Orthodox eight years, early April.

The early summer sun was already scorching, shining on the flow of people on the official road and sweating profusely.

At this time, Liu Juntao was taking a team of twelve guards from Yushan Salt Pond to the north, escorting several carts full of illegal salt to return to Yushanji.

This time, Liu Juntao received the news of Yan Hu, and specially came to check the production situation of Yushan Salt Pond, seeing that the backlog of private salt here has reached tens of thousands of catties, and not a catty of private salt has been sold, and more than 200 households in Yushan Salt Pond have no choice but to stop production completely.

However, the suspension of production is a small matter, but the people's hearts are big!

As soon as the Yushan Salt Pond stopped production, the more than 200 stove households became fluctuating and panicked.

Seeing that not a single pound of private salt was sold, all the stove households thought that Liu Juntao could not control the original Wang family's private salt sales network, and at the same time they were more worried that the Liu family in Anshan Town would suppress Yushanji.

At present, the private salt boiled by everyone cannot be sold, and everyone thinks that the Liu family is going to do it, and everyone will be in danger, and the hearts of the people in Yushan Salt Pond will fluctuate for a while.

Yan Hu sensed the uneasiness of the stove households and hurriedly contacted Liu Juntao.

Liu Juntao was also taken aback when he heard the news at first, and hurriedly asked Tang Yu to mobilize a sum of silver, and personally drove the cart to Yushan Salt Pond with his guards.

After inspecting, Liu Juntao staged a good show of "purchasing private salt" in front of more than 200 stove households, "purchased" part of the private salt backlogged in Yushan Salt Pond, and pulled back more than 3,000 catties of private salt, which temporarily stabilized the uneasy hearts of more than 200 stove households.

However, Liu Juntao's strategy can't be used often, and he can't keep acting with his left hand and right hand, right?

The final solution is still the key to getting through the Liu family, and fully taking over the Wang family and even the Liu family's private salt sales network!

After Liu Juntao led the team back to Yushanji, he handed over the more than 3,000 catties of private salt to Guo Yongzhong, and said: "Guo Yuanwai, these private salts in the Yushan Salt Pond can't be sold for a while, so there are laborers who distribute these private salts to all households in the village, which also saves everyone from purchasing them again." ”

"Haha, this is a good thing, the old and young in the village must be happy, so much private salt, enough for us to eat in Yushan for several years!"

Guo Yongzhong beckoned some strong women in the village and happily transported the illicit salt to the threshing floor, ready to distribute it from household to household.

At this time, Chen Ziping rushed over when he heard the news, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, all the craftsmen who built the walled wall in Yushanji have been recruited, and all kinds of materials have been prepared, but this salary is ......."

"What? Not enough silver? ”

"Not really."

Chen Ziping said: "Although we are not rich now, we can still afford these wages. What I mean, big brother, is that we should keep as much money as we can in our hands, in case we need it, and replace it with something else first. ”

Liu Juntao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said thoughtfully: "For example: private salt!" ”

"Yes, big brother, just use private salt to pay for wages, not only can we save a sum of silver, but the important thing is that those craftsmen are also willing to ask for it. The eldest brother may not know that in this countryside, ordinary people can't see silver all year round, and even if they are given silver, they can't spend it, so it's not as good as this private salt! ”

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "In this way, you take a batch of private salt from Guo Yuanwai and leave it behind to pay the wages of these craftsmen." ”

Chen Ziping nodded and went to do it.

After that, Liu Juntao returned home and sat alone in a chair to meditate and think about it.

"I don't know what the situation is on the Liu family's side, now that the young men of the escort team have looked a little bit after a month of training, they should be able to come in handy. And Tang Yu has already sent news more than once, the silver and grain deposits are about to bottom out, and I have to make a move! ”

After thinking about it, Liu Juntao made up his mind ruthlessly, and secretly said in his heart, no matter whether he could find out the exact news of the Liu family, he would lead the main force of the Yushan Guards to the south in four days and compete with the Liu family!

After making up his mind, Liu Juntao began to dispatch troops.

Liu Juntao first found Chen Ziping and Gao Ran, said his plan to go south, and then said to the two: "This time I will go south, I will take the main force of our escort team, and the two of you will go south with me!" ”

Chen Ziping and Gao Ran never imagined that Yushanji was about to have a showdown with the Liu family so soon, and the growth rate of Yushanji had far exceeded the psychological expectations of the two.

At this time, Chen Ziping and Gao Ran's hearts were full of blood, and they hugged their fists and said: "Please rest assured, eldest brother, I will wait to be the saddle before and after the horse, and swear to follow!" ”

Liu Juntao nodded with satisfaction, and let the two of them go to prepare.

After that, Liu Juntao sent two teams of personal guards to Huakou Town and Yushan Yanchi respectively to deliver news to Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu.

Liu Juntao ordered Yan Hu to leave a part of his troops to continue to stay in Yushan Yanchi, and then send a part of his troops to Huakou Town for Tang Yu's dispatch, and Yan Hu himself led the main force under his command to return to Yushanji to sit in town.

As for Zhang Xiaojun's headquarters, Liu Juntao ordered him to assemble all within two days and rush to Yushanji to join his main force.

In the end, Liu Juntao urgently ordered Tang Yu to rush back to Yushanji immediately.

