Then Zhang Peng devoted himself wholeheartedly to the affairs of buying back the ships that entered the various provinces.

Since the law of the poor gang was abolished, and the thirteen patrol courts of Huainan Province and Henan Province, plus the seven patrol courts from Heyin to Chang'an, had returned to the control of the imperial court, then Gao Yue came out again, saying that the Fangzhenzhou County along the Caoyun Road was no longer allowed to apportion the errand of the fiber boat to the poor people, and the original "fiber households" were either allocated fields by the county, or hired by the imperial court inspectors, as long as they supported the boat, pulled the boat, and carried it for the imperial court, they could get money.

But the obstacles soon emerged.

In other words, this kind of obstacle was expected by Gao Yue.

Thirteen patrol hospitals, in fact, are not all along the Cao Yun line, it is not a linear configuration, but a network configuration, many patrol yards are placed in the Cao Yun radiation of the transportation hub.

Among them, the Runan Patrol Yuan, which is located in the seat of the military government in Huaixi Town, is now under the control of Wu Shaocheng.

And the Yanyun Patrol Courtyard is also located in the territory of the Lu Army in Ziqingping.

The patrol courtyard itself has the duty of arresting illicit salt, and the two towns of Huaixi and Ziqing have always had frequent illegal salt and horse trade: the Lu army of Ziqing Ping relied on the relationship between the former garrison in Yingzhou, Liaodong (now Liaoyang, Liaoning), to buy war horses from Bohai, and the local salt was produced in large quantities, and the surplus was sold to Wu Shaocheng in Huaixi from the land and water roads.

And Wu Shaocheng put the horses in Yunmengze in the south of Fangzhen to shepherd and rest, as for the small part of the salt left to raise horses (Huaixi itself does not produce salt), most of them were trafficked to Eyue, Jingnan and other places in the west, which is one of the few "legitimate business" in Huaixi Town, Wu Shaocheng also let Shen Guangcai's robbers carefully escort along the road, and it is necessary to ensure that the salt ships in Huaixi are thorough, and they can make a profit of 200,000 yuan per year, which is Shaocheng's top money.

Now the imperial court is actually going to set up patrol courtyards in Runan and Yanyun, isn't this blocking the door of our two houses and slapping our faces?

At that time, the original Ziqing Pinglu Jiedu envoy and inspector Situ Li Na had died of illness, and the emperor also dropped out of the dynasty to mourn for it, and let Li Na's son Li Shigu inherit the Jingjie.

So Li Shigu and Wu Shaocheng sent officials to the court to "resist Chen" to the emperor and ask not to set up a patrol court.

In the guest provincial pavilion, the emperor sent the fifth Xuanhui envoy Shouyi and the palm fan envoy Meng Guangcheng, so he deliberately asked the two officials of the Jiedu envoy why they protested against the establishment of the patrol court, "As soon as this patrol court is set up, all the thieves who robbed the river and the Wuthering Mountains and forests are captured, which is only good for the two towns." ”

Linghu Zao, the official sent by Li Shigu, said euphemistically: "Under my family's festival, the Son of Heaven has 300,000 yuan to help the army every year, and the Son of Heaven does not ask what he is, and there is no suspicion among the monarchs and ministers, isn't it beautiful?" If there is a patrol court, it will only bring trouble to the people of more than ten prefectures in Ziqing, and it will be difficult to collect money for the army in the future. ”

This makes Hu Zao basically right, Ziqing since Li Zhengji, Li Na father and son separation, has always been light and thin, the people are quite united, and now Li Shigu has succeeded him, and he also promised to give the emperor 300,000 yuan of army assistance money every year into the Daying Qionglin, so I hope that the imperial court will no longer think about collecting two taxes and setting up a patrol court in the territory of the Pinglu Army.

The fifth Shouyi and Meng Guangcheng bowed their heads and said that we would tell everyone about this matter, and then they turned their eyes to Yang Yuanqing, the official of Huaixi, and asked why Huaixi didn't agree to set up a patrol court?

