"Is this possible?"

Yang Dashuai was shocked by the news...

"I ordered Du Song to copy the Wang Jianbin Nine clans immediately and tell him that the money he copied belongs to him, and I only want the Wang Jianbin Nine clans."

He said immediately.

The staff officer waiting for the orders next to him immediately went to pass the orders.

However, this should not be of great use. Wang Jianbin is from Jinan, and Du Song is currently stationed in Jiaozhou, which is currently the main trading port in Shandong. This guy stationed there with 3,000 cavalrymen, and the court has not allowed Shandong switches. These trades are all smuggling. He wants to enforce the law for the country and force import and export merchants in Jiaozhou to pay him protection fees, which is quite a bit like a warlord general in the Republic of China.

However, Shandong gentry had no choice but to do anything about it.

One is necessary to appease these arrogant soldiers and generals, and the other is necessary to really need them.

It’s not that the Japanese did not harass Shandong, but in fact, there were North Korean naval warships that arrived in Dengzhou in the northeast wind to try to loot.

but……

As soon as they landed, they were driven back by the cavalry stationed in Dengzhou, the three thousand border towns stationed in Dengzhou. They reported to the court that they killed five thousand enemies.

Of course, the first five hundred were actually offered.

Before Shandong's own regiment training was useful, the cavalry of Jun Song were really useful.

However, when Du Song rushed from Jiaozhou to Jinan to search the house, the Wang Jianbin family must have hidden it. At most, Xing Jie will give him some benefits. After all, the Wang Jianbin family does not have much money. Now, Lao Wang has sacrificed his life for the entire north, especially the gentry in Shandong. It is necessary for the latter to raise some money to protect his nine clans. If the latter does not protect his nine clans, then Lao Wang simply came to find Yang Dashen and dragged all the affirmative behind-the-scenes masterminds such as Li Wen and Xing Jie into the water.

They are all smart people and have numbers.

And this is no big deal for Yang Feng. If Du Song cannot capture the Wang Jianbin Nine tribes, it will be just right for Yang Dashen to lead the troops to arrest him.

But if he wants to lead troops to Shandong, it will not just arrest the Wang Jianbin family.

However, this should be expected by the gentry of Shandong. Since they dared to publicly let Wang Jianbin lead troops to appear in the south in this way, they would have to compete with Yang Feng with real swords and guns. Xing Jie is an old fox, and he would not have even imagined this.

After all, the gentry in the north is a little disappointed with the gentry in the south.

They were afraid that the gentry in the south could not bear it and could not drag Yang Feng to the south all the time, so they needed to provide necessary help.

so……

"I will send you another order to Zhu Wenda and Qi Jin to prepare for war and militias from all over Jiangbei prepare for war."

He continued.

Another staff officer behind him also left to convey the orders.

"Be the first move, these old guys are starting to be smart, but where are they?"

Marshal Yang said to the map in front of him.

"Master, there is a man named Cheng Ningzhi outside asking for a visit."

Yang Hu came in to report.

"Ha, come so soon?"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in ordinary clothes was brought in...

"If you don't say that you have a wealth of money, you can have a million yuan. Why are you wearing less clothes than your servant?"

Marshal Yang stood high on the brown bearskin throne presented by Shurhazi, looking at the latter who bowed and bowed like a mountain sculpture.

"When I go back to Kaiyuan, the villain is not even a millionaire, but a poor businessman who earns hard-earned money. He can save as much as possible on his clothes."

The latter said with a smile.

This is the sacrificial ceremony of the salt merchants in Yangzhou, and they are both Hui and Jin families. Because his father-in-law was a salt merchant in Datong, the Hui merchants had already pieced together more than three million taels to Yang Feng in exchange for the Red Turban Army to stop at Congshan Pass. Similarly, the gentry of Huizhou also expelled the Hongguang Dynasty prefect and the magistrates from various places. Because this is the first one to voluntarily expel Hongguang Dynasty officials before the Red Turban Army came to the door, so His Majesty the Emperor issued an order to exempt Huizhou from land tax for ten years, and before he issued an order to exempt the tuition and labor service and silver, so in fact it means that the farmers in Huizhou do not have to pay any taxes for ten years.

For a time, the Xiansong of Huizhou was prosperous.

Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor also re-appointed the prefect and the county magistrate, all selected by the Nanjing Ministry of Personnel from those civil officials.

Then the gentry of Huizhou once again praised the Holy Lord and the wise king.

And restore the use of the Wanli year number.

"Tell me, what are you doing?"

Yang Feng said.

Although the gentry in Huizhou restored the Wanli period, there were no Hui merchants in Yangzhou.

