March of the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

Liu Juntao sat in the courtyard of his home, drinking tea leisurely, Guo Muying sat next to him sewing clothes, and the two enjoyed a rare leisure time.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Liu Zi'an stood outside and said loudly: "Mr. Lian!" Something happened! ”

Liu Juntao was shocked when he heard this, Guo Muying had already gotten up to open the door.

As soon as Liu Zi'an entered the door, he hurriedly saluted Guo Muying, and then came to Liu Juntao, clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Lian!" Then Ye Zongliu is not dead! ”

Liu Juntao said as soon as he heard it; "Let's go! Tell me about it in the house! ”

Seeing this, Guo Muying also avoided and went to prepare tea by herself.

As soon as the two entered the house, Liu Juntao frowned and asked, "Didn't you say before that Ye Zongliu and tens of thousands of horses were all wiped out by the official army in Xianxia Ridge?" ”

Liu Zi'an sighed and said, "The official army's report has always been untrue! The official army did inflict a heavy blow on Ye Zongliu's thief army in Xianxia Ridge, but Ye Zongliu fled with tens of thousands of horses and horses. I received news that Ye Zongliu led 30,000 or 40,000 defeated soldiers all the way to Wenzhou Mansion, and also laid down the Panshi Guard of Wenzhou Mansion! ”

Liu Juntao was also secretly frightened when he heard this, he originally thought that Ye Zongliu was just a grass king, but he didn't expect that not only did he defeat the officials and troops one after another, but he could also get away with tens of thousands of troops in the face of the encirclement and suppression of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and finally he could even go to Wenzhou Mansion and lay down Panshiwei!

"This Ye Zongliu is really a mixed river dragon! It's not easy! ”

Liu Juntao asked, "Then is there any news about Ye Zongliu now?" ”

Liu Zi'an nodded and said, "Now according to the public report of the official army, all the remnants of Ye Zongliu's department have been gathered and annihilated by Panshiwei, but I think this matter still needs to be verified!" ”

"Why?"

Liu Zi'an said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lian, I found out the news from elsewhere, although those officers and soldiers gathered and annihilated more than 20,000 thieves and killed several leaders, they still did not find Ye Zongliu's body, and most importantly, nearly 200 sea ships under Pan Shiwei were all gone!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao couldn't help frowning and said; "In other words, it is very likely that Ye Zongliu fled by boat with some of the remnants of the army!"

Liu Zi'an nodded and said, "Very likely!" Although it has been written in the official army's report that Ye Zongliu has been burned to death in Xianxialing, the official army has never found Ye Zongliu's body, which is no proof of death! According to the style of the official army, it is not impossible to falsely report Ye Zongliu's life and death! ”

"It's really possible!"

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "However, this matter has nothing to do with us, at most, it just shows that the soldiers and horses of the court are a little unusable, and it seems that the soldiers of the court are not as good as before!" ”

Liu Zi'an said: "However, there is another thing, which is quite interesting! ”

"Oh? Tell me about it! ”

Liu Zi'an said: "Mr. Lian, according to the news from the shop of the Ministry of Commerce in Qingzhou Mansion: Just ten days ago, there was a big man in Mengyin County, Qingzhou Prefecture, with more than 10,000 people under his command, and the money and food were very heavy, and in a blink of an eye, he occupied 30 or 50 villages and tunbao around Mengyin County, as if he suddenly came out of the ground, and no one knew where this big man came from!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao also came to the spirit and said: "This is very interesting! Do you know the specific situation of this big hero? ”

Liu Zi'an said in a deep voice: "The specific situation is still being investigated, but now it is certain that that Da Haoqiang is also surnamed Ye, and his subordinates basically have a southern accent!" ”

"What!"

Liu Juntao pondered for a while, constantly thinking about something, and then said: "In this way, this matter is really interesting, interesting!" ”

"Mr. Lian, although we have formed an alliance with Yan Shenggong and Ren Chengwei Commander, the Xu family in Xuzhou has always been eyeing us, and has never given up on finding trouble with us! Now there is another big man surnamed Ye in Qingzhou Mansion, although there has not been any conflict with our Yushan Town, but no one can say what will happen in the future, we have to guard against it! ”

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "Find a way to find out about that Haoqiang surnamed Ye, and report any news immediately!" ”

Liu Zi'an received the order and hurried to arrange it.

At the end of March of the thirteenth year of Orthodoxy.

Liu Zi'an basically found out the situation of the big Haoqiang surnamed Ye in Qingzhou Mansion, and hurriedly found Liu Juntao.