Yang Yuanqing's answer was much more straightforward: "Although the mountain sheds and river thieves in the five states of Shenguang Cai Yuxian are fierce, most of the children of my Huaining army are recruited from them. ”

Such a brazen reply made the two lieutenants stunned, and they didn't react for a long time.

After the reaction was good, the two lieutenants went to the Jinluan Palace to ask the emperor for his opinion.

"What Huaixi Festival envoy, it's just a bandit, it's a thief!" The emperor was furious, but he also discussed with Gao Yue in advance, and it was on this ground that he would sell a good one to Huaixi and Ziqing, so that they would only be satisfied with not setting up a patrol court in the town, and not thinking too much about Cao Yun itself.

So the fifth Shouyi and Meng Guangcheng brought the emperor's opinion back to the guest province:

The Pinglu military festival made Li Shigu's loyalty, and he did not know it, so he did not set up a patrol in Yanyun (in the future, thirty thousand guan every Chinese New Year's Eve remember to send it on time);

The Huaining military festival made Wu Shaocheng's difficulties, and I also realized it, and then ......

"What everyone means, as long as Caizhou gives the imperial court 100,000 yuan every year to help the army, this matter will be settled." Fifth Shouyi, Meng Guangcheng quietly reminded Yang Yuanqing.

But Yang Yuanqing said: Wu Shaocheng, the marshal of my family, has never set up a standing account book in Shenguang and Cai Sanzhou.

"Then where does your military government spend it?" Fifth, Shouyi and Meng Guangcheng couldn't cry or laugh.

"If the military government needs it, it will temporarily discuss with the generals of the army, and then divide the levy." Yang Yuanqing replied, so the 100,000 yuan of money to help the army, if the Huaixi generals did not agree, Wu Shaocheng and Wu Shaoyang's brothers would be helpless.

After all, the Huaixi generals were all local tyrants and strong representatives of public opinion, and the position of the Wu brothers was completely based on their support.

In this way, the two lieutenants could only go to the Jinluan Palace again to ask the emperor's opinion.

"Mu Monkey and Crown." The emperor was also surprised by the operation mode of Huaixi Town, which was simply a group of mountain monkeys playing with seals in their palms, whether it was a soldier or a bandit?

In the end, the imperial court and Huaixi reached a compromise: Wu Shaocheng offered Chen Xu's Shence Loyal Army Festival every year to make Quhuan 300 war horses to help the army.

After Linghu Zao and Yang Yuanqing returned to the town, Li Shigu didn't need to say that Wu Shaocheng of Caizhou City recruited his henchman Li Yuanping, and the two of them were in the side hall, they were happy and dancing, and Li Yuanping gave Wu an account: "Three hundred horses, bought from Ziqing, but forty horses, a total of only 12,000 yuan." ”

And Wu Shaocheng's abacus was even more refined: "Wait, the horses in Ziqing are all good horses in the north." In my opinion, it is better to use the charge from my Huaixi Fan, the cost of a horse is only twenty yuan, so it can be reduced by half. ”

The two of them were really happier.

The emperor originally asked us for 100,000 yuan to help the army, but now we are playing with it, but in fact, we only give 6,000 yuan, the emperor may not lose, but we are earning blood!

After rejoicing, Li Yuanping still smelled a hint of danger, and he said to Wu Shaocheng with a straight face: "Under the festival, is it the moment to be complacent?" ”

Wu Shaocheng really didn't smile, and after drinking a glass of wine, "That's right, the imperial court now takes Gao Yue as the Zhongshu squire, and after breaking the party and Xifan, I'm afraid it will be determined to level us and others." If you don't have a patrol house with me, why should you be happy? I am afraid that the imperial court will immediately accumulate the wealth of the southeast of Jianghuai and use it to deal with our military expenses...... I regret that I shouldn't have listened to your advice at the beginning, and took advantage of the main force of the imperial court to make trouble in the west. ”

"Under the Section..... It's all caused by Ziqing, Wei Bo, etc. Li Yuanping was very moved, thinking that Wu Shaocheng, like Li Xilie at the beginning, has the grace of knowing him, "But when the actions of the imperial court become more and more obvious, everyone will still hug each other tightly. ”