Zhang Xiaowu took the letter and saw that the letter was sealed with beeswax, indicating that Hu Sanwan had not opened the envelope and did not know its contents. He frowned, why did Miss Tao give the letter to Hu Sanwan instead of herself, and told him not to give this letter to herself unless Murong Yan wanted to harm herself? What secrets are hidden in this letter?

Hu Sanwan said again: "General, Miss Tao once told me before she left that this letter has a lot to do with a person. ”

"Who is it?"

"Cao Yan."

Zhang Xiaowu suddenly woke up and hurriedly asked, "Cao Yan?" What else did she say? ”

Hu Sanwan shook his head and said, "I didn't say the rest." ”

Zhang Xiaowu couldn't wait to remove the beeswax, open the letter, and read it carefully. His brows were tightly furrowed, and cold sweat gradually flowed out on his head, he never thought that the true identity of the poisonous lady Tao Zhiruotao, who had feelings for him, turned out to be one of the eighteen protectors of the Heavenly Fire Sect. She was assigned by the blue-clothed messenger, one of the four holy envoys, to prepare several medicines and hand them over to the blue-clothed envoy, and Cao Yan died violently in the next few days.

In addition to the sect leader and deputy sect leader of the Heavenly Fire Sect, there were four other holy envoys, namely the black-clothed holy envoy, the white-clothed holy envoy, the red-clothed holy envoy and the blue-clothed holy envoy, the most famous of which was the black-clothed holy envoy Xie Pengfei, who led the rebel army against the Vermilion Bird Legion in Yuezhou. And the most mysterious is the white-clothed holy envoy, who has only heard his name but has never seen him in the rivers and lakes. This blue-clothed holy envoy is generally active in the north of the empire, and it is also a divine dragon that does not see the head but the end.

The poisonous lady Tao Zhiruo turned out to be a thief! Kill Cao Yan!

Zhang Xiaowu's heart shook violently, how could he not have imagined that the Tao girl was actually the anti-thief of the Tianhuo Sect, and she was also one of the eighteen protectors of the Demon Sect who shouted and killed on the rivers and lakes. No wonder she told Hu Sanwan not to hand over this letter to Zhang Xiaowu unless it was absolutely necessary, and Hu Sanwan also kept his promise and did not open the letter.

He knew that the imperial court hated the Heavenly Fire Sect, and this sect was regarded as a demon sect by the imperial court, because they had assassinated the emperor, once instigated the rebellion of King Ning, and even rebelled against the imperial court in Jiangnan, but he never expected that Miss Tao was also a disciple of the Heavenly Fire Sect, and she was also one of the eighteen protectors. If this secret is exposed, then Wang Xiaojian and the beggar gang, Miss Zhu and even herself will be affected.

He couldn't bear such a result, let alone the sacrifice of everyone, so he could only swallow the secret in his stomach. He finally understood why Miss Tao left quietly, because she was a thief, and he was an official soldier, and they were destined to be enemies.

Zhang Xiaowu stuffed the letter under the oil lamp and lit it, and the letter quickly turned into a wisp of soot and disappeared, this secret was of little use to him. And Miss Tao handed over this letter to Hu Sanwan, not because she knew that Hu Sanwan was her confidant, but because the Tianhuo Sect knew that Hu Sanwan was responsible for finding out the news.

In other words, the Heavenly Fire Sect knew much more about themselves than the Golden Guards, so it was no wonder that the Heavenly Fire Sect had assassinated the Emperor and rebelled in just thirty years, and they did have the ability to do so. He was suddenly afraid for a while, if Tao Zhi was willing to marry him as a concubine, then he would not accept it. After thinking about it, he felt that he could accept it, and the reason why he provoked Miss Tao repeatedly was that he actually had love in his heart and didn't know how to express it.

He was shocked in his heart, and finally understood why Miss Tao would say those words to herself before leaving, and speculated that the Tianhuo Sect should let her use beauty tricks to get close to her, and stay by her side as a slave and concubine, so that she could use herself or spy on intelligence in the future. However, Tao Zhiruo was not willing to do this, she was not willing to be hypocritical, she was not willing to betray Zhang Xiaowu, and she did not want to harm him, so she did not say goodbye and returned to Yaowang Valley to live in seclusion.

