Anyi County is just east of Fenyin and south of Wenxi, and it is not particularly far from Liao Chuan and Liu Xiaohai's defense line. In addition, the Wang family is the head snake in Hedong County, so they are much more sensitive to what happens on this ground.

What's more, when Peng Lin led the troops ashore, he did not deliberately cover it up, and even deliberately publicized it, so it is strange that the Wang family could not know this news.

"Three thousand iron horsemen is indeed a huge threat. Moreover, this Huashan Army is no better than other homeless rebel armies, and its strength should not be underestimated! Although we also have more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, if we have a hard fight with each other, I am afraid we will not be able to please us! Not to mention these 3,000 iron horses, the thousands of people and horses from Fenyin to Yuan County are not something we can deal with! The butler said from the side.

"With the strength of several of our families, plus the salt merchants of Hedong, it is possible to drive the Huashan Army out of Hedong County. If we can bring in foreign aid all the way, we may be more sure. But that's too risky. The old man didn't want to drive away one wolf, and another or even several wolves came! Wang Yun said lightly.

The housekeeper understood what he meant, and he wanted to use other forces in the state, even the Yan State in the Central Plains, the imperial court in Jiangzuo, and so on. But the problem is that once these forces come over and solve the Huashan army, it is very likely that they will not leave. After all, the salt here in Hedong is really attractive.

"Yes! Now it's just a matter of gathering the crowd to go over and discuss it, and nothing else is happening! In case there is no catastrophe, if we do it first, we will only bring disaster to ourselves! The housekeeper agreed with this idea, and thought it was better to be cautious.

"There are a lot of people who went this time, the four major families of Wang, Zhang, Li, and Chen are all listed, and the three old guys Zhang Xingzhou, Li Fanggu and Chen Tangzhai are not fuel-efficient lamps. Let's take a look at their practices first, otherwise, we will act rashly, I am afraid that the three of them will be cheaper. When the time comes, if we suffer, and the three of them sit back and enjoy the benefits of the fishermen, it will not work! After Wang Yun thought about it for a while, he decided to take a look at the situation.

A little later than him, Zhang Jichuan, the patriarch of the Zhang family in Hebei County, Chen Liheng, the patriarch of the Chen family in Puban County, and Li Yu, the patriarch of the Li family in Yishi County, also received official documents from Li Xin one after another.

In addition, there are some salt merchants of different sizes, as long as they have reached a certain power, basically all received this official document. The meaning of the official document is very simple, that is, three days later, in Chang'an City, Li Xin will personally preside over a meeting, which is related to the major matter of salt production, and must be present.

This is a matter of vital interest to them, so they cannot afford not to pay attention to it. At the same time, Peng Lin's news is also known to everyone, and the meaning of this is even more obvious.

All of a sudden, some of the salt merchants in Hedong were panicked. The four major families are better, and the patriarchs of these families have all become ordinary characters. Although they didn't know what kind of medicine Li Xin was selling in the gourd, they all chose to stand still, just like Wang Yun.

In this way, the small salt merchants who were already watching the direction of the wind and counting on them, the big families, naturally did not dare to mess around. Especially after Peng Lin took the cavalry around outside the counties, everyone completely dispelled the idea of resisting.

However, these people have secretly stepped up their contact, and many times in normal times, they are attached to the four major families, and at this time, they have to huddle together to keep warm!

The small and medium-sized salt merchants sent people to the four major families to listen to the rumors, and at the same time to ask their opinions so as to prepare for the next thing.

This can be regarded as a secret united front, in order to really go to Guanzhong, no matter what happens, they can unite, unite with the outside world, and defend their own interests. And all this was naturally heard clearly by the people arranged by Li Xin, and he quickly reported back to Chang'an.

Peng Lin originally thought that this time there should be some turmoil~ chaos, and he could take the cavalry under his command to fight a good battle, and by the way, test the training results of these cavalry. But what I didn't expect was that the salt merchants in Hedong were all very honest, and none of them came out at all.

In fact, he doesn't understand these people, you know, these salt merchants can do business in troubled times, and they can protect themselves, without a little means, it is impossible. Wait and see where the wind goes, that's the easiest thing, and they know how to avoid risks best.

In the current situation that the Huashan Army is strong and the 10,000 army is close at hand, as long as they are not bad brains, they will definitely not be the first to stand up. Unless they already have the strength to challenge the Huashan Army.

