The stone village is not small, 300 steps square is equivalent to a small city, but in addition to the village hall and the Feng family in the north of the building is better, the houses where the other soldiers and slaves live are dilapidated.

There was a lot of rain in the mountains, and most of the fields in the village were muddy, and under the guidance of Feng Jin, Han Qian and the others stepped on the stone road and walked towards the village hall.

The walled hall is a typical local dry-column building, with dozens of thick wooden pillars deeply rooted in the ground, and the wooden planks are laid on the foundation at half a height, creating a triple wooden building on top; The part under the base of the wooden planks is vacated, and cattle and horses and other livestock are tied up, and there are also hundreds of soldiers living in it, waiting to be called.

Han Qian left Zhao Wuji, Tian Cheng, and Gao Shao outside, he walked up the stairs and walked into the hall where there were three or four zhang deep, and saw Ji Kun, who had met again, was sitting in the hall with seven or eight people in official uniforms, and his eyes were gloomy.

"Lord Han is really bold." Ji Kun stared at him with fierce eyes.

"What kind of courage or not, Lord Ji is really joking, I just came to Xuzhou with my father for the first time, and I traveled everywhere," Han Qian stood in front of the hall, looked around, and said with a smile, "Could it be that Lord Ji really thinks that Lord Feng's Jingyun Village is some kind of Longtan tiger's den that devours human flesh and blood, and Han Qian can't walk in?" However, Master Ji is the commander of Shouzhou Fang, and he does not keep an eye on the movements of the Liang army in Shouzhou, but he came to Xuzhou, could it be that the military department intends to expand its territory to the southwest? ”

Ji Kun's eyes were gloomy, he had made a lot of calculations, but he didn't count that Han Qian had the courage to walk into Jingyun Village, which made many of his extremely exquisite calculations fall into the void.

And even if Han Qian is naked and undisguised to sow discord, it is difficult for him to refute.

As the commander of the Shouzhou Fang, he was responsible for spying on the enemy situation on the front line of Shouzhou, and he did not report to the Privy Council, so he ran to the southwest corner of Xuzhou, which was to leave his post without permission.

If the surname is strong, it is normal to be worried.

"Lord Ji is here, it's not that the military department has any moves in the southwest, don't worry, I was just a little joke on Lord Ji just now,"

Han Qian saw that a slave moved a chair up, sat straight over, and didn't ask who the surnames of the many people present were, took a hot tea, took a sip of hot and slightly bitter tea, and said,

"Maybe Lord Ji has already told you about his identity and the purpose of appearing in Xuzhou, Han Qian also came to guess, you adults see if Han Qian guessed right - the third prince is young and intelligent, quite favored by the emperor, although he was only knighted as the Marquis of Linjiang, but a few years ago he was named the general of Longque, and he actually led the elite of an army in Jinling, which made Anning Palace and the prince feel worried, worried that the emperor intended to abolish the heir. My father was strongly recommended by the three princes to get out of Shixuzhou, so he was a nail in the eyes of Anning Palace and the prince, and he wanted to pull it out quickly. I followed my father and son all the way west, to Xuzhou by waterway for 2,5600 miles, this Lord Ji did not do less, but many conspiracies were broken by my father, he had no choice but to be alarmist, instigating the adults to embarrass my father, making it difficult for my father to gain a foothold in Xuzhou. If my expectations are correct, Lord Ji will most likely pat his chest and promise to all of you that even if the sky is pierced, everything will be taken care of by the Anning Palace, but the question is, if the Anning Palace can really hold the stabbed sky, why worry about the emperor's intention to abolish the heir? ”

Speaking of this, Han Qian arched his hand towards Ji Kun and asked, "I also want to ask Master Ji in person about this question!" ”

"Your father and son came with the sinister intention of exploiting the place, and before they arrived in Qianyang, they wanted to make a fuss about Wang Lu's death and slander the place, so that your father and son could eat away at the benefits of the place, even if Xuzhou was to be broken this day, it was not me who instigated you to stab it!" Ji Kun said gloomily.