"This silly girl." Zhang Xiaowu smiled bitterly in his heart.

"General, I'm going down." Hu 30,000 Dao.

"Old Hu?"

"What's the matter?"

"It's nothing, it's too late, stay safe."

"Okay."

Looking at the back of Hu Sanwan's departure, Zhang Xiaowu felt that he had some complicated feelings, the previous opponent was just the Inuyi tribe that could be seen on the surface, and the opponent he had to face after that was an invisible villain.

He knew that he and Murong Yan would eventually become opponents one day, because after the imperial court city was in the north, they would naturally form enemies, because they were both border troops. The rule of the Shenghan Dynasty was that half of the military salaries of the border army were allocated by the imperial court and half by the local co-payers, so most of the border troops sat in the area, and the border army guards were the highest local administrators, such as General Saibei and Liangwolf Guan Taishou.

The biggest benefit of the border army is the gold from entering and leaving the country, and of course, the border army often resells goods to earn money to subsidize their families. And the reason why Murong Yan impeached Zhang Xiaowu was because the imperial court extended the border to Saibei, causing the Two Wolf Pass to become the inner pass.

Previously, the merchants traded with foreign merchants in the two wolf cities, but now that the northern part of the city is included in the territory, the merchants have changed the place of trade to the wooden city, resulting in the wolf guards being unable to collect a large amount of gold and taxes, and they will inevitably obstruct or even impose heavy taxes on the merchants. And if the two wolves curb commerce, it will naturally get stuck in the neck of the main wooden city, so the two sides have formed a natural antagonistic relationship. The biggest contradiction between the two sides is that everyone is a border army and needs to raise part of their own military salaries, and the existence of the two sides leads to the necessity of fighting for money.

"The mistake is that two border armies were set up in such close proximity." Zhang Xiaowu stared at the map and smiled bitterly, the Holy Han Empire has nine border armies, namely the two wolf Guan Wolf Guard, the Snow Dragon Guan Xuewei, the Moon Guan Yuewei, the Longmen Pass Dragon Guard, the Yumen Guan Yuwei, the Tianhe Guan Tianwei, the Butterfly Guan Butterfly Guard, the Gua Mountain Hanging Gua Guard, and the Saibei Ghost Guard, among these nine border armies, except for the Ghost Guard and the Wolf Guard, any other passes are not less than 100 miles apart, and there is no competition at all.

Previously, Zhang Xiaowu was able to reach a partnership with Murong Yan for two reasons, the first was that Murong Yan needed to use Zhang Xiaowu to deal with Cao Yan, but now that Cao Yan is dead and Murong Yan is in charge of the Wolf Guard, his attitude immediately changed; The second is that Zhang Xiaowu had previously taken the military expenses of the Qinglong Army, so the ghost guards were not short of silver and food, so there was no need to collect gold and taxes, so that Mucheng gradually regained its vitality.

Can it be done later?

For the time being, Mucheng will not collect cents and taxes, and the traders will naturally be willing to trade in Mucheng, and the Two Wolf City will become depressed from now on.

Zhang Xiaowu doesn't need to think about the pressure of money, but Murong Yan can't think about it, after all, Murong Yan's wolf guard has 20,000 soldiers, and his salary is 5,000 taels per month, while Zhang Xiaowu's side only needs to take out 2,000 taels every month.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaowu's commander of the army in Saibei, none of his subordinates had the intention of rebellion or betrayal, and Zhang Xiaowu was neither stingy nor poor and generous to his subordinates, and the rewards and punishments were clear, and his soldiers would never be troubled by the issue of salary. In modern terms, this boss never owes employees wages, nor does he find reasons to deduct wages, and even pays bonuses every holiday, and engages in team building activities every holiday, how can employees not be loyal to the boss.

"Murong Yan, old dog, since you don't give me face, I won't let you have a good time." Zhang Xiaowu said with a cruel smile.

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