After finally talking about the topic, Du Yuande came up with the plan of the Jin gentry, saying that the Jin gentry were willing to pay back the commercial tax, but they should not pay the commercial tax according to the normal court regulations, but should follow the "United Shipping Company"

To pay business tax back according to the standard of tax reduction privileges.

Gu Xiqing naturally disagreed with the Jin Gentry's plan. She firmly stated that the Jin Gentry did not complete the procedures and also transported a large amount of luxury goods, which did not meet the tax reduction standards of the "United Shipping Company". However, as the two sides continued to argue, it became more and more...

When the smell of gunpowder was strong, Gu Xiqing suddenly said that he needed to return to the Jiangfang camp and ask Cao Jiang's military minister Liu Huaiyuan for his opinion.

In this way, the second negotiation came to an end quickly.

Then came the third negotiation and the fourth negotiation... They all ended in fierce arguments and mutual accusations. Both Jin Shen's side and Jiang Fangying's side revised their plans many times, but neither could satisfy the other party.

When the two sides were about to conduct their fifth negotiation, the negotiators from both sides suddenly discovered that as the two sides spent a lot of time in repeated negotiations, the sky had gradually darkened, and it was already dusk before they knew it.

Under such circumstances, it was naturally impossible to continue the negotiation, so Gu Xiqing and Du Yuande agreed again that both parties would camp on the shore for one night and wait until early tomorrow morning to continue the negotiation.

Obviously, the negotiations between the two parties seem to be very heated, but in fact they are all trying to delay the negotiations.

From the perspective of the Jin gentry, time is on their side, because the Jin gentry are local snakes and local emperors. As time goes by, whether it is the long-term tenant farmers in nearby areas who are attached to the power of the Jin gentry, or the powerful grain gangs and grain gangs in Nanjing,

All the servants of the Jin gentry would come to support him in a steady stream.

In fact, by noon tomorrow, the number of men under the command of the Jin gentry will be expanded to more than 5,000!

By that time, even if the follow-up negotiations completely broke down, the gentry would be confident enough to take back the cargo ship and supplies by force.

As for Jiang Fangying, delaying time was part of Zhao Junchen's planned plan.

Only by delaying time can the influence of this turmoil be further fermented. Only by delaying time can the Jin gentry be tempted to continuously draw support from Nanjing City, making Zhou Shangjing's remaining power in Nanjing City further empty.

Therefore, even though he knew that time was on the side of the gentry, Xu Qingyan just went with the flow and was happy to see the results!

If there are no accidents, with the tacit cooperation of both parties, this negotiation will continue to be delayed.

But unfortunately, there is one person who does not want to see the delay of both parties.

And this person is Jiang Xiao!

*

On the fishing boat in the middle of the river, Jiang Xiao observed for a whole afternoon, but found that the Jiangfang camp and the Jin gentry forces were just constantly negotiating and negotiating, and both were unwilling to start a war directly, and he became increasingly impatient.

"Whether it is the Jiang Fang camp or the gentry and grain gangs, they only know how to bluff! They have clearly set up a battle formation if they disagree, but they are all timid and only know how to talk! If this continues, they may

We don't dare to take action until next year! The Nanjing government and the Nanjing garrison are all a group of cowards who are afraid of trouble. The situation has deteriorated to such an extent, but they dare not show up to intervene... As a result,

How can we take advantage of the chaos and sneak back to Nanjing?"

Although Jiang Xiao was a fierce bandit, he was originally a frontier soldier of the imperial court. When he criticized the performance of all parties, he had a feeling of hating iron for not being able to make steel.

A "Chaofeng" dead soldier behind Jiang Xiao couldn't help but ask: "Yes, both sides are fierce in appearance and soft in heart. They dare not take action. Under such circumstances, I am afraid that they will never fight again... Boss Jiang, let's

What should we do? Should we continue to stay here and observe changes in the situation? Or should we directly take the risk and sneak back into Nanjing?"

After Jiang Xiao pondered for a moment, he suddenly showed a sneer and ordered: "Choose a few brothers who are good at water skills and stealth assassination, and follow me tonight!"

*

This night seemed to be uneventful.

But in the early morning of the next day, just before dawn, on a ship belonging to the Jin Gentry forces and the Grain Gang forces, a frightening scream resounded through the sky, suddenly breaking the tranquility on the ship.

Liang Gang Nanjing Hall Zhang Bao, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, opened his eyes immediately after hearing the scream and jumped up from the bed.

After a moment of discernment, Zhang Bao's expression changed slightly, he quickly opened the door and walked out of the cabin, running quickly towards the direction where the scream came from.

Zhang Bao is also an old martial artist who has always been sharp and capable. Although he had just woken up from his sleep, he quickly identified the scream - the scream came from Wang Jiahe, the head of the Wang family!

Wang Jiahe is one of the core figures among the Jiangnan Jin gentry. He has always had a wide network of contacts and huge influence. No accidents must occur, otherwise no one will be able to bear the responsibility.

When Zhang Bao hurried to Wang Jiahe's room, he found that the Jin gentry who lived nearby had already appeared one step ahead and had seen the situation in Wang Jiahe's room one step ahead.

After these Jin gentry saw the specific situation in Wang Jiahe's room, they all looked ugly, or collapsed on the ground with bloodless faces, or shivered in the corner, or lay on the side of the boat and vomited.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Bao looked even more serious and walked quickly into Wang Jiahe's cabin.

Then, even a veteran like Zhang Bao was stunned by the horrific scene in the cabin!

I saw only a head, a bloody head with eyes still open, placed on the low cabinet beside Wang Jiahe's bed!

A large amount of blood stains had spread to half of the bed along the severed neck!

And the owner of this head is surprisingly Wang Jiahe’s legitimate son—Wang Huizheng!

As for Wang Jiahe himself, he was obviously scared out of his wits. He was huddled in the corner of the room and screaming continuously, with a large area of ​​his crotch wet.

Among all the people, only Wang Qi, the son of the Wang family who was least favored by Wang Jiahe, was relatively calm. At this time, he not only blocked Wang Jiahe's view with his body to prevent Wang Jiahe from being stimulated again after seeing the horrific scene in the room again,

Moreover, he pressed Wang Jiahe's shoulders hard and kept shouting comfort.

Obviously, someone sneaked into Wang Jiahe's room at night and placed the head on Wang Jiahe's bedside. Wang Jiahe woke up early because of the large amount of blood stains on the bed. When he opened his eyes, he woke up early.

The head of his own son is in front of him with his eyes open to death!

No wonder Wang Jiahe and all the Jin gentry were so frightened that they showed their ugly faces!

They have always been a pampered and well-off people who talk, laugh, and have no business dealings with others. How have they ever seen such a scene!

The next moment, Zhang Bao discovered something else.

On the wooden wall of the cabin room, there are two big letters written in blood.

"Pleas guilty"!

After seeing these two words in blood, Zhang Bao's expression became gloomier than ever before!

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Chapter completed!