"What Lord Ji said is true, the third prince has to be named the general of Longque, and he actually received more than 7,000 elite soldiers, but the imperial court only allocated less than 100,000 acres of grain land to settle military families, and the additional military funds paid every year are only 20 million yuan, and it is indeed difficult to raise such an elite, so my father went out of Shixuzhou, and the third prince constipated and told my father that he needed to raise five million dollars a year to fund the military salary. Since Master Ji has already helped us find out, there is really nothing to hide now. Han Qian arched his hand towards Feng Changyu, Yang Zaili and others and said.

Ji Kun was slightly stunned, Han Qian did not hide it at all to find out that his father came out of Shixuzhou to collect the place, what else could he say, what else could he provoke?

"I haven't asked for your names yet, Han Qian is really rude." At this time, Han Qian asked the names of the middle-aged and elderly people with gloomy faces one by one.

"Old Rotten Yang Stands ...... Again"

"The official washes the real ......"

"This official Feng Changyu ......"

"Old decay to Jianlong ......"

Everyone was also surprised to report their names to Han Qian.

Han Qian saluted everyone one by one, and asked Ji Kun again, saying, "I have confessed so much, Master Ji thinks I still have something to hide?" Zhang Xiaochuan, Liu Bin and other adults unfortunately died in the line of duty, my father will also go to the court to ask for compensation for them, and will never let some ulterior motives use this matter to sow discord and divide the relationship and trust between the court and the locality. Master Ji will not think that my father and son came over to kill Xuzhou to a river of blood and corpses all over the field, and finally make the situation in Xuzhou erosive and untidy, right? ”

"......" Seeing that Han Qian was justified in killing people, Ji Kun was really bitter in his heart.

And from the fact that Han Qian dared to enter Jingyun Village alone, he knew that the initiative was no longer in his hands, and he really had no way to refute Han Qian's words.

Even if he resigned by force, it was impossible to make Feng Xi believe in Yang Si, so what else was he going to say?

Ji Kun suddenly woke up at this time, everything was because he was too impatient.

If there is no robbery, if the four surnames are not forced to have a direct confrontation, Han Daoxun proposed to collect an additional five million money from Xuzhou every year, and the four surnames who already occupy a strong and active position in the local area will inevitably refuse categorically, they are hiding behind the scenes at this time, muddying the water step by step, which will eventually make it difficult for Han Daoxun to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, but the current situation, the choices faced by the four surnames have become extremely limited.

They either detain Han Qian and continue the stalemate with Han Do-hoon; either kill Han Qian directly and raise the flag to rebel directly; Either accept the conditions put forward by Han Qian on behalf of his father, sit back and watch Han Daoxun collect an additional 5 million yuan from Xuzhou every year, and then Xuzhou will return to its previous calm......

And Han Qian held a banquet in Guanyue Tower last night, and the matter of collecting and scraping the big family of guests was also spreading, even if they didn't send extra eyeliner to keep an eye on, they were also aware of the scene that happened in Guanyue Tower yesterday, which also showed that Han Daoxun would not only raise his knife against the local surname, which undoubtedly further reduced the vigilance of the four surnames.

"Shouldn't Lord Ji avoid it for the time being, and don't hinder me from talking to you lords?" Han Qian stared at Ji Kun and asked.

Seeing that Han Qian was going to drive him away, Ji Kun sat there with a stiff face.

"Lord Ji is a distinguished guest invited by us, and he is also an important minister of the imperial court, if Lord Han has anything to say, there is no need to hide it from Lord Ji," Feng Changyu, who was sitting in the master's seat, did not want to drive Ji Kun away, and said slowly, "We understand the thoughts of the three princes of the assassin and Lord Han, but Xuzhou is really poor, and the people are really poor, if you want to raise an additional five million dollars every year, based on 12,000 households in Xuzhou, you really need to levy an extra stone of land tax per household every year, I am afraid it will provoke the people!" ”

Hearing Feng Changyu say this, Ji Kun's heart was even more cold, these old guys still left him to sit and talk in the hall, but they just used him as a bargaining chip with the Han family's father and son.

