After expelling his own army, Ding Kui's territory was temporarily threatened by foreign enemies, and the armed more than 8,000 Red Army Protectors could not stay at home to eat dry food, just as Ding Kui wanted to expand his territory, so he was divided into four groups of men and horses and stationed in the county seat, Chunlu City, Dongxiong City and Dingjiang City.

Hengfu City and Juyang City still needed to be garrisoned by soldiers and horses, and Zhong Wei only sent a total of 6,000 Red Army to protect the country, which happened to be 1,500 people in each city, of which 1,200 were city defense troops and 300 were public security officers.

It is inconvenient for the city defense army to use all foreign soldiers and horses, so they have to recruit some from the local area, and the public security bureau officials are not so particular.

The commander and main officers of the city defense army were either appointed by the city chief, or appointed by the county guard, or directly appointed by the state soldiers and horses, and the people sent by Ding Kui did not belong to the above three, and their legitimacy was questioned by the local tyrants.

Shu Wu has a set of experience in governing the place, and knows what the local heroes are afraid of, so that Liu Yu's helpless people can't turn the waves in front of him.

After the new county guard was deflated in the county town, he had no choice but to go out to patrol to avoid further conflicts with the eldest princess.

One day, he walked to Dingjiang City, and found that there were many people gathered at the city gate, and when he approached and asked, it turned out that someone was dissatisfied with the city gate guards to collect the city gate tax.

"Why don't you want to pay the gate tax?" he asked a man who was arguing with the guards.

"Who are you, and why do you care about my business?" the man was arrogant, not paying attention to his clothes.

"Hmph, this official is the county guard of Nanqiu, this place is my jurisdiction, why do you say this official is?" Shu Wu paced behind the guard.

The guards at the city gate immediately gathered around him, and an officer who looked like a captain asked, "Forgive me for being humble and clumsy, I don't know if you have a famous brand?"

Although it is rare to impersonate a county guard, it needs to be verified according to the procedure if you have never seen it.

Shu Wu took out a jade plaque, threw it to the officer, and said, "Look clearly, send someone to find me the commander of the city defense army and the chief of security." ”

The officer examined it carefully, then returned his hands and responded: "Sure enough, it was the county guard in front of him, and he immediately sent someone to invite him." You, you, go and ask the commander and the chief administrator to come over, and say that the county keeper has arrived. ”

In any case, the county guard is the largest official in his jurisdiction, and all those who eat official food in the area must be respected.

"You, you, are you the county keeper?" the man was speechless, his face turned blue and white, and he unconsciously withdrew two steps under his feet.

"Who is he?" said Shue, ignoring the man.

"This person is the patriarch of the Li family in Lijia Town, named Li Xuan. The officer replied respectfully.

"Why are you making trouble here?" Shu Wu pretended not to know the reason at this time.

"Lord County Guard!" Li Xuan said in front of the officer, "It's not that the people are making trouble, but that they don't know where they came from, they occupy Dingjiang City, and they insist on collecting the city gate tax." He bowed to the ground.

"Yo ho, where did the city defense army come from and when did it come under your control? Besides, it is a common practice to collect the city gate tax, why does it become a necessity to collect it when it comes to you? You Diao people dare to say that you are not making trouble!"

"No, it's wronged! Adults, small, small people don't mean that. Li Zhao panicked all of a sudden.

He never expected to meet the county guard here, and the county guard was still standing on the side of the informal city defense army to speak, and he was speechless when he questioned Shu Wu.

Shu Wu is right, the legitimacy of the city defense army is not something that ordinary people can question, even if it is really not the right way, there will naturally be a local government, a state government or the imperial court to manage it, which is the power of the ruler.

"Dare to dismiss the people! You dare not kneel down and reply to the county guard's trial!"

A round-faced officer walked out of the city gate, dressed in the costume of a commander, and pointed at Li Qiu and shouted from a distance.

"The commander of the Dingjiang City City Defense Army is Niu Erbing, see Lord Shu. ”

The original commander of the eighth battalion has now become the commander of the city defense army, he is an officer trained by the Ding family, and he is a real lineage, so he is naturally the priority candidate when he needs to be assigned to serve abroad.

Just last night, he received a message from Liu Yu: Nanqiu County has arrived and will go to Dingjiang City to inspect in the near future, you must be careful to deal with it; if it does not hinder your work, you will be treated as a guest; otherwise, you don't have to pay attention to it, and you will do what you should do.

Liu Yu will not explicitly say that Shu Wu is his own person, and the less people know about this matter, the better, but he is worried that the people below will act recklessly, so he still sent a message with hints.

Niu Erbing knew that Shu Wu was coming, and he often went to the south city gate in the past two days, and he actually hid behind the city gate just now, secretly observing the words and deeds of the county guard.

Hearing Shu Wu reprimanding Li Xu, he felt that this person was talking for himself, and it was not as difficult as he had imagined before, so he ran out to meet him as a Shangguan.

"Well, that's good, do you know that when the official takes office, the people here are so unruly?" Shu Wu said as he glanced at the people around him.

Seeing the lively people, they hurriedly dispersed, and those who wanted to enter the city obediently paid the city gate tax to enter the city, and those who wanted to leave left without looking back, except for the people brought by Li Xuan, who were afraid of accidentally offending the county guard, and avoided it if they could.

"If you go back to your lordship, ordinary people are peaceful, but this Li Xuan somehow insisted on going against the government, taking the lead in refusing to pay the city gate tax, and inciting the clansmen to confront the officers and soldiers, his behavior is no different from that of a traitor.

The humble post sent people to investigate, and the Li family in Lijia Town did not flee when their own army invaded, but cooperated very much with their own army, asking for food for food, asking for money for money, and suspected of taking refuge in their own country. Many people in Lijiazhen know about this matter, and it is not a subordinate frame. ”

Most of what Niu Erbing said is true, the Li family never left Lijia Town when their country occupied it, and it is unclear whether they really took refuge in their own country.

"You're spewing blood!" Li Qiu's eyes widened, "You are a rebel, your whole family is a rebel!"

"Why did you refuse to pay the city gate tax if you weren't rebellious? Didn't Dingjiang City collect it before? Or did your Li family never have to pay it?" Shu Wu sank his face and put his hands behind his back.

"This!" Li Yu was speechless for a while, but quickly reacted, "According to the custom of the kingdom, the first year or two after experiencing the disaster of war is tax-free, how can they oppress the people affected by the disaster like this!"

"Bold! I was rude to Shangguan and tied up!" Niu Erbing's temper came up.

"You dare!" More than a dozen Li family members surrounded Li Qiu.

At this time, soldiers ran out of the city gate, and there was at least one squadron in the battle.

"What's the matter? The Li family still dares to violently resist the law!" Shu Wu stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Xuan, "Whether Dingjiang City is exempt or not will have to wait for the imperial court to decide, and you can still replace the imperial court?

The city defense army will not take your money privately, even if there is a tax exemption decree, all the taxes collected will be used to rebuild Dingjiang City, and the kingdom will not be greedy for a copper plate from you!"