However, they are not officials. Unless they have fame and fortune on their heads, they are civilians. Civilians can pass freely and do not have to worry about the crime of being accused of rebellion.

In fact, Nanjing also needs salt merchants.

At present, the area controlled by Yangfeng does not produce salt, so the salt here also needs to be transported by salt merchants.

So over the past year, these merchants have been very happy. The original bans in various places have been lifted. Although the taxes on merchants have been increasing, compared to the freedom of trade, this effort is still acceptable. In fact, these merchants are not afraid of paying taxes. Although they always try to avoid paying taxes, compared to this, the government's messy restrictions on business are even more unbearable.

No one likes to live with ropes tied to them.

Besides, except for Yang Feng, there are still ways to not pay taxes in other places. Although Yang Feng needs to pay taxes, the government is more honest.

Their hidden costs have been reduced.

In short, compared with the hatred of the land gentry towards Yang Feng, the industrial and commercial gentry are entangled with love and hate towards him.

Including Gentleman Susong.

At least the middle and lower classes, who account for the vast majority of the gentry, have really become entangled with love and hate. Su Song is the most serious land annexation, and most of the land is in the hands of those super landlords. There are many people with hundreds of thousands of acres, but the middle and lower classes rely more on industry and commerce, and they are also very dissatisfied with the industry monopoly of the super landlords.

Especially those like the Xu Jie family who have hundreds of thousands of acres of land to provide raw materials and rely on officials to use slaves as workers will also seriously infringe on small and medium-sized textile owners.

"Brother Kaiyuan, the villain is here to report something to Body Kaiyuan."

Cheng Ningzhi said carefully.

"If you continue, I like you guys."

"Well, Xie Kaiyuan Bo is praised. The villain is loyal to His Majesty and Kaiyuan Bo. The villain is running the salt industry and has servants in Huai'an. Recently, Huai'an Governor Xu Chengwei is gathering heavy troops to go west, including Bi Maokang's Huaiyang army. The villain spent a lot of money to get news from Chen Jian's confidants. They should be preparing to attack from Hefei south with Wang Jianbin who had just arrived."

Cheng Ningzhi said.

Yang Dashui immediately smiled...

That's right.

The purpose of Wang Jianbin's journey south was to inspire the fighting spirit of Hongguang Dynasty, and then join them in launching a preemptive strike against him to prevent him from completing the reform in winter, just like facing the enemy crossing the river and attacking him halfway. They also knew the consequences of his completion of the reform of nearly 10 million people.

As for the Huaiyang salt merchant’s report...

They must tell the news.

Yangzhou is the first to bear the brunt.

Once the fight starts, Yang Feng will definitely attack Yangzhou. If you don’t report it immediately, and then get Yang Feng’s favor. Will you take it out one by one when he conquers Yangzhou?

If he can't defeat Yangzhou then...

Then throw Cheng Ningzhi out as a scapegoat!

"Then I'll tell you something."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Uh, Kaiyuan Bo asked for instructions."

Cheng Ningzhi said unexpectedly.

"I plan to restore the old Taizu Kaizhong system in Huaiyang after I capture Huaiyang. You are responsible for transporting grain to the capital and then exchanging salt in the capital."

Yang Feng said with a sincere look.

Cheng Ningzhi was stunned for a moment, then he cried and rushed to Yang Feng's feet.

"Kaiyuan, you can't do this. Kaiyuan, you can give the younger ones a way out. Kaiyuan, you want money to be easy. You can tell me a lot. The younger ones will come back to make up for you. You can't do this. If you restore the old and old styles of Kaiyuan, you will have no way out."

He lay there and howled.

And he screamed with snot and tears, which could be seen as sincere.

Yang Feng then kicked him over...

"What should I do? Do you still have to listen to you? I could coax you, but I am open and honest, and I understand everything clearly. Don't think I don't understand your thoughts. Today I also tell you clearly that it is imperative to restore the old system of Taizu Kaizhong. I have already recovered in Changlu Yan District. After taking Huaiyang, I will also recover. You have no way to live? When you have a way to live, you will have a hundred sheep, but when you have a hundred sheep, the soldiers in the border town will have no food to eat."

He shouted.

Cheng Ningzhi suddenly wiped his tears with a determined look on his face...

"Kaiyuan, just open it if you are in the middle of the game, the younger ones will recognize it!"

He said.

"Well?"

Instead, it was Yang Feng's turn to be stunned.

"Master, you must not speak out loudly if you want to start a small and medium-sized system, but since you want to restore the old Taizu system, you must have a bowl of water. You cannot just restore the opening. Other salt rules in Taizu's opening a small and medium-sized system must be serious."

Cheng Ningzhi said.
To be continued...