At the end of November of the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

The cold winter is steep, and the snow is scattered.

This year's heavy snow came early, and a layer of white "armor" accumulated around Yushan Town early, which seemed to indicate that next year will be a bumper year.

The people in Yushan Town are also smiling, since the establishment of the Yushan ticket number, not only the branches in Shandong have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, but the general number located in Yushan Town is a thriving business.

Not only did merchants and people from all over the country rush to deposit the silver, but even the people and merchants in Yushan Town also came one after another, depositing the rich silver in hand into the Yushan ticket number.

For ordinary people, the Yushan ticket number is a safe and feasible way to make money, there is no risk like doing business, and there is no need for any capital, you can sit on the interest every month, why not?

It is precisely because of this that the people of Yushan Town have become more and more supportive of Liu Juntao, and even the people of Anshan Town, Zhangqiu Town, Huakou Town and other places are very supportive of Liu Juntao.

At this time, Liu Juntao was eating a homely meal with Guo Muying at home, Guo Muying was five months pregnant, her body was gradually becoming inconvenient, and Liu Juntao was becoming more and more uneasy.

So, Liu Juntao temporarily handed over the affairs of Dongping Prefecture to Hu Dexing to deal with, and he was going to stay in Yushan Town for a while longer, and wait until Guo Muying gave birth smoothly, and then take his wife and children to Dongping Prefecture together.

Liu Juntao and Guo Muying were talking and laughing and eating, when suddenly the old mother of the family came over and said, "Mr. Lian, Mrs., Minister Tang Yu of the Ministry of Commerce asks to see you." ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile when he heard this: "It seems that we can't stop eating this meal." ”

Guo Muying also said with a smile: "The business is important, the husband will talk to Minister Tang about things first." ”

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "Bring the food to Madame's room." ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao said hello to Guo Muying, and then came to the front hall, where Tang Yu was already waiting.

"Is there an urgent matter at noon? By the way, have you had lunch? ”

Tang Yu said with a smile: "I've eaten it." Mr. Lian, the income and expenditure of the Ministry of Commerce in the past two months have come out! Look at it. ”

Liu Juntao looked at Tang Yu's expression, and he also had a bottom in his heart.

When Liu Juntao opened the paperwork, his face was instantly full of smiles.

In just two months or so, the newly established Yushan ticket number has gathered more than 7 million taels of silver and lent more than 1.1 million taels of silver, which not only made up for all the inventory lost in Yushan Town before, but also stirred up all the silver flow in the entire Shandong for the use of Yushan Town!

This is not the most pleasing thing for Liu Juntao, what Liu Juntao is happiest is that through the Yushan ticket number, all the powerful and wealthy families in Shandong have been attracted over, and they have been connected with Yushan Town through the bond of silver!

From now on, if anyone can't get along with Yushan Town, it means that the Yushan ticket number will also be threatened, which means that they will be enemies of all the forces in Shandong!

By gathering a large amount of silver, the Yushan ticket number instantly put on a fireproof cover for Yushan Town, as long as the enemy is not sure of nine out of ten, he will never dare to be the enemy of Yushan Town at will!

At this time, Liu Juntao said: "Our Yushan Town is now rich and rich, and we can do a lot of big things now!" ”

Tang Yu also said with a smile: "What big thing is Mr. Lian going to do?" ”

"Training! Prepare for battle! ”

Hearing this, Tang Yu was taken aback and asked, "Mr. Lian is still ready to fight with the Xu family and Ye Zongliu?" ”

"Exactly!"

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "Ye Zongliu and his team of bandits have committed a lot of crimes in our Shandong, how can I let him go!" There is also the Xu family, who is the enemy of my Yushan Town everywhere, and until now they still control the output of iron ore and restrict the output of the Yushan Military Bureau, and the Xu family must be eliminated! ”

At this time, Tang Yu also fell into deep thought, and then said: "Mr. Lian, although the strength of our Yushan Town is far stronger than that of the Xu family or Ye Zongliu's department, but in the face of the Xu family and Ye Zongliu's two families, our Yushan Town will also be quite difficult to deal with, isn't it a little slow?" ”

"No way!"

Liu Juntao said categorically: "Now that the vitality of the bandits in Ye Zongliu's department is greatly damaged, it is a great opportunity for us to attack south, and we must not let Ye Zongliu recover his vitality!" ”

"When is General Lian going to lead his troops south?"

"Lead your troops south?"

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Now is not the time! Before starting a full-scale fight with the Xu family and Ye Zongliu, I must first weaken their strength, remove their vigilance, and have a sufficient reason to go south! ”

Tang Yu nodded while listening, Liu Juntao was able to rationally analyze the situation in front of him, which made Tang Yu very happy.

