"What?" Lu Jing, the Hanyang Army envoy, was shocked when he heard that the wealthy families in Wuchang County had sent a message and were about to form an alliance. He thought it was a joke.

But if you think about it carefully, you feel that it is extremely feasible. Thousands of mine soldiers and hundreds of local troops have a very high chance of winning.

The Hanyang Army was newly established after the Later Zhou Dynasty conquered Huainan. It is opposite the Ezhou River and directly governed the Hanyang and Hanchuan counties. It can be said that as a border prefecture, what it does is to monitor Ezhou on the other side of the river.

"If we plan properly, we may be able to attack Ezhou and Jiangxi!" Lu Jing said excitedly.

"How can we send troops without the permission of the court?" The magistrate flatly rejected this proposal. Even if the opportunity is rare in front of him, he would never send troops without the court's laws.

The fourteen prefectures in Huainan were seized from the Southern Tang Dynasty, so they belonged to prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court. The Hanyang Army even had military supervisors to monitor the Hanyang Army, and their autonomy was not as good as those of the Jiedushi in the north.

"With that being said, it's a rare opportunity!" Lu Jing sighed and said with a pity.

"The Hanyang Army has only a few thousand soldiers. Even if we capture Ezhou, Wuchang Town, Fenghua Town, and Zhang Weiqing from Hongzhou, all these soldiers and horses come together, how can we seize food from the tiger's mouth?"

"These powerful people are just using our troops to force local governments to compromise. Their sincerity is close to nothing..."

Military Supervisors are a literati. They are not sure about winning the war and losing first. Although Ezhou is good, it is very hot. Tens of thousands of pseudo-Tang imperial guards in Hongzhou are not vegetarians.

"Oh, thief, these heroes, really, are you good at using military tactics!" After careful consideration, without reinforcements, these thousands of people could only deliver vegetables, and Lu Jing was in a cold sweat in an instant.

"Forget it, reply to those people, we will send troops to cooperate in a few days!" Lu Jing's family planning thought, and said, "Ezhou will come up with chaos even if we don't have any sweetness!"

"It seems that the pseudo-Tang country is uneasy, and I am afraid it will be in chaos for a while. I will write to the court to write to the court!"

Military supervisors are also blessed to their hearts, and such matters that increase qualifications cannot be left behind.

The wealthy families in Wuchang County were overjoyed when they learned the Hanyang Army's approval.

There are strong enemies outside and troubles inside, so you can't tolerate Ezhou or Wuchang County without compromise. If you can't do it well, this fall, you won't even have to pay the land tax.

Therefore, the army with the sixteen powerful families as the core formed an instant and formed a two thousand army to threaten Wuchang County. Naturally, they did not dare to raise an army to attack the county town. They only gathered together, which scared Wuchang County to tremble.

The rich families sent special envoys to express their frankness and said three conditions:

First, policies that damage their family shall not be implemented again.

Second, hundreds of miles of water on the East Lake are rented and sold to them for a thousand guan a year.

Finally, the Transportation Office will not be difficult for them.

Gao Mo was so angry that he trembled all over when he learned about this condition.

The county yamen runners and clerks kept persuading:

"Forget it, this has been like this for hundreds of years!"

"Anyway, if you have money, you will turn big things into small things, and you will draw small things..."

"Wuchang County will definitely be uneasy if you offend this group of wealthy families. Your official position has not been stable for several years."

Gao Mo was instantly shaken by this persuasion, thinking that Xiao Gui and Cao Sui were not bad, and there was no need for him to be so abrupt.

Seeing this, the Transportation Army Martial Arts Hall became anxious in an instant. He hurriedly said, "Gaoxian Zun, you must not. You will retreat today and retreat tomorrow. When will it be the end?"

Gao Mo was silenced.

"The saint's archery sound department is everywhere. How can we hide this matter from us?"

Gao Mo lowered his head and said nothing.

Wutang was anxious. He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, his fat trembled, and his body leaned over and said, "According to a certain investigation, these more than a dozen wealthy families have more than the interests of Donghu Lake. Every household has mines. For example, the Zhou family has a simple and easy-to-tube salt mine, which is more than ten thousand yuan a year. The Wang family has iron ore, which produces hundreds of thousands of kilograms of iron every year. Now each kilogram of iron can be directly 100 yuan, which is higher than the price of salt. Other clays can be made of good porcelain and pottery, sold far away from the Central Plains, Jiangxi prefectures..."

"These scattered together will be at least 200,000 yuan a year. The annual taxes of our eight counties in Ezhou are not as good as these. The key is that the court does not know that as long as we take out some money, we will naturally hide the truth. At that time, we will only earn 50% of the money, and after one official, will we be rich?"

"Okay!" Gao Mo heard this, pointed at the fat body of the martial arts hall, and was shocked and unable to speak: "You, you--"

"County Master, County Master, this is 200,000 yuan. Is money important for career career? With these, will the career career be smoother?"

Seeing that he was silent, Wu Tang felt regretful in his heart and was reckless, fearing that his future would be ruined. He gritted his teeth and said that scholars still need shame, so I didn't believe it. He would not appreciate it if he knelt down and begged him.

"You boy, why didn't you say it earlier?" Gao Mo's solemn face turned into a smile. His eyes turned red with excitement and said, "I want salt mines, iron mines and you. We can't just take over other mines. We have to get a share of the pie with Ezhou and make some things and you will be foolproof!"

"But, what about these two thousand soldiers? There are only three hundred soldiers and horses in the inspection camp!"

"You can rest assured that this is exactly what we have thought of for a long time. If they want to raise an army, they will inevitably fall into the palm of our hands!"

The fat flesh on Wu Tang's cheeks shook, and his eyes narrowed into a slit.

"The powerful clans have a military force, and they must have rebelled. Let's fabricate another letter from their collusion with the Hanyang army and report it to Ezhou. It is legitimate. Ezhou will definitely send troops to fight. Ezhou's eight counties, 3824, that is, 2,400 people, plus 500 people inspected Ezhou, which is only 3,000 people. If you deal with only two thousand miscellaneous soldiers, you will not be able to capture it."

"Even if the horse makes a mistake, there are still 2,500 Wuchang Town soldiers outside Ezhou City. They are elite soldiers and cannot make a mistake. Of course, they have to be wary of the Hanyang Army and cannot move unless necessary!"

Hearing this, Gao Mo didn't know where he was. This fat man used the East Lake tax to scare himself, but in fact he just secretly ignored the minerals in private and the land and property of the sixteen wealthy families.

I'm afraid the joining forces between the rich and powerful was also the result of his secretly fueling the fire, just to capture everything in one place and take into account both public and private.

After all, the Transshipment Office worked hard to get money for the court and privately sought some traitor's property, which was nothing.

No one can say that one can kill two birds with one stone.

I am really a fool. I was used by someone and I had to help him count the money. I almost missed 200,000 guan because of 9,000 guan.

"We have to act as soon as possible. We only have more than a month from the autumn harvest. The deposed envoy is about to return to Beijing. If he does not know our political achievements, even if he gets money, it will be a pity!"

The martial arts hall hurriedly urged.

"I immediately wrote a letter and submitted it to Ezhou!"

Gao Mo nodded and then began to instruct the county government to close the city gates tightly to prevent rioters from siegeing the city.
Chapter completed!