The An family is not big, but because the tribe is distributed in the Changshan Mountains and the transportation is inconvenient, although it is very close to Qinzhou City, it has always refused to accept the quality and return. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoNot only did they not belong to them, but they also often went out of the mountains to loot, which caused the Wating River Valley Road to the north of Qinzhou to be unstable. Originally, Guanlong Avenue is to take the Longcheng Walled, that is, the ancient street pavilion, through the Wating River Valley Road into Qinzhou, because the valley road is numerous, before Xu Ping to Qinzhou, this avenue has been in a semi-abandoned state. In the past few months, Lu Fang has led the bridge army to blow up the mountain to open the road, and the ancient road has been reopened, and the army has patrolled, which makes the An family in Changshan extremely uncomfortable.

Towards the evening of this day, a few people in Han costumes entered Changshan and rode fast horses to find the clan tent of the An family. They were apparently well acquainted with the people here, and were taken straight to the chief's tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, a tall and burly man with a fierce face stood up in a hurry and asked in a loud voice, "Officer Qiao, is this going well?" What do the two tribes say? Would you like to have something to do with us? ”

Qiao Guanren shook his head, sighed and said, "We are a step late, and the Qinzhou Marshal Mansion took the first step to appease those few Fanluo. ”

"How can they be appeased? The government wants to sell fine salt, and it is sold so cheaply, how can their salt be sold? You can't buy all the salt of those tribes at the expense of the Shuaifu! ”

Qiao Guanren smiled bitterly: "The clan master is right, it was the Shuai Mansion who paid for their salt, and the price given was quite good. The Shangding clan went to negotiate first, and then the Qingtang clan also found Qinzhou, and the Shuai Mansion gave them a price of one catty and six Wen. This price is not much different from what they used to sell to us, and it is a long-term business for the government to collect, and the two clans are happy! ”

The head of the An family couldn't help but be stunned, and after a long while, he said, "How is it possible?" How can the Shuai Mansion be willing to spend so much money! If you buy the salt of these two tribes, won't they sell their salt? The imperial court has always taken Yanli very seriously! ”

Qiao Guandao: "No matter how seriously you look at it, it is not as important as fighting." In my opinion, this is Song Guo's plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, that is, to cut off the green and white salt from the party. And I heard that Song Guo has been extremely rich in recent years, and the one who came to Qin Fenglu to be a handsome man is a third-division Laozi, who used to be in charge of money and grain, how could he be short of money in his hands? ”

"What should I do? What to do? The head of the An family walked around in the tent, "Where else can we find money after the salt of the party item is broken?" If you want to take advantage of the autumn queen, now there are soldiers on the road outside every day, and without the Qingtang and Shangding clans to fight with us, it will be too risky to do! In life, what you are fighting for is nothing more than the word money, how can you do it without money? ”

Qiao Guanren sat down on his seat and said, "The clan master doesn't need to worry, let's calculate it carefully, and we can always come up with a way." As soon as this marshal came, he hurriedly passed through the Tibetan department, and did something around Qinzhou to merge accounts into villages, clearly wanting to bring all the surrounding Tibetan departments under the rule of the imperial court. If he throws money around, I don't believe there is no one who wants to oppose him! ”

The leader of the An family sat down opposite the Qiao Guanren, glared at him and asked, "What is the official's plan?" Listen to the meaning of your words, there are some eyebrows, I will listen to it when you say it, don't let me be alone in a hurry! ”

Qiao Guanren smiled, and then lowered his voice and said, "I went to the Shangding clan, although I didn't say anything about their leader, but I heard another news. Nine times out of ten, there is going to be civil strife in their clan, and we are right to start with it! ”

"Civil strife? What civil strife can arise in their people? The officials made it clearer! ”

Qiao Guanren moved closer forward, and his voice was lowered: "The Shangding clan once asked Qinzhou for quality, and sent the youngest son to Qinzhou Nazhi Courtyard. What kind of place is Nazhiin and what it means to send the child there, the clan lord should understand. ”

The leader of the An family nodded violently: "I naturally understand!" So no matter what those officials say, I just don't accept it! ”

"Alas, it's different now—" Qiao Guanren sighed. The new marshal didn't know what was going on, so he released those protons from the courtyard and found another place to settle them outside Qinzhou City. Not only did they let them out, but they also let them eat and drink well, read and write, and gave them their names and knighthoods if they learned well in them—"

The head of the An family opened his mouth wide: "Really—is there really such a thing?" When I heard people talk about it, I just thought it was a lie. The government made up the news to lure us into not attached, is it true? ”

"It's true!" Qiao Guanren kept sighing, "Do you think this handsome man is crazy, what is the picture?" Even if someone is really tempted, what's the use of sending a few more protons? Those Han people are cunning, and in my opinion, I am afraid that this handsome man is greedy for merit and lures a few more protons to go over, so that he can ask the court for merit and reward-"

Speaking of this, Qiao Guanren laughed out loud: "But I didn't know that he did this, and the credit had not yet been taken in his hands, so he caused a disaster first." Recently, there was a man named Jia Han in the Nazhi Courtyard, who was the priest of the Shangding tribe, because the officials there looked at him pleasing to the eye and really gave him his name, or the surname of the country. ”

"How is this a curse? When the Shangding clan encounters such a good thing, they have to make trouble with us! ”

Qiao Guanren smiled mysteriously: "A good thing? That depends on who it is! From a proton who no one cared about, he suddenly became such a person, if it was in your clan, would you want to bring people back? ”

The leader of the An family nodded heavily: "Naturally, I want to take it back!" With such a son, who in the surrounding tribes would dare to underestimate us? It's not uncommon for the surrounding tribes to join our clan! ”

"Yes, the patriarch of the Shangding clan also thought so, but he didn't expect that doing so would chill the heart of his eldest son! Think about it, it was originally decided that the blind priest wanted to take over the position of the clan lord in the future, but now he was inexplicably sent out to be robbed of the hostage, how could he be willing? The civil strife that the Ding clan wants to start is caused by this self-proclaimed clever handsome! Ha, ha, clan master, do you say it's funny? What an opportunity from heaven to us! ”

The leader of the An family was stunned for a moment before he said, "The official is saying that the blind priest will know-"

Qiao Guanren nodded emphatically: "Although it is not hit, it is not far away!" However, it is still too early to say this matter, although the clan lord keeps it in mind and pays attention to the movements of the Shangding clan at any time. I bid farewell to my lord and want to go to the Western Envoy City. The Sansi shop in Qinzhou sells fine salt, and within hundreds of miles around, no one uses the green and white salt from the party. Qingbai salt has no market, we are actually small characters, and the real huge loss is the six tribes of Yu and Tibet in the West Envoy City. Their leader is now Yuan Hao's son-in-law, he has just made money for a few years, and he is on the rise, and Qinzhou is only afraid that selling fine salt will be a blow to him! ”

When the leader of the An family heard this, he understood after a little thought.

The main distribution route of Qingbai salt smuggled by the party is through the Tubo tribe in the south of Lanzhou and Huizhou, mainly the six tribes of Yu and Tibet, and then through the two tribes of Dagu and Zhegu, and then through Gangu to the vicinity of Qinzhou. The Ann family is a nerve in this private salt route. There are a lot of Tibetan tribes connected on this illicit salt trafficking route, and the Qinzhou Marshal Mansion has cut off their financial routes, so they always have to react, where will they accept it honestly.