"Mr. Lian, it's basically all checked!"

"Speak quickly!"

Liu Zi'an said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lian, that Ye surnamed is a powerful man called Ye Lao, with 10,000 people under his command, in just this month, his power has developed very rapidly, almost centered on Mengyin County, and his power is all over the entire Qingzhou Mansion!" ”

Liu Juntao was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "It's only been a month, how did that Ye Lao do it?" ”

"Kill!"

Liu Zi'an said: "It is said that the men and horses under the old Ye went around annexing Tunzhuang, coercing the surrounding villages to pay tribute to him, and even smashed the shops in Yiyuan County, Yishui County, Yinan County, Wulian County and other places, killing the bitter owners of these shops, and taking the shops for themselves!" ”

Liu Juntao frowned and asked, "Don't the garrisons and officials of Qingzhou Mansion care?" ”

Liu Zi'an shook his head and said, "Qingzhou Mansion has always been a poor place in our Shandong, and the officials and generals over there are used to it. Although Ye Lao acted bloody, after every time he laid down an estate, he would give some benefits to local officials and generals. It is estimated that the officials and generals over there in Qingzhou Mansion saw the money, and they all pretended not to see it one by one! Even if Ye Lao did some things too much, at best, he would just throw out one or two of his minions, and after he was killed, he would calm the anger of the people! ”

After listening, Liu Juntao understood in his heart that this Ye Lao was not a good man and a woman, and he was even more difficult to deal with than the Xu family in Xuzhou!

Although the Xu family is also quite arrogant, at least they still have scruples and rules in doing things, and they will not do things absolutely, otherwise just based on the fiasco in the previous business war, the Xu family will rush up and never admit it!

But this Ye Lao is different, he is definitely a ruthless and ruthless person.

Now Yushan Town also has a large number of industries in Qingzhou Mansion, not to mention anything else, that is, the shops scattered by the Ministry of Commerce all over the place, there are dozens or hundreds of them in Qingzhou Mansion!

If that Ye Lao continues to develop like this, sooner or later there will be a conflict with Yushan Town, and then it will be another bloody storm!

"Is the Ministry of Commerce's industry in Qingzhou now impacted?"

Liu Juntao couldn't help but be a little worried.

Liu Zi'an said: "Mr. Lian, rest assured, up to now, that Ye Lao's people have not clashed with us. Moreover, that Ye Lao should have given orders to his subordinates, and when his subordinates were expanding, it seemed that they were deliberately avoiding the industry of our Yushan Town. ”

"And such a thing?"

Liu Zi'an nodded and said, "It is said that in Yishui County, the men and horses under Ye Lao smashed all the shops on a street, and only the three shops in our Yushan Town survived, and this is also the case in several other prefectures and counties. As a result, some people with ulterior motives are talking about it, that Ye Lao is either afraid of our Yushan Town, or has some dealings with our Yushan Town! ”

"This Ye Lao is not simple!"

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "This Ye Lao's development is too fast and bloody, and he must be made to understand that in the realm of Shandong, you can't do things like this!" ”

"What are you going to do?"

Liu Juntao sneered and said, "Let Hu Dexing take a group of people to Qingzhou Mansion!" ”

When Liu Zi'an heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Is Mr. Lian going to fight with Ye Lao?" ”

"Of course not!"

Liu Juntao said: "It's not here yet! Let Hu Dexing take people over and walk around Qingzhou Mansion is to let Ye Lao understand that in Shandong, our Yushan Town is the number one hero, and we must be careful and low-key in the future! ”

Subsequently, Hu Dexing led more than 1,300 young men under his command to Mengyin County, the capital of Qingzhou, and held a "big military parade" outside Mengyin County.

After this "big military parade", Ye Lao and his others, who were entrenched in Mengyin County, died down and stopped expanding.

Seeing this, Hu Dexing led his troops to stay in Qingzhou Mansion for half a month, then returned to his home and returned to Yushan Town.

Mengyin County.

Ye Lao is Ye Zongliu, at this time, Ye Zong stayed in an ordinary courtyard in the city, and was drinking with Wang Neng, Chen Gongshan, and Chen Jianhu, but the mood of several people was obviously not very good.

Wang Neng said: "Boss, the people and horses of Yushan Town are really tough, far stronger than the officials and troops who encircled and suppressed us!" We can't provoke such a big worm! ”

Ye Zongliu sneered and said, "That's right! Now we really can't provoke Yushan Town, but we can't say for sure in the future, I heard that Yushan Town is a sea of gold and silver, and it is so rich! ”