The next day, Tang Yu rushed back, and as soon as he met Liu Juntao, he said straight to the point: "Three days later, I will lead my troops south, and you must prepare for me within two days enough dry food for 1,000 people for ten days, as well as 2,000 taels of silver!" ”

Tang Yu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said: "Big brother, now that the wall of our Yushanji has begun to be built, the various expenses in the village are not small, plus the various expenses of the New Year in the village before, the salary of the guards in the past few months, etc., we now only have more than 10,000 taels of silver in our hands, and only more than 300 stones of grain left. The dry food for 1,000 people for 10 days is at least about 200 stones. Big brother, what we need to go south this time has basically emptied the money and food in our hands! ”

"This matter is imperative, there is no need to discuss it again!"

Liu Juntao said categorically: "If we don't defeat the Liu family, then the Yushan Salt Pond will be useless, and our Yushan Pool will be completely dragged down by the huge expenses, and sooner or later it will fall apart!" ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao patted Tang Yu's shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and prepare, after the Liu family passes this pass, our Yushanji will be able to get through the second vein of Rentong, and the road ahead will be bright from now on!" ”

Tang Yu also understood this truth in his heart, and immediately stopped saying anything, so he went to allocate money and food to prepare.

In two days, Yan Hu and Zhang Xiaojun successively led their young men to Yushanji, and Tang Yu also successively allocated a large amount of money and grain to concentrate on the threshing floor.

In an instant, thousands of elite guards were gathered in Yushan Village, making the already bustling village even more crowded and lively.

All of a sudden, the crowds of young men made the entire Yushan set solemn, and a tense atmosphere before the big battle spread, making everyone's hearts tense with a string.

Guo family.

Guo Muying looked at Guo Yongzhong, who was worried, and said, "Father is worried about Juntao and their going south to Anshan Town?" ”

Guo Yongzhong nodded and said: "Mu Ying, the Liu family in Anshan Town is not as strong as the Wang family, no matter how strong the Wang family is, it is only a bully family at best, and the Liu family is a real hero!" ”

"But there are more than 1,000 young men in our Yushan Guard?"

"There are a lot of people in our Yushan Collection, but who can tell how many people there are in the Liu family? Moreover, the most terrifying thing about the Liu family is not the people under him, but the big forces that support the Liu family behind them! Can our Yushan set really shake these intertwined heroes? ”

Compared with Guo Yongzhong's worries, Guo Muying was full of confidence and said: "I think Juntao will definitely succeed!" ”

What do you mean by that? What is your basis? ”

"Nope! I just think Juntao can do it! ”

Guo Yongzhong couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

However, Guo Yongzhong suddenly felt a trace of sourness in his heart, looking at his daughter, as if he was about to lose something, and he was stunned.

Just as the father and daughter were talking, a subordinate walked over quickly and said, "Master Qiqi, the little flag officer under the command of President Hu, Lord Sun Xu is here." ”

Guo Yongzhong was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly went out to greet him.

Although Sun Xu was originally just a big soldier and had no dealings with Guo Yongzhong, at this time, he was a small flag officer and an officer, so Guo Yongzhong naturally couldn't be easily neglected.

Guo Yongzhong welcomed Sun Xu in, Guo Muying personally served tea for him, and then went back to the room.

"Lord Sun is here today for something important?"

Sun Xu said: "Don't hide it from Guo Yuan, I'm here to find Brother Liu." ”

"So? Jun Tao took the escort team to practice outside this morning, and it is estimated that he will be back soon, so I will send someone to look for it. ”

After speaking, Guo Yongzhong sent someone to look for it, and when it was close to noon, Liu Juntao rushed over sweating profusely.

"Haha, Brother Sun Xu is here! Why didn't you come to me for a drink during this time! ”

Liu Juntao strode forward to greet Sun Xu.

Sun Xu hadn't seen Liu Juntao for a few days, and he was very happy at this time, and after the two exchanged pleasantries, they sat down under Guo Yongzhong.

Sun Xu said: "Brother Liu, Mr. Hu asked me to come over and deliver a message. ”

"What's the news? Do you want Brother Sun Xu to come over and run in person? ”

Liu Juntao and Guo Yongzhong heard that they were both in spirit, and the news that Hu Dexing could attach so much importance to it must be a big deal!

"Brother Liu, Guo Yuanwai, it's the Liu family that has news!"

As soon as the words fell, Liu Juntao suddenly perked up and hurriedly asked, "Tell me more details!" ”

"Brother Liu, Mr. Hu inquired about the news from the Baihu Institute, just a few days ago, there was a large-scale armed fight on the west bank of Ansan Lake, and there were nearly 2,000 people on both sides of the armed fighting! One of the parties to the fight was the Liu family's men and horses. ”

Liu Juntao frowned and said, "Is the other party the Chen family?" ”

Sun Xu nodded and said, "That's right! It's the Chen family! ”

"Who lost!"

"Liu family!"

"Do you know what the reason for their mutual rivalry is?"

"I don't know yet."

At this time, Sun Xu's face couldn't help but be filled with a trace of excitement, and said: "Brother Liu, according to the news that Hu Zongqi got from the Baihu Office, the Liu family can be said to have lost a lot this time." In the words of Hu Zongqi, the Liu family is afraid that they will even lose their underwear this time! ”

Liu Juntao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said loudly to Guo Yongzhong: "Outside, this is a godsend!" ”