"As long as everything is ready, I will lead our army of Yushan Town to the south, so that the two tumors of the Xu family and Ye Zongliu will be wiped out!"

A few days later, Liu Zi'an rushed back to Yushan Town with a few of his subordinates, and brought a message to Liu Juntao: Xuzhou Xu Jia and Ye Zongliu sent people to contact Liu Zi'an and wanted to make peace with Yushan Town!

Liu Juntao looked at the information handed over by Liu Zi'an, his brows gradually wrinkled together, and asked, "Did the people of the Xu family and the people of Ye Zongliu come together, or did they come separately?" ”

"Separately."

Liu Zi'an said: "At that time, I was dealing with things in Ningyang County, and the people of the Xu family found me first, and the people from Ye Zongliu came the next day. ”

"Humph!"

Liu Juntao sneered and said, "It seems that the Xu family and Ye Zongliu have discussed, and the two families must want to negotiate peace with us in order to secretly develop their strength." ”

Liu Zi'an asked, "Mr. Lian, how do we reply to them?" ”

"Tell the Xu family and Ye Zongliu, let them each send someone who can call the shots to our Yushan Town, since they want to negotiate peace, then they must have the appearance of peace talks, at least the three families should sit down and talk about it!"

Liu Zi'an couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and asked, "Is Mr. Lian really ready to make peace with the Xu family and Ye Zongliu?" ”

"Peace talks?"

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "If Xu Zhao, the head of the Xu family, and Ye Zongliu can recognize the price of peace talks, then I don't have any opinion!" ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao groaned for a while, and then said to Liu Zi'an: "You immediately tell the Xu family and Ye Zongliu, half a month!" I only give them half a month's time to send someone to Yushan Town to see me as soon as possible, otherwise I will not wait! ”

Liu Zi'an nodded, then clenched his fists and left.

At this time, Guo Muying walked into the house with a big belly and said, "I saw Liu Zi'an coming just now, is there anything wrong?" ”

Liu Juntao told Liu Zi'an the news he brought, and then helped Guo Muying to sit beside him and asked, "Does Madame have any ideas?" ”

Guo Muying pondered for a moment, then said with a smile: "Fu Junda can take advantage of the opportunity of this peace negotiation to make a big profit, weaken the strength of the Xu family and Ye Zongliu as much as possible, or at least limit them." ”

"What if the Xu family and Ye Zongliu don't agree?"

"Probably not!"

"Oh?"

Liu Juntao asked with some curiosity: "Is Madam so sure?" ”

Guo Muying said: "Of course! Now that our Yushan Town is in full swing, it is no longer something that the Xu family and Ye Zongliu can resist, and they must know this very well in their hearts, otherwise they would not take the initiative to ask for peace talks this time! Therefore, even if the conditions we put forward are harsh, I forgive the Xu family and Ye Zongliu and dare not refuse! ”

"Haha!"

After listening, Liu Juntao immediately laughed and said: "If you have a wife, what do you want for such a couple!" ”

In fact, Guo Muying's judgment, Liu Juntao had already expected it: the Xu family and Ye Zongliu must be sitting on pins and needles now, and they can't wait to agree to peace talks immediately! Therefore, Liu Juntao knew very well in his heart that no matter what kind of conditions he proposed, as long as it did not endanger the lives of Xu Zhaohui and Ye Zongliu, the heads of the Xu family, the two would agree, at least this would buy time for the two!

And Liu Juntao can also take this opportunity to weaken the strength of the Xu family and Ye Zongliu in Xuzhou as much as possible.

With such a result, it seems that Yushan Town, the Xu family, and Ye Zongliu each take what they need, which is a win-win result, but the Xu family and Ye Zongliu are just drinking to quench their thirst!

At this time, Guo Muying can see this layer, Liu Juntao is very happy in his heart, there is a virtuous helper who can help himself, but it is more happy than how much money he earns!

Ten days later, Xu Zhaohui, the head of the Xu family, and Ye Zongliu successively received a reply from Liu Zi'an, and both of them fell into deep thought and began to think about who should be sent to negotiate with Liu Juntao.

Obviously, the person in charge of the negotiation cannot be too low in status and can have a certain right to speak. At the same time, for Xu Zhaohui and Ye Zongliu, the person in charge of the negotiation cannot be too important, after all, the two are worried that Liu Juntao will suddenly make trouble, and this choice is very difficult to make, which makes Xu Zhaohui and Ye Zongliu very sad.