Of course, if you really have such strength, you don't need to dodge. Directly got up and drove the Huashan army to Hedong, wouldn't all the benefits be taken by one person!

Therefore, two days later, the large and small salt merchants of Hedong County obediently took a boat to Chang'an City in Peng Lin's depressed eyes.

These people were sent by Li Xin to take the pavilion to rest, and now there are still many dilapidated places in Chang'an City, but this pavilion was repaired by Li Xin himself. There is no way, I have more things to do now, and there are more guests to invite, so I have to give people a place to live!

These people originally thought that there would be nothing going on that day, after all, after arriving in Chang'an City, it was already evening. But what he didn't expect was that after only resting for less than an hour in the post house, after eating some food, Li Xin sent someone to invite him.

"This doesn't let people rest, after a day's journey, people are sleepy and tired, and I'm almost tired now!" Even if some salt merchants were dissatisfied, they only dared to mumble quietly.

"I'm in a hurry! No matter what, we have to let us take a break first! ”

"That's right! Do you think that we are all like him Li Xin, with too much energy! ”

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Although there were constant complaints, everyone still followed the visitor to the central government office. Because this time there were a bit of a large number of people, and besides, none of them were officials. Therefore, Li Xin did not meet them directly in the office place, but directly opened a smaller side hall to discuss matters.

When the salt merchants arrived at the main hall, Li Xin had not yet arrived, but some scribes and guards had arrived first. There is a stool in the hall, and in front of the stool there is a small table with some tea and food on it! All in all, it looks like a harmonious scene.

When everyone got inside, they found that each table had their names written on it, apparently asking everyone to take their seats.

The more powerful the salt merchants, the more prominent their positions are. There is no doubt that the four families are sitting behind the four tables at the front, exactly opposite each other, on either side of the main seat.

"Prince, you see that we have all arrived, but Li Xin has not arrived for a long time, and he obviously looks down on us!" After sitting down, Li Yu, the patriarch of the Li family, turned his head sideways and whispered to Wang Yun on the right.

The main seat at the top is where Li Xin sits, and at this moment only two guards are separated, while Wang Yun is sitting first on the left, and Zhang Jichuan is opposite him. Wang Yun's next head is the head of the Li family, and Zhang Jichuan's head is the head of the Chen family.

Further down, there are other large and small salt merchants. Lu Shan and the others, who lived in Yiju, were in the middle seat, and they were talking with the people around them at this time.

"Don't be impatient, since General Li invited us over overnight, will it be too late? We are civilians, and we should wait! Wang Yun looked at his nose and nose, and said lightly.

Hearing this, Li Yu couldn't help but scold! At the same time, I was secretly laughing in my heart that this old guy was clearly and a little resentful, and he was always carrying a gun and a stick when he spoke.

The hall was brightly lit and many large candles were lit, so that these people, who were originally sleepy, have become much more energetic at the moment. Everyone is talking in a whisper, nothing more than what will happen next, how these Huashan troops are, and how Li Xin is the one that everyone is most concerned about. After all, among these people present, except for Lu Kun and the three of them, I am afraid that none of the other salt merchants have seen Li Xin.

"The general has arrived!" Just as everyone was talking, the soldiers outside the door suddenly shouted.

As soon as this sound came out, the hall immediately fell silent, and everyone's eyes looked towards the outside of the hall.

These salt merchants had already understood when they came, although there were many people and generals in the Huashan Army today, but Li Xin was the only one who really had the rank of general. In other words, there is nothing in the private name of the soldiers in the army, and the official name of the general is Li Xin.

Under the attention of everyone like this, Li Xin walked in from outside the main hall, he had already seen thousands of troops, so he naturally didn't care about such a small scene. Slowly walked through the crowd and walked straight to the top of the throne.

It was as if the emperor had walked through his courtiers. The patriarchs of the various families looked at the young man in front of them and were all a little surprised! After all, among these people they came, there were not no young people, but there were absolutely very few.

Especially the people in power of the big family, who are basically over thirty years old. In such a comparison, Li Xin's special features naturally become more and more obvious! Who can be like him, relying on his own efforts at a young age, to stand in such a high position and hold such power.

Therefore, even though almost all of these people were much older than Li Xin, no one present dared to despise him. Especially old and mature people like Wang Yun, they will not relax their vigilance because of superficial phenomena.

How can those who only look at the surface survive in a place like Hedong? I'm afraid it's already been swallowed up by other big and small families.