"Lord Feng, I'm just here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, how to raise money and food, I can't calculate this account. If Lord Feng doesn't think it's a burden for me to stay in Jingyun and travel in the mountains and rivers, please discuss specific matters with my father. Han Qian said.

Feng Changyu, Yang Zaili, Xizhen, and Xiang Jianlong looked over and asked for their opinions.

Han Qian is willing to stay here as a hostage, until the two sides finally negotiate the conditions, what else can the other three say, can it be that with four surnames to control less than 5,000 households, it is really impossible to raise the flag and rebel?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the conditions promised by Ji Kun are true, once there is a stalemate in Xuzhou, Anning Palace can arrange for the imperial history to impeach Han Daoxun, and strive to send the ministers of their department to replace Han Daoxun in Xuzhou and appease the four surnames, but before the ministers of the Anning Palace enter Xuzhou, who can guarantee that Han Daoxun will not use troops and take the initiative to provoke the war.

And with the war in Xuzhou, how much hope can they place on the Anning Palace and the crown prince?

Just like Han Qian said just now, if the Anning Palace and the crown prince's family really want to be able to hold the sky, why worry about Emperor Tianyou being abolished? And they have this layer of worry, and even spare no effort to obstruct Han Daoxun from going out of Xuzhou, and obstructing Han Daoxun from gaining a foothold in Xuzhou, and the hidden meaning is not that Han Daoxun went out of Xuzhou, and even Han Daoxun went to Xuzhou to raise military funds for the Dragon Bird Army, which was tacitly approved by Emperor Tianyou?

"Lord Han has a long journey, if you are really interested in the scenery of Jingyun, you might as well go to the side hall to rest first, wait for enough energy, and tomorrow I will ask Feng Jin to accompany Lord Han for a walk in the mountains." Feng Changyu motioned for Feng Jin to take Han Qian out of the walled hall first.

Han Qian stood up and arched his hand towards everyone, and glanced at Ji Kun proudly, before taking Zhao Ting'er and walking out of the village hall with Feng Jin first.

"Please also ask Master Ji to rest in the West Wing Hall for the time being." Feng Changyu also arched his hand towards Ji Kun at this time and said.

After a while, Feng Jin went and returned, and Feng Changyu still asked uneasily: "Exactly arrange the manpower to separate the two sides?" ”

Feng Changyu's worries were not unreasonable, he was afraid that either Han Qian and Ji Kun would make a move, causing either Han Qian and Ji Kun to die in Jingyunzhai, which would force them to have no choice.

"The child can save this matter," Feng Jin nodded, to show that he had arranged enough people to keep an eye on both sides, and asked, "Daddy, is it true that you want to send someone to see Han Daoxun?" ”

"Lord Xi, Lord Yang, Lord Xiang, what do you mean?" Feng Changyu did not answer Feng Jin's question, and turned his head to ask the opinions of Xizhen, Yang Zaili, and Xiang Jianlong.

"We're going to bow our heads this time, I'm afraid we can only get a moment of peace, right?" Yang Zaili said worriedly.

"Han Daoxun has just entered Xuzhou, he is so greedy, how can he guarantee that he will gain an inch in the future?" Feng Jin didn't want to bow his head casually and argued.

"Even if you can get temporary peace, you need to use expedient measures," Feng Changyu said, "Han Daoxun just arrived in Xuzhou for a day, he killed more than 100 people, and then sent his son over as a hostage, this is all to show his determination to conquest, and we are far from being ready, we have not been able to share the same breath with the surnames of Chen, Shao, Hengjing, and Zhuzhou, with only the four of us, our arms can't twist our thighs!" ”