soon as the news of Yan Tong's capture yesterday arrived, Yan Yan took advantage of his absence to summon Liu Qi, which had to make Wu Tao doubt the connection between the two things.

Although someone had been sent to strictly order Liu Qi not to dispose of Yan Tong without authorization, otherwise the military law would be engaged, Liu Qi was happy to agree, but Wu Tao became more and more suspicious that this matter would not be so simple.

Will Liu Qi secretly do things to Yan Tong, and wait until Yan Tong is handed over to himself before he dies?

I heard that Yan Zhan is very fond of his grandson, if Yan Tong is in hand, Wu Tao can stand in a more advantageous position in the negotiations with Yan Zhan, but once Yan Tong dies, it will bring a lot of trouble to the peace talks where the situation is already extremely clear, will Yan Zhan be annoyed and angry and refuse to submit?

Hmph, even if you die, it's time to beat Yan Zhan well, how could the Yan clan ruin the whole clan for this alone? If Yan Zhan refuses to take a break, it also proves that this person is difficult to take on a big responsibility, what is the use of coming!?

"It's a pity, it's a pity, why are you a member of the Linjiang Li family, hey, you can't use it for me in the end!"

Wu Tao's slightly narrowed eyes revealed a strong killing intent, thinking of Liu Qilai, he made Wu Tao love and hate, Wu Tao did not hesitate to try to subdue Liu Qi with high-ranking officials, but unfortunately Liu Qi refused him without hesitation, and refused his summons in public yesterday, his attitude was extremely rude, but Wu Tao didn't mind too much, and planned to find another opportunity in the future.

But if Liu Qi really joins forces with Yan Yan and insists on going against him, the nature will be different, and now Yan Yan can't move for the time being, and he is still needed to appease and win over the Yan clan people who are deeply rooted in Yufu, although Yan Yan is just an ornament without any foundation, but the position of Taishou itself is an important political capital, once he colludes with Liu Qi and Zhao Zhen and Li Mao behind him to unite against the state capital, it will have an extremely bad impact.

This momentum must be stopped!